Chapter 427: Super Dragon Affection

Just as Baimu had expected.

The Dreepy little brother had no objections whatsoever to Dreepy Messia's decision.

But what followed was another problem—

The two of them were to live together with Dreepy Barudō, or to be housed separately in other Poké Balls.

"Hiyah!"

The Dreepy little brother cheerfully declared that he wanted to share a Poké Ball with his big sister.

"That'll have to wait until your sister evolves…"

Baimu helplessly poked its head.

From his research, the Dreepy line actually shared many similarities with multi-bodied Pokémon like Kangaskhan, Exeggcute, and Forretress, belonging to a special symbiotic type of Pokémon.

So when Dreepy Messia perched on the head of Dreepy Qī or Dreepy Barudō, they could be recalled into the Poké Ball together.

Such a wondrous phenomenon — no wonder Professor Oak always said there were still many unsolved mysteries about Pokémon.

"Hiyah!"

As for this matter, the Dreepy big sister didn't hesitate at all, decisively choosing to stay separately. She held a certain prejudice against that Dreepy Barudō who seemed to have led her little brother astray.

Without first figuring out what the other party was about, how could she possibly share a ball with it?

"Fair enough."

Baimu nodded in agreement, then handed over the various Poké Balls he had collected for the two Dreepy Messias to choose from. After all, it was their future dwelling place — better to let them pick it themselves.

Nowadays, Pokémon like Bossgodora mostly lived in Luxury Balls. As one of the more expensive Poké Balls, its comfort was truly unparalleled, and every Pokémon that had stayed in one praised it highly.

The only possible exception was Milotic, who preferred the Dive Ball — which had a miraculous effect when catching water Pokémon — because even though there was no water inside, it gave her the feeling of being in a pool.

Astonishing black technology.

Before long, the two little ones each made their own choice.

The Dreepy big sister chose the Luxury Ball strongly recommended by Pokémon like Blissey. She too believed comfort came first, though more importantly, it was the friendly attitude of the surrounding Pokémon.

The Dreepy Messia who had once hung around graveyards with her little brother knew very well that she had to build friendly relations with the surrounding Pokémon, so as to ensure she wouldn't be bullied or ostracized.

She turned her head to see her little brother's choice, only to find that at some unknown point he had already gotten familiar with the Hydreigon she had marked as someone to be wary of.

The two Pokémon were chatting in a very friendly manner. Then her little brother, having heard something or other, flew excitedly to a green Poké Ball and pressed it twice in quick succession — pat pat.

"Hiyah!"

First enlarge, then open.

"Hiyah?"

Before Dreepy Messia's eyes could even focus, she saw Baimu beside her try to snatch up the Poké Ball with lightning speed, but the Dreepy little brother had already turned into a red beam and flown inside.

"This—"

He looked at Hydreigon, who gave him a smug, praise-me expression, as if she had done some great deed.

Friend Ball.

A type of ball that greatly raises the friendliness/affection of newly caught Pokémon. The effect in the anime wasn't as pronounced as in the games, but it could indeed help Pokémon and trainers quickly become friendly, contributing quite a bit to the initial adjustment period.

Presumably Hydreigon had planned to let the Dreepy little brother quickly become familiar with her, which was why she had sweet-talked him into it—

Completely unnecessary.

Baimu really didn't need to covet this kind of "shortcut." Give him two or three days and he could reach the same level of friendliness the Friend Ball could bring — the key was the Dreepy Messia's own willingness.

What did it actually want?

The green Friend Ball stopped wobbling.

"Dummy."

He reached out and tapped Hydreigon on the head, then released the Dreepy little brother.

The problem wasn't really a big deal — if he couldn't get used to it, he could just switch to another Poké Ball. His Pokémon weren't the sort to run off on their own the moment they were freed from a Poké Ball.

"Hiyah?"

The Dreepy little brother emerged with a look of wonder, chirping excitedly at his big sister to share his novel experience inside the Friend Ball.

Then he looked at Baimu.

"Hiyah!"

The Dreepy little brother pounced, instantly covering most of the latter's face, swinging his tail like a gecko.

Hydreigon couldn't help but show a "Ruzike Sect" expression.

It wasn't for nothing that she had risked a scolding to sweet-talk him.

Baimu helplessly peeled the Dreepy little brother off, thinking this was probably a way Dreepy Messia expressed affection. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the Dreepy big sister using her folded claws to tap the Luxury Ball twice in quick succession, like a mantis shrimp.

Successfully sucked inside.

A few seconds later.

The Dreepy big sister flew out from inside, then pounced on his face just like her little brother.

"Is this some kind of habit?"

Baimu held one in each hand, then simply placed them on his head in a human tower — it wasn't the first time anyway — and opened his phone Pokédex.

【Pokémon: Dreepy Messia】

【Type: Dragon + Ghost】

【Gender: Female】

【Height: 52cm / 2kg】

【Ability: Infiltrator】

【Level: 13】

【Moves: Quick Attack / Astonish / Bite】

【Cling On/Curse/Surprise Attack】

This is my sister's panel.

Remember, in the game Dragapult can't learn moves by leveling up, which means the probability of it comprehending new moves on its own before evolution isn't high.

My brother's length and weight are the same as my sister's, one level lower, with the Ability Pure Body, and the move slots are identical.

If it weren't for the gender difference, it'd really be hard to tell the two of them apart.

Hmm…

Honestly, right now All Baimu can't quite tell which is which either—Dragapult has no visible gender differences, so he needs Porygon-Z to remind him.

I believe once he's familiar with them, he'll definitely be able to tell them apart. The brother and sister's personalities and habits clearly have big differences, but before that happens—

All Baimu pulls a scarf he uses himself out of his bag, cuts it into two slightly smaller ones with scissors. The starting positions differ, so the patterns are slightly different.

"Here, these are gifts for you two."

He wraps the small scarves around the two Dragapults.

The two look at the small scarves, each showing a delighted expression, then once again pounce on All Baimu's face like two big geckos, spread-eagled—two crisp smacking sounds.

"……"

Do you two have sugar glider bloodline?

—

Having dealt with the "missile."

All Baimu has no choice but to start dealing with the Ghost Fighter's main body.

There's definitely no way to "communicate" inside the room, so he went outdoors, even leaving New Zi Jin behind to find a place sufficiently deserted, with no one smoking around, and very little cover—

An outdoor plaza.

After all, he needs to make sure there's somewhere to dodge when Dragapult attacks him, and also that he can spot it in time when it goes invisible.

As for the problem of running away.

All Baimu, with the two Dragapults on his head, decides to use them to lure Dragapult.

This lonely dragon, unless it's lost its mind, will definitely grab the two Dragapults and run. If it can't grab them, it'll naturally fall into his hands.

"I'm counting on you! It's a few levels higher than you, and faster too! Don't let your guard down!"

He says this to Hydreigon.

As a being with extremely keen smell, using it against Dragapult is simply perfect—Invisibility only covers appearance, not scent.

"Sha-sang!"

Hydreigon holds its head high and puffs out its chest, giving the two Dragapults on All Baimu's head a look of utter disdain, clearly intending to let these two new little sisters and little brother see its real strength.

"Hi-ya!"

"Hi-ya~"

The Dragapult siblings, very pleasingly to it, begin cheering it on.

But the two of them actually don't quite understand what they've been brought here to do.

Until Dragapult is released.

Bang!

Bai Guang flashes.

Dragapult appears, looks left and right, then spots the calm All Baimu and the two Dragapults on his head, and immediately lets out a roar, "Ruo-tuo——!!"

The shriek sounds like a lawnmower revved to the max, sounds a bit rough on the throat.

But you can tell it's very angry about being captured.

All Baimu's expression doesn't change.

Didn't the Steelix from way back when look just as fierce as this guy? And now it's perfectly obedient. He's already very familiar with handling newly acquired Pokémon.

However, the two Dragapults on his head have different expressions.

The Dragapult sister glares fixedly at Dragapult—she still sees it as the culprit that kidnapped her brother and made her travel thousands of miles from home to find him.

The Dragapult brother looks very happy, even trying to fly over and say hello to Dragapult.

When he first moved, because he was pinned under his sister, as the filling in the sandwich he had a bit of trouble moving. Fortunately, this guy, like Hydreigon, is dog-like at heart.

Wait, no.

Compared to it, Hydreigon in its single-headed Dreepy stage can only count as a domestic Bernese Mountain Dog—this one is the real deal, a wild-grown Husky.

The Dragapult brother suddenly rolls hard, turning his body from sandwich filling into a cracker, then flies forward in a pounce.

And at this moment Hydreigon just happens to flick its tail and twist its hips, trying to stand in front of its Trainer and teach this dragon-disrespecting fellow a lesson.

Who would have thought a black shadow would suddenly whoosh out from beside it.

It hastily sticks out its left head to catch it in its mouth—but catches nothing but air.

"Sha-sang!?"

Hydreigon is somewhat shocked, looks into the distance and discovers that one of the Dragapults has rushed up to Dragapult. From the color of the scarf, it seems to be the Dragapult brother.

What's going on?

It turns its head to look at All Baimu, but the latter is also raising his eyebrows at this moment, looking equally puzzled.

Only the Dragapult sister has an expression like she's about to explode with rage.

"Hi-ya!"

"Looks like this seems to be voluntary."

All Baimu rubs his chin. The pairing between Dragapult and Dragapult is actually a two-way relationship—the former needs the latter to put its mind at ease, and the latter also needs the former to satisfy its thrill of "sonic speed" racing.

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The Pokédex says Dragapult will follow the fastest Dragapult, precisely because of this nature of theirs.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Dragapult, which had been preparing to launch its attack, froze. Watching Dreepy cheerfully flitting about in front of it, it couldn't help but show a hint of suspicion.

"Rururu?"

"Hiya~"

Dreepy hooked its claws onto Dragapult's claws, happily swaying left and right. Being able to stay with the latter naturally made it happy.

It had been worried earlier that it wouldn't be able to keep burrowing into the "launch chamber."

It whipped its tail and, in a reverse-parking maneuver, burrowed into one of the four launchers protruding from Dragapult's head.

"Hiya~"

Dreepy's face was full of bliss. Other people's heads might be nice, but this launcher suited it better.

Dragapult slightly raised its head and looked at All Baimu not far away, completely not expecting the other party to return Dreepy to it so easily.

Looks like there are still good people among humans!

It nodded slightly and flew off into the distance, clearly planning to leave this place.

"Hiya!"

Dragapult's elder sister, who had reached the limit of her patience, shrieked and was about to rush over and grab her brother back.

All Baimu stopped this furious little fellow. "Wait, your brother won't run. Besides, if this guy isn't beaten into submission head-on, it'll be very hard to communicate with it. Leave it to me."

"Hiya…"

Dragapult's elder sister took a deep breath. She still couldn't really understand what the former was saying, but being stopped like this reminded her of what happened last night, and she naturally developed trust in him.

So they stood in place, watching Dragapult carrying a little Dreepy fly off into the distance, only to quickly fly back again.

Because Dreepy hadn't figured out what it wanted to do, it popped out of the launcher to signal it to return to the front of the Three-Headed Dragon.

"Hiya!"

We're fighting!

"Rururu?"

Dragapult was even more confused by Dreepy's meaning and urged it to leave with it.

Humans aren't good things!

Dreepy then realized Dragapult had just been planning to run. It bit the edge of that triangular head and forcefully dragged it toward All Baimu's side.

It didn't want to run! Its sister was there, and it could eat such delicious food, and it could acknowledge a new big brother—meaning the Three-Headed Dragon.

Like hell it'd run!

Even if it did run, it should bring its sister along, right?

Dragapult sensed Dreepy's thoughts, and its slit-like eyes were full of vexation. When it looked at All Baimu, its gaze was full of resentment.

If it weren't for him, it wouldn't have failed to keep even a single Dreepy.

No way!

Today it absolutely had to beat this guy up!

Dragapult bared its sharp teeth and finally looked at the ferocious Three-Headed Dragon. As their eyes met, sparks seemed to flash between them.

Seeing that a great battle was about to erupt, Dreepy excitedly burrowed into the launcher.

"Hiya!"

It urged Dragapult to launch its attack quickly.

Not far away.

All Baimu was soothing the irritable Three-Headed Dragon. "Don't pay attention to this low-level provocation. Show it your real strength and have a fair match! Tell it that even in a two-on-one, it still has to lose!"

"Shaao!"

The Three-Headed Dragon responded in a low voice. It wasn't actually that angry, but it did indeed have the idea of teaching Dragapult a lesson, to show this guy what the strength of the team's quasi-ace meant.

Two-on-one?

You think I don't have "helpers"!?

The Three-Headed Dragon suddenly took a deep breath, its lungs filling with air, making its chest puff up high like a balloon.

But the next instant.

Boom!!

Three beams of light, each a different color, surged from its mouth, roaring as they charged toward Dragapult. The overwhelming Dragon-type energy seemed to sweep away everything.

Seeing this, the latter directly vanished along with Dreepy in a flash.

The great battle between the two Dragon-type Pokémon had clearly begun!

Speaking of which.

In the rules established by the League, although Dragapult could bring two Dreepy onto the field at the same time, it was limited to having them use 【Dragon Darts】.

Apart from this, any action taken by the two Dreepy was considered a violation.

This was a special rule established specifically for Dragapult, and there were many similar ones. For example, Conkeldurr's cement pillars couldn't have too much rebar stuffed inside, Marowak's bone club could only be a bone club and not a metal club, etc.

For any Pokémon that had exploitable loopholes in using external aid, the Pokémon League would establish special rules for them.