Not a trainer this time

"Selling Magikarp! The best Magikarp! Look at their size, each one is the king of fish. Buy one and it will evolve into Gyarados in no time, helping you pass the gym test! Each one is 998! Come and buy it!"

"Takoyaki, steaming hot, freshly baked takoyaki!"

"Here are souvenirs of the King of Plenty! Come and buy them! The same rare wood carvings as the Bud Crown King are never sold to the public. You can't buy them after passing the town of Zheqin!"

At the night market, the shouts of the vendors rang out one after another.

Tourists from other places and their Pokémon shuttled between the stalls with a look of novelty on their faces, and the atmosphere of the whole market was extremely lively.

Naoki and Qishu mixed in with the vendors. Naoki took Gulton to sort out the goods in the back, while Qishu and Erguiyan handed candied haws to the guests with a smile on their faces.

Magnemite and Babudu sat on the bench, and from time to time a trace of electricity ran through their bodies, providing power for the colorful lights on the top of the stall.

A trainer who had challenged the Brewing Light Gym recognized Naoki and Kiss.

The girl was surprised: "Ms. Kiss! Mr. Naoki! Why are you here?"

Kiss: "Because this is our home!"

The girl suddenly noticed Kiss's belly, and she opened her eyes in disbelief: "Ms. Kiss, your belly! Is there a baby in it?"

Kiss gently stroked her belly, and then smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's six months!"

The girl was stunned.

At this time, a boy ran over and put the money on the stall: "Boss, I want three strings of candied haws!"

"Boni~"

Ergui took the three strings of candied haws happily and handed them to him. The boy ran back to his parents with the candied haws excitedly.

The girl also cast her eyes on the stall in front of her. She looked at her Pokémon and said, "I want two too!"

"..."

The popularity of the candied haws exceeded Naoki's expectations. Just one hour after the celebration began, most of the stock they brought was sold out.

Fortunately, most of the tourists climbed up the mountain path to the Shrine of Plenty to visit the celebration.

There were only a few people left in the night market, and the stalls gradually became empty.

Naoki took out two bottles of water from his bag and handed them to Ergui and Qishu, asking, "How do you feel?"

Ergui: "Boni~!"

Qishu smiled and said, "Before today, I have never had such an experience. It feels so interesting!"

"Really?" Naoki grinned.

The important thing is not to set up a stall to sell candied haws, but to participate in the lively market and become a part of it. This kind of atmosphere and environment cannot be compared with setting up a stall in the town.

"Next time, you can bring your baby to set up a stall." Qishu looked at his belly again.

After ten months of pregnancy, Naoki carefully calculated the time. After this winter, their child will be born.

Hearing this, other Pokémon around him also looked at Qishu's belly curiously.

Erguiyan approached carefully: "Boni?"

Is there really a baby in it?

Seeing Erguiyan's curious look, Qishu nodded gently and said: "You can touch it!"

"Boni?!" Erguiyan was surprised.

It looked at Qishu's belly, and finally couldn't help its curiosity, and stretched out its hand carefully.

When its hand touched the belly, it immediately felt a clear movement inside.

"Boni!" Erguiyan was shocked and quickly withdrew his hand.

"That's the baby!" Qishu said.

After calming down, Uruk-O became even more curious. It circled around the strange tree, wanting to interact with the baby in its belly again.

Babu-Dog couldn't help but fly forward, and it looked eager to try.

When the baby is born, it will definitely make friends with the baby in the future!

"The baby will definitely like you very much." The strange tree said.

Naoki and Gulden sat aside and smiled at this warm scene. He could already imagine the scene of Pokémon playing with it when the baby was born in the future.

At this moment, Naoki's Rotom phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

He took it out and saw that it was a message from Sonia.

[Sonia: Mr. Naoki, I have found the hiding place of the mysterious hero! ]

Naoki was slightly stunned, and then immediately realized that Sonia had found Melmetal!

Noticing his reaction, Qishu looked over and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I've found the answer to what I asked Sonia to investigate." Naoki answered Qishu and quickly replied to Sonia's message.

[Wing King: Where is it? ]

[Sonia: Map link]

Sonia sent a location directly. Naoki clicked it and the screen automatically switched to the map of the Galar region.

Sonia's current location is in the mountains west of Suchuan Town.

[Sonia: I went inside to investigate before. In short, the situation is not optimistic. Is Mr. Naoki free tomorrow? Do you want to come and see it in person? ]

The situation is not optimistic?

What does this mean?

After thinking about it, Naoki couldn't think of an answer. He decided to go to the Galar region tomorrow to see the situation.

Time passed slowly, and the harvest festival gradually came to an end. The tourists yawned and left one after another. The surrounding stalls also began to pack up and prepare to go home.

After packing up, Naoki and his party returned to the ranch.

Naoki immediately found the Bud Crown King and conveyed to him the situation revealed by Sonia.

After listening, the Bud Crown King was also slightly startled.

Then, he closed his eyes, and a layer of blue superpower light flashed on his body. His sight passed through the distant time and space and saw the figure of Melumeta in a cave.

The huge silver metal body of the past has now become rusty, and the rust has corroded its body. Melumeta is sitting deep in the cave, and there is a dead silence around it.

Seeing this, the Bud Crown King instantly realized Melumeta's current situation.

Its life is about to come to an end, and it is now waiting for the last moment in the cave!

The Bud Crown suddenly opened his eyes, not caring about the future consumption of his body, and quickly said to Naoki: "I will go with you."

Seeing the solemn expression of the Bud Crown, combined with the information revealed by Sonia, Naoki had already expected it in his heart.

He didn't say much, just nodded and said: "Okay."

The next morning, Naoki asked Ye Ci for a day off. After handing over the affairs of the ranch to the Ai Guanshi brothers and sisters and Qi Shu, he took the Bud Crown to leave the ranch and took a "Pluto Dragon" express to the reverse world to the Galar region.

Escorted by Giratina all the way, Naoki and the Bud Crown finally arrived at the town of Suden in the Galar region at nine o'clock in the morning.

This is a town famous for its sandstone buildings and ancient art murals. The whole town is located on the mountain. Walking up the mountain road in the town, you can see a huge ancient mural.

In order not to attract other people's attention, Naoki put the Bud Crown into the Poké Ball in advance, and then met Sonia in the inn in the town.

Seeing Naoki coming, Sonia immediately packed up her things and walked out of the inn, saying, "Come with me!"

She released Steeljaw in the open space of the town and rode on it. Naoki also rode on Gulton. The two Pokémon rose into the air one after the other and flew towards the mountains in the west.

After about half an hour of travel, Steeljaw landed in a deserted valley.

"That's it!" She jumped off Steeljaw, looked back, and then walked towards the cave not far away.

Naoki also got off Gulton, and Bud Crown automatically floated out of the Poké Ball. One person and two Pokémon followed Sonia, constantly looking at the surrounding environment.

"According to my investigation in the Crown Snowfield, the Pokémon left there after providing the sword and shield kings with metal for forging swords and shields a thousand years ago. After several twists and turns, it came here to live in seclusion, but the strange thing is..."

Sonia was talking, and suddenly turned her head. When she saw the figure floating beside Naoki, she was stunned.

Sonia opened her mouth slightly, her eyes flashed: "Bud Crown King... You are indeed the motorcycle mask!"

Naoki: "..."

It was quite embarrassing to hear others call out this code name. Naoki said: "Please keep it secret for me, Miss Sonia. I don't want others to disturb our peaceful life."

Sonia was shocked. Although it was just a guess before, when her inner guess was verified, she felt that no one could remain calm.

The mysterious man who repelled the God of the Earth and the God of the Sea and commanded many legendary Pokémon to defeat the God of Creation Arceus, his real identity was actually a rancher who farmed in the countryside!

This kind of thing, no matter who sees it, will find it impossible.

Putting the rancher and the hero who saved the world together, it doesn't go together.

But now, this thing actually happened in front of her...

Sonia looked at the former King of Galar in front of her, and nodded belatedly: "I know!"

"Thank you very much." Naoki thanked him, and then said: "Please continue!"

Sonia continued to lead the way in front. She organized what she wanted to say just now and continued:

"But strangely, the Pokémon is not the same as the record... It is full of rust and its breath is very weak. I tried to take it to the Pokémon Center to find Miss Joy for treatment yesterday, but it refused me."

It seems that his guess was right. The life of this Melmetal is really coming to an end.

Naoki sighed and said, "Miss Sonia, do you know what some Pokémon will do when their lives are about to end?"

Hearing this, Sonia was slightly stunned. As a Pokémon scholar, she naturally had some understanding of this aspect.

In nature, most Pokémon will quietly leave the tribe when their lives are about to end, looking for a place where no one will disturb them, where they will quietly spend the last journey of their lives.

So... is that Pokémon the same? !

Sonia suddenly had an idea, she immediately looked at Naoki in front of her, and saw Naoki nodded, confirming her guess.

Is that so! No wonder that Pokémon refused to go to the Pokémon Center with her!

The group passed through the passage and soon arrived at the end of the cave.

There, Naoki finally saw Melmetal, who was in the same period as Bud Crown.

In the anime, Xiaozhi also has a Melmetal. Naoki still remembers what that Melmetal looked like.

It has a huge silver body, pure enough to reflect light. There is no rust on it, and it looks very beautiful.

The Melmetal in front of him was covered with rust, and the metal light on his body was completely dimmed. The huge silver fist was corroded by rust and decomposed into a dark hole. The eye was closed tightly, and it looked as if it had lost its life.

"It's here." Sonia murmured.

Naoki nodded gently.

The Bud Crown looked at Melmetal, and then slowly floated forward, trying to use his healing power to help it heal.

But it had no effect at all.

At this time, Melmetal slowly opened his eyes as if he felt something.

It raised its head and saw a familiar figure floating in front of it.

Melmetal was stunned for a moment. Is it dreaming?

But soon, it realized that it was not dreaming, and the Bud Crown in front of it was real!

After a short moment of shock, Melometa quickly came back to her senses and asked anxiously: "Lu?!"

The Bud Crown shook his head gently: "Crown Mooji."

"Lu..." Melometa seemed very uneasy.

Sonia looked at this scene and couldn't help asking: "What are they talking about?"

"Melometa is asking the Bud Crown, is the Dark Night over?" Naoki's voice came from the side.

Hearing this, Sonia was slightly stunned. Dark Night? Does it mean the Endless?

This dying Melometa is still concerned about the disaster that enveloped the Galar region at this time. The first sentence it opened was to ask whether the Dark Night was over...

Sonia felt a little sad for some reason.

Naoki raised his foot and walked forward, then took out the life goat milk of the ranch and the holy ash of the Phoenix King from his backpack and tried to feed Melometa.

Melumeta then discovered that there was a human next to him.

The Bud Crown looked at it and said, "Eat them!"

Merumeta opened her mouth and let Naoki use the goat milk and holy ash on it.

But the combination of the two only made Melumeeta recover a little bit of spirit, and she spoke less weakly, but it did not change her state.

Naoki was slightly stunned. What's going on?

Are holy ash and goat milk ineffective?

At this time, the voice of the Bud Crown came: "Its body is not injured, but its life is about to come to an end. I'm afraid that kind of thing will not work."

Merumeta continued to look at the Bud Crown.

"lu..." (I can't help you anymore...)

The Bud Crown felt heavy in his heart: "You don't need to worry, I have found a way to completely defeat the Dark Night."

The Bud Crown hinted Naoki with telepathy.

Naoki then said: "Don't worry, Melumeta, Cang Xiang and Zangmarant are ready. In addition, we have gathered many powerful Pokémon. The Dark Night is about to end."

The Bud Crown nodded with certainty.

Melmetal had 100% trust in the Bud Crown King. It murmured, "lu..." (Great... Then everything that comes next is up to you...)

After saying this, Melmetal's body relaxed, as if the worries deep in her heart were relieved.

The next second, a beam of silver light shone on her huge body.

In the light, Melmetal slowly disintegrated, and the rusty metal fragments scattered all over the ground.

After learning that the night was about to end, it passed away peacefully.

The Bud Crown King looked sad, and even the king who once ruled the Galar region couldn't help but wet his eyes at this moment.

There is nothing in this world that can make people feel sadder than seeing a companion die with their own eyes.

But the next second, the rusty metal fragments suddenly bloomed with dazzling light.

Bud Crown King: "?!" Nani? !

In the light, the mottled rust on the metal slowly dissipated, and the metal seemed to have turned into a jelly-like liquid and slowly trembled.

In the astonished eyes of the Bud Crown, a golden nut suddenly appeared above the liquid metal, and in the middle of the nut, a dark eye floated.

A moment later, a large number of small Pokémon with soft silver bodies and golden nut-shaped heads appeared in front of Naoki and the Bud Crown.

"Woo woo woo~!"

The Pokémon made innocent calls, and then all looked up at Naoki and the Bud Crown.

Bud Crown: "?!"