Not a trainer this time

Grawdo's next behavior completely verified the Bear Apprentice's idea.

I saw its right foot slam on the ground, 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 "Sword of Stone" pierced out from the ground and began to rush towards the position of the Bear Apprentice at a very fast speed!

"Beaah!"

Looking at the terrible scene, the Bear Apprentice's heart was instantly alarmed.

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

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

They will exercise their spirit and never shrink back because of the opponent's attack.

Seeing that the huge Stone Sword was about to come, the Bear Apprentice concentrated and held his breath, locked his target with a firm look, and then suddenly jumped to the side.

Escaped!

However, the Sword of Stone seemed to be equipped with an automatic navigation system. Seeing the bear apprentice dodge, it immediately turned around and continued to chase it.

"Boom boom boom!"

The sound of the earth cracking continued to ring, and in the blink of an eye, the huge "Sword of Stone" formed a circle and trapped the bear apprentice in it.

The air was filled with the smell of scorching sulfur. The energy of the earth had not yet dissipated from the Sword of the Cliff, and it continued to emit rolling heat waves. The surrounding space seemed to be burned and blurred.

The original return of Groudon opened its golden pupils, and it let out an ancient roar to the sky, releasing its pressure and terrifying power to its heart's content.

After a while, Groudon seemed to have calmed down.

It looked at the tiny bear apprentice with great appreciation.

Unexpectedly, this little guy was not afraid of its pressure at all, and could still maintain a calm attitude to dodge.

Not bad!

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

Everything it did just now seemed to be to show its powerful strength to the bear apprentice, so as to suppress Ouka.

Naoki: "..."

Yes, this is very Groudon.

The bear apprentice now understood the specific meaning of the Pokémon's actions just now.

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

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

Naoki comforted: "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 he didn't know what he thought of, and he decisively closed his mouth.

It's really uncomfortable to live under someone else's roof...

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

Grawo shook his huge head immediately.

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

If it left, it would never come up again.

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

In Groudon's mind, there appeared a picture of his nemesis, Kyogre, enjoying a good life on the World Tree, absorbing natural energy with a happy face, while it was crying alone in a remote volcano.

"..."

Grawod decisively chose to play dumb.

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

"Come and fight me!"

The bear apprentice was confused: "Hey?!"

It fights Groudon? Really?

Grawod: "Don't you dare?"

Hearing this, the bear apprentice immediately shook his head, and his eyes gradually became firm.

"Hey!"

"Very good."

The next second, a strong earth vein energy burst out from Groudon's body, and the familiar earth sword stabbed out again.

The Bear Apprentice began to run at a high speed, dodging Groudon's attacks while rushing towards it.

Seeing that the Bear Apprentice was about to approach him, Groudon narrowed his eyes slightly.

The next second, a huge cliff sword pierced out from under the feet of the Bear Apprentice and pushed it into the air.

The Bear Apprentice instantly lost his ability to fight.

Naoki frowned, ran forward and checked the condition of the Bear Apprentice, and then used the power of Changpan to help it heal its injuries.

Green light surged in Naoki's palm, and pure natural energy gathered crazily into the body of the Bear Apprentice.

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

"Bea..."

Compared with Kyogre's special training, Groudon's special training is too simple and crude. It increases experience and hones skills by fighting with it.

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

But the problem is that Groudon is too powerful.

With the current strength of the Bear Apprentice, there is no chance of winning at all.

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

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the voice of the Bear Apprentice came from behind him: "Hey!"

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

"Hey!" The Bear Apprentice nodded firmly.

Naoki lowered his head and looked at the Bear Apprentice.

"...Okay." Naoki compromised.

In a way, this is also the choice of Pokémon itself.

Just like Xiaozhi's Charizard, in order to enhance 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 milk of the mount goat, plus the existence of the King of Phoenix, no matter how serious the injury of the bear apprentice is, he can recover immediately.

"Beh!" Seeing that the trainer is willing to respect himself, the bear apprentice nodded happily.

The warrior instinct in his body makes it want to fight against the strong!

The bear apprentice rushed out again.

Naoki stood behind and watched this scene. Kyogre taught the bear apprentice theory to help it comprehend the mystery of water.

Groudon trained the bear apprentice in a practical way, allowing it to put the theory it has learned into practice.

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

It is because of their existence that the land and the ocean have evolved into what they are today, and neither of them is indispensable.

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

And without Kyogre, this world will become an endless purgatory.

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

Naoki continued to use the power of Evergreen and the milk of life to help it recover its physical strength.

In the end, even Groudon's expression changed.

The look it gave the Bear Apprentice was no longer as casual as at the beginning, but full of seriousness.

There is no doubt that this legendary Pokémon was moved by the Bear Apprentice's perseverance.

Groudon recognized the Bear Apprentice.

*

In the evening, the Bear Apprentice, who had been practicing hard for an afternoon, ate the food prepared by Naoki for it.

Its hardworking appearance shocked all the Pokémon in the ranch.

Frosty, Motorbike, Dragonite, Butler, and Eevee gathered around the dining table, all looking at the bear apprentice who was eating with big mouthfuls of food.

"Beaaa?"

The bear apprentice noticed everyone's gaze, and immediately looked up at the group of Pokémon, puzzled.

"Booee?" (You have been fighting all afternoon, aren't you tired?)

The Eevee asked curiously.

The bear apprentice thought about it carefully, and then answered happily: "Beaaa!" (I'm not tired! I'm just so hungry! Naoki's cooking smells so good! I can eat two more bowls!)

Dragonite was shocked, this Pokémon can eat more than it!

"Awoo..." (Big appetite...)

The bear apprentice answered seriously: "Beaa!" (Only by eating well can the body become stronger and stronger!)

Even Flutter Hair was shocked by the appetite of the bear apprentice.

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

Frost Milk Fairy was also shocked.

This Pokémon confused it, and Frost Milk Fairy couldn't help but ask what it didn't understand.

"Mama?" (Why do you train so hard?)

"Why?" The bear apprentice was attracted by this question.

It looked at Frost Milk Fairy, and thought seriously on its face for a while before answering: "Because it can become a more powerful Pokémon!)

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

"Because?"

The bear apprentice scratched his head, and it suddenly found that it seemed that it didn't know the answer to this question either...

Why do you want to become stronger?

Since it could remember, it began to train hard day by day and study moves.

After thinking for a while, the bear apprentice replied: "Yes!" (Because it will become 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, so they will accompany their trainers, eat, walk, work and sleep with them every day."

"Other Pokémon want to become more powerful Pokémon, so they will travel with human trainers, challenge gyms, and reach the top of the world."

"All this does not require any special reason, just because they like it. The bear apprentice 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 looked at the bear apprentice who was eating with big mouthfuls, and couldn't help sighing.

Serious Pokémon are the cutest!

The bear apprentice nodded his little head happily: "Yes!"

Frost Milk Fairy seemed to understand.

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!)

Motor Lizard also said: "Gaao!"

"Agashi!"

"Boni~"

Seeing everyone's look, the bear apprentice looked at these Pokémon and then looked at Naoki.

"Beaaa!" (I also want to live with Naoki!)

"Yeah, everyone lives together." Naoki said with a smile.

He looked at the Flutter Hair who was looking into the refrigerator and couldn't help but say speechlessly:

"Zhuyifa, stop looking, the food has not been eaten by the bear disciples. In addition to the refrigerator, there is also a lot of food in the storage room!"

"Dream?"

Fluttering Hair poked his head out of the refrigerator.

Only then did the apprentice bear realize that it was because he ate too much that the Pokémon named Fluttershy was worried that it would eat up all the food!

"Yeah!"

Disciple Xiong stopped what he was doing in embarrassment.

It seems like... it doesn't eat much, right?

Naoki: "..."

"Eat with confidence, I'll make sure you have enough!" Naoki assured, patting his chest.

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

There were food and drinks that Naoki had specially prepared before.

Sausage, cheese, bacon, wheat bread, pickled radish, salted fish, dried tree fruits, brewed wine...

"See? So you don't have to worry about the food being eaten up." Zhi Shu said to Zhu Yifa.

"Dream!"

Zhan Yifa nodded with bright eyes, a hundred hearts relieved.

Naoki closed the door of the storage room and returned to the restaurant with Fluttershy Hair.

Disciple Xiong looked at Zhan Yifa embarrassedly.

Zhiyifa also noticed the look in its eyes. Thinking of the room full of food, Zhuyifa said: "Dream!" (Eat!)

After an afternoon of special training during the day, although the injuries on his body were healed by the power of Changpan, apprentice Xiong's body became dirty and covered with dust.

After dinner, Naoki took Apprentice Bear 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 the foam off your body, and a fragrant bear apprentice is born.

"Okay!" Naoki touched the bear apprentice's head: "Go to the fireplace, the lava worms will help you dry your fur."

"Yeah~"

The apprentice bear was a little embarrassed, but Naoki wanted to help him take a bath, and it was hard for him to refuse.

Upon hearing this, Disciple Xiong ran away quickly.

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

Naoki: "?"

Seeing Gulton's appearance, Naoki realized belatedly that the most charming thing about Pokémon that he said during dinner was that Gulton listened to him.

Although Guluton looked silly, Naoki still cooperated to coax the child:

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

Guluton, who had never heard Naoki say such a thing before, immediately became embarrassed.

"Ah gah!" it replied coyly.

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

"Ah gah!"

Therefore, Luton immediately expressed his intention to go together.

"Okay, let's go together then."

One person and one Pokémon came to the tavern, and the guests here had almost left.

Naoki helped his brother Aoi and Sai Fuhao clean up the tableware for the Pokémon guests. After everything was completed, the time came to eleven o'clock in the evening.

The hair on the bear apprentice's body has been dried by the lava bugs.

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

Today’s work is all done and it’s finally time to go to bed!

The Eevees have all fallen asleep.

Naoki also took off his clothes and went to bed to rest. After saying good night to his apprentice Bear, Guluton and several Pokémon, he turned off the lights.

Until tomorrow, he will set off to the Kuchiki Temple in Xiaoshi Town to lift the seal of the ancient slip.