Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 498 Reasons to become stronger

Groudon's subsequent actions completely confirmed the bear apprentice's thoughts.

I saw its right foot stomping on the ground suddenly, and the strange patterns on its body emitted a red light, like flowing magma.

An extremely powerful energy was released from Groudon and poured into the earth.

The next second, a huge "Stone Sword" shot out from the ground and began to rush towards the location of the bear apprentice at an extremely fast speed!

“Yeah!”

Looking at the horrifying scene, Apprentice Bear's heart suddenly started to alarm.

If it were an ordinary Pokémon, it would probably give up the fight and run away because of this terrifying aura.

But Pokémon like Bear Apprentice are born with a tenacious spirit.

They will exercise their spirit and never flinch from an attack by their opponent.

Seeing that the huge stone sword was about to come towards him, Apprentice Bear concentrated and held his breath, locked his target with a determined gaze, and then suddenly leaped to the side.

Escaped!
However, the Stone Sword seemed to be equipped with an automatic navigation system. When it saw the bear apprentice dodge, it immediately changed direction and continued to chase it.

"Boom boom boom!"

The sound of the earth cracking continued to sound, and in the blink of an eye, the huge "Sword of Stone" formed a circle and trapped Apprentice Bear inside.

The air was filled with the smell of burning sulfur. The energy of the earth had not yet dissipated from the Cliff Sword, and heat waves continued to roll out. The surrounding space seemed to be burned into a blur.

The original Groudon opened its golden pupils, raised its head to the sky and let out an ancient roar, releasing its own pressure and terrifying power.

After a moment, Groudon seemed to calm down.

It looked at the tiny bear apprentice with great admiration.

Unexpectedly, this little guy was not afraid of its pressure at all, and was able to remain calm and dodge.

Not bad!

"Little guy, am I better than that guy?" Groudon asked.

Everything it had just done seemed to be to show its powerful strength to its bear apprentice, in order to suppress Ouka.

Naoki: "..."

Okay, that’s very Groudon.

At this moment, the bear apprentice also understood the specific meaning of the Pokémon's actions just now.

A drop of silent sweat appeared on its forehead, and it turned back to look at Naoki: "Well..."

These two Pokémon really don't get along with each other, right?

Naoki comforted him, "That's their business, it has nothing to do with us. You just need to study their skills carefully."

Hearing this, Groudon looked at Naoki and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

But it didn't know what it was thinking about, and it closed its mouth decisively.

It's really not pleasant to live under someone else's roof...

Hmm? Naoki noticed that Groudon was peeking at him: "What's wrong? Groudon?"

Groudon immediately shook his huge head.

If it spoke its inner thoughts, given this human's personality, he would definitely let it go...

If it leaves, it can never come back up.

There is probably no place in the world more comfortable than this.

In Groudon's mind emerged the image of his mortal enemy Kyogre enjoying a leisurely life on the World Tree, absorbing natural energy with a happy look on his face, while it was crying alone in a remote volcano.

"..."

Groudon decisively chose to play dumb.

It turned its gaze back to the bear apprentice, and then said to it:

"Come and fight me!"

Apprentice Xiong was confused: "What?!"

It beats Groudon? Really?

Groudon: "Don't you dare?"

Hearing this, Apprentice Xiong immediately shook his head, and his eyes gradually became firm.

“Yeah!”

"very good."

The next second, an extremely strong earth energy burst out from Groudon's body, and the familiar Earth Sword pierced out again.

The bear apprentice began to run at a very fast speed, dodging Groudon's attacks while rushing towards it.

Seeing that his bear apprentice was about to approach him, Groudon narrowed his eyes slightly.

The next second, an extremely huge cliff sword shot out from under the bear apprentice's feet and pushed it into the air.

Apprentice Bear instantly lost his ability to fight.

Naoki frowned and quickly ran forward to check on his bear apprentice, then used Tokiwa's power to help heal its injuries.

Green light surged in Naoki's palm, and pure natural energy madly gathered into the body of the bear apprentice.

In the blink of an eye, Apprentice Bear slowly woke up.

“Oh…”

Compared to Kyogre's special training, Groudon's special training is too simple and crude. You can gain experience and hone your skills by fighting with it.

For Pokémon like Ursagi, this method is undoubtedly the most suitable.

But the problem is that Groudon is too powerful.

With Disciple Xiong's current strength, he has no chance of winning at all.

After thinking for a moment, Naoki said to Groudon: "Grawo, try another way!"

However, just as he finished speaking, the voice of his disciple Xiong came from behind him: "Bei ah!"

Naoki was slightly stunned, then turned around and asked, "Do you want to continue challenging Groudon?"

"Yes!" Apprentice Xiong nodded firmly.

Naoki lowered his head and looked into the eyes of his bear disciple.

"...Okay." Naoki compromised.

In a way, this is also the Pokémon's own choice.

Just like Xiaozhi's Charizard, in order to increase its strength, it chose to stay in the Charizard Valley, where it practiced by constantly fighting other Charizards.

"I understand." Naoki nodded and said, "In that case, I will stay here with you!"

With the power of Changpan and the life-giving goat milk of his mount goat, as well as the existence of the Phoenix King, no matter how serious the injury suffered by the bear apprentice is, he can recover immediately.

"Yeah!" Seeing that his trainer was willing to respect him, the bear apprentice nodded happily.

The warrior instinct in its body makes it want to fight against the strong!
Apprentice Bear rushed out again.

Naoki stood behind and watched this scene. Kyogre taught his bear apprentice theory and helped it understand the mystery of water.

Groudon trains his bear apprentice through actual combat, allowing it to put the theories it has learned into practice.

In a sense, Groudon and Kyogre, the mortal enemies, are truly the most perfect pair in the world.

It is because of their existence that the land and the ocean have evolved into what they are today. Both are indispensable.

Without Groudon, this world will become the Sea of ​​Doom.

Without Kyogre, the world would become an endless hell.

Apprentice Bear fell down again and again, and stood up again and again.

Naoki continued to use Tokiwa's power and life-giving goat milk to help it recover its strength.

By the end, even Groudon's expression changed.

The look it gave its bear apprentice was no longer as casual as it had been at the beginning, but full of seriousness.

There is no doubt that this legendary Pokémon was moved by the perseverance of the bear apprentice. Groudon recognized the bear apprentice.

*
In the evening, the bear apprentice, who had been practicing hard for an afternoon, ate the food that Naoki prepared for him in big mouthfuls.

Its hardworking appearance shocked all the Pokémon on the ranch.

Frosty, Lizard, Dragonite, Butcherbatoy, and Eevee gathered around the dining table and all cast their eyes on the bear apprentice who was eating with big mouthfuls of food.

"Oh?"

The bear apprentice noticed everyone's gazes and immediately raised his head to look at the group of Pokémon with a puzzled look on his face.

"Buyi?" (You've been fighting all afternoon, aren't you tired?)

The Ibrahimovies asked curiously.

Apprentice Xiong thought about it carefully, and then answered happily: "Yeah!" (I'm not tired! I'm just very hungry! The food Naoki cooked smells so good! I can eat two more bowls!)

Dragonite was shocked, this Pokémon was more edible than it!

"Awoo..." (Big appetite...)
Apprentice Xiong answered seriously, "Bai ah!" (Only by eating well can the body become stronger and stronger!)

Even Zhenyifa was shocked by the appetite of his bear disciple.

It was in no mood to just float around here, so it quickly ran to the refrigerator and checked the food inside, as if it was afraid that the food reserves were not enough and it would go hungry.

Frost Milk Fairy was also shocked.

This Pokémon made it very confused, and Frostmilk couldn't help but ask about the things it didn't understand.

"Mama?" (Why do you train so hard?)
"Well?" Apprentice Xiong was attracted by this question.

It looked at Frosty, and thought seriously for a moment before answering, "Yeah!" (Because it can become a more powerful Pokémon!)

Frosty Milk Fairy was even more confused: "Mama?" (Why do you want to become a more powerful Pokémon?)
"Oh?"

The bear apprentice scratched his head and suddenly realized that he didn't seem to know the answer to this question either...

Why do we want to become stronger?
Ever since it could remember, it had been training hard day by day and studying its moves.

After thinking for a while, the bear disciple replied: "Because this will make you very powerful!)
Frost Milk Fairy: “…”

"Okay, okay." Naoki smiled and said, "Every Pokémon in this world pursues different goals."

"For example, some Pokémon like to live with their trainers. They will stay with their trainers, eat with them, take walks with them, work with them, and sleep with them every day."

"Some Pokémon want to become even more powerful. They will travel together with human trainers, challenge gyms, and reach the top of the world."

"There is no need for any special reason for all this, it's just because they like it. Disciple Bear works hard to practice because he likes the feeling of becoming stronger, so he is not afraid of hardship or fatigue."

"This kind of Pokémon is really charming!" Naoki couldn't help but sigh as he looked at his bear apprentice who was eating with big mouthfuls of food.

Serious Pokémon is the cutest!
Apprentice Bear nodded his head happily: "Yeah!"

Frost Milk Fairy seemed to understand what he said, but not quite.

After a while, it also thought of its favorite thing: "Mama!" (I don't want to become strong, I want to live with Naoki!)

Babu Tubo also nodded: "Bamo!" (Me too!)

The Motorcycle Lizard also said, "Ga-ao!"

"Ah gah!"

"Bonnie~"

Seeing everyone's expressions, Apprentice Bear looked at these Pokémon and then looked at Naoki.

"Bai ah!" (I want to live with Naoki, too!)

"Yeah, we all live together." Naoki said with a smile.

He looked at the flapping-haired man who was looking inside the refrigerator and could not help but say speechlessly:

"Zhen Yifa, stop looking. The food has not been eaten up by the bear disciple. In addition to the refrigerator, there is also a lot of food in the storage room!"

"Dream?"

Flutterhair popped his head out of the refrigerator.

The bear apprentice then realized that it was because he ate too much, causing the Pokémon named Flutterfat to worry that all the food would be eaten by him!

“Yeah!”

Apprentice Xiong stopped what he was doing embarrassedly.

It doesn’t seem to eat... much, right?

Naoki: "..."

"Don't worry, eat it. I guarantee you'll have enough!" Naoki assured, patting his chest.

In order to reassure Zhen Yifa, he got up and took Zhen Yifa to the storage room at home.

There were the food and drinks specially prepared by Naoki.

Sausages, cheese, bacon, wheat bread, pickled radishes, salted fish, dried fruit, and brewed wine...

"See? So you don't have to worry about the food being eaten up." Naoki said to Zhenyifa.

"Dream!"

Zhen Yifa nodded with bright eyes, feeling relieved.

Naoki closed the door of the storage room and returned to the dining room with the Flutter.

Apprentice Xiong looked at Zhen Yifa embarrassedly.

Zhenyifa also noticed its gaze, and thinking of the room full of food, Zhenyifa said, "Meng!" (Eat!)
After a whole afternoon of special training, although the wounds on his body were healed by the power of Tokiwa, the bear apprentice became dirty and covered with dust.

After dinner, Naoki took his bear apprentice to take a bath.

Fill the basin with warm water, then put the bear apprentice in, wait until the fur is wet, and then apply shower gel.

Finally, rinse off the foam on your body, and in this way, a fragrant bear apprentice is born.

"Okay!" Naoki patted his bear apprentice's head and said, "Go to the fireplace, the lava worms will help you dry your fur."

"Oh~"

The bear apprentice was a little embarrassed, but it was difficult for him to refuse when Naoki wanted to give him a bath.

Hearing this, Apprentice Bear ran away quickly.

Naoki poured out the dirty water. When he walked out of the bathroom and came to the room, he saw Gulden pretending to be serious.

Naoki: "?"

Seeing Gulden's look, Naoki realized belatedly that Gulden had heard what he said during dinner: a serious Pokémon is the most attractive.

Although Gulden looked silly, Naoki still cooperated and coaxed the child:

"Wow, which Pokémon is this? Why is it so handsome today?"

Gulden, who had never heard Naoki say such things before, immediately became embarrassed.

"Ah, gah!" it replied timidly.

Naoki couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, okay, you play here for a while, I'll go to the tavern to help Sai Fuhao and my brother Ai Guanshi clean up and then come back."

"Ah gah!"

So Lewton immediately expressed his willingness to go together.

"Okay, let's go together."

One person and one Pokémon came to the tavern, and most of the guests had already left.

Naoki helped his brother Ai Guanshi and Sai Fuhao clean up the tableware used by the Pokémon guests. By the time everything was done, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening.

The hair on the bear apprentice's body had been dried by the lava worms.

It was sitting in its little nest waiting for Naoki to come back.

I have finished all my work for today and can finally go to bed and rest!
The Ibrahimovics have all fallen asleep.

Naoki also took off his clothes and went to bed to rest. After saying goodnight to his apprentice Bear and several Pokémon including Gulden, he turned off the lights.

Tomorrow, he will set out for the Rotten Wood Shrine in Xiaoshi Town to lift the seal on the ancient snail.

(End of this chapter)