Chapter 158: Unexpected Acquaintance
In the dark of the Night, two Toxel were running frantically hand in hand through the Forest; they were a pair of Brothers.
Not long ago, they had caused an Explosion Accident, or more accurately, the younger Brother had caused the accident.
They were originally Pokémon from the Circus Troupe. Today, the Circus Troupe came to a nearby Town for the first Time. The Performance during the day was very successful, so the Ringmaster held a Celebration Banquet in the evening.
The Ringmaster drank too much at the Celebration Banquet and was already groggy when he returned to his Tent. The younger Toxel happened to see him passing by.
It quietly snuck into the Ringmaster's Room and used its weak Electric Current to damage the Circuit in the Ringmaster's Room.
The Circus Troupe Ringmaster was the person the younger Toxel hated the most. It had sworn that one day it would definitely kill this guy!
After doing all this, the younger Toxel was very afraid. With a panicked expression, it returned to the Shed where it lived with its older Brother, who noticed that something was wrong.
Just as the older Brother was about to ask what happened to its younger Brother, it saw a violent Explosion occur in the Ringmaster's Tent. Firelight shot up into the sky, and for a Time, the entire Circus Troupe fell into chaos, with Screaming everywhere.
Connecting this to the younger Brother's strange behavior just now, the older Brother guessed that the Explosion must be related to its younger Brother. So, without a word, it grabbed its younger Brother and ran outside.
At this Time, everyone and every Pokémon in the Circus Troupe were concerned about the Ringmaster's exploding Tent. Who had the mind to pay attention to these two Brothers? Thus, they Smoothly ran out of the Circus Troupe.
The Brothers rushed into the Night without looking back. The older Brother pulled its still-stunned younger Brother, running and running relentlessly, even though they couldn't see the road ahead in the darkness.
Crossing the Grassland and passing through the Jungle, the Brothers didn't know how long they ran. At this Time, a Golden Light was faintly rising on the horizon.
Daylight broke.
A Mountain appeared before them. The older Brother pulled its younger Brother into the Mountain without hesitation.
Because they had run all night, the Brothers were extremely exhausted. They casually found a small, narrow Cave that was hard to find and squeezed into it.
The older Brother held its younger Brother tightly. Before long, the younger Brother fell asleep under its older Brother's comfort.
Seeing its younger Brother asleep, the older Brother's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and it also unknowingly fell asleep.
The older Toxel had a very, very beautiful dream. In the dream, they met their idols, the Primarina Band. Not only did they personally attend their concert, but they also received an invitation from Primarina, asking it and its younger Brother to become Members of the Band.
Primarina even praised the Brothers, saying they were Geniuses at performing.
The older Brother couldn't help but chuckle. As it chuckled, it woke up from the dream.
Ah~~ It was just a dream! The older Brother was very disappointed.
Looking at the unfamiliar Environment around it, the older Toxel finally remembered that they had run away from the Circus Troupe last night.
Wait... where's the younger Brother?
The older Brother searched around the Cave where they were sheltering but didn't see its younger Brother's figure. It frantically crawled out of the Cave and just happened to see its younger Brother returning from outside, holding a pile of Leaves in its arms.
"Younger Brother!"
The older Brother ran over and hugged its younger Brother tightly. The younger Brother said with a grin, "Older Brother, look, I found lots of food. We won't go hungry anymore."
Originally, the younger Brother wanted to look for Berry in the Mountain, but unfortunately, it didn't find any, so it had no choice but to gather some Leaves that could fill their stomachs.
The texture of the Leaves wasn't good, but the Brothers still ate them all quickly. Even if they were poisonous, they weren't afraid, because they were Poison-type Pokémon. Toxins entering their Body would be automatically filtered and then stored in their unique Poison Sac.
Before, they were often punished by not being allowed to eat in the Circus Troupe. When they were starving, they would secretly drink Sewage from the sewers.
They could utilize their Poison Sac to filter out the Toxins in the Sewage, store the Toxins in the Poison Sac, and then absorb the nutrients from the Sewage.
They could also convert the Toxins into Electrical Energy and store it in their Electric Sac. Their Performance in the Circus Troupe relied on the weak Electric Current in their Electric Sac.
After a "full meal," the Brothers continued walking deeper into the Deep Mountain. They were afraid of being caught and taken back by the Circus Troupe people.
In the following days, the Brothers wandered in the Deep Mountain for over ten days. When they were hungry, they ate things like Leaves, Root, Grass, or Mushroom. Anyway, they weren't afraid of Poison, so they ate whatever they could find.
Occasionally, there would be Predator wanting to hunt them. Their Strength was weak, and they basically couldn't escape, but they were poisonous and electric. As soon as a Predator picked them up in its mouth, it would feel a strong tingling paralysis, and thus would couldn't help but spit them out.
So, in these ten-plus days, although they were caught by Predator several times, they were all safe and sound.
On this day, the younger Toxel accidentally saw a Fruit Tree on a patch of Cliff. Several Berry that looked very delicious were hanging on the Fruit Tree.
So, it showed a look of joy and quickly climbed onto the Cliff, wanting to pick the Berry.
After eating Leaves and Root for so many days, the younger Brother naturally wanted to improve their Meals.
But when it climbed the Cliff, it only to find that there was unexpectedly also a Cave beside the Fruit Tree. A giant Head slowly emerged from the Cave.
It was a Steelix!
"Roar!!!"
The Steelix roared and opened its mouth to bite towards the younger Brother. Fortunately, the younger Brother let go in time and jumped down from the Cliff. Although the younger Brother avoided the Steelix's pounce, it injured its leg from the fall.
The older Brother had already seen the Situation here. It ran over, picked up its younger Brother, and ran.
The Steelix had a huge Body and came down from the Cliff in the blink of an eye, chasing after the Brothers.
It was a Steel-type and Ground-type Pokémon, not afraid of Poison or Electricity. These Brothers were delicious little Pastries in its eyes.
The Brothers had small bodies and ran slowly. They were about to be caught when, fortunately, there was a River in front of them.
The older Brother didn't hesitate at all and jumped down with its younger Brother in its arms.
The Steelix watched the rapid River surface for a while before turning and leaving.
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On Bai Feng's side, after nearly a month's Time of hard Cultivation by him and Bayleef, the small Sapling that sprouted from the Star Peach Fruit Tree Root finally grew to over a person's height. Moreover, the Energy inside it had been sorted out by Bai Feng, and the Tree Diagram had also been completely repaired.
After measurement by the Energy Detection Instrument, this Fruit Tree that had just sprouted not long ago was indeed an S-Rank Fruit Tree.
50 million wasn't spent in vain! He was now someone who owned an S-Rank Fruit Tree.
By constantly sorting out this Fruit Tree's Energy, Bai Feng discovered something very interesting. That was, the core of this S-Rank Fruit Tree's Tree Diagram unexpectedly had a cluster of complex Pattern that were different from other Similar Fruit Trees.
Bai Feng didn't just have one Star Peach Fruit Tree. In that Fruit Tree's Tree Diagram, there was no Similar Pattern.
This made Bai Feng think of the difference in Energy Circuit between Carbink and Diancie. These two seemed to be similar in principle.
Could it be that this special Pattern is the key for a Fruit Tree to grow to Grade S?
Unfortunately, Bai Feng didn't have a second S-Rank Fruit Tree in his hands. With insufficient samples, there was no way to Verify his Conjecture.
However, he would still spend a little Time every day to analyze that Pattern. If his Conjecture was true, then if he could analyze the Secret of this Pattern, maybe he could cultivate more S-Rank Fruit Trees earlier.
On this day, Bai Feng had just returned from the Star Peach Fruit Tree when his Phone suddenly rang. He picked it up and looked; it was a message notification. He had received a Remittance of nearly two million in his Account.
And the remitter was precisely the Live Streaming Platform where the Primarina Band conducted Livestream.
Bai Feng was a bit surprised. He didn't expect that in less than a month's Time, Primarina and the others had earned so much Money.
Primarina registered the platform Account using Bai Feng's Identity, so this sum of Money was naturally remitted to his Account.
Just then, Primarina returned Home, so Bai Feng told it the good News. Primarina was overjoyed, almost starting to dance with joy.
Who wouldn't be happy when they've earned Money!
Bai Feng said, "Go call everyone from the Band. I have something I need to discuss with you."
Although Primarina felt doubtful, it still did as told.
Before long, the five Members of the Primarina Band had all arrived.
"Today, the Remittance from the platform arrived," Bai Feng looked at everyone and said. "I'm Sure you've already heard from Primarina."
The several Pokémon nodded simultaneously, their faces full of joy. They knew Bai Feng wouldn't take their Money; this Money would all be theirs.
Before, they had also earned some Money through Livestream, but never this much.
"Regarding the distribution of this Money, I want to explain it to everyone first.
The fact that you could earn such a large sum of Money is indispensable to Nie Zi's Tune. So, I want to transfer one-fifth of this Money to Nie Zi.
Although we haven't signed a Contract, one shouldn't be without Conscience.
Now I want to ask for your Opinion. After all, the Owner of this Money is you."
After Bai Feng finished speaking, he looked at the several Pokémon, waiting for their response.
The Pokémon looked at each other. In the end, Primarina, who was both the Leader and Lead Singer, was the first to step forward.
"Xi lai~ Xi lai~" I have no Opinion!
Since the Leader had already expressed its stance, the other several Pokémon also expressed their agreement. They couldn't be Pokémon without Conscience!
"Very good!" Bai Feng nodded in satisfaction. "Then the Matter is settled like this. From now on, as long as you continue to sing Nie Zi's Tune, then you must give one-fifth of the Income to Nie Zi."
The Pokémon all expressed that they had no Opinion.
"Next is your internal distribution. It's still the same as before. Excluding the Part given to Nie Zi, the remaining will be equally divided among the five of you. But the Leader and Lead Singer contributed the most to the Band, so you still need to take out 10% from your Income and give it to the Leader.
Your Income is all stored with me. I won't touch a single cent of yours. If you have needs, you can come to me anytime to ask for it.
Regarding what I said above, does anyone have any Opinion? If so, bring it up now. It won't count if you mention it later!"
"Xi lai~ Xi lai~" No Opinion!
Primarina still took the lead in speaking.
Seeing that everyone had no Opinion, Bai Feng nodded. "That's all I have to say. You can all go back if you have nothing else."
(End of this chapter)