Chapter 83: Mysterious Friend by the Sea

Chapter 83: Mysterious Friend by the Sea

As expected, when Bai Feng returned from school the next day at noon, Bai Ye told him that Landorus and Enamorus had already left.

Bai Feng merely sighed upon hearing this.

After lunch, Bai Feng went to Fangcun Mountain to take a look before heading to school.

With Bai Feng not home, the task of digging up trees could only be left entirely to the Pokémon. He had already assigned the tasks in advance, and the Pokémon just needed to work step by step.

On the way to school, Bai Feng was thinking about a question.

Who should he find to make Pokéblocks from his Grade A Berries? It was time to improve their diet for his Pokémon.

This time, he didn't plan to ask Senior Zhenli. Although Senior Zhenli's technique was good, she was still just a student after all. For precious material like Grade A Berries, Bai Feng felt it was better to find someone more professional.

*Should I learn how to make Pokéblocks myself?* Bai Feng suddenly thought. Otherwise, for the sake of the Pokémon's food at home, he would always have to ask this person or that person, which was quite troublesome.

However, his time was extremely limited now. He had to attend school, manage the Orchard, and spend a large amount of time every day helping the Pokémon and fruit trees regulate energy. He had almost no free time at all.

Making Pokéblocks was not an easy task, and it was even harder to fully utilize the effectiveness of Grade A Berries. This required spending a lot of time practicing.

Bai Feng simply couldn't spare the time!

"Sigh..." Bai Feng sighed, "Learning how to make Pokéblocks will have to wait."

After school that afternoon, Bai Feng greeted Bai Ye and then carried a bag of Berries to the Biyi City Gym.

Gym Apprentice A Sheng saw Bai Feng and immediately greeted him warmly.

"Bai Feng, are you here to see Grandpa Fu again?"

"Yes, where is Grandpa Fu? Is he in the Garden?" Bai Feng asked.

A Sheng sighed and said, "Oh, don't even mention it. Grandpa Fu has been driven almost out of patience by an Exeggutor lately."

It turned out that someone had recently given Grandpa Fu an Exeggutor from the Alola Region, but Grandpa Fu didn't expect this Exeggutor to be pregnant, and its temper had become extremely bad because of it, constantly having small conflicts with Grandpa Fu.

Grandpa Fu was quite old after all, and couldn't handle such trouble, so his spirits hadn't been good these past two days.

"Is that so?" Bai Feng was a little worried after hearing A Sheng's words. "Is Grandpa Fu okay?"

A Sheng said, "He's fine, just not in good spirits, probably tired."

"I'll go see Grandpa Fu."

After learning Grandpa Fu's location from A Sheng, Bai Feng immediately rushed over.

Grandpa Fu had a special enclosure dedicated to housing Pokémon. When Bai Feng reached the entrance, he heard anxious cries coming from inside.

Seeing that the enclosure gate was open, Bai Feng walked straight in and immediately saw Grandpa Fu trying hard to soothe an Alolan Exeggutor lying on the ground.

Needless to say, this must be the one A Sheng mentioned.

Alolan Exeggutor is a subspecies of Exeggutor. Unlike regular Grass-type and Psychic-type Exeggutor, they have the dual type of Grass and Dragon. Their existence is based on the special climate environment of the Alola Region.

Generally, Alolan Exeggutor have a gentle temperament. This one was probably anxious because it was pregnant and had suddenly arrived in a new environment.

These past few days, Grandpa Fu had used many methods to soothe the Exeggutor, but the effects were not obvious. With even the slightest disturbance, the Exeggutor would be startled and let out anxious cries.

"Grandpa Fu!" Bai Feng called out softly.

"Oh, it's Bai Feng." Grandpa Fu turned his head and said with a tired expression when he saw it was Bai Feng.

Seeing a stranger appear, the Exeggutor immediately became anxious again. Its three heads on top twisted non-stop, seemingly in disagreement.

Seeing this, Bai Feng sent out Chikorita.

"Chikorita, try to soothe the Exeggutor's emotions."

"Chiko~"

Chikorita responded cheerfully, and then a refreshing and pleasant scent began to emanate from its body.

Sniff, sniff, sniff...

The Exeggutor's three heads twitched their noses. As expected, under the soothing effect of this scent, its emotions calmed down slightly.

The scent Chikorita emitted before could at most make people feel calm, but after awakening its species ability with Enamorus's help, its scent could now soothe the extreme emotions of people or Pokémon and calm the minds of Pokémon.

"Chiko~ Chiko~"

Chikorita ran to the Exeggutor's side with cheerful steps, shaking its head. With a "snap," one of the leaves on its head detached.

"Chikorita..." Bai Feng originally wanted to stop it, but swallowed the words back.

*Forget it, let it be.*

Chikorita pushed its leaf towards the Exeggutor. The Exeggutor couldn't refuse the kind offer, and then, under Chikorita's expectant gaze, it chewed and ate the leaf.

After eating the leaf, the Exeggutor's emotions became even more stable.

"Chiko~ Chiko~"

Chikorita was overjoyed to see this.

The Exeggutor seemed to sense Chikorita's goodwill and extended its three heads, rubbing against Chikorita one by one.

"Chiko~ Chiko~"

This got Chikorita excited. The expression on its small face was like it was constipated, and soon it squeezed out another leaf using Synthesis and fed it to the Exeggutor again.

The Exeggutor accepted everything it was given. It ate whatever Chikorita gave it. By the time it ate the third leaf, Chikorita was completely drained.

However, by this time, the Exeggutor's anxiety had been completely soothed.

Indeed!

Bai Feng walked over helplessly and picked up the Chikorita that was sprawled on the ground.

"Let's see if you do this again in the future?"

"Chiko~"

Chikorita responded weakly, its small eyes full of innocence.

Grandpa Fu looked at the Chikorita in Bai Feng's arms and said, "This Chikorita of yours has exceptional talent!"

Bai Feng smiled, "It does have some talent."

Grandpa Fu nodded, "Good, train it well."

Seeing that the Exeggutor was finally soothed, Grandpa Fu's expression clearly relaxed a lot.

"Thanks to you, otherwise this old life of mine would have been unbearable."

Bai Feng said, "The Exeggutor is just unable to adapt to the new environment. It will be fine after some time."

Grandpa Fu nodded and didn't say anything more, then took Bai Feng out of the enclosure.

"What brings you to see me today?" Grandpa Fu asked as they walked.

"I came today to ask if you could introduce me to a Pokémon Breeder who is good at making Pokéblocks," Bai Feng said.

Grandpa Fu looked at Bai Feng in surprise and said, "Didn't you ask one of your senior students to help you make Pokéblocks before? Why are you asking me for an introduction now?"

Bai Feng handed the bag in his hand to Grandpa Fu and said, "This is a gift I brought for you."

Grandpa Fu took the bag doubtfully and opened it. He saw it was full of Berries.

He picked up a fruit and smelled it, then bit into it uncertainly.

"Grade A Berries?"

Bai Feng smiled and nodded, "That's right, it's Grade A Berries. I want to find a Pokémon Breeder who can make Pokéblocks using Grade A Berries."

Grandpa Fu asked in confusion, "Where did these come from? Didn't you transplant that Grade A fruit tree not long ago? Did it bear fruit so quickly? And these fruits aren't just Dragon Eye Fruit either."

"Due to some special reasons, I obtained some more Grade A fruit trees, and they have all borne fruit," Bai Feng answered hesitantly.

Grandpa Fu looked at Bai Feng in surprise, then just nodded slightly, showing no intention of asking further.

Bai Feng didn't treat Grandpa Fu as an outsider, so he hadn't originally intended to hide too much from him, but seeing that Grandpa Fu didn't ask further, he didn't volunteer the information.

"I'll take the fruit. Tomorrow is the weekend, you don't have school, right? Come here, and I'll take you to meet someone," Grandpa Fu said.

"Okay!" Bai Feng's face immediately broke into a bright smile upon hearing this. "Then do I need to prepare anything or bring anything tomorrow?"

"Don't bring anything!" Grandpa Fu glared at Bai Feng irritably.

Bai Feng stayed at Grandpa Fu's place for a while longer today, not returning to Fangxing Mountain until dark.

Early the next morning, Bai Feng rode Talonflame Captain to the Biyi City Gym, but Grandpa Fu didn't immediately set off with him. Instead, he had Bai Feng join him for breakfast, and then they didn't depart until it was nearly noon.

Grandpa Fu rode his Tropius, taking Bai Feng and flying eastward from Biyi City. They quickly flew out of Biyi City until they saw the sea before stopping.

Bai Feng saw a small town by the sea. The town didn't seem to have a large population, but everyone looked quite wealthy, as the houses were all beautifully built.

Grandpa Fu led Bai Feng through the town and finally stopped in front of a house by the sea.

"We're here!" Grandpa Fu said.

"Is this the place?" Bai Feng whispered.

The house in front of them wasn't large, just an ordinary red brick and tile house, but behind the house, there seemed to be a very large Garden, or perhaps a botanical garden would be more accurate.

"Bryan! Bryan? I'm here, open the door quickly!"

Just as Bai Feng was wondering who lived here, Grandpa Fu stood at the door and shouted loudly.

This was the first time Bai Feng had seen Grandpa Fu like this, and his eyes widened involuntarily.

But the name Bryan... he felt like he had heard it somewhere before!

Just then, a beautiful and elegant Swanna descended from the sky, landing gracefully in front of the door, and greeted Grandpa Fu familiarly.

Whether it was his imagination or not, Bai Feng felt a subtle sense of pressure emanating from the Swanna when it looked at him.

Immediately after, the door of the red brick and tile house creaked open, and an old man wearing a gray apron walked out.

The old man's hair was half snow-white and half golden, neatly combed back. Although he looked quite old, his posture was straight and tall, showing he was a healthy elder.

"I knew it was you. Can you stop shouting at my door every time? Can't you just knock?" the old man said irritably.

"If I knock, can you actually hear it?" Grandpa Fu retorted.

While the two elders were arguing endlessly, Bai Feng's brain had already frozen because he had recognized the identity of the old man in front of him.

Mr. Bryan, the current Water-type Elite Four of the Kalos Region. No wonder he felt the name Bryan sounded familiar before.

And no wonder that Swanna had that sense of pressure on it; it turned out to be an Elite Four's Pokémon!

Because he had transmigrated relatively early, the current Elite Four of the Kalos Region were not the same group of people as in Bai Feng's memory. Only Siebold was the same as in Bai Feng's memory.

But Siebold was also very young now, only in his twenties.

However, as far as Bai Feng knew, Mr. Bryan was currently in a semi-retired state and generally wouldn't appear in public. He didn't expect him to actually live in a small town near Biyi City!

Moreover, Grandpa Fu knew Mr. Bryan, and they seemed to be very familiar with each other.

While Bai Feng was spacing out, Mr. Bryan looked at Grandpa Fu and asked, "Who is this young fellow?"

Bryan and Grandpa Fu had known each other for over thirty years, so Bryan was naturally well aware of Grandpa Fu's affairs. He knew Grandpa Fu had a pair of twin grandchildren (a boy and a girl), but he hadn't heard of him having any other younger relatives.

*Could he be a new Gym Apprentice?*

Grandpa Fu replied, "A junior. I brought him to meet you today."

Bryan was a little surprised to hear this and couldn't help but look at Bai Feng a few more times.

Although the old fellow Fu Ade had helped many young Pokémon Trainers over the years, this was the first time he had brought someone to meet him like this.

At the same time, Bai Feng was also confused. He was here to see a Pokémon Breeder today. Could the Pokémon Breeder Grandpa Fu was going to introduce be Mr. Bryan? But he had never heard that Mr. Bryan was also a Pokémon Breeder!

(End of Chapter)