Pokémon: Trainers Returning from Monster Hunter

Chapter 118 Gardevoir, the Pink-Faced but Black-Hearted One

As Oreki followed Fire Goose back to the underground laboratory, Gardevoir teleported out at the same time.

It was only then that Huoyan suddenly realized a problem.

She forgot to turn down the pulse stimulation on her wristband.

That kind of intensity, even its crystal chandelier spirit probably couldn't withstand it for long.

But when Firebird carefully observed Gardevoir, it found that its expression was normal and its red eyes were unusually calm.

"Huh? Nothing happened?"

"Sanai."

Gardevoir raised its arm, signaling to Flamegoat to help it remove the device. Once it's on, it can't be removed without a key. After all, it was designed to control Pokémon, and Pokémon below the Elite Four level can't be violently destroyed.

Upon seeing this.

With a few quick movements, Huoyan removed the two pairs of wristbands.

He then put it on himself, seemingly not believing in such superstitions.

"hiss!!"

The intense pulse made her tremble instantly.

"Quickly, help me—turn it off!"

"Sana~"

A smile appeared on Gardevoir's calm face.

You forgot about me, so here's your punishment~

Although it can tolerate this level of pulse stimulation for a long time now.

Looking at Gardevoir's appearance, Oreki couldn't help but think of a phrase from his past life: "a fan with a dark side."

Sigh, this Pokémon looks so quiet and elegant, but its inner thoughts are full of things that are not suitable for children.

"Feed—feed—please help!"

Fire Goose's urging brought Oreki back to his senses.

He circled the other person once, then stroked his chin and said seriously, "I think we should just leave it on? You like it anyway."

"No—no, I can't take it anymore!!"

Huoyan's voice was already tinged with tears.

"Both bad at the game and love to play."

With a muttered sound, Oreki took the controller out of the fire goose and turned off the pulse of the wristband.

"call"

If it weren't for those three energy cubes at noon, Huoyan felt she would have collapsed to the ground right now.

After regaining her composure by leaning on the lab table, she was still furious. "Gardedoll! Is this how you treat your mentor?"

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"Sana?"

Is this how you treat your students?

Gardevoir stood with its hands on its hips, ready to fight back, displaying its spoiled and willful nature.

After being rebuffed, Huo Yan's eyes darted away.

It was indeed her carelessness that caused this.

However, to her surprise, before she could figure out how to retaliate, a flash of red light appeared beside her, and Tyrell appeared to be on the same side as her, unleashing a barrage of "Meow Meow Meow" attacks on Gardevoir.

Although she couldn't understand Meowth's language, she deduced from Gardevoir's suddenly cold expression that it probably wasn't something nice.

"Sanai!"

Come talk to me again after you've evolved!

Soon enough, Gardevoir was pushed out again, making Tirion bristle with choking.

As the saying goes, you shouldn't criticize a cat's weaknesses. At this stage, Tiramisu's biggest weakness is that it has been evolved by Gardevoir once again. The most crucial thing is that it shows no signs of evolving at all, which makes Tiramisu very upset.

Ah, this—

Huoyan really wanted to say, "How come you were instantly killed as soon as you appeared? Is that even possible?"

But seeing its angry expression, I swallowed my words back.

In this way, I don't seem to be that angry anymore?

She patted Tilly on the shoulder. "Thanks, meow."

"Meow meow meow?"

Taking advantage of the gap while Gardevoir was fighting two opponents, Oreki skillfully conducted a thorough investigation.

【Gardevoir (female)】

【————】

[Status: Excellent. It seems the body's energy has surged but hasn't been fully mastered yet (why is there still a tingling sensation?)]

[Evaluation: A top performer in its niche, seemingly having reached the end of its life form, yet still possessing significant potential for further development (it has successfully forged its own path!)]

Is it really close to reaching the top of its ecological niche?

Looking at the review section, Oreki nodded to himself.

No wonder, in his subjective perception, Gardevoir's current aura is even stronger than Flamewaker's Chandelure.

It turns out that it was already stronger than the Pokémon of an ordinary Gym Leader right after it evolved.

It seems that once it fully adapts to its evolved power and is further trained, it might even break through to the top of its ecological niche!

It's important to know that, according to Oreki's classification of system evaluations, the apex of the niche is comparable to the Gym Leader's ace Pokémon and the Elite Four's main Pokémon.

Although there is a huge gap between the bottom performers and the top performers in each tier, at least they can be included, right?

Too many trainers spend their entire lives aiming only to train a main Pokémon that can rival a Gym Leader.

It is easy to imagine the value of the "top niche" category.

"Great things come from small beginnings."

Oreki sighed inwardly.

He knew very well that this was not only due to the Hunter's Certificate and the potions, but also Gardevoir's relentless training day after day.

Through this leap in life level, it successfully transformed its long-term efforts into strength.

"It seems like I haven't properly congratulated you yet."

Oreki walked up to Gardevoir, only an arm's length away from it.

Gardevoir is of normal height, a little shorter than Flamewaker, about 1.6 meters tall, just touching Oreki's chin.

Oreki gently stroked its green hair and said from the bottom of his heart.

"You finally did Gardevoir, and as a trainer, I'm truly happy for you."

"Sanai!"

Although Gardevoir says it likes to be straightforward, it has never been comfortable with its trainers' direct expression of emotions.

Therefore, its first reaction is still to dodge.

But unexpectedly, Oreki withdrew his hand before it could react.

"sand--"

A sense of loss welled up in my heart.

It's not a problem to touch it a little longer —

"Just patting your head feels too formal, and it's not very convenient to pat your head after you've evolved. Let's find a different way to celebrate."

Without giving Gardevoir a chance to react, Oreki pulled her into his arms.

Let's work hard together in the future.

"!!!"

Gardevoir wanted to escape again, but the trainer's arm seemed to have a magical power that made it unable to muster any strength. So it just stood there blankly, its face flushed.

"Meow!!"

"!"

Fire Goose reacted quickly and grabbed Tire Meow, who was waving her paws and trying to move forward.

But she was no match for the jealous Tilley, and could only watch helplessly as it broke free and rushed to Oreki's side.

Clang!

The cat's claws appear even sharper in the cool-toned laboratory setting.

Tirecat knew that the two stinky guys in front of it were stronger than it, so it didn't hesitate at all and swung its claw down, trying to separate the trainer and Pokémon with their abnormal relationship. In its eyes, any Pokémon that had close contact with its trainer, other than itself, had an abnormal relationship.

Huoyan, watching the grand spectacle unfolding before her, felt a surge of excitement.

Swish!

The cat's paw swung down.

Fire Goose stared wide-eyed.

Is it coming?!

pity.

The scene she imagined, where the two Pokémon fought each other over the trainer, did not happen.

In a flash, Gardevoir and Oreki appeared on the other side of the experimental table.

"Oh?"

Oreki loosened Gardevoir and asked in surprise.

"Can teleportation now carry people?"

"Sanai——"

Gardevoir lowered its head and nodded gently.

It didn't know why, but it just didn't want to be interrupted by the stinky cat, so it unleashed the skill almost by accident.

Oreki held out his hand. "Want to try again?"

"Sanai!"

Gardevoir gripped his hand tightly, her psychic purple eyes appearing even more alluring against her flushed cheeks.

Whoosh!

They disappeared, then reappeared and returned to Tire Cat's side.

"Meow!"

Little La, this is blatant provocation!

Gardevoir did not respond, but reached out its other hand and precisely caught Tiremon's wrist as it swung out.

With another "whoosh," the person and the two Pokémon disappeared from the laboratory.

The fiery geese were left dumbfounded.

"Hey! You ungrateful Gardevoir! I haven't even gotten on the train yet!!"

After a while.

Huoyan ran all the way to the separately built smelting equipment platform outside the laboratory, panting and drenched in sweat.

"I just changed my clothes!"

"The way you were looking at the torrential rain outside the window, ready to pounce, even if you don't sweat now, you'll get soaked later, right?"

Oreki observed the equipment in front of him and speculated without turning his head.

Do leading experts in lava research enjoy getting rained on?

That's a strange thing.

Unfazed by being exposed, Huo Yan simply went all out and asked, "So, after you're done with your work, are you interested in going out in the rain?"

Oreki refused outright, "No."

"Tch, no fun and no imagination!" Huo Yan commented bluntly.

Lack of imagination?

Oreki was immediately displeased.

He turned around, his eyes cold.

Firegoose was secretly pleased, but casually explained, "Rain is the thing Fire-type Pokémon hate the most. A rainstorm is the perfect training ground provided by nature. My Chandelure is not so afraid of Water-type attacks anymore!"

"Oh, I thought it was something else."

Oreki pursed his lips. "I did that when I was a kid."

"Um?"

"How about taking a newly hatched giblet for a swim?"

As we all know, Gible, despite its noble Dragon type and theoretical resistance to Water type, also has the Ground type and is naturally averse to water. This physiological aversion cannot be simply masked by "type resistance".

Not to mention the newly hatched giblets —

Huo Yan shivered for no reason. "You really are a devil."

"However..."

Oreki changed the subject, looking at Growlithe who was looking around like a curious child.

"How about it? Interested in challenging yourself in the rain?"

"Woof?"

Growlithe was confused, but when it heard "challenge yourself," it immediately responded loudly.

"Woof!"

challenge!

"Not bad, then everyone should experience the downpour training later, especially—" Oreki looked at Tireyne with a smile, "Got it?"

"Meow meow—"

Okay, it's just about training meow properly—

Tire Cat dejectedly echoed.

Although it can achieve a similar effect to teleportation by exchanging locations, there is still a big difference in essence. The inability to move at will makes it seem useless in many situations.

Therefore, after fully experiencing the wonders of Gardevoir's teleportation and the opponent's surging psychic power, it has temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​fighting the opponent.

We can't beat them, we absolutely can't beat them!

But don't get too excited, little La, wait for me to evolve!

Speaking of which—

The new teleportation gameplay that Xiao La just developed is really exciting. I bet that girl who's a bit off her own head will like it too.

Tire Cat looked at Fire Goose, a scrutinizing glint in her purple cat eyes.

The main reason it fits so perfectly is this "exciting gameplay of instant teleportation".

Bound by Gardevoir's psychic-powered arms, they leaped off the cliff and hurtled towards the lava, only to be teleported away just before touching it.

To be honest, Tirey is now a little afraid of Gardevoir, feeling like the other has unlocked something even more incredible.

Is teleportation something Meow Meow uses for playing exciting games?

What's with that kitten's expression?

Noticing Tire's scrutinizing gaze, Fire Goose was puzzled, but urged by Oreki, she started the smelting equipment first.

This equipment is more than three times the size of the one under the Fuma Dojo, so its smelting efficiency and capacity should be much higher.

Boom!

As the platform vibrated, the thick pipes began to draw lava from underground.

"Gardedoll, give the hammer back to the little blacksmith. It'll be the main force later," Oreki commanded.

"Kano Kanano!"

Although it was unclear what they would be doing, the trainer seemed to be saying that they would need to hammer it themselves, and the little blacksmith immediately said, "Leave it to the blacksmith."

Who knew?

The trainer's next words almost broke its defenses.

"You are not allowed to use the hammer's energy to absorb any metal elements, otherwise—"

Oreki took out an unknown metal piece and a steel dragon gem and pretended to throw them off a cliff, which startled the little blacksmith so much that he grabbed his leg and cried.

You can't blame Oreki for this. He really had no way to control this "naughty iron bullet" if he didn't do it this way. If he let the little blacksmith hammer it, most of the metal elements in the metal ore would be absorbed, and then what's the point of forging a hammer!

With everything ready, Oreki waved his hand and a bag of metal ore appeared out of thin air, leaving Huoyan stunned.

"No, I was thinking of asking you this while we were eating: where did you get all these things from?"

"It's a secret. I'll tell you when the time is right."

"When will the time be right?" Huo Yan's curiosity and competitive spirit were inexplicably aroused.

Scientists, after all, have a much higher thirst for exploration and knowledge than ordinary people.

Oreki hadn't expected Fire Goose to be so serious, and immediately blurted out, "When you successfully infiltrate Team Lava and replace their leader, Crimson Pine."

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Oreki: 6

Red Flame Pine, best of luck.

"Alright, alright, go back to the lab. I can manage here by myself."

"I want to see." Huo Yan said succinctly, remaining unmoved no matter how much Zhe Mu glared at her.

"Meow!"

Suddenly, Tire Cat spoke up in a cheeky tone.

"Sana?"

May I?

Gardevoir seeks the trainer's opinion.

After thinking for a moment, Oreki realized that with the little blacksmith there, it didn't matter whether Gardevoir was there or not, and the screams shouldn't affect their forging. So he waved his hand and agreed.

"Huh? What kind of riddle are you talking about? What could it be??"

Fire Goose had a feeling that Tire Cat had been harboring ill intentions since earlier, and now that feeling was even stronger.

Whoosh!

Gardevoir disappeared.

Sensing the airflow behind her, Huo Yan was about to turn around when her body was frozen in place by a powerful superpower.

A mocking voice came from behind.

"Sana~"

Teacher, let your student teach you a thrilling trick!

"What kind of thorn—"

Before she could finish speaking, Firebird was thrown off the cliff platform by Gardevoir.

"ah"

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