Chapter 291: Chance Encounter and Persuasion
The reason Caitlin was prompted to deposit Pokémon with Bai Feng was not just because Bai Feng had invited Red's Pokémon to be teachers, but also because she had a sparring match with Cynthia not long ago.
Cynthia used a deposited Pokémon from Bai Feng's place.
Although Caitlin usually lost more than she won when sparring with Cynthia before, this sparring match dealt her a huge blow. Cynthia, relying on a single Milotic, almost defeated her completely.
At Bai Feng's place, Cynthia's Milotic learned Moves like Life Dew and Recover. Relying on its powerful recovery ability, it nearly drove Caitlin mad.
Cynthia frankly told Caitlin that the deposit service at Bai Feng's place played a significant role in her Pokémon's rapid improvement.
That's when Caitlin started to waver.
Coupled with the major news Bai Feng announced today, she finally couldn't sit still any longer. If she continued to hesitate, the gap between her and Cynthia would only widen.
She and Cynthia weren't just close friends; they were also rivals.
...
Another month passed in the blink of an eye. Tyranitar gradually adapted to its post-Evolution power. Bai Feng then transplanted the Tyranitar Mega Stone it had found into its body, and Tyranitar began its rapid growth phase.
It won't be long before it becomes a true Tyrant of the Sands.
Since its Evolution, Tyranitar has been living in the Mineral Kingdom and has almost become a menace there.
As time passed, the Mineral Kingdom beneath Fangxing Mountain expanded considerably, gradually extending outwards.
In addition, the population of the Mineral Kingdom's inhabitants grew larger and larger, consisting of Carbink who gathered from other places to follow Diancie.
The Carbink would help with the conditioning of the activated Earth Vein, causing the Earth Vein's power to continuously affect the surrounding mountain range, making Bai Feng's territory more spiritually vibrant and beautiful.
Overall, the prosperity of the Mineral Kingdom was a good thing for Bai Feng.
Under the combined influence of Diancie, the Sacred Diamond, and the Earth Vein, rare ore was constantly being born within the Mineral Kingdom, so the Carbink lived very prosperous lives.
But Tyranitar always caused them trouble. Every day it would wander through every corner of the Mineral Kingdom, secretly digging up the Carbink's food, and was often chased all over the Mineral Kingdom by the Carbink, practically becoming an existence that everyone in the Mineral Kingdom wanted to drive away.
It wasn't that it couldn't defeat the Carbink, of course. It was just that the Carbink were the subjects of its good friend Diancie, and besides, it was in the wrong itself, so it could only feel sheepish.
Early one morning, Bai Feng was about to go to the Orchard to help the fruit trees manage energy when he unexpectedly discovered that one of the fruit trees, which was originally Grade B, had become Grade A.
He quickly went to inspect the other fruit trees and was then pleasantly surprised to find that the batch of fruit trees he had cultivated in his early years had all transformed into A-Rank fruit trees today!
Although the number of these fruit trees wasn't as large as those on Sea God Mountain, it was still quite considerable!
It really wasn't easy. Four or five years of cultivation, and at this moment, it finally bore fruit! A brilliant smile appeared on Bai Feng's face.
Looking at this batch of A-Rank fruit trees he had personally cultivated, Bai Feng felt even more motivated!
However, he thought that the fruit trees' sudden transformation at this time might be related to the recent changes in Fangxing Mountain's Earth Vein.
Even Bai Feng himself could clearly feel that Fangxing Mountain's aura had become more comfortable. People who lived here long-term would surely have their lifespans extended.
Coming out of his Room, Bai Feng unexpectedly received a message from Sabrina.
"Max Mushroom, send me 100 stalks too."
More than a month had passed since Bai Feng promoted Max Soup and Max Mushroom, and only now did Sabrina suddenly come online.
Since Sabrina last revealed Team Rocket's plan to capture Articuno to Bai Feng, she hadn't contacted him again. Bai Feng only learned from Lance that Team Rocket's plan to capture Articuno had failed.
Since then, Sabrina had been completely out of contact. Even the Saffron Gym was currently being managed by her parents. Sometimes he truly worried that Sabrina might be dealt with by Team Rocket for exposing her identity.
"100 stalks of Max Mushroom is no problem, but are you alright? You disappeared for so long!"
Sabrina replied, "Of course I'm fine! I've been operating under a different personality during this time, so of course I couldn't contact you!"
Bai Feng breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Then Sabrina told Bai Feng about her experiences during this period.
Since Team Rocket wanted to capture Articuno, they naturally wouldn't forget Moltres and Zapdos. Sabrina personally led teams to capture these two Legendary Pokémon during this time.
She didn't inform Bai Feng either time, because if their actions were frequently predicted by the Pokémon League, even an idiot would know there was an informant.
Because she successfully captured Moltres and Zapdos, Sabrina was now highly valued by Sakaki, who had her form a new Three Executives group with Koga and Lt. Surge.
Sabrina was certainly no match for Moltres and Zapdos. Her ability to successfully complete this task was thanks to the black technology provided by Team Rocket.
Including the Three Executives group Sabrina and others had just formed, Team Rocket currently had three units favored by Sakaki. The other two were the Three Beasts unit composed of Chuck LS Qi and Ouka, and the Four Generals unit composed of Archer, Ariana, Lansi, and Petrel.
Since Sabrina was an undercover agent, she naturally wouldn't just sit idly by. After successfully capturing Moltres and Zapdos, her next step was to plan for them to escape from Team Rocket.
As for the major mistake of their escape, she planned to pin the blame on the Three Beasts, who were currently guarding the two Pokémon.
She would take the credit, and the blame would be shifted to others – this was Sabrina's scheme.
To prevent Moltres and Zapdos from being recaptured after escaping, Sabrina contacted Bai Feng, hoping he could arrange for someone to go to a designated location and take Moltres and Zapdos away beforehand.
After hearing Sabrina's plan, Bai Feng was silent for a moment before replying, indicating that he understood.
To ensure the safety of his communication with Sabrina, he also gave her his Porygon-Z, as it wasn't of much use staying with him anyway.
With Porygon-Z protecting her, Sabrina's information security was guaranteed, and the possibility of exposure would be greatly reduced.
It was very convenient for Porygon-Z to go to Sabrina. As long as they were communicating, it could successfully find Sabrina by following the network cable.
"100 stalks of Max Mushroom is fine, but you need to be careful yourself."
"Don't worry, I'm very careful in my actions, and besides, I'm not fighting alone."
Then Sabrina gave Bai Feng an address and told him to just send the things there.
After ending the conversation with Sabrina, Bai Feng immediately contacted Lance and told him about the plan to rescue Moltres and Zapdos.
Lance had already tasted the benefits from Bai Feng last time, so this time, of course, he believed his plan without a second thought.
Just having Lance alone, Bai Feng still felt it wasn't secure enough. After all, Lance was still too young. So, he contacted his elder brother Red, and through Red, he contacted Blue, arranging for Blue and Lance to team up.
Several months passed in the blink of an eye before Bai Feng learned from Lance that the rescue plan for Moltres and Zapdos was very successful.
Shortly after, he contacted Sabrina again and learned from her that because of the escape of Moltres and Zapdos, the Three Beasts were severely punished by Sakaki. Now, Sakaki's regard for the Three Beasts was not as high as for their Three Executives.
The matter could be considered concluded for now.
The end of the year was approaching. Once the year was over, Bai Feng would be sixteen. In the Pokémon World, sixteen was considered a complete adult, not only possessing full capacity for action but also able to marry and have children.
As the end of the year drew near, Biyi City became increasingly lively, with lanterns and decorations everywhere.
After handing over the last batch of berries, Max Honey, and fruit nectar to the Breeder Association for transport, Fangxing Mountain's business for the year was completely finished.
That day, to purchase things, Bai Feng, Bai Ye, Lopunny, and Hatterene were driven to the West District by Machamp.
After a large shopping spree, they found a Cafe to sit down and have something to drink, taking a break.
"Excuse me, may I sit here?"
At this moment, a familiar sound rang out. Bai Feng looked up and saw Chairman Rose looking at him with a smile on his face.
"Chairman Rose, what are you doing here?" Bai Feng asked in surprise. "Please, have a seat." He gestured for him to sit.
Chairman Rose readily sat down across from Bai Feng.
"Why would Chairman Rose come to the Kalos Region?" Bai Feng asked again.
Chairman Rose explained with a smile, "The Galar League and the Kalos League have a project partnership, and I happened to be here on a business trip. I suddenly remembered that you live in this city, so I decided to look around. I didn't expect to actually run into you."
Bai Feng didn't believe a single word Chairman Rose said. The two of them didn't have much of a relationship.
"Oh right, I heard that a large amount of Max Honey has appeared in the Kalos League recently. I think this must be related to you!" Chairman Rose said, changing the subject.
Here it comes! He knew Chairman Rose's purpose for appearing here wasn't simple.
Bai Feng wasn't surprised that Chairman Rose could guess he was the source of the Max Honey. Or rather, he wasn't particularly concerned about whether this matter would be exposed.
Because now he had enough confidence.
"What does Chairman Rose want to say?" Bai Feng asked, raising an eyebrow.
Rose didn't beat around the bush either, but asked directly, "The Eternatus's body we lost is in your hands, isn't it?"
Bai Feng didn't deny it. "That's right, it is in my hands."
He wasn't afraid of Rose. Firstly, he had the strength to protect himself. Secondly, although the Galar League stood behind Rose, the Kalos League also stood behind him.
Bai Feng might not have known his special status in the Kalos League before, but after selling Max Honey and having another chat with Old Man Louis, he completely understood his importance to the Kalos League.
If the Galar League made a move against him, the Kalos League wouldn't stand idly by.
Bai Feng's answer made Chairman Rose pause for a moment. He hadn't expected Bai Feng to admit it so readily. At the same time, he quickly realized where Bai Feng's confidence came from.
After pondering for a while, Chairman Rose suddenly said with a smile, "Actually, I don't intend to ask you to return Eternatus's body. That thing wasn't of much use in our hands anyway.
I'm just a little curious, and I wonder if you could help me clear up some confusion."
Bai Feng said generously, "I'd be happy to."
Rose said, "Since you can produce Max Honey using that thing, it means you've found a method to utilize Eternatus's body. And driving Eternatus's body requires special energy. How did you obtain the energy?"
Rose's understanding of Eternatus was even greater than Bai Feng had imagined.
"Before I answer Chairman Rose's question, could Chairman Rose answer a question for me first?" Bai Feng counter-questioned.
"Go ahead," Rose said, looking surprised.
"Chairman Rose achieved energy freedom for the Galar Region by imprisoning Eternatus. Have you ever considered that one day you might face retaliation from Eternatus?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Chairman Rose's expression changed, and his gaze towards Bai Feng was no longer friendly. Outsiders didn't know about his imprisonment of Eternatus.
Seeing this, Bai Feng quickly reassured Chairman Rose, saying, "Chairman Rose, don't worry. I'm not saying this to be your enemy; on the contrary, I'm saying it to help you.
I know your pursuit has always been solely to achieve energy freedom for the Galar Region."
Hearing this, Chairman Rose frowned and said, "Continue."
Bai Feng cleared his voice and said:
"I think the most ideal state Chairman Rose needs is to actively enter into a partnership with Eternatus, rather than obtaining energy by imprisoning it.
What Eternatus needs is nothing more than energy. As long as we help it find a method to obtain energy, I don't think it would refuse a partnership. After all, no one wants to be imprisoned forever.
If Chairman Rose continues to imprison Eternatus, and if it ever breaks free, what would it do to replenish the energy you've consumed? I think even if I don't say it, Chairman Rose should be able to guess, for example... draining all the energy from the Galar Region..."
Chairman Rose suddenly sat up straight and said, "I won't let it break free!"
Bai Feng shook his head. "Don't be so sure. What kind of earth-shattering ability a Pokémon of that existence possesses, none of us know. The fact that it can be imprisoned by you now might just be it secretly accumulating strength."
Bai Feng's words successfully made Rose lower his head and fall into deep thought. After a long while, he looked up and back at Bai Feng. "Do you really have a method to help Eternatus obtain energy?"
"Of course," Bai Feng said confidently. "Isn't the large amount of Max Honey appearing in the Kalos League enough proof? I can help you. Since there's a gentle way to solve the problem, why resort to extreme measures?
It's truly good when everyone is well."
"I'll think about it and get back to you!" Chairman Rose felt his mind was in a mess at this moment.
"Of course, I await you anytime," Bai Feng said with a smile and a nod.
"Then I shall take my leave for today," Chairman Rose said, getting up to leave.
"Chairman Rose, take care," Bai Feng said, getting up to see him off.
Standing at the entrance of the Cafe, watching Chairman Rose get into a car with a solemn expression, a smile appeared on Bai Feng's face.
Chairman Rose was a smart person. Bai Feng believed he would make the correct choice.
(End of Chapter)
# Chapter 292: Talking with Eternatus
Chairman Rose didn't contact Bai Feng until after the New Year. Just as Bai Feng had guessed, he ultimately chose to compromise. As long as Bai Feng was willing to tell him the method to help Eternatus obtain energy, he would be willing to negotiate with Eternatus.
If Eternatus agreed to reconcile, he would also be willing to release Eternatus.
To negotiate with Eternatus, Chairman Rose invited Bai Feng to join the negotiation because Bai Feng possessed the ability to communicate with Pokémon.
As soon as the New Year passed, Bai Feng, at Chairman Rose's invitation, took an aircraft to the Galar Region.
Eternatus had been imprisoned by Chairman Rose in the Energy Plant in the Underground of Hammerlocke Stadium in Hammerlocke City, so Bai Feng's destination was naturally Hammerlocke City.
Several days later, Bai Feng, riding in the aircraft piloted by Mewtwo, landed atop the Macro Cosmos Headquarters. Greeting Bai Feng and his companions was Chairman Rose's capable subordinate, Oleana.
Seeing Bai Feng descend from the aircraft with Mewtwo and Bai Ye, Oleana quickly stepped forward and greeted, "Mister Bai Feng."
"Secretary Oleana, long time no see," Bai Feng also smiled and greeted Oleana.
Oleana's attitude was cold. "Chairman Rose is already waiting for Mister Bai Feng. Please follow me!"
Aside from Chairman Rose, she was usually cold towards everyone else, so Bai Feng didn't mind. He nodded and followed Oleana with Bai Ye and Mewtwo to Chairman Rose's Office, where they met Rose.
"Welcome to Galar, my dear friend."
Since he had already made up his mind to release Eternatus, Chairman Rose was very enthusiastic towards Bai Feng, who held the method to provide energy for the Galar Region.
"Please, have a seat! Have a seat! Oleana, please prepare some drinks."
Oleana nodded upon hearing this and then turned and walked out of the Office.
After exchanging pleasantries for a while, the two began discussing serious business. Bai Feng signaled to Bai Ye, and Bai Ye took out a document from her bag, sending it to Chairman Rose using Psychic.
Looking at Bai Ye's serious expression, Bai Feng really wanted to laugh. She truly looked like a beautiful secretary beside a domineering CEO. Hahaha~~~ My thoughts are drifting. Getting down to serious business is more important.
"The method I mentioned is detailed in this document," Bai Feng said to Chairman Rose. "Chairman Rose can take a look."
Chairman Rose opened the document excitedly, but he quickly frowned again.
"Bai Feng, the method described here... is it really feasible?"
He truly hadn't researched the move Cosmic Power.
"Of course. If it hadn't been verified, how would I dare bring it before Chairman Rose?" Bai Feng said confidently.
Chairman Rose still frowned deeply and said, "Pokémon that can learn Cosmic Power are easy to find, but getting all of them to learn this move isn't easy!"
After all, what Chairman Rose needed to do was not just supply energy for a single Fangxing Mountain like Bai Feng did; he needed to supply the entire Galar Region. The number of Pokémon needed to use Cosmic Power would be much larger.
Getting so many Pokémon to learn Cosmic Power simultaneously would not be an easy task.
Hearing this, a smile appeared on Bai Feng's face. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been so generous as to directly tell Rose the method.
"Since I am confident enough to show the plan to Chairman Rose, I have a method to quickly help Pokémon learn the move Cosmic Power. As long as Chairman Rose can find a sufficient number of Pokémon! However, if you need my help..."
Bai Feng didn't finish his sentence, but Chairman Rose understood his meaning. Wasn't this asking for benefits?
Chairman Rose lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked up at Bai Feng and said, "After reaching a partnership with Eternatus, you, Bai Feng, will have 5% shares in the new Energy Plant!"
Hearing this, a brilliant smile bloomed on Bai Feng's face.
"Excellent, then I wish us a pleasant partnership!"
5% shares, ah. Don't underestimate the 5%; it was truly a considerable amount. One must know that the Energy Plant's clients were the entire Galar Region. Even if Bai Feng did nothing from now on, just holding these 5% shares would allow him to live a life of extravagance.
This could practically be considered a family heirloom, one that could even lay eggs.
Moreover, the Energy Plant was not Chairman Rose's private property; it belonged to the Galar League. It was only because Chairman Rose presided over its construction that he held 15% of the shares.
Now, Chairman Rose was using his portion of the shares to make a trade with Bai Feng. As for the other shares in the Energy Plant, even as the Chairman of the Galar League, Rose couldn't freely allocate them.
"A pleasant partnership!"
Chairman Rose extended his hand and shook Bai Feng's hand. To be honest, as long as he could help the Galar Region achieve energy independence, he didn't care about this small loss.
Chairman Rose was very rich, extremely rich. His Macro Cosmos Group was involved in various industries and was a veritable money machine. Money was truly just a number to him.
Therefore, although the Energy Plant shares were valuable, they were not essential to him. He could afford to give a portion to Bai Feng.
After all, if Bai Feng's method could truly succeed, then he was worth these 5% shares!
"Without further ado, let's go see Eternatus first!" Bai Feng suggested.
All their trade was based on Eternatus's willingness to cooperate. If Eternatus was unwilling, then everything would be in vain.
"Alright, I'll have to trouble you, Bai Feng, to put in more effort for the negotiation with Eternatus!" Rose nodded.
Taking someone's money means resolving their trouble. Even if Chairman Rose didn't say it, he would do his best.
"Chairman Rose, please rest assured."
Subsequently, Chairman Rose and Bai Feng's group took a car to Hammerlocke Stadium. The Energy Plant was built in the Underground of the Arena, and Eternatus was imprisoned deep within the Energy Plant.
Soon, Bai Feng arrived deep within the Energy Plant under Chairman Rose's guidance and saw the sleeping Eternatus there.
Eternatus was levitating above a special hemispherical device. Purple energy light pillars continuously burst forth from its body. These purple energy beams were Dynamax Energy.
All the purple energy bursting from Eternatus's body was collected by a special energy warehouse and then transported to various places in the Galar Region through pipes connected to the warehouse.
Eternatus's power was constantly being squeezed dry, yet it never received replenishment. No wonder when it broke free in the future, it would angrily absorb energy from the entire Galar Region, causing The Darkest Day to descend again.
"Chairman Rose, please turn off the devices here," Bai Feng said.
Since they were going to negotiate with Eternatus, the act of squeezing it dry had to stop. Otherwise, while negotiating with someone, you were still squeezing them dry; no one would be willing to cooperate!
Chairman Rose nodded and said a few words to Oleana beside him. Under Oleana's command, the machines in the factory began to stop working one by one.
This was something Bai Feng and Chairman Rose had already agreed upon before coming. Chairman Rose had also announced to the entire Galar Region that Dynamax Battles would be suspended.
Although this matter caused a big reaction, and everyone was guessing the reason for the suspension of Dynamax, the situation was currently still under Chairman Rose's control.
Although Chairman Rose stopped squeezing Eternatus dry, he had been squeezing it for so many years, and the Energy Plant still had a large amount of energy storage. Therefore, the Galar Region would not fall into the predicament of energy shortage in a short time.
"Let's begin!"
Saying this, Bai Feng and Mewtwo flew up, flying all the way to Eternatus's brow before stopping.
Because he was worried that Eternatus would cause trouble after waking up, Chairman Rose had not yet lifted the imprisonment on it. Instead, he first let Bai Feng use Psychic to enter Eternatus's Mental World and negotiate with it, and only lift the imprisonment after reaching an agreement.
If they couldn't reach an agreement, then they would have no choice but to continue imprisoning it.
Bai Feng and Mewtwo placed their hands on Eternatus's brow, and at the same time, their entire bodies burst forth with purple radiance. Eternatus seemed to sense something and was slightly resistant, its body involuntarily twisting.
But Eternatus was not a Psychic-type Pokémon after all. In a competition of Psychic Power, it was impossible for it to win against Mewtwo. Ultimately, Bai Feng and Mewtwo's spirit forms successfully entered its Mental World.
Meanwhile, Bai Ye stayed outside, guarding them.
Just as Bai Feng had guessed, although Eternatus was imprisoned, it had been trying to find a way to break free. Therefore, its spirit form was extremely active, constantly wandering in the Mental World.
"Roar!!!"
Seeing Bai Feng and Mewtwo, these two strange existences, intrude into its Mental World, it let out an angry roar and began to chase them, wanting to swallow the intruders in one gulp.
Bai Feng ran and shouted at the same time, "Hey hey hey~ Stop it! We came to negotiate with you. Don't you want to regain freedom?"
Eternatus, which had originally opened its mouth wanting to swallow Bai Feng, stopped its movements as expected after hearing this sentence.
"You humans are going to set me free?" Eternatus's voice rang in Bai Feng's ears.
"Yes and no!" Bai Feng replied.
"Roar!!!" Eternatus roared angrily again. "Are you playing tricks on me?"
It started to bite at Bai Feng and Mewtwo again.
"Don't be anxious, first listen to me finish what I have to say." Bai Feng and Mewtwo were chased by Eternatus, scrambling everywhere in its Mental World.
After chasing for a while, Eternatus saw that it couldn't catch them, and only then reluctantly stopped and asked, "What do you have to say? Go on!"
"You want to gain freedom, and we humans want to gain energy. If we can cooperate with each other and achieve a win-win, wouldn't all problems be solved?" Bai Feng said.
"You humans imprisoned me for so many years, and you still want me to cooperate with you? Dream on!" Eternatus roared angrily.
"Don't be anxious!" Bai Feng quickly appeased Eternatus. "We humans are indeed wrong, but you also have a fault. Back then, when you first descended upon the Galar Region, you greatly absorbed the Galar Region's energy because you lacked energy, which then led to The Darkest Day, bringing great confusion to the Galar Region. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been defeated by the Sword King and Shield King, been severely injured, and ultimately fallen into human hands."
Hearing Bai Feng mention the Sword King and Shield King, Eternatus fell silent.
The Sword King and Shield King were the Legendary Pokémon Zacian and Zamazenta respectively. It was precisely them who defeated Eternatus, which had created The Darkest Day phenomenon in the Galar Region. Only then did The Darkest Day disappear.
To this day, the legend of the Sword King and Shield King still circulates in the Galar Region.
Seeing Eternatus fall silent, Bai Feng continued, "I think you should already be unable to leave the Pokémon World now, right?"
Bai Feng's words made Eternatus fall silent again. Ever since it accidentally fell into the Pokémon World, it had discovered that it was subjected to the rules of the Pokémon World and was already unable to leave here.
Bai Feng knew he had guessed correctly. If Eternatus could leave this world, it probably would have left long ago. Otherwise, why would it rely on absorbing the Galar Region's energy to maintain activity?
"Since you have to live in this world, you need an energy source. Even if we set you free now, what can you do? Continue to absorb the Galar Region's energy to maintain activity? But the Galar Region's energy is limited. If it's drained dry by you, what should you do then?
Moreover... the Sword King and Shield King cannot stand by and watch you destroy the Galar Region!"
Bai Feng's words successfully made Eternatus waver.
"Since both we and you have faults, why not bury the hatchet, and then work together to create a better future together?" Bai Feng continued.
"Do you really have a method to help me obtain sufficient energy?" Eternatus asked hesitantly.
"Of course. We went to great lengths to come in precisely to discuss this matter with you. There's no need for me to deceive you," Bai Feng said with a smile.
Bai Feng's words made Eternatus fall into deep thought. After a while, it finally spoke, "Alright, I agree to cooperate with you. I hope you don't deceive me, otherwise, I won't be polite!"
Chairman Rose waited anxiously outside, and still didn't see Bai Feng return, so he could only pace back and forth with an irritated expression.
Seeing this, Oleana comforted him, "Since Mister Bai Feng is so confident, he must have full confidence in persuading Eternatus. You can rest assured."
Rose took a deep breath. "You're right!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Feng and Mewtwo's consciousness returned to their bodies, and the human and Pokémon flew back from the air, one after another.
After Bai Feng landed, Chairman Rose immediately came forward and eagerly asked, "How is it? Was the negotiation smooth?"
Bai Feng said with a smile, "I didn't fail you!"
Hearing this, Chairman Rose let out a sigh of relief, then patted Bai Feng's shoulder. "Thank you for your hard work!"
"It's nothing," Bai Feng shook his head. "Now you can remove the imprisonment on Eternatus."
Oleana looked at Rose upon hearing this. Rose gently nodded towards her. He was a person with determination. Since they had already reached this point, there was no need to be hesitant.
As Oleana left, the imprisonment placed on Eternatus's body soon disappeared, and it slowly awakened from the imprisonment.
"Roar!!!"
The awakened Eternatus let out a long roar towards the sky, a long-awaited roar.
(End of Chapter)
# Chapter 293: Giga Eden
After leaving the Energy Plant, Bai Feng and Chairman Rose became busy. There were still many things to do, such as signing the Share Transfer Contract, finding Pokémon that could learn Cosmic Power, building a place for Eternatus to live, and so on.
This partnership with Chairman Rose took more time than Bai Feng had imagined. Four years passed in the blink of an eye, and during these four years, Bai Feng had to travel to the Galar Region almost constantly.
Now, near Hammerlocke City in the Galar Region, there was a special building that shocked the entire Pokémon World. This building could be said to be the greatest in the Pokémon World, costing countless money and resources, and taking a full four years to complete. It covered an area of over 200,000 square meters. Rather than calling it a building, it was more like a town specially built for Eternatus.
This building was named Giga Eden by Chairman Rose.
The interior of the entire Eden used very special materials and technology to create the appearance of the Starry Sky, inhabited by Eternatus and countless Minior.
These Minior were collected from all over the world by Chairman Rose, using the power of the entire Galar League. There were nearly 100,000 of them. Whenever they flew into the Sky on a dark Night, they would adorn the Sky, making it look dreamlike and magical, as if one had arrived in true Space.
Because the Minior that shed their exoskeleton have seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, and emit beautiful radiance, they are truly stunning when they dot the Night Sky.
Minior, the Meteor Pokémon, possess both the Rock type and Flying type. This Pokémon is born in the Stratosphere and lives in the Ozone layer. Because they are too weak, they are often food for Pokémon like Rayquaza.
When they are pursued by powerful Pokémon, they turn into meteors and fall to the Pokémon World.
Minior that fall to the Pokémon World can easily have their exoskeleton shattered due to the impact, revealing their beautiful core inside.
Although the core of a Minior is beautiful, once exposed, it will slowly dissipate. However, there is a method to save them, which is to catch them in a Poké Ball.
The Alola Region is currently the location where Minior are most likely to fall, so Bai Feng and Chairman Rose's people have frequently traveled to the Alola Region over the past few years.
The only thing that made Bai Feng feel relieved was probably that Minior learn the move Cosmic Power very quickly. With Bai Feng's help, they could learn it almost instantly and were also very easy to sense cosmic energy. They could even collect more energy by using Cosmic Power once than other Pokémon.
This was probably related to the fact that they were born in Space.
It was precisely for this reason that Chairman Rose chose Minior among many Pokémon to be Eternatus's helper.
When Chairman Rose announced that Dynamax Battles in the Galar Region would be temporarily suspended, no one expected it to be suspended for four years. It wasn't until recently that Dynamax Battles reopened. Many Pokémon Trainers almost thought that there would be no more Dynamax Battles in the Galar Region in the future!
After Dynamax Battles reopened, Pokémon Trainers showed even greater enthusiasm for it, because they were all afraid that this special battle method would disappear again someday.
At this moment, Chairman Rose was sitting in his Office with a smile on his face. The screen in front of him was playing footage of Dynamax Battles from various competitions.
Looking at the Galar Region, which was so prosperous, his heart was filled with joy. He felt that the most correct decision he had ever made in his life was to form a partnership with Bai Feng.
Because of this partnership, not only did the Galar Region completely solve the problem of energy shortage and move towards new prosperity, but the crisis lurking In the darkness was also completely resolved.
Now the Galar League and Eternatus are in a very friendly partnership. The Galar League raises countless Minior to support Eternatus, while Eternatus serves as the energy supply center for the Galar Region.
The two truly achieved a win-win situation.
Just then, there was a knock on the door of Chairman Rose's Office.
"Please come in!" Chairman Rose said.
As the Office door was pushed open, Oleana walked in.
"Chairman, Mister Bai Feng is here."
Compared to four years ago, Oleana had become more mature and charming, but she still maintained a stern demeanor towards everyone, only showing a faint smile when facing Chairman Rose.
Chairman Rose had also changed quite a bit. The most obvious change was his increasingly round beer belly, which he probably developed after his worries lessened significantly following the resolution of the Galar Region's energy problem.
"Quick, quick, please invite him in!"
Hearing Oleana's words, Chairman Rose immediately said happily.
"That kid is finally here!"
"Yes!"
Shortly after Oleana went out, Bai Feng walked in with Bai Ye.
"Chairman Rose, it's been a while," Bai Feng greeted Chairman Rose warmly after entering the room.
Over the past four years, Bai Feng and Chairman Rose had met frequently, and their bond had become very good, with a sense of friendship despite the age difference.
Four years had passed, and the twenty-year-old Bai Feng had become more mature. His height was almost 1.9 meters, giving him a very imposing presence. At the same time, his face was becoming more and more handsome; anyone who saw him couldn't help but praise him as a handsome young man.
Bai Ye had also changed greatly. Four years of training had made its aura deep as the sea, especially its eyes. If you made eye contact with it for a little too long, you would feel dizzy.
"It has been a while. How have you been doing lately?" Chairman Rose asked kindly.
"Just the usual, taking care of the Orchard at home every day and accompanying the Pokémon in their training," Bai Feng replied with a smile.
Three years ago, Bai Feng officially graduated from Intermediate School. He had no thought of going to university (Institution of Higher Learning), so he spent most of his time busy at home, and then occasionally visited the Galar Region.
He came to Hammerlocke City today to help the last batch of Minior learn Cosmic Power. Because these Minior were enough to help Eternatus obtain energy, if new Minior entered Giga Eden in the future, they would have to figure out how to learn this move on their own. It didn't matter if it was a bit slower.
After chatting about their respective lives for a while, they rode in the car arranged by Oleana towards the location of the Eden.
After Giga Eden was built, Chairman Rose did not seal it off just because Eternatus resided there. Instead, he turned it into a special tourist attraction. Now, a large number of tourists come here for sightseeing every day.
The car drove along the road that runs through the entire Eden. As soon as they entered the Eden, the light became dim. At the same time, countless Minior, levitating in the air and twinkling with different colors, appeared in their line of sight.
To make it convenient for tourists to appreciate the Minior, the light here was deliberately dimmed.
It could be said that in order to populate the Eden with Minior, Chairman Rose rescued most of these Pokémon in the Pokémon World.
Because this Pokémon descends from Space to the Pokémon World, and its exoskeleton is shattered, it will quickly dissipate naturally, leaving no trace of its existence.
Most Minior in the Pokémon World die this way.
But it's different in the Eden. Here, there is a simulated Space environment and the protection of Poké Balls, so the Minior do not naturally dissipate and live very happily. They are also very willing to work for Chairman Rose.
Seeing Chairman Rose's car enter, many Minior immediately gathered around and happily greeted Bai Feng and Chairman Rose inside.
Because Bai Feng was the one who taught them the move, they were also very close to Bai Feng.
While driving into the depths of the Eden, Bai Feng also saw many tourists, most of whom were couples.
Because the Eden has "living meteors" and is full of romantic color, young couples really like to come here for dates.
Not only is it romantic, but the ticket is also not expensive, so it naturally became a holy land for couples' dates!
Of course, not all areas of the Eden are open to the public. The core area where Eternatus resides is a restricted area.
People come and go in the Eden every day, and no one would have thought that the "The Darkest Day" Pokémon, which is said in legend to have brought disaster to the Galar Region, would reside here and become the energy supply center for the entire Galar Region.
As the car drove in, the gate to the core area of the Eden slowly opened, and Bai Feng and the others entered a new area.
This was a huge dome Space. The light in the Space was not bright, but it was fine for seeing normally.
The Space was very empty. Except for a transparent tunnel, there was nothing else, only a large amount of starlight dotted on the dome.
The starlight was also made up of Minior.
This dome Space was where all the Minior and Eternatus rested. Except for the inside of the tunnel, the space outside had no Gravity.
Others would find it difficult to move in such a special environment, but Minior and Eternatus would not be affected at all.
Moreover, the dome of this dome Space could be opened. Every night, Eternatus would take the Minior out to sightseeing and only come back to rest when they were tired of playing.
"Ong~~~"
Suddenly, a long cry sounded in the Space, and Eternatus's figure immediately appeared. Its crystal clear exoskeleton sparkled because it was full of energy. It was very happy to see Bai Feng arrive.
Towards Rose, it didn't have such a good expression. Although it was currently in a partnership with the Galar League, it would not forget the hatred of Rose imprisoning it for so many years.
Rose didn't mind this. As long as Eternatus worked properly, that was enough.
Bai Feng greeted Eternatus and told it that he had to work and asked it not to disturb him.
Eternatus nodded and then disappeared In the darkness again.
At Chairman Rose's signal, the Staff Member opened a gap in the transparent tunnel, and then the Minior that needed to learn the move flew in one by one.
Bai Feng touched them one by one, and then began to use his 'Golden Finger' to teach them the move.
Having taught the move Cosmic Power to so many Pokémon, Bai Feng felt like he himself was almost able to use this move.
As time went on, the Minior gradually all learned this move. Although they were not very skilled at using it temporarily, they would succeed as long as they practiced more.
"Go on now!"
Bai Feng patted the Minior one by one again. Their bodies were warm and smooth, like hot water bottles. If you could hold one in your arms in cold weather, it would definitely be very comfortable.
Watching the Minior leave, Bai Feng let out a long sigh. From now on, he wouldn't have to come to the Galar Region so frequently. That 5% of the Energy Plant shares really wasn't easy to get!
No, to be precise, it was 5% of Giga Eden's shares. The new Energy Plant is now Giga Eden.
As soon as the Minior left the transparent tunnel, Eternatus appeared again.
"Ong~~"
It called out to Bai Feng.
"You want me to go in?" Bai Feng asked in surprise.
"Ong~~"
Eternatus nodded repeatedly.
Seeing this, Rose said to Bai Feng, "It seems to have something to say to you. Then I'll go out and wait for you first."
"Okay!" Bai Feng nodded.
As soon as Chairman Rose left, Eternatus urged Bai Feng to go in again.
Bai Feng used Teleport and disappeared into the transparent tunnel the next second, appearing beside Eternatus. However, he was protected by psychic energy all around him, otherwise, he couldn't stand this special environment.
Four years of arduous training had made Bai Feng's psychic power much stronger.
"Why did you call me in?" Bai Feng asked doubtfully.
He was communicating telepathically with Eternatus, otherwise, it would be impossible to communicate through sound in the environment outside the transparent tunnel.
He saw Eternatus suddenly spread out its entire body's exoskeleton, revealing its core, which was flashing with red radiance.
Eternatus's core was its most important organ, and it opened it up to Bai Feng so easily, showing its trust in Bai Feng.
These four years of getting along weren't wasted!
Mainly because it knew that it was Bai Feng who negotiated with Rose and fought for it to regain the opportunity for freedom from Rose.
In Bai Feng's surprised gaze, a rose-red speck of light flew out from Eternatus's core, turned into a beautiful crystal the size of a fingernail, and landed in Bai Feng's palm.
"What is this?"
Bai Feng looked doubtfully at Eternatus and asked. He could sense that the rose-red crystal contained abundant Dynamax energy.
"Ong~ Ong~"
It turned out that Eternatus knew that Bai Feng would rarely come to the Galar Region in the future, so it specially prepared this gift for him. As long as he had this crystal, Bai Feng could let his Pokémon Dynamax or Gigantamax anytime, anywhere, no matter where he was.
After learning about the crystal's effect, Bai Feng's face showed surprise. He didn't expect there to be such a treasure. He thanked Eternatus with a face full of smiles.
"Eternatus, thank you. I really like this gift."
Although he also had a Pseudo-Eternatus at home that could help Pokémon Dynamax, that thing was after all not as convenient to carry as a crystal, right?
Eternatus was also very happy that it could help Bai Feng. Making this crystal was not easy. If it were in the past when its energy was not abundant, it would be impossible to make it no matter what. It was only recently that it could barely make one.
After chatting with Eternatus for a while longer, Bai Feng finally left Giga Eden.
(End of Chapter)
## Chapter 294: Bramblin and Brambleghast
After leaving Eden, Bai Feng returned to Hammerlocke City with Rose.
Rose was a busy man and didn't have much time to accompany Bai Feng, so as soon as they returned to Hammerlocke City, they parted ways. Bai Feng happened to be planning to buy some gifts for the Pokémon at home, so he walked down the streets of Hammerlocke City with Bai Ye, picking out gifts everywhere.
The mother and son quickly bought a large pile of things. Seeing that they had bought almost everything, they found a place to sit down and rest.
At this moment, the large electronic screen opposite them was broadcasting a piece of news about the Kalos Region. The news was a statement from the new Pokémon League Champion of the Kalos Region, Calyrex.
A few days prior, Calyrex had successfully ascended the Champion's throne of the Kalos Region.
When giving her inauguration speech, Calyrex said, "To reach the position I hold today, I must thank many people and Pokémon.
My Pokémon have accompanied me in battle all the way here. Whether it's Gardevoir, Goodra, or Gourgeist, Hawlucha... they are the best partners on my path of growth!
And Ms. Maple, the teacher who has always guided me, and my friends with whom I have grown and exchanged ideas...
There is one person among them whom I need to thank especially. Without his help, I wouldn't have reached everyone so quickly. It's just that for some special reasons, I cannot tell everyone his name. I can only express my gratitude to him in this way!"
Calyrex's final statement caused infinite speculation and competitive reporting among many news media and Pokémon Trainers. Everyone was very curious about who this person could be.
The reason Calyrex's statement attracted media attention was that when the Johto Region Champion Lance, the Hoenn region Champion Steven Stone, the Sinnoh Region Champion Cynthia, the Unova Region Psychic Type Elite Four Caitlin, and the Galar Region Champion Leon gave their inauguration speeches, they had all said similar things.
For a time, everyone speculated if they were all talking about the same person? If it was the same person, then who was this person?
Who had such great strength to stand behind so many Pokémon League Champions and Elite Four?
Watching the Host reporting the news on the big screen eloquently explaining his views and constantly listing his hypotheses, Bai Feng and Bai Ye exchanged glances, revealing a smile that hid their achievements.
In these four years, Calyrex and the others' strength had improved rapidly, and they had successively begun to ascend the Champion's throne according to the trajectory of the original work.
In addition, the number of Bai Feng's Client friends had increased, such as Leon.
Leon was originally a Pokémon Trainer sponsored by Chairman Rose. Since Bai Feng and Chairman Rose reached a partnership, he had met Leon more often, so he naturally invited Leon to join his deposit service as well.
Leon was one of the earlier Client friends of Bai Feng to ascend the Champion's throne, even before Lance and Cynthia.
Furthermore, through Steven Stone's introduction, Bai Feng also met his friend Wallace and similarly brought Wallace into his service range.
Similarly, under Cynthia's introduction, the Bug-type Elite Four Aaron, the Fire Type Elite Four Flint, and the Psychic Type Elite Four Lucian from the Sinnoh Elite Four also became Bai Feng's customers.
Aaron, Flint, and Lucian were all very unconvinced about Cynthia ascending the Sinnoh Region Champion's throne. They constantly thought about how to pull Cynthia down from the Champion's throne, so they would challenge Cynthia from time to time.
Cynthia accepted their challenges every time without refusal.
Perhaps feeling that they weren't much of a challenge to her, Cynthia wanted them to become stronger, so she introduced the three of them to Bai Feng.
Incidentally, as the Sinnoh Bug-type Elite Four, Aaron's ace Pokémon was a Vespiquen. The first time this Vespiquen went to Square Mountain, it immediately started fighting with Bai Feng's Vespiquen. The battle was incredibly fierce; they fully demonstrated what it means for kings not to meet kings.
Unfortunately, Aaron's Vespiquen ultimately lost, and its wing was even torn off by Bai Feng's Vespiquen. If Bai Feng's Meganium (Bayleef had already evolved into its final form) hadn't appeared in time, Bai Feng's Vespiquen might have directly eaten Aaron's Vespiquen.
This was the cruel competition rule among Vespiquen, so Bai Feng never let his several Vespiquen meet. Bai Feng's Vespiquen also kept the rule Bai Feng set in mind and never trespassed on other Vespiquen's Plot of Land.
Incidentally, that female Combee, under Bai Feng's careful training, had successfully evolved into a Vespiquen.
Since Aaron's Vespiquen suffered a great loss at the hands of Bai Feng's Vespiquen, it began special training frantically, and its strength improved rapidly.
Famous Bug-type Pokémon Trainers are rare, and Aaron is one of the most famous. After his Vespiquen's strength greatly increased, it performed very impressively in various events. Now that Vespiquen has become a star Pokémon among Bug-type Pokémon Trainers!
Bai Feng and Bai Ye rested for a while and were about to leave when someone sat down in front of them in a relaxed manner.
"Yo! Long time no see!" The person waved and greeted Bai Feng and Bai Ye.
"Long time no see, Raihan." Bai Feng greeted the newcomer with a smile, "Are you out shopping too?"
Raihan is the Gym Leader of Hammerlocke City, a Dragon-type Pokémon Trainer. In the Galar Region, he is known as the strongest Pokémon Trainer after Leon.
The Galar Region is a special place. Although they have a Pokémon League Champion, they do not have Elite Four. The eight Gym Leaders under the Pokémon League's jurisdiction represent the highest level of Pokémon Trainers.
Because Bai Feng had frequently visited Hammerlocke City in recent years, he inevitably interacted with this Gym Leader, so they had a relatively familiar bond.
"No!" Raihan shook his head, "I came specifically to intercept you."
Hearing Raihan's words, Bai Feng was confused, "Intercept me? Did I offend you?"
Raihan shook his head, then pointed to the Host who was still talking incessantly on the big screen not far away and said, "He's talking about you, right?"
"Maybe... probably... possibly... it's me."
The Host had already praised the mysterious person to the sky and underground. Now that Bai Feng had to admit it directly, he felt a little embarrassed.
"It's you, I know it!" Raihan stared closely at Bai Feng, his tone even carrying a hint of resentment.
"Did Leon tell you?" Bai Feng asked curiously.
Raihan slowly nodded, looking at Bai Feng with eyes full of accusation.
"We've always had a good relationship, haven't we? You actually kept such an important matter from me! Are you afraid I can't afford the money?"
Bai Feng: ...
Raihan had always regarded Leon as his biggest opponent. Although Leon had ascended the Champion's throne, he believed the gap between him and Leon wasn't so large as to be negligible.
But in the past two years, the situation had changed. Every time he sparred with Leon, he could clearly feel that Leon's growth was terrifyingly fast, and the gap between him and Leon was becoming increasingly obvious.
He had always been unable to understand why this was happening. It shouldn't be this way. It couldn't be that Leon suddenly had a breakthrough, right?
He had observed Leon for a long time but never found the reason.
Finally, he couldn't hold back and directly asked Leon for the reason. Leon didn't hide it from him and generously told him about Bai Feng.
Thus, the scene of Raihan coming to intercept Bai Feng occurred.
"Hahaha..." Bai Feng laughed awkwardly, "Actually, I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just... I just never found an opportunity to say it."
"Really?" Raihan looked at Bai Feng with suspicion.
"Really, really." Bai Feng quickly assured him, "You know now, don't you!"
"Time is money..." Raihan was full of resentment, like a wronged little wife, "Can I join now?"
"Yes, yes!"
Bai Feng quickly took out his mobile phone and showed the QR code for joining the group to Raihan.
Not long after, a notification sound indicating a new person had joined the chat group rang out.
Little Dragon Person joined the chat group.
After the Client friends in the group discovered a new person had joined, they immediately sent welcomes?
After Raihan greeted everyone, Bai Feng began to explain how to use the service.
As the two chatted, Raihan's mobile phone suddenly vibrated violently.
Raihan answered the telephone impatiently.
"Hello, what's the matter?"
Soon his brow furrowed tightly.
"What's wrong? Something happened?" Bai Feng asked.
"Something happened in a town nearby. The problem seems quite serious. I have to go check it out!" Raihan sighed deeply after hanging up the telephone.
As the Gym Trainer of Hammerlocke City, whenever something happened in the surrounding area, he had to go handle it.
Just then, he suddenly thought of something, so he stared intently at Bai Feng and said, "Bai Feng, how about you come with me? You should be free now, right!"
"Me?" Bai Feng asked, pointing to himself.
"Yes, you!" Raihan pulled Bai Feng and walked out of the Restaurant, even thoughtfully paying the money for him.
Free labor is not to be wasted.
As soon as they were out of the Restaurant, Raihan took out a Poké Ball and released a Flygon, urging Bai Feng to get on.
Bai Feng quickly refused, "Alright, I'll go! I'll ride my own Pokémon."
As far as he knew, Flygon was Raihan's only flying mount. He felt cramped just thinking about two large men riding one Pokémon!
Saying that, Bai Feng took out a Poké Ball and released Unfezant.
Among Bai Feng's main Pokémon, besides Bayleef having evolved into its final form Meganium, Tranquill had also successfully evolved into Unfezant.
Bai Feng's Unfezant was male, thus possessing a larger and more robust physique than female Unfezant, and also a more magnificent appearance.
"Perfect!" Raihan laughed and flipped onto Flygon, controlling it to fly into the sky.
After Bai Feng and Bai Ye rode together on Unfezant, Unfezant let out a long cry and followed closely behind Raihan's Flygon, flying up.
After flying for an unknown amount of time, a town appeared in Bai Feng's line of sight.
The environment around this town was not good. There was exposed sand everywhere. A gust of wind blew, and the sky immediately filled with swirls of sand.
Of course, the problem wasn't the desolate surrounding environment, but the town itself. Bai Feng saw from afar that the entire town was wrapped and filled with clusters of brown dry grass, making the whole town emit a strangely terrifying aura. It looked very eerie!
As soon as the two landed near the Town Entrance, they saw several people in police uniforms running over in a panic.
"Gym Leader Raihan, you're finally here!"
"What exactly happened?" Raihan asked, looking at the town that was filled with withered grass.
"It's Bramblin and Brambleghast! It's all Bramblin and Brambleghast!" someone said with a face full of fear.
Some of them had tried to enter the town, but as soon as they got close, the Bramblin and Brambleghast inside would absorb people's stamina, making them weak and exhausted.
Bai Feng looked closely at the town and indeed found that what filled the town was not withered grass, but Bramblin and Brambleghast. They had eyes!
No wonder he felt an aura similar to his Trevenant Forest above the town.
Bramblin and Brambleghast are both Grass Type and Ghost type Pokémon. They are tumbleweed Pokémon, and Brambleghast is the evolution of Bramblin. They generally only wander in dry, desolate places, rolling around aimlessly.
The environment around this town indeed made it easy to attract Bramblin and Brambleghast, but these two types of Pokémon generally don't gather in such large numbers!
"I'll go take a look!"
Raihan rode Flygon again and flew towards the inside of the town. With so many Bramblin and Brambleghast gathered, and them absorbing people's stamina, he was very worried about the safety of the town residents.
However, as soon as Raihan approached the town, his stamina began to drain rapidly. The same happened to Flygon. The person and Pokémon actually fell towards the ground uncontrollably.
Seeing this scene, Bai Feng and Bai Ye quickly used Teleport from their Original spot, appearing next to Raihan and Flygon the next second. They grabbed them and carried the weak person and Pokémon away from the town.
Seeing Raihan's dark face turn pale from excessive weakness, Bai Feng quickly took out a can of Max Honey and gave some to him and Flygon.
Max Honey was very effective at restoring stamina. Before long, Raihan and Flygon returned to normal.
"Thanks to you this time, otherwise Flygon and I would have been trapped inside too!" Raihan said with lingering fear.
A single Bramblin or Brambleghast wasn't scary, but when there were this many, it became very tricky. They couldn't be approached, nor could a frontal assault be used, which left everyone stumped for a moment.
"Why don't we just burn them all with fire?" someone said, discouraged.
As Grass-type Pokémon, and dry grass types at that, flames were indeed the nemesis of Bramblin and Brambleghast.
"Are you crazy? Do you want to burn down the entire town? Get it straight, we're here to save people, not harm them!" someone reprimanded.
Raihan, who hadn't spoken, saw Bai Feng looking thoughtful and asked, "Bai Feng, do you have any method?"
(End of this chapter)
## Chapter 295: The Wicked Villagers
"I'll give it a try!" Bai Feng said after a moment of hesitation.
Under everyone's puzzled gazes, Bai Feng walked to the front of the Town Entrance and took out several Poké Balls.
With flashes of red light, Primarina, Kricketune, Altaria, Chatot, Lapras, the Toxtricity brothers, and Rillaboom appeared simultaneously.
Four years had passed. The Rillaboom in Primarina's Band had long since evolved from a Thwackey. At the same time, Primarina's Band was now a very well-known Pokémon Band on the internet, with countless fans.
Nie Zi, who had been composing music for them, also gained widespread fame because of this and was now a famous composer.
In these four years, Primarina's Band made a lot of money. Besides the four Vespiquen at Bai Feng's Home, the Band Members were the richest.
(Bai Feng gave the Vespiquen a share of the profits from selling Max Honey, so the Vespiquen were very wealthy and were famous rich ladies of Fangxing Mountain.)
Primarina's Band had even sung theme songs, insert songs, and ending songs for movies multiple times.
Initially, Calyrex invited Primarina's Band to sing the theme song for one of her movies. Unexpectedly, this song became an instant hit along with the movie, and Primarina's Band's popularity reached a new level because of it.
After that, many other movies came to Primarina's Band one after another, asking them to help sing theme songs, insert songs, ending songs, and so on.
Almost all of Primarina's Band's songs were collaborations with Nie Zi, to the point that Nie Zi almost became their exclusive composer.
Of course, Primarina's Band always paid Nie Zi generous remuneration. Nie Zi relied on this side job to both earn money and gain fame.
As expected, as soon as Primarina and the others appeared, some of the police officers recognized their identity, their faces filled with the excitement of seeing their idols.
That there were fans of Primarina's Band among just these few people showed how high Primarina's Band's popularity was.
Under their surprised gazes, Bai Feng took out a Poké Ball again and separately recalled Rillaboom into the Poké Ball. At the same time, he revealed the Dynamax Band on his wrist.
As clusters of purplish-red Dynamax Energy surged from the Dynamax Band, the Poké Ball suddenly became the size of a human head.
Hammerlocke City has Dynamax Energy Spots, so Dynamax Battles can be held here.
Bai Feng suddenly threw the enlarged Poké Ball out. Rillaboom reappeared, but as soon as it appeared, the wooden drum and wooden stake in its hand began to rapidly grow, becoming like a Forest in the blink of an eye.
Rillaboom sat upright on top of the huge wooden stake. The extending foliage was like arms, and each arm held a wooden stick.
Dong dong dong!!!
As Rillaboom controlled its foliage arms to strike the wooden stake, strong sound waves, like the beating of a wooden drum, spread out. Raihan and the police officers couldn't help but cover their ears.
Gigantamax Rillaboom appeared!
At this moment, they also roughly guessed Bai Feng's plan. Since they couldn't enter the Town and couldn't attack Bramblin and Brambleghast without damaging the Town, they would use sound waves to attack.
Almost without Bai Feng needing to instruct them, Raihan and the police officers took out their earphones and put them on.
Next, they saw Bai Feng use psychic power to carry Primarina, Kricketune, Altaria, Chatot, Lapras, and the Toxtricity brothers, flying them onto Rillaboom's huge wooden stake.
The three wooden stakes in the middle of the wooden drum had clearly become the stage for the Band's performance. Primarina, Kricketune, and Lapras stood on the middle stake, Altaria and Chatot, the two flying Pokémon, stood on the left, and the Toxtricity brothers stood on the right.
And Bai Feng, the Pokémon Trainer, sat on the shoulder of the tall Gigantamax Rillaboom.
After the Pokémon took their positions, Primarina, as the Lead Singer, tested its voice.
"Woo~~~"
A beautiful singing rang out. The Growl move was activated along with the singing.
Dong dong~~
As Primarina's singing began, Rillaboom started beating its drum. What was magical was that Primarina's singing was very skillfully fused into Rillaboom's drum sounds and continuously spread towards the distance along with the drum sounds.
Normal sound propagation has limits; the further the target distance, the lower the attack power of the sound wave. After continuous research, Primarina's Band came up with an excellent method to solve this.
Gigantamax Rillaboom's drum sounds possess extremely strong penetrating power and propagation ability. Legend says that a powerful Rillaboom, after Gigantamaxing, can have its drum sounds spread throughout the entire Galar Region, and can even travel across the sea to other regions.
The one at Bai Feng's Home is definitely not that exaggerated, but its drum sounds can indeed serve as amplification and sound amplification.
Primarina's Band also appointed different amplifiers for different battle environments.
In field battles, the amplifier is Gigantamax Rillaboom. In water battles, the amplifier is Gigantamax Lapras.
Gigantamax Lapras's singing might not be as penetrating as Gigantamax Rillaboom's drum sounds, but it is very long-lasting, and its propagation ability is almost equal to Gigantamax Rillaboom's drum sounds.
However, integrating the music of the other Band Members into Gigantamax Rillaboom's drum sounds and Gigantamax Lapras's singing is very difficult. Even after several years of continuous practice, everyone still often makes mistakes.
This is when Bai Feng, the conductor, needs to step in. Bai Feng will use his psychic power to simultaneously connect with all of his Pokémon on the field, allowing their thoughts to be at the same frequency during the performance, and simultaneously adjusting the frequency of the sound. This way, everyone's sound can perfectly fuse together.
For example, at this moment, Bai Feng's eyes were flashing with purple glow, clearly indicating that he had established a mental connection with the Pokémon.
As expected, when Primarina's singing spread into the Town along with Rillaboom's drum sounds, the Bramblin and Brambleghast began to stir.
The sound check finished, and the performance officially began.
Dong dong dong~~~
Rillaboom's stirring drum sounds rang out, followed by the guitar and bass sounds of the Toxtricity brothers. They simultaneously integrated the Overdrive move into the drum sounds to intimidate the opponent.
One could see streaks of electric current unexpectedly carried within the sound waves spreading out in the air. The electric current entered the Town along with the sound waves, continuously coursing over the bodies of all the Bramblin and Brambleghast.
Some of the Bramblin and Brambleghast directly fell down in the coursing electric current.
Stimulated, the Bramblin and Brambleghast finally began to counterattack. One could see moves like Bullet Seed, Shadow Ball, and Energy Ball shooting out overwhelmingly from the Town.
"Qi~"
"Gua~"
"Wu~"
At this time, Altaria, Chatot, and Kricketune acted simultaneously. Their voices integrated into Rillaboom's drum sounds, and they simultaneously used the Round move.
Round is a team battle move. It can only unleash its maximum power when used by a plural number of Pokémon simultaneously.
As a wave of powerful sound wave spread out, all the attacks from the Bramblin and Brambleghast were dispersed by the vibration and completely disappeared in the blink of an eye.
After blocking the attack from the Bramblin and Brambleghast, Chatot's singing rang out again. The move it used this time was Echoed Voice.
After Chatot was Kricketune, after Kricketune was Altaria, after Altaria was Lapras, and finally it was the turn of the main attacker, Primarina.
They were all using the same move—Echoed Voice!
The Echoed Voice move increases in power with the increase in consecutive uses. By the time it was Primarina's turn, the power had already increased to maximum.
"Woo~~~"
Primarina's voice spread into the Town along with Rillaboom's drum sounds. All the Bramblin and Brambleghast in the Town emitted unpleasant hisses under the attack of the sound wave.
The hissing sound of the Bramblin and Brambleghast was very peculiar, like the howling wind in the desert, very scary.
Some of the Bramblin and Brambleghast directly fainted in this wave of attack from Primarina, and some others began to roll out from the Town, wanting to run away.
Of course, there were also some planning to resist stubbornly.
Seeing some Bramblin and Brambleghast running away from the Town, Raihan and the police officers one after another brought their Pokémon and attacked.
Dazed under the attack of Bai Feng's Pokémon, the Bramblin and Brambleghast no longer had the thought of resisting and were captured one by one by Raihan and his group.
Primarina's Band's singing was still continuing. At this time, the will of most of the Bramblin and Brambleghast had been defeated, so the move used by the Band this time was Sing. They planned to make the Bramblin and Brambleghast in the Town enter a sleeping state.
Without the will to resist, they were easily hit by the Sing move.
The singing of Lapras, Altaria, and Primarina was the most beautiful and pleasant to listen to. As the singing full of hypnotic effect rang out, the Bramblin and Brambleghast in the Town one after another fell into deep sleep.
After dealing with the Bramblin and Brambleghast, Bai Feng and the others could finally enter the Town without any reservations.
Their first feeling as they walked into the Town was quiet! It was very quiet. There wasn't a single sound in the entire Town.
The Town was full of Bramblin and Brambleghast everywhere. On the streets, on the Roofs, in the shops... anywhere visible was covered in Bramblin and Brambleghast, which was very terrifying.
Of course, most of the Bramblin and Brambleghast were sleeping at this time. Although a small number were still awake, they were not worth fearing.
Another point was that all the Town Residents were going about their normal activities, but their eyes were vacant and their faces were pale. Not only were their bodies controlled by the Bramblin and Brambleghast, but a large amount of their vitality had also been absorbed.
Bai Feng and Raihan both suspected that the Bramblin and Brambleghast had the intention of raising the Town Residents to continuously provide them with vitality, like "livestock"!
The few of them quickly found the town mayor and helped him break free from Brambleghast's control, planning to ask him what exactly happened.
The mayor here was a middle-aged person over forty. He was a bit bald, had a bit of a large belly, and looked very greasy.
Probably because too much vitality had been absorbed, this mayor not only had a pale face but even walked a bit shakily. Bai Feng and his group asked him about the reason for the large gathering of Bramblin and Brambleghast here, but the mayor always stammered and changed the subject, just refusing to say what exactly was going on.
Raihan was quite angered by him. It was very clear that the people of this Town must have done something, which is why it attracted the revenge of the Bramblin and Brambleghast.
It doesn't matter. If the mayor doesn't speak, they can directly ask the Bramblin and Brambleghast. Anyway, Bai Feng possesses the ability to communicate with Pokémon, and there was more than one party involved.
Soon, Bai Feng and the others found a few Bramblin and Brambleghast that hadn't fallen into deep sleep and learned the truth of the matter from them.
Ghost-type Pokémon in the Pokémon World are a very special group. Some of them are hatched directly from Pokémon Eggs, while others are souls of creatures after death, or are born from spirits possessing objects.
The most famous is Banette. Legend says they were born in strong resentment because the power of curses entered discarded dolls. They will even go search for the people who discarded them.
This is not some horror legend.
And the Bramblin and Brambleghast gathered here are some that were born from souls possessing withered grass because of strong resentment that prevented them from entering the Spirit World.
A long time ago, this Town was not as desolate as it is now. Forests were everywhere here, with birds singing and flowers fragrant. Countless Pokémon lived here, and it was a very beautiful place.
But the people here, for survival, massively cut down the Forests and reclaimed farmland, causing the Forest to disappear little by little, leaving countless Pokémon homeless.
Gradually, the Pokémon that originally lived in the Forest began to die one after another. It was just because they held resentment towards humans that they did not enter the Spirit World but instead possessed withered grass, turning into Bramblin and Brambleghast, and had been lingering around the Town nearby.
Probably even heaven couldn't stand the wicked deeds of the Town Residents. Their harvest from the Plot of Land worsened day by day, and finally the fertile fields gradually turned into desert, which is what Bai Feng and the others see now.
Originally, the Bramblin and Brambleghast had no thought of revenge against the Town Residents. After the fertile fields turned into desert, the Bramblin and Brambleghast began to wander aimlessly here.
After becoming Bramblin and Brambleghast, the desolate environment was instead more suitable for them. Every day they had nothing to do, only needed to follow the wind and roll around in the sand, and lived very happily.
They also didn't need to eat. When this body made of withered grass was shattered due to wear and tear, their souls would automatically enter the Spirit World, and the resentment in their souls would also disappear accordingly.
But the Town Residents seemed unable to stand them living peaceful lives. They unexpectedly thought that the poor harvest from the Plot of Land and the fertile fields degrading into desert were all due to their curses. So they gathered together, planning to burn all the Bramblin and Brambleghast with a single fire.
After hearing this news, the Bramblin and Brambleghast finally could no longer restrain the resentment in their hearts.
One night, a gust howled fiercely in the desert. All the Bramblin and Brambleghast rode this wind, silently entered the Town, and occupied this place.
Since the Town Residents didn't plan to let them off, why shouldn't they strike first?
So the Bramblin and Brambleghast controlled the Town Residents who were still in their dream, planning to raise them as "livestock" to continuously provide themselves with vitality!
(End of this chapter)