Pokemon: Spiritual Master-Chapter 695: Island Construction (Two-in-One - )

The next day.

"Haha!"

Johan excitedly pulled up his fishing rod, looking at the Arrokuda hanging from the hook with a satisfied smile.

This was a Pokémon discovered and registered in the Galar region’s Pokédex. It looked like a dart, hence its name, with three tail fins that resembled a propeller.

Arrokuda was a Rush Pokémon with pure Water-type attributes. It had extremely fast speed in water, and its evolved form Barraskewda could exceed 100 knots in speed.

However, Arrokuda had very poor eyesight, so their hunting mostly relied on luck.

At the same time, although Arrokuda were fast, it was only their straight-line speed. If they had to turn corners, they would become very slow, making them one of the Pokémon that Cramorant most enjoyed swallowing and spitting out.

"Although not particularly precious, at least it’s not Magikarp."

Johan was overjoyed.

Good luck!

"This water area indeed has very abundant resources."

Before he could finish his thoughts, Johan caught a second Arrokuda, then a third, fourth, fifth, sixth...

"No way."

Johan didn’t believe it and cast his hook again.

He had thought it was beginner’s luck in the early morning, but had he actually hit an Arrokuda nest?

On the other side.

Gengar sat under a tree with its complete tea set arranged on the table, the kettle bubbling with hot steam.

"Ka-kaah~Ka-kaah~"

Humming a little tune, it leisurely began boiling and brewing tea.

Of course, the main attraction was the newly acquired tea set—Polteageist and two Sinistea.

Regarding this, Polteageist and Sinistea appeared quite calm, or rather, even a bit excited.

They couldn’t even remember how long they had been in that sunken ship, only knowing it had been ages since they had experienced the "baptism" of tea water.

They were looking forward to it...

Soon, Gengar fulfilled their expectations.

Gengar tossed Energy Root with a slightly bitter taste into Polteageist, then poured in boiling water. Immediately, the characteristic bitter and astringent aroma of Energy Root filled Polteageist completely.

Tap tap tap tap—

The pot lid suddenly started shaking as the purple figure inside Polteageist seemed to realize something was wrong and struggled to escape.

This wasn’t tea! This was Energy Root!

Gengar calmly pressed its finger on the lid, silently counting the time.

"Ka-kaah!"

About right!

Gengar confidently picked up the teapot and poured it into the Sinistea.

Soon, two steaming cups of Energy Root tea were brewed.

The purple fatty gently moved its finger, pushing one cup in front of the Skwovet leader.

"Skwo?"

Skwovet looked at the tea with interest. Gengar had already picked up the other cup and gently blew on it.

Blow—

Then it slowly took a sip.

Smack smack smack... hmm?

It seemed quite tasty, apparently better than before!

Seeing Gengar had already taken a sip, Skwovet immediately put away its suspicious expression, held the teacup and imitated Gengar’s actions, blowing once, then taking a sip...

"Skwo... Skwo!"

Skwovet’s eyes widened as it wanted to spit it out, but met Gengar’s teasing gaze and forcibly held it back.

Then you could see Skwovet’s face gradually change from its original reddish-brown to white, then slowly to green, and finally to gray. Its eyes rolled back as it collapsed on the table, foaming at the mouth, with its little feet still twitching.

"Ka-kaah~" Gengar curled its lip.

Still a leader? Acting tough in front of this old man? You’re not up to it~

It blew on the tea again and took another sip, feeling it tasted better and better the more it drank.

This treasure was truly worth finding~

"What happened to it?"

Johan gave up fishing and walked back with his rod, seeing the Skwovet leader collapsed on the table foaming at the mouth.

Gengar gestured toward the Sinistea on the table.

"Normal-type Pokémon are immune to Ghost-type moves, aren’t they?" Johan looked puzzled.

Sinistea shouldn’t be able to cause any harm to Skwovet, right?

Moreover, these two Sinistea and even Polteageist combined probably didn’t have levels as high as this Skwovet.

Gengar shrugged.

"Ka-kaah~"

Exactly~

Speaking, it brewed another cup for Johan, handing over the Sinistea.

Johan’s expression immediately changed as he waved his hand:

"Cough, I’ll pass. I still need to dig trees and try to bring back as many berry trees as possible at once."

Whether it was Sinistea’s tea that tasted bad and drained energy, or Polteageist’s brewed tea that was supposedly very flavorful, Johan had no interest in trying either.

How to put it...

Wasn’t this like drinking Sinistea and Polteageist’s "bath water"?

He wasn’t Lance—he wasn’t into that.

As they say, light fishing brings joy, heavy fishing harms the body. After catching more than ten Arrokuda, Johan gave up and dove back into the berry grove on the plains, huffing and puffing as he started digging saplings.

Worth mentioning.

In the Pokémon world, work efficiency was indeed high.

With Pokémon assistance, in just two short days, they had organized the originally chaotic berry grove quite well.

They obtained many berry saplings of various sizes, plus one extremely rare "Miraculous Berry."

Considering that berry sapling transplantation should be done sooner rather than later, Johan bid farewell to the wild Pokémon of Ballimere Lake plains and the Skwovet in the afternoon, returning to Crown Tundra.

"When you have time, go to Slumbering Weald."

Calyrex took Spectrier’s reins from Gengar’s hands.

These past few days had been quite enjoyable riding it, and it didn’t insist on taking Spectrier back.

At worst... when it needed help in the future, it could just call Spectrier to assist, right?

Calyrex still had part of its original power remaining in Spectrier that it hadn’t taken back. Only by gathering both its beloved horses could Calyrex’s power return to normal.

As for its peak... that would probably be difficult to see again.

Without sufficient "faith power," Calyrex’s strength could hardly return to when it was the King of Galar.

"Slumbering Weald?" Johan raised an eyebrow.

Slumbering Weald was located in the southern mountain forests of Crown Tundra, but was blocked by continuous mountain ranges and glaciers. Even flying there from Crown Tundra would be very difficult.

Because Slumbering Weald wasn’t just in the mountains—it was perpetually shrouded in thick fog, famously easy to get lost in.

The only relatively good route into Slumbering Weald was through Wedgehurst.

Others might not know what was in Slumbering Weald, but Johan knew clearly.

The two legendary heroes of Galar, Zacian and Zamazenta, slumbered in Slumbering Weald.

Combined with what Calyrex had told him about its deeds...

When Eternatus created the "Darkest Day" back then, it probably allied with Zacian and Zamazenta.

Now asking Johan to visit Slumbering Weald when he had the chance...

Was it sensing signs of Eternatus awakening?

"Yes, for your Tinkaton..." Calyrex looked at Tinkaton nearby: "It should be quite helpful."

Tinkaton?

Johan also looked at his hammer girl.

The little one was holding her hammer like a detector, looking around with her head raised, seemingly wondering if a big bird would appear in the sky.

This was about having hammer girl "hammer" the rusty sword and shield?

Johan seemed to understand Calyrex’s meaning.

In Pokémon Special, the protagonist Souji, as a master blacksmith, had significant connections to the rusty sword and shield.

Moreover, both Zacian and Zamazenta were Steel-type Pokémon.

"If I have the chance, I’ll go." Johan nodded without much hesitation.

For things beneficial to his Pokémon, now that his strength had improved, he was willing to try.

After all, he’d experienced the Hoopa incident and seen so many legendary Pokémon. As long as he didn’t encounter those super-scale legendaries like Eternatus or Necrozma, Johan had some confidence.

Even with Eternatus...

As long as he could find the rusty sword and shield and awaken Zacian and Zamazenta, dealing with Eternatus shouldn’t be a big problem.

As for now...

He needed to go back first and plant those hard-won berry saplings before the success rate of transplantation decreased over time.

"If you have the chance, you can also visit Hoenn." Johan extended an invitation.

If Calyrex could visit his island, the resource growth on the island would probably get a super boost.

Regarding Johan’s invitation, Calyrex didn’t refuse.

However...

Leading Spectrier, it sighed softly.

"Although this king’s subjects no longer remember this king, this king still considers itself their king. Protecting them is a king’s responsibility."

Seeing Eternatus becoming increasingly active, with Galar particles even reaching Crown Tundra, how could Calyrex be willing to leave the Galar region that needed it most at this time?

Hearing this, Johan sighed inwardly, somewhat admiring Calyrex’s sense of responsibility.

Indeed, this cabbage head was worthy of being the King of Galar.

After bidding farewell to Calyrex again, Johan found the Butterfree colony they had previously agreed upon.

After several days of consideration, the Butterfree had also made their decision.

They entrusted Johan with taking away three Butterfree, five Metapod, and seven Caterpie, while the Butterfree leader and the remaining Butterfree, Metapod, and Caterpie chose to stay in the land that had born and raised them.

This was the classic strategy of not putting all eggs in one basket.

Although they had witnessed Johan’s strength and felt his goodwill, they still felt some apprehension about unknown places.

Johan didn’t force them and stated that he might return next time, bringing the Butterfree that had lived with him for a while. Then they could make another choice.

With that...

Johan, with abundant gains, returned to Hoenn with Flint and his Pokémon.

August 3rd, sunny weather.

After getting off the plane and resting briefly at the café, he took his Pokémon and his "laborer" Flint straight to the island.

Although he’d only been away for a few days, the island’s appearance had changed significantly.

The originally barren island was now covered with a thin layer of green grass.

Lush and green.

From a distance, you could feel the vigorous life force emanating from the island.

"Excellent." Johan looked pleased. "The Gogoat and Dugtrio have worked hard."

The scene before him proved that the island had completed its most basic transformation and was now suitable for vegetation growth.

The ground left by solidified lava was rich in minerals but too hard, obviously unsuitable for plant roots to grow. With the Dugtrio’s diligent cultivation, these solid lava stones had become extremely nutrient-rich soil.

If this weren’t the Pokémon world, completing such transformation would undoubtedly be very troublesome and difficult. But in the Pokémon world, not only was the transformation completed, it also seemed not very difficult.

The Gogoat covering the entire soil with grass further verified the island’s current soil environment.

Besides the grass...

The pit previously dug by Dragonite and the others in the island’s center was now filled with a pool of fresh water.

This way, the most basic water source needed for living was satisfied.

By releasing some gentle Water-type Pokémon into the pond, they wouldn’t have to worry about stagnant water.

Getting off the aircraft.

Johan took out all his "gains" from this Crown Tundra trip.

This included Pokémon: three Butterfree, five Metapod, seven Caterpie, six Applin, and of course the tea set "conquered" by Gengar—one Polteageist and two Sinistea didn’t count.

Adding the two Dugtrio and two Gogoat already here...

The number of Pokémon living on the island had broken into double digits and exceeded twenty!

Besides Pokémon, there were also numerous plants, especially berry tree saplings.

Specifically: one "Miraculous Berry," five Oran Berry saplings, two Pecha Berry saplings, seven Rawst Berry saplings, ten Oran Berry and Sitrus Berry saplings each, three Nanab Berry saplings, five each of Pinap, Razz, Bluk, Nanab, and Wepear Berry saplings.

Plus mature berry trees dug from his own garden: three each of Oran, Rawst, Pecha, Persim, Lum, and Leppa Berries.

In total, they would plant eighty berry trees!

"Big project!"

Watching Gengar take them out one by one from its shadow, Johan couldn’t help sighing.

But besides sighing about the big project, Johan felt more joy and satisfaction.

Finally...

Finally, he was really farming!

Eighty berry trees weren’t large by farm standards.

Many farms had berry trees counted in the "hundreds."

Like Elder Fukuji’s farm, the berries were said to be counted in the "thousands."

That was a truly large farm.

Only such farms could support high-consumption trainers like Johan.

However, although it couldn’t compare to those large farms, these eighty berry trees, once fully mature, would produce enough berries to greatly reduce Johan’s financial burden.

Moreover, the island was so large that they could continue planting and expanding. One day, the island’s berry production would not only satisfy his and his Pokémon’s needs but even have surplus to sell.

This was always a very good start.

"Gengar, move ’Calyrex’ to the lakeside in the island’s center."

Johan began directing everyone to action.

"Ka-kaah~!"

After Calyrex recovered part of its strength, the power it applied to the wood carving had also become stronger.

Now, even placing the carving in the island’s center, the power from the "King of Bountiful Harvests" could cover the entire island even across great distances.

Gengar picked up the carving from the cultivated farmland and placed it beside the lake.

Then, while Johan called everyone to start planting trees, he walked to the island’s center.

Not far from Calyrex’s carving, he dug a pit and took out the "Miraculous Berry."

According to Elder Fukuji’s knowledge, for berries with high nutritional and environmental requirements, planting the entire fruit would be a good choice.

As for processes like drying seeds, soaking, and germination, the special nature of berries allowed skipping these steps.

"Hope it can grow."

After gently stroking the "Miraculous Berry," Johan placed it in the pit and covered it with soil.

Then he took out his prepared Squirtle watering can and sprinkled some water, moistening the soil.

Whether it could grow depended on whether the island’s conditions could satisfy its growth factors.

"Calyrex, please watch over it." Johan smiled and spoke to the carving.

Hum—

The Calyrex carving faintly glowed with crystalline green light, as if saying—as you wish.

After planting the most important "Miraculous Berry," Johan turned and joined the berry sapling transplantation.

It was now summer with high temperatures and strong sun, honestly not a good time for transplantation.

However, these problems could be overcome to some extent.

Sapling transplantation was much simpler than digging, at least without worrying too much about root damage.

Even...

With help from Calyrex’s carving and the Gogoat, several berry saplings in good condition had their originally withered leaves recover at visible speed.

While planting, Johan also comforted the Pokémon who were somewhat uncomfortable with the environment.

Especially the six Applin.

The Butterfree group, although in a new environment, had been briefed by Johan in advance, so they calmed down quickly.

But the six Applin, facing this island with fertile soil but still looking somewhat barren despite having eighty berry trees planted, seemed somewhat cramped and afraid.

They huddled together inside their apples.

Anyone not knowing would think they had harvested a pile of apples.

Fortunately, Johan was professional in communicating with and comforting Pokémon.

Combined with food temptation, a safe environment, and Johan’s kind guidance, the six Applin finally slowly ended their disguise and tentatively observed their surroundings.

Johan had already checked—among these six Applin, four had the "Ripen" ability, while the other two had the "Gluttony" ability. None had hidden abilities.

Because the "Gluttony" ability meant relatively high food demands.

So Johan had decided that if conditions allowed future Applin evolution, the four with "Ripen" would evolve into Flapple and Appletun, maintaining the "Ripen" ability.

The other two with "Gluttony" would evolve toward Dipplin and Hydrapple.

They could serve as the main force for breeding Applin colonies while taking on certain island protection duties.

With berry saplings planted, it was foreseeable that when these saplings matured and began bearing fruit, they would inevitably attract coveting from some wild Pokémon.

Whether flying in the sky or swimming in the sea, both were possible.

Johan couldn’t stay on the island long-term as a guard—his teaching duties and Champion goal wouldn’t give him such ample time.

By then, the island would need certain self-defense capabilities.

Butterfree could be one choice, and future Hydrapple would be another good option. He might invite more wild Pokémon to live on the island in the future, gradually expanding.

However, one thing was certain.

Before the island was completely self-sufficient, he would need to invest more resources and funds.

But once they got through this "development" period, the pressure would drop sharply.

"The question is how to survive..."

Even if he wouldn’t train the island’s Pokémon like Gengar and Ninetales, basic diet still needed to be satisfied, right?

Twenty-plus Pokémon, even just basic daily meals, would be a considerable expense each day.

"I originally wanted to raise some Miltank, Mareep, and such to expand into animal husbandry, but now it seems I’ll have to wait."

If the burden was too heavy, he couldn’t handle it either.

He just didn’t know how long his current savings would last.

Pushing aside complex thoughts, he planted another berry sapling, covered it with soil, and sprinkled water.

Johan clapped his hands and wiped sweat from his forehead.

Looking around...

He saw Snivy standing silently by the lake.

With gentle breeze, the lake surface sparkled.

Vaguely, Johan seemed to see some special connection forming between Snivy and the "Miraculous Berry" just planted at its feet.

Hmm?

Aura spread.

Johan could see that connection more clearly.

It seemed that from Snivy’s body, a Grass-type energy was flowing through root tendrils extending from its feet, gradually injecting into the just-planted "Miraculous Berry."

At the same time, energy was slowly emanating from the "Miraculous Berry" and being absorbed by Snivy’s root tendrils.

This was somewhat beyond Johan’s understanding.

What was this doing?

Establishing a connection with the "Miraculous Berry" or future "giant tree" in advance?

Because of Snivy’s "Blessing of the Forest"?

However, seeing that Snivy wasn’t losing out and was even benefiting, Johan didn’t interfere.

Although the "Miraculous Berry" and its future tree might be rare and precious, compared to his own Pokémon... that seemed insignificant.

Besides, Johan didn’t think Snivy’s actions would cause him much loss. This seemed more like mutually beneficial cooperation.

Both sides could benefit.

The only difference was that Snivy might experience some fatigue in the short term.

But probably sleeping would restore it.

"Could this be why these ’Miraculous Berry’ trees are so difficult to cultivate?" Johan felt he was vaguely grasping something.

This could be a research direction.

"Wait."

However, before Johan could be happy long, he suddenly realized.

"Never mind other things, this way... Snivy’s demand for energy, more precisely for food, has increased?"

Great.

You two have mutual benefit and mutual promotion, but the one paying is my wallet!

Johan pouted. After observing for a while and confirming Snivy was fine, he decided out of sight, out of mind.

"Right! My curry!"

Johan suddenly reacted.

He’d been busy dealing with those two Galar particles’ Dynamax and forgotten there was still curry cooking in the pot!

Crown Tundra, Crown Temple.

Calyrex, leading Glastrier, was slowly clearing temple ruins, especially cleaning the stables.

It suddenly looked up.

Frowning.

Two red particle beams streaked across Crown Tundra’s sky.

As an "old opponent," Calyrex knew this was the power of that meteorite from outer space—Eternatus.

Just after awakening, it had sensed that the entire Galar region was filled with Eternatus’s energy, just not as concentrated as these two dark red beams.

"This king’s subjects..."

It didn’t know if its subjects were affected by Eternatus, whether they lived in dire straits.

But halfway through this sentence, Calyrex smiled self-mockingly.

No one remembered it anymore—where were its so-called "subjects"?

The Galar particles streaked past, falling on the distant giant tree hill.

"Neighhhh——"

Glastrier suddenly became restless, hooves pacing back and forth, seemingly sensing Spectrier’s power, and...

"Indeed."

Calyrex’s eyes also brightened slightly.

"Johan’s Gengar can indeed control Spectrier and gain part of Spectrier’s power."

It had actually noticed early on the possibility of "fusion" between Gengar and Spectrier.

This was why it wasn’t eager to reclaim Spectrier and let Johan and Gengar take Spectrier out together.

On one hand, it wanted to repay Johan and Gengar for their help.

On the other hand, it wanted to verify its inner speculation.

Facts proved its guess was correct.

Whoosh—

A large sailing ship rode the wind and waves, approaching the island.

Drake, wearing a wide captain’s coat, looked at the transformed island with some surprise in his eyes.

This island... Johan had really developed it? And so quickly planted so many things?

"Salamence!"

Riding Salamence, Drake came to the island.

Stepping on the soft soil covered with thin grass, smelling the faint floral fragrance, Drake’s surprised expression grew stronger.

"Johan, you really have the potential to be a farm owner." Drake laughed loudly, walking toward the busy Johan.

Johan, who had long noticed the ship approaching, smiled without stopping his work: "Yes, Elder Fukuji said I’m naturally suited for this work. He even regretted not meeting me earlier, otherwise he would have passed down his legacy to me."

This made Drake laugh even louder.

"Flower cakes?" Seeing the items on the table, his eyes lit up.

He casually grabbed one and stuffed it in his mouth, while taking out four red and white Poké Balls.

Looking at those Poké Balls, Johan immediately put down his work and asked with some surprise:

"Lotad?"

Gulp—

Drake swallowed the flower cake and drank several sips of freshly squeezed berry juice before saying with satisfaction:

"Right. What you applied for—I got them for you immediately."

Johan immediately threw out the Poké Balls.

Four Lotad appeared on the ground.

Being Pokémon bred in League breeding houses, they weren’t shy. After observing for a while, they happily ran toward the pond in the island’s center.

Lotad were Water and Grass-type Water Weed Pokémon with blue bodies and bright green lily pads on their backs.

This was a species that greatly preferred clean water and also had certain water purification functions. The lily pads on their backs had anti-pollution properties, reducing dust entering the pond.

Upon entering the water, the four Lotad immediately floated leisurely, looking very satisfied.

Seeing this, Johan smiled with satisfaction and looked at Drake again.

"However, having a Four Kings member like you make a special trip for such a small matter?"

Then another person squeezed over.

"Teacher Johan, save some for me." Speaking, he reached out to grab several flower cakes and picked up a cup of berry juice.

"Who are you?" Drake asked.

"Me?" After eating the flower cake, "I’m Flint!"

Drake looked at the dark-skinned Flint, that still familiar red explosive hair, and immediately understood that Flint had been working as Johan’s laborer. His mouth twitched: "Nonsense, Flint isn’t as handsome as you."

"Really?" Flint touched his cheek, believing it: "Hey, I just got a bit tanned recently."

Johan pressed his lips, holding back laughter.

These past few days, Flint had indeed contributed considerably.

Drake wasn’t so considerate, laughing heartily until Flint was confused.

After laughing, he answered Johan’s earlier question.

"It’s not a special trip, I just happened to be nearby."

Pausing, he became more serious: "But I’m also here representing the League to tell you—preparations are about ready. Choose a time soon and begin."

Preparations?

The Champion’s Path!

Johan understood.

But seeing Drake’s expression more eager than his own...

Drake, even if I clear the "Champion’s Path," you still can’t retire.

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