Elf: Start your slow-paced life after becoming a farmer.

Both Team Rocket's boss Giovanni and Team Galactic's boss Akatsuki are very charismatic villains, and Team Flare's leader is known for his "human love".

Even though the leaders of Team Lava and Team Aqua aren't as prestigious as the aforementioned bosses, their goals are at least fantastical, but undeniably grand, plans to cover the world with oceans or land.

And what about Quigish?

Using speeches to brainwash people into releasing Pokémon, and then forcibly taking them if brainwashing fails, is utterly degrading.

Bringing his wandering thoughts back, Carl handed over samples of the three secret seasonings he carried with him to Adek.

After receiving the three secret seasonings, Adek carefully put them away, then stood up impatiently and said to Carl, "Sorry, Carl, I can only make up for this meal next time."

“It’s alright.” Karl waved his hand dismissively. “You can eat whenever you want, but if the secret seasoning works, remember to contact me, preferably before I return to Padia, so I can go find the remaining two seasonings as soon as I get back to Padia.”

"OK!"

Adek tossed out two letters and hurriedly pushed open the door to leave, while Shaka, who had been waiting outside, walked in at that moment.

"Have you reached an agreement?" Shaka asked curiously.

“Well, I have a rare medicinal herb that might be helpful to Senior Adek’s initial partner,” Karl explained simply, then changed the subject, “So, Mr. Shaka, what would you like to say to me?”

Chapter 161 Karl: There's something wrong with the ancestral graves in the Unova region.

"First of all, how did you know that Aldak's initial partner had a problem?"

After hearing Karl's words, Shaka went straight to the point.

“Hmm…isn’t it obvious?” Karl looked at the serious expression on his face and explained helplessly, “I think you should know very well what kind of personality Senior Adeker used to have, but recently, Senior Adeker has almost disappeared from the Unova region. That’s the biggest suspicious point.”

Seeing that Shaka was about to say something, Karl immediately raised his hand to interrupt him: "Of course, based on this alone, it is impossible to confirm why Senior Adeker disappeared. But the key is that recently an organization in the Unova region has become active."

"You mean, Team Plasma?" Shaka asked uncertainly.

“Yes, Team Plasma.” Carl shrugged. “If it were the former Alder, he would have maintained a zero-tolerance attitude towards an organization like Team Plasma. So what exactly caused Alder to not even care about Team Plasma anymore?”

"With other clues added, it's not hard to deduce that Senior Adek's partner has run into trouble."

After listening to Karl's analysis, Shaka had to admit that the young man sitting in front of him was very meticulous.

"Besides, Team Plasma isn't exactly a good thing." Karl looked directly into Shaka's eyes and said seriously, "I think you, Shaka-senpai, should know something about Team Plasma, right?"

"Yes, after all, in addition to being the Gym Leader of the Twin Dragons Dojo, I also serve as the Mayor of Twin Dragons City. I have also received reports from Team Plasma requesting an open-air venue for their presentations."

As Shaka spoke, he subconsciously raised his hand to touch the beard on his chin: "From what I understand, Team Plasma's philosophy seems to be to liberate Pokémon from their Poké Balls and let them return to nature?"

"Isn't that a ridiculous idea?" Karl smiled sarcastically. "I think most Pokémon that can be captured in Poké Balls have a certain bond with their trainers. Releasing Pokémon out of their Poké Balls is just self-indulgent and irresponsible."

“That’s true.” Shaka nodded in agreement.

In Carl's view, the reason why the philosophy advocated by Team Plasma was able to be promoted in Unova is probably because there was something wrong with the ancestral graves in the Unova region.

After all, the prototype of the Unova region, America, has also been deeply influenced by various strange ideologies in recent years.

For example, a heterosexual male in America can be translated as a transvestite who is physically male but mentally female.

Of course, it could also be something other than a binary gender, such as an armed helicopter or a Walmart shopping bag.

Overall, while the ideas promoted by Team Plasma seem much more normal than these monsters and demons, they are still quite ridiculous.

In Carl's view, no one with a sound mind would think of releasing a Pokémon that has grown up with them into the wild.

However, some people living in the Unova region are really too naive. They are easily fooled and think that "trapping" Pokémon in Poké Balls is a cruel thing to do.

Please, most wild Pokémon crave a life with free food and lodging and no danger. Otherwise, how could Metagross have "invited" so many wild Pokémon to its farm in the first place?

Skipping over the topic of Team Plasma, Shaka looked at Karl and asked his second question: "Karl, what are your plans for the future?"

"What do you mean?" Karl asked, puzzled. "Senior Shaka, why don't you explain it more clearly?"

"Do you have any leads regarding Kyurem's return to perfection?" Shaka asked directly. "I think you should also know about Kyurem's origins, right?"

“Of course, Kyurem is the 'shell' that helped the two brothers shed their bodies in the founding legend of the Unova region.” Karl said calmly, “However, you don’t need to be too nervous about how to help Kyurem return to its complete state. Since the ‘First Dragon’ has split into three, I think even if Kyurem ‘devours’ the black and white dragons, it is unlikely that Kyurem will become the ‘First Dragon’ again.”

Shaka stared intently at Karl. Even though Karl hadn't mentioned the "Gene Wedge" in his words, Shaka's sixth sense told him that this young man probably knew that the Gene Wedge was in his possession.

“In that case, I won’t interfere any further in this matter,” Shaka said with a deep sigh. “However, if you need any help from me, please feel free to tell me. I will do my best to help you as much as I can.”

'Hiss, what does this mean? Does Shaka think the Gene Wedge is a hot potato?' Karl looked at Shaka's genuine expression and immediately smiled and agreed, 'Thank you, Senior Shaka.'

In fact, Shaka's thoughts at this time differed slightly from Karl's. In Shaka's view, the Gene Wedge was originally a tool for Kyurem to combine with the black and white dragons, and his family was merely the guardian of the Gene Wedge.

The reason the family has guarded the Gene Wedge for generations may be that they wanted to use it to allow Kyurem to fuse with one of the dragons, Kyurem or Kyurem, in order to temporarily quell the conflict when the struggle between the black and white dragons affected the Unova region.

Of course, the above is Xia Ka's personal understanding of his family's mission. Perhaps the reason why his family guards the Gene Wedge is simply to prevent this special item from falling into the hands of someone with ulterior motives.

The reason why Shaka implied in his words that Karl should ask him for help when needed was because Karl, as the hero chosen by Kyurem, was entitled to possess the Gene Wedge.

Furthermore, from his brief time with Karl, Shaka could see that Karl was not a trainer with "great" ambitions, which was an important reason why Shaka hinted that Karl should ask him for help when needed.

Moreover, even without Kyurem, Karl is a powerful and kind-hearted trainer, and Shaka already intended to get along well with Karl.

After discussing all the issues, Karl and Shaka happily ate the lunch that Xilan had prepared for them.

Meanwhile, in an underground base in the Unova region, Akromar frowned deeply as he looked at the data transmitted back by the detectors on the screen: "The anomalous data has disappeared? What's going on?"

According to the data displayed on the large screen, the data signal that originally represented Kyurem suddenly surged in a certain sea area, and then disappeared.

"It's impossible that Kyurem was captured in such a short time, right? How is that possible? Could the detector be malfunctioning?"

In Akroma's view, Kyurem is a legendary Pokémon in the Unova region, and even if someone could catch it, it would be impossible to complete the task in such a short time.

After a moment's deliberation, Akromma finally decided to inform Quixes of the news, believing that the hypocritical and ambitious man would send someone to investigate once he received it.

With this in mind, Akromah immediately made a phone call through special channels to Quixote, who was about to attend a certain lecture event.

"Hello, Lord Quixote, I have some news to share..."

Chapter 162 The Power of Bonds and Kyurem's Promise

After finishing lunch, Shaka bid farewell to Karl and left to find Xilan to discuss the matter of resuming the exchange competition.

After finishing his meal, Karl returned to his temporary dormitory to rest.

Lying on the soft bed, Karl tried to channel the power that had surged within him after his contact with Kyurem into communicating with the Winged Hair lying in his arms.

'Winged Machine?' Karl called out tentatively in his mind after confirming the connection with the Winged Machine.

"Huh? (What's wrong?)" Upon hearing Karl's call, Zhenyi immediately lifted his head from his arms and looked at Karl.

'Winged Hair, try responding to me in your mind?' Karl said to Winged Hair in his mind.

"Huh? (Hey, Karl, you can telepathically communicate with me now?)" Zhenyifa responded with some curiosity.

After hearing the resounding response from his heart, Karl fell into deep thought.

In Carl's team, Espeon and Metagross both possess telepathic abilities, and when they use telepathy on Carl, they communicate with him using the common language of the Pokémon world. Simply put, they both speak human language.

However, when he tried to communicate with Elefant using telepathy, Elefant still responded with a bark. Could this be because Espeon and Metagross both have the Psychic attribute?

To figure this out, Karl tried again to use the "Power of Bonds" to connect with Espeon, which was lying to the side.

'Eevee?'

"Huh? Carl, when did you awaken your superpowers?" A soft, sweet female voice echoed in Carl's mind.

After hearing Karl's "inner thoughts," Espeon, who was standing nearby, looked up and curiously looked at Karl.

"This is the superpower I mentioned to you before." Carl continued communicating with Espeon using the "Power of Bonds," "Before, this power only allowed me to understand what you were saying, but after I came into contact with Kyurem, I awakened telepathy."

"I see." Espeon used its telekinesis to float to Karl's side, looking him up and down. "This power is truly amazing; I didn't sense any indication of it at all."

Carl knew that the "signs" Espeon referred to were traces of psychic abilities. If Espeon was using psychic abilities to communicate telepathically with Carl, then there should be a "thread" of psychic power between them.

In a sense, the telepathy used by Espeon is more like a paper cup telephone, while the telepathy used by Kael is more like radio communication.

Next, Karl asked Espeon his question, and Espeon looked at Karl with amusement after hearing his question.

'Boo~ (Metamorphoses and I use human language in telepathy to make it more comfortable for you to hear. If we wish, we can also communicate using vocalizations; there's no difference between the two.)'

'I see.'

Having resolved this question, Karl severed his connection with Sun Ibrahimovic and then reconnected with Kyurem, who was in the Deluxe Ball.

'Kyurem, is your injury better?'

'I am healed, you need not worry.' Kyurem's voice was much clearer, no longer hoarse. 'What brings you here?'

"I just want to ask, what are your thoughts on this so-called return to perfection?" Karl looked at the ceiling and said to Kyurem in his mind, "If you'd like, perhaps I can borrow the Gene Wedge so you can try absorbing Zekrom and Reshiram."

'In my perception, they have not yet appeared in this world.' Kyurem's voice deepened. 'Moreover, I understand that even if I were to reunite with them, we could never return to our original state.'

"I see." Carl said somewhat awkwardly, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

"...However, if I temporarily unite with them, perhaps I will gain something." Kyurem remained silent for a moment before finally speaking slowly.

'Okay, I understand.'

In Carl's memory, in the My Little Pony the Movie, Kyurem possessed the ability to independently transform into Dark Kyurem and White Kyurem.

Therefore, Karl speculated that Kyurem might have retained some of the power when absorbing the Black and White Dragons, thus enabling it to evolve autonomously. This might be the gain Kyurem was referring to.

'There's one more thing.' Kyurem suddenly seemed to remember something, 'I once made a pact with three swordsmen…'

'Are they Cobalion and the like?'

"Indeed." Kyurem's voice held a hint of reminiscence. "If one day they find a worthy disciple, then I will be its final trial before it becomes a Holy Swordsman."

'Do they have a way to contact you?' Carl asked, somewhat curiously.

"If I were on this continent, they could contact me through their auras." Kyurem paused, "Therefore, to fulfill our promise, I wish to return to Unova periodically."

“Of course,” Karl immediately decided. “Once you return to the Padia region with me, if you remember the routes through the Tribal areas, you can move freely in Kyurem, just let me know beforehand.”

That's good.

Although Karl has now become the hero chosen by Kyurem, he doesn't actually need Kyurem's help in any way at the moment.

After all, Parthia is far too peaceful compared to other regions. There are no mad scientists, no extreme environmentalists, and no cold-faced blue-haired man who wants to create a "better world."

With Master Xiong around, there was nothing in Padia that could threaten Karl.

If there's anything Karl can do to help with, it's only one thing he can think of right now—converting the Kyurem's future home into a cold storage facility for the farm, which would save the farm a significant amount of money.

When Carl thought of the farm, he thought of a certain "street hustler" who had borrowed something from him.

Since Carl had no way of contacting Mew, he didn't know if Mew had found Land Cloud.

'Kyurem, do you know Land Cloud?'

'Land Cloud, the god of agriculture?' Kyurem thought for a moment, 'My previous incarnation made a pact with it, the details of which I don't know.'

……

After chatting with Kyurem, Kael severed the "bond power" connecting him to Kyurem.

Although Carl hasn't yet figured out the true purpose of "bond power," once he's connected with each Pokémon, he can communicate directly with them telepathically whenever he wants.

However, Carl doesn't yet know if the "Power of Bonds" feature has a distance limit, and he plans to conduct a detailed test after returning to the farm.

Just as Karl was dozing in bed, a gentle knocking reached his ears.

"Karl, are you back?"

Chapter 163 Karl's Secret Teaching

"Karl, what were you and Gym Leader Shaka doing just now?"

Looking at the three little ones sitting on the sofa, Carl, holding the dozing Zhenyi, half-reclined on the bed, lazily summarized the events of the morning.

After Carl briefly explained the cause, process, and result of the incident, Pipa looked at Carl's calm face and said incredulously, "So, Carl, you fought against a legendary Pokémon from the Unova region as a helper, and in the end, you were chosen as the hero by that legendary Pokémon?"

"Very accurate! Piper, it seems you did very well in grammar class," Carl said with a perfunctory compliment.

“Legendary Pokémon,” Nemo remarked cryptically, then looked at Carl with some curiosity. “Carl, do we have any legendary Pokémon in our Padia region?”

“Of course,” Carl said, glancing at Pipa almost unconsciously.

In the opening scene of "Vermilion/Purple", judging from the interaction between Pipa and Guleton or Milton, he is very familiar with either the ancient or future Motolizard.

"If we're talking about any widely circulated legends in Padia, it's probably only the Book of Vermilion and Purple." Karl sat up slightly and said to the three little ones, "And the Book of Vermilion and Purple happens to record legendary Pokémon named 'Winged King' and 'Iron Serpent'."

“Winged King? That sounds familiar…” Nemo frowned and thought for a moment, then turned to Karl, “Karl, didn’t you mention it last time in the Red Desert?”

“Yes, I remember Pipa wasn’t there at the time.” Karl said, noticing Shinji who seemed a little confused, and then gave him a brief explanation of what the “Book of Crimson/Purple” was.

"About two hundred years ago, an explorer named Heizhe organized an expedition to explore the Paddy Pit. After returning from the Paddy Pit, he wrote down his experiences in the Paddy Pit in the Book of Red and the Book of Purple."

"Because the experiences recorded in the book were so bizarre, the contents of the Book of Vermilion and Purple were eventually regarded as ghost stories by the world."