Chapter 1261

Nickel Dark Island.

The active volcano that originally flowed with lava is no longer.

What appeared before Baimu's eyes was a modern island with lush greenery and towering buildings.

"The campus area at the dock has been completed; only the mountain part remains."

Shannen said to Baimu: "Campus staff and teachers are also being actively recruited, and the system follows your requirements, basically replicating the Orange Academy proportionally..."

The Oure League started by copying homework, and this time is no exception, especially since the principal personally went undercover to investigate.

Not copying would be a pity, wouldn't it?

Baimu looked up at the densely packed skyscrapers, and his mood suddenly became somewhat complex.

Initially, he only wanted to pass on the knowledge he learned in the simulator, so that more people could learn it and avoid being swept away by the tide of the times.

The Pokémon world is inherently sparsely populated, and at this stage, all regions suffer from a shortage of successors, as if the glory of the era has quietly faded.

If he doesn't pass it on, and no one else does, perhaps some obscure things will truly disappear soon.

For example, incense made from various medicinal herbs.

Only two years have passed, and the incense market has seen many new industrial products emerge—cheaper, larger in quantity, and gradually taking over the market.

The leader of the Big Mouth Baby fan club, who opened a traditional handmade incense shop, Miss Debei Ayane, chatted casually with Baimu earlier and said that new customers in her shop have been dwindling.

It's clear that handmade incense is becoming increasingly niche.

And in the knowledge Baimu gained from the simulator, incense only accounts for a part of it.

He longs to share the feedback he has gained.

But...

He sighed helplessly: "Isn't the stall too big? This is my first time being a principal!"

"Aren't you also a first-time principal, Champion? You're doing great!" Shannen patted his shoulder lightly, "I think you can do it!"

This authoritarian chairman of the Oure League had mentioned long ago that the Oure League needs Baimu, not the other way around.

If we cannot firmly bind him, then Baimu will sooner or later fly away without restraint, like the Phoenix King.

In Shannen's view, merely being a regional champion is not secure enough; adding a college presidency would be just right.

Shannen added: "For the first batch, we can admit around fifty students to test the waters and set up an experimental class."

"... You handle it as you see fit."

Baimu suddenly empathized with the principal of Blueberry Academy, Seilan.

Being a hands-off manager isn't so bad sometimes!

After strolling around the spacious campus, he saw many floating blocks.

"This is—"

This isn't the Rayquaza assassin, the box robots from Lumiose City, is it!

Shannen laughed: "To reduce unnecessary manpower, I introduced these box robots from Lumiose City in Sinnoh.

"I heard robots had accidents before, but that was due to computer control; now I've handed control over to the Porygon, so safety should be assured."

"I'll go find the control room."

As soon as the Poryphone heard it was controlled by Porygon, it couldn't sit still, caught a box robot, clung to it, and vanished as a data stream.

Baimu asked: "What about the android path? Wasn't that introduced?"

"Do you need it? If you need it, it's not impossible to introduce."

Shannen considered: "But my personal view is that the school shouldn't be compared to the city; appropriate interaction with Pokémon on campus can both train the body and deepen bonds."

Baimu: "..."

This guy always thinks so thoroughly—truly terrifying!

The two wandered for a long time, encountering only a handful of Ocean Squad members, after all, the outer campus is basically completed, so they must head to the inland where manpower is tight.

When they reached near the summit, people suddenly became numerous.

It was the Magma Squad.

They are responsible for building the more challenging summit campus, hence taking longer.

Huomura happened to be there, seeing the "leaders" come for inspection, he thought they wanted to ask about the schedule, and quickly gave a guarantee.

"Give us two more months! Two months to guarantee completion!"

"You don't need to be nervous; we're just taking a casual look."

Shannen waved his hand with a chuckle.

The summit campus mainly centers on a core large stadium, expanding outward into battle zones, requiring it to withstand continuous bombardment from legendary Pokémon.

In other words, the summit campus's standard is no lower than, and possibly higher than, Battle Mountain.

—The school's battlefield rivals the League; saying so might sound a bit ridiculous, but it also proves the Oure League's emphasis on cultivating native trainers.

Baimu turned and looked down at the island, suddenly inspired to bring Adam as a guest professor.

Anyway, Mr. Adam is also semi-retired, right!

Hmm...

Will he get beaten?

Mr. Adam clearly wanted me to inherit his gym, but I ended up turning the idea toward him instead.

Let's try!

Given Mr. Adam's personality, he definitely won't get angry at me.

He's a gentleman, after all!

—

Not two days passed.

Baimu watched a livestream of the World Championships.

"Daigo battling Denji? Has he offended someone recently?"

"His ranking's already that high; getting matched against the Champion is perfectly normal~" Duobian didn't think anything was off on his phone.

Little did they know that after this battle, Denji would likely run into Satoshi, then lose another match.

Good grief!

Denji is the strongest Gym Leader in the Shin'ou region, the man most likely to inherit Shitennou Kikuno's position!

Who would have thought he'd suffer consecutive Waterloo defeats at the World Championships — it's tragic to a certain degree.

He watched the entire match, pondering whether he had a chance to run into Daigo.

Following the monthly convention, there were only two or three battles left in the Master Ball tier; the possibility of running into Champion Dan Di early was actually greater.

"Really looking forward to it."

Baimu looked at his own Level 100 Pokemon; his battle lust was somewhat intense.

Like in a game when you desperately grind Dens, get all kinds of Candy rewards, raise your whole team to max level, and feel that intense anticipation of rolling up your sleeves to continue the main story.

Suffering behind the scenes, glorious in public!

Just as Bouffalant sang in that nursery rhyme a few days ago, Baimu also has a need to express himself.

And this happened to perfectly align with the mindset of Mawile and Shiny Gengar opening Poketube accounts.

Yet another proof of the bond between Pokemon and Trainer!

Afternoon.

An unexpected phone call came in.

"Asahi?"

"Haroo haroo~ You still remember me~ That makes me so happy!"

Asahi's vigorous voice came through, "It's been almost a year, right? Do you still remember the 'Mew Project'?"

"Of course I remember. How's the situation now?"

Baimu asked with a smile.

The Three Pillars were caught with the help of Professor Suigao and the others; how could he forget?

Asahi laughed: "Going very smoothly! Quite a few excellent kids have joined the team! We'll definitely be able to screen out outstanding members!"

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, then Asahi stated the purpose of the call.

It turned out Professor Suigao had recently discovered that the island at the edge of the world might have a period of climate vacuum at the end of this year.

At that time, they could go explore it.

"You were also a companion who went along back then, so we wanted to invite you!"

Asahi's voice suddenly lowered, "Quick! Aji! Say something to Baimu!"

Then sounds of pushing and shoving rang out, followed by the complaint "What are you being shy for."

A few seconds later, a cold voice mixed with a hint of helplessness sounded.

"This is Aji."

"Long time no see, Aji!"

"... Long time no see."

Aji's breath hitched, then he continued: "You... if you have time, come along."

"Sure, if I have time I'll definitely come!"

Baimu readily agreed.

Although he had already met Mew long ago, he didn't mind going to see it again; he was also very curious how the Mew Project would develop in the end.

Mew wouldn't have been caught, would it?

The possibility is extremely small.

Although the anime has precedents of Mythical Pokemon being caught, can Darkrai and Meroetta even be mentioned in the same breath as Mew?

However, not having watched the aftermath of the Masters Eight finals, he didn't know that the Mew Project's island exploration time happened to clash with the finals schedule.

By the time he learned the specific arrangements for both sides, it was already several months later.

But before that.

A few days later, Baimu learned another piece of major news.

"What? New Mega Stones?"

"Yeah, the person in charge of mining Mega Stones in Kalos said there are several kinds of Mega Stones in there that don't match the currently known ones."

Yamano's voice on the phone was full of curiosity.

Baimu: "... Specifically which Pokemon's?"

"That's not clear for now; you could maybe go ask Daigo? Doesn't Devon Corporation have an engineering department over there."

Yamano didn't know much either; even this was something someone else told him.

So.

Baimu placed a call to Daigo—

No one answered.

He'd clearly just talked on the phone with Denji a while ago; how could he vanish without a trace in the blink of an eye!

He flipped through his contacts and found Risa's number.

Risa is the one in Devon Corporation specifically responsible for researching Mega Evolution; she previously helped him sell off various gems, helping the financially strapped Baimu back then.

Since the mining of Kalos's Mega Stone mine began, she was transferred to Kalos to participate in the relevant work.

Beep—

Crack.

"Hello? Who is this?"

Lisha's voice came through, lacking energy.

Baimu replied: "Baimu, did I disturb your rest? I'm sorry, I'll call back later."

"——Wait!"

Lisha raised her tone, cleared her throat, and said, "I'm not asleep, just been working overtime a lot lately, feeling drained."

She seemed to guess why Baimu called, "You must have heard the news about the new Mega Stone, right?"

Baimu: "Exactly, I couldn't reach Champion Dawu, so I had to bother you."

"Hehehe, Champion Dawu is rejecting all calls now, his father probably can't get through either, so it's normal you can't either."

Lisha chuckled: "You've really riled him up, he's stopped going out to hunt for gems, all fired up to meet you in Master Ball class!"

Champion Dawu is actually working hard for him!

Baimu felt honored and surprised, never expecting he could inspire the other.

Lisha added: "As for the new Mega Stone…… some have been identified, some haven't."

"Which ones have been identified?" he asked quickly.

"Fast Dragon, Big Food Flower, Big Balsam, Mighty Croc, and Blaze Warrior King." Lisha listed them one by one, "Those are the only five so far."

Fast Dragon??

Baimu's pupils shrank slightly.

"Fast Dragon? Are you sure?"

"Very sure, the test subject is Ah Du, that Fast Dragon expert."

Lisha giggled: "But poor Fireball Mouse, clearly the designated newcomer Pokémon for the City area, yet it's not in the current Mega Stone detections……"

The following words went in one ear and out the other for Baimu.

Fast Dragon?

Mega Fast Dragon?

Ah Du's Mega Fast Dragon!

"This season! Ah Du's championship epic upgrade!" came a shout from the TV, deeply emotional yet meaningless.

Baimu exhaled a turbid breath, "Something's up."

The Pokémon anime world, though influenced by him, has changed many things, like the reconstruction of Miaare City after its destruction.

But the new Mega Stone is completely outside Baimu's considerations.

Just what kind of Butterfly Effect could stir up such a huge tornado!

Fast Dragon can Mega Evolve!

Thinking of battling Ah Du in a few days, who might use Fast Dragon, he was excited beyond himself.

More importantly, if Fast Dragon can Mega Evolve.

What about the Three-Headed Evil Dragon?

The pseudo-legendaries of the first four generations are all here, next up should be the fifth generation's pseudo-legendary Three-Headed Evil Dragon!

Baimu looked at the Husky Dragon lying on the carpet, its three heads focused intently on the match.

The latter sensed his gaze, one head turning back, "Hiss?"

"I think you're cute, just glancing at you."

"Hiss~"

Spouting obvious truths!

The Three-Headed Evil Dragon shyly wriggled over, bumping him with its big head.

Baimu inexplicably felt guilty.

He ultimately couldn't confirm if the Three-Headed Evil Dragon had a chance to Mega Evolve, dare not let it get hopeful.

What if there isn't?

If I'm not mistaken, the new Mega Evolutions likely come from the XY remake.

So what region in the world will the tenth generation be……

Forget it.

Baimu gathered his scattered thoughts, stroked the Three-Headed Evil Dragon's skull, and continued chatting with Lisha.

"The Mega Stones with unidentified targets still have seven left, estimated to be confirmed after a while."

Lisha said, then complained: "Finding suitable test subjects is quite hard."

The requirement for Mega Evolution is that trainer and Pokémon share hearts.

So, it's basically assumed the trainer has some strength and has raised the Pokémon for a long time.

Many qualify, but with so many Pokémon, testing them one by one would consume a lot of energy.

Fortunately, we can guess the corresponding Pokémon by the color inside the Mega Stone, narrowing the search.

Otherwise, who knows how long it'd take to confirm which are the new Mega Stones.

Previously, Mega Stones were generally recorded from thousands of years ago, the pure Mega Ore from Kalos is just a new product.

The new ones, undeniably new.

No related materials found in any classics.

Why would it be……

Hard to say.

Who let even a modern industrial product like Mewtwo have Mega Evolution? Or even two kinds!

"Once I know about the other Pokémon, I'll let you know right away!"

Liza said generously.

Baimu said gratefully: "Thank you, thank you. One day when I go to Kalos, I'll treat you to a meal!"

"No need to treat me to a meal. I heard your cooking is good, so make something for me to eat." Liza laughed, and the fatigue of a working person in her voice faded considerably.

Baimu agreed readily.

The phone hung up.

He rose somewhat restlessly and looked around at his own Pokémon.

Seven as-yet-unconfirmed Mega Stones……Perhaps there are even more in the mine!

Do these Pokémon of mine have a chance?

?? ps：Considering the traits of the new Mega Evolution are unknown, I will consider weakening the presence of the traits.

? Anyway, in the anime, it's common to see situations where traits are equivalent to none.