Chapter 99: Let's Go Home!

Seemingly to showcase the results of its special training as an Island Guardian, Tapu Tapu Moumou personally organized a "Move Showcase."

Before Luo Mu and Kukui, the first to appear was Serperior.

To be honest, because he had climbed Mount Lanakila with Kukui, even after returning, Luo Mu had confidently left Serperior and the others to the care of Tapu Lele, the Grassy Terrain expert, for special training; busy exercising Growlithe, Luo Mu did not know how well Serperior and the others had actually mastered their moves by now.

However, when Serperior unleashed the moves it had learned during this period before Luo Mu, Luo Mu still could not hold back his reaction.

Serperior demonstrated two moves in succession.

One move was "Seed Bomb," which possessed decent power; it seemed to have been naturally learned after eating too many berries planted by Tapu Lele.

The second move was called "Grassy Glide"; this move provides extremely fast movement speed during an attack, and especially under the effect of Grassy Terrain, the speed would be further enhanced.

Luo Mu looked at Serperior in disbelief: "You only learned two attacking moves!?"

Serperior turned its head away, unwilling to make eye contact with Luo Mu.

What could it do!

Even though these past few days, nourished by the plant energy generated by Tapu Tapu Moumou accelerating plant growth, its strength had improved to a certain extent, moves it couldn't learn simply could not be learned!

Luo Mu then cast a dead-fish-eyed gaze at Tapu Tapu Moumou's evasive eyes; well, it seemed this Island Guardian was also despairing over Serperior's hopelessly low aptitude for Grassy Terrain.

"To think that even the Island Guardian Tapu Tapu Moumou couldn't teach Serperior Grassy Terrain."

Kukui's shocked gaze darted between Serperior, Tapu Tapu Moumou, and Luo Mu; he hadn't expected Luo Mu to be telling the truth—Serperior's aptitude for Grassy Terrain was terrifyingly low!

Noticing Kukui's rude gaze, although Serperior was annoyed, it did not directly whip Kukui's buttocks with its vines as it had done to Luo Mu.

After all, Serperior had long ago decided that outside of battle, its vines would only be swung for Luo Mu.

Fortunately, the three little Whimsicott appearing next were very promising; three beams of green light rippled outward, the ripples spreading across the ground, causing vibrant green luminescence to instantly rise from the earth.

Looking closely, the true form of the luminescence was countless blades of grass emitting a emerald green glow; on the unobstructed mountainside, gentle breezes blew, causing the grass to rustle with a swishing friction sound.

Although the Grassy Terrain range of a single Whimsicott was only the size of a basketball court, under Tapu Tapu Moumou's training, the superposition of three Grassy Terrains immediately covered a vast surrounding area.

This was not all.

Comfey, who had been observing and was subsequently caught by Luo Mu, also joined their special training team; although it was a Fairy-type Pokémon, Comfey could likewise learn the Grassy Terrain move.

Under Tapu Tapu Moumou's guidance, Comfey had also perfectly mastered Grassy Terrain.

The addition of a fourth Grassy Terrain caused the domain of the entire Grassy Terrain to expand once again.

Logically speaking, without arduous training, Pokémon moves absolutely cannot coexist, even if they are the same move.

The result of mutual contact would only be energy colliding with energy, causing the moves to explode.

But the Grassy Terrains of the four Pokémon fused together with perfect harmony, as if naturally formed as one.

Luo Mu looked at Tapu Tapu Moumou with a puzzled gaze; its honest yet wise eyes curved slightly, almost explicitly indicating that in just a few short days, Tapu Tapu Moumou had not only taught Whimsicott and Comfey Grassy Terrain, but also helped them refine Grassy Terrain into a "combination technique"!

Tapu Tapu Moumou looked at Luo Mu and suddenly spoke to explain: "Tapu Moumou~ Mou, mou!"

Luo Mu was stunned, then said: "You mean originally you wanted Serperior to learn the essence of your Grassy Terrain, but it simply couldn't learn it, so you had to settle for helping the weaker Whimsicott instead? But because Whimsicott were still too weak to learn the essence, you developed this four-in-one Grassy Terrain instead?"

"Hiss—"

As soon as the words fell, before Tapu Tapu Moumou could say anything, Luo Mu inhaled a sharp breath of cold air due to shock.

One had to say, worthy of being a master of Grassy Terrain, Tapu Tapu Moumou's mastery of Grassy Terrain had reached a state of divine proficiency.

After Whimsicott and Comfey finished their demonstration, Serperior touched each of their heads with its vines, its expression showing appreciation.

Anyway, Whimsicott and the others were all its subordinates; them learning Grassy Terrain was roughly equivalent to Serperior itself learning Grassy Terrain, so as far as results were concerned, the difference was not great!

Finally taking the stage was Mudbray, which had been constantly refining its Rototiller move under Tapu Tapu Moumou's guidance.

Luo Mu also perked up with twelve points of spirit for Mudbray's appearance.

If Grassy Terrain only affected factors such as the growth speed of crops, then soil was the foundation of everything; only nutrient-rich soil could grow the best crops.

Compared to a few days ago, the speed and precision with which Mudbray used Rototiller had increased by several times; it no longer needed to loosen the soil by digging holes one by one with its hooves, as under the effect of Ground-type energy, the soil was pushed up, becoming loose and nutrient-rich.

Luo Mu stepped forward to take a look and found that although the soil quality still fell far short of the level of black soil modified by Tapu Tapu Moumou, it was already exceptionally excellent.

This was evident both from the fine gaps within the loose soil and from the confirmation of its rich nutrient content certified by Tapu Tapu Moumou.

If there were a game panel, Mudbray's mastery of the Rototiller move would have changed from "Beginner" to "Proficient"; with continued training, as its level and Rototiller experience increased, reaching "Grandmaster" was not impossible.

Incidentally, Tapu Tapu Moumou's Rototiller was probably "God-tier."

Truly worthy of being Tapu Tapu Moumou, in just a few short days it could make Whimsicott, Comfey, and Mudbray so proficient in Grassy Terrain and Rototiller.

That afternoon, limited by holiday time, Luo Mu could not stay in Alola any longer; moreover, there were Pokémon waiting for him at home.

After completely cleaning up all traces of his camping from these past few days and recalling his Pokémon into their Poké Balls, Luo Mu shouldered his backpack and thanked Tapu Tapu Moumou solemnly: "Honorable Island Guardian Tapu Tapu Moumou, I am very grateful for your teaching of my partners these past few days."

As Alola's land god, Luo Mu's tone when speaking to Tapu Tapu Moumou would inevitably be somewhat formulaic and serious.

Tapu Tapu Moumou quietly looked at him for a few moments, as if remembering something, then poured out two crystals from the gaps in its hooves and handed them to Luo Mu.

The corners of Luo Mu's mouth twitched; were the gaps in Tapu Tapu Moumou's hooves some kind of four-dimensional pocket?

However, he could see that the color of one crystal in his palm was emerald green, and the other was earthy yellow.

Kukui immediately understood Tapu Tapu Moumou's intention and said enviously: "Tapu Tapu Moumou seems to want to give you the Grass-type Z-Crystal and the Ground-type Z-Crystal."

Luo Mu looked at Tapu Tapu Moumou, and after receiving its affirmative response, nodded and said: "Your generosity, I shall not decline."

"Tapu Moumou~"

Tapu Tapu Moumou nodded, waved its hand to bid farewell, and then, regardless of whether Luo Mu had left or not, went off on its own to find a good spot, lying down directly to take a nap.

Luo Mu smiled helplessly, mounted the Dragonite that had been waiting for a long time, and said softly: "Let's go, we're going home!"

Dragonite nodded heavily, its expression showing anticipation: "Booo!"

(End of Chapter)