Pokemon: Spiritual Master-Chapter 702: Bewear’s Request (Two-in-One - )

"Bear bear?"

Bewear, who was about to attack, suddenly stopped its movements and stared blankly at Johan.

Seeing this, Johan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

To be honest.

It wasn’t that he was truly afraid of Bewear. He had seen so many legendary Pokémon - no matter how powerful Bear God was, could it really take on seven or nine at once?

Johan even felt that with Gengar using all its abilities, it should be able to have a fight with Bewear. It’s just that one was Normal-type and one was Ghost-type, so neither could truly deal with the other.

Regarding Bewear, Johan actually held favorable feelings.

It was so good to the Team Rocket trio that from a certain perspective, it viewed the trio as half its children, half its companions.

Moreover, Bewear’s kindness toward the trio was truly unreserved.

When the trio was blasted off by Ash, Bewear would come treading on the sunset, directly performing light-footed movement between tall buildings to take the trio away.

When the trio was about to fall into the sea, Bewear would perform water-walking to safely carry them away.

Even the number of times the trio shouted "What a terrible feeling" in the Alola region decreased several-fold.

Of course, Team Rocket trio was one aspect.

Another aspect was that Bewear was a mother who had been separated from her child.

A kind Pokémon with no great malice, whose child had gone missing and who occasionally had large emotional fluctuations, and whose strength was abnormally powerful - Johan really couldn’t muster much ill will.

"Bear bear!"

Bewear immediately stepped forward several paces.

"Oowoo!"

"Garruu!"

Ninetales and Urshifu immediately took defensive stances, assuming protective postures.

"Teacher Johan!!" ×3

"Wobb~buffet—!!"

From a corner of the forest came the trio’s voices.

"Don’t fight! Teacher Johan, this Bewear is actually a good person!" James shouted.

"It just lost its own child!" Jessie also said.

Why was it that the trio, despite being villains and Team Rocket members, were actually not disliked by most Pokémon fans and were even liked by them?

It was because while the trio were indeed villains, their moral compass was often remarkably upright.

When truly involving matters that touched bottom lines and morality, the trio would display exceptionally righteous behavior.

Just like now.

"It says: How do you know, meow?" Meowth ran over while also serving as translator.

Johan patted Ninetales’ head and Urshifu’s shoulder, indicating they didn’t need to worry anymore.

Regarding Bewear’s child, Johan vaguely remembered... it should be in Aether Paradise within the Aether Foundation.

Aether Paradise was an artificial island built by the Aether Foundation at enormous cost.

And the Aether Foundation...

Johan currently maintained a wait-and-see attitude toward this organization.

After all, the Aether Foundation’s portrayal in the anime was quite different from its portrayal in the games.

The main difference lay in the Aether Foundation’s president, Lillie’s mother Lusamine.

In the games and special manga, Lusamine’s personality was extremely malicious - calling her yandere would be putting it lightly. She was obsessed with collecting Pokémon specimens and Ultra Beasts, with many innocent Pokémon being "collected" by her.

In the anime, Lusamine’s personality was much better, changing from yandere to a... dignified and elegant positive character who lacked care for her own children, was occasionally a bit tsundere and narcissistic.

She not only established the "Ultra Guardians" but also provided Ash and others with large amounts of equipment and items, actively cooperating with League representatives like Professor Kukui and Dr. Burnet.

Since Johan currently couldn’t determine Lusamine’s situation, he couldn’t easily characterize the Aether Foundation.

Actually, not just the Aether Foundation and Lusamine - there were also major differences between games/special manga and anime regarding the origin and background of the "Radiant God" Necrozma in the Alola region.

The specific situation would probably have to wait for later investigation and exploration.

Regarding the current situation, Johan took a deep breath and said:

"I probably know where your child is, with fairly high possibility, but the specific situation needs investigation before I can be certain."

"Bear bear..."

Bewear looked toward the trio.

Compared to the suddenly appearing Johan with powerful strength that even it could feel threatened by, obviously the trio they had spent time with, had a more "harmonious" relationship with, and were harmless, were more trustworthy.

"Teacher Johan is absolutely trustworthy!" James was the first to step out and support Johan.

"That’s right!"

Jessie followed in agreement, her expression serious.

"Teacher Johan has helped many Pokémon before, including legendary Pokémon and powerful ones, meow." Meowth also expressed its stance.

Setting aside their superior-subordinate relationship with Teacher Johan, the three of them truly trusted and were grateful to Teacher Johan from the bottom of their hearts.

"Wobb~buffet~!"

Even Wobbuffet strongly supported Johan at this time.

Seeing the trio and even Wobbuffet so approving of Johan, Bewear gradually put away the somewhat sinister smile that appeared on its face under the light.

Watching Bewear’s expression change, Johan felt somewhat emotional.

When had his words become less effective than the trio’s when facing Pokémon...

However, ultimately, the trio could unexpectedly gain some Pokémon’s favor, like this Bewear before them, which was related to their unique affinity with Pokémon.

"Bear~bear!"

Bewear spoke again.

Meowth promptly translated: "It asks if Teacher Johan can help it find its child? It has searched all of Melemele Island but hasn’t seen its child."

Before Johan could answer, James immediately said:

"We’ll help too!"

Jessie gritted her teeth, "Anyone who kidnaps someone else’s child is absolutely unforgivable!"

Are you guys actually heroes or villains? Johan grumbled internally.

"Bear!"

Bewear was moved by the trio’s words and immediately reached out to embrace the three plus Wobbuffet together, affectionately nuzzling them with its head.

"It hurts! It hurts so much!! It’s going to break!"

"Help! Help... (soul floating out)"

Johan unconsciously stepped back half a pace.

Dragonite’s hugs were already stimulating enough - in the entire Pokémon world, there weren’t more than five people who could withstand Bewear’s hugs.

Two of them were right here.

Perhaps this was also one of the reasons Bewear chose to trust the trio.

"Cough, I’ll send people to help, but determining its location will probably require waiting a bit longer."

"Bear..."

Bewear nodded hesitantly.

Though it missed its child very much, having already waited this long, it didn’t mind waiting a little more.

Johan also relaxed considerably.

No matter what, with the trio he had managed to establish some connection with Bewear.

With Bear God backing him up, even if Necrozma awakened now, he’d have some confidence even without calling for help.

"Of course, when necessary, I’ll need their cooperation."

Johan pointed at the trio.

For infiltrating the Aether Foundation, no one was more suitable than the trio.

Regarding this, though Bewear was reluctant, it also expressed agreement.

After all, it would be responsible for the trio’s safety.

"Teacher Johan, we can cooperate right now!" James said hurriedly, with Jessie and Meowth nodding repeatedly.

Johan smiled without responding.

Such a rare opportunity to not have to work, not face danger, and still have unlimited free food - shouldn’t he let the trio "enjoy" this more?

Vacation time was precious.

He would talk to Matori about it.

"Oh right." Johan took out some food - energy cubes, Poffins, macarons, fresh cream cakes, and so on.

Since they’d already established a connection, might as well take the opportunity to get closer to Bear God.

"I brought some food. If you don’t mind, shall we... eat together?"

"Bear bear?"

Bewear looked at the food in front of Johan, then at the trio in its arms who were already drooling.

Honestly, with Bewear’s strength, it absolutely didn’t lack food in this forest.

But this food was limited to berries, with at most some Honey added. Though the taste was quite good, eating too much got boring.

That’s why Bewear often used Honey to trade with the Oranguru who ran a bar in the forest for things like Pineap Berry juice.

But the food in Oranguru’s bar was quite different from what Johan had brought out.

A few minutes later.

"Mm! So delicious! Worthy of Teacher Johan!"

The trio and Johan’s own Pokémon were eating enthusiastically. After hesitating briefly, Bewear also picked up a piece of fresh cream cake.

But after thinking about it.

It pulled out a jar of Honey from somewhere and offered it to Johan.

"Bear bear~"

This time without Meowth translating, Johan already understood its meaning.

Payment for the meal.

Or rather, an exchange.

Johan smiled: "As friends, this is my treat."

Friends?

Bewear looked at the trio, nodded, just put down the Honey then quickly picked it up again, placing it in front of Johan.

"Bear bear!"

This wasn’t an exchange - it was treating Johan.

Hearing this, Johan couldn’t help but laugh.

This Bear God... was really quite cute.

After that, Bewear truly relaxed and began eating.

You could tell it really liked the food Johan brought.

After all, he was an "energy cube succubus" - Johan was quite confident in these "universally effective" energy cubes.

He got up and sat beside Urshifu, gently patting his bear instructor’s shoulder.

"Garruu?"

Facing Urshifu’s questioning gaze, Johan smiled: "Still want to spar with Bewear?"

Urshifu laughed awkwardly and scratched its head.

As their trainer, how could Johan not understand his own Pokémon?

Earlier, Urshifu had been sent flying by Bewear’s punch. Though it wasn’t seriously injured, this obviously made Urshifu feel the gap between itself and Bewear.

This was the first time besides legendary Pokémon that Urshifu had felt such an obvious gap with another ordinary Pokémon.

"It’s fine, there will be opportunities."

Why Bear God was so strong was impossible to explore.

Probably even Bewear itself couldn’t explain it clearly.

This only proved that Pokémon, from a certain perspective, truly had infinite possibilities, and this Bewear was the best proof.

Copying Bear God’s methods wasn’t realistic, but learning from Bear God was still possible, especially for Urshifu.

If Buzzwole was an excellent sparring partner, then Bewear was definitely a good learning target.

"Garruu!"

Urshifu nodded seriously.

"Have some Honey, the freshest kind."

Johan placed the Honey Bewear had given him in front of Urshifu. For bears, they had little resistance to things like Honey.

"Garruu~!"

Bear instructor happily called out, grabbing a handful and stuffing it in its mouth.

Hm?

Watching the rapidly disappearing Honey, Johan suddenly had a thought.

If Bewear could stably collect Honey, didn’t that mean it knew about the existence of Combee?

Johan’s mind became active.

Looking toward Bewear, he discovered...

Gengar had somehow already sat beside Bewear.

Wrapping its arm around its neck with a familiar attitude.

Telling, or rather introducing, its "crew."

The word "crew" made Johan’s face twitch slightly.

"Bear bear!"

Bewear seemed very happy to meet such a group of new friends and immediately opened its arms to hug Gengar.

However.

Its arms passed right through Gengar.

"Bear bear?"

Bewear looked confused.

"Ka-kaah~!" Gengar couldn’t help giggling.

As a Ghost-type Pokémon, how could it be easily...

While it was still feeling smug, Bewear hugged it a second time.

Then it hugged Gengar solidly.

The purple chubby’s round belly was instantly flattened, its entire state like compressed airflow - big head, big feet, small belly.

Gengar didn’t notice its own changes, just looked at Bewear in surprise.

It clearly hadn’t felt Bewear use any move like "Foresight."

Johan couldn’t help laughing.

Shaking his head.

Bear God didn’t follow basic rules. In the anime, the trio’s Mimikyu was also casually grabbed and hugged by it.

"Bewear." Johan called out.

"Bear bear?"

Both Bewear and Gengar looked over.

"Where did you get this Honey? I don’t want more, I just want to... provide some willing Combee with a new home."

First refusing the Honey Bewear offered again, Johan stated his purpose.

"Bear bear..."

Bewear scratched its head, looking at Gengar.

Gengar scratched its butt, returning to its original shape.

Then it briefly told Bewear about their island, or rather... Gengar’s "kingdom"!

Gengar also enthusiastically invited Bewear to come play in its "kingdom" sometime.

Bewear immediately understood.

Then it stood up and waved at Johan.

The Pokémon and trio all followed with confusion.

Somewhere in a canyon in Melemele Island’s forest.

"Bear bear!"

Bewear made a "shush" gesture, leaning against a rock. Johan looked in the direction it pointed.

He saw orange Combee that looked like three bees connected with part of a hive, flapping transparent wings and busily shuttling through the canyon.

They occasionally flew into a cave in the canyon, while more Combee flew out from the cave, happily flying somewhere else.

This cave was obviously the Combee’s nest.

With so many Combee and their orderly appearance, there was clearly a queen bee in the cave - that is, the object of the Combee’s loyalty, a Vespiquen.

Aside from anything else.

Just the number of these Combee alone meant ordinary people or Pokémon couldn’t approach.

Only Bewear could freely move among them, taking Honey as needed, almost becoming the "currency" circulating in this forest.

"So many Combee, that Honey must be incredible, meow!" Meowth’s eyes were already turning into "$" shapes.

"If we could take them all, we could exchange for quite a bit of funding, right?" Jessie couldn’t help saying.

"Bear bear!"

But Bewear waved at them.

"It says: Take only what you eat, clearing everything out is very rude, meow." Meowth translated.

Johan’s expression was strange.

Bewear understood sustainable development?

If it really emptied this cave’s Honey all at once, this hive would definitely relocate the next day.

"Bear bear!"

Bewear pressed its palm downward.

"It says: You wait here, I’ll go get some, and you watch for a chance to capture a few, meow." Meowth translated again.

Speaking, Bewear rolled up its sleeves, preparing to act.

But Johan quickly stopped it.

"Bewear, I mean Combee that need help or are willing to leave with me. These Combee are obviously loyal to their queen. If I forcibly capture them, what’s the difference between me and whoever took your child?"

Hearing this, Bewear was obviously stunned, staring blankly at Johan.

"Teacher Johan, really, I’m crying, meow~" Meowth bit a handkerchief, looking moved.

"This is the Teacher Johan we know." James and Jessie also looked admiring.

Being praised by the trio made Johan feel a bit embarrassed.

"Bear bear!"

Just as he was about to turn around, Bewear suddenly "bear hugged," holding Johan firmly in its arms.

"No, wait, wait—" Johan’s face changed drastically as he quickly called out.

However, Bewear gave him no chance, directly giving him a "gentle" bear hug.

"...moment..."

Johan felt Bewear’s iron arms for the first time.

After a long while, Bewear affectionately nuzzled Johan’s head, then finally let him go.

Gengar laughingly supported Johan, asking about his feelings.

Johan took two deep breaths, rubbing his waist before feeling like he’d come back to life.

Damn.

This treatment... better let the trio "enjoy" it.

However, it must be said that from this hug onward, Bewear truly officially accepted him.

Buzz buzz—

The commotion they caused, or rather Johan’s cry of alarm, inevitably... attracted the Combee’s attention, even the attention of the Vespiquen in the cave.

A fairly large Vespiquen with a skirt-like hive appearance, looking more like a wasp, flew out from the cave.

Its crimson eyes immediately noticed Bewear’s extremely familiar figure.

"Buzz—!!"

Vespiquen immediately shrieked, countless Combee receiving orders and rapidly swarming toward them.

"They’re coming! They’re coming!" James’s face changed drastically.

"Tea-Teacher Johan—"

Jessie looked to Johan for help, but saw him step back, avoiding Bewear’s bear hug, then say:

"I’m fine, you take care of them."

With that, he turned and ran toward where they came from.

"Bear bear~"

Bewear nodded, then amidst the trio’s screams, picked them up.

The next second.

Bang!!

The ground made a muffled groan, and Bewear shot toward the sky like a cannonball, faster than flying.

Johan looked up, watching the "airborne" Bewear and the trio’s increasingly distant, elongated screams.

"Whoa. These days, who can’t fly anyway..." freewёbnoνel.com

Gengar jumped.

Immediately floating up, spreading its arms.

Anyway, not this old man~

Some distance from the canyon, elsewhere in the forest.

A Poké Ball traced an arc through the air, precisely hitting a Combee and opening to emit red light, capturing it inside.

Without shaking three times, the Poké Ball "clicked" and locked.

Gengar gave Snivy a thumbs up.

"Sni~"

Snivy "disdainfully" curled its lip, using Vine Whip to pick up the Poké Ball and hand it to Johan.

Johan smiled and accepted it, looking at the trio whose hair was still in broom-like shapes, and Bewear standing nearby.

After understanding Johan’s meaning, Bewear had taken them around this forest for a while before finding this small group of only four Combee.

Among these four Combee were one female and three males.

Male and female Combee were easy to distinguish - just look at whether the middle head of the three had a fringe-like structure.

Such groups with female Combee were necessarily not recognized by the Vespiquen, were small in number and difficult to survive. So when Johan proposed his idea, Snivy battled them.

Easy victory.

Then these four Combee accepted the "relocation" suggestion.

Though not many in number.

Having one female Combee meant extremely high potential for population growth.

When this female Combee evolved into Vespiquen, the entire Combee population would experience explosive growth.

The island’s "industry" had gained another addition.

After doing this and confirming the trio’s situation, Johan decided to return.

As for the trio...

Johan used "accompanying a spiritually wounded mother is an important mission" as the reason to "leave them to" Bewear.

Then under Bewear’s waving farewell paws.

Amid the trio’s "hoarse" farewells.

Johan fled from this "bear-infested" forest.

Night fell, in the cafeteria of Alola Pokémon School.

Mushroom soup gave off an enticing aroma.

"Home visits?!" ×5

The five kids’ exclamations came from the cafeteria.

Johan leisurely sipped the fragrant, rich soup made from Morelull mushrooms, nodding slightly:

"Right, only through home visits can I better understand you while also learning about your daily life situations, to create better, more suitable study plans."

The five kids looked at each other.

More or less, they all saw a bit of fear in each other’s eyes.

No student wasn’t afraid of home visits.

Even the best students feared teachers or parents might say something unexpected.

"Don’t be afraid, I’m just understanding your situations, not saying ’bad things’ about you." Johan smiled reassuringly.

"We’re afraid they’ll say some ’shocking’ things..." Sophocles mumbled quietly, with the others nodding in agreement.

But Johan had obviously already decided.

He said directly:

"Then let’s start with you, Sophocles. Tomorrow, tomorrow we’ll go to Ula’ula Island."

"Ah?!"

Chubby Sophocles nearly jumped from his chair, looking miserable: "Why start with me?"

The other kids immediately breathed sighs of relief.

As long as they weren’t first.

Thus.

After dinner, the five kids "fled" the cafeteria, each calling home to make "arrangements."

Johan immediately felt the joy of teacher home visits.

No wonder his teachers used to do home visits every semester - so this was the feeling.

On the way back to his lodging, he called Anabel again.

Asking her about information on the Aether Foundation.

"Aether Foundation?"

Anabel was slightly confused but quickly said:

"I’ll send you the materials later."

"The more secretive kind." Johan reminded.

Anabel paused, then replied again: "Alright."

As International Police, they naturally couldn’t ignore such a behemoth in the Alola region as the Aether Foundation.

Even Anabel’s "UB Task Force" inevitably needed to cooperate with the Aether Foundation when dealing with Ultra Beasts.

"Anabel, do you think the Aether Foundation is normal?" After hesitating for a while, Johan still asked this question.

For a moment, Anabel also fell silent.

Though she hadn’t had much time for in-depth investigation, if she had to say...

Seeing Anabel didn’t answer, Johan already understood.

"I see."

"Teacher Johan." Before hanging up, Anabel spoke again: "Perhaps you could go to Ula’ula Island and chat with Mr. Nanu."

Nanu, a retired International Police officer, now Island Kahuna of Ula’ula Island, with very rich experience and background, even having some connection with Boss Giovanni.

As one of the first to encounter Ultra Wormholes, plus his long residence in the Alola region, Nanu would probably understand the Aether Foundation better.

"I was going to go even if you didn’t mention it."

Johan smiled: "Don’t worry, I’m just investigating. Even if something really happens, I should be able to handle it."

With Bear God backing him up, he wasn’t afraid.

Unless the Aether Foundation could assemble another "Rainbow Rocket" lineup...

Thinking this, Johan shook his head.

Impossible, absolutely impossible, no one could be that unlucky!

Mm.

Regarding Johan’s words, Anabel naturally had complete confidence.

If even Teacher Johan couldn’t handle it, probably not many people in the entire Pokémon world could.

After hanging up, Anabel quickly sent materials about the Aether Foundation.

The materials from International Police were much more detailed than what the official website provided, even mentioning the Aether Foundation’s research into the "UB" existence and Ultra Wormholes.

"Just looking at these things, you can’t tell much. Still need to make house calls."

Returning to his lodging.

"Buzz! (‵‵)"

Buzzwole was still showing off its muscles.

"Buzz!" Dr. Burnet had taken off her white lab coat, even undoing her tight outfit and tying it around her waist, revealing a crisp gray tank top.

Learning Buzzwole’s method, she also flexed her minimal muscles.

Though she was a "weakling," having someone respond to it made Buzzwole very happy.

"Buzzwole, brought you something tasty."

Johan shook the bag in his hand. Besides mushroom soup and energy cubes, there was also the Honey Bewear had given him.

The Poké Balls at his waist opened, and his own Pokémon all rushed out together.

Then came their dinner time.

Johan emotionally touched his wallet.

Though only a day had passed, he really wanted to say Anabel’s budget approval was a bit slow, not having the proper Hoenn style at all.

"Teacher Johan!" Dr. Burnet looked somewhat excited, her cheeks slightly flushed: "Perhaps we’ll soon be able to develop special Poké Balls capable of capturing ’UBs’."

What was most troublesome about dealing with "UBs" or Ultra Beasts?

It was that even after defeating Ultra Beasts, there was no suitable way to contain them.

Having to wait for Ultra Wormholes to open, having enough opening time, and having Ultra Beasts conveniently defeated within the Ultra Wormhole range before sending them back...

This difficulty was harder than winning the lottery.

Moreover, these Ultra Beasts capable of passing through Ultra Wormholes were mostly very powerful, beyond ordinary trainers’ ability to handle.

Even the currently friendly Buzzwole - if Johan hadn’t defeated it earlier, where would this good behavior come from?

"Thank you for your hard work, Dr. Burnet." Johan said.

It seemed Beast Balls would soon be available.

"Thanks to you, Teacher Johan."

After speaking, Dr. Burnet left with today’s collected data and materials.

With Johan back, she didn’t need to continue watching Buzzwole.

"No need to see me out—"

Dr. Burnet left quickly.

Johan waved, opening his mouth to speak, but before he could ask his question, Dr. Burnet had disappeared from view.

"I wanted to ask if there would be bonuses..."

Sighing lightly.

Turning around, he saw his Pokémon, especially Gengar, Urshifu, and Dragonite, sneakily discussing something with Buzzwole.

"Buzz?"

Buzzwole seemed to hear something and looked especially excited.

But after just one call, Gengar pressed down its head, making a "shush" gesture, indicating it shouldn’t make noise.

Then several little ones looked at Johan in unison. When they noticed Johan was also watching them, they all quickly and uniformly turned back.

Gathering together, whispering quietly.

Buzzwole obviously lacked experience, occasionally glancing carefully at Johan, but was quickly pressed back by Gengar and Urshifu together, finally becoming more "behaved."

As their trainer, Johan could guess what they were discussing just by thinking with his toes.

Still hiding from him...

Johan looked at Ninetales.

"Oowoo~"

Nearby Ninetales’ tails gently spread, soon exhaling cold air that vaguely outlined Bewear’s silhouette.

Good grief, they really had guts.

However, Johan wasn’t worried about any accidents. His own Pokémon might not be able to handle Bewear, but Bewear couldn’t handle them either.

More importantly, he had established a good relationship with Bewear.

What he was thinking more about now was...

"When Buzzwole returns to Ultra Space later, it won’t develop a ’Gengar Outlaw Squad Ultra Space Branch,’ will it?"

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