Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 593 Meltans
"This...what is going on?!" Looking at the group of little Pokémon in front of him, a big exclamation mark appeared above the head of the Crown of Buds.

Sonia at the back also opened her mouth in surprise.

Only Naoki remained calm and explained to the others:
"I've heard of the legend about Melmetal. When its lifespan is about to end, its body will rust and disintegrate into tiny pieces of iron."

"And those tiny fragments will eventually be resurrected as Meltan, which is the previous stage of Pokémon like Melmetal."

"The Meltans will live together, and when the time comes, the strongest one will absorb the others to evolve, and this cycle will repeat over and over again."

"Doesn't this Pokémon have eternal life?" Sonia couldn't help but ask.

"No, the resurrected Meltan does not have its previous memories. It is like a newborn baby. Although it is still itself, it is no longer the same as before." Naoki said.

"Ah?" Sonia imagined for a moment and murmured, "If a trainer captured a Melmetal, but that Melmetal died, it would forget its trainer and its past. It would be so sad."

Naoki: "...In fact, compared to humans, Melmetal's lifespan is still very long."

Sonia: “…” I almost forgot.

After hearing Naoki's explanation, the Queen of Crowns has figured out what happened to Melmetal.

It lowered its head, looked at Meltan who had crawled to its feet, and said softly: "Naoki, let's take them home!"

"it is good."

The Bud Crown King probably also wants to reunite with his old friends, right?

Naoki squatted down, took off his backpack, opened the zipper, and put the pile of Meltan into the backpack.

The newly born Meltans were still ignorant of the affairs of the outside world, so they hardly struggled and were all put into the backpack.

After doing this, Naoki stood up, thanked Sonia, and promised:
"Thank you very much for your help, Miss Sonia. If the Everlasting awakens and the Galar region cannot handle it, please contact me."

Just consider it as a thank you gift for finding Melmetal!

Moreover, resolving the crisis of Mugen Taina has always been the wish of the Lotus Crown King.

Although He didn't say it, Naoki knew it very well in his heart. After all, as the former King of Galar, how could he watch Promise continue to wreak havoc in the Galar region?

Although he was once forgotten, Crown of Buds has always been the king Pokémon with a kind heart.

After hearing Naoki's promise, Sonia's heart was filled with gratitude.

She knew the identity of the man in front of her. She knew that he had prevented crises in other regions before, and that even the God of Creation was no match for him.

"Yeah!" Sonia nodded vigorously.

Now that the work is done, he should go back.

Just as Naoki was about to leave Galar and return to Padia, he heard Sonia ask:
"By the way, Mr. Naoki, there is a mural handed down from ancient times in Suchuan Town. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Mural? Naoki was slightly stunned, and after a little recollection he remembered the content in the game.

After a brief thought, he nodded and said, "Okay."

Naoki put on the backpack containing Meltan, and then returned to Suchuan Town with Sonia and came to the mural.

The mural depicts a sword and a shield placed among flowers.

Sonia introduced: "This is a relic that can be regarded as the symbol of Suchuan Town. It is regarded as a high art by the local people. It seems that there may be some kind of relationship between Cang Xiang and Zangmarant."

Of course Naoki knew that there was actually something behind the mural.

In the game, this mural is broken by Peter, revealing statues of Cang Xiang and Zamarante.

This also proves the lie of the Galar royal family. The hero is not a single person, but two Pokémon working together with two humans from the past.

But now that the Galar royal family's lies have been exposed, there is no point in breaking the mural.

Naoki took out his Rotom phone and took a photo as a souvenir.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a strange movement from the backpack behind him.

When I turned around, I saw that the metal zipper on the backpack had been eaten by the group of Meltans!
At this moment, one by one, the Meltans poked their heads out of the backpacks and struggled to climb out.

Naoki: "!!!"

He quickly picked up the Meltans that had fallen on the ground and stuffed them back into his backpack.

"woo woo woo woo!"

Meltan cried out.

As a Pokémon scholar, Sonia immediately understood what was going on when she saw this scene.

"Mr. Naoki, they seem hungry!"

Hungry? Naoki was stunned.

Sonia took out a berry from her backpack: "I just happened to have some berries here, here, eat it!"

It handed the fruit to the Meltans, but after smelling it, the Meltans continued to howl, and it seemed that they were not interested in the fruit at all.

"Aren't berries on their menu?"

"Meltan is a steel-attribute Pokémon." Naoki recalled carefully. If he remembered correctly, this Pokémon's favorite food was various metals.

Three minutes later, at the hardware store counter in Suchuan Town.

A group of hungry Meltans whimpered and looked at the screw in Naoki's hand.

"Here, eat!"

Naoki placed the pile of screws on the table.

The group of Meltans immediately pounced on them, picked up the screws and stuffed them into their bodies.

Their bodies are made of soft liquid metal, which can dissolve other metals and absorb them into their bodies.

The owner of the hardware store looked at the group of Pokémon with curiosity: "There are Pokémon that eat screws, how magical!"

"Not only screws, some Pokémon also feed on emotions!" Sonia also looked at this magical scene curiously.

The way Pokémon like Meltan eats is so unique!

"Pokemon is so amazing!" exclaimed the hardware store owner.

Naoki spent three thousand Alliance coins and finally fed this group of Meltans.

After having eaten and drunk his fill, Meltan lazily lay on the counter, and very humanely touched his bulging belly with his little hands.

"Are you full? If you are, it's time for us to go home!" Naoki said.

The Meltans didn't react.

Naoki continued, "There are many delicious metals at home! Have you ever tried silver coins and large gold beads?"

The owner of the hardware store was shocked.

What? Is this guest so rich that he would feed the Pokémon a precious metal like a giant gold bead!

Hearing this, the Meltans immediately opened their eyes and looked over excitedly.

Naoki opened the backpack, and the Meltans immediately stood up and ran inside. They quickly filled the bag up and sat down obediently in the backpack, waiting to go home with this human to eat the gold.

Naoki put on his backpack and said to Sonia beside him: "Okay, it's time for us to go back. We'll see each other again someday!"

Sonia nodded: "Be careful on your way!"

Naoki came outside, rode on the Guratina, and then began to fly away. When he could no longer see the town of Tsuden below, he sent a message to Giratina using the Rotom Phone.

A minute later, a passage leading to the reversed world slowly opened in front of him. Gu Leton flew into it and then officially embarked on the return journey.

When Naoki returned to the ranch, it was exactly noon.

After returning home, Naoki found a cardboard box and put the Meltans in it.

He took out a large golden bead from the utility room.

The Meltan in the cardboard box squeezed to the side like a hungry bird, chirping and chasing the metal.

The Bud Crown King floated aside, watching the scene with a loving face.

Melmetal, Ghost Horse, Snowstorm Horse...

Now half of the companions from that era have reunited at Naoki Ranch. Although there was an accident along the way that turned Melmetal into a baby, it is still a happy thing to be able to reunite.

Naoki threw the big golden beads into the box, and the Meltans immediately pounced on them and started to devour them happily.

This scene attracted a lot of Pokémon to watch.

Babu the Groundhog holding a hammer, Motor Lizard, Gulton, Magneto of the strange tree...

Qi Shu also saw this scene. She looked at the group of small Pokémon with a face full of curiosity: "Wow! They look so cute! Are they Melmetal?"

Naoki smiled and said, "No, they are the previous stage of Melmetal."

He briefly told Qishu about what he encountered in the Galar region.

"…Melmetal's life came to an end. After hearing that the Dark Night was about to end, it left with relief. Its body transformed into this group of Meltans and began a new life."

As they were talking, Babu Tubo's exclamation was suddenly heard from the other side.

"Bamo!!!"

Babu soil dial: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

Naoki turned his head and saw the Meltans pounced on the small hammer in Babutubo's hand, as if they wanted to eat the hammer.

Babu Tubo was startled by the sudden action and instinctively swung the small hammer in his hand to throw the Meltans off.

When the Meltans returned to the cardboard box, Babu Tubo hid the hammer behind himself with lingering fear, and then said to the Meltans seriously:
"Bamo Bamo!"

"Woooooooo..."

The Meltans seemed to understand what was said, but they roughly understood that the hammer belonged to that Pokémon and could not be eaten.

So they turned around and sniffed the metallic smell in the air.

Soon, they actually found another metal!

Almost in an instant, all the Meltans turned their heads and looked at Magnemite who came to join in the fun.

The next second, a group of Meltans jumped up and pounced on Magnemite.

Magnemite's pupils shrank slightly, a layer of nervous sweat appeared on his face, and then he instinctively released a burst of electric current.

The Meltans were electrocuted and let out a whimpering sound. Then, like mosquitoes hit by an electric swatter, they fell to the ground one after another. Their black round eyes all turned into an "x" shape, and they had obviously fainted.

Magnemite turned around angrily and floated away, leaving these Pokémon to pounce on it again!
Naoki, Qishu: "..."

Naoki immediately took out his Rotom phone and ordered five boxes of screws and ten boxes of bottle caps online.

These are foods specifically for Steel-type Pokémon like Metagross.

At this moment, the Saifuhao beside him seemed to suddenly remember something. He looked at the appearance of the group of Pokémon just now, and then an idea suddenly came to him. Like a magic trick, he conjured up pieces of golden coins and piled them up into a small hill on the ground.

The originally unconscious Meltans seemed to smell the smell of metal. The next second, they opened their eyes one after another, and the light of the gold coins was reflected in their dark eyes.

"Woo!"

The Meltans were so excited that they rushed into the pile of gold coins, held a gold coin in their little hands, and stuffed it into their bodies.

"jingle!"

Sai Fuhao was very happy.

Seeing this scene, Naoki was slightly stunned. He almost forgot that Saifuhao could also make gold coins.

After a while, after eating and drinking his fill, Meltan lazily lay down in the cardboard box.

They touched their bellies with their hands, and seemed to have just been born, so they soon fell asleep.

Naoki walked forward, picked up the paper box and placed it on the windowsill.

It is already late autumn and the temperature is gradually dropping. Only for a short while at noon will the sunlight be a little warmer.

It won't be long before winter arrives, and the Padia region will be greeted by snow.

The Pokémon that were watching gradually dispersed, and in the end only a few Pokémon like Frostmilk and Uruk-O were left surrounding Meltan, observing these Pokémon that ate gold coins.

But Babudo was afraid that his hammer would be eaten by these Pokémon, so he stayed away from them in fear.

The same thing happened to Magnemite in the strange tree. It floated to the other side of the TV, keeping a certain distance from those Pokémon.

Naoki and Leopardus stood aside. Leopardus looked at Meltan in the paper box tenderly, and then thanked Naoki softly.

"Thanks for helping me find it, Naoki."

Naoki grinned: "Don't worry, Mirumetal is just like you, a great hero. Heroes shouldn't die in silence like this, they deserve a better life."

A smile appeared on the face of the Bud Crown King, and then he nodded slightly.

Everything is self-evident. He understands Naoki's intentions, just as Naoki understands His intentions.

in the afternoon.

In order to prevent the Meltans from eating the kitchen knives, televisions, pots and pans, computers, Babu Tubo's hammer and other items in the house, Naoki specially built a small wooden house for the Meltans using wooden boards and other tools as a nest.

The wooden house was placed by Naoki in a corner of the living room. It is about 1.5 meters high, 2 meters long, and 1.7 meters wide, and is divided into two floors.

There was a soft blanket on the upper level, which was the bed where the Meltans slept.

The bottle caps and screws that Naoki ordered online have not arrived yet, so the lower level now only contains the gold coins that were enthusiastically provided by Sai Fuhao.

If Meltan is hungry, he can automatically go downstairs to "eat".

This way, they won't wreak havoc in the room and eat other metal objects.

However, it turned out that Naoki's idea was too simple.

Late that night, after Naoki and all the Pokémon fell asleep, the Meltans woke up from their sleep.

After eating the gold coins downstairs, Meltan, who has a strong curiosity and is very interested in everything, began to explore the house.

The golden trophy on the cabinet looks delicious, eat it!

The pan used to cook the rice smells so good, eat it!

The spoon looks so pretty with its silver glow under the moonlight! It must be delicious!

The Meltans, who had not yet eaten their fill, kept exploring the house. Whenever they saw bright metal, they would drool and then eat it.

Soon, the Meltans piled up and pushed open a small door.

Their attention was instantly attracted to a small hammer on the cabinet.

Under the bright moonlight, the small hammer emitted a beautiful silver glow, looking extremely tempting.

(End of this chapter)