Elf: Seriously? You only get a cheat code when you're about to die?

Chapter 170 Dream Really Wants to Hit Someone

Babu Tubo wants to learn the "Farmer's Three Fists"—the Lightning Fist, the Flame Fist, and the Ice Fist.

It has already mastered the Lightning Fist; now it only needs to learn the Flame Fist and the Freeze Fist.

Since Munchlax knew all three punches, Babuboo asked it for advice via video call.

Anjie held the phone for Babuto, and Babuto practiced following the instructions of the little Munchlax in the video, humming and hawing.

Babubo started by practicing Fire Punch, while Snorlax, who was often exposed to fire while cooking, was also more skilled at this move and taught it to Babubo with great expertise.

Babubo listened to Munchlax's experience, swinging his fists while calming his mind to sense the power of the flames.

However, skills aren't something you can learn just like that, so even after swinging his fists for a long time, Babubo couldn't sense any of the fire energy that Snorlax had mentioned.

Just then, a Pidgey slung a package across its shoulder and descended from the sky, transforming into an adorable Pikachu upon landing.

Needless to say, this is exactly the dream that has arrived as promised.

"Mew~ Mew~"

Dream jumped onto the bench and handed her bag to Anjie.

"Thank you, Dream." Anjie sincerely thanked it.

As she spoke, Anjie opened her satchel, which was filled with a bag full of lush green leaves.

However, when he looked over with his Observational Eye, he saw that the Observational Eye provided the following explanation:

"The leaves of the Tree of Origin are of inferior quality and serve no purpose whatsoever."

Anjie: ...

Seriously? The leaves of the Tree of Origin have different qualities?

Seeing Anjie looking troubled, Meng Huan asked in confusion, "Miao?" What's wrong?

Anjie had no choice but to tell the truth: "The quality of this leaf is poor, it's useless to me."

Dream was completely confused by what Anjie said. The leaves of the Tree of Origin have different qualities? I've lived on the Tree of Origin for so many years, how come I didn't know that?

You're not kidding me, are you? Do you have some ulterior motive?

The dreamy gaze was so direct that Anjie looked embarrassed. "Really, I'm not lying to you!"

As he spoke, he pointed to his eyes and said, "My eyes are a little different; they can see things that others can't."

Upon hearing this, Meng Huan sighed.

"Mwah~" Fine, I'll trust you this once.

As it spoke, it took the bag back from Anjie's arms, quickly transformed into a large-beaked sparrow, and flew away.

So Anjie had no choice but to continue waiting for Dream to return while training Babu Tubo.

About an hour later, a panting messenger bird flew back, and upon landing, it transformed into a jay-lipped creature.

The sly-lipped child quickly climbed onto the bench, handed her bag to Anjie, and then lay sprawled out on the bench.

Anjie said apologetically, "Thank you for your hard work."

The pucker-lipped doll waved its hand.

Anjie untied her bag and saw that the leaves inside were indeed very different from before. They were not only greener but also more intact, without a single tear or wormhole.

But when Anjie looked over with his Eye of Observation, all he saw was:

"The leaves of the Tree of Origin are of inferior quality and serve no purpose whatsoever."

Anjie was stunned. He looked at the exhausted Meng Huan, but hesitated to speak.

Seeing Anjie's expression, Dream instantly realized something and jumped up.

"Mwah?" Still not enough?

Anjie nodded awkwardly.

Dream was furious and really wanted to jump up and stuff those leaves into Anjie's mouth.

But when it thought about how it had eaten the food from the other person yesterday and promised to bring them leaves, it held back for a moment, gritted its teeth, snatched the bag from Anjie's hand, and then transformed into a scabbard and flew away.

Anjie shouted, "You've worked hard! I'll treat you to something delicious later!"

Loke, who was lying beside her, asked, "What quality of leaves do you want?"

Anjie shook her head: "I don't know either, I'll have to see it with my own eyes."

Upon hearing this, Loke buried her head under her paws and said in a pitying tone, "Poor Dream."

Anjie: ...

About an hour and a half later, a Dragonite descended from the sky, transformed into a Clefairy upon landing, and angrily threw its satchel at Ange.

"Dreamy, you've worked hard," Anjie said.

"Mwah~" Hmph!

Meng Huan turned her head away from An Jie.

Anjie looked down at her bag, opened it, and examined the leaves inside.

"The leaves of the Tree of Origin are of inferior quality and serve no purpose whatsoever."

Anjie started to tremble.

Will Dream kill him?

Dream turned its head and saw Anjie's strange expression. How could it not understand?

It clenched its fists, gritted its teeth, and finally calmed itself down silently. Then it leaped onto the bench, plopped down on it, and had an "I don't care" expression on its face.

Seeing Meng Huan like this, An Jie checked the time and said, "Let's have lunch first, and then we'll talk."

Upon hearing the word "lunch," Dreamy's ears twitched.

Anjie had already taken out a table and chairs from her backpack, arranged them one by one, and then took out one dish of food after another.

A whole table was laden with dishes: Sichuan-style chicken with preserved mustard greens and braised pork, stir-fried pork, stir-fried shredded pork with broad beans, steamed egg with shrimp, braised lion's head meatballs, hand-torn cabbage, stir-fried lettuce, and eggplant with soy sauce.

All of these dishes were made by An Jie early in the morning. Each one was packed in a box and then put into the system inventory. When they were taken out and opened, they were still steaming hot.

Smelling the fragrance in the air, Dreamy forgot all about being sullen. It jumped off the bench, transformed from a little rascal into a clown, and then sat down at the table with a serious expression.

Anjie sat down next to it, filled a large bowl with rice, and said, "Eat up."

Meng Huan immediately started eating with the spoon that An Jie handed her.

"Mmm~ Mmm~" Delicious! Delicious!

It tasted just as good as the barbecue from last night.

Anjie smiled upon seeing this, then turned to Loke, Metagross, Babu, and Komaru and said:

"Let's eat quickly."

Upon hearing this, Babu Tubo and the others immediately gathered around the table.

Babutu had been training all morning and was starving, so he ate like a wolf.

Seeing this, Anjie said to Babu Tubo and Meng Huan, "You two eat slowly, no one is going to take it from you."

"Babu~ Babu~"

Babu Tubo grinned at Anjie with his bulging cheeks from eating, but Dreamy Food didn't have time to pay any attention to Anjie.

Just then, Niu La went out to forage for food. Attracted by the aroma in the air, it followed its way to where An Jie and the others were eating.

It looked surprised when it saw Anjie.

I've run into this human again!

However, it did not approach rashly, but only watched from a distance, as the injuries it suffered last night had not yet fully healed.

Looking at the table full of delicious food, Niu La couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

It looks delicious!

No, it must taste delicious! It smells so good that it can smell the aroma of the food from this far away.

After sniffing for a while, Niu La suddenly turned and left. A few minutes later, it returned to the corner where it had just been hiding, now holding half a piece of moldy bread.

This half-bread is what it just found in the trash can.

I'm so lucky today, I found something to eat as soon as I went out.

Life in the city is so much better. You can always find food in the trash cans, and most of the time you don't have to go hungry, unlike back in the snowy mountains when you worked hard for half a day and couldn't even find a single tree fruit.

But why... does it miss that kind of life?

As Nira munched on his bread, he inhaled deeply the aroma filling the air, imagining himself sitting at that table, enjoying the delicious food with gusto.

Because almost no one passed by on the bench, Anjie and his friends had a leisurely and peaceful lunch.

After lunch, Babu and his dream-transformed Pico sat slumped in their chairs with satisfied expressions, gently stroking their "six-month pregnant" bellies.

Ah, that feels so good!

Anjie then boiled a pot of water on a small stove and made a cup of tea for each of the Pokémon.

This tea aids digestion. Because he saw that Babu Tubo ate too much yesterday, he specially bought this tea from the system store today.

After resting for a while, Babu Tubo resumed his practice of the "Farmer's Three Punches".

Anjie said to Dream, "How about... Dream, you take me to the Tree of Beginning, and I'll pick the leaves myself."

He felt really bad making Meng Huan run back and forth like that.

Upon hearing this, Meng Huan hesitated.

Seeing this, An Jie quickly assured him, "I absolutely won't do anything reckless!"

Dreamy eyes stared unblinkingly at Anjie. After hesitating for a moment, she silently extended a finger towards Anjie.

"Mwah~" A meal.

Anjie happily replied, "No problem."

Realizing that she had asked for too little, Dream quickly changed her mind, "Mew~ Mew~" Two meals... no, three meals!

As he spoke, he changed one finger to three fingers.

Anjie readily agreed: "Sure, no problem."

Upon hearing this, Dreamy smiled happily. Then, it leaped into the air, transformed into a bluebird, and flew away, flapping its wings.

"Mmm~ Mmm~" I'll be waiting for you at the Tree of Beginning!

A dreamy cry came from afar.

Anjie: Can't you just take me there?

Dream: No, this is a test for you!

Watching the dreamlike scene disappear into the horizon, Anjie said to Luo Ke and the others, "In that case, let's set off!"

Several Pokémon nodded in agreement.

After packing their things into their backpacks, Angel led the Pokémon toward the Tree of Beginning.

From a high point in the city of Orudron, Ange and his companions could faintly see the canopy of the Tree of Origin.

Moreover, a type of crystal exists everywhere in the city of Orudron—by the roadside, in corners, by the river, in the grass… everywhere. This crystal is a derivative of the Tree of Origin.

After seeing Angie and the others leave, Niu La, who was hiding in the corner, hesitated for a moment and then silently followed them.

Soon Anjie and his group left the city of Orudron and entered the endless mountains and forests.

The reason why Rota City and Orudron City are not as prosperous as other cities in the Kanto region is because their locations are too remote. If you don't pay special attention, many people probably don't even know that such a place exists.

Furthermore, Queen Eileen did not seem to have any intention of making Rota City and Orudron City famous, which Ange guessed might be related to the Tree of Origin.

After an unknown amount of time, Anjie and his companions noticed that fog was gradually rising around them, and the closer they got to the Tree of Origin, the thicker the fog became.

If it weren't for their perception through waveguide power, they would have lost their way long ago.

As expected, the Tree of Origin is not a place that anyone can go to.

As they walked, a roar suddenly came from the mist. Before Anjie could figure out which Pokémon was making that sound, a Pokémon that was all black and looked like a hellhound leaped out of the mist.

It's Houndoom.

Houndoom spewed flames, unknowingly controlling a pillar of fire to sweep towards Ange and his companions.

Babu Tubo immediately leaped forward, his fist crackling with lightning, and smashed the pillar of fire with a single punch.

Originally, the path to the Tree of Beginning was only shrouded in mist, without any Pokémon guarding it.

However, when Ash and his friends visited the Tree of Beginning, they caused a huge crisis for it, almost destroying it.

In the end, it was Aaron's Pokémon Lucario that sacrificed itself, contributing its Aura power to the Tree of Beginning, thus preventing things from developing into something irreversible.

No matter what kind of organism it is, once it loses its own waveguide, it will simply disappear.

Lucario was like that, and so was Aaron, the Aura Hero back then.

When Aaron, the Aura Hero, went to the Tree of Beginning to quell the war, he sealed his partner Lucario into the Staff of the Hero.

Aaron didn't want Lucario to die with him.

Lucario idolizes Aaron the most, and if it knew that Aaron was going to sacrifice himself, it would definitely not stand idly by.

Only after understanding it did Aaron seal it away.

Lucario was sealed away for hundreds of years until Ash obtained the Staff of Heroes, and his Aura reacted with the Staff of Heroes, which released Lucario.

After Ash and his friends' incident, Mew realized that it was no longer safe to let anyone approach the Tree of Beginning. So it selected some powerful individuals from the Pokémon living in the Tree of Beginning to serve as guardians in the mist.

The reason why Dream was unwilling to take Anjie to the Tree of Beginning was because she was worried about triggering another uncontrollable crisis.

It wasn't until it had observed Anjie for a while and roughly confirmed his character that it decided to give Anjie a chance.

It's definitely not because Anjie is a good cook! Absolutely not!

Seeing that its first attack had hit its target, Houndoom immediately launched another attack, this time targeting Babuto, which had defeated its attack.

"Awoo~"

With a roar, Houndoom unleashed another Flamethrower, spewing a crimson pillar of fire towards Babutop.

Babubo used its Dig skill, disappearing from its original spot in the blink of an eye. It quickly approached Houndoom from underground, then suddenly sprang out and punched Houndoom in the stomach.

The Dig move is a Ground-type move, which is twice as effective against Houndoom. Houndoom immediately let out a howl and was knocked down.

After falling to the ground,

Houndoom opened its mouth and spewed out a large amount of black smoke.

This is murky mist; although it doesn't deal much damage, it can poison your opponent.

Just as the murky fog was about to engulf Babu Tubo, a gust of icy wind appeared out of nowhere, freezing all the fog into ice beads.

(End of this chapter)