Chapter 1323: Tricking Riley

"Goomy!"

Amidst the terrified cries of many Hisuian Goodra and Goomy.

They became the captives of the Shiny Gengar, their eyes covered by pink-purple halos, their bodies swaying.

Gengar shook its fat claws, and the Goodra lined up to jump into the river like marionettes, splashing large sprays of water, with only rows of heads exposed.

"Is he really a Champion?"

Riley couldn't help but turn his head to ask.

Cynthia smiled slightly. "If no one is impersonating him, he should be that Orre Champion."

Riley was speechless.

Would a normal Champion casually hypnotize wild Pokémon and force them to guide the way to their habitat?

It was clearly something only Pokémon hunters would do!

Although he knew that All Baimu's move avoided a conflict that almost occurred, he was still a bit curious.

He opened his mouth and asked, "All Baimu, you've been to their habitat, what do you plan to do next?"

"Just go take a look."

All Baimu glanced at him strangely. "People are already here, and the Goodra and Goomy have been discovered, can't just come for nothing, right?"

Anyway, there was no information about Heatran on Iron Island, so taking a look at the current living state of the wild Hisuian Goodra wasn't considered a wasted trip.

The process of searching might be slightly unfriendly, but All Baimu believed it wasn't a big problem.

The "distributor of food" was already eager to move!

Hearing All Baimu's response, Riley finally understood that his purpose was to conduct Pokémon ecological observation...

Such activities were quite common, and the special ecological environment of Iron Island often attracted research groups from all over to team up and come over.

But no one would be like All Baimu—this was no different from holding a gun to a polar bear's head and then saying you wanted to observe its daily activities!

Riley couldn't help but look at Cynthia again.

Cynthia hugged her arms and smiled. "I have 100% trust in All Baimu, so no matter how unreasonable his actions are... or even shocking, I can understand."

She had privately learned about Orre and knew that it was very difficult for All Baimu to have his current achievements in that kind of living environment.

Perhaps some of his behaviors were slightly peculiar, but Cynthia believed that All Baimu had a golden, kind heart.

At least his affection for Pokémon definitely wasn't fake.

Riley's eyes flickered; he could naturally "see" All Baimu's kindness, and Aura had already told him everything.

This was also one of the important reasons why he and Lucario watched silently.

"Everyone, get ready to set off."

All Baimu shared the micro-scuba gear and diving goggles from Gengar's stomach. "Porygon2 will protect our clothes to avoid being soaked by the water flow."

Riley took a look, took out a Poké Ball, and said to Lucario, "Come back."

The structure of the scuba gear was only suitable for humans. Although Lucario was better at swimming and diving, heaven knew whether the habitat of the Goodra was underwater or on land, so it was best to retract it just in case.

Cynthia turned to look at Garchomp, and Garchomp looked at her.

"You won't drown, right?"

"..."

Why, wasn't I the Pokémon that went to the pool with you in the summer?

Cynthia ignored her partner's silent stare and said, "Let's go, don't keep All Baimu waiting."

"Garchomp!"

Not far away, All Baimu had already entered the water.

Following a large group of Goodra and Goomy, only their heads were exposed, and the scene was unexpectedly harmonious.

Cynthia couldn't help but smile lightly. "Didn't expect you to have such a cute side."

"Cute?"

All Baimu was confused.

Cynthia didn't say anything more, put on the scuba gear and goggles, grabbed Garchomp's arm, and fell into the water together.

Splash!

Water splashed high.

Riley was a bit slower; he was still protecting the hat on his head.

The three looked at each other and nodded, following the hypnotized Hisuian Goodra group through the Poryphone's lighting and psychic protection, slowly swimming toward their habitat.

During the process, All Baimu felt the subtle changes in water pressure all around, clearly they were moving toward the deeper parts of the river.

The habitat wouldn't be the riverbed, right?

Hisuian Goodra could survive underwater for a long time?

All Baimu's guess was quickly denied by reality. They did touch the riverbed, but in the blink of an eye, they found a cave along the riverbed, and the Hisuian Goodra lined up and drilled in.

The three followed closely, sometimes going down, sometimes going up, turning around and around, making people unable to distinguish which side was the sky and which side was the ground.

After a full two minutes, light came from above.

Splash, splash, splash!

All Baimu and the others couldn't wait to follow the Hisuian Goodra out of the water, catching sight of a new world.

It was another wide cave, slightly larger and more regular than the previous one, and there weren't so many holes dug out by Steelix.

The walls were full of moss emitting faint fluorescence, illuminating this small world.

One could see that there were only two Hisuian Goodra left in the habitat, the rest were Goomy the size of soccer balls, and in the corner, several Pokémon Eggs were properly kept, waiting to hatch.

The remaining Hisuian Goodra were startled at first when they saw All Baimu and the others, but then ran toward the hypnotized Hisuian Goodra, and the Goomy followed behind, their expressions full of panic.

"Gengar."

All Baimu snapped his fingers.

Gengar immediately contacted the control state of Hypnosis, letting most of the Hisuian Goodra sleep, leaving only a small part to recover consciousness.

They were all startled, and when they saw where they were, they let out low roars in fear and anger.

"Roar!!"

"Don't be nervous, we have no malice..."

Riley raised his hand to use Aura to soothe them, and All Baimu also sent out Blissey, ringing the healing bell that could make Pokémon feel at peace.

Thanks to their dual means, the anger of the Hisuian Goodra dissipated. They protected the Goomy behind them, with only vigilance remaining in their expressions.

With this foundation.

All Baimu, holding the Pokémon Egg, began to feed them, cooperating with Blissey to sprinkle a large amount of Pokémon food prepared in advance.

Riley frowned when he saw this, this method—

It actually worked!

He was dumbfounded to find that the wild Goomy ate the food thrown over without hesitation, even triggering a scramble.

The Goodra and Goomy couldn't stop them, and didn't stop them afterward either.

Because they started grabbing it too!

Riley couldn't help but ask All Baimu, who was happily throwing food. "What did you add to it?"

"Onions—cough, cough, lots of precious ingredients plus a little bit of culinary skill." He swallowed back the slang that the Pokémon world clearly wouldn't understand.

Secret seasonings were used sparingly now, but once the Terastal trees transplanted from Area Zero could grow naturally, there would be no shortage of secret seasonings from now on.

Riley asked for a few with a thick skin, tasted one himself, and then released Lucario to hand it to it.

"Awooo!?"

Lucario was cautious at first when putting it in its mouth, but in the blink of an eye, it ate until its eyes turned green.

What kind of human delicacy is this!?

Aura appeared like a stress response, suppressing Lucario's gluttonous desire.

Too terrible!

Lucario looked at All Baimu with fear, but All Baimu thought it still wanted to eat, so he generously handed over a handful. "This is specialized food for Steel-type Pokémon, my family loves to eat it, don't be polite."

"Gulp!"

Lucario swallowed hard, raised its claws, and prepared to refuse.

Riley said, "Take it, Lucario, this is also All Baimu's good intention."

"Wooo..."

Upon hearing this, Lucario didn't hesitate anymore and enjoyed it silently.

At the same time, Cynthia was observing the damp walls covered with moss.

She took out her phone for lighting, gently stroked the patterns on it after peeling off the moss, and turned her head excitedly. "All Baimu! It's an ancient ruin!"

"What?"

All Baimu stopped throwing food, and the Poryphone also hurriedly leaned over to scan the wall in front of Cynthia.

Sure enough, it was traces and patterns left by humans!

Cynthia said happily, "It might have been built by the same civilization as the ruins above. Affected by geological changes, it subsided to the depths of the underground—"

Important characteristic of archaeologists in the Pokémon world: good at wild imagination.

After all, time cannot flow backward, and what is excavated is only a part of history; the other part has to rely on imagination and guessing.

What if you guessed right?

Cynthia quickly launched further investigation, carefully and cautiously peeling off the moss, allowing the surrounding walls to be fully exposed.

Riley and Lucario spontaneously started to help, and All Baimu sent out the two fatties and the Poryphone's clone.

He himself came to the side of the Hisuian Goodra, holding up the Pokémon Egg, "I have a need to explain the misunderstanding, this is not your companion, this is my... um, should count as mine."

The Poryphone used its mind for two purposes, translating while recording the murals on the wall.

And the Hisuian Goodra, having eaten the food he gave, had eyes that had become much clearer, and could finally listen to words.

This group of big snails surrounded All Baimu, using their tentacles to touch the Pokémon Egg carefully, and one of the Goomy crawled to their own Pokémon Egg.

In All Baimu's arms, the Pokémon Egg shook gently, as if responding to their touch.

A few seconds later, the Hisuian Goodra looked at each other.

This egg...

It really didn't seem to be theirs!

Although the appearance was extremely similar, the touch and smell could only be said to be close, not any egg in their cognition.

The Goomy crawled back; it confirmed the number of eggs, not one more, not one less.

"Goomy!"

The leading Hisuian Goodra began to suspect that this egg originated from the group of Hisuian Goodra that had been taken away.

All Baimu gradually learned that the place just now was not the nest of the Goodra, but their activity field.

Before humans set foot in that cave, they often used the underground river to shuttle between various caves, who knew that the dome of one of them suddenly collapsed.

At that time, they didn't pay attention, and would still go there to play, as a result, they were taken away by the Trainers sent by the Sinnoh League and sent to a distant protected area.

The Hisuian Goodra didn't know the whereabouts of their companions, were sad for a long, long time, and didn't dare to come nearby to play for a long time, only daring to observe secretly in the water, and as a result, they met All Baimu who was washing eggs by the river.

"Your companions? Well, they should be enjoying happiness, right?"

All Baimu evaluated them like this.

Setting aside the point that their range of activities was limited, the natural environment of the protected areas established by the League was superior in all aspects.

The Hisuian Goodra couldn't really understand the meaning of enjoying happiness, no matter how many times the Poryphone patiently explained.

At this time, a Goomy had a sudden idea, "Goomy?"

Can we eat until we are full with that kind of thing just now?

"Uh, no."

All Baimu had to explain to them that he wasn't in the same group as the people who took their companions away, and the preciousness of these foods.

The Goodra and Goomy understood. "Goomy!"

It means that if we follow you, we can eat until we are full!

All Baimu: "... It really, said it right."

He made things that still suited the tastes of Aggron and the others, but it could be seen that they didn't have the kind of happiness and amazement they had when they first tasted it.

This is the typical symbol of eating until you vomit.

No way.

Massive training brought massive energy consumption, and they had to supplement nutrition with massive food to ensure that their combat power wouldn't drop.

Having received an accurate answer, they began to communicate face to face.

All Baimu didn't eavesdrop, his attention returned to Cynthia, who was in a state of fanaticism.

This female Champion had clearly entered a working state, and occasionally Riley would call her without necessarily getting a response the first time, muttering something like a demon.

He walked over to watch from the sidelines and found that he could vaguely understand the broken text above.

Without a doubt, it was the ancient text he had learned from the calligrapher.

All Baimu couldn't help but join in, starting to study what was written on the wall, but the underground was too damp and there was a large area of moss growth, so many characters had already become blurred.

He had to guess while translating, muttering just like Cynthia.

Riley's expression was strange. "These two..."

"Properly adventuring and doing research, by the way, are you interested in being a teacher?"

The Poryphone finished promoting the Poryphone and didn't forget to recruit teachers for the Trainer's school.

Don't say it, Riley was actually quite interested after hearing it.

He had been on Iron Island for ten years, occasionally thinking about going out for a walk, but couldn't find a suitable reason.

Being a teacher? Perhaps it was a good choice.

"I'll consider it."

Riley said with a smile.

Not far away, the Hisuian Goodra were making a racket, and the part hypnotized by Gengar woke up and joined the ranks of making a racket.

All Baimu and Cynthia were completely like wandering outside the world, not disturbed at all.

Riley went over to mediate, only to find that the reason for their quarrel was actually discussing whether to follow All Baimu.

Huh?

What's going on?

He inquired carefully and learned that quite a few Goomy were captured by All Baimu's food, plus the "enjoying happiness" explained by the Poryphone, making them think that leaving here wasn't bad.

Maybe they could see those lost companions.

The other wave was completely opposed, and one even revealed a secret—

They must be here, relying on the underground river to live, in order to continue successfully. They were Pokémon favored by God.

Riley didn't understand, God's favor? Must rely on the underground river?

However, the Goodra who said this didn't understand either; it heard it from other Goodra, and that Goodra drilled into the underground river one day and never came back.

Like many companions.

Riley remained silent; he knew the meaning behind it.

"Pokémon favored by God..."

"I know!"

"I know too!"

Cynthia and All Baimu suddenly made excited sounds at the same time. They looked at each other and said, "Didn't come for nothing!"

"So it's here! Iron Plate!" ===== CHAPTER 1324 =====