Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

Chapter 215: Reunion with Zygarde

As they approached a lake, Volcanion suddenly stopped.

Angie asked in confusion, "Volcanion, what's wrong?"

Volcanion replied, "I want to replenish some water."

Volcanion relies on high temperatures and water within its body to create steam, but it doesn't produce water internally, so it needs to absorb water from the outside from time to time.

Angie nodded and said, "Alright, let's take a break here then."

The scenery around the lake was quite nice, a great place for camping.

With that, Angie directed the Galarian Rapidash and Volcanion to the lakeside.

Doublade and the three Eevee quickly followed.

Once at the lake, Volcanion unlocked the arms on its back and inserted them into the lake, beginning to gulp down the water.

"Vaporeon~ Vaporeon~"

Seeing the lake, Vaporeon was very happy and jumped into the water, swimming freely.

Angie took out a picnic cloth and spread it on the grass by the lake with the Pokémon, then took out all kinds of desserts from his system backpack.

These were all made for him by Magearna, including soft bread, various flavors of cakes, colorful donuts, beautiful and delicate macarons...…

Because Magearna had awakened its Aura, some of the desserts it made had special effects.

For example, donuts that can quickly restore stamina, macarons that remove abnormal conditions, cakes that relax Pokémon, and so on.

Throh also took out bottles of different flavored juices from his system backpack, such as rock salt lemon soda, banana matcha milkshake, and super fruit tea, etc.

Soon, the entire picnic cloth was filled with all kinds of food and drinks.

Angie said to Goomy, Sliggoo, Flareon, and Jolteon, "Everyone, hurry up and try some."

Flareon and Jolteon cheered and started eating.

Goomy and Sliggoo were a little shy, so Angie placed cakes that could soothe emotions in front of them and said:

"Try it, it's delicious! You'll definitely like it."

Hearing this, Goomy and Sliggoo each picked up a piece of cake and tasted it in small bites.

Sure enough, Magearna's craftsmanship was already outstanding. Goomy and Sliggoo were instantly conquered, and their faces showed expressions of enjoyment.

Angie smiled at this.

You probably don't know Magearna yet, right? It's also our partner, but it's not with me right now. When you come home with me, you'll get to know it.

We have many, many partners at home, and I'll introduce them to you one by one when the time comes...…"

As he spoke, Angie couldn't help but start talking about the Nibel Plateau.

Goomy and Sliggoo pricked up their ears, enjoying the food while quietly listening to Angie speak.

At this moment, Vaporeon and Volcanion returned.

Volcanion slowly walked to Angie's side and silently lay down. Seeing this, Angie placed a box of donuts in front of it.

Vaporeon squeezed in between Jolteon and Flareon.

"Pshh~~" Flareon looked disgusted.

"Vaporeon~~" Vaporeon licked Flareon with a smile.

Flareon: (ω)

"Jolt~~" Jolteon pushed a glass of juice in front of Vaporeon.

Seeing this, Vaporeon licked Jolteon again and then lowered its head to drink the juice.

Flareon: (▼ ヘ ▼ #)

Angie was still telling everyone about the Nibel Plateau when suddenly one of the Sliggoo cried out.

Angie quickly looked over and saw a Pokémon that had appeared on top of the other Sliggoo's head at some point.

Angie recognized this Pokémon, it was Z2, whom he had rescued from Team Flare before.

"Zygarde? What are you doing here?" Angie asked in surprise.

Then he suddenly realized a problem, so he quickly took out his phone to check the map, and then thought:

As expected!

Their current location was not far from Terminus Cave, and in the game, Terminus Cave was Zygarde's residence.

Angie had transmigrated into the world of the anime, but now it seemed that Zygarde in the anime also lived in Terminus Cave.

Zygarde possessed cells that monitored the entire Kalos region, so it was perfectly normal for it to know he was here.

Z2 jumped down from the Sliggoo's head and hopped to Angie's side.

Angie took a box of macarons and asked it, "Want to eat some?"

Z2 hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Angie placed the macarons in front of it and took a glass of juice next to it.

Z2 wriggled to the box and ate in small bites, occasionally biting the straw to take a sip of juice.

Magearna's desserts and Throh's juice seemed to be very much to its liking. Despite being a small ball, it ate a whole box of macarons and a dozen different flavored cakes, and also drank a dozen glasses of juice.

After eating and drinking its fill, Z2 lay directly on the grass to bask in the sun.

Zygarde Cores can use the crystals in the middle of their bodies to absorb solar energy and thus obtain energy.

Time flew by, and as evening approached, Angie saw that it was no longer suitable to travel, so he said to everyone, "Let's spend the night here tonight!"

The Pokémon nodded in agreement.

Then Angie began to set up tents with the Pokémon.

By the time the tents were set up, it was almost dark. Because they had eaten a lot of desserts and drunk a lot of juice in the afternoon, Angie wasn't in a hurry to make dinner.

He spread a blanket in front of the tent and then lay down with Diancie.

"It feels pretty good to feel the evening breeze like this."

Because summer had already begun, the daytime temperature was relatively high, so the evening breeze felt particularly cool.

"Yes!" Diancie echoed.

"Vaporeon~"

"Pshh~"

"Jolt~"

Seeing this, the three Eevee also jumped onto the blanket and lay down, looking up at the stars that were sparsely appearing in the sky.

Volcanion said, ruining the atmosphere, "If you want to feel the breeze, I can blow you all away in one breath."

Angie was speechless when he heard this, "Volcanion, you're not very likeable like this."

"Hmph~~" Volcanion disdainfully raised its head, "I don't need anyone to like me!"

Angie chatted and joked with the Pokémon in a casual manner.

Doublade lay next to Angie, Goomy brought the two Sliggoo and lay in a corner of the blanket, all of them quietly listening to Angie speak.

Throh leaned on Galarian Rapidash, occasionally chiming in.

Zygarde Core watched Angie get along harmoniously with a group of Pokémon, not knowing what it was thinking for a moment.

When everyone's stomachs started to get hungry, Angie started cooking.

He took out the table and placed it on the empty space next to it, and then took out the cooking utensils, ingredients, seasonings, etc.

As time passed, a rich aroma began to fill the air.

Goomy, Sliggoo, and the three Eevee had not yet tasted Angie's cooking, and for a time, they were all drooling while staring at Angie cooking.

Diancie smiled and said to them, "You're in for a treat, Angie's cooking is top-notch."

Sluurp~ The six Pokémon who heard this swallowed their saliva in unison.

Z2 was also secretly drooling.

As time passed, plates of dishes were brought to the table.

The vegetarian dishes included: hot and sour hand-shredded cabbage, tomato baby bok choy, pan-fried tofu, ginger spinach, dry-fried green beans, and smashed cucumbers.

The meat dishes included: sweet and sour pork, braised pig trotters, potato stewed chicken, and soy-sauce flavored chicken wings.

Plus a soup: mushroom tofu soup.

The staple food was rice.

Because the Pokémon had large appetites, Angie made each dish in generous portions.

After all the dishes were served, Angie said, "Alright, let's start eating."

Hearing this, the Pokémon immediately let out excited cheers.

When they actually put the food into their mouths, the three Eevee and Goomy realized how good Angie's cooking was that Diancie had mentioned!

It was really, really delicious.

They originally thought that following Angie this day, without worrying about being beaten or scolded, and without worrying about being turned into stone, being able to do whatever they wanted was already happy enough, but they didn't expect there to be something even happier.

They had never eaten such delicious food before.

Seeing the several newly joined Pokémon eating to their heart's content, Angie felt quite proud of himself.

"Everyone, eat slowly, there's still a lot, enough to eat."

"Vaporeon~"

"Melon~"

……

Several Pokémon raised their heads and called out to Angie, and then obediently began to chew slowly.

Angie nodded in satisfaction at this.

At this time, he also noticed Zygarde Core looking at here with its eyes fixed, so he extended an invitation:

"Zygarde, would you like to eat something together?"

Z2 had been waiting for An Jie to say that, and immediately leaped onto the table, patting its tail while waiting to be fed.

Seeing this, An Jie took a plate and placed it in front of Z2, filled it with rice, added some vegetables, and didn't forget to put a bowl of soup beside it.

"Alright, eat up."

Hearing this, Z2 immediately began to eat voraciously.

In the end, the dishes An Jie made were completely devoured by the Pokémon.

Full and satisfied, they lay sprawled on the blanket, their faces full of enjoyment.

An Jie played with the Pokémon for a while, then went into the tent to sleep.

Before entering the tent, An Jie said to Z2, "Want to join?"

Z2 didn't accept An Jie's invitation, leaping onto a tree and lying on a branch, closing its eyes.

Seeing this, An Jie didn't insist and turned to enter the tent.

The next day, An Jie woke up and walked out of the tent, discovering that the Zygarde Core had disappeared.

"It's gone..." he sighed.

"An Jie, look!" Diancie called out to An Jie.

An Jie followed the sound and saw Diancie holding a green scale the size of an adult's palm.

That was... a Zygarde Scale?

"Where did you get it?" An Jie asked.

Diancie pointed to the table and said, "It was just placed on the table."

An Jie took the scale from Diancie and said, "Looks like Zygarde left it behind."

Diancie said, "It ate your food, maybe this is its payment."

An Jie shook his head helplessly, "No one asked it to pay."

Diancie smiled and said, "Pokémon also have their principles, especially Zygarde."

"That's true!" An Jie stared at the scale for a while and said, "Since it gave it, we won't pretend to be generous, let's accept it!"

After putting the scale into his system inventory, An Jie started making breakfast for everyone.

There was some rice left over from last night, so An Jie used it to make fried rice.

After everyone happily finished breakfast, they continued heading towards the Desert City.

However, unbeknownst to An Jie, Z2 was riding on a Salamence, following him from a distance.

Having been hurt by Team Flare, Z2 didn't trust humans, but it encountered An Jie, such a special person, who not only saved it but also didn't covet its power even after knowing its identity.

So Z2 decided to observe this special human closely.

About half a day later, An Jie and the others finally arrived at this special city bordering the desert—Desert City!

An Jie originally thought that since Desert City was built near a desert, it shouldn't be a very prosperous city.

But he was wrong.

Walking on the streets of Desert City, tall buildings stood everywhere, and the crowds were shoulder to shoulder, clearly a very lively metropolis.

The temperature was just a bit high.

But that couldn't be helped, after all, summer had arrived, and it was close to the desert.

After passing a building in the city center, An Jie finally understood why this Desert City was so prosperous.

Legend has it that a hundred years ago, a Pokémon came to Desert City. At that time, it was just a desolate village.

That Pokémon was very powerful, so people respected it very much and often offered it food.

To repay the people who gave it food, it conjured up a lot of wealth for the people.

With the help of this wealth, people quickly became rich, and Desert City gradually developed.

However, people's hearts can change.

After becoming rich, they began to want to see that Pokémon fight, so they sought out various powerful Pokémon to challenge it, but without exception, they were defeated.

But people didn't think this was enough, so they asked that Pokémon to continue to show its power.

That Pokémon did not refuse people's requests. It actually summoned various legendary Pokémon, letting them fight each other.

Because of the battles of these powerful Pokémon, Desert City suffered a huge disaster, and at this time, people finally regretted it.

Unfortunately, regret was useless.

People's hearts change, and Pokémon's hearts also change.

The originally pure Pokémon was influenced by people's hearts and had become immersed in complacency about its own power. It liked the feeling of controlling legendary Pokémon and letting them fight each other, so it was unwilling to stop the battles between legendary Pokémon to end the disaster no matter what.

Until a person appeared, he used the power of fire, water, and earth to create a jar, and finally sealed that Pokémon.

And the place where the "Sealing Jar" was made is the Columnae Lignead located in the center of Desert City.

Now the Columnae Lignead has become a tourist attraction.

The content of the legend is engraved on the Columnae Lignead.

Sealing Jar? Columnae Lignead?

After reading this story, An Jie thought: Could the Pokémon mentioned here be Hoopa?

After reading the story on the Columnae Lignead, An Jie didn't take it seriously and turned to leave.

Because it was too hot, he didn't even have the mood to play. After resting in Desert City, he set off towards the location provided to him by the netizen.

Because he didn't want the Pokémon to suffer with him, An Jie only kept the Espeon he was riding, the Flareon who wasn't afraid of the heat, and the Doublade by his side.

An Jie originally wanted Doublade to enter the Poké Ball as well, after all, Steel-type Pokémon are also afraid of heat.

But it didn't want to listen to An Jie's arrangement, stubbornly insisting on staying by An Jie's side. An Jie had no choice but to let it be.

Just out of Desert City, An Jie and the others entered the range of the desert.

"You~ You~"

At this time, Doublade excitedly cried out.

An Jie followed its gaze and saw many Hippopotas and Hippowdon inhabiting the sand.

"So it's Hippopotas and Hippowdon!" An Jie smiled.

"Puh-ssi~ Puh-ssi~"

Flareon looked up at An Jie and Doublade, not understanding why Doublade was excited to see Hippopotas and Hippowdon.

An Jie explained: "Because we also have a Hippopotas and Hippowdon at home. After you go back with us, you'll be able to meet them."

"Puh-ssi~~" Flareon suddenly understood, and at the same time, it began to look forward to the days of returning to the Nibel Plateau with An Jie.

As they gradually went deeper into the desert, Desert City gradually disappeared from An Jie's sight.

He didn't know how long they had been walking, but An Jie and the others had completely penetrated the interior of the desert.

The temperature of the desert during the day was extremely high, and An Jie was so hot that he could only keep drinking water.

Doublade couldn't stand the high temperature, so An Jie wrapped it in cloth and carried it on his back.

The only ones unaffected were Espeon and Flareon.

Espeon could release psychic power from the gaps in its feathers, isolating the heat from the outside. Therefore, it was not afraid of the hot desert environment at all.

Flareon, needless to say, has a flame sac in its body. As long as heat approaches it, it will be absorbed into its body and stored.

An Jie asked listlessly: "Espeon, can you use your psychic power to help me isolate some of the heat too?"

"Ace~ Ace~"

Espeon shook its head, it wasn't strong enough to that extent yet.

Hearing this, An Jie sighed deeply. He took out his phone and looked at the location the netizen sent him, and found that it was still very far from his current location.

"Why would a Steel-type Pokémon like Lucario run into the desert!" he couldn't help complaining.

"Ace~ Ace~" Espeon shook its head, indicating that it didn't know either.

"If there was an Ice-type Pokémon to hug right now, that would be great. I don't ask for much, an Glaceon or an Alolan Vulpix would do!" An Jie's brain was malfunctioning from the heat, and he started talking nonsense.

"Puh-ssi~ Puh-ssi~~"

At this time, Flareon suddenly called out in one direction.

An Jie followed its gaze and saw a patch of green in the distance.

"Could it be an oasis?" An Jie looked surprised, "Quick, let's go over there and take a break!"

Saying that, An Jie urged Espeon to rush towards the patch of green.

However, when they arrived, he was disappointed to find that the green was not an oasis at all, but a group of Cacturne lying in the sand.

The commotion caused by An Jie and the others caused all the Cacturne who were originally closing their eyes to rest to open their eyes.

The reason why the Cacturne were lying motionless in the sand was to reduce the evaporation of water from their bodies.

Now that they were disturbed by An Jie and the others, how could they not be angry?