Chapter 1196: The Singer

Spikemuth.

A punk-style town where chaotic buildings are stacked and crowded, overall slightly dim.

Under the neon signs of various colors, All Baimu and the stunning Scream Tail were sightseeing everywhere.

"Iya..."

Such a rock place...

Under the guidance of the Explouds, Scream Tail one-sidedly believed that rock was just six words—

Dark! Bloody! Violent!

The Explouds' cognition came from their Trainer, which was those third-rate organization members from Ferroseed Town in the past.

The saying "the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked" was probably just like that.

All Baimu was prepared to let Scream Tail, this evil practitioner, see what a righteous sect was, refresh its worldview, and avoid it going down the path of a banshee.

It was fine when it was young, but it might not be able to withstand its sonic wave attacks when it got old.

Deep into the town.

The Team Yell members with uniform hairstyles and clothing were the first to come into view, and they also saw All Baimu, immediately revealing vigilant gazes.

This kid is here to arch the cabbage again!

As Marnie's supporters, their vigilance was higher than her own brother Piers, even if All Baimu had the status of a regional Champion, it couldn't be avoided.

"Cha—All Baimu!"

A soft call came from the other side, Marnie approached, appearing cold in expression but actually radiating a joyful aura.

Calling him by his name was All Baimu's request; always using titles would only deepen the gap between the two sides.

He had seen too many worshipful gazes and didn't hope for his friends to be like that too.

"Kept you waiting."

Marnie panted slightly, appearing to have run over.

The Morpeko on her shoulder looked at Scream Tail, curious why this Jigglypuff was so strange.

"Iya!?"

What are you looking at!?

The short-tempered Scream Tail immediately retorted.

Morpeko was startled, its anger and hunger surged, and its form instantly changed, "Peko!!"

"Morpeko!"

Marnie hurriedly held down the electric mouse that was about to pounce, and All Baimu also slapped Scream Tail on the head, "Be friendly! Don't explode with thorns for no reason!"

"Ya..."

Scream Tail covered its head, looking at its Trainer with slight dissatisfaction.

But at least it didn't provoke Morpeko again.

To avoid Marnie's misunderstanding, All Baimu took the initiative to introduce: "This is Scream Tail, a Pokémon that looks like a Jigglypuff in appearance, but is actually not a Jigglypuff."

"Iya!"

Scream Tail reacted strongly when it heard the word Jigglypuff, glaring angrily.

That's right.

It didn't even give its Trainer face.

This guy was comparable to a combination of "no brains" and "unhappy," only its appearance had some merits.

Marnie realized: "Regional form?"

"... Something like that." All Baimu felt that her understanding shouldn't be considered wrong either.

He believed that Paradox Pokémon, like Ultra Beasts, were Pokémon that wouldn't normally appear in the next generation and must be obtained through special channels.

Looking at it this way, it wasn't much different from a regional form, just with a different name.

It was still early for the concert, and Marnie was full of interest, wanting to take him around to look, wanting to invite him to taste the special delicacies of Spikemuth.

All Baimu happily agreed.

Undoubtedly, don't look at the fact that Spikemuth in the game is only the size of one street, and many shops along the street are in a closed state.

In reality, even if the local economy is depressed, Spikemuth in the anime is home to over 100,000 people, with all basic infrastructure available.

Marnie's familiarity with Spikemuth was extraordinary; when she took All Baimu through the streets and alleys, almost no road was repeated, yet she could always accurately find the destination.

"I am familiar with every corner here!"

The girl's tone rose, then quickly became dejected: "Spikemuth was still very lively when I was a child, but after growing up, everyone started running to big cities."

Population loss led to a large number of shops closing, and if it continued, there would only be fewer and fewer people.

In order to restore Spikemuth to its past "glory," Marnie decided to become an id—

Uh, Gym Leader.

However, combined with the invention time of the Dynamax Band and Marnie's age, the population loss of Spikemuth should have appeared earlier.

Marnie probably hadn't seen the truly glorious Spikemuth.

All Baimu looked around, handing the skewer in his hand to Scream Tail, who was eating until its mouth was oily, "Have another one."

"Iya~"

The evil Jigglypuff didn't refuse, swallowing everything with a big mouth.

This place was a commercial street, which should have been bustling as the core area of Spikemuth, but it was deserted at the moment.

Affected by this, the shop owners on the street were too lazy to even turn on the lights, and the whole street was unbelievably dim.

All Baimu looked up and found that the light source, besides a few light bulbs that heaven knows how long hadn't been changed, also came from the light cast through the cracks in the dilapidated ceiling.

This...

It looked like Spikemuth needed to support not just the economy, but also the morale of the locals.

Which normal tourist would come to a dark place to buy things?

But soon, All Baimu found that he had thought wrong.

The commercial street didn't turn on the lights because it wasn't time to turn them on yet. As tourists coming to watch the concert poured into Spikemuth, this place suddenly seemed to regain its vitality, illuminated by bright lights.

Although it still looked a bit broken, at least it wasn't as gloomy as just now.

"Thank you for your suggestion!"

Marnie looked at the tourists buying food and props needed for the concert with relief, gratefully saying: "If you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have thought that my brother's band could attract so many people!"

Before this, the publicity for Piers's band had always been quite casual, purely out of interest, which led to many people only knowing that he sold a small amount of records, and not knowing at all that he held concerts.

Let alone gathering other people in the rock world to hold a music festival.

Piers also thought his band was very niche, calling himself a "Ten-Mile Slope Sword God," who knew he was already famous all over the world.

The only one being kept in the dark was him.

——To put it bluntly, this kind of farce was relatively common in the Pokémon world.

"Iya~"

Scream Tail was soon immersed in this bustling atmosphere.

It even "begged" All Baimu to buy it a sticker of Piers's band, a cartoon pattern printed with a tongue-wagging Obstagoon.

"Really want to stick it on your head?"

"Iya!"

"Fine..."

He pressed the sticker on Scream Tail's head speechlessly, then patted it hard.

After confirming it was printed, he used the Poryphone's front camera to show Scream Tail.

Scream Tail looked very satisfied, "Iya~"

"..."

All Baimu sighed.

How did he capture such a big fool?

Marnie's mouth didn't move, but her eyes were full of smiles, while Morpeko directly held its belly and laughed, rolling on the ground.

"Peko-peko—"

Scream Tail regarded this as a serious provocation, glaring at it angrily!

However, the battle didn't break out.

Because tourists around indicated that the concert could be entered, Marnie used this to stop the dispute between the two Pokémon.

Scream Tail got angry quickly and calmed down quickly, its fierce face instantly turning into a smiling face, happily pulling on its Trainer's clothes to enter the venue to occupy a seat.

"There are designated seats, don't be anxious."

All Baimu patted its head.

There were no fixed seats on the shipwreck, and Scream Tail often clashed with some wild Pokémon that came to listen to songs.

Because its level was slightly higher, basically no Pokémon could beat it.

Soon no one was fighting with it anymore.

It was just that the eccentric Scream Tail was still unsatisfied. Habitually needing to fight others to get a seat, it would always take the initiative to provoke trouble.

The Poryphone believed this had to do with its habit of loving liveliness.

Scream Tail, having tasted loneliness, loved the feeling of noise from the bottom of its heart, no matter the source...

Sounds a bit pitiful?

What's actually pitiful are the wild Pokémon it finds trouble with.

Therefore, after All Baimu found out, he taught it a lesson without hesitation, and at the same time warned it that next time it wanted to grab a seat, it couldn't use force to bully others.

Scream Tail agreed without even thinking.

Thus.

Grabbing seats became a fixed program in the shipwreck area of the Pokémon Paradise.

Lining up to enter, the lively atmosphere made Scream Tail jump for joy, and when the warm-up music started, it almost wanted to sing a song.

Fortunately, All Baimu stopped it quickly.

He didn't want Scream Tail to blow up these expensive devices with its high pitch; paying for it was one aspect, and causing the concert to be unable to proceed smoothly was another.

"Your volume today must be adjusted to level three, and you can't use moves."

All Baimu reminded Scream Tail.

Level three!

That's no different from not making a sound?

Scream Tail gave a dissatisfied look, "Iya!?"

"No room for discussion, if you're not willing, I'll send you back to Mt. Silver," he said firmly.

He could speak softly to other people's Pokémon, but not to Scream Tail.

It only ate hard.

Scream Tail yielded, making a level three sound it considered very quiet in its mouth, curiously looking around.

And its loud voice soon attracted the attention of others.

"What a cute Jigglypuff! Such a big one"

"Its Trainer even did its hair!"

"I want to raise one too!"

"Jigglypuff~~"

"I—"

Scream Tail's ears were sharp; even in a noisy environment, it could easily hear what others were saying.

Furious, it immediately prepared to roar.

But it was grabbed by the mouth by All Baimu, who was quick-handed, "Forgot what I told you?"

"Iya!"

But they scolded me!

Scream Tail felt so wronged.

All Baimu took a deep breath and leaned into its ear: "That's because they are ignorant, don't lower yourself to their level!"

"Iya~"

Scream Tail, dizzy from being spun around, finally calmed down.

The Poryphone teased: "If this were heard by Marnie, your glorious image would be shattered."

Marnie went to the backstage after entering the venue, wanting to tell her brother the news that All Baimu had come.

"I believe she can understand my helplessness," All Baimu wouldn't slander that group of people, how could Scream Tail be willing to let it go?

Soon Marnie returned.

The concert officially opened, and Piers's Pokémon rock band took the stage—

Lead singer Piers and Obstagoon, drummer Rillaboom, bassist and guitarist were two Toxtricity with different electric colors.

The overall configuration could be described as quite luxurious.

They sang pop rock music, which was also a brand new dimension for Scream Tail.

If his master Explouds came, they might not look down on this kind of "standard" rock, but Scream Tail wouldn't.

It just needed to be lively enough to poke that heart of its that was unwilling to be lonely.

The restless music, the shouts of Piers and Obstagoon, the chorus of countless people around, Scream Tail was completely obsessed with this feeling.

"Iya~"

It revealed a pair of watery big eyes, looking up and tugging at All Baimu's clothes.

All Baimu lowered his head and leaned in to ask: "What's wrong? Want to shout louder?"

"I~ya~"

Scream Tail shook its head, telling him something with a hint of pleading.

All Baimu froze slightly; he could vaguely understand the other party's meaning.

Want to come.

Want to come again.

"If you like it, I will definitely bring you often!" All Baimu gave his word.

Scream Tail beamed with joy, jumping up and rubbing against him.

Being able to let this stubborn and silly guy take the initiative to be close to him, it seemed it was really very happy.

The concert lasted for a full four hours.

During this period, many new bands went up to help Piers sing, making Scream Tail also want to go up and sing a song.

Fortunately, All Baimu reacted quickly, so it didn't get its way.

"Iya!"

"You're not on the same path as them, don't go!"

"I~ya~!"

"Could I still lie to you?"

"Iya?"

"You saying that really makes me sad."

"Iya~"

Scream Tail comforted the fake-sad All Baimu, successfully being distracted from considering going on stage to sing.

But after the concert ended, when they met Piers, Scream Tail still couldn't help but sing loudly, causing the backstage to be in chaos for a while, with many Pokémon jumping around.

"Death metal?"

Piers covered his buzzing ears with one hand, actually hearing what Scream Tail was singing.

All Baimu, who had caught its mouth, nodded, "Yes, this guy learned heavy metal rock from a group of Explouds, I brought it to see the world."

"Hmm, not bad."

Piers gave his evaluation.

All Baimu was stunned, "You're serious?"

"Of course I'm serious, I also sang death metal rock before, but because Marnie really didn't like it, and it was too disturbing, I slowly shifted to another pop rock I like."

Piers said seriously.

Sister-con!

All Baimu slandered, looking at Scream Tail, who was glaring at him, and let go of its elastic mouth, "This really surprises me."

He undoubtedly didn't have the musical bacteria to appreciate death rock.

After all, the foundation was the classical guitar of the simulated object 【Musician】, and the subsequent music-related ones simulated were also creation instruments like the piano.

Rock...

Too far away.

"I have a friend who sings death rock, if your Scream Tail is willing, it can learn from him."

Piers took the initiative to push an account to him.

Scream Tail didn't understand, it still found it very difficult to understand some complex human languages.

Who made it have little contact with humans.

Leaving Area Zero, only during the time by All Baimu's side did it have the opportunity to mix in human society.

Most of the time it was still communicating with various Pokémon.

All Baimu hesitated slightly: "If possible, I actually want it to learn from you."

"Learn from me?"

Piers didn't expect him to say such a thing, hesitated slightly and said: "I don't mind, is your Pokémon willing?"

All Baimu then relayed the content of the words to Scream Tail in front of him.

Undoubtedly, Scream Tail was very willing; it knew nothing about so-called musical genres, it just liked sounds that sounded noisy but were actually quite organized.

Seeing this, Piers said: "That's fine, whenever you have time, start school, it just so happens there's no arrangement for the next few days."

"How about now?"

All Baimu took the initiative to propose.

"Guma?"

Piers's Obstagoon approached upon hearing this, looking down at Scream Tail, trying to give this newcomer who was about to join the team a warning.

Scream Tail wasn't scared by the intimidation at all, and because of the other party's deterrence, its expression gradually became unkind.

"I—Ya—" ===== CHAPTER 1197 =====