So charming, you want me to raise Pokémon?

Chapter 203 Taming Little Lugia: Ideals and Counterattack

Chapter 203 Taming Little Lugia: Ideals and Counterattack

In the H17 sea area, on a blocked coastline, a large group of Lugia poked their heads out of the sea, while on the shore were two Lugia, one large and one small.

"Sorry, please accept this."

As soon as Wei Xin and Mikoli stepped onto the beach, they saw Chief Lugia arguing with Little Lugia, making a commotion.

Listen, it's time for us to go home.

No, I don't want to go back to the seabed, I want to play outside.

Little Lugia firmly objected, saying that going home was out of the question. She felt much better outside than underwater, where she was bored and had no one to play with.

Lugia sighed helplessly. They'd only been out for a short while, and their minds were already wandering off?

Sensing Wei Xin's presence, Little Lugia quickly ran towards him, hunching its head and hiding its massive body behind him. It raised its wings to shield Wei Xin to its chest, looking pitifully at its mother.

Dad will take care of me, right?

She leaned down again and nuzzled her head against Wei Xin's face, revealing a fawning expression.

"Alright," Wei Xin bent his arm and scratched Lugia's neck. He had been worried that he wouldn't have enough money to support Lugia, but now things were different.

Including the reimbursement of energy cubes from the Hoenn Alliance and the Eastern Alliance that has not yet arrived, the money earned from selling bracelets, the rewards promised by the Hoenn leader, and the profits after the company is successfully established, at least resources and finances are not a concern at all.

He can raise whatever he wants.

Considering Lugia's size, Wei Xin was thinking about whether he should make more money and buy an island.

"You have to take your kids out to see the world; keeping them cooped up at home all the time isn't good for their mental health."

After much persuasion, and seeing that Lugia absolutely refused to leave, Lugia finally relented: "Alright then."

"Yay!" With permission granted, the little Lugia excitedly let out a long howl, flapping its wings, almost flying away in joy, but was glared at back by the big Lugia.

Little Lucia could only hunch her shoulders and obediently hide behind Wei Xin.

Big Lugia sighed, looking at Wei Xin, and the Sylveon and Kirlia clinging to him. Judging from their size alone, there was no need to worry about Little Lugia's living conditions. This was a step towards repairing the relationship between humans and Lugia. So, he solemnly instructed: "She's temporarily in your care. Remember to limit her food intake, don't let her be picky about food, and remember to take her out often."

Exercise, remember—

Lugia, like a pale old man holding a pufferfish, demanded that Wei Xin remember one thing after another. He didn't care, treating it as a guide to raising little Lugia. But little Lugia was getting impatient, especially after hearing about limiting snacks, and almost cried.

【mom!】

Lugia snapped, "I only said a couple of things to you, and you're already complaining that I'm annoying!"

Then came the talk about how the child had grown up and become independent, and Wei Xin chuckled, "You can rest assured leaving the little guy in my care."

Upon hearing this, Lugia didn't say much, but leaned close to Wei Xin's ear and said, "Remember to send more of the food you brought last time to the Whirlpool Islands; my people love it."

Not a member of the clan.

Wei Xin smiled silently, thinking that this mother was quite the glutton: "Someone will deliver it to you."

After whispering a few more words in Lugia's ear, Lugia led his people away by water.

"Dad, you won't cut my food allowance, right?" After confirming that the clansmen had left, Lugia leaned close to Wei Xin, sniffed, and asked pitifully.

If I endured hardship at sea and continued to suffer after coming ashore, wouldn't my time on shore have been wasted?

"Don't worry, there's plenty. I'll make sure you're well-fed and plump." As a tanky defensive Pokémon in battle, how could Lugia be without meat? Wei Xin took out a Poké Ball. "Come in and rest. I'll call you when it's time to eat."

"Yay!" Lugia cheered and jumped headfirst into the Poké Ball. After a slight sway, it remained still.

[Catch one Pokémon, reward 50000 Action Points]

The mythical beast was tamed so easily?

Seeing Lugia enter the Poké Ball and officially become Wei Xin's Pokémon, Mikuri was slightly stunned, then clapped and congratulated: "There aren't many people in this world who can form a bond with a legendary Pokémon. Congratulations, Mr. Wei Xin."

However, there are many legendary Pokémon that can form bonds with me. Wei Xin touched the polyhedron in his pocket, where an exhausted Zygarde was resting. Ho-Oh's red feather reminded him of the silver feather he kept at home, and the golden eye that Rayquaza could ignite at any time after signing a formal contract with, which, apart from having a cool special effect, didn't have much use—now he really became a hybrid.

I wonder if other hybrids will be drawn here by the Blood Sorrow soon.

"By the way, what about Daigo? Is he alright?" Wei Xin remembered that Daigo had been hit by Deoxys's Shadow Ball and fallen into the sea.

Can it survive?

"Don't worry, Steven's toughness is just like Steel-type Pokémon. He's already been discharged from the hospital while you were unconscious," Wallace said. "Mr. Wei Xin, as the Hoenn Champion, please allow me to thank you again for saving the Hoenn region. In addition to the official gratitude from the Hoenn region, Steven and I will prepare an extra gift for you in our personal capacity."

Wei Xin quickly waved his hand and shook his head, then opened his pocket, oh dear, how could he possibly accept this? "Just a little something is enough. And please, don't use honorifics. We're all friends."

I just want some rare Pokémon, rare ores, resources, etc. I'm not picky.

"Okay," Mikoli said, seeing Wei Xin's upright expression. She thought to herself that Donghuang was indeed a land of etiquette, so she had to prepare a grand gift to make Daigo bleed a lot.

"If you don't have anything particularly urgent to do, why not stay in Hoenn for a few more days? We're planning to hold a celebration later, and your friends are already staying at a hotel in Sootopolis," Mikoli earnestly invited.

Wei Xin readily agreed, now he had a reason to ask for a few more days off and not have to go back to class.

Midday, a hotel room in Liuli City.

Wei Xin sat on the bed, opened his backpack, and took out the notebook that he had entrusted to Little Rocky for safekeeping.

Upon opening the notebook, their eyes lit up slightly, and Kirlia and Sylveon peeked out, even though they couldn't understand the words on it.

From the moment he learned that Higana's actions, driven by the prophecy, ultimately led to its fulfillment, he had been worried about one thing: whether his actions might cause the end of the world. This was the reason he was so desperate. Now, the truth has come to light.

The notebook was missing a portion of its contents; the part about Hoenn's destruction in the legendary Pokémon conflict had been completely erased. In other words, the future had been altered.

But the news of the champion's defeat did not disappear, because Mikkel was indeed defeated.

This is undoubtedly good news; in other words, his efforts and actions have been meaningful.

"Great!" Wei Xin excitedly closed his notebook and lay down on the bed. Although the contract with Phoenix King gave him strong vitality, the continuous battles had left him mentally exhausted. As soon as his head hit the pillow, Wei Xin was overwhelmed by sleepiness, just like a student who had just finished the college entrance examination.

Kirlia and Sylveon were shocked. Could something be wrong with their trainer's body? They quickly moved closer to Wei Xin's face.

Sylveon jumped onto Wei Xin and pressed its ear against his chest, only to hear a heart pounding wildly.

Wei Xin raised his hand and rubbed the back of Sylveon's neck: "Sylveon, please get off my chest, you're so heavy!"

"Mia!" Upon hearing the trainer's voice, Sylveon breathed a sigh of relief, but then realized something was wrong. She snorted, raised her antennae, and gently tugged at Wei Xin's chest.

Snapped!

She's not heavy at all!!!

With his last bit of strength, Wei Xin hugged the two little ones tightly, pressing their heads against his chest. Under this intimate contact, Sylveon and Kiruri felt shy and their faces immediately turned red. Although they usually slept together at home, after hearing Wei Xin's steady breathing, they smiled at each other, moved their bodies, turned over, and snuggled into their trainer's arms, falling asleep peacefully.

At least, take a break first.

While Wei Xin was resting, things were quietly changing all over the world.

For example, in a hotel in Liuli City, a girl held an electrode in her hand and had a bold idea. After taking a shower, she began to carefully dress up, still feeling resentful.

For example, Lance, Steven, and Wallace, along with trainers and Gym Leaders from the entire Hoenn region, began capturing the fleeing Team Aqua and Team Magma members.

Anyone who commits this crime will be brought to justice.

For example, the Hoenn incident served as a trigger, and various regions found reasons to launch sanctions against Boostball and the companies behind it.

For example, while everyone's attention was focused on the Hoenn region, the long-silent Kanto region welcomed an uninvited guest: the Pokémon Lab beneath the Viridian City Gym in Viridian City, Kanto.

In the dimly lit corridor, red lights flashed, and the sounds of anxious alarms and footsteps filled the air.

"Has anyone seen the intruders? They were injured by Boss Giovanni, they can't have gone far. Everyone, search thoroughly." A Team Rocket executive named Athena led the Team Rocket members through the laboratory, searching.

"Lady Athena, two people here are injured."

Athena and her people rushed over to the sound and saw two young men in uniforms leaning against the corner of the wall, their faces obscured by blood.

"Did you see the intruder? Where did he run off to?" Athena grabbed one of the men's uniforms, ignoring the strange amount of blood and life force on their bodies, and questioned him.

"Lady Athena, the intruders—are heading towards the warehouse." A young man said weakly, his voice hoarse, before he breathed his last.

"Alright, everyone, head towards the warehouse! Don't let them escape." Athena threw the two to the ground and led the large group of people away towards the warehouse.

After everyone else had left, the two corpses lying on the ground twitched slightly. The next second, they got up. One of them was shrouded in black smoke, which dissipated and transformed into a Zoroark. He exchanged a smile with the handsome young man next to him, who was covered in blood, and then got up and pulled N, who was lying on the ground, up.

"Friend, don't rush to deactivate your transformation. What if someone comes back to attack?"

"That's right, Beedrill, deadly sting!"

An ominous sound came from the shadows in the corridor, mixed with the flapping of wings of an insect-type Pokémon. The next second, a sharp yellow light pierced through the corridor and shot towards the two.

As the crisis struck, Zoroark acted decisively, grabbing N's hand and throwing him to the other side of the aisle.

boom!

When N realized what was happening, he saw a Mega Beedrill float out of the room next door. Crimson blood dripped from its silvery-white needles, and countless gazes were cast from its scarlet compound eyes, locking onto the room where Zoroark was pinned to the wall and barely breathing.

"Hmm, your Pokémon was so badly injured, yet it didn't return to its Poké Ball?" A man in a suit with a buzz cut stepped out from the shadows, one hand in his pocket, a red Poké Ball bobbing up and down in his hand.

"When Beedrill evolved, it didn't trigger its evolution stone. Could it be related to the battle that took place in Hoenn?"

Pulling himself out of his thoughts, Sakaki sized up the young man who had barged into Team Rocket's base.

"I see. A Pokémon liberator from the Unova region, with superhuman speed and stamina, astonishing computational ability to decipher base codes in a short time, and the ability to turn other people's Pokémon to defect. No one would believe you if you said you were just a nobody in Team Plasma. Executive—there's no record of you in my files." Based on the young man's previous performance, he guessed the newcomer's identity.

"The legendary King of Team Rocket is actually a human-Pokémon hybrid. But I don't understand, Team Rocket has never operated in Unova before. Why did you choose to walk into our trap?" Giovanni's sinister gaze pierced through N's body in an instant, sending chills down one's spine.

N, leaning against the wall, struggled to his feet, wiped away the bloodstains, revealing his handsome and refined face, and reached for the electronic lock beside him.

"Actually, I initially came here just to search for the legendary Unova treasure, but now I've changed my mind. Organizations like yours that forcibly deprive Pokémon of their freedom and enslave them through despicable means—no, you trainers who use Pokémon to satisfy your own selfish desires—no, you humans, have no value whatsoever in my ideals."

Sakagi snorted coldly.

Freedom? Slavery? Humans controlling Pokémon is simply part of the natural ecosystem, a result of natural selection. To remove humans from nature is an arrogant and naive idea.

But he didn't have the leisure to discuss ideals with the children.

And, there are Unicron treasures in his warehouse? Where did this rumor even come from?

and so.

"Beedrill, spare his life. I want to keep him for experiments."

call out!

The spear shot out, and a mournful roar came, but it wasn't a human, but Giovanni's Beedrill. It was slammed into the wall by the immense force, lost consciousness, and turned into a red light, falling into the Poké Ball in his hand.

Immediately, a powerful consciousness appeared throughout the entire Tokiwa Research Institute.

[Pokémon, humans, ideals, clarity, nature, choice—these are truly incomprehensible thoughts. But you're right about one thing: Pokémon should be free. Our destiny should be in our own hands, not a bloodstained blade in someone else's hand.]

In the darkness, the door behind N was crushed by a giant object, turning into a fist-sized iron ball that rolled down.

In the laboratory, a Pokémon clad in metallic armor has blue eyes.

"Mewtwo has developed self-awareness?" Giovanni exclaimed in surprise. He quickly released his Pokémon, stepped back, and pressed his earpiece to give the order, "Everyone, evacuate Viridian Labs immediately."

The next second, Mewtwo shattered its protective armor, and a long tail extended from the back of its head, dragging to the ground. A powerful psychic force covered the entire research institute. In the fog, all of Giovanni's Pokémon lost consciousness and entered the Poké Ball. He heard a roar and screams of terror, sparks flew everywhere, and acrid black smoke completely obscured his vision.

Three minutes later, aboard Team Rocket's helicopter, Giovanni watched helplessly as the Viridian City research institute crumbled into ruins. Amidst colorful fireworks, Pokémon born from the fusion of human and Pokémon genes through technology reached out their hands to the humans born from the natural union of humans and Pokémon.

"My name is N, also known as Natuaral. What about you, friend?"

"Mewtwo, they call me Mewtwo, so what are we going to do next?"

"First, let my friends get healed, then, let's liberate all the Pokémon in the world and personally pry open the door to our ideals."

"Stop knocking! Stop knocking!" At the Hoenn Hotel, Wei Xin was awakened by a knocking sound. Kirlia and Sylveon in his arms also raised their heads, their eyes still sleepy.

Wei Xin glanced at his phone. Apart from Lillie's message to him a long time ago saying she had something to discuss with her, the rest were only messages of concern from other people. He straightened his clothes, got up and got out of bed. Sylveon sniffed, detected a scent, and instantly became alert, rushing to the door, its fur bristling on alert.

"Mia!"

Kirlia also teleported to Wei Xin's side, protecting the trainer behind her.

What's going on? Is it a sasaeng fan knocking on the door? That's very polite.

Wei Xin also became alert, peering through the peephole to see who it was, and frowned.

Higana is still chasing me, damn it!