Chapter 1322: Iron Ruins

Aura Guardian Riley, the permanent NPC of Iron Island.

All Baimu had seen his ancestor, Ryle, in Jubilife Village, and had seen his even more distant ancestor, Aaron, in the theatrical version.

Their "R" generation seemed to share the same face, as magical as Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy.

"Ms. Cynthia, it's been a long time."

Riley greeted Cynthia with a smile. It wasn't Cynthia's first time coming to Iron Island, so naturally, it wasn't their first time meeting.

Cynthia nodded and took the initiative to introduce All Baimu beside her. "Long time no see, this is the Orre Champion: All Baimu."

"Hello, hello."

"Nice to meet you, please take care of me."

The three exchanged polite pleasantries.

And while Cynthia and Riley were briefly catching up, All Baimu's gaze fell on the Lucario beside him.

He couldn't help but think, 'Sure enough, no matter how many times I see it, ordinary Lucario are ridiculously short.'

Although he had seen Korrina and Ash's Lucario before, they belonged to teenagers, and their height was comparable, so he didn't feel much disharmony.

Now seeing Riley and his Lucario...

It was hard to imagine that a humanoid Pokémon, plus its erect ears, only reached the chest of an adult male.

What Machop, Tyrogue?

All Baimu's inner slander seemed to be sensed by Lucario, and it subconsciously let out an unpleasant growl.

"Wooo..."

"Lucario?"

Riley lowered his head, sensed the waves in Lucario's heart through Aura, and extended it to All Baimu, who was staring at it. He smiled and said, "Champion, are you very interested in Lucario?"

"To be precise, it's Aura."

All Baimu had always been very curious about Aura, only because its versatility was comparable to the power of creation, and the threshold was lower than the power of creation—at least it didn't require being born in the Hall of Origin.

Riley smiled. Aura wasn't something that couldn't be seen, so the fact that the other party knew about it didn't surprise him.

But All Baimu changed the subject. "However, the top priority is a few other things. Since you said you know this place very well—"

He handed over the two questions.

Riley replied, "If you are looking for Heatran, I can be sure that Iron Island doesn't have it; as for the special Goomy and Goodra you mentioned... please follow me, I can take you to see the discovery site."

Without delay, the three set off.

On the way, Riley added, "Although the discovery site is located in the extreme depths of Iron Island, according to my subsequent exploration, it is actually directly below the ruins."

Cynthia asked, "Is it that ruin that was triggered by the Galaxy Team and almost blown up?"

"Yes."

Riley suddenly waved his hand, and the Lucario beside him barked, rushing out like lightning, jumping onto a giant rock and rubbing its paws together to form a sphere.

"Wooo—"

A light blue ball of light the size of a human head quickly took shape, with high energy surging inside like thunder compressed within, and then it was violently fired out like a cannonball.

Bang!

Light blue light waves and smoke exploded in the distance.

All Baimu narrowed his eyes and caught sight of the wild Aron and Lairon fleeing in panic within the dust.

Riley explained with a smile, "The wild Pokémon here have a stronger desire to battle than those outside, and they are also tougher. If you don't drive them away, they will take the initiative to sneak attack."

"No wonder it's a holy land for training."

He nodded in understanding.

In the blink of an eye, the three arrived at the temple ruins.

The temple was located at the bottom of a deep pit, pitch black and metallic, as if it were cast from iron.

The ruins were believed to be related to the kingdom in the data, and it was cast by the king at that time to offer to the gods, having the function of guiding the way to the Spear Pillar—that is, the Sinnoh Temple.

A giant pillar originally stood directly in front, but now it had collapsed to the side, which also meant it had lost its guiding effect.

The corresponding investigation had long since ended, and no one was stationed inside or outside the ruins, so it naturally became a nest for local wild Pokémon.

Riley said that now a group of Magnemite and Magneton lived inside.

If it weren't for the lack of a special magnetic field nearby, it would be very common for a large number of Magnezone to be born.

"Lucario! Metal Sound!"

"Awooo!"

Under his call, Lucario jumped onto a discarded crane that only had its skeleton left, crossed its paws, rubbed its bones, and released a harsh sound wave downward.

Screech—!!

The strong low-frequency sound wave was at most annoying to people, but to Pokémon, it was simply like a death knell.

A large number of Magneton and Magnemite rushed out from inside, staring angrily at the three people below.

Riley was about to give an order, but Cynthia spoke first. "Leave it to us, Garchomp!"

"Garchomp!"

Garchomp, who didn't know when it had appeared, had a ball of light in its mouth and fired it violently at the sky full of Magneton!

Bang!

The ball of light exploded, scattering like flowers!

Countless light arrows burning with dragon flames struck all the visible Magneton, shooting them down one by one like planes hit by missiles.

Before long, this group of unlucky wild Pokémon lay all over the ground.

Riley nodded to Cynthia. "Thank you for your hard work."

"Small matter."

Cynthia smiled.

Champions usually wouldn't bully the weak, whether facing human Trainers or wild Pokémon.

The attack just now was clearly Cynthia taking Riley's words—"The wild Pokémon of Iron Island are very combative"—to heart.

All Baimu didn't make a sound. He belonged to the exception among Champions; bullying the weak was simply a common occurrence for him. He had also long been accustomed to reasoning with his fists—

'If reasoning doesn't work, I still have the truth.'

That was about it.

The three walked into the ruins safely, and the Poryphone automatically turned on the lighting, saving Lucario the trouble of using Aura to illuminate.

It said to Riley, "I see you don't have a phone; are you interested in getting a Poryphone? It's smart, convenient, and easy to use, and can also help you and Lucario pass the time when you're bored..."

"I know, I know."

Riley smiled bitterly and raised his hand, hoping the Poryphone would let him go.

Cynthia smiled like a flower and turned to All Baimu. "Are all your Pokémon this interesting?"

"It just has a strong sense of responsibility."

Yeah.

The sense of responsibility to promote Porygon.

There were no extra sundries in the ruins, and even if there were, they had long been taken away for safekeeping.

They came to the deepest part, and there was a bottomless hole in front of them.

Riley said, "This was dug by a wild Steelix, leading directly to the previous habitat of the special Goodra and Goomy."

"Is there oxygen below?" All Baimu gestured to his shadow, preparing to let the Shiny Gengar prepare oxygen tanks.

Fortunately, there was.

Riley: "The habitat connects to an underground river, it's fresh water."

"Fresh water?"

All Baimu was quite surprised.

One had to know that Iron Island was surrounded by the sea on all four sides, so the underground river it connected to was fresh water, clearly reaching the fresh water layer!

This hole was probably thousands of meters deep.

The Trainer who discovered the Hisuian Goodra before didn't fall to his death, which was also unbelievable.

He must have brought Pokémon that could float.

Riley looked at the two empty-handed people and asked, "Didn't you prepare tools for exploring the underground?"

"Yes."

All Baimu called out Gengar, and Gengar took out cave exploration essentials like safety helmets.

Riley raised his eyebrows slightly. "This is really convenient."

Traveling without having to carry luggage personally, one Gengar walks the world, how cool it is.

All Baimu smiled and shared a safety helmet with Cynthia.

Subsequently, without the need for rappelling equipment, the Poryphone manipulated psychic power to control them as they descended into the depths of the cave.

Just as he thought, the distance was several kilometers long.

Riley said, "I suspect that in ancient times, the habitat of Goodra and the others was actually on the surface. It's just that due to the influence of Iron Island, they lived so deep underground."

There is evidence that Iron Island might be a super-large meteorite from outer space. It dealt a critical blow to the west of the Sinnoh continental plate, prompting the birth of the Canalave island group in the anime, and also laying the groundwork for Iron Island's subsequent separation from the mainland.

——Sinnoh is truly disaster-ridden.

Remember in the Arceus theatrical version, the reason the plates were lost was because it went to melt a particularly large meteorite itself.

As a result, a super-large piece also hit the west of Sinnoh.

Underground karst cave.

All Baimu and the three arrived here smoothly, seeing the dark river nearby and many glowing algae.

The sand on the ground was quite damp, creaking when stepped on.

Riley said, "I've been here once before, using Aura to probe whether there were any signs of life nearby, and ultimately found nothing."

The underground karst cave wasn't big, but it seemed to have been dug in all directions by the wild Steelix, with holes leading to unknown depths everywhere.

"The Goodra and Goomy here have long been moved away. If you want to find any stragglers, it might be very difficult."

Riley said to All Baimu.

All Baimu took the incubator off his back and hugged the Pokémon Egg out. "It doesn't matter if we can't find them, just came to take a look on the way."

The main thing he was looking for was Heatran, or the Iron Plate that might be on it.

He walked around holding the Pokémon Egg, and even placed it in the damp soil. This action made Riley feel puzzled.

"What is he doing?"

"Not very clear."

Cynthia also couldn't understand, but still watched with a smile.

But in fact, All Baimu just wanted to let the Pokémon Egg feel the aura of its kin's habitat, so that it would hatch earlier.

Perhaps realizing his thoughts, the Pokémon Egg shook gently.

"About to hatch?"

All Baimu's eyes brightened slightly.

But soon the Pokémon Egg returned to silence. He picked it up disappointedly and walked to the dark river bank cared for by glowing water algae, wanting to wash off the mud and sand on the shell.

The Poryphone hurriedly flew over, worried that the Trainer would fall in.

The Pokémon Egg entered the water and shook a few more times.

All Baimu said, "Is it comfortable? Come out earlier, it will be more comfortable."

By then, whether this egg was Hydreigon's child would also be concluded.

He was immersed in washing the egg and was about to return to the other two when a twisted, abstract face suddenly appeared in the river water.

Riley, who was chatting with Cynthia, seemed to have a sense, was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Lucario.

"Awooo!"

Lucario nodded.

Its Aura also felt it, a strange sign of life!

All Baimu on the river bank was certainly not frightened, but he did blink once before reacting, then quickly pulled his hand back.

The Pokémon Egg left the river, and the slender tentacles underwater grabbed at empty air.

The Poryphone's eyes lit up with blue light, and it shouted, "It's Goomy! There are stragglers!"

The existence in the water was none other than the Hisuian version of Goomy, its huge snail shell particularly eye-catching under the lighting!

At this time, Riley and Cynthia ran over quickly, and then saw the Hisuian Goomy wrapped in a blue light, forcibly dragged to the shore from underwater.

"Goomy!"

The Hisuian Goomy angrily yelled at the group of strange humans in front of it, especially All Baimu, who was holding the Pokémon Egg, looking like he had seen a shameful Pokémon hunter.

The underground karst cave shook violently.

Ten seconds later, a large number of Hisuian Goodra and Goomy drilled out of the dark river, their eyes full of anger, as if they wanted to burn everything.

Riley's pupils shrank. "Impossible!"

He and Lucario had confirmed many times with Aura that there were no other signs of life nearby.

How could so many Goodra and Goomy suddenly pop up.

Cynthia looked at the Pokémon Egg in All Baimu's arms. "Attracted by it, originally hiding in other places..."

The Pokémon Egg shook gently, as if agreeing with what she said, and as if reacting to this group of Hisuian Goodra and Goomy.

The Poryphone shouted, "Is having many people amazing? I'll take you all on by myself!"

Before Lucario and Garchomp could take action, it suddenly turned into a Psychic type, and powerful psychic power overflowed, covering all the Hisuian Goodra and Goomy, packing them all up.

How could Hisuian Goodra, who lived alone in the deep underground and probably had no external enemies, be the opponent of the Poryphone? They were easily taken down.

"Quite a few dozen..."

All Baimu looked around; the number of Goodra was not small.

This wasn't a strange thing; after all, Goodra could evolve as long as its energy level was reached and it was rained on.

What? There's no rain underground?

Don't forget the Rain Dance skill; rain clouds made of attribute energy are also rain clouds!

Riley and Lucario remained silent.

They were already numb, starting to doubt whether their Aura was not very reliable.

Cynthia said, "Do they all live in the water? The previous investigation team shouldn't have failed to investigate the river."

"Well, so they must have other habitats, and the river is a transportation hub."

All Baimu nodded in agreement, letting the Poryphone help translate to the largest Hisuian Goodra, wanting to know their habitat.

Who knew that the other party wouldn't cooperate, stating that they were all shameless robbers and thieves. Not only did they kidnap their clansmen, but they also snatched the important Pokémon Egg!

All Baimu and Cynthia looked at each other.

Cynthia said, "It seems that the behavior of the previous investigation team was misunderstood by them as kidnapping."

"Actually, it wasn't a misunderstanding..."

The Poryphone whispered a rebuttal, "In the eyes of wild Pokémon, the League and Pokémon hunters are the same. It's just that one group of people does it for protection and continuation; the other group of people purely wants to sell them for money."

Cynthia wasn't angry and nodded in agreement. "What you said is right; in the eyes of wild Pokémon, we really aren't any different from hunters.

"But at least we have to be clear about what we are doing, so that we won't be in the same boat as hunters."

All Baimu said, "Alright, alright, let's leave the discussion of Pokémon philosophy for later. Gengar! Hypnosis!"

"Gengar!"

Gengar appeared with a strange laugh.

Don't want to talk?

Soon you will be so miserable that you'll say everything!

It approached Hisuian Goodra with a sinister smile, releasing strange light waves in the latter's desperate eyes.

"Gengar~~"

"Goomy!!" ===== CHAPTER 1323 =====