Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

Diancie was seen controlling the rock spears, continuously flying in the air, shattering the falling stars and lightning pillars one by one.

Seeing this, Poppy laughed and said, "Not bad, worthy of being a legendary trainer!"

Hearing this, Anji was stunned, "Ms. Poppy, do you know me?"

Poppy chuckled, "What? Do you think I'm an old woman who doesn't read the news?"

Anji quickly denied, "No, no, I didn't mean that!"

Poppy said, "Then that's right, the news is all about you recently, what's so strange about me knowing you?"

"Not strange, indeed not strange." Anji smiled awkwardly.

"Continue the battle!" Ms. Poppy said, "Brimstone, use Max Airstream again!"

"Brim ~ ~" Brimstone cried out, and a yellow star suddenly appeared above its head, then fell towards Diancie like a meteor.

Diancie didn't show any weakness, and once again launched Stone Edge, controlling the rock spears to shatter the meteors one by one.

In the duel with Brimstone, Diancie kept approaching it. Seeing that the distance was right, Anji immediately commanded Diancie: "Diancie, Sand Tomb!"

As Anji's voice fell, Diancie's body emitted a faint yellow light, and then the ground beneath Brimstone began to sink, and a bottomless quicksand vortex suddenly appeared.

The lower half of Brimstone's body was sinking into the quicksand bit by bit, which made it feel pain and fear at the same time.

Poppy quickly comforted Brimstone, "Brimstone, calm down, use your psychic power to stabilize your body, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Ms. Poppy is indeed a senior trainer, and she calmed Brimstone down with a few words.

Brimstone's body was seen to be emitting a faint purple-red light, and in the blink of an eye, its sinking body gradually stabilized.

However, at this time, Anji said to Diancie again: "Diancie, Scorching Sands!"

As Anji's voice fell, Diancie's body reappeared with a yellow light, and in an instant, the quicksand beneath Brimstone became scorching hot, and Brimstone couldn't help but let out painful moans.

The combination of Sand Tomb and Scorching Sands is a combination skill that Diancie came up with on its own.

Once, when it was painting with Mareep, it accidentally saw the Dugtrio brothers sparring. The younger brother used Sand Tomb on the older brother, and the older brother used Scorching Sands on the younger brother.

At this time, Diancie had a whim, what would be the effect if these two skills were combined?

So, in order to test the combination of these two skills, it asked the Dugtrio brothers and the Swift Pokémon, Galarian Rapidash, who was good at running, to fight.

At Diancie's request, the brothers used Sand Tomb and Scorching Sands in the battle to attack Galarian Rapidash, but unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good.

Sand Tomb restricted Galarian Rapidash's movement, while Scorching Sands gave Galarian Rapidash pain and high damage.

According to Metagross's test, the skill power of Scorching Sands definitely exceeds 90 after the two are combined.

The important thing is that this combination skill has a very strong control effect on the enemy. Once trapped in the scorching quicksand abyss, it will be difficult to get rid of its shackles. The scorching quicksand makes the Pokémon trapped in it unable to resist.

Another point is that after Scorching Sands and Sand Tomb form the Scorching Sand Abyss, it will cause continuous damage to the opponent trapped in it, which is equivalent to Scorching Sands always being activated, and the probability of causing burns is greatly increased.

This is very terrifying.

After learning about the power of this combination skill, Diancie asked the Dugtrio brothers for these two skills and learned them.

After practicing in the training room again and again, Diancie is now able to use them proficiently.

As Scorching Sands took effect, Brimstone fell into a burn state.

The weakening effect of the burn state on physical attacks has little effect on Brimstone, but the pain it causes prevents Brimstone from concentrating, and its body begins to fall into the abyss again.

At this time, Anji said to Diancie: "Diancie, Power Gem!"

After Diancie responded to Anji, a large amount of rock-type energy began to gather on its body.

Ms. Poppy quickly said to Brimstone: "Brimstone, Max Airstream!"

However, because Brimstone was trapped in the Scorching Sand Abyss, its whole body was wrapped in scorching sand, and it was in so much pain that it couldn't respond to Poppy at all.

Although Power Gem requires charging, Diancie's launch speed is already very fast, and soon a beam of light attacked Brimstone under its control.

Boom! ! !

Along with a loud noise, the beam of light hit Brimstone's body, and the huge body of Max Brimstone fell uncontrollably to the side.

Brimstone was already suffering continuous damage from the Scorching Sand Abyss, and now it has suffered a Power Gem attack, so it naturally lost its combat ability directly.

As a beam of light flashed, Brimstone withdrew from the Max form.

This means that Anji won this sparring match!

Seeing this, Ms. Poppy smiled and said, "Not bad, you are really promising at a young age, this old woman is ashamed."

Anji quickly said modestly: "You were merciful, I'm still far behind you!"

Ms. Poppy frowned upon hearing this and said, "I don't like this about you. If I praise you, just accept it. Excessive modesty seems hypocritical."

"You're right, then I'll shamelessly accept your praise." Anji scratched his head embarrassedly.

"That's right." Ms. Poppy showed a smile on her face, and then she asked, "By the way, you don't have a place to live yet, do you?"

Anji replied: "I'm going to the Pokémon Center!"

At this time, Ms. Poppy said: "If you don't mind, go to my house, anyway, I live alone, and there are plenty of rooms in my house!"

Ms. Poppy has been single all her life, has no children, and her relatives have all passed away long ago, so she has been living alone.

Fortunately, she has Pokémon to accompany her, so she doesn't feel lonely.

Anji did not refuse Ms. Poppy's kindness and nodded in agreement: "Then I'll accept your kind invitation."

While the two were talking, Anji had already taken out the sweets made by Magearna and fed them to Brimstone. Brimstone's burn state was immediately lifted, and its physical strength was restored.

"Brim ~" After Brimstone opened its eyes, it expressed its gratitude to Anji.

Ms. Poppy smiled and said, "Let's go!"

Then the two left the Battle Stage and returned to the cottage where they first met.

After arriving home, Ms. Poppy asked: "By the way, have you had dinner yet?"

Anji shook his head and said: "Not yet!"

Ms. Poppy smiled and said: "I haven't either, let's have something together."

Anji said: "Then I'll cook and let you taste my cooking."

Ms. Poppy then remembered that the news said that Anji's main job was a cook, so she smiled and said, "It seems that I'm lucky to be able to eat a dish made by a legendary trainer."

"You flatter me." Anji looked around the house and asked, "Where's the kitchen?"

Ms. Poppy pointed in a direction and said: "There, it's over there. You can use anything in the kitchen."

Anji said as he walked towards the kitchen: "Then please wait a moment, I'll be done soon."

Seeing Anji enter the kitchen, Ms. Poppy pulled Diancie to chat together and said to Spritzee, Floette, Flabébé, and Bidoof: "You can all do whatever you want, don't be restrained."

"Bidoof ~" Bidoof cheered and immediately explored the house with Floette and Flabébé.

Spritzee also chatted with Brimstone. Under Brimstone's introduction, Spritzee also met Ms. Poppy's other Pokémon, Mawile.

And Bidoof, Floette, and Flabébé explored the courtyard and met Togekiss and Galarian Weezing who were resting in the courtyard.

Togekiss, the Jubilee Pokémon, Fairy/Flying type, is said to be a Pokémon that can bring blessings. In ancient times, it was regarded as an auspicious object and is a very rare Pokémon.

Galarian Weezing, the Poison Gas Pokémon, Poison/Fairy type, is a regional form of Weezing in the Galar region.

The Galar region is industrially developed. In the past, when there were many factories and serious pollution, the Weezing living here mutated into its current appearance. They absorb harmful components in the atmosphere and transform them into fresh air, so they play a very important role in the environmental purification of Galar.

Togekiss and Galarian Weezing, like Mawile, are Ms. Poppy's Pokémon.

Poppy is the Fairy-type Gym Leader, and the Pokémon she owns are naturally Fairy-type.

Bidoof, Floette, and Flabébé are all lively Pokémon, so they quickly became friends with Togekiss and Weezing.

And Togekiss seems to like Bidoof very much, this little guy who is naughty but has an exceptionally pure mind.

On the other side, Anji in the kitchen released Aegislash and Ditto.

"Aegislash, you help me out, Ditto, you watch from the side. If you like cooking, then follow me to learn how to cook in the future!"

Although he subdued Ditto so that it could learn to cook with him, he still decided to respect Ditto's own wishes.

If Ditto is not interested in cooking, then he will definitely not force it.

"Gilu ~" Aegislash nodded slightly.

"Momo ~" Ditto also nodded in agreement.

Anji looked around the kitchen and surprisingly saw a basket full of mushrooms in a basket.

"Such familiar mushrooms!" Anji couldn't help but say. He released Morelull and asked, "Are these the umbrella mushrooms on your Morelull's heads?"

Morelull heard this and approached to take a look, then nodded happily and said: "Naimaxiu ~ Naimaxiu ~"

"It seems that your umbrella mushrooms are really edible!" Anji said with a smile.

"Naimaxiu ~" Of course!

The Shroomish looked very proud. Not only are they edible, but they are also delicious!

Ms. Poppy's basket of Parasol Mushrooms was a gift from the Shroomish in the forest. She has a great relationship with the Pokémon in the Glimwood Tangle.

Looking at the basket of Parasol Mushrooms, Anji mused, "In that case, let's use these Parasol Mushrooms to make something!"

Ms. Poppy said he could use anything in the kitchen.

After a moment of contemplation, Anji decided to make Chicken and Mushroom Stew.

With that, he took out a home-raised chicken from his backpack.

The chicken had already been slaughtered, so Anji could use it directly.

"Aegislash, can you help me cut the chicken? I'll prepare the ingredients." Anji said to Aegislash after placing the chicken on the cutting board.

"Jiru ~" Aegislash nodded, immediately drew his sword, and started chopping, Duang ~ Duang ~ Duang ~.

Having been with Anji for so long, Aegislash knew very well how to cut the chicken for Chicken and Mushroom Stew. It wasn't its first time eating it either.

While Aegislash was busy, Anji didn't idle either. He took out scallions and cut them into sections, sliced ginger and garlic, and then took out a few potatoes, peeled and cubed them.

After finishing these preparations, he poured oil into the pot and heated it up, then added the scallions, ginger, and garlic to sauté until fragrant.

At this moment, Aegislash handed over the cut chicken.

With its superb swordsmanship, the chicken was cut very beautifully, almost all pieces the same size.

After stir-frying the chicken in the pot, he added cooking wine and his own special Doubanjiang (fermented bean paste), then poured in the washed Parasol Mushrooms.

After stir-frying, he added water, star anise, and other seasonings, first bringing it to a boil over high heat, then simmering over low heat.

Anji only used a few-month-old chicken, not an old one, the meat was very tender, so it didn't need to be stewed for too long.

After stewing for about twenty minutes, he added the potatoes and continued to stew.

During this time, Anji had Aegislash watch the fire, while he took the opportunity to make a smashed cucumber salad, a cold Aspear seaweed salad, and a tomato and egg drop soup.

The eggs in the tomato and egg drop soup were replaced with Chansey eggs.

When the meal was halfway done, a small head suddenly poked out from beside the sugar jar on the cupboard.

"Maw ho ~"

Anji was startled by the sudden sound. He looked up and saw that it was an Alcremie. Only then did he remember that Alcremie had a habit of living in the kitchen. His Alcremie lived in the kitchen on the second floor.

"Are you Ms. Poppy's Pokémon?" Anji asked with a smile.

"Maw ho ~ Maw ho ~" Alcremie nodded with a smile.

In fact, Ms. Poppy's cooking skills are also quite good. Because of Alcremie, her skills in making desserts are particularly outstanding.

Anji said, "You wait here, how about we eat together later?"

"Maw ho ~ Maw ho ~" Alcremie nodded happily, and then stood side by side with Ditto.

The two little guys' bodies were soft and fluffy. When they bumped into each other, they swayed like jelly, very bouncy, especially Ditto.

How cute! Anji thought.

As time passed, a rich aroma wafted from the kitchen.

At this time, Babbit couldn't care less about playing. It and Floette, Flabébé, Togekiss, and Galarian Weezing squeezed together at the kitchen door, looking eagerly at the steaming pot.

Anji clearly felt that the oil fumes in the kitchen were rapidly decreasing, and the air became visibly fresher. He turned around and saw Galarian Weezing greedily absorbing the oil fumes.

What a convenient ability! Anji himself wanted to catch a Galarian Weezing.

"Everyone, get ready, we'll be eating soon!" Anji said with a smile.

"Babbit ~" Hearing this, Babbit quickly ran into the kitchen to help serve the bowls and plates.

It was familiar with this work, often doing it at home.

When the dishes were brought to the table, Ms. Poppy sniffed the aroma and said, "Your cooking skills amaze me."

Compared to when he first woke up, Anji's cooking skills were now incomparable, and with the addition of various high-quality ingredients, the delicacies he made were indeed amazing.

Anji served rice and dishes to the Pokémon while chuckling, "Time is limited, just a quick meal."

Ms. Poppy looked at Anji playfully and said, "Can I assume you're showing off?"

Anji blinked and said, "Caught me?"

His words immediately made Ms. Poppy laugh heartily, and several Pokémon, not understanding why, laughed along with Ms. Poppy.

"Alright, everyone, let's eat quickly, the food won't taste good when it's cold!" Anji greeted everyone.

The Pokémon couldn't wait, and as soon as Anji finished speaking, they immediately devoured the food.

As the food entered their mouths, exclamations came one after another, Mawile, Alcremie, Togekiss, and Galarian Weezing ate faster at a visible speed.

Even Ms. Poppy couldn't help but speed up the movements of her hands.

As a person from the Pokémon world, Ms. Poppy didn't have the habit of using chopsticks, so she used a spoon to eat.

It just wasn't as efficient to eat Anji's food with a spoon as it was with chopsticks.

Seeing Anji using chopsticks, Ms. Poppy couldn't help but say, "Let me use your utensil too!"

Anji said, "It's not easy to use well the first time!"

Ms. Poppy immediately said dissatisfied, "If I can't use it well, can't I learn? Are you looking down on this old woman?"

Anji said, "Alright, alright!" She really was an old woman who refused to admit defeat.

With that, he took a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Ms. Poppy.

Ms. Poppy's personality was very different from the old people Anji knew, giving people a vigorous feeling. She imitated Anji's appearance and pinched the chopsticks.

"Can't I use it well?" She said, holding the chopsticks to pick up the chicken.

However, things didn't go as planned. The chicken seemed to have grown legs and didn't want to be picked up by Ms. Poppy.

Anji spread his hands and said, "See, I told you!"

After saying that, he skillfully picked up a piece of mushroom and put it in his mouth.

To be honest, the Shroomish's Parasol Mushrooms were really delicious, fresh and tender.

Ms. Poppy seemed to be stimulated by Anji's behavior, and immediately began to wrestle with the chopsticks, "This old woman doesn't believe it, can't I subdue it?"

"Grandma, look at my technique!" At this time, Diancie next to her began to teach Ms. Poppy the knack of using chopsticks.

Ms. Poppy said while learning, "Diancie is still good, unlike some young people, who only know how to watch the show and don't respect the elderly at all!"

Anji immediately said, "You must not be talking about me. Everyone knows that I am already five hundred years old, not a young man."

Ms. Poppy: . . .

Diancie couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

In this way, dinner ended in everyone's laughter and jokes, and Anji also became completely familiar with Ms. Poppy because of this meal.

After dinner, Anji made a cup of honey yuzu tea for everyone.

Honey yuzu tea was not only loved by Ms. Poppy's Fairy-type Pokémon, but even Ms. Poppy herself praised it.

Seeing this, Anji said, "I'll send you more later."

Ms. Poppy nodded and said, "Then I won't be polite!"

With that, she suddenly changed the subject, and after scanning Diancie, Shroomish, Floette, and Flabébé, she asked Anji:

"Anji, do you like Fairy-type Pokémon?"

Anji was stunned, and then replied with a smile, "I like them, not only Fairy-type Pokémon, but I like all Pokémon."

Anji's answer made Ms. Poppy a little dissatisfied, but soon she restrained her expression and said, "Then have you ever thought about becoming a Fairy-type Gym Leader? I see you have a lot of Fairy-type Pokémon, and as far as I know, that God of Life is also a Fairy-type, right?"

This time Anji was completely stunned, "Me, become a Gym Leader?"

Ms. Poppy nodded and said, "That's right, I'm missing an heir. How about you stay in Couriway Town and inherit my gym?"

She really favored Anji very much.

Even Ms. Poppy's Pokémon were looking at Anji with expectant faces at this time.

They also liked Anji very much.

However, Anji refused without hesitation, "Grandma, I'm sorry, it's my honor that you can favor me, but I still like Kalos and like being a chef."

As the relationship became closer, Anji's address to Ms. Poppy also changed.

Ms. Poppy showed disappointment after hearing Anji's words. She didn't give up and said, "You can still continue to be a chef even if you become the Couriway Town Gym Leader. I can support you in opening a restaurant in Couriway Town.

There is no conflict between being a Gym Leader and being a chef!"

However, Anji still shook his head. He said with a face full of guilt, "I'm sorry, Grandma!"

"Ai ~" Ms. Poppy sighed deeply when she heard the words, "Since you are unwilling… then forget it!"

Ms. Poppy's Pokémon also showed disappointment. It would be difficult to eat Anji's food again in the future!

Ms. Poppy was a free and easy person. Since Anji was unwilling, she didn't force it.

"You can change your mind at any time before I find a new heir. I'll wait for you!"

After picking up the honey yuzu tea and taking a sip, she said again, "Okay, it's getting late, everyone go back to rest!"

The next morning, after Anji had breakfast with Ms. Poppy, he set off with Miss Lilligant and the others to Kota's house.

On the way, he also specifically inquired about Yuuji from the town residents.

Sure enough, just like Grandma Poppy said, Yuuji had a very good reputation in the town. Everyone who mentioned him praised him, and even today, many young trainers regard him as an idol.

Miss Lilligant was very angry about this. A despicable villain, what qualifications does he have to be praised by everyone!

When they arrived at the entrance of Kota's house, Anji saw Kota and Scorbunny sitting side by side on the steps. Both the person and the Pokémon looked a little listless.

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