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Chapter 270: Blooming Results
Chapter 270: Blooming Results
The process of making these flower cakes was not complicated, but there was only one Moon-Bathed Rose, and so many Pokemon on the ranch, not nearly enough to share.
To ensure every Pokemon could have a taste, Naoki headed back to the glass greenhouse and picked a whole basin full of edible flowers, nearly stripping the house bare.
This made the Butterfree and Combee watching from the side nearly tear up, their eyes forlorn as they gazed at the plucked petals.
Naoki: "..."
Reaching the end of its evolution, the nearby Garchomp wore a smile as it watched this unfold. With a gentle lift of its hand, the bare stems once again burst into a colorful display of blooming flowers.
The attention of the Butterfree and Combee was immediately captured by this display, and they looked at Garchomp with adoring eyes.
"Hui Yi!" So amazing!
"Weng!"
Garchomp remained unmoving in the face of the Combee and Butterfree's exclamations, its posture elegant as it sat on the wrought iron tea seat. In the admiring gazes of the Pokemon, it calmly picked up a cup of tea, bringing it to its lips for a gentle sip.
This gesture only served to further elevate the admiration the Butterfree and Combee felt for this incredible Pokemon capable of making flowers bloom.
They flew to Garchomp's side, circling it happily.
Seeing this, Naoki breathed a sigh of relief.
It was truly a blessing to have Garchomp around.
He nodded gratefully at Garchomp and then carried the flowers back to the kitchen.
"Ai Yi?"
His sister, Ai Guanshi, looked at the flowers in the basket curiously and asked if he needed any help.
Naoki shook his head. "I can handle it. Besides, this is my first time making this kind of snack, so I'm not sure if I'm doing it right. I need to figure it out as I go."
To make the flower cakes, he would first have to make rose petal jam for the filling.
However, the roses needed to be placed in a container to ferment for a month before they could be turned into jam.
This meant that, for now, he couldn't make the flower cakes.
After some thought, Naoki decided to start with the rose petal jam.
He plucked the petals from the flowers, washed them, and set them aside to dry. Once the moisture had evaporated, he added white sugar and kneaded the mixture until it became sticky.
Next, he placed the mixture into transparent glass jars, poured a layer of honey on top to seal it, and finally sealed the jars to allow the petals to ferment.
Naoki made three jars of rose petal jam.
When he looked down, the information about the jam appeared in his mind.
[Unfinished Rose Petal Jam: Made from freshly bloomed rose petals, this jam needs 30 more days to ferment.]
"As I thought, the fermentation time is thirty days," Naoki murmured.
He placed the jars of jam in a cool, dark corner of the kitchen, letting them ferment naturally.
Then, Naoki took out the frozen Reverse World Water from the refrigerator.
He thawed the ice, boiled it in a pot, and poured it into a teapot to brew some tea.
There were three types of Reverse World cuisine: Heart, Body, and Technique.
To calm the irritable Giratina's temperament, he would need to focus on the "Heart."
After brewing three cups of red tea in succession, Naoki finally obtained what he sought.
[Reverse Red Tea - Heart (S)
: A red tea made with water from the rivers of the Reverse World and paired with tea leaves.
Dish Effect: Turns things inside out. After consumption, the hearts of humans and Pokemon will be reversed, transforming the kind into the evil, the evil into the kind, the timid into the brave, and the selfish into the generous.
Evaluation: Drink with caution!]
"Now, I just need to wait until tomorrow and mix it with the offerings for Giratina to drink," Naoki thought, planning his next steps.
First, he needed to reverse Giratina's temperament, and then he would bring Garchomp and Golett into that ruined world.
After that, they would search for suitable land to cultivate and plant the seeds, borrowing Garchomp's power to help them grow.
If the seeds could sprout, it would mean that the world could support plant life.
And with that, he could also complete the request Giratina had given him.
Transforming a destroyed world into a new world filled with floral scents and lush greenery would be a highly satisfying accomplishment for a rancher.
The next morning, after finishing their daily ranch work, Naoki shared his plan with Garchomp.
"That Pokemon lives in another world, a shadow world filled with floating islands, devoid of life, and permeated by a destructive aura."
"I accidentally stumbled into that world once and became acquainted with Giratina, who loves flowers. It asked me to plant some there.
Although the presence it sensed yesterday was fierce and powerful, a Pokemon that likes flowers can't be a bad Pokemon.
Seeing Reigus' agreement, Naoki was delighted. "Then I'm counting on you."
Out of caution, Naoki did not immediately enter the Reverse World.
He still remembered how Palkia had bombarded him with attacks for a full fifteen minutes in the past.
So, Naoki first brought the offerings mixed with Reverse Red Tea to the lake on the ranch.
Perhaps because Palkia was watching him from the other world, a purple vortex-like entrance appeared on the lake's surface as soon as Naoki arrived.
Naoki threw the offerings into the vortex and waited on the shore for a moment.
After a while, a voice suddenly came from the vortex:
"You may enter now, my friend."
The reversal was successful!
Naoki stood up, nodded to Reigus and Golurk, then rode on Golurk with Reigus following behind, and jumped into the purple vortex in front of him.
Inside the ruined space filled with floating islands.
A massive Pokemon with golden irises, a sacred pure white body, and blue stripes all over loomed slowly in the void.
"Pleased to meet you." The reversed Palkia revealed a "sinister smile."
Naoki: "..."
He was still a little uncomfortable with this friendly side of Palkia and pondered for a moment before speaking.
"Regarding the request you gave me to plant flowers here, I think I've found a way."
"Oh? Is that so?" Palkia's tone revealed a hint of surprise. "Do I need to do anything?"
Naoki shook his head, thinking that as long as they weren't attacked, the rest was up to them.
After receiving Palkia's permission, Naoki rode on Golurk, with Reigus following, to a smaller fragment-like floating island.
Palkia also floated behind them, its massive body hovering over the tiny island, its posture calm, and its gaze filled with curiosity as it watched Naoki's movements below.
"What do you plan to do? Are you going to dig like you did outside?" Palkia asked.
"That's called plowing," Naoki explained as he examined the soil below.
The soil on this floating island was reddish-brown and somewhat hard, clearly unsuitable for farming.
He dug a couple of times with a hoe, but the soil came out in clumps, making it impossible to plant anything.
After some thought, Naoki decided to enlist the help of a Pokemon. He asked Golurk to go to the ranch and fetch Diggersby.
"Agasa~" Golurk readily complied.
It flew back to the ranch as quickly as it could, and soon returned with Diggersby in tow.
"Chespin?!”
Upon seeing Palkia, Diggersby was startled by the terrifying aura emanating from its body and scurried behind Golurk, trembling in fear.
"Agasa..."
Golurk gave it an unspoken nudge.
Naoki explained, "Don't worry, it's fine. I asked you to come here because I want to ask you to till the soil here."
Hearing this, Diggersby cautiously peeked at Palkia,
"Chespin..."
Seeing that Palkia showed no signs of attacking, Diggersby's anxiety gradually eased.
Under the watchful eyes of the powerful Pokemon, it steeled itself and burrowed into the floating island, beginning to till the soil as it usually did.
As Diggersby worked, the soil on the floating island immediately softened at a visible rate.
"Now we can start planting." Naoki thought to himself.
This trip was just to verify if they could cultivate the land, so he hadn't brought many seeds, only a few leftover tree fruit pits.
However, just as he was about to bury the tree fruit seeds in the soil, Palkia's aura changed drastically.
Naoki turned and saw that Palkia's eyes had turned back to blood red, and the stripes on its body had returned to their original black and red color.
"Damn, the Reverse Red Tea's effect has worn off!" Naoki's heart skipped a beat, and he worried that Palkia might get angry.
However, the Palkia before him, though exuding a fierce and restless aura, neither spoke nor lashed out violently.
Naoki: "?"
Was Giratina pretending that the dish's effect hadn't worn off?!
Naoki was perplexed. What was this Pokemon up to? Giratina, of course, was aware of what the human before it had done.
Even though its temperament had been altered, it was still itself, retaining all the memories from before.
The first time it was reversed, even Giratina was startled when it voiced its true thoughts.
Thus, when the effect wore off, Giratina flew into a rage, entering an irritable state.
Giratina wasn't foolish; it knew that this human had come to fulfill its request from before.
To plant flowers on those floating islands.
And this time, Giratina was also eager to know if this place could truly blossom.
So, after the effect ended, to avoid frightening the human and his weak Pokemon, it pretended that the effect of the dish was still ongoing.
However, Giratina was unaware that its recovery had been exposed, nor did it know that its appearance and body color changed when its temperament altered.
Facing Giratina, who was putting on a straight face and acting as if it were still under the reversal's influence, Naoki was at a loss for words.
It was a rare occasion when the usually irritable Giratina didn't fly into a rage, so Naoki decided to play along and pretend he hadn't noticed anything.
He gave Golurk and Reuniclus a subtle signal, then turned back and buried the tree fruit pit into the softened soil.
Next, Naoki stepped aside, leaving the rest to Reuniclus.
The flower bud on Reuniclus's head shone with a blue light, and in the next second, the tree fruit seed buried in the soil grew rapidly.
With a flash of light, a tall tree fruit tree appeared before Naoki and the Pokemon.
Without sunlight or water, relying solely on Reuniclus's power, the tree fruit tree sprouted lush, verdant leaves, and its branches bore plump, ripe Pecha Berries.
"Success!" Naoki exclaimed inwardly.
The tree fruit tree had grown, signifying that this world could support plant life! Giratina's gaze was also drawn to the vibrant tree, its scarlet eyes transfixed on the sight.
Its domain, this world filled with desolation and destruction, had actually borne fruit! Giratina's heart was filled with a mix of complex emotions.
Since the beginning of time, it had been banished to this ruined world due to its violent temperament.
It felt anger, rage, and resentment, spinning endlessly in a world devoid of life, gazing through a watery portal at Arceus, who basked in the sunlight.
After countless millennia, everything eventually settled into calm.
Arceus and Dialga had left the mortal realm, retreating into the void.
And after experiencing a range of emotions, Giratina had come to accept this place as its domain, occasionally peering through the water to gaze at the sunlight, greenery, and flowers of another world.
Now, its world, too, boasted a vibrant, thriving tree.
Giratina's feelings were mixed as it turned away, quietly observing the human and his Pokemon, its thoughts unknown.
Naoki, however, didn't notice Giratina's expression. At that moment, his attention was entirely focused on the tree fruit tree before him.
To be precise, he was looking at the fruits hanging from the tree.
For he realized that these tree fruits were vastly different from the Pecha Berries he knew.
[Pecha Berry: A berry that is highly toxic. Consuming it will result in poisoning, but it is highly sought-after by certain Pokemon and holds great appeal for Poison-type Pokemon.]
Moreover, even the tree itself was unusual.
[Pecha Tree (Eternal)
: An ordinary Pecha tree influenced by antimatter, causing it to perpetually maintain its current state, neither withering nor growing, and never aging.]
"Wow!"
Witnessing this spectacle, Naoki couldn't help but exclaim in awe.
Now he truly understood what was meant by "the rules of the Reverse World are opposite to those of the real world."
(End of Chapter)
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