Pokemon: Spiritual Master-Chapter 701: Tapu Bewear (×) Radiant Bear! (√) (Two-in-One Chapter)

Chapter 701: Tapu Bewear (×) Radiant Bear! (√) (Two-in-One Chapter)

Originally, after dealing with Tapu Koko, Johan planned to head to other islands to find the other guardian deities, then retrieve the "Fairy Plate" as quickly as possible.

But considering he had accepted the teacher’s job after all.

And Dr. Burnet’s research on Buzzwole also needed some time.

So...

Despite it being summer vacation, Johan seriously came to the Alola Pokémon School to teach!

Teaching a group of kids who weren’t even ten years old about "Pokémon Psychology" would probably leave them dizzy and confused even if they listened.

So Johan chose the most basic and simple trainer knowledge...

"Teacher Johan!"

Energetic girl Mallow boldly raised her hand, and after getting Johan’s permission, she stood up and said directly:

"I understand Bug-type beating Grass-type since bugs eat grass, but why can Bug-type also beat Psychic-type and Dark-type?"

See, this was the most basic knowledge Johan was teaching - the type effectiveness between Pokémon.

Facts proved that sometimes you really couldn’t blame Ash for not remembering type effectiveness between Pokémon, because he wasn’t alone in this.

Mallow continued:

"Can’t Psychic-type users easily crush little bugs? Dark-types are so fierce, little bugs would get swatted flat with one hit, right?"

Don’t say.

The questions Mallow raised were actually quite interesting, because Johan didn’t know the answers either.

"And Bug-type also resists Ground-type and Fighting-type, which is so weird."

Johan: "..."

In a Pokémon world, explaining these things in a supposedly scientific way was indeed impossible.

"Good question." Johan waved at Mallow, indicating she could sit down.

Hearing Johan’s "encouragement," Mallow immediately showed a smile.

"So next time, don’t ask again."

Mallow: "???"

"Just kidding." Johan smiled.

After brief silence, laughter rang out in the classroom.

"So Mallow, are you afraid of bugs?" Johan asked, adding, "Like cockroaches, spiders and such."

Mallow honestly nodded.

"Yes!"

Girls being afraid of these little bugs was quite normal.

Not just these little girls - even someone like Johan would let out a high note if he suddenly saw a bug, or woke up with one that had fallen on him while sleeping.

"So why would you, a person so much bigger than a little bug, be afraid? One shoe stomp would definitely crush it, right?"

Mallow thought for a moment.

"That’s true~"

But even so, fear was still fear.

"Don’t think of Pokémon type effectiveness too scientifically, because the existence of Pokémon itself isn’t scientific, and there’s no need to force explanations for type effectiveness using our common sense."

"Oh~~"

All five kids nodded thoughtfully.

"Alright." Johan clapped his hands, drawing the five kids’ attention again.

"That’s all for classroom content. Today I’ll take you to experience something different."

Something different?

The five children immediately became interested.

Johan smiled mysteriously.

"Get ready, we’ll meet at the school gate in ten minutes."

The five kids, already fully prepared, watched Johan leisurely walk to the school gate with coconut juice, and Mallow couldn’t wait to ask:

"Teacher Johan, what are we going to do?"

"Of course, take you to do what you most want to do." Johan smiled.

Kiawe: "Go battle?"

Mallow: "Go cook?"

Sophocles: "Go stargazing?"

Lana: "Go, go fishing?"

Lillie: "Go, go..."

Johan held his forehead.

No wonder trainers in the Pokémon world were all so good at side jobs.

"Take you to meet more Pokémon."

Hearing this, except for Lillie, the other four kids immediately became interested.

Honestly, as native trainers, who wouldn’t want to go on wilderness adventures?

It’s just that wild forests were too dangerous.

Even Professor Kukui had never taken them to truly wild and dangerous forests.

"I, I..." Lillie lowered her head.

She actually wanted to see more Pokémon too, and didn’t want to spoil everyone’s fun, but... she was also afraid of those Pokémon.

At this time, Johan gently patted Lillie’s shoulder, and when she looked up, he gave her a very gentle smile.

"It’s okay, I’m here."

"...Mm!"

"Let’s go~!"

Johan was like a kid leader, wearing flip-flops, a wide sun hat, waving his hand and leading the kids away from school.

Not far away in the school building.

"You guys... Kukui, aren’t you going with them?" Dr. Burnet looked at the cheerful Professor Kukui and Principal Samson Oak and couldn’t help asking.

Samson Oak’s face transformed.

"That’s Johan, Nidoqueen’s Queen!"

Professor Kukui had deeper understanding of Johan than Samson Oak, especially after yesterday’s events, so he smiled and said:

"Look at the sky."

Dr. Burnet looked up following his gaze.

She saw Regieleki and Regidrago in the sky, one left and one right, acting as guardians.

Plus Ninetales’ control over aura, Gengar’s freedom in shadows, and a group of Pokémon...

"I’ll go research Buzzwole instead."

Burnet also realized she had been worrying needlessly.

"Be careful, those are Paras spores. Though not fatal, accidentally getting poisoned or paralyzed would be suffering for yourself."

"So it’s Paras..." Kiawe sheepishly withdrew his hand, looking at the red mushroom-like thing in front of him. He had thought it was something edible.

"Teacher Johan, what are you doing?"

Mallow crouched beside Johan, seeing him carefully digging up a plant with a small shovel.

"The vegetation here is too dense. Even with Alola’s fertile soil and abundant sunlight, these overly crowded plants have difficulty growing. Removing some helps them grow better."

Johan explained while working.

The undeveloped Alola region was truly too "wealthy." Though it couldn’t compare to Ballimere Lake plains, the resources were very abundant.

These weren’t berry trees, but rather rare tea trees. Digging some back to plant on the island would give him his own tea field!

Then he could pick tea, process tea, and brew tea himself.

Anyway, these plants would struggle to grow if he didn’t dig them up.

"I see." Mallow and the other kids understood.

"I’ll teach you, watch carefully." Johan demonstrated once for the five kids.

"Did you learn?"

"We learned!" ×5

"Go get small shovels from Tinkaton, one each, and try it yourselves." Johan smiled.

"Great!"

Except for Mallow, they were all kids who had never tried this. Encountering something new, they didn’t feel tired or dirty, just full of curiosity.

Even Lillie, despite being a young lady, was very enthusiastic.

It could even be said that Lillie was more enthusiastic than the other four.

Five more free laborers, wonderful~

Teaching and working at the same time - Johan couldn’t help thinking he was truly awesome.

The rustling forest was bright and pleasant with sunshine, flowers blooming brilliantly. A group of Cutiefly danced among the flowers, stirring up petals and bringing fragrant aromas.

"Sophocles, don’t go near there!"

Johan’s aura let him keep watch over the five kids while staying busy.

"Eh?"

The chubby boy with a small shovel, sweating profusely, looked at Johan with some confusion.

"That’s not a plant, it’s a patch of Fomantis."

"Fomantis?"

The kids all gathered around curiously.

"Fomantis, the Sickle Grass Pokémon, Grass-type, Rotom!" The Rotom Pokédex displayed photos of this Pokémon.

"It really is!" Kiawe compared the photo in the Pokédex with what looked like flower buds clustered on the ground.

"So cute..." Lana said in her calm tone.

Lillie had already started backing away.

Johan smiled and supported Lillie’s shoulder while saying: "Fomantis rest in sunlight during the day, using the leaves on their heads for photosynthesis. They really hate being disturbed while sleeping."

Lillie bit her lip, took out a notebook from her small bag, and seriously began taking notes.

Johan continued: "Though they look cute, Fomantis are actually quite dangerous Grass-type Pokémon. After basking in sunlight, their heads release scents similar to Sweet Scent, attracting Bug-type Pokémon to gather."

A brief pause.

"Whether Fomantis or their evolution Lurantis, both are carnivorous hunters. Rather than plants, they’re more like mantises, Scyther."

Hearing this, the kids all stepped back, especially Sophocles, who looked relieved.

The Rotom Pokédex timely displayed photos of Lurantis.

Sensing the kids’ tension, Johan smiled:

"A very interesting thing about Fomantis is that they sleep during the day, and when they wake up at night, they work hard to find suitable places to sleep the next day."

"So they’re..." Lillie said quietly: "Either sleeping or on the way to sleep?"

"Exactly." Johan gave Lillie’s summary full marks.

The originally somewhat nervous kids relaxed upon hearing this.

"Lurantis is also very beautiful." Mallow had a special fondness for Grass-type Pokémon.

"Teacher, are these light purple mushrooms also Paras?"

At this time, Kiawe made a new discovery, pointing at several light purple mushrooms under a tree.

Johan glanced and said:

"Those aren’t. Mallow, Kiawe, collect these mushrooms."

The two were puzzled but followed Johan’s instructions, putting the mushrooms in a small basket.

"If you see more along the way, collect them all. Tonight I’ll make delicious mushroom soup for you."

Mallow’s eyes immediately lit up, quickly reaching out: "Teacher Johan, let me help!"

Mallow was very serious about cooking and becoming a chef.

"No problem."

"So Teacher Johan, what exactly are these mushrooms..." Sophocles held up a magnifying glass, picking up a mushroom to study.

"Morelull." Johan said without turning back.

"Ah?" Sophocles was so startled he dropped it.

Weren’t they going to eat Pokémon?

"The mushrooms on Morelull’s head are very delicious ingredients."

Then the Rotom Pokédex fulfilled its purpose again, displaying photos of Morelull.

"So cute..." Mallow immediately fell in love with its appearance.

"Morelull, the Illuminating Pokémon, Grass and Fairy-type, Rotom!" the Rotom Pokédex said.

Johan also added: "Unlike Fomantis, Morelull are quite gentle Pokémon. They also sleep during the day and are active at night. At night, the mushrooms on their heads emit colorful faint light."

Straightening up, he put a newly dug small tea tree into Gengar’s shadow.

"To avoid absorbing too many nutrients in the same place and causing surrounding plants to wither, Morelull change their roosting trees at night."

Putting the mushroom Sophocles dropped back in the basket.

"Many forest Pokémon love eating the mushrooms on Morelull’s heads. When they move, they sometimes accidentally bump into things and drop mushrooms. These are what they dropped while moving."

"Similar to Tropius’s bananas, Sunflora’s seeds - all edible foods, no need to worry."

The kids showed expressions of "so that’s how it is," and Lillie scribbled notes.

Johan smiled: "If you have insomnia at night, keeping a Morelull in your room will help you sleep soundly."

Specialized for insomniacs - the faint light Morelull emitted at night and their scattered spores both had sleep-promoting effects.

Then his expression became more serious.

"Though Morelull are gentle Pokémon and fine to encounter at night, if you meet their evolution Shiinotic at night, you must get away immediately."

Speaking, Gengar slowly emerged from the five kids’ shadows behind them.

Johan’s voice also became eerie.

"Legend says that people who got lost in forests where Shiinotic lived were confused by the flashing spores Shiinotic released, wandering for dozens of days unable to find an exit. When found, they were already skin and bones..."

"Ka-kaah!"

Gengar suddenly jumped out.

"Ahhhh!!!"

The kids all turned pale with fright, running behind Johan.

"Ka-kaah~ ()σ"

Gengar pointed at the kids, rolling on the ground with laughter.

"Shiinotic’s spores drain life energy from their wrists, but if people or Pokémon were really in danger, they’d also use the same method to give life energy. Otherwise how could someone survive dozens of days?"

Johan also wore a teasing smile.

"Teacher Johan!!!"

The kids immediately got angry, realizing they’d been teased.

However, this surprise, joy, and anger made this outdoor trip extremely interesting.

Of course, taking this opportunity, Johan also dug up quite a few good things.

Eight wild tea trees total, and two Pineap Berry tree saplings.

Pineap Berry trees grew quite densely in the Alola region.

Pineap Berries could not only restore Pokémon’s stamina but also stimulate their spirits to some extent, better for growth.

Supposedly, Pokémon that regularly ate Pineap Berries became smarter, though there was no way to verify this specifically.

One of the specialties at Mallow’s family’s Aina’s Kitchen was Pineap Berry juice made with Pineap Berries and Honey, which had a different taste from regular pineapple juice.

Supposedly Mallow’s father learned this from an Oranguru living in the forest.

On the way back.

The kids chattered about today’s experiences or their past encounters.

"Teacher Johan, you don’t know." Energetic girl Mallow talked the most. "When Lana and I were little, we accidentally got lost in the forest and were cared for by a Drampa before finally getting out."

"Mm!" Lana nodded in agreement.

When they were little, they got lost in the forest and encountered a Drampa. At first they were scared and ran around, even getting separated. Mallow even accidentally fell off a cliff.

Thanks to Drampa’s help, both were able to escape safely.

"Then, quick quiz." Johan held up the Rotom Pokédex, displaying Drampa’s photo.

"What is Drampa called when first born? What about when young?"

Kiawe was first to raise his hand.

"Drampa is of course called Young Drampa when first born, and Little Drampa when young!"

"Wrong!"

Chubby Sophocles rubbed his chin thoughtfully, denying Kiawe’s answer while giving his own.

"’Drampa’ already means old one. When first born it should be called Young Dragon, when young called Little Dragon!"

"Eh?"

Mallow and Lana looked at each other.

They felt... both answers seemed right, but also... not quite right.

"Young Drampa!"

"Young Dragon!"

Kiawe and Sophocles "confronted" each other.

Johan chuckled, looking at Lillie: "What do you think, Lillie?"

Lillie blinked her light blue eyes twice, looking up: "Drampa... whether first born or young, shouldn’t they all be called Drampa?"

"Eh?!"

The other four kids exclaimed in unison.

Johan snapped his fingers, "Correct! You can make one small wish."

Lillie’s cheeks flushed.

A wish?

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Johan told the other four kids: "Don’t get caught in word games. Drampa don’t have evolutionary forms, so no matter how old, they’re all called Drampa."

"Ka-kaah~~"

Gengar simulated whiskers, mimicking Drampa - no, should be called Gengar-pa.

Kiawe and Sophocles scratched their heads sheepishly.

Mallow said: "So Drampa... become ’elders’ right from birth?"

Lana added: "Skip decades of detours."

Johan couldn’t help chuckling.

So whether Pokémon fans from another world or kids in the Pokémon world, all were curious about Pokémon.

But one thing was universal.

That was love for Pokémon.

Before leaving the forest, Johan’s phone suddenly rang.

The caller ID showed... the trio!

Hm?

These three guys...

After pressing answer, he heard:

"Jo-Johan-sensei, help! Save us!"

The three voices were suppressed.

"You guys..."

"Bear alert! It’s bear alert—"

Before finishing, the call cut off.

Johan looked at his phone with a strange expression.

Bear alert?

Bewear?

The Alola region’s "one true god"?

In the Alola region, any island guardian deities, any Ultra Beasts - all had to take detours in front of Tapu Bewear, the Bear God!

The "four true gods" of the Pokémon world: Pikachu gets stronger against strong opponents and weaker against weak ones, Psyduck’s headaches suppress everything, Wobbuffet fears rebound from everything, and Bear God has no weaknesses!

In the Pokémon Sun and Moon anime, Bewear left an extremely deep impression and was Team Rocket trio’s strongest, most solid shield.

No matter what huge trouble the trio caused, Bear God protected them and cleaned up their messes.

It could truly fly through the sky, burrow underground, dive into seas, and walk on waves - omnipotent.

Flying? Just jumping hard.

Swimming? Light-footed water walking became reality.

Even more exaggerated, this Bewear could match Buzzwole in strength, surpass Pheromosa in speed, and gain Oranguru’s recognition for intelligence - truly Alola’s ceiling.

Most importantly, it was actually a kind-hearted Pokémon overflowing with maternal love.

It might be the only Pokémon in the Alola region besides Necrozma and the sun/moon duo Solgaleo and Lunala whose strength surpassed Champion level.

It might even be one of the few wild Pokémon in the entire Pokémon world whose strength exceeded Champion level.

Regarding this "Bear God"...

Though Johan felt that without his "rescue," the trio would probably live quite comfortably.

But he was quite curious and wanted to meet this existence that would be "looked up to" even if called "Tapu Bewear" by the Tapu clan.

"Is there an emergency, Teacher Johan?" Mallow asked.

"Small matter."

Johan shook his head, putting away his phone.

"Let’s go, I’ll take you back first."

Small class sizes had their benefits.

If there were too many people, leaving campus to enter forests would become troublesome, and ordinary teachers might not have the strength to ensure students wouldn’t encounter danger.

The travel faction versus academy faction debate the League had been having could be somewhat reconciled with this small class model.

Of course, the real dangers encountered by the travel faction couldn’t be replaced, but the travel faction’s mortality rate could be minimized.

After returning the five kids to Professor Kukui and promising Mallow he’d return before dinner to teach her mushroom soup, Johan turned and left school again, entering the forest.

In a forest somewhere on Melemele Island, inside a giant tree hollow.

"Delicious! Woo woo woo, so delicious!" Jessie ate berries and Honey, moved to tears.

"Although, but, however..."

James, hungry all day, was also eating heartily while mumbling indistinctly.

"So happy, meow~"

"Wobb~buffet~!"

They thought Bewear had come back to "deal with" them, but it returned carrying a pile of berries and a jar of Honey.

It even told them not to be polite and eat freely.

This made the trio, who had been frightened all day, extremely excited.

"Bear~"

Seeing the trio eating happily, Bewear reached out and gently patted each of their heads.

"What’s it saying, Meowth?" Jessie asked.

"It’s telling us... not to be afraid, eat with peace of mind, meow!" Meowth translated Bewear’s words.

"What a good person!" James called out.

"But what if..." Jessie’s movements gradually slowed, lowering her voice: "What if it wants to fatten us up?"

Instantly, James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet’s eating movements stopped, their faces turning pale.

Gulp—

James swallowed.

"It’s not... impossible..." James murmured.

"Bear~"

Bewear sat outside the tree hollow with arms around its knees, its unchanging face showing slight melancholy for the first time.

Meowth, who was being fearful, heard Bewear’s words and paused.

"What’s wrong?"

"Is it going to eat us?"

Jessie and James became extremely nervous, but Meowth’s expression suddenly became complex.

"It said: If my child were still here, it would surely eat as well as you, meow..."

"Ch-child?"

"It’s a mother?!"

Jessie and James couldn’t help looking at each other.

Then they recalled Bewear hugging them before, sleeping together at night, and patting their heads after feeding them...

For a moment, James’s expression became sad.

Even the usually tough Jessie had slightly red eyes, gritting her teeth:

"Damn it! Someone definitely stole Bewear’s child!"

Such a strong Bewear - ordinary Pokémon hunters couldn’t possibly steal its child in front of it.

James clenched his fists.

"How can anyone make a mother lose her child?!"

"Let’s help it, meow?" Meowth said.

"Wobb~buffet!" Wobbuffet also showed seriousness for the first time.

Just as the trio made up their minds, Bewear outside the hollow suddenly stood up.

"Bear!"

"It says: There’s someone, meow!" Meowth translated promptly.

Hm?

"Teacher Johan?!" Jessie and James shouted together.

They had secretly called Johan when Bewear wasn’t paying attention.

They called Johan instead of Matori partly because Jessie didn’t want to beg in front of Matori, and partly because they saw Urshifu at yesterday’s "Full Moon Festival" in Iki Town, guessing Teacher Johan had come to Alola.

After all, Urshifu wasn’t a common Pokémon.

The trio suddenly realized.

"Oh no! Teacher Johan and Bewear are going to fight."

James quickly tried to get up.

But Bewear had brought too many berries into the hollow, and their feet were already buried. They couldn’t get up immediately.

Meanwhile in the forest.

In the dim forest, Shiinotic gradually emitted faint light, and Pikipek seemed to sense something, flapping their wings and flying high.

Johan, walking through the forest following GPS navigation, suddenly felt inexplicable pressure.

"Good grief."

He guessed it was probably Bewear approaching. "This oppressive feeling is more exaggerated than some legendary Pokémon."

"Ka-kaah?"

Gengar also floated out from the shadows.

Even the usually playful purple chubby’s expression became serious and solemn.

Crack—

A tree branch suddenly snapped.

Under a nearby tree, a fluffy figure suddenly appeared, standing silently by the tree, watching him.

Johan’s heart skipped.

When did it appear?

"Oowoo!"

"Garruu!"

Ninetales and Urshifu stepped forward, standing in front of Johan, also sensing the enormous pressure from their opponent.

This pressure only occurred when facing some legendary Pokémon.

That Bewear just stood silently under the tree without moving, only slowly raising its arms toward Johan and his Pokémon, showing a smile and waving its hands.

For a moment, Johan broke into a cold sweat.

Don’t look at Bewear’s very friendly appearance now - this was actually its way of issuing a warning.

If they kept advancing, Bewear would consider them "enemies."

You know, even Ash, also a "power ceiling" of the Pokémon world, had his expression instantly change from child to adult when facing Bewear.

"Worthy of being a comedy character from a slice-of-life anime, a ceiling-level existence..."

Even facing Groudon, Johan hadn’t been this nervous.

At least Groudon’s hostility was visible to the naked eye, while Bewear... under its doll-like unchanging expression, no one knew when it might suddenly deliver a hook punch.

Getting hit once would probably splatter brain matter everywhere.

Johan tried hard to release goodwill through aura while signaling his Pokémon not to be nervous or show hostility.

However.

His aura received no response whatsoever.

Johan: "..."

"Bear!"

Bewear smiled broadly, gently waving its arms.

Bang!!

The extremely thick tree trunk beside it snapped.

"Garruu!"

Seeing this, Urshifu snorted two puffs of white air, lightly punching a nearby tree trunk.

Bang!!

That trunk also snapped.

"Bear! ^^"

Bewear’s smile remained unchanged.

Johan: "..."

He pulled Ninetales, Urshifu, and Gengar back slowly while saying: "Bewear, don’t misunderstand, we mean no harm."

However.

Bewear directly took a step, its figure suddenly disappearing.

"Garruu!"

Urshifu’s expression tightened, breaking free from Johan’s restraint while standing firm and throwing a punch!

Bang—

Two bear paws suddenly collided.

Boom!!!

Instantly, with them as the center, the ground directly collapsed, and a terrifying gust scattered in all directions, overturning surrounding trees and bushes.

"Bear?"

Bewear’s smile slightly faded, showing some surprise.

Urshifu tensed up.

The next second.

Bewear exerted force again.

Bang—

Urshifu flew backward directly, crashing heavily into a tree trunk.

It could go toe-to-toe with Buzzwole, but facing Bewear, it couldn’t match the sudden burst of power?

"Garruu!!"

Urshifu stood up fiercely, roaring skyward with high fighting spirit.

"Ka-kaah?"

Gengar showed interested expression, black mist spreading from its body.

Ninetales lightly exhaled, and the surrounding temperature plummeted.

"Bear!"

Bewear stood firm.

Facing Johan and his Pokémon, it gently beckoned, as if saying—come here.

"This is Bear God?" Johan murmured.

Tapu Bewear? (×)

Radiant Bear! (√)

Before his Pokémon and Bewear could attack, Johan suddenly shouted:

"I know where your child is!"

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