## Chapter 222: Farewell, Bold Hypothesis, High-Priced Bounty
Mewtwo stared at Senior Ninetales for a few seconds, then silently covered its food plate with both hands.
Senior Ninetales: ...
What's so great about it? It's just Experience Candy. I'll be able to eat it someday too! Senior Ninetales walked away grumbling.
After eating breakfast, Mewtwo went outside alone and watched the Fletchinder and Fletchling flying back and forth in the sky. Looking at the busy Pokémon in the Orchard, it thought:
It's really lively here!
Just then, Bayleef walked into the Yard from outside, humming a little tune. It was in a very good mood today because, thanks to its persistent efforts, the S-Rank Star Peach Fruit Tree (obtained from the Auction) in the Backyard had finally grown flower buds.
It was going to report the good news to Bai Feng.
As soon as Bayleef walked into the Yard, it saw Mewtwo standing at the Yard Entrance.
*:(`):* Wow, a new friend!
Pat pat~ Bayleef approached Mewtwo with light steps and affectionately rubbed its head against Mewtwo's arm, startling Mewtwo and making it stiffen. It almost used Psychic to throw Bayleef away.
Fortunately, Bayleef only touched Mewtwo briefly before pulling away, so Mewtwo didn't have time to react at all.
"Bay! Bay!" For you, for you!
Bayleef hopped and jumped, and the leaves on its neck rustled down. Then it lowered its head, picked up a fallen leaf, and offered it to Mewtwo with an expectant expression.
Mewtwo was stunned by Bayleef's friendly and familiar action. It stared blankly at Bayleef, unsure whether to accept the gift.
"Bay! Bay!"
Seeing that Mewtwo didn't react, Bayleef rubbed against Mewtwo again, urging it to accept the gift quickly.
Helplessly, Mewtwo had no choice but to reach out and accept Bayleef's gift. The moment it took the leaf, Mewtwo felt a refreshing aroma waft over it, and its mind became much clearer because of it.
Amazing leaf! Such a fragrant leaf!
Mewtwo couldn't resist and brought the leaf to its nose to smell it again.
"Bay~ Bay~" See you later, new friend.
Seeing that Mewtwo really liked its gift, Bayleef hummed a little tune again, swayed its head, and walked away with cheerful steps.
Looking at Bayleef's retreating form, Mewtwo silently folded the leaf in its hand neatly and clutched it tightly.
Bai Feng was woken up by Bayleef's Body Press, which almost squeezed out his dinner from last night.
Bai Feng rubbed his eyes and said helplessly, "Bayleef, can't you just let me sleep properly? I was busy until dawn last night before I slept!"
"Bay~ Bay~" The Star Peach Fruit Tree has flower buds, I wanted to tell you~
Bayleef kept nudging its head into Bai Feng's arms, pushing away all of Bai Feng's sleepiness.
"It has flower buds? Really?" Bai Feng asked with a surprised expression.
"Bay~ Bay~" Really~ Really~
Bayleef nodded repeatedly.
"Then we have to go see. You go first, I'll change my clothes and be right there," Bai Feng said, patting Bayleef's smooth little neck that carried an aroma.
()??? Hmm? Where are the leaves on its neck? Gave them away again?
"Bay~" Then hurry up, okay?
Saying that, Bayleef hopped and skipped away.
When Bai Feng finished washing up and came out of the Room, he happened to see Mew also rubbing its sleepy eyes and wobbling out of the Room.
"How did you sleep?" Bai Feng greeted it.
"Mew~" Great!
Mew waved at Bai Feng.
After being nourished by Bai Feng's Golden Finger and having the impurities accumulated inside its body over many years cleared out, Mew had an unprecedented good sleep.
"Then let's go eat something together," Bai Feng called out.
"Mew~"
Mew responded with a sound and followed behind Bai Feng.
Lopunny and Hatterene quickly prepared food for the two of them. Mew happily licked the Experience Candy while saying:
"I'll be leaving later. I'll leave Mewtwo to you."
When Mewtwo was with Mew, Mew only felt it was incredibly troublesome. Now that they were suddenly parting ways, it actually felt a hint of reluctance.
However, most Legendary Pokémon are solitary, so Mew quickly cast this reluctance aside. It didn't want to do something as tiring as taking care of a child!
"Don't worry, I wish you a smooth journey," Bai Feng nodded.
After they finished eating, they walked towards the Gate together and saw Mewtwo returning from outside, holding a stack of green leaves in its hand. Bai Feng instantly recognized them as belonging to Bayleef.
He knew why Bayleef's neck was bare again; it turned out it had given them to its new friend!
Bai Feng truly admired Bayleef's nature of being able to make friends with anyone.
(Mewtwo: Who's friends with it!
Bayleef: (ó﹏ò)
Mewtwo: (^) )
Mew saw Mewtwo return and told it the news that it was leaving. Mewtwo seemed very calm.
Mew didn't mind Mewtwo's cold attitude, as it had always been like this.
Watching Mew fly outside, Bai Feng quickly grabbed Mewtwo's hand and chased after it. Mewtwo tried to pull its hand out of Bai Feng's grip, but it didn't succeed with one pull, so it was dragged by Bai Feng all the way outside the Yard.
Mew flew to High Altitude, holding a small cloth bag in its hand. Inside were the parting gifts Bai Feng gave it, which were Lopunny's remaining stock of Experience Candy.
"Mew~" Goodbye!
Mew waved at Bai Feng, then waved at Mewtwo.
"Goodbye!" Bai Feng waved back and shouted. Then he looked at Mewtwo and said, "You should say goodbye to Mew too. After this separation, who knows when you'll see each other again!"
Hearing this, Mewtwo slowly raised its hand and waved at Mew.
Mew nodded in satisfaction. Its form flickered for a moment, then disappeared into the Sky.
Withdrawing his gaze, Bai Feng smiled and looked at Mewtwo, asking, "How was it? Did you feel a little reluctant?"
Mewtwo glanced lightly at Bai Feng and didn't answer.
Just then, Bayleef was urging Bai Feng from not far away. Bai Feng suddenly remembered that he had promised Bayleef to go see the Star Peach Fruit Tree's flower buds.
So he pulled Mewtwo and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to see something."
Just like that, Mewtwo was pulled by Bai Feng to the Backyard and came under the Star Peach Fruit Tree.
Through the combined efforts of Bai Feng, Bayleef, Florges, Floette, Eldegoss, Gossifleur, and many others, the Star Peach Fruit Tree had now grown to over two meters tall. Its trunk was straight and upright, and its tree canopy was neatly pruned.
When a breeze blew, the leaves swayed gently, revealing the small pink flower buds hidden behind the leaves, about the size of a pinky fingernail.
"They really grew!" Bai Feng's face showed joy.
Mewtwo looked at the Star Peach Fruit Tree, then at Bai Feng, and asked in confusion, "Are you happy?"
"Yes!" Bai Feng nodded. He withdrew his gaze from the Star Peach Fruit Tree and turned to look at Mewtwo. "I like cultivating fruit trees, I like watching them grow from saplings to flowering and bearing fruit, and I've put effort into their growth. So when I achieve results, my mood becomes happy. This is my happiness."
"Happiness?" Mewtwo didn't understand.
"Yes, this is happiness," Bai Feng nodded. Seeing Mewtwo's blank expression, he added, "It's okay if you don't understand for now. Watch more, listen more, observe more, feel more. You'll understand someday."
Mewtwo nodded. It believed Bai Feng's words. For some reason, every time it heard Bai Feng speak, even if it didn't fully understand, there was always a strange feeling of being touched.
Just then, Florges flew over sitting on the back of a Talonflame. Eleven Floette followed behind it.
They had also put in a lot of effort into cultivating the Star Peach Fruit Tree. Now that the fruit tree was blooming for the first time, of course, they had to come and see.
"Florges~"
Florges jumped off Talonflame's back and greeted Bai Feng, Bayleef, and Mewtwo respectively. The Floette followed closely behind.
Bai Feng and Bayleef both responded enthusiastically to Florges and the Floette. Only Mewtwo simply nodded expressionlessly at Florges and the Floette.
In reality, Mewtwo wasn't trying to act cool; it simply didn't know how to respond to Florges and the others.
Fortunately, Florges and the others didn't mind Mewtwo's coldness. After greeting them, Florges and the Floette's attention fell on the fruit tree.
They formed a circle around the fruit tree, then began performing a mysterious dance with Florges and the fruit tree as the center.
"Florges~ Florges~"
"Floette~ Floette~ Floetteette~"
"Floette~ Floette~ Floetteette~"
...
A mysterious and rhythmic dance appeared. Then Bai Feng and the others saw specks of green radiance gathering on the Floette, which then converged on Florges. Immediately, a fist-sized green ball of light condensed in Florges's hand.
When Florges threw the ball of light towards the fruit tree, the ball of light suddenly exploded, turning into firefly-like points of light, each one drilling into a flower bud.
The next second, all the flower buds instantly bloomed, and pinkish-white flowers covered the branches.
Bai Feng looked amazed. As expected of a Pokémon with the title "Garden Queen," it had a unique advantage in cultivating flowers.
The moment the flowers bloomed, pink firefly-like points of light flew out from the flowers and fell back into Florges's hands.
Florges absorbed the pink energy ball inside its body, and Bai Feng felt its aura significantly increased by a large margin.
This was Florges's exclusive talent. When they cultivate flowers, they can also gain power from the flowers. Moreover, this time the blooming was from an S-Rank fruit tree, so Florges received even greater feedback.
The Floette, not having evolved yet, couldn't enjoy this welfare.
Bai Feng thought: It's time to consider letting the other eleven Floette also evolve.
Florges indeed played a very powerful role in the growth of the fruit tree, especially during the flowering period. When the other eleven Floette also evolve into Florges, they will definitely play a more positive role for the fruit tree.
Although Bai Feng didn't have enough Shiny Stones, he had many Water Stones. He could trade Water Stones with other Pokémon Trainers for Shiny Stones.
Florges became stronger, and the Floette surrounded it to congratulate it. While happy for Florges, they also showed envious expressions.
Seeing this, Bai Feng said, "I'll go back and find a method to help you gather Shiny Stones right away. You'll be able to evolve soon. There are still several S-Rank fruit trees on Sea God Mountain about to bloom, and you'll be busy then."
"Floette~"
"Floette~"
"Floette~"
...
Hearing Bai Feng's words, the Floette happily danced in the air.
After returning Home, Bai Feng opened the computer, planning to post a bounty on the Pokémon League's Pokémon Trainer forum. The content would be trading Water Stones for Shiny Stones.
His Water Stones had high purity, so he naturally needed Shiny Stones with similarly high purity in exchange.
If someone wanted to trade Evolution Stones of other types, he would also agree. After all, he had many Water Stones now. What if a Pokémon Trainer with Shiny Stones needed Evolution Stones of other types?
Mewtwo followed Bai Feng closely. It looked at the computer in front of Bai Feng in confusion and asked, "What is this?"
Bai Feng explained, "It's called a computer, it's..." Halfway through, he suddenly paused. How should he explain this thing called a computer?
"Never mind. I'll buy you a mobile phone later, and you can explore it yourself. You can learn a lot about this world through the mobile phone. Most of the functions a computer has, a mobile phone basically has too," Bai Feng thought for a moment and said.
As for the functions a computer had that a mobile phone didn't, Mewtwo probably wouldn't need them, so he wouldn't introduce them.
Mewtwo nodded upon hearing this.
Looking at Mewtwo, Bai Feng suddenly thought of a problem.
Since Mega Stones are the things left behind by Pokémon that have reached Legendary status after death, what would happen if they were put back into the body of Pokémon of the same species?
Or rather, would it be successful to re-implant them back into a Pokémon's body?
With this thought, Bai Feng suddenly became eager to try.
Unfortunately, Bai Feng had a Key Stone in his hand, but not a single Mega Stone.
Should he post another bounty?
Anyway, he had money now, and he would have even more money after the fruit trees yielded again in the future. What was the point of keeping money if not to spend it?
Thinking this, Bai Feng posted another bounty on the Pokémon Trainer forum.
Given that current Pokémon Trainers weren't particularly knowledgeable about the phenomenon of Mega Evolution, Bai Feng didn't mention the term Mega Evolution in the bounty. He only described the general appearance of a Mega Stone.
He was willing to pay 200 million Pokémon Dollars for each Mega Stone. He was willing to purchase any type of Mega Stone.
Of course, what Bai Feng wanted most was Gardevoir's Mega Stone, but he knew that Gardevoir's Mega Stone wouldn't be easy to obtain.
After posting the bounty, Bai Feng was about to close the computer when the corner of his eye suddenly noticed that someone seemed to have sent him a message in his message bar.
He opened the message in confusion and found that the source of the message was actually the second bounty he had just posted.
Someone wants to sell a Mega Stone so quickly?
The person who sent Bai Feng the message had the ID "Princess Jimena".
"Hello, I have a similar stone in my hand. Can I ask what this stone actually is? Why are you willing to spend such a high price to buy it?"
The other party also sent Bai Feng a picture. The moment he saw the picture, Bai Feng was stunned, because the picture was exactly Gardevoir's Mega Stone.
(End of Chapter)