Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 1049, Champion Challenger

"Infernape, come back," Yu Hai recalled Infernape with a Poké Ball and smiled at the challenger, "Young man, you're still a long way from challenging the Fishing Gym. Go find other gyms and hone your skills..."

"Damn it!" The boy reluctantly recalled his Pokémon, glaring at Yu Hai and gritting his teeth, "As expected of the champion's gym, I will definitely defeat you..."

"Hehe," Yu Hai shook his head helplessly. This kid is really persistent. Next time, let someone else handle it.

In his gym battles, he sent out Infernape, which he had obtained at the Lily of the Valley Conference. Although raising these Pokémon was of little use to him, once he had chosen a Pokémon hatchling, he had no choice but to raise it.

In addition, Infernape has considerable potential and now possesses the strength of a near-Champion. Breaking through to Champion level is only a matter of time, but he is not in such a hurry.

He entered the gym with Infernape's Poké Ball, intending to head to the gym's backyard, but as soon as he entered, a fluffy Pokémon with nine tails pounced on him and licked him.

"Alright, Nine-Tails, stop licking," Yu Hai said with a smile, stroking the fluffy fox head. This clone of Nine-Tails ultimately failed to break through to the Elite Four level, so he stayed in the dojo as a mascot.

"Bue-ee, Bue-ee," Umbreon jumped up and stood on Yu Hai's shoulder. It was still the gym's darling.

After saying goodbye to Ninetales, he took Umbreon to the backyard and released Infernape. Infernape usually trains and rests here. The lake is not a place for weak Pokémon; the Pokémon there are all Elite Four level.

"Infernape, take a break when you're tired from training, understand?" Yu Hai instructed Infernape, then looked at Starmie in the pool beside him: "I'm leaving Infernape's training to you, Starmie..."

"Hey cha," the gem starfish cried, spinning and flying out of the pool in response to Yu Hai's instructions. It was usually the starfish that supervised the training of these little guys.

"Woo-hoo," Infernape nodded slightly, then went to its sandbag and practiced its punches, constantly honing its skills. This was a training method taught to it by its predecessor, Poliwrath.

"Lucario, is everything alright in the backyard?" Yu Hai looked at one of the wooden houses in the gym's backyard. He had built many wooden houses here so that the Pokémon could have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

One of the cabins belonged to Lucario, who also entrusted all the Pokémon in the gym's backyard to Lucario's management.

"Lucario, Luca," Lucario finished his meditation and came out of the cabin. When he saw that it was Yu Hai, he immediately used his waveguide to scan the entire backyard. After confirming that everything was alright, he shook his head at Yu Hai.

"Thank you for your hard work these past few days," Yu Hai said with a smile as he walked towards Lucario, glancing at Lucario standing at the door of the cabin and Gardevoir looking timid inside.

The two finally came together, but Gardevoir was still a little shy. He even peeked through the crack in the door and saw two Pokémon eggs inside the cabin.

“Lucario,” Lucario shook its head gently. It felt very peaceful here, and the Pokémon in the backyard were well-behaved. Managing these little guys wasn’t too hard.

"Just tell me what you need. When I'm not around, you can go to the kitchen lady or Ah Long," Yu Hai said with a smile, patting the dog's head. Seeing that Lucario had started a family, he was happy for this Lucario whose fate had been so bumpy.

"Mmm," Butterfly flew over and rubbed its cheek against Yu Hai as soon as it saw him coming. It had no worries about food and drink here, saw Yu Hai more often, and could even fight in battles. It felt that its life was really good now.

"Ba Dadie, where's your baby?" Yu Hai smiled and stroked Ba Dadie's head. After coming here, Ba Dadie also started her own family.

Butterfree wouldn't even look at a regular Bug-type Pokémon. The Pokémon that can hatch an egg with Butterfree must be at least an Elite Four member, since Butterfree is currently an Elite Four member as well.

"Mmm-ee-ee," Butterfly heard the baby and immediately flew into the woods, struggling to carry a very fat green caterpillar out.

"Haha, you've gotten so fat, you're about to spin a cocoon," Yu Hai laughed as he reached out and caught the green caterpillar. The caterpillar was a little shy and even tried to spit silk to attack him.

However, after being sternly warned by Butterfly, Caterpie shut up and could only let Yu Hai touch its body.

"Mmm, mmm," Butterfly Ba landed on Yu Hai's shoulder, looking at her chubby son, who had been exhausted from laying eggs.

"Don't resist, Caterpie," Yu Hai's old habit kicked in. He took out a Poké Ball to capture Caterpie, wanting to see its potential. He found that it had a potential of fifty-seven, which was very close to the potential of an Elite Four member. This was a very good Caterpie baby.

"Caterpie, remember to go to the incubation room when you spin your cocoon," Yu Hai said, releasing Caterpie. Despite seeing such high potential, he remained calm, having already seen all the legendary Pokémon.

"Woo woo," the green caterpillar knew that Yu Hai meant no harm, and it became bolder, wiggling in Yu Hai's arms.

"Butterfly, take good care of your baby. I need to go check on the lake," Yu Hai said with a smile, patting Butterfly on his shoulder. He had fulfilled all his promises to the elves and hoped they could live happily here.

"Mmm," Butterfly nuzzled Yu Hai affectionately again, flapped its wings, hugged its chubby green caterpillar baby, and returned to the forest.

"Farfly Duck, is everything alright at the orchard?" Yu Hai was about to go check on the lake when he saw Farfly Duck flying overhead, so he couldn't help but ask Farfly Duck.

"Quack, quack," the Farfetch'd landed on Yu Hai's shoulder and shook its head gently. It also waved its wings at its mate and chick, letting its mate go first.

"That's great, you have your own children now. How are you doing here?" Yu Hai patted the duck's head and handed the orchard over to the Farfetch'd to manage. The Farfetch'd settled down in the orchard and even found a mate to hatch several baby Farfetch'ds.

"Quack quack," the big green duck nodded gently. It never imagined it would have such a peaceful life. It was all thanks to Ah Hai, and it was very grateful to Ah Hai.

"Go on, don't keep them waiting too long, take good care of the children," Yu Hai said as he released the farfalle duck, watching it fly to the treetops to reunite with his family, and then fly towards the orchard.

"Lucario, I still need to go check out the lake," Yu Hai said with a smile, waving goodbye to Lucario. As he passed Tauros grazing, he reached out and touched the old bull's horns. Having followed him for so long, Tauros hadn't broken through to the Elite Four level, but he was at least at the near-Elite Four level.

As he entered the forest, he saw many elves. A familiar figure flashed before his eyes—a little creature swinging from branch to branch, draped in spider silk. He couldn't help but excitedly call out, "Ariados..."

"Eeto, Eeto," Alethos heard Yu Hai's call and immediately appeared from the treetop, landing in front of Yu Hai with his eyes narrowed.

"Long time no see, you have babies too." After Yu Hai released the Orb Spider, it evolved and formed a family with the introduced egg-hatching sprite, Ariados.

"Since fewer children are choosing elf cubs, you should have fewer babies too," Yu Hai said with a smile, patting Ariados before continuing toward the lake.

He was walking through the forest when he suddenly saw a flash of red light and immediately exclaimed, "Scizor, you've been working hard these past few days, maintaining order in the forest very well..."

"Shh," the scyther heard Yu Hai arrive and immediately stopped and came to stand in front of him.

It also has its own clan, leading a group of flying mantises to live in the forest, which is the territory that Ahai has designated for them.

"Not bad, more than ten flying scythes and four or five giant scythes," Yu Hai said, looking at the giant scythe colony. So many flying scythes were the result of incubating eggs.

Because this Bug-type Pokémon is very popular, it is usually caught by graduates, and only graduates can beat Scyther.

To capture Scyther, you must first defeat it. New players shouldn't even think about it; it's impossible for them to defeat Scyther.

"Scizor, don't forget your training. I still need to go check on the lake. You go ahead and do your work," Yu Hai said with a smile, touching Scizor's scarred red armor. It was a warrior's glory, and their past honor.

“Sha,” the scyther nodded gently, watching Yu Hai head towards the lake, before continuing to lead its clan through the forest.

"Crobat?" Yu Hai continued towards the lake and suddenly saw a sprite hanging upside down on a tree branch. Crobat was sleeping during the day, sometimes liking to hang upside down under the eaves, and sometimes liking to be in the forest, so he didn't disturb the Crobat's sleep.

The queen bee also likes to stay in the woods, but not in this woods, but in the woods of the orchard. To make it easier for the queen bee to collect nectar, he also built a wooden house for her in the orchard to shelter her bee colony from the wind and rain.

"Beep, beep beep," Pidgeot saw a figure in the forest, swooped down, stopped in front of Yu Hai, and affectionately rubbed against Yu Hai with its beak.

“Pidgeotto, you’ve made your home in the forest now, guarding the sky above this forest. Thank you for your hard work,” Yu Hai said with a smile, raising his arms to hug Pidgeotto.

The forests of Diaoyu Island are basically filled with his Flying-type Pokémon, and the largest Flying-type Pokémon group is Pidgeot.

They all originated from a few Pidgeys and Pidgeottos brought from Daipo Island, and gradually multiplied and developed. The leader of this group of Flying-type Pokémon is his Pidgeot.

"Beep beep, beep beep," Pidgeot, now the leader, has hatched its own offspring and finally understands its mother's good intentions.

However, unlike a mother, it does not restrict its children. If a child wants to see the outside world, it will not stop the child from leaving with the trainer, as long as the child approves of the trainer.

"Want to come with me to the lake?" Yu Hai smiled and continued forward. The Pidgeot immediately flapped its wings and took off, heading towards the lake from the air.

When Yu Hai arrived at the lake, he saw that the lake shimmered with golden light under the sunlight. There were more and more elves here, and many elf clans lived here. The leaders of these clans were also his elves.

The most eye-catching creature is Gyarados, dancing in the center of the lake, trying to win the affections of a Milotic. However, Milotic prefers the gentle Dragonair and doesn't like the big and burly Gyarados.

There were many water-type Pokémon in the water. He threw Sharpedo into the lake. It was originally placed in the pond outside, but it was too fierce in the starting village and became the overlord of the pond, so he had to put it here.

The pond outside is managed by the King Catfish and the Tentacle Jellyfish, along with the group of Mockery he caught—the three tyrants of the pond...

There are many Pokémon on the grass: Pelipper, Blastoise, Kingler, Ludicolo, Swampert, Rhyperior, Poliwrath, Slowking, Electivire, Dragonite, Agility Bug...

There are also Pokémon like Toxtricity and Forretress, which are mostly here. These Pokémon occasionally go to the gym, but they spend most of their time here when they're not busy.

Upon arriving, he immediately shouted, "Everyone, I'm here..."

"Yo-roo!" Upon hearing the familiar shout, the fast-swimming frog immediately flipped itself up from the grass and sprinted towards Yu Hai.

"Cough cough cough," the giant crab saw its big brother move and quickly came ashore from the lake, crawling towards Yu Hai. It was now the leader of the giant crab clan.

"Ya-dong," Dada King was even faster, instantly teleporting in front of Yu Hai and scratching his head.

“Minmin,” the agile worm was the second to arrive, and it also started a family here, producing some small snails.

"Beep beep," the beaked gull stopped playing in the lake and took off directly from it, arriving in front of Yu Hai. "Sha duo," the armored tyrannosaurus stopped sunbathing and grazing, and also rushed towards Yu Hai. Its kin weren't around; it was just visiting.

"Roar!" Dragonite took off from the dragon's lair. Now the leader of the dragon pack, it couldn't hide its excitement upon seeing Yu Hai's arrival and flew over.

"Croak, croak," the Poison Skull Frog heard the shout and rushed over quickly, stopping not far away. Because of the toxins in its body, it is still a solitary frog, silently guarding this forest and gym.

"Buddha, Buddha, Buddha," Foretus also rolled down from the tree. Because of its presence, Yu Hai introduced a hazelnut tree, which was covered with hazelnut balls.

"Don't push, everyone. Don't lick. We'll have to go back and take a shower, which is a hassle," Yu Hai said, lying flat on the grass, surrounded by Pokémon. If it weren't for Slowking's psychic powers protecting and calming the excited little guys, he probably would have been knocked away.

After all, they are all champions, and their impact is no joke. They can destroy the world at any time, which he cannot withstand.

"Is everyone living well here? You can go to the gym anytime you want," Yu Hai said with a smile, stroking each of the little guys. Many of the Pokémon had formed families and hatched their own babies.

The Pokémon babies here are also ranked by potential. The batch of Pokémon babies with the best potential are definitely those hatched from his Pokémon, followed by the babies from the incubator in the gym's backyard.

As he asked, the elves excitedly chattered on, but without Slowking's translation, he couldn't understand what they were saying.

However, he took out an energy cube, intending to have lunch with everyone there. "Don't worry, everyone, I brought food. Let's have lunch together..."

"Yo-hoo!" Upon hearing that it was lunchtime, the fast-swimming frog immediately restored order to the scene, making everyone sit quietly and wait for Yu Hai to distribute the energy cubes.

"Chirp, chirp," Zapdos suddenly heard some noise below and saw Yu Hai down there. It flew down and landed next to Pidgeot, joining everyone's lunch.

Everyone knows now that Zapdos and Pidgeot are having an affair, and the two birds have hatched quite a few chicks, although the probability of Zapdos chicks being born is rather low.

As for the other Pokémon that aren't here, there's nothing we can do. The Magpie Tyrannosaurus is in the crater, and so is the Mamoswine. They won't be able to get here anytime soon. We'll go up the mountain to see the other little guys later.

There are also Metagross, Diglett, and Weezing. These guys are all at the foot of the barren volcano, which is also the territory of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The Tyrannosaurus Rex only occasionally come over to visit, sunbathing and grazing on the grass.

Regirock and Regice of the Ice and Geo have not yet been released. These two Pokémon are sleeping in their Poké Balls and it's not suitable to release them. If they get lost, there'll be nowhere to find them.

After having lunch with everyone, he lay down on the grass with them, holding Umbreon in his arms, gazing at the shimmering lake in the distance, and feeling very comfortable leaning against Blastoise's cool shell.

I don't know if my current life matches my future self's expectations. If my future self could see this scene, he could go in peace. I'm grateful for my future self's reminder, otherwise I would have followed the same path.

If he could see his future self again, he'd probably laugh at himself for not having a secretary like Manori. But his life is already pretty good; Atsumi is so much better than Manori, she's his ideal partner...

Thinking about his future self, he smiled unconsciously, feeling the freshness of nature and the gentle breeze, and gradually fell asleep.

Jingle bells, jingle bells—

Suddenly, a phone rang, waking him up. He took the phone out of his pocket and saw it was Dunmei calling. He answered and asked, "What's up?"

"Ahai, a top player has arrived from the Orange League. He defeated Yuji and his team on the Road to Championship. Yuji wants to invite you over..."

"Tsk, I've already retired," Yu Hai said with a helpless smile. Who exactly broke through the path to the championship? Could it be Xiao Ai? He'd have to go there himself.

He could only hang up the phone, get up, stretch, and smile as he looked at the Pokémon sleeping in various positions on the grass. He shushed the awakened Pokémon, took out a Poké Ball, and whispered to Poliwrath, "Poliwrath, a rival has arrived. Come with me..."

"Yoru!" Upon hearing that a battle was about to begin, Poliwrath jumped up excitedly, raised its paw and pressed it against the Poké Ball. It was then drawn into the Poké Ball by the red light. Finally, there was another battle to fight! It was really looking forward to its opponent this time!

"Slowking, take me back to the gym," Yu Hai gently stroked the Pokémon beside him. They were all sleeping soundly, and Dragonite was even smacking its lips with drool dripping from the corner of its mouth.

Everyone here has been my old buddy all this way, and now they've all found their own place in the world. That's wonderful!

He whispered to Slowking, "Slowking, don't wake them, let them continue sleeping..."

"Ya-dong," Slowking floated over, instantly teleporting away with Yu Hai and arriving at the gym's backyard.

"Gengar, Darkrai, come out quickly!" Yu Hai didn't know where these two were hiding, but they were definitely hiding in the gym.

There are also Claydol and Mud Golem. When they're not busy, these two go into a deep sleep in the gym's backyard. They'll wake up immediately to protect the gym if something happens.

He now finally understood why the ancients used these spirits to guard tombs; it was as if a spirit could be passed down through three generations, and even after the person was gone, the spirit would still be there.

Ditto is also here. Because of the previous need for the egg-hatching room, Ditto will participate in hatching eggs. Magneton is also here.

There is no electric grid around the gym and the hot spring hotel. Power is supplied entirely by Magneton and Electivire. Magneton is somewhat better; once it falls asleep, it won't cause any trouble, ensuring a stable power supply.

The Electrified Beast couldn't sit still; it wanted to fight an opponent every now and then, otherwise it would feel itchy all over. Only the lakeside had enough opponents to fight.

"Hehe, hehe," Gengar suddenly floated out and kept waving in front of Yu Hai.

However, upon hearing the laughter, Yu Hai slapped the Gengar in the air, deflating it, and shouted at the deflated Gengar, "Stop being cheeky, Zoroark..."

Actually, it wasn't that Gengar was deflated; it was that this Gengar was actually Zoroar in disguise. When Yu Hai called for Gengar, Zoroar appeared. Having been at the gym for a long time, everyone knows that this little guy likes to play pranks, especially on guests staying at hot spring hotels.

"Sorry, Gym Leader, I couldn't keep an eye on it," Zoroark rushed out and hugged Zoroark. The boy was good in every way, except that he was too naughty. Fortunately, everyone was very tolerant of Zoroark.

"Aren't you going to let Zoroa evolve?" Yu Hai sighed helplessly. It's been several years, and Zoroa is still the same annoying guy. He's spanked Zoroa's little bottom before, but he just can't get rid of this little guy's bad habits. What can he do?

“I feel like it’s about time too,” Zoroark said, annoyed by the constant nagging. He raised his hand and slapped Zoroark on the bottom, making the boy howl in pain.

"Hehehe, hehehe," Gengar, clutching its large belly, finally emerged from the shadows. It had been sleeping and wouldn't have known to go out if Slowking hadn't used psychic powers to notify it.

However, seeing Zoroia yelling and screaming, it became excited instead, a wide smile spreading across its face as it laughed at Zoroia, "Hehehe, hehehe..."

As the only two troublemakers in the gym, Gengar and Zoroar got along well and became good friends. They often went to the hot spring hotel to prank the guests.

When mocked by Gengar, Zoroar immediately stopped crying and barking, and just pouted and remained silent, sulking.

"Ah Hai, what kind of enemy is it this time?" Darkrai entered Yu Hai's shadow directly. It had also made its home here. It felt that the atmosphere on the fishing island was very good, so it lived here and would often go to the school to observe the human cubs.

“I don’t know either, we’ll only know when we get there,” Yu Hai shook his head slightly at Darkrai, put his hand on Slowking’s shoulder, and was about to leave when Atsumi ran over.

"Ah Hai, are you coming back for dinner tonight?" Dunmei, wearing an apron and holding a spatula, was panting as she ran.

"Of course I'm here. What are we having for dinner tonight?" Yu Hai put down his hand, smiled at Dun Mei, and said that his cooking skills had improved a lot. He was finally starting to look like a good wife. He really looked like Dun Mei's mother. He was getting more and more beautiful.

"I won't tell you?" Atsumi tilted her head and thought for a moment, then made a shushing gesture and smiled sweetly.

"Haha, if you don't tell me, I'll eat you up," Yu Hai laughed. After so many years together, how could he not know what the other person was thinking?

"Hmph, always being so glib," Atsumi snorted, tossed out a sentence, and turned to leave, "Remember to come back soon..."

"Alright," Yu Hai raised his hand again and placed it on Slowking's shoulder, and the two of them disappeared instantly.

When they arrived, they were already on the Orange League's championship road. He looked up and scanned the entire area, and found that Yuuji, Shun, Ying and others were all there.

Seeing him arrive, the group breathed a sigh of relief and called out to him, "Brother Hai, you've finally come! The trainers challenging the Champion Road this time are very strong, just like you were back then..."

"Oh? Let me see just how strong you are," Yu Hai said, standing on the champion's throne at the end of the path to victory. He waved to Xiao Ying and the others, "You guys find another spot to watch the fight. If you all stand here, people will say we're bullying you..."

"Haha," Xiao Ying breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Yu Hai say that. That position was really hard to sit on. Since he became one of the Four Heavenly Kings, he had been single-handedly defeated twice on the road to the championship. He did not plan to challenge for that position until he had enough strength.

As Xiaoying and the others left, the gates to the Champion's Road closed, quietly awaiting the arrival of challengers. He tightened his grip on the Poké Ball, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

crunch--

Tread-tap-

Suddenly, a jarring sound of a door being pushed open rang out, blinding light shone into the battlefield, followed by steady footsteps.

"You're the strongest trainer in the Orange League?"

"Who do we have here? It's you." Yu Hai slowly stood up, muttering to himself as he looked at the man with a black baseball cap and long purple hair. No wonder the Orange League's path to the championship was broken; this challenger is truly formidable.

"Come and fight! Unleash your full power..."

"It's been a long time since I've used my full strength. I hope you can give me a good time," Yu Hai said with a smile, looking at the challenger. He felt a surge of heat throughout his body, threw the Poké Ball in his hand with all his might, and shouted, "Poliwrath, I choose you..."

"Charizard, let's get burning..."

(End of this chapter)