Chapter 203: Home Invasion
Bai Feng slept until noon before waking up. After washing up, he ate the lunch Lopunny had prepared for him, and then planned to head to the Pokémon Center.
He had previously promised to take Haunter to evolve, but had been busy with Lysandre and the Ultimate Weapon these past few days. Today, he finally had free time.
However, before leaving, Bai Feng called Lysandre, informing him that the Ultimate Weapon had been successfully destroyed.
Lysandre was very happy to hear this and said he must thank Bai Feng properly.
Bai Feng quickly said it wasn't necessary and told him about finding the Zygarde Core inside the Ultimate Weapon. A Zygarde Core was already precious enough.
Only then did Lysandre drop the matter.
Ending the call with Lysandre, Bai Feng called out Haunter and then set off riding Dragonair.
Dragonair, having just gained new power, didn't fly as steadily as before, but Bai Feng didn't mind. He let Dragonair bounce him along all the way to Bi Yi City West District.
Arriving at the entrance of the Pokémon Center, a place he knew well, Bai Feng noticed there were exceptionally many people today. Feeling curious, he walked inside.
Seeing that Nurse Joy was busy, Bai Feng called out to her.
"Oh, Bai Feng, good afternoon." Nurse Joy looked up and saw it was Bai Feng, greeting him with a smile.
"Good afternoon," Bai Feng replied. "Why are there so many people here today?"
Nurse Joy explained with a smile, "Today is the day of the Pokémon League Tournament Finals! Everyone is here waiting to watch the finals live!"
"So that's it!" Bai Feng suddenly understood. It was that time again for the League Tournament to determine the champion.
Bai Feng himself didn't participate in such events, and none of his friends were competing in this year's competition, so he hadn't paid any attention.
Putting the matter aside, Bai Feng asked Nurse Joy, "Nurse Joy, my Haunter wants to evolve. Is the Pokémon Center's Trade Machine available now?"
Nurse Joy replied, "You need to use the Trade Machine? Perfect timing, there's another Pokémon Trainer who needs to use it too. You two can go together."
"Coming at the right time is better than coming early. Looks like my luck is good," Bai Feng said with a smile.
"It certainly is. That Trainer has been waiting for a while! Please wait a moment, I'll go call them over now."
Bai Feng nodded and watched as Nurse Joy walked over to a female Pokémon Trainer sitting on a sofa in the Lobby. To Bai Feng's surprise, it was someone he knew.
When Nurse Joy led the person over to Bai Feng, she also looked surprised. "Bai Feng?"
"Miss Ma Qiqi, long time no see!" Bai Feng smiled and greeted the person. "I didn't expect you to still remember me."
This was a friend of Officer Jenny, and also the person who helped him register his information at the Police Station with her Alakazam the first time he came to Biyi City, as he had a language barrier.
Later, Ma Qiqi had visited Bai Feng at the Blue Bird Orphanage a few times, but she hadn't left her contact information, so Bai Feng hadn't seen her much afterward.
"How could I not remember? It seems you're doing quite well now," Ma Qiqi said with a smile. "Do you also have a Pokémon that needs Link Trade Evolution today?"
"That's right," Bai Feng nodded.
"What a coincidence, let's begin!"
Led by Nurse Joy, Bai Feng and Ma Qiqi arrived in front of a large Instrument. This was the Trade Machine.
Ma Qiqi took out a Poké Ball and released a Poliwhirl, saying to it, "Poliwhirl, are you ready?"
"Yobo~"
Poliwhirl clenched its fists, made a gesture of encouragement, and nodded confidently.
Seeing this, Ma Qiqi took out a King's Rock and handed it to it. "Then let's start."
After receiving the King's Rock, Poliwhirl placed it on its head and was then recalled into its Poké Ball by its Pokémon Trainer.
Poliwhirl has two evolution paths. One is to evolve directly into Poliwrath using a Water Stone. The other is to hold a King's Rock and undergo Link Trade to evolve into the rarer Politoed.
Politoed is the Leader of all Poliwag and Poliwhirl. Once it appears, it will hold absolute leadership status within the Tribe.
However, Politoed is almost never seen in the Wilds.
Bai Feng and Ma Qiqi went to opposite sides of the Trade Machine, placing Haunter's and Poliwhirl's Poké Balls into the Slots in front of them respectively. The Slots then retracted into the Machine with the Poké Balls.
As the red light on top of the Instrument flashed rapidly, the Link Trade began. When the Slots emerged from the Instrument again, Bai Feng knew that the Poké Ball in front of him no longer contained Haunter.
Bai Feng took the Poké Ball from the Slot, pressed the switch button, and with a flash of red light, the Poliwhirl wearing the King's Rock appeared before him.
"Yobo~"
As soon as Poliwhirl came out, it was immediately enveloped in white light of evolution.
On the other side, the Haunter in front of Ma Qiqi was also completely wrapped in the light of evolution.
Inside the light of evolution, the two Pokémon's body shapes continuously changed, growing taller and larger. When the radiance dissipated, two brand new Pokémon appeared before the two people.
At this point, Nurse Joy said, "Let's trade the Pokémon back now."
Pokémon will feel unable to adapt if they live in a Poké Ball that doesn't belong to them.
Bai Feng and Ma Qiqi nodded simultaneously, recalling Gengar and Politoed into Poké Balls and placing them back into the Trade Machine's Slots.
After a series of flashes from the red light, the Link Trade was completed again, signifying the end of this Link Trade.
Bai Feng retrieved Gengar's Poké Ball from the Trade Machine, released it, and said to it, "Gengar, congratulations! Now you're also a final evolution stage, just like your friends!"
"Gengar?"
Gengar wiggled its chubby body, looking around at its new form with eyes full of curiosity and excitement.
"Gengar~"
After roughly getting used to its new body, it happily did a flip in the Sky, then gave Bai Feng a thumbs-up and winked playfully.
"Wishing you great fortune in your future battles!" Bai Feng also responded by giving a thumbs-up and winking at it.
Since Gengar's evolution was complete, Bai Feng took his leave of Nurse Joy and Ma Qiqi.
Walking out of the Pokémon Center, Bai Feng said to Gengar, who was levitating above his head, "It's been a while since we came to the West District. Let's look around before we head back!"
"Gengar~"
Gengar nodded quickly in agreement.
Meanwhile, at Fangxing Mountain.
An aircraft with invisibility activated was stopped in the Sky above Fangxing Mountain. Then, Kecleon with the ability to turn invisible jumped down from it, rushing towards Bai Feng's Small Courtyard and the Pokémon's Staff Dormitory respectively.
After sneaking into the Small Courtyard and Staff Dormitory, these Kecleon began searching room by room, though it was unclear what they were looking for. Their movements were very careful, and they meticulously restored anything they searched to its original state.
At this moment, while a Kecleon was searching in Primarina's Room, it accidentally knocked over a small drum that Rillaboom had placed in Primarina's Room.
Hearing the commotion, Lopunny's ears twitched. It looked at Hatterene and asked, "Is anyone else Home today?"
Hatterene shook her head. "No, everyone went out."
Lopunny fell into thought upon hearing this. It turned its head and walked in the direction of the sound it had just heard.
"What's wrong?" Hatterene saw Lopunny's strange expression and followed her.
Lopunny walked to the door of Primarina's Room and pricked up her ears to listen carefully. At this moment, the door gently opened a gap.
Lopunny was confused, seeing nothing through the door gap.
However, Hatterene, being a Psychic-type Pokémon, sensed something. Purple light quickly flashed in her eyes, and the next second, a green lizard Pokémon screamed and revealed its form.
Seeing this unfamiliar Pokémon, Lopunny and Hatterene's expressions changed simultaneously. Why was there a sneaky Pokémon in the Home?
The Kecleon screamed and struggled, trying to break free from Hatterene's Psychic Power restraint, but how could that be possible?
Lopunny flashed and appeared beside the Kecleon. With one punch, the Kecleon's scream instantly came to an abrupt halt.
Seemingly realizing something, Hatterene spread her Psychic Power outwards. Under the Psychic Power's interference, in no time, over a dozen Kecleon suddenly appeared in various parts of Bai Feng's Home simultaneously.
Sensing this scene, Hatterene quickly ran outside and let out a long cry.
"Rim!!!" Enemy Attack! Enemy Attack! Enemy Attack!
"Yaro~"
"Yaro~"
"Yaro~"
...
As soon as Hatterene cried out, cries echoed one after another in the Sky. The Talonflame responded one after another, beginning to circle continuously above the Orchard.
They quickly discovered something was wrong.
The aircraft's invisibility was optical invisibility. If one didn't pay special attention, it was indeed not easy to detect, but if one intentionally searched, the possibility of being exposed was extremely high.
Sure enough, a Talonflame soon discovered something was wrong.
Boom!!!
With a roar, that Talonflame fiercely tackled the aircraft.
Upon being tackled, the aircraft instantly exited its invisibility state.
Inside the aircraft, a Fatty wearing sunglasses roared, "We've been discovered! Attack directly!"
Immediately after, the aircraft was opened, and figures wearing red uniforms jumped out. The Fatty leading them had an arrogant expression.
"Finish quickly!" the Fatty said.
"Yes!" The Subordinates released their Pokémon upon hearing this. Fearow, Murkrow, and Honchkrow instantly appeared in the Sky.
These people were each dragging one foot of their Flying-type Pokémon as they descended from the Sky, and then were about to rush towards Bai Feng's Small Courtyard.
But as soon as they moved, some Pokémon blocked their path.
Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Machamp, Leavanny, Vaporeon, Liepard... they roared one by one and charged towards the invaders.
At the same time, the Fatty also slowly landed on the back of a Salamence.
Inside the House, Lopunny heard the commotion outside. She said to Hatterene, "I'll leave the invaders here to you, I'm going outside to take a look."
"Don't worry!" Hatterene said with a sharp gaze.
Just then, the Meowstic siblings landed hand in hand beside Hatterene. Inexplicable light quickly flashed in their eyes.
"Master, you can go outside without worry. We will catch the invaders here with Mother, catching every single one."
Meowstic are connected telepathically, and they spoke in unison. The Master they referred to was naturally Lopunny, who taught them how to make Pokéblocks, while Mother referred to Hatterene, who hatched them.
Lopunny nodded reassuringly. Then, tipping her toes, she instantly turned into an afterimage and disappeared from the Original spot.
The Meowstic siblings and the three of them, mother and children, looked at each other. The next second, a vast Psychic Power enveloped the entire House. Any creature with a heartbeat inside could not escape the sense of the three of them, mother and children.
On the other side, in the Staff Dormitory, Polteageist was sleeping in its beloved cup. This cup was a new one it had recently acquired.
Polteageist like to reside in precious antique teacups, but most Polteageist don't have the means to obtain genuine antique teacups, so they can only reside in counterfeits.
Previously, Polteageist also resided in a counterfeit.
But now it was different. Through diligently working in Bai Feng's Orchard, it had saved up its wages/salary little by little, eventually accumulating a considerable amount of savings.
A few days ago, it had just used these savings to ask Dongyu to help it buy a new teacup that wasn't too expensive. Although this teacup wasn't considered precious among antiques, it was a genuine article, not a counterfeit.
Polteageist was very satisfied with this and cherished the new teacup greatly.
It was now working hard to save money. It hoped to save up another sum of money before it evolved into Polteageist, and then buy a genuine article antique teapot.
In a dream, it really evolved into Polteageist and bought a thousand-year-old antique teapot with the money it saved, and then moved in...
Feeling great~
Polteageist, who was having a sweet dream, suddenly felt someone bump its beloved teacup. So it slowly poked its head out of the cup and was caught off guard, meeting a pair of moving eyes.
Ahhh!!! A ghost!
Then Polteageist thought, huh? Aren't I myself an existence similar to a ghost? Then what is this?
As Polteageist screamed, Mismagius and Chandelure, who lived next door, phased through the wall and instantly arrived in its Room, then grabbed the owner of those eyes.
It turned out to be a Kecleon!
At this moment, in the Corridor of the Staff Dormitory, Fletchling and Fletchinder were flying around haphazardly. They kept shouting, "Enemy Attack! Enemy Attack! There's an Enemy Attack!"
Enemy Attack?
Mismagius, Chandelure, and Polteageist simultaneously looked at the Kecleon. You must be the one they're talking about, right?
Then the three Ghost-type Pokémon gathered around the Kecleon and took a sharp inhale. Strands of green energy mist floated out from the Kecleon's body, and the mist was then sucked into their bellies.
Ah~~ It's the taste of life force!
A few seconds later, the Kecleon lay sprawled out on the Ground, saliva dripping from its mouth, rolling its eyes, looking completely drained.
After coming to Fangxing Mountain Orchard, it was the first time the three Pokémon had absorbed someone else's life force.
By this time, the Fletchinder and Fletchling outside had closed the doors and windows of the entire Staff Dormitory tightly, planning to trap the enemy. So the three Ghost-type Pokémon quickly went out to help.
For a while, the entire Staff Dormitory was chaotic.
(End of Chapter)