May 13th, Thursday.
The sumr night was cool, shadows of trees swayed gently, and the cicadas’ chirping from Kricketot floated through the air.
It had just rained in the morning;
the soil was moist and perfect for planting tree fruits.
Returning ho after a long absence, Lu Ye threw himself onto the soft big bed, rolled around, then got up again.
“I still have work to do,” Lu Ye murmured, “The stockpile at ho isn’t enough;
I have to make more energy cubes.”
The main harvest from this trip back from Michina was the symbol of Arceus’s power—the Power of Transcendence.
The Power of Transcendence tightened the bond between trainers and their Pokémon, granting telepathic communication.
Therefore, this power made Teacher Lu’s specialty—commanding—much more covert.
Just like Caitlin, who naturally commanded through psychic powers.
By silently casting commands, there was no need to foolishly expose tactical intentions…
At this mont, Teacher Lu was using the Power of Transcendence to communicate with Rotom:
“Little Rotom, quickly activate the tree fruit machine form!”
“Beep beep... Unable to understand! (⊙x⊙;
)”
“Don’t slack off, we still have to make a whole truckload and transport it to White Poplar Town.”
“Unable to understand, Roto~ o(TヘTo)”
Little Rotom had two jewel fragnts installed as plugins, making both cooking and mixing tree fruits more efficient.
The ti fragnt sped up cooking, and the space fragnt increased capacity... the legendary kitchenware at its finest.
The fresh raw tree fruits ca from a barely noticeable system.
Whether rare tree fruits or large quantities of common ones, they could always be exchanged.
If it weren’t for running a studio and loving the ga, Teacher Lu suspected he’d be a fruit tycoon making more money than ga developnt…
Entering the kitchen, Lu Ye attempted to use the Power of Transcendence, closing his eyes.
Using himself as the radar center, white light extended outward, sensing far away the insatiable Darkrai in White Poplar Town.
Two beams of white light in the living room belonged to the underage internet-addicted w and Togepi;
Sylveon was patrolling outside like the big sister guarding her territory;
In the courtyard, Arcanine was digging, and Larvitar was eating dirt with its mouth open...
“What a strange family,” Teacher Lu said, holding his forehead.
Besides that, a faint connection stretched toward the distant, dim Kalos region.
Three maps had been lit up, but the fog over Kalos’s map remained unopened.
That was exactly the Fairy-type tablet that Arceus had entrusted Lu Ye to bring back.
“If we’re really doing the mission, the tablet should be left to Sylveon.”
Lu Ye fell into thought: “Togepi and w can just attend online classes…”
“Production progress reached 85%, Roto!” The Rotom-brand tree fruit machine rumbled.
“That fast?”
“Beep beep… This is high-power mode, Roto!”
Thinking about next month’s electricity bill, Teacher Lu’s expression shifted slightly.
This was already at industrial electricity levels!
Fortunately, Pokémon’s sales were very promising, so electricity and food costs were still manageable.
After all, once the company went public, Teacher Lu would have hundreds of millions, enough to accomplish a small goal!
He entrusted Rocket Delivery to transport the energy cubes to White Poplar Town.
Lu Ye had Haunter carry a few cans of energy cubes.
He planned to visit Professor Rowan’s backyard to check on the training Blastoise and Delibird.
Before leaving, he glanced at the living room, where two Pokémon were playing gas.
One was Togepi, and the other was also a ‘Togepi.’
“Chajidu yi~~ ????(??????*)”
The ‘Togepi’ followed the racing ga, swaying left and right, practically turning it into a motion-sensing ga.
The other Togepi was absurdly lucky, using stars, bombs… various items in succession.
“Chajidu yi~~ヾ(??????ゞ)”
Lu Ye laughed silently. w rarely went on trips, but tonight the two were making enough noise.
“Wait for
to co back.” Lu Ye shouted, “I’ll treat you two to a midnight snack!”
“w~~!” The ‘Togepi’ transford back into the pink w, happily laughing.
Stepping outside into the night filled with mist.
Arcanine wagged its tail upon seeing Lu Ye: “Awoo! ??(??????)??”
“Yoji!” Larvitar obediently bowed.
“You two keep playing,” Lu Ye smiled, “Just don’t eat up Blastoise’s experintal field.”
Blastoise was planting Revival Root and Revival Herb in the courtyard, rapidly maturing them with aura catalysis.
However, it had to constantly guard against the wild Arcanine and the ravenous Larvitar.
Today, with Blastoise out training, the experintal field was in grave danger!
“Yoji~~” Larvitar nodded in agreent. Despite being gluttonous, it was well-behaved.
From this period of interaction, Lu Ye discovered Larvitar’s hobby was building sandcastles.
Whenever it followed Sylveon to the park to monopolize the children’s swings, Larvitar would quietly play with sand there.
Small, pitiful, and still very hungry.
“I wonder if Larvitar can eat Sandcastle Grandpa…”
Lu Ye cleared his throat, deciding he’d take it to the beach to forage (scratch that)... just to play.
“Gengarrr gengarrr~~”
Haunter followed Lu Ye’s footsteps, swimming in the shadow at his feet, using freestyle and breathing techniques.
Tired from swimming, Haunter leaned against the rippling shadow edge and took a satisfying sip of an ice-cold cola: “Gengarrr~”
Lu Ye: “...”
That was just too enviable!
As Haunter’s mastery of antimatter grew, several kiloters around could beco its private swimming pool.
But then again, this ability was usually for stealth and curses, like Kukui’s Haunter.
Using it to swim... really fits Teacher Lu’s Haunter perfectly!
In the night, Professor Rowan’s research institute was already in sight.
The institute’s windows glowed faintly. Professor Rowan spotted Lu Ye’s figure and stood up, nodding.
Lu Ye arrived at the main entrance and greeted Professor Rowan.
Professor Rowan stroked his handlebar mustache and said seriously:
“Lu Ye, I heard about that incident in Michina.”
“What happened?” Lu Ye was stunned;
he hadn’t expected the news to spread so fast.
Professor Rowan’s eyes flickered: “I heard you defeated Arceus?!”
“Beep beep...”
The Rotom Pokédex suddenly broadcasted:
“Arceus encounter count: 1, defeat count: 1!”
For a mont, Teacher Lu and Professor Rowan fell into silence facing each other.
Everyone in the institute heard the broadcast, their hands slowing down slightly.
Clatter—
A glass bottle shattered on the ground. An intern hurriedly said, “I-I’ll clean it up right away!”
The institute resud its operations, occasionally glancing over.
Professor Rowan patted Lu Ye’s shoulder and said in a low voice:
“I don’t understand trainers like Samuel does. But I’m sure research isn’t your path;
you have a bigger stage!”
“The Lily of the Valley Conference?” Lu Ye asked tentatively.
Professor Rowan suddenly coughed and asked back, “The Lily of the Valley Conference?!”
“I heard it from Bamboo Lan,” Lu Ye scratched his head. “If you register for the Lily of the Valley Conference, you can first apply for a recomndation form from the local professor.”
“That way, you won’t have to participate in the preliminaries and can directly advance to the top 100…”
Professor Rowan fell into deep silence.
Watching the serious and determined Lu Ye, Professor Rowan’s thoughts were complicated.
Was this really reasonable?
A trainer who defeated Arceus was now going to participate in a league filled with rookies?
Suddenly, Professor Rowan felt so tightness in his chest and waved his hand:
“That’s your freedom… after all, you don’t have any Elite Four or Champion titles yet…”
Wait.
Professor Rowan felt he had vaguely grasped the truth.
The reason this kid didn’t accept Elite Four or Champion titles
Was because once he did, he couldn’t compete in league tournants anymore!
“Thank you.” Lu Ye smiled kindly. “Give
the form, I’ll fill it out at ho and return it to you...”
Professor Rowan slightly nodded and regained his serious expression.
He glanced again at the resolute, burning Lu Ye, hesitating to speak.
Would your opponents really not shed tears knowing you just defeated Arceus and are coming to compete…
“Professor!”
A ranger hurriedly pushed open the door: “You should co quickly;
the river in the backyard has completely frozen!”
Professor Rowan glanced at Lu Ye;
the aning was clear.
Lu Ye coughed: “I already told Blastoise to hold back as much as possible…”
On the other side.
Liu Bo’s Delibird stood on the frozen river surface, eye twitching as it looked at the sunglasses-wearing Blastoise.
I haven’t even taught it Ice Beam yet, and it’s already frozen the river…
So you actually already knew Ice Beam and just hid it until now?!
“Ka-mé.” (You didn’t ask
either.)
Blastoise looked at Delibird.
It planned to ask you for advice on advanced ice techniques.
Besides, this was already the result after holding back.
Delibird was stunned, a bit confused.
Who am I? Where am I? Is my mission already complete?
Lu Ye arrived beside the frozen river and looked at Delibird, surprised:
“You taught Blastoise so quickly?”
The giant penguin’s heart was tight, its temple twitching.
I think you two are deliberately teasing !
I must freeload food and lodging to erase this psychological shadow!
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On the way ho, Teacher Lu used the Power of Transcendence’s positioning to find Sylveon swinging at the park.
“Bui!” Sylveon’s ribbons twirled on both sides of the swing. Catching sight of Lu Ye, it imdiately beca flustered.
Lu Ye sat on the swing beside Sylveon and gazed up at the brilliant starry sky.
“Ka-mé!” Blastoise used aura to guard the surroundings, wary of potential enemies.
“Bui~” Sylveon lifted its deep blue eyes to stare at the stars.
After two or three minutes of silence, Lu Ye stood up and smiled: “Let’s go back.”
“It’s ti to fill out the Lily of the Valley Conference registration form, then prepare for the Baby Cup!”
“Gengar~” Haunter appeared from the shadow, grinning.
One year ago, it was Gastly who carefully filled out the registration form, tapping the screen with its sharp teeth.
One year later, Teacher Lu had beco a champion passionate about casual tournants.
Of course... from the perspective of the Baby Cup, nothing had really changed.
Lu Ye walked lightly, hands in pockets, strolling through the gentle night toward ho.
“Bui~” Sylveon stretched its ribbons on its arms, walking with long, fair limbs, head held high.
“Gengar gengar~??”
Haunter let out a few hoarse calls, without using Perish Song.
Lu Ye smiled as Sylveon’s soft, light humming floated to his ears, and he humd along.
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