Chapter 862: Uncle Kabu

Beep.

Ranking refreshed.

In All Baimu's expectant gaze, he advanced from 1001st to 952nd, and the ordinary Poké Ball at the top turned into a Great Ball.

Promotion match cleared!

"... So few."

He had thought he could at least reach over eight hundred; it seems this guy Sordward's ranking wasn't very high, or perhaps the score difference in the Great Ball tier was relatively close?

He hoped he could match with someone with a higher ranking in the afternoon.

Otherwise, his small goal of rushing to the front of the Great Ball tier would be a bit difficult to achieve.

All Baimu put away Steelix, facing the boiling cheers coming from the surrounding audience, and waved his hand ritualistically as a response.

It was noon.

Time to eat.

He squeezed out of the overcrowded venue with great effort, avoiding the small portion of the crowd trying to find him, not expecting to encounter the younger brother of the royal brothers, Shielbert, head-on.

The other party seemed to be specifically guarding here waiting for him.

What was the meaning of this?

All Baimu raised his eyebrows, silently putting his hand into his pocket.

Sordward, who had previously let out a wail due to defeat, appeared on the other side, his golden sword-shaped long hair returning to straight, his right hand resting on his chest as he bowed.

"Please do not misunderstand, Lord All Baimu. Your powerful strength has deeply convinced me and my younger brother, so—um, we sincerely invite you to have lunch together, and hope you will do us the honor."

Heh.

Let it slip, did you?

But inviting him to dinner...

All Baimu felt quite surprised while quickly pondering.

To tell the truth, he still felt that the appearance of the descendants of the former Galar royal family in the clues about Calyrex was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

So he nodded: "I accept your invitation."

Don't hit a smiling face.

Although the thick sense of superiority in every word the brothers said was annoying, and their faces always carried an arrogant expression that attracted him to slap them, especially Shielbert, who opened his mouth with 'celebrity' and closed it with 'commoner', which once made him think of certain people who once dominated the fate of the Orre region.

But since he had agreed to the dinner, and the clue about the King of Bountiful Harvests was of great importance, he had to temporarily put aside his prejudices.

Be a civilized person.

And seeing him agree, the brothers both showed satisfied smiles.

Subsequently, Shielbert beckoned toward the street corner, and a stretched luxury car drove over silently, the driver diligently getting out to open the door.

"Please!"

Sordward smiled and put on the posture of being humble to the virtuous that he thought he was.

All Baimu glanced at him and got into the car silently.

The decorations inside the car were as luxurious as imagined; the brothers Sordward and Shielbert, as descendants of the former royal family, naturally didn't lack money.

After the game's DLC event ended.

Under the guise of atonement, they sponsored the Galar Star Tournament.

"Sorry."

He refused the red wine Sordward handed over, saying he hadn't reached the drinking age, and chatted calmly with the brothers, intentionally or unintentionally steering the conversation toward Calyrex.

Regrettably, he failed to get the information he wanted.

Sordward claimed to have only heard of it, and Shielbert simply stated directly that he didn't know what Calyrex was, and in his words, he always liked to involve the topic in the revival of the Galar royal family, even at the dining table, still enthusiastically popularizing the great achievements of several kings to him.

Damn!

Who wanted to hear the bragging history of a feudal dynasty!

Even if he were truly interested, he would definitely run to the library to read books; who would be willing to listen to these two bragging about how powerful their ancestors were and how much territory they conquered.

All Baimu listened with distress, and even his interest in enjoying lunch decreased; furthermore, the taste of this restaurant wasn't great either.

Heard the head chef was a Galar person who learned French cuisine.

Hmm...

The most famous restaurant in England is a French restaurant, okay.

Eating lunch that tasted like wax, he fully understood what it meant not to eat at the same table with someone you hate; the words of the ancestors were indeed all reasonable.

But listening and listening, All Baimu suddenly discovered that the brothers started belittling Leon.

The two claimed that this Champion was just a hero created by money, a pawn used by Rose to collect wealth. To prevent his fame of winning every match from falling, Rose never let him participate in small matches.

This was also why Leon didn't come to the Battle Festival.

"As long as you want, you can also become Leon!"

"We believe you have this potential!"

The brothers blinked, with an expression of deliberately not finishing their words, hoping you would understand it yourself, as if hinting at something.

All Baimu instantly realized the true purpose of them inviting him to dinner.

Good guy!

A meal and they wanted him to sign a labor contract?

Not to mention the like-minded Ryker, who was currently working hard to guard the rear; not to mention the two teachers, Wallace and Juan, who intended to pass their ancestral industries to him; if he had this idea, why wouldn't he mix with Rose?

Rose was crazy, but he absolutely had nothing to say to the people under him.

He used Leon to collect wealth not for himself, but for the peace and prosperity of all the people of Galar.

Restoring the royal family?

There was a difference in pattern from the start!

He just pretended not to understand, and again probed around for information about Calyrex, but the answers obtained were no different from just now.

Found the wrong person?

Are these brothers not the fated ones?

All Baimu used the excuse of going to check the relevant news of the Battle Festival, thinking about whether he could find other clues, but still found nothing.

Wasted his whole noon for nothing!

He walked toward the dining table speechlessly, who knew he heard the two grandsons Shielbert and Sordward talking bad about him behind his back from far away.

"—This brat really doesn't know what's good for him! My brother treated him with such courtesy and sincerely invited him, yet he played dumb! Hmph! A country bumpkin is a country bumpkin after all, how can they compare to us celebrities!"

"Brother, calm your anger; as descendants of the royal family, we naturally have the responsibility to enlighten, not to mention this kind of useful pawn, Rose has one, we should also grab one in our hands."

"Hahaha! Exactly, exactly!"

The two chuckled, the contempt for ordinary people in their bones almost overflowing.

Hiss!

Even more despicable than in the game!

Two-faced celebrities? Heh!

All Baimu revealed a smile, approached leisurely and sat down, saying: "Thank you two for your hospitality, it's getting late, so I won't continue wasting time."

He picked up the dinner plate with leftover food and sticky sauce, just about to smear it on the faces of these two annoying people, when he suddenly heard Sordward say:

"Lord All Baimu, are you free tomorrow? It just so happens that the Treasure Vault Open Day is approaching, why not go together to observe. Heard that this time the League has excavated quite a few rare treasures and put them into the Treasure Vault for safekeeping, and the tickets have long been sold out..."

Sordward smiled slightly: "But we have our own channels to get them, I wonder what you think?"

Hmm?

Treasure Vault?

The League excavated rare treasures?

Had that place actually become the British Museum!

He was silent for a few seconds, calmly let go of the plate he was holding, and the originally faint smile became brilliant: "It is my honor!"

Finally some news!

Felt it had a lot to do with this Treasure Vault Open Day!

All Baimu was very glad he hadn't smeared the plate before Sordward spoke; there were no acquaintances in the Galar region who could get tickets, so he might have to trouble Rose.

For the sake of Calyrex, endure you two for a bit longer!

He felt like Goujian, forced to sleep on brushwood and taste gall.

——

Afternoon.

Returned to the venue alone.

All Baimu matched twice more, both were unfamiliar Trainers.

The result naturally had no suspense; Steelix completely suppressed Gengar in the limelight, attracting countless audience members to come and watch.

The ranking also advanced very smoothly from 952nd to 641st.

Counting the time until the Battle Festival ended in the evening, he could at least battle two more matches, of course, provided the field was empty enough.

There were more people in the afternoon than in the morning, and the four sub-venues weren't enough.

Leading many audience members to call for the organizer to open the Wyndon Stadium, and even initiated an advocacy vote—

And then it was agreed!

It was just that the Wyndon Stadium could only be used when battling Gym Leader Raihan, and other pairings were not allowed to enter.

Hmm...

Opened?

As if opened.

All Baimu was quite interested in battling Raihan.

But his current ranking was 35th in the Ultra Ball tier, too far from his 641, unless there were no other contestants between the two, or the organizer was rigging it.

"Matching complete, your battle will take place in the Rock field, the opponent is Contestant Kabu from Motostoke, current ranking is 311th in the Ultra Ball tier."

Matched with a Gym Leader again!

Pity it's Kabu.

Compared to the hot-blooded, inspirational uncle with a young heart, he actually wanted to see another cute Bea among the Galar Gym Leaders, it's just that she didn't seem to come to participate in the Battle Festival.

All Baimu walked toward the Rock Stadium, and people greeted him along the way.

It could be seen that his fame had been completely opened in this small venue, even if it hadn't reached the point of being known to everyone, it wasn't far off.

Directly leading to the audience seats that should have collectively supported Kabu being mixed with nearly one-third of "strange" voices.

Stood at the Trainer's platform.

All Baimu looked across the Rock field, which was full of scattered rocks, at the middle-aged man on the opposite side with frost-white temples; a bright red tracksuit paired with a serious face could inexplicably stir the hot blood of the audience.

Kabu, Gym Leader title "The Burning Hot-Blooded Man", expert in Fire-type Pokémon.

In the game.

Every challenger who defeated him would be specifically sent off by him when they set off, which made All Baimu have quite a good impression of him, and he nodded to greet him as soon as their eyes met.

Kabu nodded back without changing his expression.

The Rotom Drone, having announced the match rules, said loudly: "Both Trainers, please send out your Pokémon!"

Started!

Let him see the strength of the middle-aged man who made a comeback!

All Baimu tossed the Poké Ball forward.

Bang, bang!

White light exploded in mid-air, falling into the field and changing shape.

"Dragapult."

"Awoo!"

Dragapult narrowed its triangular eyes, facing the constant exclamations from the audience, its expression appearing exceptionally unnatural.

Without a doubt.

Its social anxiety had flared up again.

The sub-venue was too "narrow" due to space utilization issues, and the battle field was quite close to the audience.

And opposite it was the legendary Pokémon Arcanine, with fluffy flaxen mane and tiger-striped black and orange patterns, majestic and dragon-like in momentum.

It stood on the uneven rocks and howled, and the invisible sound waves spread to the whole field in an instant, making many audience members feel numbness in their backs and scalps.

Even the Pokémon watching the battle showed fear and shrank back.

The effect was truly extraordinary—

It was just that the main character, Dragapult, had an attitude of just treating it as a passing breeze, and pale blue light lit up in the launch hole on the left side of its head, then quickly disappeared.

【Intimidate】 ability vs 【Clear Body】 ability—

【Clear Body】 wins!

Because the sister among the two Dreepy was 【Infiltrator】 ability, she couldn't resist the attack-lowering effect of Intimidate, but it had no impact on the overall situation.

The maneuvering before the battle ended.

Kabu, who hadn't managed to take advantage, had an even more serious look between his brows.

The commentator excitedly explained to the audience what had happened in the field, and everyone suddenly realized why All Baimu hadn't sent out the giant Steelix like the previous two matches.

On one hand, it was out of wariness for Kabu's Fire-type Pokémon, and on the other, it prevented Arcanine's Intimidate attack-lowering effect!

The audience looked at Dragapult with great interest, looking forward to its performance.

Steelix and Gengar were both so strong.

It couldn't be weak, right?

Beep!

The whistle for the start of the match sounded.

Kabu said in a deep voice: "Odor Sleuth!"

As everyone knew, the Champion Leon, whom everyone in the Galar region looked up to, had a Dragapult partner, so everyone was very familiar with this kind of Pokémon.

And as a Gym Leader who always wanted to defeat Leon, Kabu was also very clear about how to deal with it!

Sure enough.

At the start of the battle, Dragapult disappeared without a trace. But in front of 【Odor Sleuth】, it had nowhere to hide!

All Baimu saw Arcanine raise its head and sniff, putting on a posture of sniffing, and instantly understood what this dog was doing.

He ordered: "It's already exposed! Dragon Dance!"

"Dragapult~!"

Dragapult, hearing this, revealed its form, its whole body glowing with fluorescence as it circled in the air, and its physical attack and speed were greatly improved in an instant.

Kabu shouted: "Extreme Speed!"

"Awoo!"

Arcanine opened its eyes, essence flashing in its dark, round pupils, and jumped up, turning into a dazzling white light and rushing toward Dragapult.

Wind surged!

Fast!

Fast enough that the naked eye could barely keep up!

But when it came to speed, Dragapult never feared any Pokémon; even Regieleki dared to compete with it!

So when the white light approached.

"Quick Attack!"

It suddenly flicked its long, slender tail, and with a "swish", it turned into another white light and disappeared from its original spot, perfectly avoiding Arcanine's pounce!

The audience looked blankly at the two white lights chasing each other in the field, flying around in mid-air, only feeling dazzled and unable to tell which was which.

Until Arcanine exhausted the Normal-type energy lingering on its body surface that drove it to move at high speed, and landed on the rocks, panting with its tongue out, looking exhausted.

"Roar... roar..."

"Dragapult?"

Dragapult suddenly stopped in mid-air, disappointment revealed in its eyes.

How poor!

The speed forcibly raised by moves was indeed just duckweed without roots; how could it compare to the naturally beautiful body! Since you aren't moving, then it's my turn to move!

"Dragon Darts!"

Bang, bang!

In the explosion, the launch hole was overflowing with fire.

The two Dreepy rushed toward Arcanine like fighter jets, their excited appearance clearly showing they had been holding back for a long time!

Kabu's eyes moved slightly.

Here it comes!

He pointed at the flying Dreepy and shouted: "Use Play Rough to grab them!"

"Awoo!"

In an instant, Arcanine's tired expression retreated like the tide, and it pounced fiercely toward the two Dreepy flying at extreme speed; the assault speed was actually no slower than before!

Undoubtedly, this guy's exhaustion just now was just to paralyze All Baimu and Dragapult!

Kabu's fundamental purpose was to take down the Dreepy in one fell swoop and seal off 【Dragon Darts】, the move that made him wary!

Exclamations erupted from the audience.

However.

The strategy that should have been a sure thing actually failed.

The reason was that the Dreepy, who were flying straight, suddenly deviated from their "trajectory", looking like a cobra maneuver, leaning back and sharply reducing speed, and climbing at a high angle at high speed a second before Arcanine pounced!

Kabu was stunned: "What!?" ===== CHAPTER 863 =====