Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 592: Melmetal and the Flower Crown
"Magikarp for sale! Top quality Magikarp! Look at their size, each one is the king of fish. Buy one and it will evolve into a Gyarados in no time, helping you pass the gym test! Each one is only 998! Come buy it now!"

“Takoyaki, steaming hot, freshly-made takoyaki!”

"Here are souvenirs of the King of Plenty! Come and buy them! This rare wood carving of the same style as the King of the Rat Crown is never sold to the public. Once you pass through Ziqin Town, you can no longer buy it!"

At the night market, the shouts of vendors could be heard one after another.

Tourists from other places and their Pokémons shuttled between the stalls with curiosity on their faces, and the atmosphere of the whole market was extremely lively.

Naoki and Qishu were among the vendors. Naoki was sorting the goods with Gulton at the back, while Qishu and Erguiyan were handing out candied haws to the customers with smiles on their faces.

Magnemite and Bubblehead sat on benches, with a current running through their bodies from time to time, providing power for the colorful lights on top of the stall.

A trainer who had challenged the Brewing Light Gym recognized Naoki and Qishu.

The girl was surprised: "Ms. Qishu! Mr. Zhishu! Why are you here?"

Qi Shu: "Because this is our home!"

The girl suddenly noticed Qishu's belly. She opened her eyes wide in disbelief: "Miss Qishu, your belly! Is there a baby in there?"

Qi Shu gently stroked her belly, then smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's been six months!"

The girl was stunned.

At this time, a boy ran over and put the money on the stall: "Boss, I want three strings of candied haws!"

"Bonnie~"

Erguiyan happily picked up three strings of candied haws, packed them and handed them to him. The boy excitedly ran back to his parents with the candied haws.

The girl also turned her gaze towards the stall in front of her. She looked at her Pokémon and said, "I want two too!"

"..."

The popularity of the candied haws exceeded Naoki's expectations. Just one hour after the celebration began, most of the stock they brought was sold out.

Fortunately, later on, most of the tourists climbed up the mountain path to the Shrine of Toyotomi to watch the celebration.

There were only a few people left at the night market, and the stalls gradually became empty.

Naoki took out two bottles of water from his bag and handed them to Ergui and Qishu, and asked, "How do you feel?"

Erotica: "Boni~!"

Qi Shu chuckled: "Before today, I have never had such an experience. It feels so interesting!"

"Really?" Naoki grinned.

What is important is not setting up a stall to sell candied haws, but participating in the lively market and becoming a part of it. This kind of atmosphere and environment cannot be compared with setting up a stall in the town.

"Next time I can bring my baby along to set up the stall." Qishu looked at her belly again.

After ten months of pregnancy, Naoki calculated the time carefully and realized that their child would be born after this winter.

Hearing this, the other Pokémon around also looked at the belly of the strange tree curiously.

Erguiyan approached cautiously: "Boni?"

Is there really a baby in here?
Seeing Ergui's curious look, Qishu nodded gently and said, "You can touch it!"

"Boni?!" Erguiyan was surprised.

It looked at the belly of the strange tree, and finally couldn't resist its curiosity and stretched out its hand carefully.

The moment its hand touched the belly, it immediately and clearly felt a movement inside.

"Boni!" Erguiyan was shocked and quickly withdrew his hand.

"That's the baby!" Qishu said.

After calming down, Erguiyan became even more curious. It circled around the strange tree, wanting to interact with the baby in its belly again.

Babu Groundhog couldn't help but fly forward, looking eager to try.

When the baby is born, it will definitely make friends with the baby!
"The baby will definitely like you." Qishu said.

Naoki and Gulden sat aside and watched this heartwarming scene with a smile. He could already imagine the scene when the baby was born and the Pokémon played with it.

At this moment, the Rotom cell phone in Naoki's pocket suddenly rang.

He took it out and saw that it was a message from Sonia.

[Sonia: Mr. Naoki, I have found the hiding place of the mysterious hero! ]

Naoki was slightly stunned, then immediately realized that Sonia had found Melmetal!
Noticing his reaction, Qi Shu looked over and asked, "What's wrong?"

"The matter I asked Sonia to investigate before has been resolved." Naoki answered Qishu while quickly replying to Sonia's message.

【King Yi: Where is it? 】

【Sonia: Map Link】

Sonia directly sent a location, and Naoki clicked on it, and the screen automatically switched to the map of the Galar region.

Sonia's current location is in the mountains west of Suchuan Town.

[Sonia: I went inside to investigate a little bit, and the situation is not optimistic. Is Mr. Naoki free tomorrow? Do you want to come and take a look in person?]

The situation is not optimistic?

What does it mean?
After thinking about it for a long time, Naoki still couldn't come up with an answer, so he decided to go to the Galar region tomorrow to check the situation.

Time passed slowly, and the Harvest Festival gradually came to an end. The tourists left here one after another, yawning, and the surrounding stalls began to pack up their things and prepare to go home.

After packing up their things, Naoki and his group returned to the ranch.

Naoki immediately went to find the Bud Crown King and told him what Sonia had revealed.

After hearing this, the Bud Crown King was also slightly stunned.

Then, He closed His eyes, and a layer of blue superpower light flashed on His body. His sight passed through the distant time and space, and He saw the figure of Melmetta in a cave.

The once huge silver metal body had now become covered in rust, and the rust had corroded its body. Melmeta was sitting deep in the cave, surrounded by deathly silence.

Seeing this, the Queen of the Lotus Crown instantly realized Melmetal's current situation.

Its life is about to come to an end, and it is now waiting for the last moment in the cave!

The Bud Crown King opened his eyes suddenly, not caring about the future toll on his body, and quickly said to Naoki: "I will go with you too."

Seeing the solemn expression of the Bell Crown King, combined with the information revealed by Sonia, Naoki already had some expectations in his mind.

He didn't say much, just nodded and said, "Okay."

The next morning, Naoki asked Yeci for a day off. After handing over the affairs of the ranch to the Ai Guanshi siblings and Qishu, he left the ranch with the Crown of Flowers, went to the Reverse World, took a "Pluto Dragon" express, and headed to the Galar region.

Under the escort of Giratina, Naoki and Princess Crowe finally arrived at the town of Tsudeng in the Galar region at nine in the morning.

This is a small town famous for its sandstone buildings and ancient art murals. The whole town is located on the mountain. Walking up the mountain road in the town, you can see a huge ancient mural.

In order not to attract other people's attention, Naoki put the Crown of Buds into the Poké Ball in advance, and then met Sonia in the inn in the town.

Seeing Naoki coming, Sonia immediately packed up her things and walked out of the hotel, saying, "Come with me!"

She released Steelix in the open space of the town and rode on it. Naoki also rode on Gulden. The two Pokémon rose into the air one after the other and flew towards the mountains in the west.

After about half an hour's journey, Steelix landed in a deserted valley.

"This is it!" She jumped off Steelix, looked back, and then walked towards the cave not far away. Naoki also got off Gulden, and Budcrown automatically floated out of the Poké Ball. One person and two Pokémon followed Sonia, constantly looking at the surrounding environment.

"According to my research in the Crown Snowfield, the Pokémon left the place a thousand years ago after providing the King of Sword and the King of Shield with metal for forging swords and shields. After many twists and turns, it came here to live in seclusion, but the strange thing is..."

As Sonia was talking, she suddenly turned around, and when she saw the figure floating beside Naoki, she was stunned.

Sonia opened her mouth slightly, her eyes flickering: "Bud Crown King... you really are the Motorcycle Mask!"

Naoki: "..."

It was quite embarrassing to hear someone else call out this code name, Naoki said: "Please keep it a secret for me, Miss Sonia. I don't want others to disturb our peaceful life."

Sonia was greatly shocked. Although it was just a guess before, when her guess was confirmed, she felt that no one could remain calm.

The mysterious man who defeated the God of Earth and the God of the Sea and commanded many legendary Pokémon to defeat the God of Creation Arceus, turned out to be a rancher farming in the countryside!

This kind of thing, no matter who sees it, will find it impossible.

Putting the rancher and the hero who saved the world together just doesn't seem to match.

But now, this incident actually happened in front of her...

Sonia looked at the former King of Galar in front of her and nodded belatedly: "I understand!"

"Thank you very much." Naoki thanked him and then said, "Please continue!"

Sonia then continued to lead the way. She organized what she wanted to say and continued:
"But the strange thing is that the Pokémon is not the same as what was recorded... It was covered in rust and its aura was very weak. I tried to take it to the Pokémon Center to find Miss Joy for treatment yesterday, but it rejected me."

It seems that his guess was correct. The life of this Melmetal is indeed coming to an end.

Naoki sighed and said, "Ms. Sonia, do you know what some Pokémon will do when their lives are about to end?"

Sonia was slightly stunned when she heard this. As a Pokémon scholar, she naturally knew something about this aspect.

In nature, most Pokémon will quietly leave the group when their lives are about to come to an end, looking for a place where no one will disturb them, where they will quietly spend the last journey of their lives.

So... that Pokémon is also one? !
Sonia suddenly had an idea. She immediately looked at Naoki in front of her and saw Naoki nodded, confirming her guess.

So that's why! No wonder that Pokémon refused to go to the Pokémon Center with her!
The group passed through the passage and soon arrived at the end of the cave.

There, Naoki finally met Melmetal, who was from the same period as Bud Crown.

In the anime, Satoshi also has a Melmetal, and Naoki still remembers what that Melmetal looked like.

It has a huge silver body, which is so pure that it can reflect light. There is no rust on its body and it looks very beautiful.

The Melmetal in front of him was covered in rust, and the metallic luster on his body had completely dimmed. The huge silver fist was corroded by the rust, leaving a black hole. His eye was closed, and he looked as if he had lost his life.

"This is it," Sonia murmured.

Naoki nodded slightly.

The Bud Crown looked at Melmetal, then slowly floated forward, trying to use her healing power to help heal her.

But it had absolutely no effect.

At this moment, Melmetta seemed to sense something and slowly opened her eyes.

It raised its head and saw a familiar figure floating in front of it.

Melmetal was stunned for a moment. Was it dreaming?

But soon, it realized that it was not dreaming, and the Flower Crown King in front of it was real!

After a brief moment of shock, Melmetal quickly came to its senses and asked anxiously, "Lu?!"

The Rape Crown King shook his head slightly: "Crown Mooji."

"lu..." Melmetal seemed very uneasy.

Sonya looked at this scene and couldn't help but ask, "What are they talking about?"

"Merumeta is asking Princess Tiara, is the night over?" Naoki's voice came from the side.

Hearing this, Sonia was slightly stunned. Dark Night? Did he mean Wuji Taina?

This dying Melmetal was actually still concerned about the disaster that enveloped the Galar region at this time. The first thing it said was to ask whether the night had ended...

Sonia felt inexplicably sad.

Naoki walked forward, then took out the ranch's life-giving goat milk and the holy ash of the Phoenix King from his backpack and tried to feed them to Melmetal.

Only then did Melmetal realize that there was another human being next to her.

The Rape Crown looked at it and said, "Eat them!"

Mirumeta opened her mouth and let Naoki use the goat milk and holy ash on it.

But the combination of the two only restored some of Melmetal's spirit, and his speech was not as weak as before, but it did not change its condition.

Naoki was slightly stunned. What was going on?

Are ash and goat’s milk ineffective?

At this time, the voice of the Rape Crown King came: "It has no injuries, but its life is about to end. I'm afraid that kind of thing will not be effective."

Melmetal continued to set her sights on the Bud Crown King.

"lu..." (I can no longer help you...)
The Crown of Lotus felt heavy-hearted: "Don't worry, I have found a way to completely defeat Dark Night."

The Bud Crown Queen hinted to Naoki through telepathy.

Naoki then said, "Don't worry, Melmetal, Sora and Kuramarant are ready. In addition, we have gathered many powerful Pokémon. The dark night will soon be over."

The Bud Crown King nodded in confirmation.

Melmetal had complete trust in the Bud Crown King. It murmured, "Lu..." (Great... Then everything that follows is up to you...)
After saying this, Melmetta's body relaxed, as if the worries deep in her heart were relieved.

The next second, a beam of silver light appeared on its huge body.

Melmetal slowly disintegrated in the light, and the rusty metal fragments scattered all over the ground.

After knowing that the night was about to end, it passed away peacefully.

The Bud Crown had a sad look on her face. Even though she was the king who once ruled the Galar region, she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

There is nothing more sad in this world than seeing a friend pass away before your own eyes.

But the next second, a dazzling light suddenly burst out from the rusty metal fragments.

The Lotus Crown King: “?!” What?!

In the light, the mottled rust on the metals slowly dissipated, and the metals seemed to have turned into jelly-like liquid and slowly vibrated.

Under the astonished eyes of the Flower Crown King, a golden nut suddenly emerged from above the liquid metal, and in the middle of the nut, a pitch-black eye floated.

A moment later, a large group of small Pokémon with soft silver bodies and golden nut-shaped heads appeared in front of Naoki and Budcrown.

"Uuuuuuuuu~!"

The group of Pokémon let out innocent cries, and then all looked up at Naoki and Crocette.

The Rape Crown King: “?!”

(End of this chapter)