Chapter 1330: Giant Civil War

Cynthia at the pier was too eye-catching.

Even though she was wearing sunglasses, she was quickly recognized.

Young boys and girls surrounded her, their faces full of excitement and enthusiasm.

"Champion! Are you here to challenge the Battle Pyramid?"

"What are you saying! It must be to investigate the Snowpoint Temple ruins!"

"Is the Champion waiting for someone?"

They spoke one after another, and Cynthia didn't feel noisy at all, responding one by one with a smile.

These kids also learned the real purpose of her coming here.

However, for the ghost that would kidnap children on snowy nights, they seemed to have some psychological shadow.

"I, I was kidnapped!"

"Me too! Although my dad and mom said I had a nightmare... but I feel that everything wasn't a dream!"

"Is the Champion going to investigate the blizzard ghost? Better not!"

Everyone was worried, obviously this so-called blizzard ghost had left them with a very deep shadow.

But this aroused Cynthia's curiosity.

All Baimu, who was standing on the periphery of the crowd, spoke: "Can you tell me in detail about your kidnapping?"

They turned their heads and realized that another Champion was behind them.

"Orre Champion!"

"Ms. Cynthia is with him—"

Noisy voices rose and fell, until Cynthia spoke personally, and this group of young Trainers quieted down.

Afterwards, everyone moved to the nearby Pokémon Center to chat.

The person who claimed to have been kidnapped by the blizzard ghost when he was a child spoke first.

"Actually, I can't remember many things clearly; I only know that I appeared in an ice cave in a daze, walked forward with some people, and after walking, I arrived at a strange place."

"A strange place?"

"Yes, there was a pitch-black moon hanging in the sky, and everything around was black, and then..."

"Then you woke up."

"Yes."

That person scratched his head embarrassedly and hurriedly said: "Everyone's experience is the same! So we feel it might not be a dream! It was really kidnapped~!"

Others around echoed, "Yeah yeah!"

"My experience is about the same!"

Cynthia and All Baimu looked at each other; this sounded like Darkrai's handiwork.

What was worth considering was, why did Darkrai shape such a dream?

Legendary Pokémon had reasons behind everything they did; if it was just a simple prank, it only needed to make the fixed target fall into a nightmare, not necessarily create such a detailed dream.

A typical example was Canalave City, which was harassed by a wild Darkrai all year round; Ash had encountered it once during his travels, and Dawn and Chloe encountered it again later.

And shaping a specific dream was likely because it had information it wanted to convey.

For example, the Darkrai in the movie, trying to warn people through dreams that Dialga and Palkia were about to arrive in the town and to run as far as possible.

It was a pity there was no Pokémon translator, which led to its behavior being misunderstood, and in the end, it even almost sacrificed its life.

All Baimu asked: "Has it appeared in recent years?"

"Yes! Every year!"

"Yes!"

Several people indicated that residents often had similar experiences, and they mostly appeared on blizzard nights.

It just so happened that it was winter, the climate near Snowpoint City had dropped, and a continuous blizzard was about to shroud the entire Snowpoint City.

All Baimu asked the Poryphone to check the weather forecast.

"Weather satellites show there will be a blizzard in two days."

"In two days, huh."

He nodded and said to Cynthia: "Why don't you go to the ruins first? In case they dig out a third or fourth hall, wouldn't it be a loss if you weren't there."

Cynthia smiled: "How could that be, ruins won't run away. Unless a misoperation leads to a collapse, but I believe the research team won't make such a low-level mistake."

"Fine."

All Baimu didn't give any more suggestions.

The two bid farewell to the reluctant young Trainers, and after checking into a local hotel, they invited each other to the Snowpoint Temple on the high mountain at the northern end of Snowpoint City.

Their purposes were different.

All Baimu was to meet Brandon, while Cynthia was aiming at the temple itself.

She had actually been here more than once, but every time she could have new gains.

Outside the temple, it was covered in white snow, not much different from the Hisui era, only a part had collapsed; the huge pyramid landed not far away, but its shape was not like the traditional yellow, but emitted a metallic black-blue luster.

Undoubtedly, it was a high-tech aircraft.

On the high mountain, the cold wind was bone-chilling; in previous years, there shouldn't be many people coming to the Snowpoint Temple at this time, but in recent years, due to the existence of the Battle Pyramid, it had become much livelier.

All Baimu and Cynthia separated very tacitly, one walking toward the pyramid, the other toward the interior of the Snowpoint Temple.

At the entrance of the pyramid, the person in charge of receiving challengers saw him, froze for a moment, and then shouted out in a voice, "All Baimu!?"

This shout directly called out the Trainers who had just entered, and after discovering it was indeed him, they excitedly said: "Are you here to communicate with the giants?"

"Hmm... indeed."

All Baimu smiled.

That person excitedly took out his phone, "Can we take a photo? Ah! Can I tell others?"

"Better not, I don't really want to cause trouble for the Pyramid Pharaoh." All Baimu knew very well what kind of sensation the two sides would cause.

How did he know the receptionist said: "How could that be! Wait a moment! I'll contact Mr. Brandon!"

He took out his phone to contact the inside of the pyramid.

Soon Brandon's secretary came out, and she respectfully said to All Baimu: "Please come with me; Mr. Brandon is receiving challengers and cannot come to welcome you for the time being, please forgive me."

"It doesn't matter, it was my abruptness; just treat me as an ordinary challenger."

All Baimu waved his hand and entered the pyramid with the secretary.

The internal structure was actually very simple; the center was a wide battle field, and the other cabins were built around the battle field, with the top being the cockpit, which had a very sci-fi style.

The secretary took All Baimu around, and finally arrived at the field.

Looking down from the auditorium, Brandon was ravaging the opponent's Breloom with a Ninjask; the continuous slashes that were too fast for the naked eye made Breloom struggle to parry, and the Spore that was forcibly released was also shaken away by the high-frequency insect wings when shuttling back and forth.

"Holding breath?"

"Hmm, holding breath."

All Baimu nodded and approved of the Poryphone's judgment.

Spore was a very tiny particle with strong adhesion; even if Ninjask was fast, it was inevitable to inhale some.

Therefore, to be completely immune, one had to hold their breath until it was completely dispersed.

And when moving at high speed and attacking, doing so was undoubtedly a behavior that consumed a lot of physical strength and endurance.

It could only be said that Brandon, who made his Pokémon do this, was truly quite confident.

"It's over."

All Baimu said softly.

As soon as the words fell, the continuous slash that reached its peak power was like a green sickle, ruthlessly harvesting the last bit of Breloom's physical strength.

"Breloom is unable to battle! The Pyramid Pharaoh wins!"

The referee announced the result.

Brandon, who was standing with his arms crossed, also spoke at this time: "Good Pokémon, but still very immature, keep working hard, young man! I will look forward to our next battle!"

"... I will work hard!"

The challenger left with Breloom with tears in his eyes.

Afterwards, there were two more challengers; they had registered earlier than All Baimu, and it was no problem for Brandon to prioritize them.

It was the secretary who was very embarrassed, only feeling that it delayed his time.

After all, Champions were generally very busy, and many competitions had to be specially adjusted to participate.

The most typical example was Steven, and part of the rumor that he was defeated by Wallace was that he really didn't have any free time.

All Baimu could only say to this—

Not all rumors!

Of course, he didn't care at all; as the most leisurely Champion in history, his daily compulsory course was only training Pokémon.

Half an hour later.

Brandon finally finished dealing with the remaining challengers, and after All Baimu came in, the reception staff at the door didn't accept any more challenges.

The field maintenance staff entered, and Brandon and All Baimu went to the reception room.

"Long time no see! Orre Champion!"

"Same here, Mr. Brandon."

The two shook hands, and an inexplicable induction made them feel a bit of closeness in their eyes when looking at each other.

It was the "aura" of the giants.

There might be no feeling when not in close contact, but once close, one could immediately detect it.

Brandon said: "I wanted to meet you a long time ago, but I never found the opportunity."

He had to stay at the Snowpoint Temple to guard Regigigas, so he couldn't leave Snowpoint City at will, and thus couldn't find an opportunity to see All Baimu.

All Baimu smiled: "Isn't this the opportunity now? I specially brought my partners, wanting to exchange pointers with your partners."

"Just what I wanted!"

Brandon laughed out loud, stood up abruptly and walked toward the field, "Please! The field should have been repaired almost!"

"Please as well!"

The two were polite to each other and walked quickly toward the battle field.

At this time, quite a few people were waiting in the auditorium.

Part of them were challengers who hadn't left after finishing, and the other part were staff of the Battle Pyramid.

As Trainers who controlled the "Power of Giants," who was higher and who was lower had always been a hot topic in the world.

Was there finally going to be a result now?

Everyone looked at All Baimu and Brandon who stepped into the field with anticipation.

The two looked at each other from a hundred meters away; because it was a semi-enclosed space, the voices of both sides didn't need to be too loud to be clearly received from afar.

"Let me see Regidrago and Regieleki."

"As you wish."

They neither proposed a battle mode nor mentioned which Pokémon would be sent out.

It all relied on silent tacit understanding.

The referee arrived, raised his hands, not knowing what to say, and in silence, could only give up and say: "Start!"

Two Poké Balls flew toward the field at the same time.

Bang bang!

Light shone.

Appearing on All Baimu's side was the electric pillar Regieleki, and opposite it was Brandon's Regirock.

"Beep beep beep——le~gi~e!"

"Buzz buzz buzz——le! gi! rock!"

The legendary giants' facial dot matrices flashed; one jumped back and forth, the other was as quiet as a stone statue, only the dull sound echoed.

They seemed to be communicating, and soon stopped communicating.

All Baimu and Brandon, who let the two act, looked at each other and said in unison: "Extreme Speed/Earthquake!"

In an instant.

The electric pillar disappeared in place abruptly.

"Buzz buzz buzz——"

Regirock's facial dot matrix flashed wildly, and its thick arms hammered the ground heavily!

Rumble——!!

The ground shattered like a spider web instantly, and the brownish-yellow air wave carried thick smoke and stones, whistling and spreading in all directions, and the whole field trembled violently!

"Hmm? Is it above?"

Brandon frowned and looked up, and sure enough, he caught a glimpse of Regieleki, which had jumped to the ceiling to borrow force and rebound.

However, the electric pillar's speed was too fast; even his dynamic vision could only see the blurred outline and current flash.

One had to know that his eyesight was trained by Ninjask.

Bang!

The ceiling dented abruptly.

The noise from above attracted people in the auditorium to look up, but at the same time, the shining thunder had approached Regirock and fell with a bang!

Thud!

In the loud noise, the air exploded a circle of visible impact rings, Regirock's body sank abruptly, and the shattered stones flew everywhere.

But this blow failed to cause significant effect.

"Buzz buzz buzz——"

The hit Regirock quickly raised its arms and brewed brownish-red brilliance in Brandon's low shout.

"Hammer Arm rotation swing!"

The terrifying big windmill took shape instantly, and the brownish-red smoke surged like a raging fire, counterattacking the electric pillar that stepped on its head.

But the electric pillar's movements were too fast, so fast that it had already withdrawn after the Extreme Speed impact.

Regirock's counterattack fell into the empty space again.

Brandon couldn't help but sigh, "What a terrifying speed, is it a giant specializing in speed."

"That's right, just like Regirock's defense and Regice's special defense."

All Baimu responded, and the electric pillar fell in front of him, jumping back and forth like a happy little girl.

Although he hadn't fed it level rewards, the usual training had never been less; fighting with Aggron and the others, its combat awareness and other aspects had improved.

The most critical thing was tacit understanding.

The tacit understanding between Pokémon and Trainer meant the efficiency of battle; just like All Baimu seemed to only say the move name, the electric pillar could actually understand his meaning from the two words Extreme Speed.

Just like Pikachu and Ash.

Of course, sometimes detailed instructions were needed; tacit understanding had its limitations after all.

"If you say so..."

Brandon continued to order, "Stone Edge!"

"Buzz buzz buzz——"

Regirock hummed dully, and its arms shook the ground, causing countless stone thorns to rise from the ground, spreading toward Regieleki in layers!

But that was not all.

After creating these dense stone thorns, Brandon ordered again: "Smash them!"

"Le! Gi! Rock!"

Bang bang bang!

The shattered stones flew like a rainstorm!

Facing such a dense offensive, the electric pillar naturally wouldn't dodge forcibly, and All Baimu had also ordered long ago: "Rotate and use Electroweb!"

"Beep beep beep!"

In the eyes of the onlookers, the electric pillar followed the example, learning Regirock's posture just now to create a lightning ring for itself, isolating the flying stones outside.

But judging from its skillful posture, it was clearly not the first time it had done so.

—Inevitably.

Taking traction as the core and defending through attack moves was All Baimu's signature skill, the defense through attack inherited from the Sootopolis Gym.

Not only that, it could also return it the same way!

Swish swish swish!

The sky full of shattered stones followed the electric pillar's rotation and counterattacked Regirock; the latter resisted with its arms in front, receiving the returned shattered stones in place.

Thin silver light illuminated its body, clearly using Iron Defense to defend.

Bang bang bang!

The explosions continued, and thick smoke rose.

But when the shattered stones were exhausted and Regirock lowered its arms, Regieleki was no longer in front of it.

Brandon shouted: "Above you! Hammer Arm it!"

Regirock swung its fist toward the sky without hesitation, but what awaited it were two buzzing rings.

"Volt Switch!"

All Baimu's voice "arrived late." ===== CHAPTER 1331 =====