Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

Diancie had just received the photo that Anji sent and immediately called him.

"Anji, did you meet Diantha?" Diancie's voice was filled with shock.

"Yeah, didn't I send you a photo?" Anji said.

"Did you ask her for an autograph for me?" Diancie asked impatiently.

Anji replied, "I already sent you a photo with her, why would you need an autograph?"

Diancie said angrily, "That's a photo of you and Diantha, not a photo of me with her! I want an autograph!"

Anji scratched his nose awkwardly.

"Haha~~ I just didn't think of it, I'll get you an autograph next time I see her, I promise."

"Who knows if you'll even run into her next time," Diancie said disappointedly.

"Of course I will, of course I will!" Anji immediately guaranteed.

"Fine, I'll forgive you this time," Diancie said.

After hanging up the phone, Anji played with the Pokémon for a while, and then took them to bed.

The next morning, Anji and the others woke up to the chirping of Fletchling outside the window.

He sat up from the bed, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and asked the three Pokémon with a smile:

Magearna raised a sweet smile.

Baby Tyrunt had just woken up, and his expression was still a bit dazed. He looked around, and then looked down at the Beef Bone that he was still holding.

After looking at it for a while, he started gnawing on it by himself.

"Let's wash up and go out for breakfast," Anji said while getting dressed.

"Kang~" Munchlax neatly took off his pajamas and ran into the bathroom in a puff of smoke.

After washing up, Anji took the three Pokémon to the Pokémon Center restaurant.

Magearna said while eating breakfast, "Du~ki~du~" Eating breakfast outside is a bit unusual.

"Kang~" Munchlax nodded.

Baby Tyrunt looked at Munchlax and Magearna in confusion, why unusual? It's delicious!

After finishing breakfast, Anji watched a group of people pouring out of the Pokémon Center to excavate fossils, so he asked Munchlax and Magearna:

"Should we also experience fossil excavation?"

Magearna tilted her head and said, "Du~ki~du~" Can we dig one up? It looks like it's very difficult to dig.

Anji smiled and said, "We're just going to experience it, we don't really have to dig one up, we have nothing else to do anyway."

"Kang~ Kang~"

Munchlax happily expressed that he wanted to go.

"Du~ki~du~" Alright, let's go take a look then.

Magearna nodded in agreement.

"There's a shop over there selling excavation outfits and tools, let's go buy a set!" Anji said, pointing to a shop across from the Pokémon Center.

Because there were too many trainers coming to Geosenge Town to excavate fossils, and most of these trainers lived in the Pokémon Center, someone opened a shop across the street that specialized in selling fossil excavation clothing and tools.

Anji's suggestion was agreed upon by Magearna and Munchlax.

As for Baby Tyrunt, he wasn't interested in excavating fossils, he was focused on hugging and gnawing on the Beef Bone.

By the time Anji and the others came out of the store across the street, they had already changed their outfits.

They were wearing matching gray excavation suits, with hats on their heads, a miner's lamp on the hat, and excavation tools on their shoulders.

Anji carried a hoe, Magearna carried a shovel, and Munchlax carried a pickaxe.

"Kang~ Kang~"

Munchlax walked happily in front, his two short legs stepping at a brisk pace, singing as he followed the other excavation teams towards the Fossil Mine.

The Fossil Mine is the place to excavate fossils. It was originally a mountain, but as more and more people went to excavate fossils, it gradually became a maze of caves.

Following the crowd, Anji and the others quickly arrived at the Fossil Mine outside the town.

Watching the others enter one after another, Anji said to the three Pokémon beside him, "Let's go in too."

"Kang~"

"Duki~"

"Awoo~"

The three Pokémon closely followed behind Anji.

The light in the Fossil Mine was particularly dim. As soon as Anji and the others entered, they had to turn on the miner's lamps on their heads to see.

"Awoo~~"

As expected, Baby Tyrunt was still a baby, and was afraid of the dark. As soon as he entered the cave, he hugged Anji.

Anji patted his huge head and said, "Good boy, don't be afraid, we're here."

Anji's comfort didn't work, and Baby Tyrunt still hugged his waist tightly.

Okay, Anji didn't say anything more, letting him hug him.

After walking a few steps, Munchlax was already waving his pickaxe and digging.

Seeing him digging so enthusiastically, Anji asked, "Munchlax, did you find a clue to a fossil?"

"Kang?" No~

Munchlax looked blank.

"Then why are you digging so enthusiastically!" Anji couldn't help but laugh.

"Kang~ Kang~" If I keep digging, I'll find one.

Munchlax scratched the back of his head and giggled.

Anji said, "What you said makes sense, but this area has probably been dug over many times, it's probably impossible to dig anything up, let's go deeper."

"Kang~~"

Munchlax immediately picked up the pickaxe and walked deeper.

The Fossil Mine has been excavated by countless trainers, and the passages inside have long become a maze. Anji didn't know where to go, so he let Munchlax lead the way.

Munchlax walked and stopped, and when he felt that there might be a fossil somewhere, he stopped and dug a few times with the pickaxe, and then continued to walk forward.

If he found any strange stones, he would immediately happily bring them over for Anji to see.

In fact, the stones that could attract his attention, other than being strangely shaped, didn't have anything special about them.

Anji felt that he wasn't here to dig fossils, he was just here to play.

But Anji didn't stop him, he let him do whatever he wanted.

Many Pokémon inhabit the Fossil Mine, including Sandshrew, Zubat, Sableye, and supposedly Noibat, but Anji hadn't encountered them.

After walking for who knows how long, Anji and the others had gone deep into the Fossil Mine, and gradually the number of times they encountered other excavators decreased.

Anji didn't dig a few times in total, Munchlax was digging the whole time, and occasionally Baby Tyrunt would follow along with his claws.

After staying in the cave for a long time and adapting to the environment, Baby Tyrunt wasn't so scared anymore.

Look, Munchlax seems to have found something new again, and is whispering in the corner with Baby Tyrunt.

Just then, Anji's phone suddenly rang. He took out his phone and saw that it was Diancie calling, and it was a video call.

"Anji, where are you?" Seeing that the surroundings were dark and Anji and the others were dressed strangely, Diancie asked suspiciously.

"We're excavating fossils in the cave!" Anji replied.

"No wonder," Diancie looked enlightened.

"What's wrong?" Anji asked.

Diancie said, "There's a mission, I helped you accept it, you'll know when you see it."

As soon as Diancie finished speaking, Anji heard the system's prompt.

"That's all," Diancie said, and hung up the video call.

Anji curled his lips, "She hung up? Doesn't she want to talk to me more?"

He opened the system while speaking, and saw that there was indeed a new mission in the mission bar.

[Excavation Mission] Please excavate a Mysterious Fossil in the Fossil Mine according to the instructions — Pending Completion.

Mysterious Fossil? Anji fell into thought, what fossil is mysterious?

Omanyte, Kabuto, Archen, Lileep, Cranidos, Shieldon, Tirtouga, Aerodactyl, Amaura, Baby Tyrunt, or Fossil Bird, Fossil Drake, Fossil Fish, or Fossil Sea Beast?

After closing the system, Anji found that an indicator had been added to his Eye of Observation.

That is to say, he needs to follow the indicator.

After looking at the indicator to find the direction, Anji chose a cave and shouted to Munchlax, Magearna, and Baby Tyrunt:

"Everyone stop playing, let's go this way."

"Kang~" Munchlax quickly dragged the pickaxe and ran to Anji's side.

"Awoo~" Baby Tyrunt followed closely behind.

"Du~ki~du~" Wait for me.

Magearna walked at the end.

After following the indicator and making a series of turns, Anji and the others had completely left the excavation team and arrived at the deepest part of the cave.

Finally, the indicator stopped spinning and the arrow started to point downwards.

"Does this want me to dig down?" Anji tapped the hard ground with the hoe.

"Kang~~" Without saying a word, Munchlax raised the pickaxe and started digging.

"You are really energetic," Anji couldn't help but laugh.

"Kang~" Munchlax smiled and shook his fist at Anji.

Anjay resigned himself and said, "Alright, let's dig!"

With that, he raised his hoe and started digging with Munchlax.

"Duki ~" Magearna quickly helped when she saw this.

"Awoo ~ ~" Baby Tyrunt, not wanting to be outdone, used its strong claws to paw at the ground.

One person and three Pokémon dug for an unknown amount of time. A downward passage had already been dug out, but the mysterious fossil mentioned in the mission was still nowhere to be found.

"How long will we have to dig?" Anjay straightened up and rubbed his sore back.

"Gang ~ Gang ~"

Munchlax quickly indicated that if Master was tired, he could rest, and it would dig instead.

"Thank you for your concern, my dear disciple, but I can't let you work so hard alone." Anjay said, while pinching Munchlax's chubby cheeks.

"Gang ~ ~"

Munchlax held the spot where its master pinched, giggling foolishly.

Anjay thought for a moment and said, "Let's eat something and rest before continuing."

All three Pokémon raised their hands in agreement.

Afterward, Anjay found a flat spot, spread a clean cloth, and Magearna took out the snacks she made from her backpack, while Anjay himself took out the juice drinks made for him by Passimian.

This was the first time Baby Tyrunt had eaten so much delicious food. While accepting Munchlax's feeding, it happily rolled around on the ground.

After eating and drinking enough, Anjay and the others continued to work.

While digging, Anjay suddenly felt that his hoe seemed to have hit something hard.

"Have I finally dug it up?" He was delighted in his heart.

He cleared away the surrounding gravel, only to discover in disappointment that the path ahead was blocked by a huge and hard boulder. It was not some mysterious fossil at all.

He knocked on the boulder with his hoe and found that he couldn't knock it at all.

"Gang ~ Gang ~" Master, leave it to me!

Munchlax stepped forward, raising his fist.

"Okay, you do it!" Anjay stepped aside.

"Gang ~ ~" Munchlax raised his fist, and a cold aura overflowed from his fist, then he punched the boulder.

Crack ~ ~

Cracks spread across the boulder, but the boulder did not shatter.

"Du ~ ki ~ du ~" Let me try too.

Magearna stepped forward with great interest.

"Gang ~" Munchlax gave up its position to Magearna upon hearing this.

Magearna stretched out one hand, and a silver light gathered in her hand. In the next second, a silver beam shot out and hit the boulder, making the cracks on the boulder even bigger.

Magearna used the Steel-type move, Flash Cannon.

"Awoo ~ Awoo ~" Seeing Munchlax and Magearna take action, Baby Tyrunt was eager to try.

Anjay said helplessly, "Okay, you come too."

He shook his head, thinking: "What use can you be, little guy?"

Unexpectedly, Baby Tyrunt really dug through the boulder. It swung its claws and crashed into the boulder. In the next second, a hole was dug out of the boulder.

Anjay said in surprise, "Baby Tyrunt, did you learn Dig? When did that happen?"

"Awoo ~ Awoo ~"

Baby Tyrunt excitedly jumped to Anjay's side, seeking praise.

It followed behind Munchlax, and while digging, it automatically learned the move Dig.

Anjay patted Baby Tyrunt's head, "Good job, I'll stew some beef bones for you when we get back!"

"Awoo ~ Awoo ~"

Upon hearing this, Baby Tyrunt immediately excitedly used Dig again. Before long, a wide road appeared in front of Anjay and the others.

However, Baby Tyrunt's level was too low, and it had too little stamina. It collapsed on the ground after a while.

Anjay couldn't help but laugh and cry, "I didn't ask you to work so hard!"

"Awoo ~ ~" Baby Tyrunt drooped its head weakly.

"Alright, you can follow behind and rest properly." Anjay patted it and said.

With the road opened up by Baby Tyrunt using Dig, it was much easier for Anjay and the others to dig.

Munchlax directly gave up using the pickaxe, raised his fist, and punched again and again, alternating between Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, and Ice Punch. For a time, gravel flew in the cave.

After an unknown amount of time, Munchlax suddenly cried out in surprise.

"Gang ~ Gang ~" Master, Master, come and see!

"What's wrong?" Anjay hurriedly approached.

"Gang ~ Gang ~" Munchlax excitedly pointed to the stones in front of Anjay.

Only then did Anjay discover that the stones Munchlax was pointing at actually had special patterns on them.

"This is... a plant fossil?" Anjay looked surprised, "It seems to be a fossil of some kind of lotus flower."

On the stone, Anjay saw lotus flower patterns and round lotus leaf patterns.

"Don't destroy these fossils." Anjay said to Munchlax.

Although they were not Pokémon fossils, plant fossils were also very precious. They were very important for studying the ancient ecology of the Pokémon world.

"Gang ~ ~" Munchlax nodded.

Immediately, Anjay led Munchlax and Magearna to carefully remove the plant fossils.

As for Baby Tyrunt, let it play on the side. It was clumsy and would only damage the fossils.

There were quite a few plant fossils. In order to dig them out completely, Anjay, Munchlax, and Magearna spent a lot of effort.

At the same time, in the center of many plant fossils, Anjay and the others finally saw the mysterious fossil mentioned by the system.

This fossil was very huge, almost half the size of Anjay. It was round and smooth, and it was impossible to tell what kind of creature it belonged to.

Obviously, it became a fossil together with the lotus flowers. Perhaps it was playing in the lotus pond at that time.

In any case, let's dig it out first.

Immediately, Anjay led the two Pokémon to dig out the fossil and put it into the system backpack.

The moment he obtained the fossil, Anjay heard the system prompt that the mission was completed.

It seems like I didn't find the wrong thing!

Anjay clapped his hands and said, "Alright, it's getting late, let's go back."

The light in the cave was dim, and it was impossible to see the change in time. In fact, Anjay and the others had been digging here for a whole day.

"Gang ~"

"Duki ~"

"Awoo ~"

The three Pokémon nodded at the same time. They were indeed very tired, but they also had a lot of fun.

Digging for fossils was just for fun. None of Anjay and the others expected to really dig up anything.

If you could just dig it up casually, Fossil Pokémon would have been rampant long ago.

When Anjay and the others walked out of the fossil cave, the sun was already setting, and the other diggers were also coming out one after another.

Most people, like Anjay and the others, had no harvest.

After returning to the Pokémon Center, Anjay let Munchlax and Magearna go to the bathroom to take a shower one after another.

He himself used bath sand and a brush to give Baby Tyrunt a bath.

He himself entered the bathroom last.

After taking a hot bath, Anjay felt relaxed all over, and most of the fatigue from a day of tiredness was relieved.

Afterward, he took the Pokémon to eat dinner.

(Darkrai: Am I being ignored again today?)

After dinner, Anjay found that there were many trainers sparring in the backyard of the Pokémon Center, so he ran over to join in the fun and took the three Pokémon to watch a few matches.

When it was about 10:00, he took a few Pokémon back to the room.

Of course, he didn't forget the beef bones he promised Baby Tyrunt.

After getting the new beef bones, Baby Tyrunt immediately gnawed on them on its own.

While the three Pokémon were playing, Anjay thought about making a video call to Steven Stone.

The phone was projected in mid-air, and Steven Stone's face then appeared.

"Anjay, why did you think of calling me?"

Anjay pointed to the mysterious fossil that he had taken out in advance and said:

"I have something about stones to ask you. Can you tell what kind of creature this is a fossil of?"

Steven Stone was very knowledgeable about fossils. The fossil revival technology was developed by his Devon Corporation.

Steven Stone carefully observed the fossil upon hearing this. After a long time, he said, "Move the phone closer."

Anjay nodded and moved the hand holding the phone closer to the mysterious fossil.

"Hmm ~ ~" After observing for a long time, his eyebrows furrowed, "I can't tell what kind of creature it is at all. It's different from all the fossil Pokémon fossils I currently know."

"No way, you don't even recognize it." Anjay exclaimed.

Steven Stone said with a wry smile, "I'm not omniscient."

After a long time, he said, "Wait for me to check the information and then tell you in detail."

Anjay nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for your news."