Chapter 815

Truly fragrant.

The Totem Lurantis looked at the honey-red flowers all over the ground, its mood incredibly happy.

"La-lung~"

Everyone has a love for beauty, and Pokémon are no exception.

It carefully knelt in the center of the flowers, raised its dual scythes as if in prayer, and bathed in the dappled sunlight spilling through the tree shade.

The wind blew.

The treetops rustled.

The flower field swayed like waves, as if breathing deeply and evenly.

Starry green light floated up, mischievously lingering around the Totem Lurantis, then quietly disappeared into the flowers.

The forest is "alive."

All Baimu truly understood this point.

In the Pokémon world, rocks can turn into Geodude, sand piles can turn into Sandygast, even magma can turn into Slugma, and cosmic viruses can mutate into Deoxys when irradiated by lasers!

It wouldn't be strange if a collective consciousness Pokémon of the forest, ocean, or sky appeared one day.

"Hoo..."

He straightened his waist, tilted the water bottle, and found it empty, so he had to clap his hands twice and rub them together to get rid of some wet mud.

Not far away.

Castform was playing with the Shiny Gengar.

Although there was a bit of a difference in size, both Pokémon were free-spirited optimists; you plant flowers, I water them, and they became familiar with each other in no time.

All Baimu narrowed his eyes, seeing them playing happily, and then looked at the Totem Lurantis, which was kneeling like a lady with a peaceful expression, and inexplicably made an association—

The lady's personal maid secretly meeting with an outsider's young punk.

Huh?

Not good.

I've been watching too many costume dramas these past few nights; I must quickly have Mawile change to a few other themes.

He shook his head, dispelling the distracting thoughts in his heart.

At the same time, the Totem Lurantis slowly stood up and walked over slowly.

Although this guy is a Totem with an extraordinary size, the height of its peers is only about ninety centimeters, not even reaching one hundred.

The basic height wasn't enough, so it didn't grow very tall after becoming a Totem, and when compared, it was about level with All Baimu's chin.

A bit cute.

All Baimu saw the Totem Lurantis approaching and smelled that faint, sweet floral fragrance, and had an urge to pinch its face and the long whiskers on its cheeks.

But he forcibly held it back.

He hadn't forgotten the nature of the Pokémon on this island; it looked obedient and like a lady from a wealthy family now, but if he touched it randomly, it would definitely explode on the spot.

"Are you satisfied?" he asked proactively.

"La-lung~"

The Totem Lurantis nodded, its crimson eyes crystal clear and bright.

It wasn't a Pokémon with a cranky temperament.

On weekdays, besides welcoming Island Challenge challengers who might come to the door, the most common thing it did was leisurely sunbathe with Castform and groom its own body.

Occasionally, it would pick some favorite berries and put them in a tree stump to enjoy together another day.

Its style of conduct wouldn't be any different from ordinary Lurantis because of its Totem status; it had never disturbed the lives of other wild Pokémon and only lent a helping hand when problems occurred in Lush Jungle.

Since its birth, it had never left Lush Jungle.

The Totem Lurantis wasn't as free as bird Pokémon, which could soar in the sky, so even though they were on the same island and not far apart, it had never seen a flower field full of honey-red flowers.

This was its first time.

Seeing such beautiful and moving flowers.

Really good.

The Totem Lurantis's flower scythe covered the corners of its mouth, and its expression suddenly became a bit flustered because it suddenly found that it didn't know how to express its gratitude to the human in front of it.

"La-lung..."

"Don't be excited, as long as you feel satisfied." All Baimu hesitated for a moment, smiled, and gently stroked its forehead, his fingers sweeping over the part that looked like rabbit ears, and then quickly pulled them back.

Hiss.

Held it back but didn't hold it back.

But he felt that the Totem Lurantis's shy and conflicted posture just now made it hard not to express closeness with physical actions.

And from the feel of the touch, the Totem Lurantis was indeed a Grass-type Pokémon rather than a Bug-type Pokémon; the parts that were suspected to be hard exoskeletons didn't feel much different from petals.

Silky, soft.

"La-lung..."

The Totem Lurantis nodded slightly, its body going from stiff to completely relaxed.

It wasn't very used to contact with strangers; the last human who was relatively close to it was the Island Kahuna Olivia.

Can an Island Kahuna be the same?

Fortunately, it understood that All Baimu had no malicious intent, and besides, if this could express gratitude...

It was very happy.

The Totem Lurantis was about to speak but stopped.

The atmosphere was a bit cold.

All Baimu really wanted to get close to this cute Pokémon, but couldn't think of a way to communicate on the premise of not touching it.

He had been a Pokémon trainer for so long, from Shiny Rayquaza and Shadow Lugia down to the Zigzagoon and Sableye on the side of the road, which one wasn't handled by hand, touched while chatting?

Is a Pokémon that can't be touched a good Pokémon?

An exception this time!

He gritted his teeth, clasped his hands behind his back to suppress his habits and subconscious, and asked: "Miss Olivia... um, Island Kahuna, has she and Tapu Lele been here later?"

"La-lung~"

The Totem Lurantis shook its head obediently.

Didn't come!

Was Olivia planning to give it the cold shoulder?

All Baimu chewed on his words in his stomach and decided to be more straightforward; Pokémon might not understand if it was too complicated: "Do you hate Tapu Lele?"

The Totem Lurantis still shook its head.

Huh!?

All Baimu was taken aback; yesterday, the Totem Lurantis's resentful eyes could have eaten Tapu Lele, but today it said it didn't hate Tapu Lele?

Was it that it didn't hold a grudge or...

Were these flowers healing it?

Seeing the Totem Lurantis gazing infatuatedly at the flower cluster, he thought the latter possibility was more likely.

It's normal for wild Pokémon to be easy to coax, after all, most haven't seen much of the world, but it's relatively rare for one to be as easy to coax as the Totem Lurantis.

Perhaps.

He didn't need to worry so much.

All Baimu was silent for a few seconds and slowly extended his hand.

Feeling the human's movements beside it, the Totem Lurantis was also silent, just quietly taking a step toward him so he didn't have to reach too far.

Noon.

Returned to the wooden house by the sea and finished lunch.

All Baimu, who decided to rest for a day or two, lay on the sofa and turned on the TV; Mawile sat in his arms as usual, preparing to watch TV together, but her movements suddenly paused.

Then Mawile turned her head and sniffed him all over.

All Baimu was puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Mawile looked up at him with a suspicious expression and chirped lightly: "Chee-doh!"

You have her perfume (floral fragrance) on you!

——

Time came to the evening.

Gladion replied to the message.

"Mr. All Baimu! My sister can touch Pokémon now!"

A series of exclamation marks showed the joy in the chuunibyou teenager's heart; while All Baimu replied quickly, a series of plot-related images flashed through his mind.

After Lillie could touch Pokémon, it should be the plot where Faba reopened the Ultra Wormhole and summoned Nihilego.

Hmm!

Solgaleo is about to be born!

Although he had no interest in interfering with the main plot, witnessing Cosmog evolve into Solgaleo with his own eyes was still very tempting.

Beep!

Gladion: "Please keep an eye on this person for me; he is the culprit who caused my sister's psychological trauma. He just escaped in the chaos, and I'm worried he still intends to harm my sister."

A photo of Faba was sent over.

"Okay."

All Baimu replied.

But he actually wanted to tell Gladion more that Faba had no interest in his sister; this guy just cared more about his own career.

For example, now.

Faba ran away immediately after seeing that his hypnotizing the boss's daughter had been exposed.

But his first thought after escaping wasn't to pack up and run, nor was it to go to the police station to surrender; he chose to wait for an opportunity to capture Nebby, and with its power, reopen the Ultra Wormhole and summon Ultra Beasts.

This guy thought that President Lusamine would definitely forgive him after seeing the Ultra Wormhole, thinking this was a way to make up for his mistakes.

It inevitably makes people wonder if Faba's brain was ruined by doing research.

But in other words.

If the anime version of Faba were born in the game world, he really wouldn't be wrong to do so.

Lusamine, the mother-in-law in the game, was almost crazy for Ultra Beasts, loving them so much that she was willing to merge with Nihilego.

However, he was born in the wrong world.

One wrong step, every step wrong.

If it weren't for Lusamine seeing that he was an old minister who founded the country and only demoting him, this guy would have been in prison long ago.

Of course.

For Faba, demotion might be more uncomfortable than prison, especially since he became a subordinate of his colleague.

"Let's go!"

All Baimu stood up and called Hydreigon.

The plot had developed to this point, and the Team Rocket trio had mostly unilaterally resigned from Faba and returned; it was time to go and urge them for the Z-Crystal detector!

A few minutes later.

One person and one dragon arrived at Bewear's den, and the first thing they saw was Mareanie playing with Stufful.

Mimikyu was hiding in a dark corner, lonely and not knowing what it was doing.

"Where is your trainer?"

He caught Stufful, who had suddenly flown over while screaming, and asked Mareanie, who seemed a bit afraid of Hydreigon.

Mareanie raised its tentacles and poked the tree hole, "Hey-deh..."

"Okay."

All Baimu walked toward the tree hole, and Stufful on his head stuck its tongue out at Hydreigon.

"Goo-ma!"

"Sha-sang~"

Hydreigon had an expression of "you're young, I won't lower myself to your level"; it was a dragon with great ideals and aspirations, and it was too degrading to chatter with a cub.

As for which one snatched the trainer's hand to suck yesterday, it had already forgotten.

Inside the tree hole.

The Team Rocket trio were like three limp worms, lying on the thick pile of fallen leaves without moving.

Presumably, they had been beaten by Bewear.

Children who haven't returned for days indeed need to be taught a lesson; after letting them realize the lesson, then use sweet honey to compensate...

They should be in the compensation stage now.

At least All Baimu didn't see Bewear's shadow.

He said, "The creditor is here to get things; it was agreed to be a week, how many days has it been?"

The trio looked up when they heard the sound, and after seeing it was him, they hung their heads powerlessly again.

James stretched out his hand and shook it, saying, "The things are in the cabinet by the computer, the key... the key is clipped in the third book on the bookshelf."

"Have you tested it?"

"Tested... guaranteed to work..." James said a few sentences while panting.

All Baimu glanced at him and climbed straight to the second floor.

Jessie said softly, "Is it a bit of a problem to tell him directly where the key is hidden?"

James responded, "No way, you can't stop him if he grabs it directly, besides, is not having a key an obstacle for him?"

Meowth said, "Meowth thinks it makes sense, meow."

The tree hole fell silent for a moment.

And the reason why the Team Rocket trio were like useless people was partly because they had been given a bone-breaking bear hug by Bewear, and partly...

They forgot to ask Faba for their wages!

Unilaterally resigning from the boss was indeed tough, but not getting their wages was too painful.

Thinking about working for nothing for so many days, they only felt weak all over; if they had known, how good it would have been to tell Faba to pay daily.

A few minutes later.

All Baimu walked down holding the Z-Crystal detector and waved at the Team Rocket trio as a farewell.

After he flew away riding Hydreigon.

The trio started chatting again.

"Really envy him, so strong and free."

"I think so too."

"Meowth has always envied his Pokémon, meow."

"Wobbuffet."

The tree hole fell silent again.

It wasn't until Bewear returned with sweet honey that the Team Rocket trio barely managed to cheer up, viciously stating that one should eat sweets when sad!

On the other side.

All Baimu looked down at the new version of the Z-Crystal detector.

In order to facilitate his use, James even specially made a user manual, detailing many functions and methods for how to solve problems when they arise.

Look.

It's really a waste of talent for this guy to be a thief; Giovanni failed to recognize a hero!

He couldn't help but sigh.

And compared to the old version of the detector, the external changes of the new version were in several aspects such as the screen, buttons, and antenna.

The original black-and-white screen had become an ultra-clear LCD screen, the antenna looked blacker and thicker, the buttons became joysticks, and the specific function was to display the fluctuations of all Z-Crystals within a ten-kilometer radius on it.

"Why so many!"

All Baimu looked at the densely packed and overlapping Z-Crystals displayed on the screen after turning it on, and looked strangely in that direction.

Then he saw the bustling Hau'oli City.

All Baimu: "... Fine."

Z-Rings and Z-Crystals in the Alola region aren't exactly everywhere, but at least one in five trainers can hold a Z-Ring.

Who let the Island Challenge have no threshold?

As long as you are of age, you can participate, and the Island Kahuna won't arrange a test that you can't pass at all.

By the time of the Journeys era.

Even passersby held enhanced Z-Rings.

Even if the enhanced Z-Ring wasn't much nobler than an ordinary Z-Ring, it just became able to use some exclusive Z-moves.

Back to the seaside.

All Baimu stared at the screen; he felt that there should be quite a few Z-Crystals in the sea that others hadn't discovered.

But to his disappointment, the upper part of the detector was all white.

How could there be none!

The coastal waters of the Alola region were also within the illumination range of the Radiant One, so there was no reason why they couldn't give birth to one or two Z-Crystals.

It could only be said that either a water-type Totem Pokémon had appeared in the coastal waters of Melemele Island, and it had collected all the Z-Crystals.

Or it had something to do with the Island Kahuna or the Island Guardian.

All Baimu was very regretful; he had wanted to find at least one Z-Crystal before the sun went down, and the current situation had indeed greatly dampened his enthusiasm.

Hopefully, his luck will be better tomorrow.

He turned off the detector and looked at the direction of Aether Paradise.

If he remembered correctly, Nebby would be abducted by Faba tomorrow to act as a tool to open the Ultra Wormhole, and Lusamine would also be captured by Nihilego.

A big show was about to be staged.