"Ugh... Ugh..."
After an unknown amount of time, Magnolia groaned twice, her eyelids fluttering open.
The first thing she saw upon opening her eyes was Bewear's face, taking up her entire field of vision.
"Wahhh!"
Next to her, Allister was also stirred awake by Magnolia's scream, his eyelids fluttering open, only to see Sōdo.
"Dr. Sōdo, um... I..."
Allister was somewhat embarrassed, but his eyes were filled with confusion as he looked around.
What, what just happened?
He vaguely remembered a strong feeling of suffocation rising in his heart, and then he passed out.
"Sorry, Bewear hasn't mastered this power yet."
Sōdo helped Allister up.
After half of them woke up, Sōdo turned to Mustard and explained, "This is 'Conqueror's' Haki, which can intimidate enemies. Even in my team, only Bewear can master this power. Of course, the applications of Conqueror's Haki go far beyond this..."
Mustard stroked his beard, surprised and delighted, "This old man has really had his eyes opened today, ruru~"
"Genius..."
Rose and Chairman Damalank both exclaimed the same sentiment.
Allister stared blankly at Sōdo's back, thinking, "Sonia, is this the feeling that Leon gave you back then?"
Sōdo continued, "Master Mustard, as the strongest Fighting-type Trainer of this era, I believe your Pokémon are very suitable for Haki."
Mustard's eyes lit up immediately.
Although he had retired for many years, how could he not be tempted by such an interesting and powerful combat technique?
Standing behind him, Rose couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth upwards.
Although Mustard had retired and could no longer represent Galar in official competitions.
But don't forget that Leon is Mustard's disciple. If Mustard learns it, wouldn't he teach it to Leon?
Rose could already imagine the scene of Leon's team learning this powerful move and beating up Lance.
Damalank's expression, on the other hand, was very unsightly.
Of course, he could also think of what Rose could think of.
The fact that the right to publish the Pokédex had been snatched away by Rose was already enough of a headache for Damalank.
Now there's even Haki?!
But the next second, Sōdo changed the subject, "However, I also hope to get something from Master Mustard."
"Oh? What does this old man have that little Sōdo is interested in?"
Mustard asked curiously.
"Master Mustard, those two Urshifu you had just now, they should be one male and one female, right? Do they have any offspring?"
Sōdo didn't hide anything and directly stated his purpose.
"Oh oh~ Haha, that was originally what this old man was going to leave to his most outstanding disciple, but if it's little Sōdo, you'll definitely be able to train it well, right..."
As Mustard spoke, he reached into his pocket.
He already had two Urshifu, and he himself was old.
He really didn't have much energy to train another one.
Originally, Mustard planned to entrust it to a suitable junior.
The original plan was to choose an outstanding one from his disciples.
Since Sōdo had opened his mouth, then what harm was there in helping him achieve his goal?
However, to his surprise, Sōdo reached out towards Erika, "No, Master Mustard, I think that child is more suitable for my companion."
"Sōdo, me?"
Erika pointed at herself, her face filled with disbelief.
The others had the same expression.
"Sōdo, this isn't fair?!"
Ituki shouted exaggeratedly, "The Galarian Moltres was also going to be given to Erika... right? Why is Urshifu also... It can't be because she can let you... oh, no, can give birth to your children that she gets so many preferential treatments!"
The principle of not worrying about scarcity but worrying about uneven distribution is an eternal truth.
Even Ituki knew that Erika's position in Sōdo's heart was probably a little higher than his own.
But you can't be so biased.
Two Legendaries? That's too much!
"Urshifu's types are Fighting + Dark and Fighting + Water, do you think it's suitable for you?"
Amidst Erika's murderous gaze, Sōdo asked Ituki in return.
Ituki opened his mouth wide, unable to think of a rebuttal for a moment.
In the end, all his words turned into a "Damn it!"
"Sōdo, Moltres is enough, I don't need..."
Erika tried to dissuade him.
"I already have a bear on my team. If I let Urshifu join, the roles will overlap."
Sōdo patted Tapu Koko's shoulder.
In the original anime, Ash traveled for 20 years and caught so many Pokémon.
But upon closer inspection, one can see that there are basically no Electric-types.
That's because Pikachu firmly occupies the position of an Electric-type.
And Urshifu is the same way, its combat style overlaps too much with Bewear.
If it joins my team, it will inevitably end up on the bench.
If it were a cutie like Zorua who only likes to eat and drink, that would be fine.
But Urshifu is a combative Pokémon, it needs to fight.
This makes it unsuitable for joining my team.
"This... Okay, alright..."
Erika had nothing to say and could only agree.
"He's really good to his own people."
Magnolia also expressed the same sentiment as Ash and the others at Professor Oak's lab back then.
To have the opportunity to obtain a Legendary Pokémon like Urshifu, most people wouldn't care about the problem of overlapping roles.
They would just get it first!
But Sōdo can consider the feelings of the other Pokémon on his team and give it to his companion.
This is really too selfless.
"It seems like it wouldn't be bad if he were my new dad..."
Magnolia muttered in a low voice.
Galarian Articuno to that fatty, Galarian Moltres and Kubfu to that white-haired woman.
And he doesn't take a single penny himself.
Magnolia really felt that Sōdo was too generous.
If he were her new dad, it felt like... it wasn't unacceptable.
After all, Master Mustard and his wife Honey were more than 30 years apart.
The age difference between her mom and Sōdo wasn't even 20, not too far off.
"What little Sōdo said does make sense, then this child..."
Mustard also felt that what Sōdo said was reasonable. With this Bewear around, even if Kubfu grew to be stronger than its parents.
It probably wouldn't have any chance to appear.
That would be too pitiful.
Then he prepared to hand the Poké Ball containing Kubfu to Erika.
"Wait!"
Bea stood up and shouted:
"Is that person really capable of raising Kubfu well?!"
Master Mustard planned to entrust Kubfu to an outstanding disciple, this was known to everyone in the dojo.
To be honest, Bea would be convinced if it were given to Sōdo.
Whether it was the overwhelming power shown in the video against Galarian Articuno.
Or the understanding of martial arts that he had just shown.
Bea felt that there was probably no Trainer in this world more suitable to train Kubfu than Sōdo.
But... what is that white-haired woman?
We've worked so hard for so long, but we haven't gained Master's approval.
Why can you take away a Legendary as soon as you come?
Just because you have an awesome teammate?
This made Bea, who had a stubborn personality, very unconvinced.
"Oh~ So little girl, you think you're more qualified than me?"
Erika smiled wickedly with Freiren's face.
She had never been polite to anyone other than Sōdo.
"At least I want to see if you're more qualified than me."
Bea showed off a Poké Ball.
Erika curled her lips slightly and threw out a Poké Ball with a backhand.
There appeared, Incineroar!
...
"Hawlucha is unable to battle, Incineroar wins."
Two minutes later, Magnolia, who was moonlighting as a referee, announced the results of the battle with a stutter.
Although it took two minutes, anyone who wasn't blind could see that this "Erika" was just toying with Bea.
Otherwise, she could have ended the battle in one minute, no, maybe even half a minute!
Ten-year-old Bea bit her lower lip tightly, trying hard not to let her tears fall.
And standing next to Mustard, the Kubfu, the child of those two Urshifu, witnessed the entire battle.
"Looks like I'm at least more qualified than you."
Erika rested her chin on her hand and smiled wickedly.
Bea turned and ran out.
Sōdo sighed and said, "There's no need to be so serious with a 10-year-old girl, right?"
"I'm just letting her know the cruelty of society in advance."
Erika gave a beautiful wink, but with Freiren's face, it had a comical sense of a child pretending to be an adult.
"Little Kubfu, you'll be following your big sister from now on, got it?"
Erika squatted down, clapped her hands like she was calling a dog, and opened her arms to Kubfu.
Kubfu blinked twice, visibly nervous as it walked towards Erika.
Just as this slightly shy Kubfu was about to walk in front of Erika.
A swift shadow darted out, picked up Kubfu high in its arms, and kept rubbing its face.
"Ugh!"
Kubfu, whose face was about to be rubbed out of shape, let out a cold cry for help.
I feel like I'm going to suffocate.
Looking at Bewear holding Kubfu with great affection, Erika was speechless for a moment.
The child-loving problem has struck again.
...
Sōdo and his companions decided to temporarily stay at Master Mustard's dojo.
Galarian Articuno wasn't very convinced by Ituki, because the other party didn't capture it single-handedly.
This caused Galarian Articuno's mentality to be a bit like Future's Charizard, feeling that Ituki wasn't worthy of it.
Ituki felt it was necessary to find a deserted place, release his main force, and properly educate this dead bird, telling it who was the boss.
And in this world, no one knows more about how to train Kubfu than Master Mustard. Erika also wanted to ask him for advice in this regard.
For these two reasons, Sōdo decided to stay on Armor Island temporarily.
As for Damalank, he was still trying to discuss the issue of the Pokédex publishing rights with Rose, and stayed in Galar with Lorelei for the time being.
As for Iono, who came to Galar to join in the fun, she also briefly joined Master Mustard's dojo.
Although Master Mustard himself specializes in Fighting-types, as the former Champion of the Galar League, his views on Pokémon training and battles are no longer limited to a single type.
This can also be seen from the fact that the Pokémon used by his disciples are varied.
On the second day after joining Master Mustard's school, Iono found Honey and requested to use the dojo's computer to upload videos.
That night, a new video titled "One-Punch Bewear, a Pokémon with Invincibility Written All Over Its Face" appeared on the Iono Zone channel.
Cases of capturing Legendaries are already rare, and how much attention can be brought by using an ordinary Pokémon like Bewear to defeat a Legendary beast is even more needless to say.
Not to mention that her Trainer was originally a focal point.
Galar's "Spikemuth News": "Dr. Sōdo and our Galar League's former Champion Master Mustard are getting along very well. The two exchanged their Pokémon training experiences, and as we all know, our Galar's pride, Champion Leon, is Master Mustard's disciple. He will also absorb new knowledge from Master Mustard, and we can already look forward to the day when Leon will reach the top as the 'Strongest Champion'. In addition, the Pokédex will be released for the first time in Spikemuth in a month, and we are on the right track."
Kalos's " Lumiose Television": "Ituki kissed Dr. Sōdo after capturing Galarian Articuno. Perhaps our previous guesses were wrong. Dr. Sōdo's orientation is not female, or is not limited to female. For more details, please pay attention to our station's continued tracking reports."
Alola's " Manaloa Daily" wrote:
"After this incident, it can be confirmed that Dr. Sōdo chose to hand over the publishing rights of the Pokédex to Rose for the sake of his companions, rather than being like some people with dirty thoughts, for the sake of a certain widow Gym Leader. The reason why Dr. Sōdo chose to cooperate with Chairwoman Lusamine was also because he was attracted by the Chairwoman's personal charm and sympathized with each other. We hope that certain unscrupulous media will immediately stop spreading rumors."
The Johto " Goldenrod Television" radio station, which had previously ridiculed Lusamine for being an old cow eating young grass, reported: "Dr. Sōdo is a person who values loyalty, and the fact that he was bewitched by villains is not contradictory. We firmly believe that beauty is only temporary, while friendship is eternal. Dr. Sōdo's two companions, Ituki and Erika, are both from Johto. When certain unchaste people are old and fading, we believe that Dr. Sōdo will return to Johto for the sake of friendship."
In New Bark Town in the Johto region, seeing the report from his own TV station, a boy wearing a backwards baseball cap, about the same age as Ash, with an Aipom perched on his head, tapped on the keyboard and left his comment:
"It's okay, you can let her daughter take over in the future."
A minute later, the boy's computer displayed "Your account has been silenced."
...
Also in the Johto region, Goldenrod City.
Whitney was very unhappy.
She had just written the interview content with Iono into a press release, and added a lot of her own insights.
She focused on analyzing the causes and consequences of the Pewter tragedy.
Then she attributed the credit to Joker.
She stated that Joker was by no means an evil reflectionist as the Alliance said.
And pointed out that the Olivine Gym Leader, Steelix, was suspicious.
Because Joker's reputation was ruined two years ago because of the Olivine Gym attack.
Whitney felt that that Steelix definitely had a problem, otherwise why would someone as kind as Joker-nii sneak into his house in the middle of the night?
Well, if Steelix knew what Whitney was thinking, he would probably couldn't help but curse, is there any justice?
He ran into my house in the middle of the night, and it's my fault instead?
Though I have my own issues.
However, Hu Tao's analysis went online without causing any waves.
Even the cyber police were too lazy to bother with her.
A very important reason for this was that Su Sheng's popularity was too high, stealing all the traffic.
"The League is full of hypocrites! This Su Sheng is no good either!"
Hu Tao said angrily in front of the computer.
The reason why the heat of the Tokiwa tragedy was suppressed so quickly was thanks to this Su Sheng.
Damn it, damn it!
After a long silence, Hu Tao packed up and bought a train ticket to Asagi City online.
Asagi Gym definitely has a problem!
She decided to fight a protracted war and must dig out the other party's secrets.
"Smeargle, let's go!"
......
......
Itsuki was busy educating Galarian Articuno, Rika was focused on Kubfu's training, and the little tail Kiki, who was temporarily following behind, teamed up with Caitlyn, Margo, and other young Galar trainers to receive Mustard's guidance.
And Su Sheng also rarely acted alone.
Pot Bottom Desert, this is a rather hidden area of Armor Island.
Located in the center of the northern mountains, only connected to the Warm-Up Cave on the south side, with no other entrances or exits.
Rumble!
Raiko roared to the sky, and the sound of 100,000 volts of thunder resounded through the clouds.
The three Houndoom around him had purple light in their eyes, shuttling through the lightning and thunder, and released Overheat together at a very close distance.
However, in the next second, a monstrous water tornado rolled up from the center of the lightning and collided with the triple Overheat.
Surf!
And on top of the tsunami-like Surf, it was Suicune, one of the three legendary beasts!
After Surf and the triple Overheat stirred up water vapor, a burst of fire rolled up under Suicune's feet.
It turned into Entei, and with its burly body, it slammed into the hellhounds.
The three dogs also opened their bloody mouths, Dai Dai and Lu Lu frantically grabbed Entei's left and right waists with their front paws, and Bi Bi bit Entei's throat like a vampire.
On the other side, the Fairy Swablu with pink downy wings spread its wings and released a dazzling pink light.
Dazzling Gleam!
Bewear below squinted its eyes and punched the ground heavily.
Earthquake!
The picked-up yellow sand became a barrier, blocking the attack of Dazzling Gleam.
However, strangely, the light of Dazzling Gleam actually passed through the yellow sand barrier and pounced on Bewear's face like the Phantom Force of a Ghost-type Pokémon.
Bewear frowned, and then its pupils shrank.
Invisible aura, stirring up endless dust, enveloped the entire cave... no, the entire mountain!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh——
Under the terrifying pressure of the aura, two "thump thump" landing sounds came from behind Bewear.
It was Fairy Swablu and Zoroa, two babies.
And the Fairy Swablu in the air directly opposite disappeared without a trace like a mirage.
It's an illusion!
Obviously, just now Zoroa wanted to use illusion to cooperate with Fairy Swablu's attack to sneak attack Bewear, but it was seen through by the opponent and cracked with Conqueror's Haki.
Su Sheng, standing on a rock in the center of the desert, looked at the white-eyed wild Pokémon such as Maractus, Sandaconda, and Sandslash around him, raised his eyebrows and said to Bewear:
Bewear, don't release your Haki casually without my order in the future.
......
On the other side of Armor Island, Rika and Kubfu sat on the beach together.
This newly formed partner had just completed a wave of training, and was panting from exhaustion.
"Hey! Rika, do you want to have a fair samurai duel? Just use our new partners?"
Itsuki flew over on the back of Galarian Articuno and asked with a cheap smile.
In just a week or so, Itsuki had tamed this proud psychic bird.
After all, with Itsuki's strength, if he had sent his main force at the beginning, he could have subdued Galarian Articuno with his own strength.
"Do you want to die?"
Rika glanced coldly at this idiot.
Their new partners?
Isn't that Kubfu and Galarian Articuno?
Is there any comparability?
Unless Rika gets Galarian Moltres, it's about the same.
Itsuki certainly understood this principle, but the problem was that by that time, he wouldn't be able to beat Rika.
"Did you find a rare Pokémon?"
Rika brushed away the bangs that were stuck to her forehead because of sweat.
Accidentally harvesting such a legendary Pokémon as Kubfu made Rika a little uneasy.
She is not the type of xxn who thinks that women should receive gifts from men like Su Sheng's previous life.
No matter how good her relationship with Su Sheng is, if she gets such a powerful Pokémon, Rika will want to return the gift.
It just so happened that this guy Itsuki got such a convenient "transportation tool", so Rika asked Itsuki to find a rare Pokémon as a return gift.
Itsuki said, God, you want a return gift, what does it have to do with me?
But seeing Rika roll up her sleeves and show her fists, Itsuki still obediently compromised.
The problem is that the rarest Pokémon on Armor Island is Mustard's Kubfu.
I can't find anything rarer.
I modified a small bug in the previous chapters. The setting of this book is that Satoshi, Shigeru, and Gold/Silver are the same age, while in the game and manga, Red, Green, and Blue are three years older than Gold/Silver, so at this stage, Satoshi's generation is 5 years old, and Red's generation is 8 years old. I wrote 6 years old before, sorry everyone.
