Chapter 1384: Silver Enters School

All Baimu walked slowly in front, his pace relaxed and natural, while Silver followed silently half a step behind, like a quiet shadow.

At this moment, the boy felt it was somewhat incredible.

Ever since leaving the Seafloor Cavern police station, All Baimu's attitude had become unusually easygoing, completely different from the aggressive manner just a moment ago.

Compared to their first meeting, it was like two different people.

Silver would never forget that night, when the azure comet streaked across the sky, the soft starlight was completely obscured, and the entire night sky was illuminated by the burning Team Rocket headquarters.

Fire, explosions, and the scent of chaos were all tangled together; everything was like a sudden, irresistible natural disaster.

He had gathered his courage to ambush All Baimu and initiate a challenge, both to regain face for his father, Giovanni, and to satisfy his own curiosity—

What kind of person would actually do such a thing?

Thus, Silver got his wish and saw the tall young man, riding a steed that seemed to come from the netherworld, with an upright posture and an indifferent expression.

He was like a knight descending from the darkness, looking down at him, and the pressure in the air almost crushed his tense nerves.

For the first time, Silver felt the coldness of approaching "death" so clearly, as if a Sword of Damocles hung above his head, ready to descend at any moment.

He had gathered his courage, but in the end, it was like throwing an egg against a rock; he lost without any value.

Even the scars in the bottom of his heart were ripped open, leaving him unable to recover for a long time.

From that day on, he kept his eyes on All Baimu at all times, watching the daily short videos on Poké-Sound, battle live streams, etc., until today, when he discovered that the Team Rocket trio had contacted All Baimu and were sneaking toward the Oulei region.

Silver couldn't hold back and made a decision he himself thought was reckless: infiltrate Oulei.

Calling it infiltration, in reality, he had honestly bought a boat ticket.

The outcome was also somewhat unexpected.

As soon as he got off the boat, he was inexplicably taken away, and then not only did he see All Baimu in person, but he also successfully boarded the academy island he had intended to infiltrate secretly.

Although it seemed he had been captured.

Is this really the same person?

Silver's gaze shifted between All Baimu's back and the obediently following Miraidon; the unfamiliar Pokémon aroused his slight interest.

"Curious?"

Noticing his gaze, All Baimu turned slightly and said in a relaxed tone: "This is Miraidon, a Pokémon that visited the modern era from the future."

Future?

Silver was stunned for a moment, almost thinking he had misheard.

All Baimu laughed: "I'll tell you the specifics when there's an opportunity; follow me in first."

This sentence made Silver realize that they had already left the pier area and were in the actual campus of Oulei Academy.

He looked around, and what greeted him was not the bustling, warm atmosphere of an ordinary school. The vast campus was open and tidy, yet inexplicably appeared somewhat quiet, or even cold and clear.

Sunlight layered through the leaves, casting dappled light and shadows on the stone path.

Between the flower beds and bushes by the roadside, several wild Pokémon were sleeping spread-eagled without any defense, as comfortably as if this weren't an academy, but a natural habitat undisturbed by anyone.

Oddish were napping against haystacks, their leaves rising and falling gently with their breathing; Sunkern had soaked up enough sun and were swaying crookedly to one side, as if about to fall asleep; a Minccino curiously poked its head out from the bushes, caught a glimpse of the newcomers, and "whooshed" back in, leaving only a fluffy tail tip swaying gently outside.

Silver couldn't help but say: "How come..."

"No one?"

All Baimu finished the sentence for him and laughed: "Don't be anxious, follow me."

Then the two walked into the nearest teaching building, and through the clean and bright windows, he saw the students sitting upright.

On the podium was a highly paid math teacher, who was teaching the laws and formulas of basic mathematics.

Silver fell into silence, and after a long time, said: "Isn't this... a Trainer school? How come there's still math class?"

He really found it difficult to understand what he saw before him; as Giovanni's son, he naturally had also attended Trainer school. Usually, the school spirit was extremely free; let alone math class, many people didn't even have to attend class.

Oulei Academy was relatively maverick?

All Baimu said: "I have always believed that basic knowledge is very important—language, math, history, etc. You don't need to be too proficient, but you can't be completely ignorant. This point is also very necessary for Trainers."

Silver couldn't fully understand.

"Trainers who only know how to raise Pokémon are too many in this world."

All Baimu said softly, "But truly powerful people are always those who know how to think, know the rules, and know how the world operates. I hope they can broaden their horizons."

Silver replied: "Learning these things... is that okay?"

"Young man, knowledge has lag. Just like Professor Oak's haiku, many young people cannot appreciate that kind of beauty, but why can it be deeply loved by the elderly?"

All Baimu would never forget the poems he had learned; when he was young, he couldn't understand the deep meaning, and it wasn't until he was an adult and his experience deepened that he understood what kind of fine bran he had been eating.

He really wanted his students to experience this kind of moving feeling.

Without continuing to say much, All Baimu raised his hand to signal toward the corridor deep in the teaching building.

"Let's go, I'll take you to continue wandering around."

Silver nodded silently and followed All Baimu's footsteps again, with more genuine curiosity in his eyes.

The two walked forward along the teaching building, passing several classrooms along the way. Some were having history class, where the teacher was holding a projector, explaining the past of the symbiosis between Pokémon and human civilization; some were having language class, where students were reading short essays and poems describing Pokémon in low voices.

Finally, the two's footsteps stopped in a bright classroom.

The students inside were having a basic Pokémon course, with several Lillipup and Buneary shuttling among them, accepting their feeding with laughter.

The teacher was introducing the habits of related Pokémon, and the name of the class was written on the projector—

"Walking into the Normal Type."

Silver took a deep breath.

In the corner, the Team Rocket trio had changed into teacher attire and were quietly looking over here.

"Who is that kid?" Jessie felt Silver's back was a bit serious.

James tilted his head and pondered, "All Baimu's relative?"

"How is that possible!"

Meowth shook his head and denied it; he felt the other party's back was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere...

The moment Silver turned his head, the three widened their eyes and hurriedly shrank into the corner, looking at each other with their eyes.

'It's Boss's son, Silver!'

'How could he be here?'

'Could it be that he discovered we were working part-time secretly and is preparing to come over to catch us back?'

'Wobbuffet!'

The situation they least wanted to face happened; the Team Rocket trio was afraid that the organization would discover their actions and then be recognized as traitors.

What to do now?

The three looked at each other, and could only pin their hopes on All Baimu.

Speaking of which, why were they together?

When the Team Rocket trio poked their heads out to look again, All Baimu and Silver had already disappeared.

—

The two left the teaching building and walked forward along a small path paved with bluestone.

On both sides of the path were neatly trimmed hedges, and a lazy Glameow was lying on the hedge wall, its long tail swinging, curiously looking at them as they passed.

A breeze blew, carrying a faint floral fragrance.

"The school's greening..."

Silver had wanted to mention it for a long time; plants were everywhere in this campus, completely worthy of being called a flower bed every ten steps.

What was even more exaggerated was that they were heading toward a quiet courtyard. From far away, one could see colorful flowers blooming in competition, growing gratifyingly.

All Baimu laughed: "This is the place I am most satisfied with; the Oulei of the past was very desolate, with yellow sand filling the sky and not a blade of grass growing; I hoped too much that everywhere I saw would be lush and green."

People who hadn't stayed in the Oulei of the past could never understand their obsession with plants.

The two stepped into the central courtyard, and the rich floral fragrance rushed toward them.

The number of various Pokémon increased visibly to the naked eye; this was the academy's courtyard and garden, planted with all kinds of flowers, and also attracted a large number of Grass and Bug-type Pokémon.

Students would also come here for walks in their spare time.

When approaching the depths of the large courtyard, the figure above the central fountain made Silver stop his footsteps.

Only then did he see an ice giant quietly existing there, made entirely of cold ice, with faint white mist lingering around its body, yet it didn't affect the smooth flow of the water beneath it.

Accustomed to keeping itself in the lake water, it had chosen the garden, letting the fountain wash its body that had remained unchanged for ten thousand years.

Silver knew that was All Baimu's eternal Pokémon—Lei Jiaisi.

Sensing someone approaching, the yellow-orange dot matrix on Lei Jiaisi's face flickered slightly.

"Jee-jee-jee—"

"Just brought someone over to wander around; you continue your sleep."

All Baimu raised his hand to soothe it and turned his head to say: "I let them come over to protect the campus and avoid some external disturbances; before, when James and the others came, they were shot and exploded by Registeel because they approached casually."

Silver: "..."

He suddenly felt a bit fortunate that he had come in openly.

The two continued to walk forward, passed through the gravel road, and arrived at the open area outside the courtyard, where more buildings came into view.

Library, science building, art building, student club building.

Everything was available.

It was too different from the Trainer school in Silver's impression, somewhat similar to an ordinary cultural school.

A gust of wind blew, suddenly mixed with light and pleasant harp sounds, accompanied by bird chirping and an elegant violin.

The two walked toward the singing, and a giant white building with an elegant style appeared before their eyes, with its function written on the door—Music Hall.

At the same time, this was also a music classroom.

Walking into the hall, he only saw a man who looked like a wandering bard on the stage, gently stroking the harp, with a Kricketune and Kricketot pulling long strings in front of him, and a Altaria singing with its neck stretched high beside him.

A group of students sat below, listening quietly.

Silver discovered that a rock giant was also standing in the corner, which was Regirock.

All Baimu said accordingly: "Regirock observes the world by vibration, so it can also appreciate the beauty of music."

Music, in the end, is vibration.

Silver nodded silently.

After leaving the Music Hall, they walked for about a few more minutes and arrived at the last and largest place—

Battle Zone.

Seeing the wide area here, Silver breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, a Trainer school is a Trainer school!

What made him even more relaxed was that there were students in the Battle Zone at this time; All Baimu had clearly arranged battle courses.

At the same time, the third legendary giant, Registeel, was also here.

The appearance of the two attracted small-scale attention, but the teacher's scolding pulled their attention back.

At the current stage, there were still many students in the school who didn't have Pokémon, so when taking battle courses, the school would lend Pokémon to them for practice.

Silver watched for a while and found that it was content that couldn't be more basic, so he withdrew his gaze.

He turned his head to look at All Baimu beside him, took a deep breath, and said: "Can I have another battle with you?"

"Of course."

All Baimu nodded with a smile; he had long guessed that Silver would have such a sentence.

The best communication between Trainers is battle, regardless of their status or the age gap.

"But it's class time now, I can't fight you for too long; let's decide the winner in one round."

All Baimu waved to Registeel in the distance, "I'll send it out to fight; any objections?"

Silver naturally had no objections.

He just wanted to know how much he had grown after a whole year.

This battle symbolized the continuation of that night.

To tell the truth.

Silver knew it was very difficult for him to win, and he didn't know what the significance of doing so was, but he just wanted to battle All Baimu.

Arriving at a venue relatively far from the students in class.

The two stood still respectively.

Silver calmed the restlessness in his heart and threw out a Poké Ball forward.

Bang!

"Feraligatr!"

The sturdy Feraligatr appeared suddenly, its sharp fangs slightly exposed, its thick and powerful limbs tense, revealing hard muscles under the thick scales.

All Baimu reached out to make an invitation gesture, "Please."

Silver ordered without ceremony, "Hydro Pump!"

As the voice fell, Feraligatr suddenly arched its thick body and opened its big mouth full of fangs.

The next second, a surging and majestic stream of water sprayed out, like a galloping waterfall, rushing fiercely toward Registeel!

The water impact made a loud "boom" sound against the air, causing the surrounding ground to tremble slightly.

"Doo-doo-doo—"

Registeel's dot matrix flickered, its arms crossed to support a fluorescent blue light shield, firmly blocking the Hydro Pump outside, turning it into water mist covering the venue.

Silver's eyes were deep, and he wasn't surprised by this, just waited for a while and shouted: "Superpower!"

In an instant, the mist permeating the venue was driven away by a wave of air.

Feraligatr had arrived in front of Registeel at some point, waving its powerful brown-red arms, and hit Registeel's face fiercely.

Bang!

Bang bang!

A series of loud noises echoed; the steel pillar didn't dodge or evade and silently endured it, only the metallic luster lingered around the steel pillar's whole body, which was clearly 【Iron Defense】.

The opponent defended twice in a row; Silver seemed not to notice and continued to shout: "Use Superpower again! Use it continuously!"

"Feraligatr!"

Feraligatr roared endlessly, smashing crazily at the steel pillar. ===== CHAPTER 1385 =====