Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

Chapter 38: Tapu Lele

Seeing this, An Jie smiled and said, "That's right, saving me the trouble of doing it myself."

To cooperate with An Jie's words, the Komala knocked the log pillow on the ground, and the ground vibrated slightly.

The Salazzle was so frightened that it shivered.

"Then gather your companions," An Jie added.

The Salazzle obediently nodded, then let out a howl, and the Salandits, hearing the sound, gathered around.

Seeing this, An Jie said to the Audino, "Audino, please heal them."

"Tabunne ~" The Audino nodded and stepped forward, and a drop of blue water suddenly appeared in the sky.

The skill used by Audino was Life Dew, which naturally couldn't compare to Heal Pulse in terms of healing power, but it had a benefit: it could heal groups.

One Life Dew didn't completely heal everyone's injuries, so Audino then used it a second and third time.

Finally, after the fourth time, all the Pokémon's injuries were completely restored.

While Audino was healing everyone, An Jie and Sylveon fed the Bounsweet and Steenee Pecha Berries to remove their poisoned status.

After waking up, the angry Steenee wanted to continue attacking the Salazzle, but An Jie stopped it.

"Steenee, I will take the Salazzle and the others away soon, and they won't bother you anymore."

After speaking, he looked at the Salazzle, a threat in his eyes, "Salazzle, you will come with me, right?"

The Komala cooperated by knocking on the log pillow again.

Seeing this, the Salazzle nodded repeatedly.

Seeing this, Steenee finally stopped its offensive and expressed its gratitude to An Jie.

An Jie smiled and said, "You're welcome, a helping hand in times of need."

"Lala?" Steenee tilted its head, looking puzzled, not understanding what this sentence meant.

An Jie smiled and explained, "It means you're welcome."

Steenee suddenly understood, and it raised its head and called out to the Castform twice, and the Castform flew into the canopy of the giant Pecha Berry tree.

Before long, it flew out again, all the way to An Jie, and placed a green rhombus crystal in An Jie's palm.

A Z-Crystal?

An Jie looked at the thing in his palm with surprise. The Castform gave him a Grass Z-Crystal.

"Is this for me?" An Jie looked at Steenee and asked.

"Lala ~" Steenee nodded, indicating that it was a thank-you gift for An Jie.

An Jie was dumbfounded. He didn't have a Z-Ring to use with the Z-Crystal!

Z-Crystals are unique items in the Alola region, only able to be born on special mineral veins. Each type has a corresponding Z-Crystal.

In addition to the 18 types of Z-Crystals, some Pokémon also have their own exclusive Z-Crystals, such as Pikachu, Decidueye, Incineroar, Primarina, Marshadow, Alolan Raichu, Snorlax, Eevee, Mew, Kommo-o, Lycanroc, Mimikyu, Solgaleo, Lunala, Ultra Necrozma, the four Tapus, and Ash-Pikachu.

Z-Crystals, when used with a Z-Ring, allow Pokémon to use powerful Z-Moves.

"Then I'll accept it without ceremony." Since it was Steenee's goodwill, An Jie couldn't refuse.

After resting here with Steenee for a while, An Jie continued to head towards Mount Lanakila with the Salazzle and Salandits.

However, the Salandit that followed An Jie was always unwilling to return to the Salazzle's side, even if the Salazzle kept winking at it.

As soon as the Salazzle wanted to release pheromones on it, it would immediately hide next to An Jie, and then the Salazzle would not dare to act rashly.

Originally, the Salandit was very eager to return to the group, but after being by An Jie's side for a while, it looked at the other Salandits being exploited by the Salazzle and suddenly had the idea of not returning to the group.

What was so good about being enslaved by the Salazzle and bullied by other Salandits? It was better to be free on its own.

Looking at this Salandit, the Salazzle was so angry that it gritted its teeth.

The Salazzle had always been proud of the number of male Salandits it controlled, but now that a Salandit was trying to break away from it, how could it not be angry?

Unfortunately, due to An Jie's presence, it did not dare to attack the Salandit.

An Jie had certainly noticed this little game between the Salazzle and the Salandit, but he allowed the Salandit to use him as a shield.

Although the Salazzle's enslavement of the Salandits was a unique component of their group's social structure, he had met the Salandit first, so his heart naturally leaned more towards the Salandit.

Since the Salandit didn't want to be enslaved by the Salazzle anymore, then he was happy to help a little.

Whose heart isn't biased?

As they got closer and closer to the foot of Mount Lanakila, the number of Fire-type Pokémon that An Jie and the others encountered also increased: Fletchling, Fletchinder, Talonflame, Magby, Magmar, Alolan Marowak…

Under the promotion of Salandit, Fletchinder, and Magby, they all followed An Jie and marched towards Mount Lanakila.

Because of the previous battle between Tapu Lele and Ninetales, there were almost no Pokémon on Mount Lanakila at this time.

When An Jie and the others went up, the surroundings were silent.

Soon they came to the top of the mountain, but they did not see the figures of Tapu Lele and Ninetales here.

An Jie wondered, "Could they have already left?"

Hearing this, everyone immediately cheered. Since they left, could they come back?

However, just as everyone was happy, a series of crisp laughter sounded above the volcano.

"Hee hee hee ~ Hee hee hee ~"

Everyone looked up and saw Tapu Lele spinning around in the air with a smile.

When it saw An Jie, the human, it suddenly froze, and then suddenly landed from the air, flying straight to An Jie and staring straight at him.

Its eyes flickered with colorful light, faintly aware of An Jie's uniqueness, and seemed to be interested in him.

It sensed a unique Fairy-type energy on An Jie, mysterious and powerful.

Suddenly, it stretched out a hand, its hand flashing with colorful light, and An Jie suddenly felt a powerful attack acting on him, and then he was knocked away.

Boom!!!

Accompanied by a loud noise, An Jie slammed heavily into a cliff wall. The cliff wall was shattered, and rock fragments rustled down.

While feeling the severe pain, An Jie also felt a burst of astonishment in his heart. He never expected that Tapu Lele would attack him for no reason.

"Hee hee hee ~ Hee hee hee ~" Looking at An Jie's appearance, Tapu Lele seemed to find it very interesting, covering its mouth and making bursts of happy laughter.

Then, with a flash, it appeared beside Anjay again, reaching out its hand.

However, at that moment, a figure blocked its path, colliding head-on.

"Tapu!" With a cry of pain, Tapu Lele was sent flying.

The one who attacked was Komala, using a Steel-type move that was super effective against Tapu Lele—Iron Head.

Komala's attack hit Tapu Lele hard.

"Tapu..." Tapu Lele endured the pain and flew up, its face filled with anger. At the same time, its Psychic Surge ability activated, and pink mist filled the volcano.

Tapu Lele was angry, but Komala felt it should be the one angry. Anjay was attacked right under its nose—how could it tolerate that?

Thinking this, before Tapu Lele could launch an attack, it once again used Iron Head and charged forward.

"Koma!!!"

"Cough cough!!!"

"Sylv!!!"

Vulpix, Genesect, and Sylveon all cheered for Komala with great excitement.

Seeing this, Tapu Lele quickly launched a counterattack, a rainbow-colored beam shooting from its body.

It used Psychic.

Psychic and Komala's Iron Head collided in mid-air. After a brief stalemate, Komala was knocked back.

Upon landing, Komala didn't hesitate and immediately used Stomping Tantrum.

It raised its log pillow and slammed it hard on the ground. Sharp rocks shot up from the ground, heading towards Tapu Lele in the air.

Tapu Lele naturally couldn't stay in place and take the hit. It flashed away, dodging the attack.

However, just as it stabilized itself, another series of rocks shot towards it, and this time it couldn't dodge successfully.

The additional effect of Stomping Tantrum is that if the previous attack misses, the power of this attack doubles. As a result, Tapu Lele was hit hard.

This completely enraged it. Suddenly, countless star-like lights emerged from its body, turning into a torrent that surged towards Komala, instantly engulfing it.

Tapu Lele used its guardian deity exclusive move, Nature's Madness, a change-based move that halves the opponent's current HP.

As expected, after being attacked, Komala immediately became battered and bruised.

After the attack, Tapu Lele wanted to press its advantage and use Nature's Madness again, but how could Komala let it have its way?

It unleashed a powerful aura, and white light enveloped its body. In the next second, it transformed into a streak of light and shot forward.

Komala used its own (Normal-type) ultimate move, Giga Impact.

At the same time, Tapu Lele's Nature's Madness struck again, but it was directly shattered by Komala.

Although Komala was just an ordinary Pokémon, it hadn't eaten Anjay's food for nothing.

Compared to Pokémon of the same level, its stamina, attack, and speed had all been comprehensively improved, making it far from comparable to ordinary Pokémon.

Bang!!!

Accompanied by a loud collision, Komala, having shattered Nature's Madness, slammed hard into Tapu Lele.

Tapu Lele immediately cried out in agony and flew backward.

It had already taken two hits from Komala, one of which was a Steel-type move that was super effective against it. In addition, its physical defense was average, so it naturally lost its ability to fight.

Seeing Anjay defeat the guardian deity, the surrounding Pokémon fell silent. In particular, Salazzle was extremely grateful that it had been sensible earlier, otherwise it would definitely have been beaten.

Only Vulpix, Genesect, Sylveon, and Salandit cheered loudly.

"Koma!!!"

"Cough cough!!!"

"Sylv!!!"

"Yamo!!!"

Only when Salandit noticed that the other Pokémon around it were silent did it quietly close its mouth.

It was better not to stand out too much. After all, that was their Akala Island's guardian deity, even though this guardian deity had forced them to leave their homes.

Anjay looked at the unconscious Tapu Lele, hesitated for a moment, and then took out a Poké Ball and captured it.

What he took out wasn't an ordinary Poké Ball, but a Master Ball.

When Xerneas moved into Nibel Plateau, Anjay obtained an achievement [Second God Residing in the Territory] (the first was Yveltal), and the reward was two Master Balls.

The first Master Ball was used on Darkrai, and the second was the one now being used on Tapu Lele.

Under normal circumstances, Anjay wouldn't choose to capture Tapu Lele, because it was one of the guardian deities of the Alola region and had its special duties in nature.

However, its previous behavior of attacking him without explanation, as well as attacking Ninetales for fun, causing a large number of Pokémon to be unable to return home, made him feel very angry.

This guy wasn't a newly born Pokémon baby. Did it think that it could smooth everything over with a sentence like "innocent and ignorant of the world"?

What was the difference between this and those bear children who made mistakes, but their parents used "he's just a child" to fool people?

It was only because his physique was special. If it were someone else, could he have withstood Tapu Lele's attack?

So... this guardian deity must be disciplined!

What Anjay didn't know was that at the moment Tapu Lele was captured into the Master Ball, the other three guardian deities—Tapu Koko, Tapu Bulu, and Tapu Fini—simultaneously looked towards the direction of Akala Island, their faces showing a look of doubt. Immediately, they all flew towards Akala Island.

After picking up the Master Ball, Anjay pressed the button, and the unconscious Tapu Lele reappeared outside.

Anjay turned to Chansey and said, "Chansey, please heal it."

"Chanseyyy~" Chansey nodded and stepped forward to cast Heal Pulse on Tapu Lele.

Before long, Tapu Lele slowly woke up.

After it woke up, it immediately wanted to escape from Anjay, but Anjay raised the Master Ball in his hand. It became wary and didn't dare to act rashly.

The Master Ball had a powerful binding force. Even Tapu Lele, as a Legendary Pokémon, couldn't resist it. This was why the League ordered it to be discontinued and all information destroyed.

Anjay asked, "What about the Ninetales that fought with you before?"

"Tapu..." Tapu Lele looked angry and was unwilling to answer Anjay at all.

Anjay raised the Master Ball in his hand again, but this time it completely angered Tapu Lele. Suddenly, it raised its head and let out a cry, and waves of sound spread out from it, centering on it, towards the outside of Akala Island.

The three guardian deities who were rushing towards Akala Island immediately sensed Tapu Lele's call, and so accelerated towards Akala Island.