Pokemon: Spiritual Master-Chapter 699: Question: How Much Budget Does It Take to Raise a Mosquito? (Two-in-One - )
Chapter 699: Question: How Much Budget Does It Take to Raise a Mosquito? (Two-in-One Chapter)
"What is that?"
Seeing the black hole that suddenly appeared in the sky above Iki Town, the townspeople couldn’t help but stare in confusion after the exhilarating battle.
What was that?
A black hole?
For most residents of the Alola region, they knew nothing about Ultra Wormholes or Ultra Beasts.
But obviously Johan, Professor Kukui, and Hala were among the rare few who knew.
"How is it so frequent now?" Professor Kukui frowned.
His good friend Dr. Burnet, the famous Dream Research professor, was currently researching Ultra Wormholes as her main topic.
An Ultra Wormhole had just appeared at Hau’oli City’s tourist beach yesterday. Theoretically, they shouldn’t be this frequent...
"Hau, take everyone and evacuate first." Hala waved his large hand, speaking in a deep voice.
As Island Kahuna, protecting Melemele Island’s residents was his duty.
"Ah? Oh..." Hau was stunned at first but still chose to follow Hala’s instructions, working with Ilima to direct the festival attendees to evacuate.
"Lillie? Lillie, we should retreat! Lillie?" Kiawe and the others were preparing to retreat when they discovered Lillie standing frozen in place with a terrified expression.
Bzzt—
Suddenly.
A faint arc of light flashed beneath the bright moon.
Just as Johan was about to speak, his aura captured this strange electrical fluctuation.
All three looked up at the night sky simultaneously. A black and yellow striped Pokémon with armored hands, sporting something like a mohawk hairstyle and looking somewhat like a rooster, hovered beneath the moon, illuminated by brilliant starlight.
"Island Guardian?!" Hala exclaimed in surprise.
Professor Kukui also showed surprise.
Johan squinted slightly.
Finally, he had seen it—Melemele Island’s Island Guardian, Tapu Koko!
Tapu Koko glanced at the three of them, then directed its gaze toward the black hole in the sky.
There wasn’t much time for Johan to be stunned. The originally pitch-black hole suddenly burst with brilliant light, as if something was about to emerge from within.
The next moment.
An extremely thick red arm seemed to shatter glass as it suddenly thrust out from the Ultra Wormhole with a "bang."
"Here it comes!" Professor Kukui said in a low voice.
Immediately after, a humanoid giant red mosquito-like creature squeezed out of the Ultra Wormhole. It had exaggerated, terrifying muscle bulk filled with what seemed like crimson liquid, a horrifying thin spike extending from its mouth, and translucent short wings that vibrated as it crashed heavily into the town.
Bang—
Seeing the creature that emerged, Johan couldn’t help frowning.
He had thought it might be the relatively easier-to-handle Nihilego, but it turned out to be one of the stronger Ultra Beasts—Buzzwole!
Although Ultra Beasts were just ordinary creatures like Pokémon in their own world, with considerable numbers...
It was certain that Ultra Beasts capable of passing through Ultra Wormholes and resisting spatial compression to reach the Pokémon world were absolutely powerful existences even in their original world.
Just from their anime performances, Ultra Beasts like Guzzlord, Buzzwole, Pheromosa, and Kartana probably all had strength comparable to Champion-level main Pokémon.
"Buzz! (‵‵)"
Buzzwole slowly rose from the rubble, immediately striking a pose showcasing its muscles, as if showing off or announcing its arrival.
Just from its current pose, plus its appearance, if you didn’t know better, you’d think it was a muscle-doubled version of a masked wrestler.
While everyone was wary of this suddenly appeared unknown creature, Buzzwole’s gaze also surveyed the entire area.
When it saw Urshifu standing beside Johan, its eyes immediately burst with terrifying light, and its entire state became extremely excited.
"Buzz!!"
Without hesitation, its four seemingly small legs bent, then shot out like a cannonball.
"Watch out!" Hala immediately shouted.
"Garruu!"
Urshifu immediately embraced Johan and jumped back in evasion.
Boom!!
Buzzwole’s fist crashed down heavily. The ground shook violently, countless rocks flew, and a crater formed instantly.
Full of power!
"Such tremendous strength." Even Hala, an Island Kahuna specializing in Fighting-type Pokémon, couldn’t help exclaiming after seeing Buzzwole’s speed and displayed power.
Buzzwole missed with one strike and tried to find Urshifu again. Scanning around, it spotted two Machamp responsible for festival construction nearby. Noticing their muscle definition, its eyes lit up again.
Its orange transparent wings flapped as it rushed toward the Machamp at extreme speed, then...
The two Machamp were lifted up like toys by Buzzwole.
"Buzz~(д.)"
Buzzwole immediately felt bored and dropped the frightened Machamp on the ground.
It was hard to imagine that Machamp, already known for their strength, could be toyed with so easily by Buzzwole even if they weren’t good at battling.
"Professor Kukui, Teacher Johan!" Mallow’s voice suddenly called out.
The group of five was desperately trying to take Lillie away, but she was trembling all over with a dark expression, completely unable to move herself.
"What’s wrong with Lillie?" Professor Kukui, who was evacuating people, was the first to run over.
"Let me down, Urshifu." Johan landed, glanced at the lost and terrified Lillie, then said to Professor Kukui: "Professor Kukui, I’ll leave them to you. Please take them away first."
"But..."
Professor Kukui looked at Buzzwole, who was flexing its muscles in dissatisfaction. Considering his current identity was just a Pokémon professor rather than the Royal Masked Man, and thinking of Teacher Johan’s strength...
After looking deeply at Johan, "Alright!"
He immediately carried Lillie and led the other four away from town.
"Urshifu." Johan half-closed his eyes, calling softly.
"Garruu!"
Urshifu’s expression was stern as it took a Single Strike stance, looking at Buzzwole, which was also directing its gaze back.
As fellow Fighting-type Pokémon, Urshifu could sense Buzzwole’s exaggerated strength and the greater threat it posed compared to Hala’s Crabominable.
But it showed no intention of retreating or fear. Airflow surged beneath its feet, and its fur naturally rose.
Hala, who was protecting the evacuating crowd, couldn’t help looking back.
As Island Kahuna, he first had to ensure the safety of the island’s residents.
"Buzz! (˙o˙)"
Seeing Urshifu’s stance, Buzzwole became excited, striking one muscle-showing pose after another, as if showing off.
Buzzwole, the Swollen Pokémon, Bug and Fighting-type, had tremendous strength and could absorb energy to combine with its bodily fluids, making its muscles more swollen while its strength soared.
Though dangerous, it wasn’t a "disaster" like Guzzlord, provided its need to find strong Pokémon for competition was satisfied.
"Rotom, record well."
"Understood, Rotom!"
Rotom Pokédex had already emerged and activated its recording and analysis functions, collecting information about this never-before-seen creature for the database.
This was what Professor Oak had requested.
"Bulk Up!" Johan glanced at Tapu Koko hovering above and calmly commanded.
"Garruu!"
Urshifu gave a low shout, its muscle definition becoming more pronounced as its aura climbed.
"Buzz!"
Sensing the greater threat from Urshifu’s rising momentum, Buzzwole immediately exerted force with its four legs, charging straight at Urshifu.
Dark red Fighting-type energy gathered around Buzzwole’s clenched fist.
"Block it!"
Bang!!
Urshifu crossed its arms, taking Buzzwole’s punch.
As the fist landed, Buzzwole’s momentum and fighting spirit surged another level.
Power-Up Punch!
However, after blocking this move, Urshifu gained the benefits from Bulk Up.
"Urshifu, Wicked Blow!" Johan swept his hand.
"Garruu!"
Urshifu’s eyes flashed with cold light. Taking advantage of Buzzwole being in front of it, it pulled back its fist like a drawn bow, then struck with devastating force.
Dark Evil-type energy intertwined with Fighting-type power, smashing toward Buzzwole’s face.
But the next second.
Bang!!
Buzzwole actually mimicked Urshifu, crossing its arms in front to block Urshifu’s devastating punch.
Terrifying force transmitted through both arms to their entire bodies, and the ground beneath both combatants immediately cracked.
"Buzz!" Sensing Urshifu’s power, Buzzwole could no longer suppress its excitement, showing a happy, delighted smile.
Then its expression suddenly changed.
Flipping its hands, it actually grabbed Urshifu’s arms firmly.
Terrifying power erupted from Buzzwole as powerful Fighting-type energy surged.
Grabbing Urshifu’s arms, it suddenly turned with its back to Urshifu, its powerful muscles tensing as it exerted force.
Seismic Toss!
Urshifu’s feet left the ground as its entire body flew into the air, tracing a beautiful arc.
Johan shouted: "Counter!"
Crash—!!
Urshifu was slammed hard into the ground, its back making solid contact. Intense pain followed as the already collapsed ground cracked further with a wailing sound.
But before Buzzwole could celebrate, just as it prepared to release Urshifu’s arms, it felt itself being counter-restrained by steel-like arms.
"Buzz?"
Buzzwole was startled.
But the next moment, its body also rose under tremendous force, similarly tracing an arc in the air before crashing heavily to the ground.
Boom!!
The entire town’s ground shook violently.
Iki Town residents still evacuating were shocked by this scene.
In the forest.
Rumble, rumble rumble—
"Wow, is this Melemele Island’s festival? Such commotion—there must be so many customers!" Jessie pushed through branches, feeling the ground tremor and imagining crowds of people.
Those weren’t people!
Those were clearly moving Pokédollars, moving funds!
"Hurry up, hurry up, meow!" Meowth rolled up his sleeves. "If we’re late, all the customers will be taken, meow!"
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"Wait, wait! Is this really commotion caused by crowds?" James, being relatively rational, raised his doubts.
However, in a three-against-one situation, he had no chance to voice his concerns. Jessie, Meowth, and Wobbuffet had already charged ahead. James had no choice but to follow.
But...
When they finally pushed through the forest leaves, they saw...
Buzzwole giving Urshifu a powerful overhead throw, followed immediately by Urshifu’s Counter giving Buzzwole an even more powerful overhead throw.
The trio’s faces immediately turned pale.
Gulp gulp they swallowed.
"I-I think... maybe we should come back next time, next time to earn funds?" James stammered.
Was this the "primitive tribe" festival of the Alola region?
Too extreme!
"A-agreed, meow!"
But...
Just as the trio turned around, they bumped into something fluffy and dark.
Not painful, but rather bouncy.
"What the hell?!" Jessie immediately shouted irritably.
Then the trio slowly raised their heads.
They saw a... pink, fluffy, doll-like bear head.
It was clearly the Bewear that Johan had been "thinking about"!
Bewear looked at the commotion in town, especially the colliding Urshifu and Buzzwole, then looked at the trio before it, nodding expressionlessly.
"Bewear~"
Then it grabbed Jessie and Wobbuffet with one arm, James and Meowth with the other.
"Wh-what’s happening?" James looked confused.
"It-it seems to be saying there’s danger, meow!" Meowth translated.
"Sona~nsu~!"
The next moment, Bewear ignored the trio’s resistance and turned... whoosh—
Its entire body seemed to fly away, disappearing from Iki Town’s edge instantly.
The trio, who had been resisting and cursing a second ago, suddenly felt like their bodies were running ahead while their souls chased behind, completely losing the ability to resist.
"Help us!" ×3
"Sona~~~nsu~!!"
Hmm?
Johan inconspicuously glanced toward the forest, frowning slightly.
He seemed to have heard very familiar voices just now?
But since Urshifu and Buzzwole had both stood up, he couldn’t spare attention for other matters and refocused.
"Garruu!!"
Urshifu wiped its cheek, staring intently at Buzzwole.
"Buzz!!"
Buzzwole seemed to feel no pain, bouncing up from the ground after the fall, looking at Urshifu with increasingly passionate eyes.
The bear and mosquito suddenly had a feeling of mutual recognition.
Eyes meeting.
Urshifu and Buzzwole almost simultaneously flashed forward, colliding again in an instant.
Fist against fist, knee against knee, power against power.
Close Combat VS Close Combat!
Throughout, Tapu Koko hovered in the air without moving.
As Island Guardian, Tapu Koko was actually quite like a curious child, full of curiosity about people and other Pokémon.
However, after seeing the Ultra Wormhole, it had immediately appeared.
But when it discovered that Buzzwole actually had no great destructive desires and was purely seeking strong opponents, and after finding Urshifu, it became interested in watching.
It loved watching decisive battles and felt that since these two were fighting so enthusiastically, it wouldn’t be appropriate to interfere.
But it was also concerned that Buzzwole might later cause destruction while continuing to seek strong opponents, so it hadn’t left.
Boom!!!
In town center, Urshifu and Buzzwole stood back-to-back.
Their arms hooked together like claws, solidly locked in mutual force, neither able to overcome the other.
"Garruu!"
"Buzz!"
Both were breathing heavily but sensed no hostility from each other.
Bang!!
Another collision.
Both flew backward simultaneously, sliding along the ground before stopping.
"Garruu!"
"Buzz!"
"Urshifu!" Johan called out heavily, scanning the surroundings—already a complete mess.
If this continued, while Iki Town residents faced no danger, this town might be gone.
He couldn’t possibly... have to pay for it himself, right?
With this thought.
Time to decide the outcome!
"Garruu~"
Urshifu understood Johan’s meaning. Taking a deep breath, its Single Strike stance gradually changed, its fur floating as it combined Single Strike and Rapid Strike stances into a starting position.
Seeing this, Buzzwole got excited.
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"
With each shout, its pose changed.
It thought Urshifu was "communicating" with it.
This was a unique communication method of Ultra Beasts like Buzzwole.
Grumble—
However.
Just as Johan and Urshifu prepared to attack, thunder-like rumbling came from Buzzwole’s muscled stomach.
"Buzz..."
Buzzwole touched its stomach.
Hungry.
Its eyes scanned around, seemingly searching for food.
"Ga-Garruu?"
Urshifu paused, looking at Johan.
Still... fighting?
Johan was also stunned, watching Buzzwole’s aimless behavior and gently rubbing his forehead.
Muscles for brains—that described Buzzwole perfectly.
However, Buzzwole’s feeding method was quite different from other Pokémon.
As a "mosquito," Buzzwole fed through its thin, sharp proboscis, drawing not blood but energy from other Pokémon.
In the anime.
A Snorlax was almost completely drained by Buzzwole.
This might be one of the few destructive behaviors Buzzwole could cause.
Soon.
Buzzwole’s gaze turned to the evacuating townspeople’s accompanying Pokémon, especially several robust-looking Tauros.
Bzzt—
Tapu Koko, which had been inactive, now sensed destructive intent from Buzzwole and made some movement, electricity arcing around its body.
"Tapu Koko, wait!"
Johan quickly called out, then summoned: "Ninetales!"
"Oowoo!"
Ninetales exhaled white mist.
Thud!!
A solid ice wall immediately fell in front of Buzzwole.
Seeing this, Tapu Koko looked puzzled.
[That won’t stop it.]
Its voice echoed in Johan’s mind with a somewhat childish tone.
Although the ice wall looked solid, given Buzzwole’s demonstrated strength, it could shatter it with any casual punch.
But soon.
Tapu Koko was dumbfounded.
After the ice wall fell in front of Buzzwole, blocking its view of the town’s Pokémon, the smooth ice surface also reflected Buzzwole’s appearance.
"Buzz!" (How can there be such a perfect body!)
Facing the mirror-like ice wall, Buzzwole began posing, showing off its physique.
Flexing while admiring itself.
It even became somewhat narcissistic and cheerful.
"Hehehe~Buzz! Buzz! Buzz~(‵‵)"
Forgetting both its hunger and opponent Urshifu, it kept admiring itself against the ice wall, exactly like... some guys looking in mirrors after showering.
Tapu Koko: ???
Urshifu: ???
"The best way to stop Buzzwole is actually to give it a mirror." Johan looked at the finally-moving Tapu Koko and smiled.
Tapu Koko stiffly turned its head, watching Buzzwole still posing and styling against the ice wall with "Buzz! Buzz!" sounds, more question marks appearing above its head.
[Then why didn’t you use this method from the start?]
"Cough." Johan turned away somewhat embarrassedly. "I said I just remembered—do you believe it?"
Tapu Koko: ...
Actually, it was mainly to fulfill his promise to Professor Oak to help collect Ultra Beast information and data.
Of course, if Buzzwole didn’t get a good fight first, it would at most pose against the ice wall briefly before being distracted by Urshifu again.
But if it fought Urshifu first, it could be controlled by the ice wall for a long time.
"Tapu Koko." Seeing that communication was possible, Johan stated his main purpose for coming to the Alola region.
"I’m here to retrieve the ’Fairy Plate.’"
Hearing this, Tapu Koko’s eyes half-closed.
[What qualifies you?] Tapu Koko asked bluntly.
Johan took out a pile of items from his inner pocket: Rainbow Wing, Silver Wing, DNA Splicers, inheritance scrolls, Arceus Ring...
Tapu Koko: ...
Looking at the pile of items in Johan’s hands, it was momentarily speechless again, thinking this human’s backing was really solid!
"Oh, found it."
Johan held up the Arceus Ring.
"I represent Arceus to retrieve the ’Fairy Plate.’"
Tapu Koko stared at the Arceus Ring for a while, confirming it was indeed Arceus’s token, that the person before it... was Arceus’s messenger.
The "Fairy Plate" originally belonged to Arceus anyway, only falling into Xerneas’s hands before being borrowed by them.
Tapu Koko fell silent for a while.
After staring at Johan for some time, it spoke again.
[The plate isn’t in my possession.]
Johan wasn’t surprised.
After all, there were four Island Guardians in the Alola region.
"Whose hands is it in? Could you help introduce me?" Johan asked.
Tapu Koko glanced at Johan sideways, about to say "why should I," but caught sight of those items in Johan’s hands—each representing a "background"—and rarely swallowed its words.
[Deal with this guy first.]
Tapu Koko said somewhat irritably.
[By the way, let me warn you—this Ultra Wormhole is very unstable. Only because this guy’s body is tough enough did it manage to squeeze through, but sending it back through this passage probably won’t work.]
Ultra Wormholes in the Alola region were currently very unstable, being in their initial state.
Later, when human research into Ultra Wormholes became more advanced, with Cosmog’s help, they could open relatively stable passages themselves.
But now.
The reason humans and Alola’s Island Guardians found Ultra Beasts troublesome wasn’t just that they were hard to deal with, but also difficult to send back.
Hearing this, Johan looked up at the Ultra Wormhole in the sky.
Indeed, as Tapu Koko said, the Ultra Wormhole was very unstable, fluctuating in size and clearly ready to disappear at any moment.
This made Johan’s expression grow serious.
That was troublesome.
He couldn’t keep Buzzwole posing against the ice wall forever, right?
Though narcissism had no upper limit, its hunger did have limits.
When Buzzwole got truly unbearably hungry, it would eventually break free from the ice wall’s "hard control."
Grumble—
Sure enough, Buzzwole’s stomach rumbled again, deeper than before. Buzzwole covered its stomach again, looking about to starve.
Johan sighed softly and walked over.
"Buzzwole!"
He attracted Buzzwole’s attention.
"Buzz?"
Buzzwole instinctively turned its head, scanning around and scratching its head.
Who’s calling me?
Johan’s forehead showed black lines as he said irritably: "Here!"
Buzzwole looked down and finally saw Johan nearby.
But seeing Johan’s "thin" appearance, it showed disdain.
Weakling.
Johan: "..."
"Buzz~"
Buzzwole extended one hand toward Johan, making a flicking gesture as if to flick away a fly.
Johan irritably swatted Buzzwole’s hand away.
"Stop fooling around. I’ll get you some food."
"Buzz?"
Buzzwole seemed not to understand Johan’s aura-transmitted meaning, staring blankly at its swatted hand, eyes gradually brightening.
This weakling—no, this human seemed not as weak as imagined?
"Buzz!"
Buzzwole called out again, swinging its fist at Johan.
This action naturally didn’t escape Johan’s aura perception.
However, he sensed no hostility or malice from Buzzwole, rather a mood of interest.
So Johan... raised his hand and solidly blocked Buzzwole’s punch.
Whoosh—
The ground beneath his feet trembled slightly, wind stirred behind him along with some dust.
Johan and Buzzwole simultaneously thought: As expected.
Johan: As expected, Buzzwole was relatively friendly as long as he showed no hostility.
Buzzwole: As expected, this human wasn’t weak. Though I only used less than thirty percent strength, he blocked it effortlessly...
This scene, witnessed by Hala and Kukui who were calming townspeople, appeared completely different.
Buzzwole’s punch—that earth-shaking punch from before—was easily blocked by Teacher Johan with just a raised hand?
Both being martial arts experts, they clearly understood what kind of power that represented.
They couldn’t help exchanging glances, almost speaking in unison:
"Monster..."
Johan didn’t notice their reaction, instead taking out some energy cubes.
"Try these, see if they suit your taste. If not, I’ll get you something else."
"Buzz!"
Buzzwole seemed to acknowledge Johan’s "strength," tentatively accepting the energy cubes and placing them near its proboscis.
Slurp—
Then you could see a small lump being absorbed into Buzzwole’s seemingly hard proboscis.
"Buzz!"
Immediately after eating, Buzzwole jumped up from the ground, excitedly posing and styling again.
"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"
After posing for a while and finding Johan wasn’t responding at all, it reluctantly stopped.
This time it took the box of energy cubes and... slurp slurp went to town with its proboscis.
In a few blinks, an entire box of energy cubes was completely consumed.
But this amount seemed insufficient for Buzzwole.
After all, this was a being that could drain the famous big eater Snorlax in one go.
"Buzz..."
It looked hopefully at Johan.
Seeing this, Johan smiled.
However, he didn’t immediately take out more energy cubes, instead using a negotiating tone:
"Buzzwole, as you can see, the Ultra Wormhole is very unstable and about to close."
"Buzz?!"
Buzzwole suddenly turned its head, discovering... its way home was gone!
Home was gone?!
Just as it was about to explode, Johan continued: "Don’t get excited. I can send you back, but it’ll take some time."
"Buzz?"
"During this period, you’ll have to listen to me. Of course, as payment, I’ll provide food and even ’opponents.’"
He patted Urshifu beside him.
"Garruu! (´▽`)"
Buzzwole was delighted.
"Buzz! (´▽`)"
Perfect match! Perfect match!
"Of course, not just Urshifu."
Johan’s Poké Balls flashed at his waist.
"Bangi! (_)"
"Draaa! (´▽`)"
"Regi~(ò_óˇ)"
"Regi~(ò_óˇ)"
Tyranitar, Dragonite, Regieleki, and Regidrago all flexed their muscles.
"Buzz!!"
This made Buzzwole ecstatic.
Great, all great—all strong opponents!
"What do you think?" Johan rested his hands on Tyranitar and Dragonite, smiling.
"Buzz! Buzz!"
Buzzwole stood obediently in place, nodding repeatedly.
Clearly, this was another "Tyranitar-type" simpleton.
What a good target—no, what a good training and sparring partner.
The only problem might be Buzzwole’s appetite.
But no matter.
Wasn’t Anabel in the Alola region as head of some "UB Task Force"?
This work could be reimbursed by the International Police.
He’d call Anabel later and ask—how much budget does it take to raise a mosquito?
"Then now, attention! Stand properly!" Johan took out another box of energy cubes and told Buzzwole.
"Buzz! (‵‵)"
Buzzwole flexed its arms, standing motionless in place.
Johan looked at the now somewhat stunned Tapu Koko and smiled:
"Now, is this acceptable?"
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