Chapter 1298: Baiting the Hook

You have to understand, when she first became a trainer, let alone the offspring of a Heavenly King-level overlord, she didn't even get a share of the starter Pokémon randomly distributed by the Alliance; she had to prepare her own.

After all, that policy only started being implemented one year after Li Qingyi became a trainer.

Now look at Jiang Yueluo.

Not only did he awaken a special ability, but his starter Pokémon, Flabébé, was absurd to the extreme—it could already use high-power moves in its current state—and he had a "big shot" gifting him a pseudo-legendary offspring of a Viridian Forest Heavenly King-level overlord.

Although times are constantly progressing, this massive gap still made Li Qingyi feel like she had put on a "Lemon Man" mask; her heart was filled with bitterness, and her mind was occupied by only one thought.

Some people are born in Rome, while others are born as beasts of burden. Jiang Yueluo was neither born in Rome nor born a beast of burden; he just happened to meet Su Hao, which completely changed his life.

Viridian Forest, Hydreigon territory nest.

Leading Jiang Yueluo, Su Hao traveled without obstruction until they reached the entrance of this somewhat gloomy cave.

Jiang Yueluo's face still retained a lingering excitement; he had truly learned a lot on this journey.

For instance, the depths of Viridian Forest, which teachers and classmates all called a dangerous place, were no different from the park woods he used to visit for spring outings under Su Hao's guidance. Not only was there no danger, but even some wild Pokémon that looked incredibly powerful and fierce showed them 100% goodwill.

Jiang Yueluo only felt that Su Hao was truly amazing, achieving things so easily that others absolutely could not.

Su Hao, completely unaware that his image in Jiang Yueluo's heart was growing ever taller, probed into the cave with his Aura to see who was guarding the Pokémon egg inside.

It would be fine if it were an anthropomorphic Pokémon with a beautiful appearance like Lilligant, but if it were Hydreigon or Haxorus—Pokémon that unconsciously radiated Dragon Aura and had fierce appearances—inside...

To put it mildly, he didn't want to scare the kid.

The released Aura quickly covered the deepest part of the nest. Su Hao raised an eyebrow and gave the Hydreigon inside a reminder: tell the Hydreigon to rein in its killing intent, as the future feeder of its son was coming.

It only needed to put on an act for five minutes, and the future Deino would be able to live a life of luxury under Jiang Yueluo, whom the Shenzhou Alliance intended to cultivate.

After Jiang Yueluo and Su Hao passed through the slightly dark tunnel, the Hydreigon inside the dim nest, having restrained its aura, floated in place quite amiably. Its gaze toward Jiang Yueluo and Su Hao became incredibly kind.

Hydreigon looked Jiang Yueluo up and down—the future meal ticket for its precious child—and nodded in satisfaction.

Not bad, he indeed had a bit of the scent of Viridian Forest on him; this was enough to prove that Jiang Yueluo was also a human chosen by Viridian Forest, though his priority was a bit lower than Su Hao's.

Su Hao, observing the Hydreigon's demeanor closely, had the corners of his mouth lift slightly. The Hydreigon should be at ease now, right?

Originally, Su Hao intended to take the Pokémon egg directly back to Viridian City to give to Jiang Yueluo, but the Hydreigon insisted on meeting Jiang Yueluo in person. It seemed it wasn't as indifferent to its offspring as it appeared on the surface.

After confirming that Jiang Yueluo was indeed someone worthy of its offspring, every movement of the Hydreigon became visibly relaxed, until it locked eyes with the Flabébé on Jiang Yueluo's head. The Hydreigon's movements stiffened.

Huh, why did it feel like this little thing gave it a sense of déjà vu?

Hydreigon shook its head vigorously. This must be its imagination, right?

Not mentioning Flabébé, who had been making a fuss out of jealousy toward Jiang Yueluo for a long time, after Jiang Yueluo and the Deino egg spent some time together, Su Hao called over his Hisuian Braviary to send him straight home before the sky turned completely dark.

In front of his house, Jiang Yueluo carefully held the Deino egg and said solemnly, "Thank you, Brother Su Hao. I will raise Deino well in the future."

"Bébé!"

Flabébé tapped Jiang Yueluo's head with its flower, not too hard, as if emphasizing something.

Jiang Yueluo compromised, "Alright, alright...

From now on, I will treat Flabébé the best, and Deino second best."

"Bébé!"

Only then did Flabébé's pursed lips break into a smile, happily indicating that although Deino couldn't rank ahead of it, as the big sister, it would also look after Deino; it could just provide the unbalanced portion of love to Deino itself.

Not sure if it was Su Hao's imagination, but the Deino egg in Jiang Yueluo's arms seemed to shake a bit dejectedly, making him chuckle.

It looked like the future Deino would be completely dominated by its Fairy-type big sister.

Hydreigon and Haxorus didn't need to worry about raising children; Jiang Yueluo gained a new partner, and Deino had a trainer and a big sister who doted on it.

In this way, it could be considered a "good match" achieved.

February 10, 2024, Alliance Calendar. Five days had passed since Su Hao revived the Wonder Garden.

This also meant that five days had passed since his training in Viridian Forest. During this time, Su Hao traveled back and forth between Viridian Forest and Viridian City, taking care of his Pokémon's training progress while switching Pokémon to play ranked matches in Viridian City.

Staying in the small stone house built by Diancie, Su Hao sat on a wooden chair, looked at his ranking of "Master Ball Tier, 5001st place" on his phone, and sighed.

He didn't know if it was because the news of him "smurfing" at a low ranking in the Master Ball Tier had spread, but there were far fewer Master Ball Tier players gathered in Viridian City recently, causing his matching time to go from seconds to waiting an hour or two.

It was said that those people had run off to cities near Viridian City to avoid the limelight, which left Su Hao feeling somewhat helpless.

It seemed it was time to change locations to "bait the hook." He couldn't get matched with high-tier players, and the low-tier ones had run away; he couldn't climb the ranks like this.

Diancie, who was bringing in freshly brewed tea, happened to run into this scene. It didn't speak, just skillfully poured the hot tea and placed it in front of Su Hao.

When Su Hao looked up, Diancie asked, "Are you worried about something?"

Su Hao picked up the teacup and took a sip, ignoring the scalding temperature. A pungent fragrance and a layered texture burst forth simultaneously.

Su Hao remembered that this was tea leaves Diancie had collected and stir-fried near the Hydreigon territory. Whether it was the tea-brewing technique or the tea-making skill, it could be called top-tier. Sighing at how powerful the inheritance of the Sacred Diamond was, Su Hao said, "I was thinking it's about time we set off."

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