Chapter 1318

Time returns to the modern era.

Inside the hotel.

All Baimu slowly opened his eyes, and Poryphone's exclamation came from his ear, "We're back!"

"Mm?"

He stood up abruptly, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding environment.

It was exactly the same as the layout before the time travel, and even the Pokémon that should be in their Poké Balls were staying in their Poké Balls just fine.

If it weren't for Poryphone's words, he would have even suspected whether he had had a dream that lasted half a month.

Poryphone added, "The current date is three days after we traveled."

"Three days..."

All Baimu looked at the neatly made bed that had clearly been tidied up, "Has no guest come to this room for three whole days?"

"It was deliberately left for you because you didn't check out."

After Poryphone reconnected to the internet, it logged into the Trainer's several accounts and found that many people had contacted him.

Ignoring the unimportant content, it only replied to the people who must be replied to.

One of the messages caught its attention, "The next Master Class match has been set!"

"Who?"

All Baimu turned his head to ask immediately.

Poryphone flipped the screen toward him and said, "The world's strongest female Champion—Cynthia!"

In the World Coronation Series interface, his and Cynthia's avatars were clearly printed on it.

Cynthia!

Currently ranked second in the world, second only to Leon.

To be honest, with his current undefeated record, it wouldn't be strange even if he were matched with Leon.

Perhaps the organizers wanted to save the suspense for the Masters Eight?

After all, Leon's hidden score was too high; even if he beat Leon, he couldn't become world number one. But winning against the world number one and still not being able to become world number one would be too ridiculous.

Postponing the battle between the two to the Masters Eight was the best choice.

And the battle against Cynthia would take place in a month at Humilau City—that is, the Sinnoh League headquarters.

"Notified a month in advance?"

"It's just notifying both parties first, wanting you to adjust your schedules. Cynthia should be very busy; she still has a real job."

"..."

What kind of talk! What kind of talk is this?

Isn't being a Trainer a real job?

All Baimu cast a death glare at Poryphone, who immediately changed the subject, "Consider the lineup; this time I think I can be the core!"

"So arrogant at only level ninety? Cynthia is no third-rate Champion!"

"... I suspect you're being sarcastic about Diantha."

During the battle against Diantha, Blissey was the absolute core, and Mawile was only responsible for transferring buffs when it came on the field.

Hearing this, All Baimu immediately turned to look at Blissey at the foot of the bed, "My dear Blissey, there is a Pokémon slandering you; should we add a ton of chili to its dinner tonight?"

"Happy~~"

Blissey actually agreed, smiling.

Poryphone looked at it in disbelief, "Are you still the gentle, kind, and considerate Blissey I'm familiar with? Where did you take my Blissey!"

Blissey just smiled.

Poryphone felt even more chilled.

All Baimu didn't bother with it anymore; he was indeed full of anticipation for the battle against Cynthia.

Although he had beaten her time and time again in the game, battling the Cynthia within reach still made his heart surge.

This was his childhood goddess!

If she could be beaten into autism or beaten to tears like Caitlin—

*Cough cough cough. *

All Baimu hurriedly cast aside the bad thoughts in his mind; he had been hanging out with Hydreigon for too long recently, and he had become evil.

But from this, one could also see his heartfelt love for Cynthia.

And among all the regional Champions, Cynthia, Steven, and Lance were undoubtedly the three with the highest popularity in his previous life, and the debates about their strength had never been lacking—

Although it was based on their team compositions in the game and evaluated according to game rules.

But no matter what, battling Cynthia could be called a test.

What's important is that Cynthia is different from Lance, who had only just mastered Mega Evolution; her Garchomp was clearly already quite proficient at Mega Evolution.

All Baimu couldn't help but calm his heart and began to think about the Pokémon to send out and the countermeasures.

"Hydrei~!"

A relieved growl suddenly came from Hydreigon at the edge of the bed; it rushed out of the bedroom to wander around, and when it came back, it was full of excitement.

It finally got rid of that guy!

After spending several days together, the dragon could only say it was used to the existence of the Hisuian Alpha Goodra, but liking it was still out of the question.

It was truly great that it wasn't brought back this time!

"Hydrei~ Hydrei~"

The happy Hydreigon began to pester All Baimu, wanting to bite his hand.

All Baimu couldn't stand this guy and said with a bit of regret on purpose: "Actually, I wouldn't mind having one more at home..."

This was half-true and half-false.

Because he really hadn't captured a new Pokémon for a long time.

Upon hearing this, the dragon's joy turned into anger; it slammed its head into his chest and bit his clothes while whimpering.

It was half acting spoiled and half protesting.

"Alright, alright, you're already an adult dragon; be more mature!"

All Baimu pushed its head away and suddenly remembered an important matter, starting to look for Terapagos.

Being sent back before the Plates were collected—what was the meaning of this? He intended to have a good talk with this self-willed little turtle.

Little did he know that when he found Terapagos in the corner of the bed, it had already returned to its crystal form, highly adhered to the Thousand-Year Arm and the Red Chain, and couldn't be pulled off even if he tried hard.

Poryphone leaned in to observe, "Did it discover that its energy wasn't enough, so it sent you back in advance?"

"... Hard to say."

All Baimu shook his head and suddenly remembered an important matter, "What about Ingo? Did Ingo come back?"

He had promised to take Ingo with him; Terapagos shouldn't have left him behind!

Poryphone said busily, "I'm already searching for his phone number!"

At this time, the Unova region was at five o'clock in the evening; through the contact information on the official website of the Battle Subway, it successfully obtained Ingo's phone number in no time.

It just so happened that All Baimu had finished cleaning up, so Poryphone dialed it.

"Hello?"

An undisguisedly exhausted voice came from the other end of the phone.

He said, "This is All Baimu; is Ingo there?"

"Champion!"

Ingo's emotions suddenly became impassioned, and he thanked him repeatedly: "You have also returned safely! I'm truly grateful! Thanks to you, I was able to return to the modern era once again..."

This Subway Boss spoke incessantly, his tone full of joy and gratitude.

"No need, it's good that you returned safely."

All Baimu laughed and hung up the phone after exchanging a few casual pleasantries.

Was this time synchronization for the return trip?

He remembered that last time in Area Zero, the dragon person had disappeared a month ago, but arrived in Kitakami with him one after another, which belonged to reality not being synchronized but the past being synchronized.

And Ingo arrived in Hisui half a year earlier than him, but returned to the modern era at the same time, which meant the past was not synchronized but reality was synchronized.

Terapagos's time-travel mechanism was truly too marvelous.

"Do we have to wait for it to wake up for the remaining few Plates?" Poryphone asked curiously, "Is there any way to supplement it?"

All Baimu said, "That would probably have to be asked of Professor Briar."

While chatting, things were packed up.

He went downstairs to check out and sincerely apologized to the hotel manager, who accepted it very generously and indicated that if he needed it, that room could be reserved for him long-term.

Being able to have a Champion stay in their hotel was their honor.

This was said so politely that All Baimu felt even more embarrassed, so he simply had Poryphone take a selfie of him and post it to his personal account.

"Just treat it as a side promotion."

All Baimu naturally knew how strong his influence was now; precisely because of this, he couldn't have the nerve to accept others' kindness at will.

After leaving the hotel.

He sent some of his Pokémon back to Mt. Silver for the first time and let the Alolan Meowth let them out.

"You've worked hard these days; the situation that occurred was completely beyond my expectations. When I go back in two days, I'll make a pile of delicious food to reward you!"

All Baimu drew a sweet pie and hung up the video communication.

Poryphone said, "Preparing to go to Lake Verity to take a look?"

"Mm, I want to ask that guy Mesprit why it didn't stay home properly and ran out!"

All Baimu nodded.

But his other thought was actually suspecting that Terapagos brought him back because there were no more Plates in the Hisui era.

Just like the Flame Plate being in the modern era, the Draco Plate mastered by the Lake Guardians, the Iron Plate mastered by Heatran, and the Dread Plate mastered by Cresselia might all have to be returned to be obtained.

This was also the main reason why he didn't return to Mt. Silver immediately.

In addition, All Baimu was also very curious about Akari's subsequent development; leaving aside the pile of people at the Iron Town Battle Arena last year, Akari could be said to be his first student, and her existence was of great significance!

It's just that he didn't know if Akari was the ancestor on Dawn's mother's side or her father's side.

All Baimu rode Hydreigon straight to Twinleaf Town.

——

Twinleaf Town.

Three days had passed since the space-time anomaly.

The small town had returned to its past tranquility and peace; when All Baimu arrived, Dawn was watering flowers together with Piplup.

One used a watering can and the other used its mouth; the efficiency was maxed out.

*Whoosh~*

Hydreigon flapped its wings and landed.

Dawn raised her hand to cover the flying grass clippings and dust, and asked in surprise and joy, "All Baimu? Why are you still here?"

"Came to ask you something."

All Baimu went straight to the point, "Is your mother home?"

Dawn: "No, she went to Kalos for a trip; why are you looking for my mother? Do you know each other?"

She was full of curiosity; what business did All Baimu have that was related to her mother?

After deliberating for a moment, All Baimu decided to inform her of part of the situation; anyway, Dawn was also someone who had seen the world with Ash, so she shouldn't be too surprised.

"Let's go inside and talk; it's hard to explain in a few words."

He took the initiative to propose going inside.

Upon hearing this, Piplup ran to open the door obediently, looking exceptionally diligent, and even showed a smile to All Baimu.

All Baimu looked at it with a smile and said, "It's useless even if you try to please me; if you want the favor of my Pokémon, you have to rely on your own efforts!"

"That's right, that's right! Love must be fought for by yourself! That's the only way there's no problem!"

Dawn, who remembered that her Piplup liked Mawile, teased.

Piplup's smile immediately collapsed; it didn't dare to get angry at All Baimu, so it had to call out angrily at Dawn, "Piplup! Piplup-plup!"

"What are you saying, you guy!"

The tacit understanding between Dawn and Piplup allowed her to understand its meaning, and she poked its forehead in a hurry and anger.

Seeing that the two were about to fight, All Baimu stopped them immediately, "Alright, alright, if there's any conflict, talk about it later; let's go inside first."

Dawn and Piplup hummed lightly.

These two were truly a pair of bickering friends.

Five minutes later.

All Baimu briefly described his encounter over the past three days, omitting a lot of content and focusing on Akari's existence.

Dawn whispered, "Looks very similar to me..."

"99% similarity, I'd say."

Poryphone displayed the photo it took, and a little girl wearing a white headscarf and a red scarf immediately entered her and Piplup's eyes.

Piplup was shocked, "Piplup-plup!"

It was indeed an almost identical appearance! Not much different from that Shiny Dawn!

Dawn was extremely speechless, "What the heck!"

Bumping into faces twice in just a few days, she was getting tired of it.

All Baimu smiled, "I want to know how Akari turned out later; after all, there's a bond between us."

"... This might really have to be asked of my mother."

Dawn was helpless about this; how would she specifically go to understand the deeds of her ancestors from several generations ago.

Piplup looked at Akari's photo and suddenly spoke, "Piplup-plup?"

"It's asking if you taught her Pokémon knowledge because Akari looks very similar to Dawn."

Poryphone translated.

All Baimu met Dawn's subconscious gaze and smiled, "Not entirely."

Not entirely, so that means there is some?

"Piplup~"

To avenge the previous grudge, Piplup put on a cheeky expression and poked Dawn's arm, "Piplup-ma?"

"Pip! La! Plup!"

Dawn blushed deeply and completely went to war with her partner.

The two sides suddenly launched a great battle, and the living room was in chaos, totally ignoring that All Baimu and Hydreigon were still present.

Poryphone said, "The relationships between Trainers and Pokémon are truly diverse."

All Baimu and Hydreigon agreed deeply.

Dawn's mother wasn't home, so he prepared to go to Lake Verity to take a look; Dawn, who had nothing to do, heard him say he was going to find Mesprit and took the initiative to say she could help lead the way.

All Baimu: "That's fine, but didn't you finish a bit early this year?"

Contests and League Conferences are both based on a one-year unit; Dawn being so free meant she probably finished early.

Unexpectedly, Dawn said, "I'm staying because I'm preparing to participate in the Sinnoh Festival."

"Sinnoh Festival?"

All Baimu remembered; it was the plot where Team Galactic used the Flame Plate to make Heatran go on a rampage.

Dawn explained the origin of the Sinnoh Festival with a giggle, and suddenly covered her mouth, "Ah! The festival seems to be celebrating things from the Hisui era! All Baimu, why don't you participate too? Ms. Cynthia will participate too!"

All Baimu had no objections.

The two walked together toward Lake Verity; it was very close to Twinleaf Town, and they successfully arrived at their destination without walking two steps.

Compared to a hundred years ago, Lake Verity had almost no changes, but the trees around it were much more lush; looking at Dawn in modern attire beside him, it made All Baimu hallucinate Akari in a trance.

"... Heh."

Even though they had only known each other for a week, she had left such a deep impression on him.

All Baimu suddenly could understand the feeling of becoming a teacher.

The breeze blew.

Mesprit, who he had been thinking about, suddenly appeared in the middle of the lake, as if it had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Mes-prit~"