# Chapter 411: Cynthia's Invitation
Although Buneary was a Pokémon, it lived in Jubilife City and often interacted with human, so it naturally knew the use of money.
Excitedly, it buried its head in the box, smelling the scent of gold coins inside. It was already fantasizing about a future where it wouldn't have to worry about food or clothes.
Although the coins weren't worth much, the gold coins were!
Thinking this, Buneary picked up a few gold coins and stuffed them directly into the fluffy fur on its belly. Just then, a small hand grabbed it.
"That's mine! It's all mine!"
In the darkness, the small hand was icy cold. Buneary screamed in fright, the gold coins in its hand falling to the ground. It sat on the ground, kicking its feet and quickly backing away, wanting to get away from that terrifying box, but unexpectedly bumped right into a flower pot.
Transparent tendrils extended out like a ghost, instantly binding Buneary's limbs and lifting it into mid-air. A chilly sensation spread along its body.
"Hehehehe~~~"
"It's so late, what are you doing instead of sleeping? Those who don't sleep are bad children, and bad children must accept punishment! Punishment! Punishment..."
Terrifying laughter came from all directions. Buneary was so scared it wanted to faint on the spot, but somehow, it just couldn't faint.
As the coldness spread over its body, Buneary felt its strength gradually draining away.
"Miloo~ Miloo~~" I won't do it again, I really won't do it again!
At the same time, will-o'-wisps began to appear scattered throughout the house, floating back and forth with the echoing laughter.
Just then, a teapot and a teacup floated over unsteadily.
*Splash~~~*
A thin stream poured from the teapot, landing precisely in the teacup. Immediately after, a fragrant scent emanated from the teacup.
Under Buneary's terrified gaze, the teacup flew in front of it. It wanted to scream, but found that it couldn't make a sound no matter what. It could only watch helplessly as the teacup poured tea into its mouth, which it gulped down.
As soon as the tea entered its belly, Buneary saw scattered radiance emerge from its body and fall onto the teapot and teacup.
"Hehehehe~~~ Bad child, must be punished, must be punished..."
Joyful laughter came from the teapot and teacup. They seemed to have become more energetic, but Buneary felt like a sun-dried salted fish.
*Plop~~*
The transparent tendrils wrapped around it vanished, and Buneary fell to the ground. The teapot and teacup also disappeared, and the surroundings were terrifyingly quiet. If it weren't for having no strength left, it would have doubted if it was in a dream.
Well, now the food it stole was eaten for nothing.
Buneary propped itself up with its hands, trembling as it climbed up from the ground. Shaking, it returned to Max's Room and then buried itself in Max's warm embrace, clutching the clothes on Max's chest and shivering.
As soon as Buneary left, the entire house began to echo with the laughter of a successful scheme, with flickering light flashing everywhere.
Before long, several Ghost-type Pokémon appeared and tidied up the kitchen, which had been messed up by Buneary.
The next day, Hatterene woke up and finished making breakfast. When it opened the refrigerator, its face was full of confusion: "Huh? Why does it seem like a lot of things are missing from the refrigerator?"
Just then, Brock walked in to help. Seeing Hatterene searching in the refrigerator, he asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Chatot flapped its wings, landing lightly on his shoulder and translating, "Hatterene's dough, which it put in the refrigerator last night, is gone."
Last night, it was in Pheromosa's room, acting as a translation for its live stream channel fans all night.
"Maybe you remembered the wrong place?" Brock said. Bai Feng's refrigerator was quite large.
"Rim~ Rim~"
Hatterene shook its head.
Chatot: "Impossible, I remember clearly where I put it."
As soon as Chatot finished speaking, Gengar's figure suddenly appeared. It quietly whispered a few words into Hatterene's ear, and Hatterene immediately understood.
"Rim~ Rim~~"
Hatterene gave up searching for the dough.
Chatot took the opportunity to translate for it: "Never mind, let's eat noodles this morning!"
"Okay, I'll help."
Saying this, Hatterene and Brock got busy. After a while, Audino also came in to help.
When Max woke up in the morning, he patted the Buneary next to him and said, "Buneary, wake up, it's daytime!"
Buneary rolled over, mumbled weakly, and hugged a corner of the blanket, wanting to continue sleeping.
Max directly lifted it out of the quilt. "You went to bed so early last night, why are you still sleeping in?"
"Miloo~ Miloo~"
Buneary suddenly remembered its experience from last night. It couldn't fall asleep no matter what, but it just couldn't muster any energy. It could only shake its head weakly. Unfortunately, Max didn't understand what it was saying and pulled it into the washroom.
While eating breakfast, Bai Feng looked at Audino placing bowls of noodles in front of everyone and asked in confusion, "Hatterene, didn't you say we were having steamed buns this morning?"
Just then, Hatterene placed Bai Feng's noodles in front of him and whispered a few words in his ear. Bai Feng looked at the Buneary, who was acting cute towards Max and begging to be fed, with surprise, then chuckled and said:
"Never mind, noodles are good too. It's been a while since I had noodles."
After eating breakfast, May took Torchic, Beautifly, and the newly caught Rockruff to do special training for the Pokémon Contest. Brock also went to train Steelix. Ash Ketchum, meanwhile, continued to ask Bai Feng to take him to Jubilife City.
However, Bai Feng said, "Ash, no rush. I have a gift for you."
"What?" Ash Ketchum asked in confusion.
Bai Feng smiled and took out a box. When he opened it, he saw two identical green wristbands inside. One was inlaid with a Key Stone, and the other was inlaid with a Mega Stone.
When Ash Ketchum saw the things inside, he widened his eyes in disbelief. "Uncle... are these a Key Stone and a Mega Stone?"
Bai Feng nodded and said, "That's right, and the Mega Stone is for Gallade."
Hearing Bai Feng's words, Gallade's eyes immediately lit up.
"Uncle, are they really for me?" Ash Ketchum asked.
"Of course, hurry and try them with Gallade!" Bai Feng picked up the two wristbands and handed them to Gallade and Ash Ketchum respectively. The one with the Key Stone went to Ash Ketchum, and the one with the Mega Stone went to Gallade.
"Thank you, Uncle, you're too kind!"
Ash Ketchum and Gallade excitedly took the wristbands, put them on their wrists, and then the person and the Pokémon looked at each other, a smile appearing in their eyes.
"Gallade!"
Ash Ketchum loudly called out to Gallade.
"Gallade~ Gallade~"
Gallade immediately responded to him, while also striking a ready stance.
"Gallade, respond to our bond, Mega Evolution!"
Ash Ketchum pressed two fingers onto the Key Stone, and a white radiance suddenly exploded.
"Gallade~"
Gallade also placed its palm on the Mega Stone on its other wrist, and a seven-colored radiance burst forth.
"Pika~~~"
Pikachu, who had climbed onto Bai Feng's shoulder, let out a cry of surprise, and then saw Gallade enveloped in the seven-colored radiance.
The bond between Gallade and Ash Ketchum was strong, so Bai Feng believed that Gallade's Mega Evolution would definitely be successful.
Within the radiance, Gallade's figure began to change. The most obvious changes were that the blades on its arms started to lengthen, and an elegant cloak appeared behind it.
"Gallade~~"
As Gallade let out a low cry, the seven-colored radiance dissipated, and Mega Gallade made its appearance.
Ash Ketchum's Rotom Phone saw this and started frantically taking pictures of Mega Gallade.
"So cool! So cool! This is Mega Gallade, my first time seeing it, Rotom!"
"Mega Gallade, the Blade Pokémon, Psychic and Fighting type. Its exquisite swordsmanship forms its own style. It can freely battle with the blades on its arms and is known as the Martial God!"
"Gallade~ Gallade~~"
Gallade swung the huge blades on its arms, feeling awkwardly. Immediately, two transparent blades shot out, startling the Rotom Phone.
The ground was instantly cut with two deep furrows by the Psychic Blade.
"You scared me, Rotom, you need to be careful, Rotom!"
"Gallade~ Gallade~~" I'm sorry, I didn't mean to.
Gallade quickly looked at the Rotom Phone with apology.
"Never mind, I forgive you, Rotom, I'm just that kind, Rotom."
"Ash, do you want to wait for Gallade to adapt before going to Jubilife City? I remember Caitlin's Gallade is here, and her Gallade can also Mega Evolve. You can go ask it for advice," Bai Feng suggested.
"Okay, Gallade, let's go!" Saying this, Ash Ketchum took Gallade and ran towards Fangyuan Mountain. Seeing this, Pikachu quickly jumped down from Bai Feng's shoulder and chased after Ash Ketchum.
Over the next few days, after Gallade adapted to the power of Mega Evolution, Ash Ketchum began to frequently go to Jubilife City for challenges, often staying there for the entire day.
May stayed at Fangxing Mountain for Pokémon Contest special training. Brock followed Hatterene and Audino to improve his culinary skill and Lopunny to improve Pokéblock making, also gaining a lot.
And Max's Buneary finally revealed its true colors in the following days. Max was constantly being led in circles by it every day, but he enjoyed it nonetheless.
Ash Ketchum and the others stayed at Bai Feng's home for a total of five days. After the wave of challenges in Jubilife City subsided, Bai Feng sent them back to Hoenn, letting them continue traveling and challenging.
Once Ash Ketchum and the others left, Bai Feng's life returned to its original state.
Incidentally, after Garchomp recovered from its injury at Bai Feng's place, it diligently followed Leavanny and Liepard to learn how to prune fruit trees. Surprisingly, it had quite a talent for it. It could not only prune the fruit trees scientifically but also aesthetically pleasingly. Therefore, Bai Feng praised it greatly, not only giving it a special rejuvenation as an exception but also increasing its wages.
At the same time, Garchomp also began actively pursuing Altaria.
But Altaria had been at Bai Feng's place for so many years and was already a very powerful Pokémon. How could it casually fall for just any Pokémon? It had its pride!
So, when Garchomp confessed to it, it proposed a battle with Garchomp.
Although Garchomp was forced to leave home by a love rival, it was confident in its strength and believed that defeating Altaria would be no problem.
However, in reality, it couldn't even last a minute against Altaria, making a huge joke of itself.
Altaria didn't completely deny Garchomp an opportunity. It told Garchomp that if Garchomp could last ten minutes against it one day, it would accept Garchomp's pursuit.
This request was truly not harsh. Garchomp was a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon after all, and Altaria didn't require it to defeat itself, just to last ten minutes.
Garchomp immediately felt like it had been injected with chicken blood. From that day on, besides regularly pruning the branches and leaves of the fruit trees, it spent the rest of its time entirely on training. Every day, it was either training by itself, or going to seek advice from others, or challenging others.
It must be said that Garchomp had a bit of a love-struck tendency. For love, it could truly endure any hardship.
It was just a bit tough on Cynthia's Garchomp. As long as it came to Fangxing Mountain, it would definitely be pestered by Bai Feng's Garchomp. This caused Cynthia to not dare to let her Garchomp stay at Fangxing Mountain recently.
But it didn't matter, if there was no Cynthia's Garchomp, wasn't there Dragonite? Bai Feng's own Dragonite, Lance's Dragonite, were all objects of Garchomp's seeking advice. They were all Dragon type, helping out a little wasn't too much, right?
Because it could endure hardship and was thick-skinned, Garchomp's strength improved very quickly.
Of course, it still had a long way to go if it wanted to last ten minutes against Altaria!
One day, Bai Feng suddenly received a telephone call. The caller was Cynthia. She invited Bai Feng to the Johto Region, saying she needed his help with something and asked him to meet her in Azalea Town in Johto.
Cynthia was currently participating in an archaeological activity in the Johto Region.
Bai Feng had never been to Azalea Town in Johto before, so he couldn't use the Summoning Circle. Fortunately, he had been to Goldenrod City, which wasn't far from Azalea Town. He could go to Goldenrod City first and then travel to Azalea Town from there.
After arriving in Goldenrod City, Bai Feng released Meganium and rode it slowly towards Azalea Town. Since he had plenty of time, he didn't need to rush.
Bai Feng set off near noon. At noon, he had a rare picnic with his Pokémon in the wilds. By evening, he could see the silhouette of Azalea Town in the distance.
However, just as he was passing through a forest, a thick fog suddenly filled the surroundings, and the time of day also became dim.
"Strange, this shouldn't be happening. Why is it foggy at this time?" Bai Feng said in confusion.
"Meganium, let's go this way."
Because the fog was too thick, it was impossible to distinguish direction just by looking. So Bai Feng used his psychic power to guide the way.
"Garnew~~"
Meganium nodded and walked forward according to Bai Feng's guidance. After walking for a while, Bai Feng pointed in another direction and said, "This way."
Meganium nodded and continued walking forward.
"Wait a moment!"
Just then, a voice sounded, calling out to Bai Feng.
(End of Chapter)