Chapter 499: The First Shiny Pokémon

Sweet Dance Ni (Shiny)

Gender: Female

Type: Grass

Ability: Leaf Guard

Potential: HP (A), Attack (SS), Defense (S), Sp. Atk (C), Sp. Def (S), Speed (A)

Talent: Champion-tier

Strength: Ordinary (Peak)

That's right, this is a shiny Sweet Dance Ni, and this is another reason for Bai Jing besides standing up to injustice.

Shiny Pokémon are rare and represent rarity and power; encountering one and not catching it would be foolish.

Speaking of which, this is his twenty-fifth time encountering a shiny Pokémon—Ralts doesn't count, that one was a mutation.

"Are you okay?"

Bai Jing helped Sweet Dance Ni up, feeling a pang of heartache at the wounds on its body.

"Lucario, give it some treatment!"

Under the healing of Life Dew and Heal Pulse, most of Sweet Dance Ni's injuries were healed.

Throughout the whole process, Sweet Dance Ni stared blankly at Bai Jing… no, ever since Bai Jing stepped forward to stop the Vanilluxe, it had been watching him.

It was very curious—why would this human want to help it?

"Nini?"

"Does helping others need a reason?"

"Nini nini?"

"I don't dislike you; on the contrary, I like you very much. Would you be willing to stay by my side, be my Pokémon, be my family?"

Sweet Dance Ni's eyes went wide in disbelief, and then it cried tears of joy!

It was moved, because since the day it was born it had been despised by its group, abandoned by its parents, and had lived like a stray.

If it hadn't been strong enough, it might not have survived until now.

And now someone actually said they liked it, said they could become its family—how could it not be happy?

Bai Jing understood all of this. In human eyes, shiny Pokémon are incomparably precious, but in the eyes of Pokémon, they are freaks, unaccepted, even rejected and hostile—which is also why the Vanilluxe drove Sweet Dance Ni away and attacked it.

It was still considered lucky to only be driven away; some species would even kill such freaks.

"Stop crying. You still haven't told me whether you'll agree to be my family!"

Sweet Dance Ni nodded rapidly and threw itself into Bai Jing's arms.

A certain someone was overjoyed: "For the rest of… ahem, from now on, please guide me well!"

"Come, let's complete the capture ceremony first, then I'll introduce you to the family!"

Bai Jing took out the special Poké Ball distributed when entering the secret realm, drew Sweet Dance Ni in, and released it again.

Yes, he planned to use up this quota.

As for Deng Xin saying the quota should be used for her… he'd have her release the Sharpedo later, or if she wanted, she could release the Horsea instead!

Then he released all the Pokémon on him, scaring Sweet Dance Ni into clinging to Bai Jing's arms again, peeking at them with timid, shy eyes.

It was afraid they would dislike it—except for Lucario, because Lucario had just helped it.

"Meet the new family member!"

Slaking raised a hand in greeting, then went back to lying flat.

It already had a wife at home, so even seeing a pretty girl, its reaction was mild; it no longer hollered for girls like before.

Of course, if the other party were a Milotic, that would be another story!

"Mew!"

Dragonite scooted over, its attitude very friendly.

Charizard's eyes lit up, and it gave a very gentlemanly bow.

Noivern nodded to express welcome; it was only interested in strength, and didn't fall for the pretty-girl act.

Larvitar and Gible, this pair of troublemakers, came over and said they could play together with Sweet Dance Ni.

Having never received such treatment since it was small, Sweet Dance Ni got so happy that it cried with excitement again!