## Chapter 275: The Water Chef and the Steel Noble
Pyroar and Lysandre chatted for a while, with Bai Feng acting as translator. Soon it was noon, and the Pokémon returned one after another to eat. Honchkrow and Gyarados also came back together.
When they saw Lysandre, these two Pokémon were incredibly happy.
Not long after, Mienshao, who had finished its training, also learned that Lysandre had arrived. The five of them – master and his Pokémon – were finally reunited.
Lysandre found that after living with Bai Feng for a period, his Pokémon's natures had become a bit more lively.
Take Gyarados, for example. Most Gyarados have a temperamental nature, but Lysandre's was very steady, usually acting like an older brother.
Now it was actually chattering incessantly to Lysandre about their life here, describing how delicious the food was, how they could enjoy unique rejuvenation, and also describing how powerful the Pokémon here were, complaining about how many beatings it and Honchkrow had taken...
Because Bai Feng had left them to have their private time and wasn't present at the moment, Lysandre actually couldn't understand what the Pokémon were saying. But watching them recount their stories with such animation, he not only listened with great interest, his face beaming with a gentle smile, but even the restlessness and vexation in his heart were calmed.
This was probably the power of Pokémon!
After returning from the Ecological Park on Fangyuan Mountain, Lysandre's mood visibly improved. Bai Feng kept him for lunch, and only in the afternoon did he send him, AZ, and AZ's Pokémon onto the Aircraft.
Pyroar, Gyarados, Mienshao, and Honchkrow all came to see him off.
Seeing the reluctance revealed in the Pokémon's gaze, Bai Feng said with a smile, "Lysandre has promised me that he will call you often in the future. You can also call him when you miss him! You can ask Hatterene or Lopunny to arrange it!"
Hearing Bai Feng's words, the Pokémon's eyes all sparkled as they looked at him.
While Bai Feng was seeing off Lysandre, far away at the Pokémon Center in Petalburg City in the Hoenn region, two people were discussing him. These two were none other than Siebold and Steven Stone.
To improve his culinary skill and train his Pokémon, Siebold had been traveling around in recent years according to his Grandfather's instructions. Recently, he happened to arrive in Hoenn.
Hearing that Petalburg City was recently holding a culinary skill competition, he decided to participate with a learning attitude.
This competition had very strict requirements for food ingredients. After searching the market, Siebold couldn't find satisfactory food ingredients anywhere. Finally, he set his sights on Petalburg Woods, not far from Petalburg City.
Petalburg Woods is the largest primeval forest in the Hoenn region, rich in resources. Siebold believed he could definitely find the food ingredients he wanted there.
As expected, after a difficult search, Siebold found most of the material he needed. In the end, he only lacked a special nectar brewed by Mothim.
While searching for the nectar, he mistakenly took a Beedrill Nest for a Mothim Nest and Beedrill Honey for Mothim Nectar. He ended up being besieged by a large group of Beedrill and had to flee head over heels.
While fleeing, he encountered Steven Stone, who shared a similarly tragic destiny.
Steven Stone had come to Petalburg Woods to dig for stone, but unexpectedly angered a group of Shroomish and Breloom and was chased by them.
These two weren't actually unable to handle the Beedrill, Shroomish, and Breloom. It was just that they were in the wrong first, so it wasn't right to keep bullying them. Thus, they had no choice but to flee.
As they ran, they bumped into each other. Their gaze met, and together they jumped into a River not far away. Following the River downstream, they finally escaped the ordeal.
The River current was rapid. Steven Stone ultimately escaped thanks to Siebold's Water-type Pokémon.
The two actually knew each other. They were both genius trainers, moving in the same circles. Although they belonged to different regional Pokémon Leagues, there were so many regional joint events that they always had the opportunity to meet.
These two had not only met but had also battled multiple times. However, Siebold always lost.
The two climbed out of the water, soaking wet, and exchanged a gaze.
"Long time no see!"
"Long time no see!"
"You look terrible!"
"You too!"
"Hahaha~~~"
"Hahaha~~~"
In the end, the two couldn't help but lie by the River and burst into laughter.
The two reminisced by the River for a while. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and they both shivered.
Steven Stone hugged his arms and said, "How about we go back to Petalburg City first and talk after we change clothes?"
Siebold nodded, "Okay. It's not worth catching a cold and getting sick wearing wet clothes."
So the two went to Petalburg City together. They each booked a Room at the Pokémon Center, took hot showers, changed clothes, and then met up again in the Lobby.
When two Pokémon Trainers who hadn't seen each other in a long time reunited, sparring was naturally unavoidable. Siebold took this sparring seriously. He always lost against Steven Stone before, and it would be embarrassing to keep losing, so this time he wanted to win.
So after thinking for a while, he decided to make a telephone call to Bai Feng.
Siebold's Pokémon were later also deposited at Fangxing Mountain. He deposited a total of four Pokémon: Gyarados, Blastoise, Starmie, and Clawitzer.
Among them, Clawitzer was the one Bai Feng helped him catch back then.
Just as Bai Feng saw off Lysandre and returned Home, his mobile phone rang. He took out his mobile phone and saw that it was Siebold calling.
"Hey, Siebold, what's up?"
"Bai Feng, could you please help me transfer Blastoise, Gyarados, and Starmie to me!" Siebold's voice came from the other end of the telephone. At the same time, Siebold told Bai Feng the location of the Pokémon Center he was at.
"Okay, please wait a moment. I'll go and transfer the Pokémon to you now," Bai Feng agreed. He didn't ask why Siebold suddenly needed the Pokémon transferred.
After ending the call with Siebold, Bai Feng quickly went to call Siebold's Blastoise, Gyarados, and Starmie and told them that Siebold needed them.
The three Pokémon hadn't seen Siebold for a long time. They were very happy to hear Bai Feng's words and eagerly urged Bai Feng to quickly transfer them to Siebold.
After Bai Feng Recalled them into their Poké Balls, he immediately teleported to the Petalburg City Pokémon Center.
In front of the transfer machine at the Petalburg City Pokémon Center, Siebold's face showed a gentle smile after receiving the Poké Balls. He hadn't seen Blastoise and the others for a long time and had missed them a bit.
Returning to the Lobby with the Poké Balls, Siebold said to Steven Stone, "Let's go!"
"Okay!"
Steven Stone got up and followed Siebold towards the Battlefield in the Pokémon Center's Backyard.
At this time, there were only a few people in the Pokémon Center's Backyard, just two or three chatting. There wasn't a single person on the Battlefield.
The two stood on opposite sides of the Battlefield and simultaneously sent out their Pokémon. Siebold sent out Starmie, while Steven Stone's first Pokémon was Skarmory.
The first thing Skarmory did upon appearing was lay down Stealth Rock, while the first thing Starmie did was use Rain Dance.
Instantly, the Sky became covered in dark clouds.
Seeing how fast Starmie used Rain Dance, not only was Steven Stone shocked, but even Siebold, its Pokémon Trainer, widened his eyes in surprise.
Although he often called Starmie and the others, and frequently discussed his Pokémon's training situation with Bai Feng, he hadn't expected Starmie's progress to be so significant.
Once when he talked to Bai Feng on the telephone, Bai Feng had mysteriously told him that Starmie and the others had made very obvious progress. He hadn't paid much attention to it then, thinking that as long as they strictly followed the special training tasks he had assigned, wasn't progress normal?
But he hadn't expected the progress to be beyond imagination. This couldn't just be the credit of the training plan he had devised.
Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Starmie couldn't help but feel a bit smug.
(ˊˋ) Hehe, it wasn't in vain that it woke up early every morning to use Rain Dance with a large group of Water-type Pokémon to water the fruit trees all over the mountains. Its Rain Dance Move was truly perfected!
Also, its daily rejuvenation wasn't enjoyed for nothing. As the number of rejuvenation sessions increased, the energy Inside the body became purer, and using Moves became smoother.
"Skarmory, use Autotomize!"
In Steven Stone's opinion, when battling a Special Attack-focused powerhouse like Starmie, speed was very important. Only with high speed could Skarmory dodge Starmie's bombardment.
However, just as Skarmory finished using Autotomize, dense electric current flashed through the drizzling rain.
It was Thunder!
Feeling the terrifying electric current flowing through the rain, Skarmory shrieked and tried to dodge, but Steven Stone knew that in the rain, the dense electric current was unavoidable.
"Skarmory, Metal Sound!"
Following Steven Stone's command, Skarmory vibrated its metallic feathers all over its body. Immediately, waves of unpleasant sound wave spread outwards from it.
Steven Stone attempted to use the vibrating sound wave to shatter the lightning attacking from all directions.
Seeing this scene, Starmie sneered inwardly. If it were before, Skarmory might actually succeed, but now, Starmie was no longer the Starmie of the past.
Now my name is Niohuru Starmie!
The suffering from the electric shocks it received from Heliolisk every day wasn't for nothing!
As expected, Skarmory's Metal Sound did initially shatter some of the lightning, but the lightning generated by Starmie came one after another, endlessly. Soon, Skarmory was submerged in lightning with a miserable shriek.
The first battle ended quickly. After taking several Thunder attacks from Starmie in succession, Skarmory ultimately couldn't hold on. Although Starmie also sustained injuries, after one use of Recover, the remaining injuries were almost negligible.
Siebold was bewildered. Starmie, when did you learn Recover?
Recover is a very rare recovery Move. Siebold had wanted Starmie to learn this Move before, but it was too difficult to learn. He spent a lot of money finding a Pokémon that knew this Move to teach Starmie, but Starmie just couldn't learn it. In the end, he could only reluctantly give up.
But... how did it suddenly know it?
Then Siebold suddenly remembered that when he deposited his Pokémon with Bai Feng, Bai Feng seemed to have promised to teach them Moves.
So this Move was taught by Bai Feng?
Siebold suddenly became excited. It seemed depositing his Pokémon with Bai Feng was indeed the right choice!
Starmie's Recover was learned by Bai Feng using his Golden Finger from Mewtwo and then taught to Starmie.
Siebold looked at Steven Stone opposite him with burning gaze. Maybe today he would finally win against Steven Stone!
"Skarmory, you worked hard!"
After Steven Stone Recalled Skarmory, he looked at Skarmory's Poké Ball and sighed deeply. He had been careless!
As Steven Stone threw out a Poké Ball, his second Pokémon appeared. This was Aggron, one of his ace Pokémon.
"Roar!!!"
Aggron hated humidity. Because Starmie had used Rain Dance in the previous battle, a large amount of water vapor remained in the air, causing Aggron to let out a displeased roar.
Aggron's strength was much greater than Skarmory's. Although Starmie had a Type advantage, when clashing Hydro Pump against the opponent's Stone Edge, it ultimately lost.
Siebold wasn't surprised at all that Starmie lost to Aggron. He calmly sent out his second Pokémon—Gyarados.
What kind of surprise would Gyarados bring him?
The temperamental Gyarados faced off against the ferocious Aggron. The two Pokémon had almost no fancy movements and immediately began a straightforward physical battle.
Gyarados first used the Waterfall Move, charging towards Aggron wrapped in water. Aggron naturally didn't want to show weakness and roared as it met the charge with Heavy Slam.
Boom!!!
The two massive Pokémon collided, creating violently rolling air currents that made it hard for Siebold and Steven Stone to even open their eyes.
The two Pokémon didn't stop there. Gyarados coiled its long body around Aggron and used Crunch to frantically attack Aggron, while Aggron struck Gyarados repeatedly with Metal Claw.
Siebold was stunned. Based on past situations, his Gyarados would definitely not be a match for Steven Stone's Aggron in close combat, because Gyarados was far inferior to Aggron in terms of defense.
This kind of close-quarters physical battle often tested not only a Pokémon's attack power and fighting skills but also the difference in defense between the two sides.
Because in this situation, neither side could dodge, so defense became the top priority.
Gyarados was full of spirit at this moment. Since receiving the nourishment of Bai Feng's Golden Finger energy day after day, its scales all over its body had become tougher each day. At first, they even emitted a crystal-clear sheen, but this sheen retracted after a while. Since then, its defense power had greatly increased.
After a round of physical battle, the two Pokémon separated, panting, their bodies covered in injuries left by the close combat.
The final attack!
Siebold and Steven Stone thought simultaneously in their hearts.
"Gyarados, Outrage!"
"Aggron, Dragon Rush!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
As their words fell, the two Pokémon roared and charged towards each other.
Boom!!!
With a loud noise, dust and smoke scattered across the Field.
(End of Chapter)