Chapter 137 — First of all, I'm not a furry

It didn't take long for Solgaleo to reopen the Ultra Wormhole, and Sun Wuming's group returned to Aether Paradise.

"Wicke, quickly call a doctor, Mother, Mother she—"

Lillie tearfully notified a female executive of the Aether Foundation, who was also Lusamine's assistant and had been close with Lillie since childhood.

Looking at Lusamine's increasingly pale face, Lillie's eyes involuntarily began to redden again.

Although Lusamine's personality had become increasingly twisted since her father's disappearance.

Even so, it couldn't be denied that Lusamine was the one who raised her and Gladion.

And in that last moment before Lusamine fainted earlier, Lillie once again felt the maternal love she hadn't experienced in many years.

This made her even more convinced that her former gentle and virtuous mother would definitely return.

Soon, with Wicke's assistance, Lusamine was quickly taken to her room.

When they saw the large hole in the wall, the Aether Foundation employees' expressions became somewhat strange.

Fortunately, there was nothing else inside anymore.

If people had seen it, it would have caused an enormous scandal.

After all, Lusamine's public image in the Alola region was that of a motherly philanthropist, if it got out that she had a hobby of "collecting" Pokémon...

Tsk tsk tsk, Lance and Cynthia would be here in an instant.

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While Lillie stayed by the unconscious Lusamine's side, Sun Wuming reunited with Mallow and the others, and learned something from them—

Ultra Beasts were causing chaos across Alola's four islands.

According to analysis, it was very likely that last night when Lusamine forcibly opened Ultra Wormholes using Cosmog's power, she caused the dimensional walls between the two worlds to crack.

This led to the Beasts living in the other dimension escaping.

Actually, earlier this morning when Marnie and the others were returning with the successfully evolved Solgaleo, they encountered several Ultra Beasts.

However, they were too busy trying to save Lusamine at the time to deal with them.

Sun Wuming listened to Lana describe the Ultra Beasts' appearance and characteristics.

They were completely different from the white Nihilego that had possessed Lusamine earlier.

"Are there multiple types of Ultra Beasts?" Sun Wuming wondered suspiciously.

"Well, before leaving Alola, let's go meet these Beasts," Sun Wuming decided.

There wasn't anything else to do for the time being anyway.

From the previous Ultra Space, Sun Wuming deduced that the Beasts' power level should be above pseudo-legendaries, though whether they could reach the level of the Creation Trio was uncertain.

At least that golden Nihilego could reach that level.

Many of these girls before him hadn't even assembled their teams of six Pokémon yet, so perhaps they could capture some to serve as their main fighters.

Also, having Hoopa Unbound retrieve corpses would take some time.

Because Hoopa Unbound had said it could only retrieve living things.

In this situation... they would have to go personally and search slowly.

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The Aether Foundation had already been researching Ultra Beasts.

They named them and gave them codenames.

For example, the previous Nihilego's codename was "UB-01: Symbiont".

Besides that, there was "UB-02: Absorption" Buzzwole, "UB-02: Beauty" Pheromosa...

Based on these materials obtained from the Aether Foundation, Sun Wuming's group decided to split up.

For instance, Mallow's target was the "UB-02: Absorption" Buzzwole.

She thought those huge muscles looked cool...

When they heard Mallow say this, Lana, Serena and the others were speechless.

They had always felt that Mallow's aesthetic sense was different from normal girls like them.

Though after secretly glancing at Sun Wuming's muscles that were almost bursting through his training robes.

They felt they could understand somewhat...

Marnie aimed for "UB-05: Glutton" Guzzlord.

With its Dark+Dragon type combination, it was undoubtedly the target for Marnie as a Dark-type specialist.

If she could successfully capture it, along with the Hoopa Confined entrusted by Meray, she would have completed her team of six.

Serena agonized for a long time.

Because unlike Mallow and Marnie, she wasn't a trainer specialized in one type.

Finally she chose "UB-04: Blade" Kartana.

Although she already had a Steel-type in Metagross, Kartana also had the Grass-type, which Serena didn't have.

And through drone footage, it was clear that this Kartana had excellent overall capabilities.

Among all the girls, the most unhappy was Lana, because among so many Ultra Beasts, not a single one was Water-type, feeling disappointed~

Watching the girls set off to capture their desired Ultra Beasts while she could only watch.

Lana was so frustrated she wanted to bite her handkerchief.

Sun Wuming also felt Lana was quite unfortunate.

Originally among the four girls, Lana had the lowest natural talent.

Now when there was finally a chance to capture some powerful Pokémon, out of so many types, there wasn't a single Water-type.

Putting himself in her shoes, anyone would be upset.

"Should I have Hoopa retrieve one for you later?" Sun Wuming tried to comfort her.

"That way I wouldn't be able to capture it, right? It would easily lose goodwill," Lana pouted.

Indeed, Hoopa's ability to retrieve legendary Pokémon was truly convenient.

But it also had one flaw, which was that it was too hateful.

These words weren't wrong at all.

Whether friendly, neutral or hostile legendaries.

When sleeping or wandering around, suddenly being pulled over as forced labor.

Anyone would get angry.

During the last battle, if it weren't for Sun Wuming's face, once Rayquaza and Giratina regained their senses, they definitely would have attacked Hoopa Unbound without a second thought.

And Kyurem was an even better example.

Until the very end before leaving, it still wanted to kill Hoopa Unbound.

Even now Sun Wuming would occasionally wonder if that guy would come for revenge someday.

If they had Hoopa Unbound retrieve a Water-type legendary for Lana to capture.

Before she could even make a move, the goodwill would already be gone.

Even if forcibly captured, it would only result in a disobedient legendary like Ash's Greninja in the original anime.

What would be the point of that?

"You have to take me traveling later, help me capture one."

Lana held Sun Wuming's arm, pressing her cheek against his shoulder as she acted coy.

"Alright, alright~"

Sun Wuming nodded.

It wasn't a big deal anyway.

"You're so nice, mwah!"

Lana stood on tiptoes and gave Sun Wuming's cheek a big kiss.

Speaking of which, now that those troublesome girls weren't around, should she take this chance...

Just as Lana was lost in thought, Sun Wuming suddenly spoke:

"Well then~ let's head out."

"Are you going out too, Wuming?" Lana asked with surprise.

"Mm, I've also found an interesting Ultra Beast."

Sun Wuming stared at the data of an Ultra Beast on the screen.

With a noble and dignified aura, like a queen.

Like Gardevoir, it was one of those Pokémon that closely resembled humans—

Codename "UB-02: Beauty", name — Pheromosa.

"This Pokémon somehow reminds me of someone," Sun Wuming couldn't help but smile.

The queenly aura, the look of disdain towards gods, and those long slender legs.

Yes, this Pokémon called "Pheromosa" kept making Sun Wuming think of Lusamine.

Looking carefully, one would find they had many similarities.

Originally Sun Wuming wasn't interested in humanoid Pokémon.

After all, he wasn't a furry like Ash, nor was he like those perverted readers who wanted to breed eggs with Gardevoir all day.

But Pheromosa's aura being similar to Lusamine's made Sun Wuming find it quite fresh, and he wanted to capture and train one.

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Poni Island, one of Alola's four islands.

This was where Lillie had previously helped Cosmog evolve into Solgaleo at the Altar of the Sunne and Moone.

And now, at Poni Beach on Poni Island, two powerful Pokémon were engaged in battle.

One was Pheromosa, Sun Wuming's current target.

The other also possessed a beautiful appearance like a human woman.

With a slender mermaid-like body and flowing blue hair, a purple shell covering its back, with a horn standing on top.

"That's... one of Alola's four Guardian Deities, Tapu Fini!?"

Lana, who came with Sun Wuming, exclaimed in surprise.

As a Water-type trainer, she was familiar with Water-type legendaries from around the world.

This included Alola's Guardian Deities.

"That one seems to be Water-type, want to try capturing it?" Sun Wuming asked.

Watching Tapu Fini unleash moves like Hydro Pump and Water Pulse.

Its type was obvious at a glance.

Desire flickered in Lana's eyes, but after a few seconds she shook her head.

She knew well that the Guardian Deities had the responsibility of protecting Alola, they would never leave with human trainers.

Unless that human would permanently settle on the island they protected.

Even then the possibility was extremely slim.

"Is that so?"

Sun Wuming stroked Lana's hair to comfort her, then walked forward slowly, saying with a light laugh:

"But we can't let them keep fighting, after all that Lusa... I mean, Pheromosa is the one I want to capture."

He took out a Poké Ball, and the imposing Bewear landed between Tapu Fini and Pheromosa with a loud "bang".

"Use Million Ton Punch," Sun Wuming commanded.

"Guu—!"

Bewear let out a cry, its right arm exploding with white light as it struck at Pheromosa.

The beautiful Bug's expression changed slightly, but it quickly reacted, raising its long legs to meet Bewear's fist.

High Jump Kick!

The shockwave from their clashing attacks made Tapu Fini's azure hair flutter wildly in the wind behind them.

After about two seconds of deadlock, Bewear overpowered Pheromosa, forcing it back more than five meters.

Tapu Fini's eyes widened.

Is this really a Bewear?

This, this power is too ridiculous, right?