Chapter 278: A Great Victory and Arrival at Aindoak for the Harvest Festival

From Adek's description, Luo Mu can draw two conclusions.

One is that 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 himself today.

The second problem with Adek's Vulcan Moth is that it is running out of energy, and there is no way to fill it. He can only watch as the Vulcan Moths, which should have the longest lifespan among all insect-attribute 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 elusive legendary spirits, 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 somewhat unrealistic if we think about them from a practical point of view.
The thoughtful Luo Mu's eyes suddenly fell on Papa who was standing behind him with an excited look on his face. In an instant, inspiration emerged like a spring.

In the game, it seems that Papa's Mastiff Godfather is also unable to heal his own injuries/deficits like Vulcan Moth, so he can only watch himself decline day by day.

Papa's way of curing the Mastiff Godfather was to let him eat a sandwich with five secret seasonings: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. This 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.

"You have a way!?"

Without caring about the students and media reporters around him, Adek grabbed Luo Mu's hand like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw.

He didn't know how many sleepless nights he had 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 be willing to do anything, even sell all his possessions.

Luo Mu was startled by Adek's sudden excitement. If possible, he didn't want to make an uncertain promise, but Adek's face, which was a mixture of 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 discuss it in detail after the exchange competition process is completed."

Adek was stunned and moved his gaze to the surroundings. Du Ruo, Zi Yu and others, students and media reporters were looking at them in confusion. Although they could not hear what Adek and Luo Mu were saying, Adek suddenly excitedly held Luo Mu's hand, and no one knew what was going on.

Fortunately, the media reporters who entered Blueberry Academy today are all formal and discerning, and they will not commit suicide. Otherwise, news with headlines such as "Adek lost the battle and was suspected to be too emotional to let the winner leave" would probably be all over the place tonight.

Adek also knew that he had lost his composure, so he coughed and said, "Then let's continue with the next two doubles exchange matches."

After Adek was defeated by Luo Mu 3-0, the overall morale of the Blueberry Academy students really declined, and it even affected the Akamatsu & Zi Yu doubles combination that appeared in the first round.

Compared to Shi Yu, who remained calm even when she was frustrated and commanded the situation carefully, Akamatsu, who was younger but had great combat talent, became very unstable.

Even though Zi Yu tried her best to replace Pipa's Parasagus and Mudan's Jolteon, she still couldn't turn the tide and unfortunately lost in the six-choice four-player doubles match.

The performance of the Du Ruo & Nally combination in the second round was much better. As a trainer specializing in steel attributes, Nally was just like Daigo, the champion of the Hoenn region, always maintaining a calm and meticulous battle thinking. Du Ruo even showed his domineering side as a dragon attribute trainer in the battle.

Unfortunately, they met the combination of Nimo & Piper.

Putting aside Papa's command ability, at least the tactic of breaking the shell of the thorny shell + falling icicle to the face that Luo Mu recommended to him, which was enough to make me a master, really caught Du Ruo off guard.

Nali's help was directly blocked by Nemo's fierce attack, and the situation from this moment on completely tilted towards the combination of Nemo and Papa.

Nemo's fighting style is really fierce. She seems reckless, but in fact she resolves all crises perfectly and provides safe cover for Papa.

Giraffe defeated Nally's King Nabo, and cooperated with Cerithidaw to take down the Desert Dragonfly. After Cerithidaw was taken down by Nally's second Pokémon, Tyranitar, Giraffe withstood the attack of a Pokémon called Aluminum Bridge Dragon, and inflicted considerable damage on the opponent before losing its combat ability.

The next to appear was Babu Tupo, who showed that Nemo's fighting ability far exceeded that of her peers. He first had a quick fistfight with the giant mantis, and then fought against the aluminum-steel bridge dragon that was like a turret.

Papa and Godfather Mastiff directly became auxiliary players, and their biggest role was to help the thighs prevent tricky attacks from blind spots.

After the giant claw mantis and aluminum steel bridge 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 other party actually made him a little scared.
Luo Mu, who watched the whole game, was also feasting his eyes. However, he was a little confused by the fact that Zi Yu's trump card was the Dragon-headed Diglett. Doesn't this kid like cute Pokémon, especially fairy-type ones?
There is also Du Ruo's ace Alpha Dragon, which looks like the evolved form of Alpha Dragon. Can Alpha Dragon, which can already compete with Bankiras, evolve further or does it have the same relationship as Scyther and Giant Mantis?

You can't just ascend to become 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, we can draw the conclusion that Adek's biggest problem now is that his ace Vulcan Moth, who is the absolute main force, is seriously ill, which makes his current strength only slightly stronger than the ordinary Four Heavenly Kings.

Takeran's Garchomp, Kalno's Gardevoir, Daigo's Metagross, and Dende's Charizard are all their absolute trump cards, playing a decisive role in determining the outcome of the battle.

The current Adek is almost an enhanced version of Kibana from the Galar region who was said to be able to become the champion in other regions and could actually use a Gigantamax Aluminum Dragonite.

On the contrary, after nearly half a year of settling down, the Monarch has made considerable progress compared to when they challenged Yesi, and they have even added the combat power of Mega Swampert.

The combination of many factors allowed Luo Mu to achieve a terrifying record of 3 to 0.

This is also the reason why he wants to fight with Adek in his prime. When a hero grows old, people always feel regretful.

While the students of Blueberry College all had sad and unwilling expressions on their faces, the exchange competition between sister schools, which was full of "harmony and friendship", ended, and the media reporters also had happy smiles on their faces as they got good news.

Nemo and the other three were inspired by the fulfilling sense of accomplishment, and Principal Xi Lan had a satisfied and successful smile on his face. Appropriate failures and stimulations would only make the younger generation of the United Alliance more motivated and become stronger.

When the show was over, among a bunch of grief-stricken students in the Union Society, Wu Li, who was shorter and more timid, glanced at Luo Mu's departing figure.

From today on, the powerful trainer he admired was equated with Luo Mu.

As soon as the show was over, 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 they sat down, Adek asked, "About the thing we just talked about..."

Luo Mu raised his hand to stop Adek from continuing, and said helplessly: "Don't worry, about that thing, frankly speaking, I'm afraid I won't be able to produce the real thing for a while."

Adek's expression suddenly became lost.

Sighing, Luo Mu continued, "That is a strange plant that is circulated in the Padia region. It is called the secret seasoning. If you make a dish out of the five seasonings of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty and eat them all, it is said that it can even save seriously injured and dying Pokémon."

Although you can directly steal the seasonings of the owner Pokémon in the game, at least Luo Mu has never heard of any rumors about the owner Pokémon.

Fortunately, it is being grown on my own farm.

With Adek's expectant expression, Luo Mu recalled the plants with slightly different leaf patterns and shapes in that small piece of farmland and said slowly, "The farm I opened now grows secret seasonings, and there are exactly five kinds."

"However, this 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 nourish the secret seasoning every day, it may not mature until the end of the year, or even next year."

"Can the Vulcan Moth last that long?"

Adek was silent for a moment, then whispered, "I'm not sure. It's getting weaker every day, and I don't know how long it can last. If there's a way to replenish its energy, maybe it can hold on."

"Replenish your energy?"

Luo Mu stroked his chin thoughtfully. It just so happened that the Pokémon was in Aindoak, where he went after finishing his trip to Blueberry Academy.

But Luo Mu didn't say anything in the end. Giving Adek any more illusory hope would only add to his worries and pressure.

After chatting with Adek about the situation of the Vulcan Moth, Luo Mu exchanged contact information with Adek.

Finally, there was hope of curing the Vulcan Moth. Adek stood up, bowed deeply to Luo Mu and said, "I'll leave the cultivation of the secret seasoning to you. Whether it succeeds or not, I will pay you."

Luo Mu did not refuse, this was Adek's wish and hope.

However, when asked by Adek what kind of reward he expected, 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 Eco-Dome with a thoughtful expression.

Luo Mu mentioned that his main business is to run a farm. Can I assume that he is very interested in the construction technology of the ecological dome?
On the night when the exchange competition ended, Ye Ci called. She first praised Luo Mu and the students for their active performance. Before Luo Mu could speak, Ye Ci took the initiative to say that the prize money would be doubled and directly turned into 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 three attended the Blueberry Academy courses like exchange students and enjoyed their youth.

Luo Mu often carries three cute little creatures, Frosty the Frog, Flower Therapy, and Vulpix, with him, and strolls around Blueberry Academy like a street urchin all day long. Zi Yu, who was passing by, even asked Luo Mu if he wanted to become a specialized trainer of fairy attributes.

Luo Mu, who originally thought that Zi Yu was talking nonsense, looked at Mimikyuu that emerged from his shadow at night. Then he thought of Arcanine's little brother Trixie, a total of five fairy-type and future fairy-type Pokémon, and Luo Mu fell silent.

Then Luo Mu quickly reconciled with himself. After all, when it comes to the Pokémon with the most attributes in the farm, it must be the Grass Pokémon.

Come to think of it, he didn't seem to have any grass-type Four Heavenly Kings, even though there were bug-types. Otherwise, he might as well just be a grass-type Four Heavenly King.
Two days passed quickly. On the morning of the third day, when Luo Mu and his four companions 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, obviously from staying up all night, suddenly ran out and asked to fight Luo Mu.

It was an extremely brutal and one-sided battle. Even many years later, Du Ruo couldn't help blushing when he recalled it.

Luo Mu's Dragonite left a deep impression on Du Ruo, which made Du Ruo seriously consider the feasibility of the idea of ​​cultivating a Dratini, a dragon that is more powerful than his grandfather Shaka's trump card, which made Du Ruo very excited.

In the early morning of June 6, the five people left Blueberry Academy on a cruise ship.

After the cruise ship docked at an unnamed port, Luo Mu and his four companions set out according to the navigation and map towards the city of Aindook built in the mountains.

On the way, Vulpix, which Luo Mu always kept by his side, was like a curious baby who found everything new to him. He was always attracted by all kinds of things in the outside world, which slightly delayed the progress of the journey.

We should have arrived at Ainduok before noon, but due to delays along the way, we only arrived at the mountain road leading to the entrance of Ainduok at one or two o'clock in the afternoon.

Before entering Aindook, Luo Mu saw several four-season deer with green bodies on the mountain road. Four-season deer are the previous stage of budding deer and their appearance will also change with the seasons.

The Four Seasons Deer that Luo Mu saw was in summer, and was exactly the same as the Four Seasons Deer that Xiaozhi and his friends encountered before entering Eindok in the movie.

This means that they entered the same period as Satoshi and his companions in the movie, and that every summer Aindoak holds a harvest festival.

However, they did not encounter any scene of the Four Seasons Deer trapped on the cliff on the way, and as for the mysterious and invisible Pokémon Victini, not even its shadow was seen.

Luo Mu was not in a hurry. After delivering the letter, he would rely on the system in his mind, which was useless except for giving directions, to find Victini. It would not be too late to formulate a kidnapping plan.

Legend has it that Victini is a Pokémon that can bring victory. A trainer 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, thereby amplifying each other's abilities.

Luo Mu has been thinking these days, if it is Victini, can it slow down the weakening of the Vulcan Moth to a certain extent, and then enhance the effect of the Pokémon's green grass field on the farm, speed up the growth of the secret seasoning, so as to achieve the goal of saving the Vulcan Moth?
He originally had the intention of abducting Victini, and the existence of Adek and Vulcan Moth only made Luo Mu more determined to try to establish a connection with Victini.

(End of this chapter)