Chapter 1152: Long Wang Returns

Hoenn Continent.

Summer is hot and the climate is pleasant.

"Never noticed before, humidity, heat, plus monsoons—all important elements for ancient Pokémon."

All Baimu, who had landed, took a deep breath of fresh air.

Legendary Pokémon are often closely linked to the region, from climate, soil, plants to local living customs, and even birth, aging, sickness, and death.

For example, the Orre region is currently turning into the shape of Calyrex and Lugia.

Porygon2 said, "Maybe the Hoenn continent is also like the Long Zhi Xiang, possessing some kind of special consciousness, and Kyogre, Groudon, etc., are the embodiment of consciousness?"

"Very likely!" All Baimu agreed.

Legendary Pokémon themselves exist with many design principles, and most of them symbolize a certain element, such as life, ocean currents, etc.

In Arceus's creation myth, it is more intuitively stated that Dialga represents time, Palkia represents space, and the Lake Guardians represent emotion, knowledge, and will.

"All Baimu!"

Zhenya shouted and waved.

Beside him were two agricultural electric tricycles.

The Meteor People who had just come down from the first-class cabin of the plane were all sitting in the mud-covered car bucket, seemingly having sold agricultural products not long ago.

All Baimu: "..."

"Yo! The Champion is back!" The old man driving was the one he saw at the beginning, Old Qingliu.

Although his figure was short, he was no stranger to controlling agricultural vehicles.

The driver of the other car was a middle-aged man, with a dozing Swablu squatting beside the seat.

"Haven't seen you for a while!"

"Busy struggling."

All Baimu nimbly jumped onto the car bucket. "The strong of this era are like crucian carp crossing the river; if you don't work hard, it won't do."

As soon as he said this, it immediately caused others to complain.

Saying such things after defeating the Unova Champion, how are they, these ordinary Dragon Tamers, supposed to conduct themselves?

Everyone scrambled to tell All Baimu's battle record in the Long Zhi Xiang.

When they heard that he not only defeated the Unova Dragon Tamer Champion but also took away the Long Wang title, the two old men laughed.

"Haha! As expected of you."

"Good boy!"

Old man Old Qingliu smiled and said, "Last time the Elder stopped us, fearing it would add trouble to you, so we didn't go to Orre. She has nothing to say this time, right?"

Failing to attend the Orre competition was a regret for many Meteor People.

They had long regarded All Baimu as one of their own, and naturally felt proud of his achievements.

Amidst laughter, the two agricultural electric tricycles started, driving toward Meteor Village in the north of Hoenn amidst the buzzing of motors.

A fast road seemed to have been built between Rustboro City and Meteor Village, allowing the electric tricycles to speed forward at an exaggerated speed of over 80 mph.

All Baimu's eyelids twitched wildly; he could clearly feel the electric tricycle floating.

If this ran over a small stone...

Everyone would probably fly out!

He liked speeding, speeding dragons, it's true, but that didn't mean he liked sitting in a car someone else was speeding in.

Looking at the accustomed posture of Zhenya and others, it was clearly not the first time they had sat in it.

What made him even more speechless was that the Swablu in the electric tricycle behind was still singing, as if background music would sound when Fujiwara Takumi drove an AE86.

Fortunately, they arrived safely at Meteor Village.

Considering that the Meteor People had always been making riding equipment like dragon saddles, and the first dragon saddle for the Hydreigon was entrusted to the Meteor People, these two were probably veteran drivers with decades of driving experience.

However, his attention quickly shifted elsewhere.

"This is—Meteor Village?"

All Baimu, who had patted off the dust, looked blankly at the brand-new Meteor Village.

The village used to be very simple, with various low brick and wood houses scattered, country roads dusty, and occasionally boulders rolling down from the mountains along the way.

Now, houses everywhere had been renovated or rebuilt, the country paths were paved with neatly arranged bluestone slabs, and the main roads were poured with concrete, flat and wide.

It no longer looked like a lonely village in the countryside, but had turned into a quiet small town.

Old man Old Qingliu patted him on the shoulder and said heartily, "Stunned, right? This is your old home, Meteor Village!"

"Indeed."

All Baimu realized that the world is always changing, related to him or not.

But the shrine had hardly changed, still in the simple Japanese shrine style.

The exterior was a magnificent temple worship hall, while the interior was filled with courtyard-style dwarf trees, rockeries, small bridges, and flowing water, as well as a *Shi Shi-odoshi* that would occasionally make a sound.

All Baimu looked up at the lifelike Rayquaza statue, and a gentle voice suddenly came from behind, "Zinnia suggested having outside craftsmen reset the Dragon God statue; how is it?"

"Very amazing."

He turned his head slightly to respond to the Elder.

After a few months, there were no major changes in the Elder's appearance; time seemed to have frozen on her.

She smiled gently, "Meteor Village has changed a lot; take a good stroll, and don't forget to go home and see the Dragon's Den."

"Okay."

All Baimu nodded and agreed.

He had a house in Meteor Village, built by the Meteor People for him over a month.

Now it had received their help again, changing from a single-story bungalow to a two-story small building, while expanding outward, and additionally paving a battle field for training.

All Baimu opened the door and entered, finding that the overall layout was not much different from when he left.

"This is really..."

His heart was filled with warmth.

People in the Pokémon world could always make heartwarming moves inadvertently.

The sense of belonging to Meteor Village was greatly strengthened at this moment.

All Baimu took out a bunch of Poké Balls. "Come out, guys!"

Boom boom boom!

Light flashed continuously.

Aggron and other Pokémon landed, observing this familiar yet strange place.

"Guroar?"

"Yes, we're back in Meteor Village."

All Baimu patted its drooping big head, and suddenly touched the surface of the two steel horns, which were a bit rough.

He looked carefully and found that they were dense tooth marks, the shape was very familiar, "... Hydreigon!"

"Shasang~"

The Hydreigon, which was sneaking toward the outside, lowered its head and decisively began to act spoiled and admit its mistake.

All Baimu wouldn't indulge it; he pulled its head over to check the teeth of its three mouths, confirming there were no cracks, only the bottom was slightly red and inflamed.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief and scolded:

"You idiot! I told you many times not to bite hard when dealing with high-defense Pokémon; you have to bite lightly!"

The main output method of Pokémon is elemental energy; like moves such as Crunch, you can bite for real—letting elemental energy attach to the teeth; or bite fake—letting elemental energy leave the mouth to form illusory teeth.

The Hydreigon is fierce and always loves to bite for real, which also has to do with its habits since childhood.

But as long as you're not an idiot, who would go to bite a piece of iron?

The Hydreigon would.

Relying on its good teeth and strong bite force, even if repeatedly warned, it would still bite down unconsciously.

And who to bite if not someone else, but Aggron!

Even the marks were bitten out!

This guy thought it could bite off the big monster's horns? It would only break its own teeth!

"Woo..."

The Hydreigon whimpered; it wasn't that its body had been strengthened, it just thought about biting a few times to try.

After one bite, it felt it could bite it off, so it exerted force.

And then...

It was also very innocent!

All Baimu wouldn't pay attention to it anymore, took out a set of professional horn maintenance tools to perform maintenance for Aggron.

The scars on the steel armor were military medals that needed to be preserved; the ones on the steel horns didn't necessarily need to be, as large gaps could easily cause it to deform when colliding with hard objects.

Although there were very few objects in the world that could make the current Aggron bend or fold its horns.

Other Pokémon were also busy with other things.

Everyone knew very well that maintenance was crucial for a Trainer, and besides that, as long as the sky didn't collapse, nothing could disturb him.

The Hydreigon called for a while without being ignored, and then lay prone on the ground.

Leave?

Of course it couldn't leave.

If it couldn't be forgiven by the Trainer today, it wouldn't be able to sleep well at night.

And All Baimu also intended to let it cool off; logically, after getting the Long Wang title, he should give it higher praise, fully cultivate the Pokémon's confidence, and let it perform better in future battles.

It's just that the Hydreigon was already confident enough, even a bit conceited.

Otherwise, how could it bite Aggron's horns?

In the eerie silence.

The big monster's sharp steel teeth opened slightly, as if performing a silent mockery.

The sensitive Hydreigon stared at it dead, almost wanting to bare its teeth, nothing more than worrying about attracting the Trainer's attention.

But how could their little movements escape All Baimu's eyes?

How could a dignified Champion not have this bit of insight to judge what moves the opponent Pokémon used and what little movements they made?

He patted the big monster's cheek.

Aggron used to like teasing the Hydreigon, and it hadn't changed after so many years.

It could be said that the "hostile" relationship between the two partly stemmed from the competition for the trump card, and partly had to do with Aggron itself.

The big monster looked innocent, but actually...

"Guroar~"

"Shut up."

All Baimu patted it again.

Aggron's water-blue eyes were full of smiles.

Not long after, Zhenya and others came to invite him to dinner, just as Blissey walked out of the kitchen holding a bowl of cooked dishes, laughing "Hapi Hapi."

Both man and egg were stunned.

Zhenya scratched his head, distressed: "You're ready to eat?"

"... It's okay, I'll bring the dishes over." All Baimu saw Blissey hesitantly looking down at the dishes, and immediately opened his mouth to say.

Now both were relieved.

The Hydreigon successfully broke the ice with the Trainer; after all, no matter how many wrong things it did, it had to eat!

After a pleasant dinner.

When night fell.

All Baimu rode the Hydreigon to the depths of Meteor Falls.

He first went to Meteor Village and saw the Banette curled up beside the cenotaph of Ryūwa.

Sensing someone approaching, Banette rubbed its eyes, then its eyes widened.

"... Ryūwa?"

Its telepathy was full of surprise, "You came to see me again?"

After All Baimu approached, Banette realized it wasn't a dream; "Ryūwa" had really come.

It immediately showed an expression of wanting to cry.

All Baimu pondered slightly, stepped forward, and said, "Banette, long time no see."

As soon as this was said, Banette couldn't hold back, crying loudly and flying into All Baimu's arms.

The voice was him, the face was him, and even the temperament slowly began to resemble him.

But it would never be the real him.

The more similarities, the more obvious the differences; human memory will slowly dissipate with the passage of time, but Pokémon can remember it in their hearts forever.

How happy, and how sad.

All Baimu touched its head pityingly, and the Hydreigon chose to ignore it for the first time.

After a while.

Banette stopped crying and stepped back, shyly twisting its claws, blushing and saying, "Sorry, a bit too excited."

"What about Salamence and the others? Are they all in the Dragon's Den?"

All Baimu didn't pick up the topic; even if the scar was hard to heal, there was no need to tear it open again and again.

Banette nodded and said, "Right, that side is more suitable for dragons to live, I can't adapt to the environment there, so I live here."

"So... so many Ghost-type Pokémon!"

He was surprised to find many Ghost-type Pokémon hiding around.

Banette was even more embarrassed, "They were all attracted by me..."

After blocking the entrance to the Spirit World for decades, it had become somewhat unusual.

Attracting other Ghost-type Pokémon was just one of the insignificant manifestations.

"Does the Elder know?"

"Of course! Meteor Village is the ancestral land of the Meteor People, how could I let a group of strangers move in!"

Banette had an expression of "you are insulting me."

For it, nothing was more important than Ryūwa, and the things Ryūwa valued were naturally the things it valued.

If it weren't for the Elder's willingness to let this group of Ghost-type Pokémon stay, it would have wanted to drive them away at first.

All Baimu smiled, "Speaking of which, Meteor Village, will you go over and see?"

"Often go!"

Banette said, "I'm not lonely here, don't worry."

It couldn't hear All Baimu's subtext, and quickly signaled its peace of mind.

Whether it was lonely or not, it had to ask itself.

However, the current Banette was undoubtedly very happy; just as Zinnia said, even if All Baimu wasn't Ryūwa, he was closely related to Ryūwa.

"Go! I'll take you to see those guys!"

Banette smiled and walked forward, and took out a berry from its stomach, "Eat for you!"

"Thanks..."

All Baimu didn't refuse and shared the berry with the Hydreigon.

Inside the Dragon's Den.

Because it was already dark outside, many giant dragons returned to their nests to sleep, appearing a bit quiet.

His and Banette's arrival didn't cause any waves, just because the Hydreigon sucked away all the attention.

This guy was a bully in the Dragon's Den for the past two years, and there were few existences it couldn't beat, and now...

Can only say, tremble, Dragon's Den!

The Long Wang is back!

"Be quiet!"

Slap!

The Long Wang was slapped.

The Hydreigon held back the sound it was about to roar, and it didn't care, still scanning all the dragons that cast their eyes with a provocative look.

Few dared to look back.

Salamence, Flygon, and Altaria rushed over, all showing smiles to All Baimu.

"Roar~"

"Lai o!"

"Chirp chirp~"

They were more open-minded than Banette, directly identifying him as Ryūwa's descendant, full of joy at seeing the younger generation.

All Baimu greeted them, then sat on the ground and started chatting.

Many giant dragons around who weren't sleepy gathered around, regardless of whether they understood or not, occasionally mixing in a Pokéblock to eat.

The Hydreigon was bored, running to a place where the Trainer couldn't see to wrestle with dragons.

Battle was definitely not possible; the movement was too big.

And while All Baimu and Banette were chatting, they talked about Phoebe.

"Phoebe came to see me a while ago, and complained to me that you didn't keep your promise."

Banette squinted at him, covering its mouth and laughing.

All Baimu: "..."

"So I'm here, aren't I."

It would have been better to give him a call; it wasn't like there was no contact information.

But the pot ultimately belonged to him.