Elf: Re-employment of retired champion of Padiya

Chapter 756 I want to battle with my teacher in Pokémon for the rest of my life!

Luo Mu: "???"

No, what did you just say that's outrageous?!
From Alice's puzzled perspective, Luo Mu paused, then looked ahead with disbelief.

Alice thought he had simply lost track of Dragonite and its leader, which was why he had that expression.

After all, Grandpa Shaka sometimes does that too.

But she didn't expect that Luo Mu's attention was completely focused on the words jumping in front of him.

The other party had a very annoying "You didn't ask" kind of rebuttal floating around, so Luo Mu suppressed the urge to ignore it and suddenly asked another question.

"Besides Dragonite, are there any other Pokémon besides the ones I know of?"

"Yes, brother, yes."

"And there's a possibility that you have other Pokémon on your farm—"

Seemingly addicted to spoilers, the system was excitedly outputting text messages like crazy, as if it had finally vindicated itself.

But before it could recite the list like a menu, Luo Mu pressed the stop button on its output.

"—Forget it, you'd better not say anything."

Luo Mu exhaled, his gaze meeting that of Alice who looked at him with a puzzled expression. He gave her a "don't worry" look while silently reassuring himself.

"You don't need to tell me the specific abilities of Dragonite after Mega Evolution, nor do I need to know the names of other Pokémon that may also have the potential for Mega Evolution."

"After all, I'm not a researcher, nor do I intend to use this information to achieve 'success and fame.' Since it exists, it will inevitably appear in the future. I don't have any obsession with collecting all super-evolutions, so knowing or not knowing makes no difference."

The system, speechless after being silenced by Luo Mu's long string of words, finally displayed a line of inexplicably weak text.

Is it really not because there are still 85 days left?

"You're talking a bit too much."

With a wave of his hand, Luo Mu dispersed the words in front of him and led Alice to the land at the edge of Thunder Lake.

Just then, Dragonite and its mother finished their battle for the day and landed, chatting and laughing.

"Pop~"

Upon seeing Luo Mu and Alice, Dragonite turned its head and said something to the Dragonite leader. Then, like a cannonball, it suddenly increased its landing speed and appeared in front of the two of them in a flash.

Dragonite lifted up with both his left and right hands and pulled the two of them directly into his arms.

"So comfortable, so soft~"

Alice was instantly captivated, her face filled with ecstasy.

Luo Mu, having just received a spoiler from the system, began to observe Dragonite even more closely.

—It wasn't just that despite using that violent landing method, a counter-current appeared upon landing, subtly negating all the counterforce and preventing any impact on the surrounding area; it was a level of control far superior to what it had been a year ago.

For some reason, Luo Mu felt that Dragonite was becoming more and more benign.

This eerie feeling caused his brain to freeze for a few seconds.

This Pokémon—can it grow up to be more and more harmless?
If this continues, will it develop into a situation where Dragonite smiles and uses "Cyclone Attack" on the enemy, leaving behind the words, "I am a kind-hearted dragon and cannot bear to see you suffer, so I will do my best to send you on your way"?
The more Luo Mu thought about it, the stranger it seemed. He quickly shook off the strange thoughts in his mind and turned his gaze to the distance.

Alice was no longer in Dragonite's arms.

As if she had appeared in a flash, she nimbly leaped into the arms of the Dragonite leader who had arrived later, her eyes sparkling as she asked it if it was dressed as a mail carrier.

The three Dragonairs, led by Shiny Dragonair, also came over. First, they gently touched the horns of the Dragonite with their own horns as godmothers, conveying their appreciation. Then, they spread their angel-like wings on both sides of their heads and flew to where the Dragonite leader and Iris were.

They were also quite curious about the little girl who had suddenly appeared, since they hadn't had a chance to meet her yesterday.

Moreover, a certain aura emanating from Alice gave them a strange sense of closeness.

While Alice was surrounded by the Haku dragons, Luo Mu glanced at his phone, which had vibrated while he was lost in thought.

It was a message from the intelligent gorilla, and the content was very simple.

Nemo and her family have ended their family trip and returned to her beach house in Little Key.

Nemo's butler, Sebastian, specifically contacted Zhihui Xing, saying that the other party had barely settled in at home before rushing out the door.

—Although I was already panting heavily after only a few steps.

But putting aside Nemo's athletic ability, based on Sebastian's observation and the direction she was moving, she was most likely heading towards Luo Mu's farm.

Compared to his own carefree second young lady, Sebastian, as the butler, could only apologize to Zhihui Xing.

"Nemo is back."

Luo Mu blinked. This time, the other party had indeed been away for some time, so it wasn't surprising that they had returned in the last few days.

But with Nemo's return, sure enough, that thing was about to happen.

"How can we shift the blame to another area? I've got an idea!"

His eyeballs kept moving around in their sockets, and soon, several figures appeared in Luo Mu's mind.

Especially that blonde figure with waist-length hair, she could definitely help me block Nemo's enthusiasm!

Even just today is enough!

But before that, he had to make sure Alice had a good time.

Thinking of this, Luo Mu smiled and squeezed into the circle of Hakulongs, where Alice, whose face was full of happiness, stood in front of him.

Luo Mu reminded him, "Didn't you say before that you wanted your Pokémon to make friends with them?"

"It can be released now."

“That’s right!”

Alice jerked her head around, her hair shaking as she did so, and even flung out the tooth that was inside.

Oh no, I've accidentally become completely immersed in an Eden made up of Dragonite's soft belly and Dragonair's slippery, cool bodies!
She almost forgot her other purpose in asking Luo Mu to meet with the Dragonite!
Let your own "dragons" get to know them. Grandpa Shaka once said that the more they come into contact with powerful dragon-type Pokémon, the more their potential can be stimulated.

Although she doesn't understand the underlying principle, Alice herself would be happy to make more Dragon-type Pokémon friends with her Dragon Army even without this factor!

After struggling to break free from the suffocating embrace of the Dragonairs, which was like a python coiling around her, Alice picked up Axew with one hand and threw out the only two Poké Balls she had on her.

"Come forth, Excadrill, Lapras!"

Two beams of red light landed precisely on the ground and on the nearby Thunder Lake.

A beam of light coalesced into the form of a dark brown, mole-shaped Pokémon.

Another beam of light formed a smaller, clearly immature Laplace on the lake's surface. Laplace, the dragon-headed exodium.

Both of these Pokémon were captured by Iris. Excadrill was once sent by Iris to battle against Rom's Alolan Sandslash.

Laplace had met Luo Mu once before in the Dragon Cave of the Dragon Clan in Yanmo City, and was later subdued by Alice, who was brought by Zhu Lan when she passed by.

Seeing the two of them again after such a long time, Luo Mu was quite moved.

—Even though, strictly speaking, these two have absolutely nothing to do with dragons.

Only the weak, pitiful, and helpless-looking Toothpick, who was being forcefully watched by three "aunties," could be considered a genuine Dragon-type Pokémon.

Why doesn't this future champion of the Unifying Dragon series learn the good things from A-Du instead of the bad ones?
During the time Luo Mu and Alice spent at Thunder Lake, Zhu Lan naturally didn't stay idle.

She first led Guava to the main gate of the farm with ease, her gaze falling on the Growlithe lying on one side.

Those grey eyes were filled with a thirst for knowledge and curiosity.

As for the spotted dog emitting a pleasant fragrance, it was temporarily ignored by Zhu Lan.

At that moment, all she could see was Arcanine.

This made the guarana boy, who had been trying to ask Zhulan for advice the whole way, look rather dejected.

Luo Mu was alright. Whether he was initially carefree and rude or later became honest, Gua Shilang didn't feel any pressure getting along with him.

But bamboo orchids are different.

Although the other person exuded a gentle aura, Gua Shilang's outgoing personality seemed to be locked up, and he couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

He knows Zhu Lan.

The champion of the Sinnoh region is extremely strong, probably only slightly weaker than his grandfather and Luo Mu, whom he barely acknowledges.

More importantly, Zhu Lan is the same type of substitute as herself. No, that's not right.

Because Cynthia's ace Pokémon is Garchomp, while she herself has raised Garchomp.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn from him, and he wants to seize it, but he finds it difficult to take that step.

I guess I've gotten used to being out and about and haven't had much of a chance to see pretty older women.

Gua Shi Lang could only stand dumbfounded behind Cynthia, watching her caress Arcanine, examining its teeth and checking the substances contained in its strangely textured fur.

After Cynthia finished her investigation to her satisfaction, she rewarded Arcanine by using her massage skills, which she had honed over the years, to relax its body and relieve the soreness caused by Garchomp's fierce attack the day before.

She then stood up again, smiling at the guava man, and said, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"Could you please take me to the place where you and Alice met those two Pokémon yesterday?"

"No need to get close, I'll just observe from a distance."

"Okay!"

The guava stammered a reply and immediately stepped forward to lead the way.

Watching his retreating figure, Zhu Lan stroked her chin, a thoughtful expression on her face.

As the Sinnoh champion, Cynthia has long since developed the ability to discern the gaze directed at her.

So Zhu Lan wasn't unaware of the hesitant, unspoken gaze that Fan Shilang had cast at her several times.

But what was his purpose?

After pondering for a while, clues slowly emerged in Zhu Lan's mind.

She remembered that Luo Mu seemed to have mentioned that Guava was also a trainer, and that there seemed to be a Garchomp of a different color in the team.

Could it be that.
Zhu Lan already had a vague guess in her heart, but she didn't bring it up immediately. Instead, she followed behind Fan Shilang.

She first observed the ancient Pokémon called Raikou, which had a very long neck and a shape somewhat similar to the legendary Pokémon Raikou from the Johto region, which she had learned about during her investigation of the ruins of the capital.

We arrived at another terraced hot spring, found a high vantage point, and observed the undulating water in the hot spring pool, where the water rippled like a dragon swimming.

Although it wasn't very clear, Cynthia had a strange feeling that this ancient Pokémon called Ripple seemed somewhat similar to Suicune, a legendary Pokémon that also belonged to the Johto region.

"So that's how it is. These are the ancient Pokémon that Luo Mu was talking about?"

Zhu Lan murmured softly.

Leaving aside the Elm-Eyed Arcanine from Old Sinnoh, even when observing Raikou and Ripple from a distance, Cyndaquil could still faintly sense the ancient, wild aura emanating from them.

Their aura was unmistakable; compared to the clear-eyed Growlithe, they seemed to have come directly from that era.

Is it time travel?

A conjecture popped into Zhu Lan's mind, but she quickly dismissed it.

After all, as far as she knew, there were very few beings in this world capable of time travel.

It couldn't be that Dialga, the god who controls time in the Sinnoh legends she studied, took Luo Mu to the ancient times and then brought back two ancient Pokémon, could it?

This idea is somewhat absurd.

As for other possibilities, such as the assistance of another Pokémon that controls the power of time, although it is unclear what kind of Pokémon it is, there is one thing that is certain.

Based on his archaeological research, if Dialga were to encounter a being imbued with the aura of another time, the being would likely be enraged and, in order to maintain the order of time, would send it back to its proper era.

"But almost no one has ever seen him/her, so the probability of that is probably close to zero."

Zhu Lan smiled and shook her head, realizing that she had been thinking too far ahead.

She turned to look at the guava.

Now that the investigation is over, she should reward the guava who led her there.

"Shall we have a match later?"

“I’ll send out Garchomp, you send out your Garchomp.”

Upon hearing Zhu Lan's words, Fan Shilang was stunned.

Before he could react, Zhu Lan spoke again: "But it's getting late. Let's go to that lake to find Luo Mu and Alice first, have lunch, and then fulfill our promise."

After saying that, Zhu Lan led the stunned Gua Shi Lang, who was overwhelmed by the unexpected surprise, towards Thunder Lake.

Just as she caught a glimpse of Thunder Lake's outline, an unfamiliar female voice suddenly rang out from that direction.

"I really want to battle Pokémon with my teacher for the rest of my life!"

(End of this chapter)