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Chapter 349: The Grand Shrine Maiden, Nimo
Chapter 349: The Grand Shrine Maiden, Nimo
As the command was given, two Pokemon sprang into action.
The small and slime-like Slime, Nime, struggled to muster the water-attribute energy within its body, blowing countless bubbles at Shuang Naixian.
Shuang Naixian, on the other hand, gently shook her fingers.
Some of the watching trainers immediately recognized the move.
"It's the lucky Finger Wagging move!"
"I wonder which move that Shuang Naixian will use."
The Finger Wagging move was unique in that it had no power of its own and did not come with additional enhancing attributes. However, it could randomly produce one move out of all types of moves.
Many scholars who studied Pokemon moves had researched this peculiar move but had never discovered its underlying principles. In the end, they could only attribute it to divine favor.
Countless seemingly harmless bubbles filled the air, rushing toward Shuang Naixian.
She stood her ground, her small face determined as she continued to wag her fingers.
Suddenly, the finger-wagging stopped.
A sound like a silver bell, "Mama," escaped from Shuang Naixian's mouth.
Immediately after, countless Razor Leaves shot out from her side, meeting the bubbles head-on.
The two moves of different attributes collided in mid-air, and the fragile bubbles were effortlessly shredded by the sharp Razor Leaves.
The remaining intact leaves then rushed toward Slimebao in a swishing motion.
"Block it!" Nimo shouted upon seeing the breakthrough of the Bubble attack.
Slimey immediately curled into a ball, bracing itself to withstand the impact of the Razor Leaves.
"Well done! You held your ground!" Nimo's eyes lit up even brighter. "What an exciting battle! I'm all fired up now! Let's go again, Mr. Naoki! Get ready for our next attack! Slimey, use Water Gun!"
Naoki was momentarily lost for words as he watched the seemingly fragile Slime. He felt that Shuang Naixian could easily take it down with a single fairy-type move.
As for the other Pokemon...
Flapwing, Babu the Mudsdale, and Guler the Tauros... in comparison, Shuang the Sandslash was the only Pokemon that Slimebao might have a chance against.
Given this, it was all up to Nimo's luck.
After all, Shuang Naixian's probability of producing powerful moves had increased, but it wasn't guaranteed that she would always use formidable moves.
"Try Finger Wagging again," Naoki instructed.
"Mama!"
Shuang Naixian wagged her finger, and in response to the oncoming Water Gun, she produced the move 'Block'.
Shuang Naixian successfully blocked the attack.
"Oh no! We need to get serious now!" Nimo's fighting spirit only grew stronger. With one move missed, she immediately shouted for the next attack. "Slimey, get closer! Use Iron Tail!"
"Nime!"
Slime Treasure quickly scurried across the battlefield, moving closer to Shuang Naixian.
"Keep using Finger Wagging!" Naoki ordered, unperturbed by the situation.
"Mama," Shuang Naixian chirped and continued wagging her fingers.
The next moment, a terrifying water-based energy surrounded her.
In an instant, halo after halo appeared in the air.
Countless shimmering, bluish-white beams crisscrossed and shot out from Shuang Naixian's side, engulfing Slimey in a dazzling display of light.
This spectacle immediately caught the attention of some trainers.
Their eyes fixed on Shuang Naixian, and they murmured, "What move is that?"
"Hyper Beam?"
"No! It doesn't look like it! I've never seen a Pokemon use such a move before!"
Nimo's mouth hung open in a perfect 'O' shape.
The referee, one of the waiters, stepped forward to check on Slimey's condition and then announced, "Slimey is unable to battle! The winner of this match is Mr. Naoki!"
"Amazing!" Nimo showed no signs of disappointment from losing the battle.
Naoki offered an embarrassed yet polite smile. "One day, you'll get there too."
Excited, Nimo rushed over to ask, "What move did Shuang Naixian just use?"
Naoki shook his head, choosing not to reveal the information about Root Pulse. "I'm not entirely sure myself. The moves produced by Finger Wagging are completely random, and I've never encountered this one before today."
The surrounding trainers who overheard this were not surprised at all, as Finger Wagging sometimes produced moves that even they had never seen before.
They could only marvel at Shuang Naixian's incredible luck.
Naoki secretly breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that no one was paying attention to them. But then, a thought struck him—was he being a little too hard on this little girl?
With a smile, he asked, "Nimo, would you like to continue the battle?"
The battle maniac, Nimo, readily agreed. "Yes, yes!"
Nimo sent out Nightshade, while Naoki gave Guler a subtle signal.
Guler immediately understood and ran up on stage to put on an act with Naoki.
After a few rounds, Guler was struck by Night Spirit's critical attack, its slow movements rendering it unable to dodge, and it lay on the ground, motionless and unable to battle.
Nimo instantly realized what had happened.
Her eyes widened, and she wore an expression of disbelief. "Mr. Naoki, you too?!
Naoki remained unfazed. "It's because Nimo is too strong."
The surrounding trainers gradually dispersed, as another powerful trainer began a battle.
As the crowd thinned out, Nimo took out Gooey's Poke Ball and released it.
Gooey had already opened its eyes, but it looked very weak.
Naoki handed the sheep's milk to Nimo, letting her feed it to Gooey.
After drinking the milk, Gooey's injuries began to heal at a visible rate.
Seeing this, Nimo's eyes widened in shock: "Wow, that's amazing!"
Naoki grinned: "Amazing, right? This is a specialty from my ranch! No matter how badly a Pokemon is injured, as long as it drinks a bottle, it'll recover immediately."
"Wow!" Nimo, still a young child, was immediately drawn to the miraculous effects of the sheep's milk.
Just then, Kadriya's voice came from behind:
"Was it this sheep's milk that healed Addeck's Fire Moth?"
Naoki turned around to see Kadriya and her two companions standing nearby, watching them.
Kadriya, Wan Long, and Shi Rona all looked curious.
Wan Long smiled apologetically: "Sorry, we didn't mean to eavesdrop, but we were standing behind the garden and accidentally overheard."
"No worries," Naoki said with a smile, taking the opportunity to promote his products to the champion trainers: "If you need any in the future, feel free to order from my ranch."
Addeck was a living billboard, and the effects of the sheep's milk spoke for themselves.
"Interesting," Kadriya said, showing interest: "I've never seen this kind of sheep's milk before."
Naoki smiled: "It's the only one of its kind in the world!"
After all, gathering the ingredients, such as the green grass cake, fruit juice milk, and World Tree leaves, was extremely difficult for others, almost impossible.
"You're a ranch owner?" Kadriya shifted her attention from the sheep's milk to Naoki.
Naoki nodded: "That's right."
Wan Long asked curiously: "Then why did Addeck say you're a champion?"
Whenever this topic came up, Naoki felt helpless.
He could accept being called a trainer, since he had been training his Pokemon recently, but being called a champion was something he couldn't acknowledge, unless he took the champion exam and passed, but that would be pointless.
Naoki didn't know what Addeck was thinking.
After a moment's thought, he explained: "Maybe Addeck misunderstood something."
Hearing this, Wan Long and Kadriya nodded and didn't press the issue further.
However, Shi Rona asked with interest: "Where is your ranch, and what's its name?"
This was something Naoki could answer! Shi Rona could become a potential customer!
Naoki immediately perked up: "Padeia region, Zhenqin town, Naoki Ranch!"
"I'll remember it," Shi Rona said with a smile.
The three trainers didn't linger, exchanging greetings before leaving.
The garden was now empty, except for Naoki and Nimo.
Naoki wanted to say something to Nimo, but when he turned around, he saw that she looked unhappy.
Naoki was taken aback: "What's wrong?"
Nimo looked up at the adults in the distance, who were laughing and chatting, and muttered: "I don't like this place."
Naoki was surprised, and the nearby Pokemon looked at Nimo.
"Is it because the adults are drinking?" Naoki asked.
"No," Nimo said, looking dejected: "Everyone always goes easy on me in battles because of my identity, and they always lose to me on purpose."
"But I'm still me, and I don't want to be treated differently because of my identity. I want to be like everyone else... When you fought me seriously earlier, I was really happy, but then you became like everyone else."
Naoki: "......"
He coughed lightly and explained: "Actually, I was worried that others would think I was bullying a kid, and I didn't mean to go easy on you."
Although Nimo was a young lady from a wealthy family, her carefree and straightforward personality made it hard for others to treat her like a noble.
Hearing this, Nimo immediately turned around: "Really?"
"Of course, it's true!" Naoki nodded: "And no matter whether it's me or the other trainers here, we're all much older than you."
"When you reach our age, you'll definitely become a powerful trainer, and maybe we won't even be your match."
Nimo listened intently to these words.
After a moment, her eyes sparkled again, and her face filled with determination: "I'll become a great trainer!"
Naoki smiled and nodded: "Go for it!" The future Padeia champion.
Nimo returned to her lively self: "Naoki, let's battle again!"
Naoki felt a headache coming on.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the banquet.
Adair, Jubei, and Nimo's father, Nicarl, were discussing their experiences with raising daughters.
Seeing that the time was right, Adair handed over the plan he had been holding.
Nicarl's face showed surprise when he saw it: "What's this?"
Adair: "A friend asked me to give this to you. Please take a look."
Friend? Nicarl was a bit surprised, but he didn't decline. He opened the plan in front of Adair and Jubei.
At first glance, he saw a device that resembled a Rotom, drawn in pencil.
Nicarl read out the name on it: "Rotom Phone?"
"Rotom Phone?" Jubei, who was standing nearby, also showed a surprised expression: "What's that thing?"
He had only heard of Rotom refrigerators and Rotom washing machines, which were household appliances.
"I'm not very clear about it either. It's written here," Nicarl said, focusing his attention and continuing to read.
A fully intelligent touchscreen phone, a built-in Pokemon encyclopedia app, real-time communication with friends through the network, connecting trainers from all over the world, enabling video communication, takeout, navigation, online shopping, and other functions...
It could also put a Rotom into this phone device as a smart AI, using voice commands to help traveling trainers navigate, locate, view maps, and query Pokemon encyclopedias...
Nicarl became more and more serious as he read.
As the boss of the Rotom Technology Company, which was already developing communication devices like videophones, Nicarl immediately understood the content of this plan.
If this technology could really be implemented, it would have boundless prospects!
In the future, when the information age arrived... this Rotom smartphone would have an immeasurable future and status!
Nicarl's heart suddenly became excited, and he hastily asked: "Who wrote this plan?!"
"Ah?" Seeing Nicarl's reaction, Adair was a bit surprised. He hadn't expected Zhishu's thing to immediately catch the attention of this big boss.
Nicarl felt that the future of the world was in his hands, and he was so excited that he could hardly breathe: "I want to meet him! Please, Adair!"
"Huh?" Adair scratched his head and said truthfully: "You've already met him!"
Met him? Nicarl was slightly stunned, but then his brain flashed back to the young figure who had just been following Adair.
Meanwhile, Zhishu was secretly observing Wataru with Nimo.
They were hiding behind the garden on the courtyard, watching Wataru's figure from a distance.
Wataru was standing in front of a neatly trimmed bush, his arms crossed, his face firm and serious, as if thinking about something.
He was wearing a very fashionable cloak, with half of his body shrouded in shadow, looking both handsome and cool.
Wataru hadn't attended this kind of banquet before, so Nimo was very curious and asked: "Mr. Zhishu, do you know that person?"
Zhishu nodded: "He's called Wataru, the Dragon King of the Kanto region, and also the champion of Kanto. He's very good at using Dragon-type Pokemon."
"Wow!" Nimo exclaimed, looking at Zhishu and then at Wataru, and asked: "Mr. Zhishu, do you want to talk to him?"
Zhishu thought carefully and then shook his head: "Not really. I heard that his ace Pokemon is also a Dragonite. I want to have a friendly battle with him to see how much my Dragonite's strength differs from the champion's."
"Battle?" Nimo's attention was immediately drawn, and she asked expectantly: "Will Mr. Zhishu use his full strength?"
"Probably," Zhishu said, "but I don't know how to approach him... If I challenge him and get rejected, it'll be too embarrassing."
After all, in Wataru's eyes, he was just an unknown trainer.
Nimo listened to this and immediately turned into a social butterfly, enthusiastically saying: "Then I'll help you!"
Before Zhishu could respond, Nimo rushed out, shouting loudly: "Hey! Big brother over there, come and have a Pokemon battle with us!"
Zhishu: "!!"
Ah, no!
But it was too late, Nimo's voice was very loud, and the surrounding wealthy people and trainers all looked over.
Zhishu painfully covered his face, feeling like he was about to suffocate.
Young Nimo was too much of a social butterfly...
But at this point, there was no way to turn back.
He took a deep breath and slowly followed Nimo's footsteps, walking out under Wataru's slightly surprised gaze.
(End of Chapter)
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