Elf: Re-employment of retired champion of Padiya

Chapter 668: Daigo's Belated Gift
The second half of Daigo's (crossed out) manor, where stands a rather exaggerated mountain.

The vegetation coverage rate of the mountain itself is not very high, which may be related to Daigo's own preferences. This also makes Daigo more inclined to this kind of rocky mountain when choosing his living environment.

It's obvious at first glance that it's a perfect habitat for Rock-type and Steel-type Pokémon, and every corner inside has probably been scanned by Daigo himself.

Driven by the butler, several off-road vehicles soon stopped at the foot of the mountain.

For the rest of the journey, everyone had to get off the bus and walk.

It's not that they can't drive up the mountain along the mountain road, it's just that it's best for them to walk up.

Just set out a short while ago.

Suddenly noticing that Mikoli's expression seemed a little strange, Luo Mu asked him puzzledly: "What's wrong?"

Are you still worried about the battle just now?
Mikoli didn't lose either, and even defeated Nemo against all odds, which perfectly illustrates what "oldness still counts" means.

The cunning thirty-year-old uncle played the twelve-year-old Nemo in the palm of his hand (crossed out).

But then again, Luo Mu was indeed shocked when Mikoli revealed his age to him in person.

By this calculation, Mikoli and Daigo are almost ten years apart in age. Based on their relationship, although they can't be called close friends regardless of age difference, they are also rare close friends with a large age gap.

In response to Luo Mu's question, Mikoli just shook his head with a blank look on his face, "You'll understand when we get there."

After saying that, Mikoli's feeling that was close to sage mode became stronger.

Seeing his empty eyes, Luo Mu suddenly had a premonition that he was going to see something incredible next.

Looking at the figures of Nemo, Xiaozhi and others who were walking in front of him impatiently, Luo Mu also secretly became interested.

Soon, everyone arrived at the mountain path leading to the top of the rocky mountain.

A huge figure is staying here.

Noticing the arrival of everyone, the big guy immediately stood up, and in a manner that was completely inconsistent with his appearance, he rubbed Daigo's raised right hand affectionately as he walked over.

The species name of this big guy is Boskodora. His whole body is covered with hard iron armor, and he looks like a real monster.

However, at this time, the "big monster" is a loyal big guy in front of Daigo, and his movements when interacting with Daigo are very careful, giving off an atmosphere of "iron man with a soft heart".

Daigo introduced this Boscotarla to everyone.

It was not the Boskodora that was Daigo's main force and fought against Groudon this morning.

The Boskodora's armor has been subjected to repeated attacks of high temperatures, and some areas of it have become liquefied. It is currently receiving the most professional treatment.

This Boskodora is the Pokémon that Daigo "inherited" from his father, Tsubasa.

It is probably nearly a hundred years old. It was passed down from Daigo's great-grandfather's generation. It made great contributions to Dewen Company, which was just a small mining company at that time. Now Daigo brought it here to spend its remaining years.

By the way, it can also allow the busy Boscodora to manage this rock mountain.

While listening to Daigo's introduction, Luo Mu's eyes also fell on this "old hero" of the Zifuchi family.

Indeed, although now because of the time, only a thin layer of moonlight illuminates the view.

But just from the color of the armor and the degree of wear and tear, it can be seen that this Boskodora is very old, just as Daigo said.

The difference between the two can be seen at a glance compared to Daigo's Boskodora, which is in its prime.

I don't know what Daigo and Boskodora said, but they looked at each other and everyone else.

After a moment, it nodded slightly.

Anyway, Daigo often takes his favorite juniors to the mountains, and Boskodora has long been used to it.

Besides, this group of people don’t look like bad people.

Daigo respected this Boskodora very much. After it nodded, he smiled and said to everyone: "Let's go into the mountains."

He led the way.

Xiaozhi and the others started chatting in low voices.

"The Pokémon that Mr. Daigo feeds is really exciting!"

"Surely there will be a lot of rock and steel-type Pokémon, right?"

"I wonder how many Pokémon Mr. Daigo has raised."

Among the younger people, Nemo, Satoshi, Kacchan and Haruka were the ones chatting the most.

After a while, after walking along a long mountain path, Daigo and everyone stopped in front of a cave.

In order to ensure that the Pokémon can live in a natural environment without too much human intervention, there is no electric light here at all, which also makes the cave look like the bottomless mouth of a wild beast at night.

It's somewhat scary.

Before Luo Mu could take the initiative to ask the Roentgen cat to do his old job, the housekeeper, who had been doing things efficiently and without saying any nonsense, took action.

"Firefly, I leave it to you."

A Pokémon that looked like a firefly and made Luo Mu feel as if he was in another world appeared in front of everyone.

Its tail emits a faint firefly light, which can illuminate the environment without being too glaring.

This Pokémon's presence was quite weak before he traveled through time.

Most of the aspects about her are unremarkable, her appearance cannot be described as handsome, beautiful or cute, her combat strength is beyond words, and her popularity is quite low.

The only Pokémon with less presence than it is probably something like the fifth generation's Giganotosaurus, right?
If there is a new Mega Pokémon in the future that I don’t know.

The probability of these two being selected is probably close to zero, but Pokémon like Sand Dragon and Milotic are likely to be selected.
But at this moment, the light of the fireflies that dispel the darkness seems so soft and warm.

It can be said that the existence of Pokémon is integrated into every aspect of human life, which is the most true portrayal.

Under the illumination of the housekeeper's fireflies, everyone walked into the cave.

But when they saw the group of Pokémon living in the cave, everyone was stunned without exception.

In the unexpectedly spacious cave, a group of Pokémon were seen clinging to the rock wall with the claws at the end of their bodies, resting quietly with their heads down in a bat-like manner.

They are gray-blue all over, like a hammer without a handle, with an irregularly shaped round head and their distinctive red single eye in the middle of the head.

This Pokémon is the famous "quasi-god" in the Hoenn region. The official called it "a late bloomer Pokémon". Its final evolutionary race value is as high as 600 - Iron Dumbbell! Its attributes are steel and psychic, and it has the ability to release magnetism.

With the continuous release of magnetic force, the iron dumbbell can repel the magnetic force of the planet, achieving the special ability to float in the sky and fly even without wings and with a heavy iron lump.

A rough estimate is that there are probably hundreds of iron dumbbells living in this cave alone.

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The air was silent.

For example, Xiaoyao, Xiaosheng and Xiaogang, their mouths were so wide open in surprise that they could fit an egg in.

Anyone with a little knowledge can see that the group of iron dumbbells in this cave alone is probably of inestimable value.

If those notorious Pokémon hunters and poachers knew that there were a large number of iron dumbbells here, they would never have a moment of peace in the future.

".This is true."

The corner of A'du's mouth twitched. If the iron dumbbells were replaced with mini dragons, the long-standing dragon-controlling clan would be at an absolute disadvantage in terms of population size.

Especially when Daigo mentioned that there were several other caves in this mountain that also housed a lot of iron dumbbells, Adu was almost numb.

Aren’t the local tycoons in the Hoenn region too outrageous?
The corner of Luo Mu's mouth twitched slightly. He didn't expect that today he would actually witness the real scene described in the fan fiction, "Daigo's iron dumbbells are all over the mountains and plains."

No wonder Daigo was able to create such a rare, colored Metagross. Was it really just a pure waste of money?
Just preparing so many staple foods for the iron dumbbells, the amount of minerals they need to absorb must be astronomical, right?
Then, Daigo took everyone to visit other caves.

Basically, most of the rock and steel-type Pokémon that have populations in the Hoenn region can be seen on this rock mountain.

There is the Geodude tribe, which is more common in the wild. There are also tribes such as the Hokubiki tribe, the Kokodora tribe, and the One-horned Rhino tribe.

However, sightings of fossil Pokémon are quite rare.

Because there are quite a few fossil Pokémon in the team, Daigo could only express helplessly when asked this question.

The technology for resurrecting fossils is still far from mature. Not only are the fossils that can be used for resurrection extremely difficult to find, but there is also the factor of the habitat.

In fact, the fossil Pokémon that Daigo cultivates himself are usually placed in a simulated environment created by Devin Company in the manor.

Although there are some fossil Pokémon that have survived from ancient times to the present day in some corners of the world, such examples are too rare, and even Daigo cannot raise them in large numbers.

He said with a smile, "However, if you really have a fossil Pokémon that you like, I can take you to my collection room to have a look. There are also many fossils collected there."

"If there's one you like, I can take you to Devon Company to try to revive it."

Even though Mikoli was already accustomed to his friend's arrogance, he still felt a pang of pain in his heart when he heard Daigo's remarks that he did not take the sky-high price of resurrection funds seriously.

Compared to Daigo, his own assets are quite meager. He is currently trying to save money by organizing the Mikoli Cup and the Grand Contest in order to revive a fossil with ancient coelacanth genes.

After leading everyone around the rock mountain, Daigo finally couldn't resist the urge to spend money, and said to everyone present: "This can be regarded as my personal small thank you gift."

"If you are interested in a certain Pokémon, you can try to interact with them. If you can get their approval, it's no problem to capture them and take them away."

"And the fossils are just like what I just described."

To Daigo, money has become just a string of numbers, and the various steel and rock-type Pokémon populations that he feeds at all costs are growing stronger and stronger on the rock mountain.

Among these groups, there are many special children who want to venture into the outside world, so he often looks for trustworthy trainers for these children.

If trainers and Pokémon can make a two-way choice, it would be a win-win situation for Daigo.

As soon as these words came out, Xiaozhi raised his hand excitedly, "Me, me, me, Mr. Daigo!!"

After Xiaozhi took the lead, Nemo was the second to respond, and she also brought Shinji and Shizuka along.

After hesitating for a while, Xiaoyao also raised her hand weakly.

I didn’t expect that my sister had such luck, which made Xiaosheng, who couldn’t get the initial Pokémon yet, very envious.

Daigo knew Xiaoyao and Xiaosheng, and knew that they were the children of Chisato, who was known as "the gym leader closest to the Four Heavenly Kings", and he also readily agreed.

But as he mentioned, in order to take the Pokémon away, you must get the other party's approval.

If someone tried to take the Pokémon away by force, not only Daigo himself, but even Boskodora guarding the foot of the mountain would not allow it.

Mikoli didn't need it, and Adu declined Daigo's "thank you gift" on the grounds that he was good at breeding dragon-type Pokémon.

Finally, Daigo looked at Luo Mu and Xiao Gang.

They are the two who have not yet made a decision.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Xiao Gang asked as thick-skinned as he could: "Mr. Daigo, about the fossils?"

Perhaps he was too embarrassed to speak up, and a slightly unnatural red color appeared on Xiaogang's dark face, probably because he was embarrassed.

Before Xiaogang could finish his words, Daigo smiled and said, "Of course."

"Gon-kun, you are a trainer specializing in rock-types, so it's only natural that you would want to pursue fossil Pokémon that have an ancient charm."

"Mr. Daigo, thank you!" Xiaogang slowly opened his narrowed eyes. He was so excited that he could only repeat this sentence to express his excitement.

Yes.

What rock-type trainer doesn't desire mysterious and ancient fossil Pokémon?

When he was digging fossils with Xiaozhi in Dasha Valley, although it was not obvious on the surface, he actually longed for those fossil Pokémon.

Fossil helmet, spiny ammonite, fossil pterosaur.
As Xiaogang had also made the decision, everyone's attention was focused on Luo Mu.

Daigo also looked at him, his eyes showing an obviously firmer look than when he looked at other people.

Luo Mu, who wanted to learn from A-du and refuse politely, read some meaning from Daigo's eyes and immediately understood the truth.

——Anyone can refuse this "thank you gift", but I am the one that Daigo is determined to give a thank you gift to.

With such thoughts in his mind, Luo Mu had no choice but to give in.

This time, he still couldn't escape the inevitable fate of the protagonist of the Pokémon fan fiction - being cheated by Daigo.

After thinking for a few seconds, Luo Mu raised his hand helplessly and said, "Forget about taming Pokémon. Why don't you let me see if there is anything suitable in your collection? I can pick one at random?"

(End of this chapter)