Chapter 1378: Adventurous Oak

Professor Oak intended to launch an adventure on Mt. Silver.

To enhance the surprise when discovering "new" Pokémon, he didn't let All Baimu tell him which Pokémon were here.

"Alright, take your time, rest on the spot if you are tired."

All Baimu didn't disturb his interest and left with the Hisuian Zorua.

The woods by the road gradually became silent.

After looking around, Professor Oak's gaze passed through the overlapping trees and vaguely saw the open wilderness.

He decisively stepped forward, preparing to go over and take a look.

Along the way, he met a group of Oddish, who ran toward him happily, "Na~ na~"

"Oh~ what a group of cute guys——"

Professor Oak smiled and greeted them, but when the Oddish discovered that it was a strange middle-aged man, not the ancestor of Mt. Silver they were familiar with, they were immediately scared and fled in all directions.

Leaving the embarrassed Professor Oak in place.

This was really not a good start.

He coughed twice and walked through the woods, and what came into view was the vast field with a breeze blowing.

Although it was winter, one could still see patches of golden wheat ears, and the wind blowing through the wheat formed ripples.

Many wild bird and insect Pokémon shuttled through the fields, taking fresh melons and fruits without any scruples, completely ignoring the existence of the scarecrow. This natural style full of vitality made Professor Oak unconsciously take a deep breath.

He had always liked to hang out with Pokémon, otherwise he wouldn't have worked hard to let Pokémon out of their Poké Balls every day and let them move around on the mountain in the backyard of the research institute.

Suddenly.

He seemed to notice something, followed the ridge to a melon field, and four strange Pokémon were lying in the ground, with several uneaten big watermelons beside them.

"These few are..."

Professor Oak took out his phone from his pocket to take pictures.

He was similar to Tracey when he was young, good at Pokémon sketching, but his hand speed dropped when he got old, and he was worried that if he drew too slowly, the Pokémon would run away, so he had to switch to taking photos.

Click~

The shutter sound and flash imitated by the phone woke up the few sleeping Pokémon.

"Woof?"

"Gu?"

"Ji!"

There was no doubt that the Loyal Three were located here. Pecharunt's body was mostly covered by melon skin, and Professor Oak didn't notice it for a moment.

The Loyal Three had different expressions when they discovered the stranger. Munkidori used Future Sight for the first time, trying to predict the opponent's actions. After finding that Professor Oak didn't have many suspicious actions, it slightly relaxed its vigilance.

Okidogi got up and circled him twice. Professor Oak hurriedly raised his hands to show his innocence.

And from him, Okidogi smelled All Baimu's scent, and its vigilance also slowed down.

"I have no malice..." Professor Oak tried to prove his innocence.

But he soon discovered that he was let go by these three legendary Pokémon. They yawned, searched for a big peach after turning over the melon skin, and then left in a group.

Professor Oak, who was left out in the cold, was not annoyed, but became more and more interested in them.

"That one is the Mythical Pokémon Pecharunt, right."

Professor Oak knew very little about Pecharunt, and it was only after All Baimu used Pecharunt in the Orre Champion League and made it public that he specially searched for the information.

As a result, he learned that this was an extremely rare Mythical Pokémon.

What means did All Baimu use to capture it?

Not known.

Professor Oak followed their footsteps and soon discovered a wooden house located at the foot of the mountain, where a girl in strange clothes was drawing water.

Did anyone else live on Mt. Silver?

Just when he was curious, the girl who noticed the gaze looked over and screamed upon meeting his eyes.

"Professor Oak! Why are you here!"

In this world, there was almost no one who wouldn't know Professor Oak.

Professor Oak was not surprised either, chuckled and greeted, "Hello, I was invited by All Baimu."

"Ooo! So it's All Baimu's guest!" Melia introduced herself immediately, saying that she was All Baimu's friend and was practicing on Mt. Silver.

Practice?

Professor Oak didn't understand for a moment, thinking that the other party was practicing Pokémon battles.

Melia invited Professor Oak into the house to rest, but the latter refused.

He had only just begun to explore Mount Silver and was far from ready to rest, but seeing his Pokémon companions walking out of the wooden cabin with their usual expressions, he realized in his heart that they shared a very close relationship with All Baimu.

Otherwise, how could the Loyal Three enter the other party's home at will.

Soon, Baraz returned riding a Braviary. He was equally surprised by Professor Oak's visit, and then enthusiastically invited him into the house to rest.

Professor Oak, who originally intended to leave, chose to rest on the spot because of the Loyal Three near the wooden house.

He told the siblings straightforwardly that he was exploring Mt. Silver and wanted to get to know the Pokémon here.

Baraz smiled upon hearing this, "Then you came to the right place. Mt. Silver doesn't have much else, but rare Pokémon are everywhere. You don't know, a research institute moved to the north some time ago, and it is trying to breed Pokémon that are about to go extinct."

"Hisui Ecological Research Institute? It moved to Orre?"

Professor Oak asked in surprise.

Baraz was stunned, "You know?"

"I just knew." Professor Oak deduced it from the Hisuian Zorua in All Baimu's arms.

Pokémon from the Hisui era, he hadn't seen the real thing yet!

The little old man of nearly sixty stood up expectantly, "I won't disturb you anymore, I'll continue to wander around."

"Okay, I wish you a smooth journey." Baraz smiled and sent him out.

At the same time, the Loyal Three waited for their little partners——

Hoopa, Shiny Gengar, and the Dragapult siblings.

This group of fierce and evil little demons often hung out together to play, and today when All Baimu returned was no exception.

Professor Oak saw Hoopa and couldn't help but take pictures again, "Hoopa, the Mythical Pokémon from the ancient era, what a rare existence."

The shutter sound attracted little Hoopa's attention, and it curiously flew around Professor Oak, "Old grandpa, who are you?"

"My name is Samuel Oak, from the Kanto region, here as a guest on Mt. Silver." Professor Oak responded with a chuckle.

Hoopa suddenly realized, "So that's it! A guest! Hoopa's name is Hoopa! Old grandpa, is there anything you want? Hoopa wants to treat you!"

Professor Oak instinctively wanted to refuse, but suddenly realized that this might be an opportunity to see Hoopa use its ability with his own eyes, so he said, "Anything is fine?"

"Anything is——uh, some things might not be okay."

Hoopa scratched its head awkwardly.

It used to give everything, so it caused a lot of trouble. After so many years of wind and rain, it had matured a lot and wasn't so fond of messing around.

Professor Oak smiled, "Then please help me get my teacup."

"Teacup? Okay! Old grandpa's teacup!"

Hoopa didn't think much and urged the golden ring, and soon a hot teacup filled with tea fell into Professor Oak's palm.

Professor Oak was almost scalded and jumped up, thanks to Melia who came up to help in time, "Sorry Professor Oak! Are you okay?"

"Hoo——pa——!!"

The voice like it came from hell made Hoopa tremble with fear, "Yi! Hoopa seems to have made a mistake!"

It basically didn't dare to argue with Melia now.

Because Hoopa discovered that as Melia grew older, her temper seemed to increase day by day.

Although it really liked pranks, how could she always be fierce to such a cute self?

How it hoped that the Melia who would prank with it would return.

Hoopa sighed.

After Professor Oak was relieved, he smiled, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I let Hoopa do it, it's just that it failed to summon what I wanted."

The teacup that fell from the golden ring was not his.

Not to mention it was filled with hot water.

"Hoopa's ability is more complicated, the things you need must be detailed, preferably with corresponding photos, so that it can be summoned accurately." Melia said softly.

Professor Oak understood this time, found a group photo on his phone, enlarged it, and signaled Hoopa to find the teacup located at the Oak Research Institute in Pallet Town based on the picture.

However, Hoopa didn't know Pallet Town or the Oak Research Institute at all. It could only search based on the picture, and finally successfully fished out the teacup and handed it over.

"Is it right!"

"Right!"

Professor Oak touched his teacup in surprise, "Amazing!"

Hoopa raised its head proudly, "Hehehe, Hoopa is of course the most amazing!"

In turn, Professor Oak looked at the broken teacup on the ground, "Then this teacup is..."

"All Baimu's, it disappeared right after he finished pouring."

The Rotom Phone's voice sounded.

There was no doubt that the teacup was summoned away by the golden ring, and it came over to scout for information.

Hearing that it was the thing of his good friend All Baimu, Hoopa, who was still a little panicked, laughed heartlessly.

Besides Baraz and Melia who grew up together, All Baimu could be said to be the "peer" with the best relationship with it, and the degree of closeness even exceeded those "childhood sweethearts" in the Valley of Creation.

The noisy little squad dispersed, and Melia was worried.

After communicating simply with the Rotom Phone, Professor Oak continued to advance into the depths of Mt. Silver, heading straight for the direction where there were more wild Pokémon.

Soon he discovered an unexpected Pokémon by a forest pond.

"The Horse Pokémon Spectrier!"

Compared to Calyrex, who left no legend, Spectrier, who galloped on the Crown Tundra, became a legend of the Galar land because it was often witnessed by travelers.

Professor Oak knew it was Calyrex's partner, so he couldn't help but look around for the trace of that Pokémon.

It was a pity that he found nothing.

When he turned his head again, he was startled by Spectrier who suddenly approached.

"Hiss lulu..."

Only hearing the other party make a low neigh, a faint mist suddenly appeared on its nose and was inhaled into it.

Professor Oak shivered inexplicably, was he done something to?

The bad scene he expected didn't happen. After Spectrier "sucked" him, it left with silent steps, which could be described as coming without a shadow and going without a trace.

Professor Oak checked his physical condition and found no abnormalities, "What exactly is it?"

Was life energy absorbed?

But there was no feeling of fatigue.

Professor Oak was often sucked by various Ghost-type Pokémon, and knew very well that the body whose life energy was extracted would feel tired, but he had no relevant feelings himself.

Why?

A stumbling sound suddenly sounded in his ear.

"It, it is, smelling the scent of your soul..."

A white-haired black shadow drifted between the trees. Professor Oak's heart lifted and fell quickly, "So it's Darkrai... Hmm!?"

Darkrai!?

Professor Oak's eyes widened. Was there a Darkrai on Mt. Silver?

The second Mythical Pokémon after Pecharunt!

He wanted to communicate with it, but Darkrai disappeared after finishing speaking, not giving him a chance at all.

This made Professor Oak remember what it said.

The scent of the soul?

He subconsciously smelled his body, and there was no special smell.

"Forget it."

Professor Oak didn't dwell on it anymore, walked slowly to the pond and looked down, but saw many Basculin.

At first glance, there seemed to be nothing special, but he, who had keen observation, soon discovered that the stripes of these Basculin were white and had white eyes.

"Pokémon from the Hisui Ecological Research Institute." Professor Oak soon realized their source.

Under normal circumstances, Basculin only had red and blue stripes, but according to Sinnoh's historical records, there were white-striped Basculin that evolved into something else.

This also led many people to believe that white-striped Basculin might be a regional form different from ordinary Basculin, or even a convergent form.

For example, Tentacool and Toedscool, Diglett and Wiglett.

Professor Oak followed the canal forward, wondering if he would have the opportunity to see the evolution of the white-striped Basculin today.

Moving forward all the way.

He encountered many wild Pokémon on the road.

Professor Oak discovered that they always seemed to mistake him for All Baimu, and after approaching and finding it wasn't him, they left in disappointment.

With such deep affection, could it be that these Pokémon had already been captured by All Baimu?

Intuition told Professor Oak that it shouldn't be, mostly because there was some reason behind it that he couldn't understand.

After resting for a while on a large rock due to fatigue on the way, he came to the end of the canal, a large lake with sparkling waves.

On the distant lakeshore, Hisuian Goodra, who were either playing or sleeping lazily, also came into his view.

"Another Pokémon from the Hisui era!"

Professor Oak's spirit lifted, and he rushed over without stopping.

But when he was close, he slowed down and didn't dare to disturb this group of big guys. Intuition told him that Hisuian Goodra were not easy to mess with.

The fact was also the case.

As a stranger, Professor Oak attracted attention as soon as he approached. The Hisuian Goodra responsible for vigilance didn't say a word, and forcibly hugged him who was trying to explain, wrapping him into a big jelly with a large amount of mucus.

Professor Oak almost couldn't breathe, thanks to Darkrai watching in the dark, he was let go.

"Cough cough cough..."

The sixty-year-old coughed out the mucus and soon returned to his energetic appearance. Facing the apologetic Hisuian Goodra, he wasn't angry either, and laughed, "The mucus of Hisuian Goodra is actually so special, with a sweet taste!"

He was forced to eat quite a bit.

After simple cleaning, Professor Oak picked up his phone and took pictures of them for later research.

After observing the Hisuian Goodra, he rushed to other places without stopping.

Darkrai was puzzled by his tireless behavior. He had clearly been tossed, wouldn't he be tired?

Of course not.

Professor Oak was even enjoying it.

He hadn't been this happy for a long time, the joy of having treasures waiting for him to dig everywhere.

Just like Pokémon fans who got the new generation of games, rushing to meet various new Pokémon. ===== CHAPTER 1379 =====