Chapter 951: Monk Appears

A year had passed since they last met.

Wally had grown quite a bit taller.

But his overall temperament and image hadn't changed much; his frame was still thin and slight.

His skin was slightly pale, as if he hadn't bathed in much sunlight.

Compared to Dazuka and the others beside him, who were as dark as Africans, he was simply glowing white.

"All Baimu..."

He looked at the young man standing on high, his eyes full of anticipation. "I've come to keep our appointment!"

In order to compete on the same stage with his good friend, he had worked tirelessly in special training until now, and both he and his Pokémon had achieved unprecedented growth.

Now was the moment of verification!

"Long time no see, Wally."

All Baimu smiled and patted the boy's shoulder lightly. "I'm very pleased."

The increasing number of acquaintances made the gold content of this conference rise rapidly, and he couldn't help but look forward to seeing more familiar faces.

"Boss!"

"Boss, I missed you so much!"

Dazuka and the others excitedly gave him a big hug one by one.

The more they experienced the vastness of the outside world, the more they understood why the Boss had yearned so much to leave Pyrite Town in the first place.

Although All Baimu didn't say it,

everyone knew that Master Liu Ge had once given him a choice.

A choice to leave the dangerous Pyrite Town and head to a peaceful place to live a wonderful life.

And the result,

he not only didn't leave, didn't abandon anyone, but even rushed to the very front of the Shadow Pokémon army.

Everyone was protected by him, which was why they had survived safely until now.

There was no need to say words of gratitude.

They only hoped to follow him for a lifetime to repay this kindness.

"Let's go! Everything is ready!"

All Baimu led everyone to the foot of the mountain, where the Hoopa siblings and Pokémon like Blissey were busy arranging a sumptuous banquet.

This time, it was specifically to welcome everyone back, and the main dishes were all made by his own hands.

During the chat,

Dazuka and the others scrambled to share their own experiences.

The months of sailing time not only tanned their skin but also made them more mature.

"Don't worry, Boss! We will definitely surprise you!"

Several people said with a laugh.

All Baimu smiled and nodded, looking forward to it while inevitably thinking of the small portion of people preparing to participate in the conference...

He really didn't want to dampen his own spirit by praising others, so he didn't speak directly for the moment, preparing to share the various intelligence gathered by Porygon2 later.

Among the Trainers who needed the most attention—

Tobias.

This person could be called a "noob killer," having once swept through the Lily of the Valley Conference with a Darkrai; if he did the same at the Orre Conference, the gold content of the first edition would be greatly reduced.

Could it be that he would stay in Orre to be one of the Elite Four?

It was rumored that the Sinnoh League had sent an invitation long ago.

But years had passed.

The list of Elite Four hadn't changed at all.

Suddenly,

shouts came from the foot of the mountain.

It was Eagun and the others, who had arrived late.

Behind Wu, there were the Pyrite Colosseum trio who had returned last month—the brothers Silver Ape and Did Did Yin Ma, and their deputy, Kendal.

Lady Ayana would be a little later.

Although she didn't have the idea of participating in the Silver Conference, she had challenged seven Gyms in the past few months.

Only the last one remained to obtain the qualification to challenge the League.

She intended to make this trip of hers more complete.

There were quite a few people similar to her.

It was heard that in Phenac City, a large number of Trainers who had studied abroad or traveled had returned to Orre, making the city increasingly lively.

Just a few days ago,

the ground rail connecting several major towns was completed.

The high-speed maglev train was on a trial run.

The birth of public transportation allowed citizens who had never left their hometowns in their lives to go to areas they had never stepped foot in before.

It effectively broke the shackles in their hearts, and Phenac City was no longer a distant paradise.

Regardless of the environment or the hearts of the people,

Orre was no longer that barren desert it once was.

Who could have imagined that a life that should have been planned for ten years and changed step by step could be achieved so rapidly within two years?

All Baimu drank his beverage, thinking that it was really great that he hadn't run away back then.

In this world that seemed familiar but was actually strange,

Orre gave him a place of belonging.

A visitor from another land could also become a local.

"Another cup! Another cup!"

Cheng-hong, Did Did Yin Ma, and the others made a crazy commotion, making Wally, who was thin-skinned and didn't know how to refuse, compete with Dazuka in drinking fruit wine, and the two drank cup after cup.

It made Gallade so angry it wanted to open its psycho-blades on them.

Fortunately, before it could act, Ji Meiya stepped in with righteous indignation to stop them, taking the dizzy Wally away to sober up.

Hoopa succeeded.

Within a few rounds, he successfully drank Dazuka under the table.

Not far away,

the tall Silver Ape and Kendal were wrestling with Wu, who was a head shorter.

Although it was a game proposed by Wu, it was clear he was no match for them at all, being pinned down in minutes.

Silver Ape and Kendal laughed out loud.

The giant dragons of Wu's family felt unconvinced and ran to mess with Silver Ape and Kendal's Pokémon.

Without using moves, they just compared strength.

The final winner was Aggron.

Simply because the Lord of the Mountain did not allow other Pokémon to be too arrogant on his turf.

Hoopa and the Shiny Gengar were like two children's kings, taking a group of Pokémon, big and small, running around and playing.

Calyrex was so annoyed by the noise that he had no choice but to join them.

Soon,

the entire Mt. Battle became lively.

It was chaotic everywhere, as if it were a festival, with Pokémon moving in groups and messing around everywhere.

Because Ji Meiya was busy taking care of the drunk Wally, she couldn't spare a hand.

This resulted in Hoopa being like a wild horse without a bridle, causing trouble everywhere, and even the two horses and two pillars were not spared.

They didn't dare to resist too hard.

Besides, it was useless.

When Hoopa was playing, its combat power was close to infinite; it dared to open its Djinn form—didn't you see that even Calyrex had submitted?

Everyone could only find their own ways to avoid the disaster.

Spectrier relied on its Ghost-type Pokémon trait to dive into the Spirit Realm and refused to show its head.

The Rock Pillar couldn't resist and chose to join in.

The Electric Pillar was fast and ran away after a few moves; no matter how many times Hoopa caught it back, it could run away at the first opportunity.

After a few more times, Hoopa was too lazy to catch it, and it escaped the disaster.

Only Glastrier had no way.

After it hid here and there and was discovered repeatedly, it hid beside All Baimu.

This irritable guy acted spoiled for the first time in his life, nudging his back with its big head.

"Fine, fine, I'll protect you."

All Baimu smiled and touched Glastrier's head, and the latter then knelt down with peace of mind.

Actually, there were Pokémon that weren't affected.

For example, Mawile, Dragapult, and Galarian Corsola.

The three of them were in the bedroom, and Hoopa didn't dare to bring Pokémon in to mess around, in case it messed things up and made Shiro angry.

Glastrier had once wanted to hide inside.

It was intercepted by Mawile.

It disliked that Glastrier was releasing cold air at all times; winter had already descended on the Orre region, and it needed a warm and comfortable environment to watch movies.

All Baimu protected Glastrier for a while.

Eagun walked over leisurely and patted his shoulder. "By the way, the format for the preliminary rounds has been decided."

All Baimu asked curiously: "How are you going to do it?"

"Do you remember how you made your first pot of gold?" Eagun changed the subject.

First pot of gold—

His pupils shrank. "Charity Conference?"

"You should call it a semi-closed environment multi-person elimination competitive match." Eagun shrugged.

All Baimu felt ashamed. "Saying so much, isn't it still a Battle Royale... Which genius proposed this? Want to recast the glory of Team Cipher?"

"Get lost!"

Eagun punched his chest and explained: "I'm just borrowing its mode; there aren't many formats that can effectively reduce the number of contestants in a short time."

"……You do this, others don't have an opinion? This is a scar in everyone's hearts."

All Baimu didn't care how they competed, but was more concerned about the impact.

Every year's Charity Conference could be called a meat grinder.

Throwing thirty underage boys and girls into an area, letting them fight for their lives until one side was all dead.

Often only one or two survived.

So many families lost their children...

Now restarting the "Charity Conference," was it really a good thing?

Eagun looked at him and said: "Don't think of everyone as too fragile; have you forgotten the personality of the people of Pyrite Town? And have you considered who the Trainers participating in the Orre Conference are?"

"Outsiders?"

"Heh, more than sixty percent are children from wealthy families in Orre!"

Eagun chuckled: "The families with scars in their hearts that you mentioned didn't have the qualifications to watch the Charity Conference before, and now they don't have the strength to pass the Four Trials, so do you understand?"

All Baimu suddenly realized, and then had a face full of black lines.

Before, it was the rich watching the poor struggle, and now it was the poor watching the rich struggle.

Even if the basic rules changed, it could still be called a hellish joke.

"You proposed it?"

"A suggestion submitted after internal discussion by the Pyrite Meeting, passed unanimously."

"……Fine."

All Baimu didn't say anything more.

The Pyrite Meeting was a decision-making group composed of the people of Pyrite Town after Eagun prepared to step down as mayor.

The members included citizens of Pyrite Town from all walks of life.

More than ninety percent of them were ordinary people who had once been oppressed by various organizations.

Everyone was happy to see it.

What could he say?

By the way,

All Baimu, the leader of Team Rainbow and a former executive of Team Snagem, was the ten percent in the Pyrite Meeting.

——

After the banquet,

Wally refused the invitation to stay at All Baimu's house.

He went to the Phenac Colosseum for an in-depth challenge on the grounds that he was very interested in the Phenac Tower.

Intending to surpass the ranking All Baimu had left behind before the start of the competition.

Young people were particularly keen to compete in such small places.

Of course,

this was also because he didn't want to battle All Baimu too early, so that both sides would know each other's bottom line.

The real main course should be saved for the end!

And a few days later,

All Baimu suddenly heard rumors about the "Pale Knight & Green-haired Prince," and even saw a video of his side profile being secretly filmed on PokéSound.

The video became popular very quickly.

It made Eagun start considering whether to set up a seed ranking for the championship.

All Baimu was speechless.

A few more days passed, and he went to the airport with Terry to welcome Big Sister Lady Ayana, only to be surprised to find that she had changed to a Japanese-style princess cut.

It was said that after watching a dance in Ecruteak City, she felt this traditional hairstyle was very interesting and went to a barbershop on a whim.

Unexpectedly, it clashed with her temperament.

Given her expression of "I'll cut you if you dare say it's ugly," All Baimu chose to shut up.

Thus,

everyone who should have returned had returned.

The conference registration was announced to be over, and the Four Trials had also entered the final batch, which would end one week before the official opening.

All Baimu's simulation countdown had finished cooling down.

"Let's start!"

He looked at the light screen and chose to redeem a blue talent—

Redemption failed.

Indicating that the fixed talent was at least blue.

This made his heart feel a little nervous, and he opened the simulator.

【Select your birth region▽】

It was the Sinnoh region's turn.

Gender.

The last collector was female, this time it was a male's turn.

Click on Pokémon.

……Bellsprout?

It was the first time All Baimu had seen the starter Pokémon be a Bellsprout, and he thought about who the simulation object would be.

He took a deep breath and clicked on the talent.

Fixed talent:

【☆☆Gifted (Naturally skilled at raising Pokémon)】

Orange!

It was here!

All Baimu punched the air fiercely; after so many blue simulations, orange had descended once again!

Optional talents:

【Kind-hearted (Willing to help others)】

【Strong body (Very healthy)】

【Attractiveness (More attractive to Pokémon)】

【Severing Emotions (No love or marriage for life)】

Hm?

Why were these four optional talents so strange?

All Baimu was slightly stunned.

They all seemed like good talents, but he always felt that there might be some unknown pitfalls buried inside.

After thinking for a while, he decided to choose one and three.

Not choosing 【Strong body】 didn't mean the simulation object would get sick, it just meant he wouldn't be able to fight Pokémon one-on-one.

Besides, with an orange talent, the bottom line was already set; at most, there would be differences in the story plot.

After so many simulation stories,

All Baimu had already clarified that for some special simulations, optional talents affected the story content, not the result.

It was equivalent to orange suppressing white.

Start!

He pressed the confirm button.

——

The light screen unfolded.

Under a towering ancient pagoda.

A devout monk bowed with palms pressed together.

【At the age of thirteen, you had to leave the temple due to family changes】

Good fellow!

The simulation was a monk!

All Baimu didn't expect that among so many simulation objects, such a magical existence would appear.

No wonder the starter Pokémon was a Bellsprout!

【Attractiveness】……

Were there monk Pokémon in the Pokémon world? Did Medicham count?

While he was letting his imagination run wild, a huge cruise ship appeared in the simulation screen.

It slowly docked at the pier.

The monk walked out of it.

【You came to Jubilife City in the Sinnoh region; your parents hoped you would forget the temple and return to the life of a normal person, but you remained silent】

Jubilife City.

The central city in the west of the Sinnoh region.

It possessed the most modern development and was accessible from all directions.

The monk was arranged by his parents to enter the Trainer School to learn basic Pokémon knowledge.

【Your parents hoped you would be like your peers, setting your goals on traveling and challenging the League】

The monk remained silent.

This made All Baimu very curious; since he had parents, why did he enter the temple?

However,

the monk was clearly a passive personality.

Whatever his parents expected him to do, he did.

And what the monk did most often was sitting in meditation 【Meditate】 and self-labor.

Besides that, he neither chanted scriptures nor knocked on wooden fish, which was very different from the monk All Baimu imagined.

The reason was simple—there was no Buddha in the Pokémon world.

Therefore, the objects that monks in the Pokémon world generally revered were some Pokémon, such as Bellsprout, Ho-Oh, Moltres, etc.

【You spent a relatively peaceful life in the Trainer School; during this period, you did not forget the teachings of the abbot and still maintained your former habits】

This definitely wouldn't work.

As soon as All Baimu saw the narration, he knew something was going to happen.

Sure enough,

the unsociable monk didn't communicate with any classmates, and some "strange" behaviors he did every day attracted the attention of the teachers.

They communicated with the monk's parents privately, saying that many classmates felt he was too weird.

So the monk's parents warned the monk again.

【You nodded silently】

There were actually no little hooligans coming to find trouble with him?

All Baimu felt quite surprised.

You had to know that in the previous few simulations, just the monk's unique way of doing things would have been enough to attract some trouble.

He continued to look down. ===== CHAPTER 952 =====