Chapter 278: A Great Victory and Arrival at Aindoak to Participate in the Harvest Festival
From Adek's description, Luo Mu can draw two conclusions.
First, Adek's original Vulcan Moth has not yet been buried in the Tower of Heaven in the Unova region, which is why Adek still has the will to fight against him today.
Second, the problem with Adek's Vulcan Moth now is that its origin is deficient, and there is no way to fill it. He can only watch the Vulcan Moth, which should have the longest lifespan among the insect-attributed Pokémon, gradually weaken and die.
There are ways to cure the Vulcan Moth, and Luo Mu can think of several, but they all require looking for legendary elves with elusive whereabouts, such as the Phoenix King who can even bring the dead back to life, and Xerneas who can share eternal life, etc.
These assumptions are a bit unrealistic, if you think from a practical perspective.
The thoughtful Luo Mu's eyes suddenly fell on the excited Piper behind him, and in an instant, inspiration emerged like a spring.
In the game, Piper's Mastiff Godfather seems to be unable to heal his own injuries/deficits like the Vulcan Moth, so he can only watch himself decline day by day.
The way that Piper cured the Mastiff Godfather was to let him eat a sandwich with five secret seasonings: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty. He directly saved the dying Mastiff Godfather!
"Maybe there is a way"
After telling the story of the Vulcan Moth, Adek kept paying attention to Luo Mu. After hearing Luo Mu's murmur, which Adek almost thought was an illusion, a flame of hope suddenly ignited in his heart.
"Do you have a way?!"
Regardless of the students and media reporters around him, Adek held Luo Mu's hand like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw.
In the middle of the night, he didn't know how many nights he couldn't sleep because of the memories of the Vulcan Moth.
If he could save the Vulcan Moth, as long as it didn't harm the Unova region, he would do anything, even selling all his wealth.
Luo Mu was startled by Adek's sudden excitement. If possible, he didn't want to make an unsure promise, but Adek's face mixed with sadness and hope made Luo Mu silent.
After a few seconds, Luo Mu slowly said: "There is a way, but I am not 100% sure. Let's talk about it in detail after the exchange competition process is completed."
Adek was stunned and moved his eyes to the surroundings. Du Ruo Zi Yu and others, students and media reporters were looking at them in confusion. Although they couldn't hear what Adek and Luo Mu were saying, Adek suddenly excitedly held Luo Mu's hand, and they didn't know what was going on.
Fortunately, the media reporters who entered Blueberry Academy today are all regular and discerning, and they won't commit suicide, otherwise news with titles such as "Adek lost the battle and was suspected of being emotional and not letting the winner leave" would probably be all over the sky tonight.
Adek also knew that he had lost his composure, and he coughed lightly and said, "Then let's continue the next two doubles exchange matches."
After Adek was defeated by Luo Mu 3-0, the overall momentum of the students of Blueberry Academy really fell, and even affected the doubles combination of Akamatsu and Zi Yu who appeared in the first round.
Compared to Zi Yu, who remained calm and commanded carefully even though she was disappointed, Akamatsu, who was younger but had great fighting talent, became very unstable.
Even if Zi Yu tried her best to replace Pipa's Parasaurolophus and Mudan's Jolteon, it was still difficult to turn the tide, and unfortunately lost in the six-choice four doubles match.
The performance of the Du Ruo & Nali combination in the second round was much better. As a trainer specializing in steel attributes, Nali always maintained a calm and meticulous battle thinking like the champion Daigo in the Hoenn region, and Du Ruo showed the domineering side of a dragon attribute trainer in the battle.
Unfortunately, they met the combination of Neemo & Piper.
Regardless of Papa's command ability, at least the tactic recommended by Luo Mu to him, which was a master's tactic of breaking the shell of the thorn shell + falling ice pillar, really caught Du Ruo off guard.
Nari's assistance was directly blocked by Nemo's fierce attack, and the situation completely tilted towards the combination of Nemo and Papa from this moment on.
Nemo's fighting style is really fierce. It seems very reckless, but in fact it perfectly resolves all crises and provides Papa with safe output cover.
Kumaru defeated Nari's Emperor Nabo, and cooperated with Kumaru to take down Desert Dragonfly. After Kumaru was taken down by Nari's second Pokémon, Mantis, Kumaru was attacked by the Pokémon named Aluminum Steel Bridge Dragon, and lost its combat ability after leaving a good amount of damage on the opponent.
The next Babu Tubo showed Nimo's fighting quality far beyond her peers. She first fought with the Giant Claw Mantis quickly, and then fought with the Alpha Dragon, which was like a turret.
Piper and the Godfather Mastiff directly became auxiliary, and their biggest role was to help the thighs prevent tricky attacks from blind spots.
After the Giant Claw Mantis and Alpha Dragon fell one after another, Du Ruo looked at Nimo, who should be about the same age as him, in surprise. The overwhelming strength shown by the opponent actually made him a little scared.
Luo Mu, who watched the whole battle, was also feasting his eyes. It was just that Zi Yu's trump card was the Dragon Head Digger, which made him a little confused. Doesn't this kid like cute Pokémon, especially fairy-type ones?
And Du Ruo's trump card Alpha Dragon, it seems to be the evolution of Alpha Dragon. Alpha Dragon, which can already compete with Bankiras, can evolve or is it the same as the relationship between Scyther and Giant Claw Mantis?
It's impossible to directly ascend to a quasi-god with a racial value of 600, right?
While watching the battle, Luo Mu also reviewed his battle with Adek.
First of all, the conclusion is that Adek's biggest problem now is that his trump card, Vulcan Moth, is seriously ill, which makes him only slightly stronger than the ordinary Four Heavenly Kings.
Bamboo Ran's Garchomp, Kalno's Gardevoir, Daigo's Metagross, and Dantei's Charizard are all their absolute trump cards, and they have a decisive role in the battle.
Adek now is almost an enhanced version of Chibana, who is said to be the champion in other regions in the Galar region and can actually use Gigantamax Aluminum Steel Dragon.
On the contrary, after nearly half a year of precipitation, Monarch and others have made considerable progress compared to the challenge to Yesi, and have added the combat power of Mega Swampert.
With the addition of various factors, Luo Mu achieved a terrifying record of 3 to 0.
This is also the reason why he wanted to fight with Adek in his prime. When a hero is old, he will always feel regretful.
The students of Blueberry Academy looked sad and unwilling. The exchange match of sister schools full of "harmony and friendship" ended. The media reporters also smiled happily as they got good news.
Nimo and the other four were inspired by the fulfilling sense of achievement. Principal Xi Lan was even more satisfied and well-planned. Appropriate failure and stimulation will only make the young generation of the United Alliance gain stronger motivation and become stronger and stronger.
When the game ended, among a group of students in the Alliance Club who were like bereaved parents, Wu Li, who was shorter and timid, secretly glanced at Luo Mu's leaving figure.
From today on, the powerful trainer he admired was equated with Luo Mu.
As soon as the game ended, Adek couldn't wait to find Luo Mu. Under the arrangement of Principal Xi Lan, the two came to an empty quiet room.
As soon as he sat down, Adek asked, "About what we just talked about."
Luo Mu raised his hand to stop Adek from continuing, and said helplessly, "Don't worry, about that thing, to be honest, I'm afraid I can't take out the real thing for a while."
Adek's expression suddenly became lost.
Sighing, Luo Mu continued, "It is a strange plant circulated in the Padiya region, called secret seasoning. After eating all the five seasonings of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, it is said that even seriously injured and dying Pokémon can be saved."
Although you can directly grab the seasoning of the treasure owner Pokémon in the game, at least Luo Mu has never heard of the rumors about the treasure owner Pokémon.
Fortunately, it is being planted on his farm.
Under Adek's expectant expression, recalling the plants with slightly different leaf patterns and shapes in that small piece of farmland, Luo Mu slowly said: "The farm I opened now grows secret seasonings, and there are exactly five kinds."
"However, this kind of plant not only requires a lot of energy to grow, but also has a long growth cycle. After planting it at the beginning of this year, even if I let the Pokémon use the green grass field to moisten the secret seasoning every day, the day of maturity may not be until the end of the year, or even next year."
"Can the Vulcan Moth last that long?"
Adek was silent for a moment, and whispered: "I'm not sure, it's getting weaker every day, and I don't know how long it can last. If there is a way to replenish it with some source energy, maybe it can hold on."
"Replenish energy?"
Luo Mu touched his chin thoughtfully. It happened that the Pokémon was in Aindoak, where he went after finishing the trip to Blueberry Academy.
But Luo Mu didn't speak after all. Giving Adek any more illusory hope would only add to his worries and pressure.
After talking to Adek about the situation of the Vulcan Moth, Luo Mu exchanged contact information with Adek.
After all, there was hope that the Vulcan Moth could be cured. Adek stood up and bowed deeply to Luo Mu, saying: "I'll leave the cultivation of the secret seasoning to you. Whether it succeeds or not, I will give you a reward."
Luo Mu did not refuse. This was Adek's intention and hope.
However, when Adek asked him what he expected in return, Luo Mu's eyes happened to fall on the map of the ecological dome hanging on the wall of the quiet room.
After Luo Mu left, Adek looked at the map of the ecological dome with a thoughtful expression.
Luo Mu mentioned that his main business was to open a farm. Could he think that he was very interested in the construction technology of the ecological dome?
On the night of the exchange competition, Ye Ci called. She first praised Luo Mu and the students for their active performance on the phone. Before Luo Mu could speak, Ye Ci consciously said that the prize money would be doubled this time, directly becoming 100 Dabuluo.
It can be seen that Ye Ci is very satisfied with the results this time.
In the next two days, Nemo and the other four attended the Blueberry Academy courses like exchange students and enjoyed their youth.
Luo Mu often brought three cute little creatures, Frost Milk Fairy, Flower Therapy Ring and Vulpix, with him, strolling around Blueberry Academy all day like a street urchin. Zi Yu, who passed by, asked Luo Mu if he wanted to be a specialized trainer of fairy attributes.
Luo Mu, who originally thought Zi Yu was talking nonsense, looked at Mimikyu that emerged from his shadow at night, and then thought of the little brother of Windy Dog, Mahua Dog, a total of five fairy-type and future fairy-type Pokémon, and Luo Mu was silent.
Then Luo Mu quickly reconciled with himself. After all, if we talk about the Pokémon with the most attributes in the farm, it must be the grass-type Pokémon.
Speaking of which, he seemed to have no impression of the Four Heavenly Kings with grass attributes, even though there were bug-type ones. Otherwise, he might as well become a Grass Heavenly King.
Two days passed quickly. On the morning of the third day, when Luo Mu and the other five were about to leave Blueberry Academy with the farewell of Principal Xi Lan and Zi Yu, Du Ruo, who had dark circles under his eyes and had obviously stayed up all night, suddenly ran out and asked to fight Luo Mu.
It was an extremely tragic one-sided battle. Even after several years, Du Ruo would blush when he recalled it.
Luo Mu's Dragonite left a deep impression on Du Ruo, and made Du Ruo seriously think about the reliability of the idea of cultivating a mini dragon, which was more powerful than his grandfather Shaka's trump card, which made Du Ruo very excited.
On the morning of June 5, the five people left Blueberry Academy on a cruise ship.
After the cruise ship docked at an unnamed port, Luo Mu and the other five set off to the city of Aindook built in the mountains according to the navigation and map.
On the way, the Vulpix that Luo Mu had kept beside him was like a curious baby who was always attracted by all kinds of things in the outside world, which delayed the progress of the journey.
They should have arrived at Aindoak before noon, but because of the delay along the way, they arrived at the mountain road at the entrance of Aindoak at one or two o'clock in the afternoon.
Before entering Aindoak, Luo Mu saw several four-season deer with green body color on the mountain road. Four-season deer is the previous stage of budding deer, and their appearance will also change with the change of seasons.
The four-season deer that Luo Mu saw was in summer, which was exactly the same as the four-season deer that Xiaozhi and his party met before entering Aindoak in the movie.
This shows that they entered the same period as Xiaozhi and his party in the movie. Aindoak will hold a harvest festival every summer.
However, there was no scene of the four-season deer trapped on the cliff on the road, and as for the mysterious and magical Pokémon Victini that could be invisible, there was no shadow.
Luo Mu was not in a hurry. After delivering the letter, he would rely on the system in his mind that was useless except for pointing the way to find Victini and formulate a plan for abduction.
Legend has it that Victini is a Pokémon that can bring victory. Trainers with Victini will be invincible. The reason for this is probably that Victini has the ability to create unlimited energy and share it with Pokémon and humans to enhance the abilities of the other party.
Luo Mu has been thinking these days, if it is Victini, can it delay the weakening speed of Vulcan Moth to a certain extent, and then enhance the effect of the grass field of the Pokémon on the farm, speed up the growth of the secret seasoning, and achieve the purpose of saving Vulcan Moth?
He originally planned to abduct Victini. The existence of Adek and Vulcan Moth only made Luo Mu determined to try to establish contact with Victini.