Chapter 450

Early the next morning, when Qingyu woke up, he could already hear the pitter-patter of rain.

Reaching out to grab his phone from the bedside, the weather forecast from last night had predicted a 95% chance of sun, but after waking up, it had quietly changed to the symbol for moderate rain.

"I guess the staff who specialize in meteorology must be very puzzled right now..."

Why did the weather suddenly change when there wasn't even a sign of precipitation?

This is much more absurd than a sudden clearing of the sky.

"However, they probably can't imagine that this is the result of human interference, right?"

He suddenly understood the satisfaction of bringing rain wherever one goes, completely breaking the logic of reality.

Fat-Headed Fish? Nothing special!

Qingyu muttered to himself while quickly getting up to wash.

After getting everything ready, he walked out of the Gym gate and took down the Rain-Calling Doll from outside.

Going out on a rainy day is usually a miserable thing, but because Miraidon has an "autopilot" function, and human physique in the Pokémon world is somewhat absurd, he was too lazy to even put on a raincoat for a mere drizzle.

Ever since becoming a Trainer, Qingyu could clearly feel his physical fitness getting better and better.

He wasn't quite sure of the reason; perhaps it could only be attributed to the high amount of exercise in the Pokémon world...

His Pokémon are not easy to deal with; he has Sylveon training his arm strength, Fraxure training his ability to withstand hits, and occasionally accompanying Ogerpon to farm.

If this continues, Qingyu always feels that he might become a "Super Paldean" in the future?

After patting the sleeping Miraidon awake and facing its somewhat disappointed expression, Qingyu smiled slightly and took out the sandwich he had prepared.

"Let's go, Mesagoza!"

As a ride Pokémon, Miraidon is quite easy to satisfy; he just needs to prepare a few of its favorite sandwiches as "fuel" to get it back to full charge.

Efficient, clean, and pollution-free, it is an essential means of transportation for home and travel~

Riding Miraidon to the outskirts of Mesagoza, he could see Steven waiting for him at the Paldea-exclusive Pokémon Center platform from afar.

He stood straight, chatting casually with a Nurse Joy in charge of Mesagoza, occasionally showing a confident smile, his personal charm seemingly maxed out.

As expected of the perfect and dashing young master; he can turn a Pokémon Center into his home turf even while hiding from the rain. One can spot him at a glance...

Qingyu thought to himself and quickly approached.

Steven glanced over, and after noticing Qingyu's arrival, he immediately looked at him.

"Teacher Yu, you're here."

"I'm here."

Qingyu replied subconsciously before realizing—

People in the Pokémon world shouldn't be able to catch this meme, right?

Sure enough, his reply made Steven pause for a moment.

But Steven didn't pay too much attention to it and quickly spoke again:

"In that case, let's set off."

"Teacher Yu, the preparation you mentioned yesterday, you weren't waiting for this rain today, were you?"

Guessed quite accurately...

Qingyu raised an eyebrow, but didn't say it explicitly, just flashed a mysterious smile at Steven and then waved his hand at him.

"No time to explain, get on the bike!"

The Asado Desert, where Great Tusk is located, is a special area in the western part of Paldea.

The ecological environment of the Paldea region is extremely rich. In addition to the common plains and hills, there is Glaseado Mountain, the highest peak in Paldea, and a very large lake, "Casseroya Lake," in the north; the dry Asado Desert in the west; large mining areas in the east; and a large number of towns established in the south as livable areas.

This is also the main reason why there are so many types of Pokémon in Paldea.

After crossing the vast Olive Orchard from Mesagoza, one can vaguely see the Asado Desert in the distance.

"Paldea is really a good place. Not only were Pokémon from the past discovered, but maybe there are fossils left by ancient Pokémon in the desert?"

"Generally speaking, there should be some fossils in every region. If they can be brought back to life using fossil restoration technology, I think it's a very meaningful thing."

Gradually driving toward the Asado Desert, Steven, sitting in the back seat of Qingyu, couldn't help but sigh.

"..."

Qingyu didn't pick up the conversation.

You really are yourself, Mr. Steven, never leaving fossils out of three sentences.

Besides the well-known hobbies of mining and Steel-type Pokémon, Steven is also a fossil fanatic.

Among his main Pokémon, in addition to the Steel-type Aggron, Skarmory, and Metagross, the other three (Cradily, Armaldo, Claydol) can all be considered to have been dug out of the ground.

Maybe they were all dug out and raised by him personally in the past...

As a Champion, it's normal to have some little hobbies of your own, right?

But unfortunately, at least as far as Qingyu knows, there shouldn't be the fossils he is looking forward to in the Paldea region.

After all, the ancient species among the Paradox Pokémon are individuals from the past; they don't even need fossil restoration, you can find a batch just by entering Area Zero.

Of course, whether you can beat them is another matter.

Paradox Pokémon are not like modern wild Pokémon that talk about martial virtue and know when to stop.

In the timeline where they lived, humans probably hadn't even been born yet, let alone reached an understanding with them.

In the concept of ancient Pokémon, a Trainer who is defeated and not directly eaten is considered lucky; it's equivalent to every battle being a Shadow Game.

So after the incident in Area Zero, the Paldea League chose to close the passage to enter at the first opportunity.

If it weren't for the fact that this Great Tusk hadn't recorded any injuries to people in the past six months, the League would probably have already mobilized manpower to deal with it.

But even if it hasn't made a mistake yet, it doesn't mean it won't attack innocent passersby in the future!

Therefore, today Teacher Yu is going to act on behalf of heaven with Steven!

Soon entering the scope of the Asado Desert, the originally solid surface was replaced by yellow sand dampened by rain, appearing somewhat soft.

"Grawr..."

Feeling the subtle touch from the soles of its feet, Miraidon sighed helplessly.

Under normal circumstances, it would never enter this desert and get itself dirty, but...

Qingyu gave too much! (Referring to sandwiches)

"Is it because of the rain? There is actually no sandstorm in the Paldea desert. I even specially prepared two pairs of dust-proof goggles."

The muttering from Steven behind him made Qingyu quickly recall the memories of pioneering the Hoenn generation.

Anyone who could think of putting a short stretch of desert between two roads and not being able to pass without the dust-proof glasses given by the rival is a genius.

At that time, Qingyu wanted to complain when he was stuck in the desert; it looked like such a short distance, why not just dash through it...

Don't underestimate the physique of humans in our Pokémon world, hey!

Perhaps because the rain made the weather humid, some Pokémon in the desert didn't seem to adapt well to such changes, so they didn't show up.

On the contrary, Pokémon like Capsakid and Cacnea were significantly more active.

After continuing for a short distance in the Asado Desert, Qingyu soon heard a violent boom, and even the ground began to tremble with the transmission of the sound.

Some Pokémon that were still leisurely absorbing moisture were startled and fled in all directions.

Miraidon also stopped suddenly, its gaze crossing the mist stirred up by the rain, looking in a certain direction not far away.

It could feel that there was an existence it was very familiar with there.

"This is... a minor earthquake caused by some kind of Pokémon running?"

Steven reacted quickly. He is definitely an expert on Ground, Rock, and Steel types, so he made a judgment instantly.

"Being able to affect such a large range, it means the size should be very large, right?"

"But if it can cause such obvious movement, why hasn't it been discovered all this time?"

While thinking, Steven also quickly raised his own confusion.

Regarding this, Qingyu remained calm and replied casually:

"It might be the effect of the rain on it. The rain has made this Pokémon that hates water even more irritable, which is why it can't help but start to get angry."

Although the reason is somewhat far-fetched, it is still reasonable.

After all, Qingyu couldn't explicitly say that it was because the Paldea League didn't have enough manpower, so they hadn't found time to solve it...