Chapter 1373: Peaceful Campus

The conflict soon reached All Baimu's ears.

At that time, he was watching the Hisuian Zorua eat. Two weeks of hard labor had caused the fat fox's weight to drop proportionally, and it had currently reached a slightly chubby body type of 19.8 kilograms.

It had to be said, the Secret Seasoning was quite authoritative.

The pity was that the time was too short; the Hisuian Zorua still hadn't developed good living habits. If it were allowed to return to the research institute now, it would immediately get fat again.

"Stop licking, the bowl has been empty for a while. Let's go, let's go watch the commotion."

"Ao? Ao~!"

All Baimu scooped up the Hisuian Zorua, ignoring its longing for the residue in the bowl and its struggles.

The fat fox's face was incredibly sour.

Who on earth was disturbing its precious food-tasting time!

The two arrived outdoors and headed straight for the school battle arena at the heart of the dispute. He even deliberately used Breath Concealment to observe from the shadows—

For a principal to reach his level of involvement, it was hard not to complain.

Inside the empty arena, the second generation of the Neo Team Plasma and the new generation of Orre were at daggers drawn. Although both sides didn't go as far as hurling insults, their words weren't exactly friendly either.

"Are you ready or not! Stop dawdling! If you don't want to fight, just say so!"

"Who's the one dawdling! If you want to fight, then fight!"

"Heh! You bunch of outsiders, a couple of years ago, you would have only been fit to be buried in the dirt!"

"That's laughable! If you had met us a few years ago, your Pokémon would have been released long ago!"

There was almost no rationality to be found during a shouting match, so even though they extremely loathed and rejected their past lives, they would still bring them up at this moment as a means to intimidate the other side.

All Baimu watched silently, wondering how to handle this situation.

But soon, he also discovered that although the students stood in two piles according to their origins, they didn't clearly stand on either side.

He wasn't familiar with the Neo Team Plasma side, and on the Orre side, those who didn't participate in the shouting match were generally young people from Gateon Port. They either came from the Azure Street where All Baimu grew up, or from other streets.

Generally speaking, none of them actively participated in this muddy water.

This made All Baimu feel quite gratified.

He couldn't control how the young people from Phenac City were, but he still held certain expectations for those from Gateon Port.

While pondering, he suddenly saw the Neo Team Plasma side become noisy.

Looking closely, he discovered that Mei had appeared.

The people around her seemed to be arguing about something, and in the end, Mei actually stood next to the two students who were about to battle, as if she wanted to participate.

Hm?

All Baimu raised an eyebrow.

Being forced onto the stage?

That was a bit unpleasant.

He originally intended to show himself, but the Rotom Phone suddenly popped out and said, "Wait and watch the show!"

"What show?"

All Baimu was puzzled.

The Rotom Phone said, "Mei was tricked into coming over just now, wanting her to make up the numbers. Another group disagreed, and they almost argued internally. In the end, it was the Young Lady who instigated her to participate."

All Baimu: "..."

Mawile? What did it want to do?

Regardless, this strange school war officially began.

Both sides sent three people each to conduct a single-match, one-on-one competition, with a best-of-three system.

These two from Neo Team Plasma were more confident, believing that they could completely defeat their opponents, so they let Mei come over to make up the numbers.

As All Baimu's half-"disciple," she should have come to help.

But the girls who were close to Mei thought this was a dispute between boys and that outsiders shouldn't be dragged into it.

They almost had an internal mutiny.

Mei also appeared flustered and at a loss regarding this; she wanted to refuse but felt embarrassed to do so.

In the end, Mawile agreed on her behalf.

First match.

Dewott VS Skarmory.

The former had a slight advantage in attributes, but All Baimu could see that Skarmory's strength was a bit stronger.

After all, Dewott hadn't evolved for long, and its trainer had only become a trainer for two weeks. The experience gap between early-stage trainers could largely determine the direction of a battle.

Just as All Baimu expected, after only one minute of the start, Dewott was clearly at a disadvantage.

The Orre youth fully utilized Skarmory's advantage as an aerial unit, dodging Dewott's Water Gun several times and returning with translucent Air Cutters. Dewott lacked battle experience and was defeated before long.

"Dewott!"

The boy who felt sorry for his Pokémon ran into the arena.

The Orre side laughed wildly, "Just this? Just this? And you have the nerve to call yourself the Champion's disciple! Little brother, you still need to practice!"

The Neo Team Plasma side felt their blood boiling and hurriedly retorted angrily.

Second match.

Dartrix VS Lairon.

This time it was the Orre side's turn to have the attribute advantage.

The gap in battle experience between the trainers on both sides was still obvious, and clues were revealed not long after the start.

Just like a ground unit fighting an aerial unit, when Lairon used Rock Slide, it would actively shatter them to increase the hit area, and even predict Dartrix's movement trajectory.

Amidst the flying stones, even though Dartrix dodged extremely fast, it gradually fell into a situation where it was hard to parry.

But just when everyone thought Dartrix would definitely lose, Lairon's expression suddenly withered.

The source was the sharp leaf blade that had been inserted into its hindquarters at some unknown time.

"Hmph! Dartrix's leaf blades can curve!" the Neo Team Plasma boy endured his nervousness and insisted.

The characteristic of a Pokémon like Dartrix was that it could make the objects it threw curve in trajectory; it could be its feathers, or it could be Razor Leaf.

Successfully hitting the vital spot, Lairon suffered heavy damage.

Dartrix took the opportunity to use Synthesis to recover the health bar that had been suppressed by the small Rock Slide.

In turn, facing Lairon using Rock Slide again, Dartrix threw a large number of flying feathers!

"Sucker Punch!"

Striking first by striking later!

The flying feathers pierced through the air and sank deeply into Lairon's iron armor, defeating this Pokémon.

And Dartrix was also smashed by the Rock Slide and lost its ability to battle.

Both sides actually ended up in a one-to-one tie.

Mei, who was originally responsible for making up the numbers, had become the key figure in this battle.

Although even if she won, it wouldn't allow her side to win, at least a draw could save some face.

The Orre side never expected to lose to two beginners who had only been in contact with battles for half a month, and they had no joy of winning at all.

After internal consultation, they tried to let the new generation of Gateon Port fight.

"You are people from the Champion's hometown, and the other side claims to be the Champion's 'disciple.' Are you going to remain indifferent?"

The new generation of Gateon Port looked at each other, with no intention of responding at all.

One of them said, "Don't think about pushing the trouble caused by you pampered people onto our heads. You feel that things are getting out of hand? What does it have to do with us!"

"That's right, if you want to win, go win it yourselves."

Another boy echoed.

The boys from Phenac City didn't expect them to refuse so decisively, and tried to provoke them, "You wouldn't be afraid, would you? Worried about bringing shame to the Champion!"

"Yeah, afraid."

Who would have thought the Gateon Port boys would honestly admit it.

This left the Phenac City boys speechless.

And so.

The few people on the Neo Team Plasma side who were blaming themselves were surprised to find that the Orre side seemed to be having an internal mutiny.

Mei, who had just finished building her psychological construction, was also stunned.

All Baimu was even more strange, "What's wrong with them?"

"Probably because they saw Mawile."

The Rotom Phone complained, "Mawile isn't even hiding, and our people aren't fools."

In the crowd of Neo Team Plasma, Mawile was quite eye-catching.

Mei, who wasn't very familiar with All Baimu, might not be able to tell at first glance.

But how could the Orre people not tell?

Whether it was the physique far exceeding its peers, or the iconic red ribbon and the Mega Stone on the ribbon, all could reflect its identity.

The Orre boys didn't notice at first, and it wasn't until the two "troublemakers" left the field, leaving only Mei, that they saw Mawile standing beside her.

Appearance might be disguised, but eyes wouldn't be.

The Orre side had already started an internal mutiny.

The Phenac City boy wanted to drag the Gateon Port side into the water, but Gateon Port politely declined, and other cities such as Agate Village simply slipped away, unwilling to get involved.

Arguing and arguing, this dispute caused by a verbal spat actually ended up with nothing.

The Orre side didn't say anything and just withdrew, leaving the Neo Team Plasma boys looking at each other.

"What's the situation?"

"Don't know."

At the same time, a ball of fire came rushing over, shouting, "Who is bullying people! Battles, right! Count me in!"

Alder's grandson, Benga, had arrived.

He came to stand up for the Neo Team Plasma people, never expecting that when he arrived, the people had already dispersed.

Only a very small number of people remained.

"Am, am I late?" He was even holding a mop in his hand, clearly having rushed over upon hearing the news while cleaning.

No one responded, only the bleak wind in the air.

——

Principal's office.

All Baimu called over the two groups of people at the core of the dispute.

Both sides completely lost their previous arrogance and cockiness, all of them hanging their heads, looking like cicadas in late autumn.

"I have already understood the matter."

He said peacefully, "You guys... are okay."

Everyone was stunned.

They had originally prepared to be scolded, never expecting that what they received was praise.

"Battles are a good way to resolve conflicts. You can argue all you want, but at least you didn't fight."

All Baimu smiled slightly, "As trainers with a spirit of enterprise, in this matter, your decision was correct."

Upon hearing this, everyone smiled one after another, but quickly stiffened again.

"However, one thing is one thing."

All Baimu's face suddenly turned cold, "I don't require you to be harmonious, and it's common to have small disputes, but the reasons for your arguing are too shameful."

All the students instantly trembled like quails.

He first looked at the Orre side, "This is Orre Academy. Every student studying here can claim to be my half-'disciple,' which is completely fine.

"Why would you say it's gilding your own faces? I am very dissatisfied with the bad atmosphere you have."

The boys' faces turned pale.

He then looked at the Neo Team Plasma side, "You guys don't seem to have done anything wrong, but have you ever thought about the conflicts you triggered, and not to involve innocent people?

"What does this have to do with Mei? What does it have to do with other classmates? Calling friends and expanding the influence the first time something happens, do you think you are very reasonable, so everything you do is allowed?"

The two people from Neo Team Plasma didn't dare to speak either.

Having been excluded by outsiders in the past, they subconsciously chose to huddle together for warmth with people of the same background, and this time was naturally no exception.

This eventually led to the problem between a few people being expanded into a problem between Neo Team Plasma and the new generation of Orre.

If it weren't for the fact that neither side took things too far, and the presence of Mawile, the matter would have ended up with nothing.

Otherwise, just as Orre Academy opened, two forces would have split within the school.

"You don't have to be too afraid, I'm a very easy person to talk to."

All Baimu signaled for the two groups to look up, "If you do something wrong, you have to pay the price and eliminate the subsequent negative impact."

He paused and said, "You two, my requirement is that each of you makes twenty friends from the Orre region this semester. Hand in the list at the end of the semester, and I will talk to them individually. If you don't do it... you can figure it out yourselves."

Figure it out yourselves.

This kind of punishment without stating the consequences was the most terrifying.

The two boys from Neo Team Plasma almost hugged their heads and cried, and they even suspected that they would have to separate from their Pokémon.

"As for you guys, given the bad atmosphere you have, I require you to become school workers this semester. I will release a survey questionnaire to the whole school at the end of the semester, and the final result will be evaluated based on the questionnaire."

All Baimu said to the Orre side, "Alright, you can go out."

The two groups left like walking corpses.

The Rotom Phone whispered, "Is the punishment too heavy?"

"Where is it heavy? I didn't ask them to be model students."

All Baimu shook his head, "The time for Orre to move closer to the mainstream regions is too short. If the next generation is still so barbaric, it will do more harm than good in the future."

The attractive part of the Pokémon world, besides Pokémon themselves, was the many beautiful qualities possessed by the local people.

Even the Team Rocket trio had their shining moments.

All Baimu wouldn't allow the new generation of Orre to retain any bad atmosphere from the old era; the problem had to be eradicated from the root.

As the former base of Team Cipher, Phenac City naturally had the most serious problems.

All Baimu had known this for a long time. At that time, he had only taught the trainers of the Pyrite Colosseum for a short time and had communicated with the trainers of the Phenac Colosseum.

Years passed, and the style of Phenac City had improved slightly, but it was still poisoned by Team Cipher after all.

On the other side.

The innocent Mei was surrounded by a group of girls from Gateon Port.

"Are you very close to All Baimu-ge? Why is the Young Lady with you?"

"Eh? Young Lady?"

"That's Mawile, we are used to calling it Young Lady. Don't you feel it has that kind of noble family temperament?"

"It really does have a little bit..."

"Let's add each other as friends? Do you have a Poké-Voice account?"

"Yes..."

Mei never expected that she would be treated so enthusiastically, which was completely inconsistent with the fierce image in the mouths of her companions.

A little further away, the boys from Gateon Port watched silently.

"All Baimu-ge's true disciple?"

"It's obvious, Young Lady is right beside her. What ordinary student has such good treatment."

"But she doesn't look like a battle... Coordinator! So that's it!"

"You just realized? Hehehe, with your eyesight, no wonder your brother doesn't let you follow."

"And you, how much better are you! Isn't Cheng Hong-ge also disgusted with you!"

"I'm young! If I were a few years older, I would have been hanging out with All Baimu-ge long ago, why would I still need to come to school? Really, isn't it just that I'm not twelve yet!" ===== CHAPTER 1374 =====