Chapter 146: Messenger Bird, Encountering Pikachu and a Youth

After handing over the thoroughly tortured Hunter J to Interpol and visiting Tron's wife, Madam Madam Meila, Luo Mu got up and prepared to leave Freezington.

Lila asked in confusion, "You're leaving already?"

The blizzard had ceased, and Glaseado Mountain welcomed a rare sunny day, with ice and snow melting at its foot.

Meanwhile, reporters who had learned that Hunter J's entire gang had been captured gathered in Freezington early, like vultures smelling rotting flesh.

A press conference facing the public was about to be held shortly, yet Luo Mu, the great hero of this operation, actually planned to slip away.

With his back to Lila, Luo Mu held up two fingers and said, "First, I merely accepted a commission from Chairman Geeta; the reward will be given to me by the Chairman. I am not very interested in gaining fame this way, after all, I am just an ordinary farmer."

"Second, I only shot down their invisible airship and captured this one person, Hunter J; all other members were caught by your police officers, so there is absolutely no need to commend only me."

"In summary, this was merely an operation jointly conducted by the Paldea League and Interpol; you should highlight the collective effort rather than me as an individual."

Having said this, Luo Mu did not wait for Lila's response; he mounted his Dragonite, whose stamina had recovered, and flew in the direction of Cortondo.

Lila stood stunned for quite a while, recalling her memories from surveying the airship crash site, and muttered, "What kind of farmer could blast such a huge through-hole in a hundred-meter-class airship? There must be a limit to humility!"

One week later.

At this moment, television programs across Paldea were simultaneously broadcasting a piece of news under Geeta's instructions.

"Recently, the notorious international poaching gang and its leader, Hunter J, were captured in a joint encirclement operation between the Paldea League and Interpol. Leader Hunter J and all 385 members have been arrested; a total of 386 individuals will be transported to various courts for trial, while leader Hunter J will face trials from around the world at the Interpol Headquarters court."

"This cooperation proves that..."

Luo Mu, leisurely enjoying a sunbath on a lounge chair, reached out to turn off his phone screen, stroked Growlithe's furry body, and muttered, "Has Geeta determined to make this incident known to everyone? It has been broadcasting continuously on major TV stations for three days, and it seems other regions have started reporting on it as well..."

Yesterday when he went to teach at the Naranja Academy, almost every student was discussing this matter; even the battle maniac Hearing Hearing Nimo was quietly discussing it with Penny and Mela during Battle Studies class, showing just how significant its influence was.

Luo Mu felt that Geeta wanted to use this opportunity to place free advertisements in other regions, promoting the Paldea region and recruiting excellent trainers who came attracted by fame. After all, she had even asked him whether he wanted to stand in the spotlight and serve as the heroic figure who single-handedly annihilated Hunter J's gang.

Of course, Geeta's proposal was ultimately rejected by Luo Mu decisively on the grounds that it was too troublesome.

Compared to keeping his nerves tense amidst various incidents all day long, he preferred enjoying his daily life on the farm.

"Neigh~"

A sound rang out from behind, followed immediately by a thick, long tongue smearing directly across Luo Mu's face; that sticky, slippery sensation startled the dazed Luo Mu, causing him to bounce straight up from the lounge chair.

Luo Mu used his sleeve to wipe dry the saliva Mudsdale had left on his face and looked at it in confusion: "Mudsdale?"

"How did you get here? How are things at the mill?"

"Wang Wang!"

Growlithe lifted its head and greeted Mudsdale in a friendly manner.

"Neigh~"

After washing Growlithe's face once again, Mudsdale used its gaze to signal Luo Mu to mount its back, appearing to intend to take Luo Mu to the mill.

Seeing Mudsdale's reaction, Luo Mu's eyes brightened slightly; it seemed the first batch of wheat had already been ground?

Luo Mu immediately folded up the lounge chair and leaned it against the house wall, then flipped onto Mudsdale's reliable back, calling for Growlithe to follow them to the mill.

After returning from Glaseado Mountain, he had begun harvesting the ripe wheat and, incidentally, hired the Machamp Construction Team to build a mill and a warehouse for storing the large harvest of wheat on a plot of empty land not far from the wheat field.

The mill basically adopted primitive grinding procedures, occasionally operated by energetic Pokémon on the farm, such as Growlithe, running a few laps.

However, the main force was Mudsdale, which was particularly enthusiastic about pulling the millstone. Understanding its intent, Mudsdale felt that while pulling the millstone and strolling, its thoughts often became clearer, granting it deeper insights into the various moves it had mastered.

Luo Mu did not quite understand; although he planned to build a stream on the farm later and transform the mill into a water-powered one, since Mudsdale liked pulling the millstone, he would simply leave a regular millstone for it at that time.

On the journey to the mill, Luo Mu felt a little excited in his heart.

Once the ground wheat was sifted, they would obtain flour capable of making various flour-based foods!

Numerous brand-new delicacies... were already waving to him!

In the Kanto region, far distant from the Paldea region, near the waters off Old Shore Dock.

A Delibird flew aimlessly in the sky; after disembarking from that huge cruise ship, it had flown from the port inland.

Flying and flying, unsure how long it had flown, along the way Delibird had helped a baby Kangaskhan that couldn't find its mother reunite with its mother. It had mediated fights between Nidoking, though its mediation methods were slightly violent; under the premise that the two Nidoking simply would not listen to reason, Delibird froze both Pokémon with a single Blizzard, physically accomplishing the peacemaking.

Along the way, it had not lacked people wanting to capture it; Delibird either drove them away or let them waste Poké Balls throwing them at itself without causing pain or itch—after all, in fact, it was still a Pokémon captured by Luo Mu.

Until flying to a seaside location, Delibird was attracted by a Pokémon battle taking place between two humans.

It was an all-out battle between a youth wearing a baseball cap and a bronze-skinned man tying a headscarf.

Hearing that man speak, it seemed the youth had collected Ba Mei Hui Zhang.

After a fierce fight, the Pikachu on the youth's shoulder defeated three Pokémon released by the opponent in a fit of rage and shame after losing, who then acted without sportsmanship, using Electric-type moves in one go.

This reminded Delibird of the lightning from Luo Mu's Luxray, and it involuntarily hovered in the air to watch.

Subsequently, that youth seemed to discover Delibird and shouted toward the sky, "It's an unseen Pokémon; I'm going to capture you!"

"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on it!"

A beam of golden lightning struck straight toward Delibird, yet Pikachu's Thunderbolt speed was just so, completely unable to compare with the natural lightning Delibird had overcome.

After easily dodging this attack, Delibird narrowed its eyes and looked down at the youth exclaiming pity, thinking to itself, "Youth, you have walked a narrow path."

Got home a bit late, gomen nasai orz.

(End of Chapter)