Chapter 1464

While the Super Z Team was suppressing the troublemakers at Aura Academy.

The native continent.

N's motorcade was passing by a wild Rapidash habitat.

As everyone knows, the vast majority of wild populations now spread everywhere originated from the Pokemon Paradise.

It was due to development after migration.

N knew every single Pokemon that had once lived in the Pokemon Paradise, and this herd of Rapidash was naturally no exception; and as a matter of course, Pokemon would likewise remember those who treated them well.

"Hihihihi—"

Almost the moment he appeared, the most stout Rapidash at the lead came galloping over, looking at first glance as if it would overturn the vehicles everyone was riding in.

But the New Team Plasma members were long accustomed to this sort of scene; not a single person made a fuss, even though they could already feel the high heat sweeping over from its four hooves treading fire.

"Hihihi!"

The Rapidash braked to a halt the moment it drew near, leaning its massive head affectionately against N's cheek.

N smiled warmly and stroked its short-furred neck, "Yeah, I've been missing you guys too."

The leader's unusual behavior prompted the other Rapidash and Ponyta to crowd forward one after another; those who remembered N quickly came up, while a portion who didn't know him stayed in the back with faces full of curiosity.

Who is this?

Seems like we don't know him?

Not until Baimu got out of the car did they react by licking their lips and surrounding him.

Without a doubt, the horses had generally been fed by this grain-delivery boy; every single one was a familiar horse.

In fact, Platinum Mountain also had the distribution of wild Pokemon across the entire Aura region at its fingertips; back then, Queen Leiguanwang and the Ho-Oh Guard helped the wild Pokemon migrate, and took the opportunity to record their habitats, compiling them into an atlas.

And ever since the split, every time Baimu went to the Pokemon Paradise, he would give them food when passing these habitats.

"Newborns!"

N looked at the Ponyta surrounding Baimu, his expression extremely delighted.

Like a farmer who went out to work for a year and returned to find his own fields full of golden wheat ears, the joy in his heart could not be greater.

What he worried about most was that wild Pokemon could not breed and survive normally in Aura; now seeing the newborns, it counted as completely setting down a heavy heartache.

Similar situations kept occurring along the way to the Paradise; N looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window, and his mood gradually soared along with the gentle breeze blowing in his face.

"How nice."

N sighed with such emotion.

Baimu was also very happy that N could like the current Aura; after all, he who had spearheaded all this was equally satisfied.

Before long, the motorcade passed the completely transformed abandoned ship Libra, passed through the once Gateway Gorge, and formally arrived at the Pokemon Paradise.

Here, compared to last year, there wasn't much change; everywhere was the familiar look N and his two sisters knew.

"Even the taste of the air……"

N took a deep breath, his face full of nostalgia.

Babeina and Helenna were searching for Mewtwo's traces; they thought this manor's new tenant would come out to greet them, very regrettably he did not.

Mewtwo was always accustomed to waiting by a tree stump for a rabbit; this habit was cultivated back on New Island.

N didn't mind, heading straight for the manor.

Of course.

He only brought his two sisters.

The other New Team Plasma members were arranged to go to various parts of the Pokemon Paradise, responsible for re-familiarizing with those wild Pokemon, then conducting physical exams, recording vital signs and other necessary matters.

Baimu also hadn't been to the Pokemon Paradise for a stretch of time, following behind the three and looking around everywhere.

In front of the manor's main gate.

Many, many wild Pokemon were crowded into a cluster, waiting anxiously.

——Precisely after N left the Pokemon Paradise, the group that moved into the manor first; they actually had very deep feelings for N too, running into the manor not only with the idea of claiming territory, but also wanting to help him guard this place.

Apart from them, there were some existences behaving timidly.

They were individuals Mewtwo had aided and gathered into the Pokemon Paradise; their number was not small, after all Mewtwo had been in Aura for over half a year already.

And after N finished responding to his old friends' enthusiasm, in the spacious reception hall, he saw Mewtwo, elegant and composed like a human noble.

'Nice to meet you, the true master of this house, I am Mewtwo.'

Mewtwo stared straight at N, its expression soon turning strange, 'You…… are you a human?'

N didn't care in the least about this nearly offensive remark, smiling: "A genuine human, although I very much wish I could become a Pokemon, the fact is I am indeed a human."

Mewtwo: '……'

It silently observed N for a long while, then shook its head and said: 'I think I understand why you and Baimu are friends, you two fundamentally don't have much difference.'

At least in Mewtwo's view, N and Baimu's "difference" was not great.

The two heard this sentence and looked at each other.

But neither felt it was strange.

They had long known each other's special nature, and precisely because of this special nature, they had formed an extraordinary friendship.

N rarely trusted a person this much.

In his view, Baimu's "purity" even surpassed his two sisters.

So N was willing to entrust the Pokemon Paradise to him, willing to let the younger generation of New Team Plasma come to Aura Academy to study.

Facts proved all his decisions regarding Baimu were correct.

After introducing each other.

In the next two hours, Mewtwo and N chatted extensively about wild Pokemon rescue, and how to balance the relationship among humans, Pokemon, and nature.

Baimu listened with great interest at first, but the more he listened the more he felt these two "refused to give up their wicked intentions," harboring plans to destroy all humanity.

Of course, they were just saying it casually.

Human society still has existences worth cherishing like Baimu and Xiaozhi; even if they possessed the ability to destroy humanity, they wouldn't do it.

In short, Mewtwo's impression of N was good; he felt he was the third human worth trusting after Xiaozhi and Baimu...

Perhaps?

In Mewtwo's view, N's inhuman aspects were mainly manifested on the spiritual level, as if a Pokemon's soul had been stuffed into a human body.

N was also very happy that Mewtwo was a Pokemon who had both the ability and shared his aspirations.

Both sides exchanged contact information, so that in future rescues they could draw on each other's strength.

Between people there are islands one after another; communication becomes a reliable bridge.

After the talks ended, N went around Pokemon Paradise to meet old friends; Baimu didn't follow along, and privately asked Mewtwo if it knew Mew's whereabouts.

"What are you looking for it for?"

"Bored out of my mind."

Baimu's answer left Mewtwo speechless; the key was it could tell this person wasn't lying or brushing it off.

"Humans are always like this, not knowing how to cherish hard-won life."

Mewtwo couldn't reproach him directly, so it could only make a sarcastic remark in a roundabout way.

Baimu just pretended he hadn't heard.

Suddenly.

The Rotom Phone vibrated once.

It flew out and said: "An Xier is looking for you."

"Who's looking for me?"

Baimu turned his head to look.

The Rotom Phone gave an affirmative answer: "An Xier, who just left yesterday, has come again, and this time she brought Ta Ni along."

... Are these people really that idle?

Actually, they're even more idle than Baimu imagined; right now New Miare City is calm and peaceful, all sorts of incidents have been uniformly resolved, Shengcai has already climbed to the top of the Masters Eight, undefeated across New Miare, the Ultra Z Squad really has nothing to do.

So they all uniformly came to the parallel world for a vacation.

Strangely, several kids had absolutely no intention of going to school in the original world, running out into society in their teens to pursue their dreams.

But in the parallel world they started enjoying campus life.

Especially Shengcai; Baimu heard from teachers of every subject that she's the type who's both hardworking and enterprising, everyone likes her very much, and her evaluations are extremely high.

—Turns out she's the Miare Succubus!

"Nothing went wrong, right?" Baimu asked just to be safe.

The Rotom Phone checked the surveillance and replied: "Aside from Fanshilang howling like a Primeape again, everything's normal."

Baimu: "Then it's fine."

The matter of Fanshilang not getting along with Xiao Yin, he naturally had heard of it too, but since the conflict is limited to Pokemon battles, there's nothing more to say.

Rivals, after all!

An indispensable part of the Pokemon world.

As long as no bodily harm appears, let Fanshilang toss about however he wants.

Adeku thinks the same way, taking a laissez-faire approach to his grandson's many behaviors.

Mewtwo: "You're clearly very busy, aren't you?"

It didn't have the habit of eavesdropping, but it could still glean some intel from fragments of words.

"If you're determined to find something to do, how could you possibly not find it?" Baimu smiled at it, "However, I really should do some things now."

After informing An Xier that he had to work.

Afternoon.

He and N arrived together at Silph City.

"Really not staying a few more days?"

"No need; the length of time spent together won't affect anything." N smiled and shook his head.

For him, seeing many things once was enough.

Important time must be invested in places that need it more.

The busy Shanren finally appeared; the first reaction upon old friends meeting was a radiant smile and a big hug.

"You've gotten so thin."

N was surprised by Shanren's change.

In his memory, this good friend of his should... be a bit more plump?

Shanren said: "More muscle."

The defeat at the first Aurelian Conference reignited his fighting spirit to become a Trainer, and his physique gradually changed with a year of training.

N could feel Shanren's current mindset was excellent, and nodded reassuredly.

Past awkwardness had long since dissipated like smoke; only the joy of reunion remained, and Baimu also felt happy for the two of them.

Everyone ate dinner together; N and the people of New Team Plasma left in a hurry.

Shanren gazed across the terminal window, silent for a long time.

Until Baimu patted him lightly on the shoulder twice did he come back to his senses, and his first words were—

"Are you prepared for twenty-four-hour continuous shifts?"

"... I'm ashamed of the thought I just had to comfort you!"

"If you scold me two sentences, can I livestream two more hours?"

"No!"

"Then no insults!"

"..."

Baimu was nearly rendered speechless by the workaholic before him.

Shanren's administrative ability was worthy of recognition; even Loze praised him repeatedly, showing that when he considered regional development, he didn't act like a human at all.

Baimu had no reason to refuse, and could only similarly activate work mode.

Then.

For the next three days he couldn't return to Platinum Mountain to get a single night's sleep, until Monday's Ore Academy school festival, when Shanren finally gave him half a day off.

Incidentally, he told him a piece of utter nonsense news.

"Olivia got her wish." Shanren added, "She's now the accountant at Ore Prison."

Baimu: "The prison has an accountant??"

"The prison is also a normal functional department; it needs regional funding allocation. Why can't it have an accountant?" Shanren looked at him strangely.

The illiteracy champion shut his mouth.

Shanren continued, "Chairman Loze seems to be applying for a transfer to the prison."

"Not necessary, right..."

Baimu felt Loze shouldn't have any ill will toward Olivia, so why keep avoiding her?

Shanren said, "It's definitely because he doesn't want to delay Olivia. Chairman Loze is serving life; sentence reduction isn't currently allowed. How could he possibly go and delay Olivia's youthful years?"

Baimu: "Youthful years..."

Olivia's nearly thirty, right?

In the Pokemon world where the average active age is around fifteen, this age already counts as middle-aged.

Forget it.

Why care about other people's twilight romance?

This pair should just be locked in!

Baimu gave up on the two's gossip, rode Miltank back to the academy island to participate in the school festival.

Have to say, everyone's pulling it off quite convincingly, very much the atmosphere of a campus youth romance anime.

He saw Tairi again; the other party was wearing a fashionable cheerleader outfit, standing together with Shengcai and the others——

The Splendor Society's group dance performance.

Specially performed for Baimu and Big-Mouthed Baby to watch.

Peruru asked a bit nervously, "What do you think of their outfits?"

"Ah? Oh, very good."

Baimu nodded.

He rarely pays attention to the dance segments now, but led by Mingyi, a large group of youthful, beautiful girls dancing is still worth watching!

The Rotom Phone silently filmed, uploaded to Ore Academy's official Poke-Tok account, to serve as next year's recruitment video.

What?

A Pokemon Academy should focus on Pokemon?

It doesn't care; instinct tells it this video's appeal is definitely greater than showcasing Pokemon.

Ore Academy currently has only a few hundred students, yet the school festival is pulled off quite convincingly; the biggest contributor is rather unexpected.

"You're the school festival's guiding teachers?"

Baimu looked at the Team Rocket trio.

Musashi proudly said, "This kind of thing is our specialty!"

"When we attended aristocratic school before, I was often in charge of similar work..." Kojiro chuckled.

Meowth called, "Meow saw many similar designs in Pokewood!"

The three are truly all-round talents aside from catching Pikachu; there are probably few things in the world they don't know.

Baimu gratifyingly patted their shoulders, "Well done! I'll have Finance issue you a bonus! Keep working hard! The positions of Dean of Students and Vice Principal are waiting for you!"

Dean of Students... Vice Principal...

Hearing this delicious big pie, the Team Rocket trio even forgot they were here part-time, filled with yearning just like dreaming of becoming Team Rocket executives.

The difference is, Baimu's pie is real; Team Rocket's is fake.

After all, Sakaki never promised them anything; it was entirely these three guys' own imagination, believing they could gain Sakaki's favor.

The lively school festival continues.

Baimu stands at the highest point of the academy island, beside him the cute little Lugia; he strokes its head with one hand, satisfied: "This is my Ore Academy!"