Chapter 843: Fated but Not Destined

"Meow-ow—"

In the early morning, a cat-killing scream rang out in the beach house.

All Baimu looked helplessly at Alolan Meowth, which was being pulled by its hind legs by the Shiny Gengar like pulling a radish, but its front paws were hooked tightly onto the sofa, and said:

"Really, I really found you a good home, I didn't lie to you!"

"Meow!"

Alolan Meowth would rather die than submit; it had to stay here.

This cat got up early in the morning to fawn over him, trying every means to please him, but unfortunately, with Blissey there, there wasn't much room for it to perform.

What it prepared to do, Blissey had already done countless times in the past years.

And it did it better than Alolan Meowth.

And fawning failed, and its smart and clever intelligence couldn't be displayed—because it found that All Baimu had too many objects to discuss with, especially the Pokémon called Porygon2, which could be called omniscient.

With two powerful weapons having no place to be used, Alolan Meowth could only choose to play the rogue.

"Meow!"

Not leaving!

Absolutely not leaving!

Alolan Meowth decisively made a choice; the Team Rocket headquarters was indeed tempting, and the human who contacted the three idiots didn't look like an ordinary existence.

But Kanto was too far away, and heaven knows how much struggle and effort it would take to replace that Persian.

Alolan Meowth, who had experienced a good life, didn't want to work hard anymore.

The wariness when they first met was also completely thrown to the back of its mind along with the gentle land it experienced last night, and as smart as it was, it knew a truth very well—

Play the rogue for five minutes, enjoy wealth and honor for a lifetime!

To be a cat, one must have the consciousness of being a cat!

"Sigh..."

All Baimu held his forehead; his original intention was to let Alolan Meowth go on its way clean and tidy, not to leave a bad impression on Nanu and Acerola in a disheveled state.

Didn't expect to be counterproductive!

Where did that arrogant energy of yours go?

He was afraid that someone passing by would say he was abusing cats, so he slapped Gengar's butt and urged: "Give some effort! Can't pull a cat off? Use a move!"

"Gen~gar!"

Gengar's face flushed red; if it weren't for worrying about hurting the sofa, if it weren't for the fact that this cat was Dark-type and Psychic didn't work, if it weren't for the fact that Mean Look couldn't be micro-managed, how could it be so passive!

The gray fatty had many reasons to shift the blame in its brain, but didn't dare to say any of them.

Afraid of being mocked.

It was only outputting effort now because all the other Pokémon were happily watching the show, bullying it, the former youngest!

Finally.

With Gengar's unremitting efforts, Alolan Meowth's paws successfully detached from the poor sofa.

"Meow-ow!"

In a panic, Alolan Meowth still wanted to run into the bedroom, but fortunately, it was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and locked it on the spot with Mean Look.

Gengar felt relieved and spat out its bright red tongue, "Gen-gar!"

Mission successfully completed!

All Baimu pinched the back of Alolan Meowth's neck, faced its unyielding gaze after the rogue play failed, and said bluntly:

"It's not that I dislike you, it's really that you can't meet my needs."

For him, there was no reason to shelve it once caught, but at the current stage, he really didn't have much energy to cultivate a Pokémon from low to high.

Not to mention that in a few days, he was preparing to go to the Galar region to happily get Regieleki and Regidrago.

Fortunately, Alolan Meowth likely didn't want to stay because it liked this person, but purely wanted to enjoy his care in all aspects, so he felt no burden saying the refusal.

"Meow-ow!"

Alolan Meowth was unconvinced; how could it not meet them?

All Baimu looked at it twice and pondered for a moment.

"... Fine, I'll give you a chance."

Coming outdoors.

He waved at Regirock and shouted: "Make a rock about as tall as you!"

"Bzzzzzz—Le! Ji! Ro!"

Regirock's dots flashed, its stone-pillar-like arms inserted into the beach with a "thud," and a deep brown energy ring suddenly appeared behind it.

Boom!

The ground trembled, and gravel surged to form a hard and huge rock.

All Baimu placed Alolan Meowth on the ground, knocked on it, and said with satisfaction: "Try to smash this rock with your power! No time limit!"

"Meow!?"

Alolan Meowth, less than half a meter tall, widened its eyes, looked up foolishly at this small-mountain-like stone, and turned to look horrified.

This, how is this possible!

It turned to look at All Baimu, whose face had no mockery or ridicule, only encouragement with a hint of expectation.

"Try it? What if you succeed!"

According to Porygon2's estimate, Alolan Meowth's energy level should be less than thirty.

Very consistent with the level a wild Pokémon should have.

But Pokémon are lives good at creating miracles; if Alolan Meowth was really willing to explode its potential to stay here, smashing the stone was not a difficult thing.

All Baimu should naturally respond to its expectations.

After all, the existence of effort should always get the reward it deserves.

"Meow-ow!"

Alolan Meowth hesitated for a few seconds, let out a howl, bared its white claws, and scratched wildly at the huge rock.

Obviously, it only ground off a little stone skin.

Sweat overflowed from its forehead, and it desperately used its brain to find a way to smash the rock. Unfortunately, where hard strength was needed, its little cleverness was hard to use.

In other words, a bit smart but not smart enough!

Suddenly.

Lightning flashed.

All Baimu took a few steps back, and saw lightning spread from Alolan Meowth's tail all the way up, until it covered its whole body.

Zzz!!

A bolt of lightning as thick as an arm suddenly bombarded the giant rock, exploding with a bang!

Dust rolled, and a burnt smell permeated.

"Thunderbolt."

All Baimu hummed.

A wild Pokémon's non-STAB move is like a cultivation novel, requiring a miracle to obtain, or it's an innate egg move.

Alolan Meowth had a certain combat talent.

The dust slowly dissipated.

Alolan Meowth looked at the rock panting, and when it found that there was only a palm-sized charred black cobweb-like small pit on it, despair was revealed in its eyes.

It had already brought out all its strength, but the damage was only skin-deep.

There was no possibility at all.

Alolan Meowth lowered its claws dejectedly, "Meow~"

"Not trying anymore? You should have many more moves, right?"

All Baimu encouraged again: "There's more than one way to break a stone besides brute force, use your wisdom, no time limit!"

Is he trying to make me give up?

Alolan Meowth faced All Baimu's expectant eyes, very suspicious of the latter's true purpose, but also forced itself to cheer up and used all the moves it could use once.

Unfortunately.

In the end, it only caused some minor injuries to the rock.

Aggron and a group of Pokémon were all gathered around, Alolan Meowth felt it was being laughed at, decided to abandon the arrogance that had just surged back, and refused to try again no matter what.

All Baimu looked disappointed, "Really not trying anymore? No time limit!"

"Meow."

Alolan Meowth sat on the ground in self-abandonment, its expression extremely frustrated.

It saw Mawile sitting on the head of the giant Steelix, its red headband fluttering in the wind, and its indifferent expression made it very unhappy.

"Meow~!" Alolan Meowth pointed at Mawile.

The Rotom Phone translated: "It said, for such a big stone, can Mawile do it?"

As the words fell.

All Baimu and the Pokémon had strange expressions.

"Chi."

Mawile sneered coldly, didn't wait for the Trainer to say anything, suddenly turned into a residual image that the naked eye couldn't catch, flew in front of the giant rock, and sent a punch sideways before Alolan Meowth could react.

Boom!

A heavy muffled sound.

After the punch, Mawile turned and left, yawning lazily.

A question mark appeared on Alolan Meowth's head.

What does it mean?

Crack—

The sound of shattering suddenly reached its ears, Alolan Meowth turned its head in disbelief, and saw the rock layer on the front of the rock peeling off, revealing a small punch mark.

The cracks around the punch mark were dense and continued to increase.

Alolan Meowth got up quickly, and the giant rock completely shattered into countless small pieces, collapsing with a rumble.

"..."

It was stupid.

This!

"That's it, I'll help you pack up, get ready to set off, Meowth," All Baimu touched its head and sighed quietly.

Alolan Meowth was still immersed in the shock brought by Mawile.

No resistance.

——

Under the blue sky.

On the way to Ula'ula Island.

All Baimu and Alolan Meowth were riding Hydreigon together, their eyes narrowed by the warm sea breeze, both silent.

Suddenly.

He broke the silence.

"I'm actually quite happy that you want to stay by my side."

"Meow?"

Alolan Meowth looked up at him in confusion; changed your mind?

But All Baimu just said to himself: "After coming to this world, you are the third Pokémon that actively chose me. The first is my ace, my most trusted partner Aggron; the second is Hydreigon, who grew up under my nose..."

"Goo-roar~"

"Don't mess around."

He patted Hydreigon's head and continued: "Besides them, the others were either chosen by me or encountered by chance. Everyone is very good and very hard-working.

"But occasionally I also think, are there any Pokémon that would actively like me? Stick to me and not let go? So even if your purpose isn't that pure, I still had a little expectation."

Alolan Meowth was extremely quiet.

"That stone, actually you could have smashed it with your own ability."

All Baimu said softly: "As long as you keep using Thunderbolt, make the stone hot enough, and then splash water on it, the stone will naturally break... Of course, this scientific cognition might be too difficult for you, you are smart, but not smart to that extent."

He smiled.

"My expectation for you is to see your determination. I've said 'no time limit' several times, just hoping you wouldn't give up, even if you grind it bit by bit, it's fine. Persistence is too important; without persistence, my partners and I wouldn't have reached this step today."

"..."

Alolan Meowth lowered its head to lick its paws, not knowing what it was thinking.

All Baimu didn't care whether it understood or listened, and said: "There's nothing wrong with wanting a good life, but if you weren't born with that fate, you have to pay for it; everyone has lived like that. If you choose to play the rogue, then be thorough! How can you achieve your goal if you want this and that!"

A Pokémon that wants to stay by his side and works hard for it, All Baimu would keep it even if he had to sleep an hour late every day, and take it to see the highest point of the world together.

Unfortunately.

It's just a Dark-type Meowth that wants to enjoy luxury, is arrogant and willful, and prefers little cleverness over hard strength.

All Baimu lowered his head, Alolan Meowth was focused on licking its paws, not caring about his outpouring at all.

"Haha."

He laughed indifferently.

Showing sincerity to a Pokémon he just met and expecting a response?

What kind of beautiful thing are you thinking about!

There are too few Pokémon like Aggron in the world.

Precisely because of this, it is precious.

Alolan Meowth is quite cute, it's just that they are fated but not destined.

"Sha-sang!"

Hydreigon sped forward.

Shortly after.

Arrived smoothly at the Malie Police Station.

All Baimu pushed open the door with Alolan Meowth, and a large group of identical Meowths rushed over, crawling all over him.

"Meow~"

"Meow-oo~ Meow~"

"Don't be so excited! We only haven't seen each other for a day!" He picked the Meowths off happily.

Alolan Meowth beside him was ashamed, its eyes hidden with horror; it had made certain psychological preparations on the way over, feeling that All Baimu shouldn't find it too bad a place.

Didn't expect!!

Can this place really stay?

While Alolan Meowth was confused, a gray-haired middle-aged man walked out dejectedly, his gaze falling on it.

"Is this the guy? The one who wants to join Team Rocket?"

"Yes, that's right."

"If it wants to join, let it join—alright, alright, I understand what you mean. Making such a terrifying expression at such a young age. Sigh~"

"Sorry to trouble you."

All Baimu smiled.

In Nanu's view, one more Meowth or one less Meowth in Team Rocket wouldn't affect anything; their Pokémon had never been less, and in fact, that was the case.

After Alolan Meowth joined Team Rocket, it didn't achieve any major results with Matori, but instead suffered setbacks again and again.

"Meow..."

Alolan Meowth was slightly uneasy, the source of the unease coming from the crazy peers.

At the same time.

Acerola rushed over upon hearing the news, pursed her cat lips and smiled: "Is this the child? Hello~"

"Meow."

Finally seeing a normal existence, Alolan Meowth breathed a sigh of relief, bowed politely in a gentlemanly manner, "Meow~"

"So cute!"

Acerola praised with a smile.

After handing Alolan Meowth to Nanu, All Baimu didn't leave directly, but silently watched for a long time.

Perhaps worried that it couldn't integrate, or perhaps worried that other Meowths would bully it.

Fortunately.

The Meowths cultivated by Nanu had very good personalities; playing and making trouble was just their nature. Facing the somewhat reserved Alolan Meowth, they would actively approach and invite it to play together, without exclusion or aggressive behavior.

The group accepted the individual, and the individual integrated into the group.

Just one day.

Alolan Meowth could already eat in a pile with other Meowths, and the little cleverness, little cunning, and little stubbornness of the past had disappeared without a trace.

All Baimu hoped it was a good thing, and asked Nanu about their future.

"Of course, give them to young people who want to cultivate them; do you think I'll raise them for a lifetime?" Nanu said lazily.

That's fine.

I hope you can meet that him who can let you give everything.

All Baimu looked deeply at Alolan Meowth, who was playing with a ball of yarn with several companions, and rode Hydreigon away.

And after he flew far away.

"..."

Alolan Meowth looked at the black shadow gradually disappearing in the sky, put down the ball of yarn in its paws, and its heart was filled with indescribable emotions.

Fated but not destined...

All Baimu looks very fierce, but very gentle.

All Baimu would carefully care for it, carefully stroke its paw pads, straighten its messy hair, and spray it with fragrant water.

All Baimu would quietly sit by the bed when it had a nightmare, waiting for it to fall asleep before leaving.

Never had there been such a person who had sincere expectations for it.

Just mutual use.

Partner?

What is a partner?

Alolan Meowth never understood from beginning to end, so after listening to All Baimu's sincere outpouring in the air, the emotion that emerged was not regret, but relief.

It knew what it wanted.

Effort, persistence, and fighting spirit were insulated from it; it just wanted to rely on cunning and intelligence to become the Meowth-above-Meowth and live a lifetime under the pampering of others.

Even if it stayed forcibly, it definitely wouldn't be happy, and it would be a delay for both sides.

Alolan Meowth persuaded itself, but tears dripped from the corners of its eyes for no reason.

"Meow..."

If.

If there is an afterlife, it hopes to meet All Baimu first, actively choose him, stick to him, and be the most hard-working Meowth by his side. ===== CHAPTER 844 =====

If there could be a next life, it hopes to meet All Baimu first, choose him of its own volition, stick to him, and be the most hardworking Meowth by his side.