Chapter 1225: New Ninety Level

In the end, Baimu didn't eat that Dragon Eye Fruit.

Because the three-headed evil dragon discovered that the trainer actually despised it, it swallowed it on its own, flew out of the bedroom, and dragged in an opened bag of potato chips.

"Heng~ga~~"

Resentful shouting came from the living room.

Baimu then looked at the Husky Dragon's expectant gaze, feeling speechless wave after wave.

Crack.

He was forced to eat a piece.

"Hiss throat!"

The three-headed evil dragon instantly beamed with joy, its petal-like neck fur exploding outward.

So sometimes a Pokémon's competitive spirit being too strong isn't exactly something to be overly happy about.

Baimu threw the potato chips back to the Shiny Gengar peeking from outside the door, and replied to Shanyin's message—

"Don't arrange anything for me."

Shanyin: "One a day, total of one week."

Baimu: "You really… are treating me like a Tauros, aren't you?"

Shanyin: "Don't insult Tauros."

Baimu: "?"

Did this hanged man just finish eating Stinky Mud?

After exchanging attacks for a while, Shanyin began to talk about other serious matters.

"Do you still remember Blueberry Academy? They sent you an invitation letter."

"To me?"

"Yes, they named you specifically."

"... Won't they just make me an exchange student again?"

"Don't worry, they don't have my bad taste. They just lifted their heads and saw 'Respected Ore League Champion Mr. Baimu'."

Shanyin's words between the lines inexplicably revealed a sense of "pride," making Baimu want to hit someone a little.

Hmm.

Say do, then do!

Earlier, when he returned from Paldea, he had already beaten it once.

Now new and old grudges will be repaid again!

Baimu revealed a sinister grin like a Gengar's, causing Shanyin, far away in Ore, to break out in goosebumps all over.

"Tsk!"

"Meow?"

The Psychic Meowth handed over a tissue, looking worriedly at the trainer.

Shanyin took it, speaking in a muffled voice: "I'm fine, it's just that this guy Baimu is badmouthing me behind my back."

Regardless of whether it's true or not, just pass the blame to the friend and it's settled.

The Psychic Meowth remained silent, sometimes really not understanding the friendship between the two—why fight if they're close?

Clearly, they should be licking each other's fur instead!

It licked its paw, noticed the trainer's head had a sticking-up cowlick, and immediately floated up, using its fur ball to press it down.

If it couldn't press down, it would lick its paw to moisten it, then press again.

"Thank you."

Shanyin chuckled, turned around, and stroked the Psychic Meowth's head, which happily rubbed against his palm.

It was grateful to Baimu, grateful for having someone who awakened the trainer's former dream and ignited his fighting spirit.

"Hurr hurr~"

The Psychic Meowth happily stepped on milk, its fur ball continuously pressing the trainer's head.

Shanyin's body relaxed, his mood pleasant.

—

Shanyin's whole body tensed, struggling to breathe.

"If you've got the guts, you, let me go!"

His face flushed red, because someone behind him had forcibly locked his throat, no matter how he grabbed the other's arm and tried to twist, he couldn't break free.

And the one locking him, naturally, was his best business partner, a friend tested by life and death—

Baimu.

Our Ore League Champion was now applying a naked choke to his friend, hehe laughing: "I won't let go."

"... I, I was wrong."

"I won't listen."

"You damn..."

"Hey! I just love your rebellious, untamed look! (increased force)"

"..."

Shanyin began to feel a bit dead.

Baimu, who had been listening to the breathing sounds all along, finally loosened his grip, leaving him a life.

"Cough cough! Cough cough cough!"

Shanyin knelt and collapsed on the ground, gasping loudly as if reborn.

Hu Di sighed, squatting beside him and lightly patting his back until the trainer recovered, then gave Baimu a resentful look.

"Pfft~!"

Playing too big!

What if something happens? How do we handle it?

"Sorry~" Baimu smiled and raised his hand to apologize, "But who made him resist?"

Getting hit and still not honest—definitely deserves double!

Crack.

The professional attire's Hu Wu pushed the door open and entered, as if not noticing Shan Ren kneeling and panting on the ground, calmly placing the document down.

Only then did she say to Baimu: "Welcome home!"

"Long time no see~"

Baimu smiled and nodded, but soon froze again, because Olivia followed her in.

How is she here?

Facing her friend's puzzled gaze, Shan Ren, who had already stood up, touched his scorching face and said: "Miss Olivia represents the Galar Alliance in a week-long meeting with the Ore Alliance."

Baimu: "..."

What meeting!

Just to stay in Ore for two more days so he can keep meeting Luo Ze.

"Did you meet face to face?"

He asked bluntly.

Olivia nodded, then shook her head gloomily. Roughly meaning they did meet, but the process wasn't smooth.

Luo Ze's personality is stubborn; upon discovering Shan Ren deceived him, he'd at most see him that one time.

Another meeting is unlikely.

Baimu originally wanted to ask the reason, but then thought he had no need to meddle in the elderly couple's tragic love, so he said: "Keep at it! As long as you're persistent, you'll eventually move him!"

Olivia blinked, "Move him?"

She seemed not to understand her own feelings; meeting Luo Ze was merely out of longing.

No wonder she's a taciturn workaholic!

Baimu suddenly recalled the plot of "Breaking Dawn Wings."

Before Luo Ze scouted her as talent, Olivia's personal ability was too strong for other researchers to keep up, leaving her utterly alone.

She never even thought of reconciliation, just foolishly continued research in that dim little room.

Until Luo Ze opened the door.

Sigh.

This sister's had it rough~

Baimu shook his head, picked up the invitation from the desk, and flipped through it on the sofa nearby.

The invitation was quite formal, the signature marked the inviter—

Principal Xi Lan of Blueberry Academy.

Xi Lan?

Never heard of that name.

Baimu had his multi-function phone check, found the person's information scarce—only known as Blueberry Academy's founder, who designed the world's largest ecological biodome.

Capable of housing over a hundred different Pokémon, divided into four major sea courtyard zones.

Scale nearly equals an island in the Alola region.

"Do you have an impression of Xi Lan?"

He turned to look at Shan Ren.

This person is an outstanding graduate of Blueberry Academy, unfortunately had a broken Dao there, nearly quit being a trainer.

Shan Ren pondered briefly: "Impression not particularly deep—I only remember him as a very kind person."

"Such a kind person teaching these students?"

"—Hey!"

"The Blueberry Academy students I've seen generally have issues—I'm not speaking nonsense."

"You..."

Shan Ren unable to retort.

Blueberry Academy's atmosphere is indeed somewhat efficiency-obsessed and pragmatic.

Fine in any other field, but problematic in Pokémon battles.

Especially animated Pokémon battles!

Trainers who can't believe Pokémon can create miracles will never climb animation's peak in this life.

Baimu tossed the invitation into Geng Gui's belly, "I'm curious—what kind of people are those students inside?"

He still remembered Wu Li that foolish boy; they'd agreed to meet again in the second half of the year, to witness his growth through battle.

Didn't expect time to pass so quickly.

"So hard, so hard."

He doesn't think Wu Li could achieve much growth in just a few months.

Like Ash Ketchum—his whole team leveled to eighty in a year, even two counted as starting from zero 【Protagonist】, ultimately a rarity among rarities.

Put that way, Ash's cheat is about the same as mine!

Baimu glanced at the inventory.

Yesterday, after successfully refreshing the simulator battle with Karuloni, the accumulated energy level was just enough to upgrade multiple Dragon Baryluto, Great Steel Snake, or Galarian Sun Coral to level ninety.

From a cost-effectiveness perspective, upgrading the level eighty Dragon Baryluto would be more economical. But considering the Great Steel Snake's mood, and the rule established last time……

Platinum Silver Mountain Training Field.

"You three fight each other, do you understand what I mean?"

Baimu shouted at the three Pokémon.

The Social Anxiety Dragon, the gigantic Great Steel Snake, and the world-weary face of the Slacking Coral locked eyes, then glanced at the trainer—either lost in thought, unable to contain excitement, or devoid of will to live.

Not far away, the Gastly envied so much it bit white paper, and the Polygon's phone eyes flashed.

It's time again for the trainer to assist them in growing!

Unfortunately.

They are not qualified.

The Polygon phone knows very well that if they could meet the requirements, the trainer would not refuse to let them participate.

I'm still too lazy, the Polygon phone thought.

Gastly, meanwhile, hates that it joined the team too late; if it could have joined alongside the Great Steel Snake……no, alongside the Big Mouth Baby at the same time, it would already be level ninety!

Damn it!

"Lurua~!"

Dragon Baryluto made a decisive choice, selecting its opponent——the Slacking Coral.

Having won against the Ferocious Jaw Dragon the day before yesterday, it now brims with confidence, but also knows to pick the soft persimmon.

Of course, it's not that the Slacking Coral is weak, but its battle desire is relatively low.

Especially at this time.

The Social Anxiety Dragon knows full well that the Sun Coral would definitely not bother to compete with them.

"Okay."

Baimu agreed on behalf of the Sun Coral, then turned and told it, "I've decided that starting tomorrow, Pokémon below level ninety will undergo an extra hour of training."

Dragon Baryluto: "!??!?"

Sun Coral: "!!!"

What a good, despicable tactic!

I've never seen such a shameless trainer!

Baimu ignored the two ghosts' resentment, raised his hand to reveal the Solar Crystal and Z Pure Crystal, "Draw lots or choose?"

"Hiss?"

"You can't opt out."

"..."

The Sun Coral rolled away; to it, it makes no difference which one.

Seeing this, Dragon Baryluto also steeled itself and turned to fly off, clearly preparing to draw lots.

The Dragon siblings from Kong Li's launch hole had already prepared for battle.

They excel most at internal conflict!

The Great Steel Snake wasn't selected, so it lay down waiting, "Hiss~"

"Right, you two must fight each other."

Baimu naturally needs to consider the wins and losses of all three Pokémon before making a decision.

Draw?

Then fight again!

He currently has plenty of time; the invitation letter from Blueberry Academy is dated for next week.

"Ee ya?"

"You? You don't need to for now."

The overconfident roar tail really wanted to butt in, but Baimu refused it.

Never mind whether it could win or not; even if it did, he has no supplies for the roar tail.

This guy is only level sixty-one!

Yes, although Baimu hasn't really nurtured it, under multi-source resource support, the roar tail successfully leveled up once.

But it feels nothing significant, after all, it's only gained one level.

"Ee ya!"

The roar tail angrily puffed its cheeks; it doesn't know what the Social Anxiety Dragon and others are arguing about, but hearing Baimu's tone just makes it unhappy.

What does it mean by saying it doesn't need me temporarily!

How would I know if it needs it or not without trying!

Baimu's mouth twitched as he pinched its soft, highly stretchable face, saying: "Fine, fine, fine, if you're willing, just come up!"

If it likes getting hit, let it get hit.

"Ee ya~"

The roar tail was satisfied.

The Guiguishu, holding a drink cup like a little maid, seeing this, also raised its head, "Bonino?"

"You truly don't need to."

Baimu said, laughing and crying at the same time, then pushed aside the Middleton who came over with a big face, "You too!"

Since he didn't deliberately conceal it, and Gastly and Polygon Beast 2 are both big mouths internally, loving to share information with companions, nearly all Pokémon in the household now know he can help boost levels.

Including the Treasure Companion and Tao Dai Lang.

The only thing unknown was the howling tail.

It wasn't that everyone was ostracizing it; it was simply that this guy lacked the patience to listen to gossip.

On the side of the social anxiety dragon and the lazy coral, it was soon time for Baimu to use the system.

Multiple phones helped with drawing lots.

"Solarization!"

Multiple Dragon Baruluto drew Solarization, and its Solarization attribute was—

Ghost!

The Multiple Dragon Baruluto wearing the Ghost Crown sprayed purple-black energy, quickly diving into the void to dodge the ghost fire of the Sun Coral.

"Throat!"

The Sun Coral also panicked.

Baimu then began to dance, using Ghost Z【Endless Night Temptation】.

The energy levels of both sides differed by only two ranks; though output varied slightly, the power of the Z move was sufficient to compensate.

Conversely, the same held true: the evolution of the Strange Stone indeed made the Sun Coral extremely resistant, but the attribute power boost from Solarization was no joke.

In terms of willpower, Multiple Dragon Baruluto was unstoppable, while the Sun Coral fought so it wouldn't have to work overtime in the future.

The civil war soon yielded a result—

"Gurgle!!"

Multiple Dragon Baruluto won!

Naturally, the power of the Z move was great, but as long as it could withstand it, the sustained output of Solarization could turn the Sun Coral into a turtle in a jar.

Another important point: although Multiple Dragon Baruluto often couldn't unleash its speed advantage in external battles, in internal fights, relying on familiarity with other members, its speed could reach divine levels.

Calling it an internal battle phantom god would not be an exaggeration.

The Sun Coral's mobility was nearly zero, so failing to catch the social anxiety dragon was normal.

Even if it wanted to use smoky tentacles to protect itself, Multiple Dragon Baruluto would first send out little Multiple Dragons to blast them apart, then attack.

Essentially, it appeared as a three-in-one entity, but in reality functioned as three separate individuals.

"Throat..."

The Sun Coral was utterly desperate.

Although it often loafed around, in both battles and training, it was always very proactive.

Why must the heavens treat it so cruelly!

The Sun Coral's sorrow summoned rain clouds.

"Stop stop stop, just joking with you, no overtime." Baimu stepped forward to stop it.

The Sun Coral rolled backward, looking at him upside down, "Throat?"

"Of course it's true—I just wanted to spark your fighting spirit; you don't even know what you're like yourself?"

He nodded firmly without doubt.

The Sun Coral sighed in relief, then instantly changed its expression, glaring fiercely at Baimu, gurgling as it rolled away.

"Hey! Don't slack off when fighting the Big Steel Snake later, or I'll change my mind!"

"Throat!"

The lazy coral swore terribly.

Afternoon.

Multiple Dragon Baruluto battled the Super Giant Steel Snake, which, relying on sandstorm and binding, trapped it, but was hit by two close-range water cannons, ending with a final water Z【Super Water Current Great Vortex】.

Huh? That scene looks familiar?

However, the social anxiety dragon truly could endure; though it looked like its organs were about to be squeezed out, it stubbornly only spat water.

Thus, the internal conflict came to an end.

The social anxiety dragon won, ascending to the Ninety Treasure Seat.