Chapter 1249: Eating Mochi Crazily

"Champion! Champion!"

"Ogerpon! Ogerpon!"

The whole arena cheered in unison for All Baimu and Ogerpon, the uniform shouting making it hard for Kieran to breathe.

He seemed to be able to feel many mocking gazes.

Especially when he caught a glimpse of someone shaking their head and leaving, it made him bury his head deeply, unable to accept the result before his eyes.

Counting the achievements of his sleepless, hard training over the past half year, they all turned into bubbles in less than five minutes, and he had lost to his favorite Pokémon.

Pain!

It was too painful!

If All Baimu weren't a guest invited here, he might have even had to hand over his position as President...

At that time, he would really have nothing left.

Kieran didn't cry; he fell into a despair deeper than crying.

"Kieran!"

Carmine ran into the arena immediately, but didn't know how to comfort him, only able to look at her younger brother helplessly.

At the edge of the arena, Crispin clapped vigorously and shouted, "You all did your best! I'm so moved!"

Crispin: "Crispin... read the room..."

Drayton rested his hands behind his head, walking slowly toward Kieran like a street loafer.

Crispin, noticing his movement, immediately reached out.

"Wait! Drayton—"

How could she not know his intentions? This guy was sometimes particularly mean!

"Yo~ you two worked hard~"

Sure enough, Drayton opened his arms with a flippant tone, walked to Kieran's side, leaned over and said, "What a pity~ Blue, berry, Cham, pion~"

He said it word by word, his voice full of mockery.

Carmine glared at him, "Drayton! What are you trying to do again!"

"I just want to say, don't be so stubborn."

The toothpaste-haired boy said softly, "Although I, who lost to you, don't have much qualification to say this, you should still... enjoy battling like you did in the past."

"Being obsessed with victory is a good thing; everyone wants to win, but pushing yourself too hard isn't good. I find it hard to watch."

"..."

Kieran said nothing, just remained in his own world.

In the distance.

Ogerpon ended its Terastallized state, turned around happily, and ran quickly to All Baimu, raising its small face with a curved smile.

"Ogerpon~"

"You worked hard, come back for a bit."

He recalled Ogerpon and released it, eliminating the effect of Perish Song.

To be blunt, Kieran actually almost stalled until he won; the Syrup Bomb used by Dipplin at the end caused quite a bit of trouble.

Fortunately, Politoed's rain lasted long enough, lowering the syrup's temperature and hardening it; otherwise, it would have been more difficult for Ogerpon to deal with.

The probability of losing wasn't high; there were many ways to deal with the syrup, just some were troublesome and some were not.

Additionally, Ogerpon gave Kieran plenty of opportunities.

Otherwise, with its speed, knocking out Dragonite and then Politoed like it did at the beginning, it wouldn't have taken much time for all six Pokémon.

It was just curious about what kind of methods Kieran could pull out.

Having not battled for too long, Ogerpon also hoped to have a good time battling once.

All Baimu gently stroked the little Ogerpon's head, "Thanks to you this time, what do you want to eat tonight? Let's treat you well."

"Ogerpon~"

The little Ogerpon rubbed its head against his palm.

If it were another Pokémon, even if it were a one-on-six, it might not have caused such a great psychological impact on Kieran.

Only the combination of Ogerpon and Pecharunt could achieve the result he wanted.

"Pecharunt..."

Pecharunt looked at the two interacting happily, hesitating but still leaning over.

The fragments of memory in its mind were, after all, just fragments, far less clear than the memories of All Baimu treating it well.

It circled around, specifically avoiding Ogerpon in front, and stuck to All Baimu's side, "Pecharunt~"

The imagined feeling of rejection didn't surface; instead, a deep sense of security welled up, as if as long as it stayed by his side, there was no need to worry about any danger—

Including Ogerpon swinging its cudgel at it.

Pecharunt's mood quickly became beautiful, and it couldn't help but take out some mochi and try to stuff it into All Baimu's mouth.

"Keep it for yourself."

All Baimu refused with a head-pat.

Although this thing had the effect of stimulating potential, it also amplified the evil thoughts in human nature.

He couldn't be sure what he would do if his evil thoughts were amplified...

He would probably grab all the Pokémon on Mt. Silver and drain them, right?

"Pecharunt..."

Pecharunt felt immense regret.

It instinctively wanted its trainer to eat this mochi; intuition told it there were benefits.

All Baimu, seeing its disappointed face, comforted it, "Alright, considering you worked so hard too, eat it tonight, eat it tonight."

Although the poison peach was slacking off the whole time, it did enter the field and contributed to the smooth progress of the battle.

Pecharunt nodded excitedly, "Pecharunt!"

Yay!

Although it didn't do anything, it really worked hard!

After interacting with the two Pokémon, All Baimu looked at Kieran, who was surrounded by "companions," and walked over slowly.

Noticing his approach, Kieran shook as he stood up, trembling as he said:

"Next time... next time I will definitely win! This time... this time it's just that I didn't know..."

Didn't know Ogerpon had a Fairy Mask.

He swallowed those words.

Drayton clicked his tongue, "Is the blow that big? I'm curious, if All Baimu were also our classmate and snatched his Champion position, what kind of expression would he have—I'm really curious!"

"Drayton!"

Zi Yu had enough of his passive-aggressive demeanor and crossed her arms in anger, "I, feel, that, this, way! Is not good!"

Drayton turned his head and whistled.

Crispin glared at him; Drayton also had to take some responsibility for the current state of the League Club!

All Baimu didn't care about their argument, getting close to Kieran.

"Don't worry, you still have many chances; I'll stay at Blueberry Academy for a while. But since you lost, I don't think I need to say much about what you should do."

He had to wait for Briar to return and change the Terastal types of his Pokémon.

Kieran remained silent, lost in his soul.

Just when Carmine bit her lower lip, about to speak for her brother.

"Kieran!"

All Baimu shouted in a low voice, startling everyone around him, and said seriously, "What's your answer? Don't be like a coward who can't afford to lose!"

Kieran hurriedly raised his head, "I, I know!"

"Know what?"

"... Cancel the decision I made to quit the club."

Watching Kieran being scolded like a grandson meeting his grandfather, the Blueberry Elite Four felt inexplicably strange.

Especially Drayton, who couldn't gloat anymore at this moment.

He seemed to see the shadow of his grandfather Drayden in All Baimu, especially in that moment just now; as a descendant of Dragon Tamers, he clearly felt a pressure belonging to a powerful Dragon-type Pokémon.

Crispin was straightforward, and after calming down, she immediately said, "A Champion is a Champion, extraordinary demeanor!"

"Crispin..."

Crispin seemed to have lost all her strength.

Is this the time to praise someone?

All Baimu's expression softened, "Tomorrow is still at this time and place, and I will use the same Pokémon, remember to come."

"... I will!"

Kieran barely regained some fighting spirit.

He thought his tactics were correct, and the only mistake was insufficient intelligence, planning to go back and ask his grandfather about the legends of Ogerpon.

How could there be an extra Fairy Mask?

The boy was puzzled, and was helped away by Drayton and Crispin, feeling dejected.

Carmine also wanted to help, but she clearly had no experience in taking care of people, chasing after them in a flurry, complaining from time to time.

Crispin chimed in very cooperatively, while Drayton treated it as wind in his ears the whole time.

Crispin didn't follow; she and Nari had to be responsible for orderly evacuating the students watching the battle; the scene was too chaotic, and many people wanted to get close to All Baimu.

"The battle is over, please leave the arena in an orderly manner, do not linger for too long, and cause trouble for the site order."

The girl continued to shout using the broadcast.

Although everyone felt regret, with the authoritative Crispin speaking, they had to gradually retreat with the crowd.

Director Cyrano disappeared at some point.

The old man was always elusive and adopted a completely laissez-faire attitude toward student affairs.

All Baimu learned a lot from him—

Counter-examples are also teaching materials!

"That was really amazing! All Baimu!" Nemona's eyes shone, and she couldn't wait to say, "Let me have a battle with Ogerpon!"

She had wanted to come over for a long time, but seeing Kieran's state, she felt the atmosphere wasn't right and didn't approach.

Arven said, "Did that brat cry again? Feels like he hasn't changed much compared to before."

Remembering the last time he went to his house, he was also in this dead state.

"Different situations, different identities."

Penny's observation was good; she could see that the students were afraid of and revered Kieran, but also annoyed and irritated by him.

It could be seen that Kieran had achieved something at Blueberry Academy.

All Baimu crushed him in public; even if everyone knew it was impossible for him to win, it was easy to strike a blow to his prestige.

And with his continuous strikes, the prestige he had built up over half a year might drop to a staggering level.

Of course, after All Baimu left, his prestige would naturally be rebuilt.

Unless in these few short days, someone among the Blueberry Elite Four achieved rapid growth, or Kieran's sister Carmine took his place...

All Baimu said, "All I can do is give him a few lessons, hoping he can wake up himself; with him, this Champion, taking the lead, the atmosphere of Blueberry Academy might change."

If it doesn't change, that's fine; it can serve as a demonstration for his future school.

Whatever the situation at Blueberry Academy, just do the opposite.

Subsequently, he had a one-on-one battle with Nemona, Ogerpon versus Skeledirge, and the scene was once very intense.

Although Ogerpon couldn't change masks, relying on the pile of moves All Baimu had taught it, it still beat Skeledirge until it was crawling all over the floor.

Thanks to Nemona being a genuine Champion-level trainer, it didn't end up being beaten one-sidedly like Kieran.

And what made Skeledirge helpless was that Ogerpon's first cudgel hit its vocal cords squarely, and the secondary effect of 【Hellish Jab】 made it unable to even use its signature skill 【Torch Song】.

"Really strong."

Nemona was full of emotion.

At night, All Baimu borrowed the Blueberry Academy cafeteria to make many glowing dishes to reward Ogerpon and Pecharunt.

And under Pecharunt's expectant gaze, he ate the poisonous mochi.

—No reaction at all.

"Pecharunt?"

Pecharunt tilted its head strangely.

How could it have no effect on All Baimu?

It leaned over to look at the trainer's mouth, wanting to know if he really swallowed it or secretly hid it in his mouth.

All Baimu let it check.

Pecharunt was surprised, "Pecharunt!"

It took out another one, revealing an expectant look.

All Baimu ate as many as it wanted, and after eating ten in a row, he suddenly raised his hand.

"Pecharunt~"

Pecharunt's eyes shone slightly, did it succeed?

All Baimu replied, "I won't be able to eat dinner if I eat more, let's stop here for today."

Pecharunt flew back to Ogerpon's side in disappointment.

Ogerpon comforted it in a low voice, while All Baimu in the back sprayed antidote into his mouth four or five times without changing his expression.

Although he had hidden antidote tablets under his tongue in advance and secretly ate a few more later, this thing was really hard to say.

To be safe, use a few for Pokémon too.

Anyway, humans in the anime can barely be considered a type of Pokémon.

A short while later, Arven and other friends were invited to the scene. Dendra, having received wind of it from somewhere, also shamelessly tagged along for a meal. Before she had taken more than a few bites, she begged All Baimu to let her call Zi Yu and the others over.

All Baimu nodded and agreed, smiling, "I didn't expect you to still be thinking about them."

Drayton said as a matter of course, "Of course, everyone in the League Club is my brother and sister!"

He didn't blush at all when repeating this.

"Then I have a question I want to ask you."

All Baimu asked, "What do you think of the current battle atmosphere at Blueberry Academy?"

"Battle atmosphere?"

Drayton was confused.

All Baimu said, "I haven't been in contact with Blueberry Academy students for just one or two days, and I've also been in contact with people in higher grades than you.

"But a very strange point is that Blueberry Academy students are often particularly prone to giving up; to put it nicely, it's called 'cutting losses in time,' and to put it bluntly, it's called 'having no backbone'."

"Ah~"

Drayton, eating the soufflé made by Blissey, replied, "This is very simple, the cost of making mistakes is too low..."

Before Kieran became Champion, the atmosphere of the League Club was exceptionally lax.

Without the guidance of teachers, everyone didn't pay much attention to rankings; after all, it didn't affect school life regardless of high or low.

The Champion and Elite Four wouldn't pressure the students below, and it didn't matter if the students below couldn't win; anyway, they could challenge at any time, not to mention the school's Blueberry League was just playing house.

Everyone would graduate sooner or later; what they should really strive for were Gym challenges and League challenges.

Blueberry League?

Just play it casually.

Ease was the main theme of the League Club in the past.

However, if you couldn't cultivate a subconscious of tenacious struggle with your Pokémon in school, could you cultivate it after going out?

Most people thought they could, but very few could actually do it.

Especially people like Drayden, who challenged so many League tournaments and ultimately couldn't get ideal results.

They would only degenerate further and further.

"Since you understand everything, then why?" All Baimu stared at Drayton.

Drayton laughed, "Hey, isn't this just habit, besides, I don't have any dreams."

He lay lazily on the dining table, turned his head and stuffed the soufflé into his mouth with a fork, his eating posture was a mess.

"I don't need to inherit the Opelucid Gym, Iris is so powerful, maybe she can serve as both Champion and Gym Leader~"

This kid, started being sarcastic again.

All Baimu ignored this sentence, "The previous League Club President before you, did he have the same idea as you?"

"That's for sure, he's my great senior."

Drayton laughed again.

In the end, it was still the disaster left by the predecessor.

All Baimu: "Listening to what you just meant, the atmosphere started to improve after Kieran became Champion?"

"Can't say it improved, I just feel like everyone started to become anxious."

Drayton said, "It was fine like that before, Kieran's look, it's like someone is chasing him from behind."

He suddenly looked at All Baimu and realized, "Ah, it's you."

"Stop being cheeky."

All Baimu tapped his head lightly.

It wasn't hard to hear from Drayton's tone that the atmosphere of Blueberry Academy belittling battles was improving, but it was also a bit overcorrected.

Leaving it to student self-governance really wasn't a safe choice.

Not long after, the remaining Blueberry Elite Four all arrived, even Carmine came, only Kieran was hiding in his room sulking.

When it was late at night, he called his old home in Kitakami.

"Grandpa, about Ogerpon..."

Soon Kieran learned that there wasn't just one pink Teal Mask, but also a black-red mask representing "Hatred" and a deep purple mask representing "Fear."

How was he supposed to guess this!

Originally four choices, now seven choices!

Kieran pulled his hair in pain; he originally thought All Baimu only used Ogerpon and Pecharunt, making it easier to arrange tactics.

Who would have thought this would happen! ===== CHAPTER 1250 =====