Chapter 868

Cafe.

All Baimu watched silently as Leon smiled and took photos with several excited customers.

"Champion! We will always support you!"

"Please be sure to keep working hard!"

This was already the seventh batch.

And also the last batch in the long line at the corner cafe.

The glorious Galar Champion had been standing and smiling since he was recognized upon entering the store, with a constant stream of people taking photos.

Perhaps this was also a kind of trouble?

No.

Leon was enjoying it.

All Baimu sipped the bitter coffee, poured it for Gengar, who was in his shadow with its mouth wide open wanting a taste, and failed to see even a hint of impatience on that handsome face.

All there was, was a smile that warmed the heart.

After the last batch finished taking photos.

The cafe owner chose to close the store to prevent more and more passersby from hearing the news and coming in, adding unnecessary chaos—

Those who came in later might not necessarily buy memberships or order coffee!

Leon expressed his gratitude to the owner, then sat down and said apologetically:

"Sorry to keep you waiting. It used to be quiet and secluded here, and I often came to patronize it; I didn't expect the Battle Festival to attract so many tourists."

All Baimu stuffed a bunch of candy into Gengar's mouth, who was making a bitter face, and nodded understandingly: "It's okay, a Champion should satisfy the needs of supporters."

"Thanks!"

Leon smiled brightly, suddenly reached out his hand and said: "Although it seems meaningless, please allow me to introduce myself—my name is Leon, a Pokémon Trainer, currently serving as Galar Champion."

That was weirdly formal.

He shook his hand and asked: "All Baimu, Pokémon Trainer. May I ask why you invited me—"

"Hmm."

Leon picked up his coffee, took a sip, and said with a smile: "I want to make a friend with you. Call me Leon; I watched your battle with Raihan, it was very exciting!"

So that was it.

Being able to have the Galar Champion take the initiative to come over and make friends, he felt quite honored.

He had thought Leon was looking for him because of Calyrex.

Not until the last moment.

Who knew who was the real destined one? There might not be clues about Calyrex in the Vault, and Leon had a White Horse Calyrex partner in Pokémon Masters!

Although he didn't understand why the mobile game planners linked him with Calyrex...

Undefeated King versus Ancient King?

Possible.

All Baimu's thoughts flowed, and he nodded on the surface: "Thanks for the compliment, I think so too."

Gigantamax Duraludon indeed failed to force out Mega Aggron's limit, but even so, it was the most satisfying battle it had fought since reaching level ninety.

Especially after the "opponent" Dynamax Regigigas was snatched away by the three Legendary Giants.

Leon asked with a smile: "What is your current ranking?"

"One hundred and twenty-third, not far from the Ultra Ball Tier." As All Baimu spoke, the Porygon Phone in his pocket suddenly flew out.

Suspended in mid-air, the screen aimed at Leon, who was blinking repeatedly.

He looked curiously at the square Porygon Phone, and then took out the Rotom Phone from his pocket.

Comparing the two.

All Baimu explained: "This is a Porygon Phone, just like the Rotom Phone in your hand, with the virtual Pokémon Porygon2 residing inside."

The Porygon Phone then spoke: "Artificial intelligence Pokémon Porygon2 greets you."

"Hello."

Leon waved his hand with a smile, a realization dawning in his heart; he had indeed seen a red and blue Pokémon that looked like a toy in All Baimu's battle.

He didn't expect such a Pokémon could also be loaded into a phone.

All Baimu and the Porygon Phone looked at each other, and on a whim, he said: "Do you do endorsements?"

"Endorsements?"

Leon immediately realized something, awkwardly raised the Rotom Phone and said: "If you want me to promote the Porygon Phone, I'm very sorry. I've already promised Chairman Rose to endorse the Rotom Phone."

Sigh.

As expected.

The thought that had just risen in All Baimu quickly dissipated.

The Rotom Phone was undoubtedly a cross-era invention in the Pokémon world; if not for his interference, it could even have added the 【Unique】 tag.

Rose could get his hands on the device before it was released, so maybe there was investment from Macro Cosmos in it.

It was estimated that they had already started building factories!

In comparison, the Porygon Phone didn't have such a great temptation for Rose.

In addition, All Baimu had long discussed with Dr. Akihabara where to get investment to build factories; anyway, companies like Devon Corporation, Team Aqua, Team Magma, Team Rainbow, etc., could all get a piece of the action.

It just needed a suitable prototype to be produced.

"If you need it, I can help you introduce Chairman Rose. He has always appreciated you; maybe you will have a chance to talk."

Leon said enthusiastically when he saw him pondering.

All Baimu was slightly startled by these words, "Chairman Rose appreciates me?"

"Yes, he once told me he felt regret for not successfully inviting you. Well, this matter is not a secret in Chairman Rose's company."

Leon said with a smile.

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The whole company actually spread the news of the boss inviting someone else.

What kind of company culture is this?

He wasn't quite sure about the situation of Macro Cosmos; judging from the encounters today, Nessa, Raihan, and Leon were all in the know.

It could only be said that Rose didn't take it to heart himself.

All Baimu declined Leon's suggestion; asking Leon to endorse the Porygon Phone was just a whim. By the time the phone could really be listed, his own fame should have risen.

Wouldn't he, who possessed Porygon2, be a better spokesperson than Leon?

Even if his fame wasn't as high as Leon's.

But thinking long-term, Rose would fall next year, and after Leon succeeded him, he would likely follow the game and change Rose Tower into a Battle Tower, and the entire Galar business world would undergo a major change.

The two continued to chat over coffee.

He specifically mentioned Calyrex, but Leon indicated he didn't know much about this kind of Pokémon from mythology.

"A friend of mine is researching this; you might be able to go find her for help."

The so-called friend was naturally his childhood sweetheart, Sonia.

In the first playthrough of the game, she was a researcher and assistant, and in the second, she was promoted to Doctor, providing players with various habitats of Legendary Pokémon.

All Baimu silently noted the line ID; if there were no gains at the Vault tomorrow, he would go find Sonia.

Chatting further.

It was about the World Coronation Series again.

From Leon's words, it wasn't hard to find that this Champion seemed to have some expectations for him, urgently hoping that he could quickly improve his ranking.

So that was the reason for making friends with him!

After being invincible in Galar and unable to find suitable opponents, and unable to go out to challenge Champions of other regions, he looked forward to selecting strong opponents to battle through the World Coronation Series.

It's not easy, Leon.

All Baimu pondered, why not just find an opportunity to have a private battle with him and let each other have a good time?

Before he could decide, the dense crowd outside surged toward the cafe door, their fanatical and excited expressions proving their intentions.

"Champion!"

"Champion Leon! Champion Leon!"

The crowd shouted loudly, and the cafe owner's expression changed instantly.

Leon's helpless bitter smile changed into an ordinary smile the moment he stood up, waving to the fans outside, and while drawing a burst of screams, he turned back and said: "It seems we can only stop here for today; let's meet again another day."

"…Sure."

All Baimu responded: "Contact via line."

They had just added each other as friends.

Leon walked straight toward the door, and halfway there, he suddenly remembered something, took a white band out of his pocket and tossed it over, "This is for you! Dynamaxing is a feature of the Galar region; you can't not experience it properly!"

"—Thanks."

All Baimu caught it, thinking to himself that he was worthy of being a Champion.

Giving away a Dynamax Band just like that, he was as generous as the young master of some big company.

Speaking of which.

Leon's childhood sweetheart Sonia's grandmother, Professor Magnolia, should be the developer of the Dynamax Band; it wasn't hard to understand why he had so many Dynamax Bands that he could give them away.

If one broke, there was always a spare.

The Dynamax Band Raihan lent him before was likely a spare as well.

He had thought that to get a Dynamax Band, he would have to go pick up Wishing Stars and then send them to the laboratory in Wedgehurst to ask Professor Magnolia for help.

Who would have thought Leon would send him one.

How should he practice?

All Baimu pondered for a few seconds and felt there were two ways to practice Dynamaxing.

One, find wild Dynamax Pokémon in the Wild Area and let the Dynamax Band absorb the scattered Galar particles until it was fully charged.

Two, borrow any arena in the Galar region.

The first method didn't appear in the anime; it was his guess based on the Max Raid Battles in the game.

Logically speaking, the second method was more reliable.

The problem was that Raihan agreed, but the Galar League might not; don't look at him as a Gym Leader of Hammerlocke Stadium; if Rose said no, the only ones who could cooperate with him were probably the group of Gym Trainers who learned from him.

The entire Galar League belonged to Rose!

However.

Leon said Rose appreciated him, so maybe he wouldn't disagree to lending him an arena to practice Dynamaxing.

Even if he had Galar blood, Rose would probably nod without a second thought.

All Baimu finished the last small sip of coffee, and after Leon left with the chasing fans, he wrapped himself in the sunset and headed to the Pokémon Center.

He was going to attend the Vault Open Day tomorrow; as the manager of the Vault, Raihan would likely attend as well, so he would chat with him then about whether he could borrow the arena.

If not, he would go to the Wild Area to absorb Galar particles; anyway, Dynamax phenomena also existed in the Crown Tundra.

Time came to the evening.

Just as he stepped into the hotel lobby, All Baimu was hurriedly stopped by the front desk staff, saying there was a gift for him deposited here—

A bottle of carefully packaged fruit-flavored sparkling wine and a congratulatory letter with a wax seal.

One could guess who sent it without even thinking.

Celebrities, after all!

He brought the things back to his room; a ticket was tucked into the congratulatory letter, which was unexpectedly a ticket for the Vault Open Day.

The content of the letter automatically omitted some meaningless congratulations and bragging, and he learned that the brothers were planning to go over at ten tomorrow morning.

If he wanted, he could go with them then.

Ten o'clock!

The ticket clearly stated that it opened at seven-thirty!

All Baimu shook his head and put down the letter, going online to check the list of ancient artifacts on display at tomorrow's Vault Open Day.

"None?"

This surprised him very much.

Reasonably speaking, there should be a preview of which ancient artifacts were on display; could it be that the list wasn't made public?

He thought of the tickets that sold out in advance that Sordward mentioned, and his claim that he had a way to get one, wondering if this Vault Open Day was attended by "prominent" people?

Don't worry about that much.

He would know tomorrow!

Hopefully, it would give him a surprise.

All Baimu turned off the computer and was about to get up when he smelled a sweet, alcoholic scent.

"Oh no!"

He hurried to the living room and was shocked to find Gengar, Milotic, and the Dragapult siblings all drunk, huddled on the carpet and sleeping soundly.

Mawile was curled up on the sofa watching TV, holding a small half-cup of sparkling wine, drinking while sneering, and occasionally letting out a drunken hiccup with a "Chee".

"Where's Blissey?"

Porygon2 indicated it was in the bathroom.

As he approached, he heard violent retching; looking inside, it was Blissey and Hydreigon supporting Dragapult, who was vomiting wildly.

These guys...

All Baimu rubbed his forehead speechlessly, seeing Aggron's back on the balcony, and was about to go over to complain to it, only to find it had already fallen asleep with a Galarian Corsola on its head.

These two didn't look like they had been drinking.

Porygon2 said: 'Mawile opened the sparkling wine, but it only poured a small cup; the rest was Gengar and the younger Dreepy holding the bottle and pouring it everywhere, and Dragapult was forced to drink the most.'

"You didn't drink?" He turned his head to look.

'I drank, but I can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk!'

Porygon2 was righteous and proud.

Responding to it was a flick on the forehead.

All Baimu looked at the few drunk Pokémon, not quite understanding that it was fine for Milotic to be drunk, but how could you Ghost-types also get drunk?

Drunk without wine?

See how I deal with you when you wake up tomorrow!

He moved Milotic to the bathtub filled with water to prevent it from being too dry when it woke up the next morning, took away the sparkling wine Mawile hadn't finished, and forcibly threw it back into the pile of dolls.

The remaining Pokémon were thrown onto the bed one by one.

Sleep!

All Baimu closed his eyes.

A dreamless night.

—

The next morning.

Pokémon Center.

All Baimu took back the drunk Pokémon that had finished their check-up from the tray held high by the male Indeedee.

"Thanks."

"Indeedee!"

The little person with bulging horns like croissants bowed and saluted, its well-behaved appearance like a butler in a foreign movie.

It and another female Indeedee were the partners of Nurse Joy in the Galar region.

In terms of the ability to take care of people and Pokémon, they were even better than Chansey and Blissey, and they only needed to accept positive emotions from others to satisfy their daily energy needs.

In other words, having them was equivalent to having a pair of low-cost butlers and servants.

In ancient times, Galar nobles took pride in having both male and female Indeedee in their homes.

All Baimu withdrew his gaze from the Indeedee that turned and left, holding several Poké Balls in his palm, "Do you dare to steal a drink next time?"

The Poké Balls swayed from side to side.

Early this morning, many Pokémon complained of headaches, causing him to come to the Pokémon Center without even washing his face.

Fortunately, nothing happened; it was just a normal physiological reaction.

A few idiots!

Influenced by these few clowns, he didn't rush to the Vault until after eight o'clock, only to find the Vault entrance unusually congested, with many police cars parked nearby.

Listening to the passersby whispering, a precious artifact had been stolen inside.

Artifact stolen?

All Baimu pricked up his ears to eavesdrop, only to find that no one knew what the stolen artifact was, so he squeezed through the crowd and saw Raihan, who was a bit overwhelmed at the door.

"R-Raihan!"

He greeted him.

Raihan looked over at the sound, let out a "ha", and squeezed out a smile with a sour face: "It's you, All Baimu, here to see the exhibition?"

"Yes, I heard them say..."

"A large artifact was stolen, and it's quite important. It was the star of this exhibition—a golden coffin unearthed from an underground royal tomb far to the south, with quite a few ancient characters and totems on it!"