Arceus’ Pirate Journey - Chapter 1470

Chapter 1451: Straw Hat Boy’s Trainer Herok

Chapter 1451: Straw Hat Boy’s Trainer Hercule
In the 42nd year of the Holy Calendar and the 1531st year of the Sea Calendar, when the new year arrived, the preparations for the Azure Conference had been completed, and both the contestants and the spectators had arrived here one after another.

The Chabaoti Archipelago is where tourists from all over the world gather. You can also see ships of royal families from different countries. In addition to the Azure Conference, the World Alliance meeting will also be held here soon.

This also adds some special meaning to this conference. In the eyes of Pokémon, this is a royal performance to demonstrate their military strength, but in the eyes of many kings, it is even mixed with some competitions between countries.

Some people don’t even know the names of the players from their own country, but they hope that they can win by representing their country.

As one of the islands closest to the Red Earth Continent, the Chabaoti Archipelago has now taken on the task of diversion.

As the base of the alliance, the lawless areas of the Sabaody Archipelago have been completely cleared, giving people who arrive here a greater sense of security. The conference is about to open, but not everyone is just waiting here.

Some people have already dived through the coating and reached Fishman Island for their sightseeing trips. More than eight years have brought great changes to the world.

With the help of written propaganda accompanied by powerful military strikes and the punishment provisions for buying and selling people, the rampant human trafficking on the sea was effectively curbed, and the situation of the Dragon Palace Kingdom on land improved a lot for a while.

The Yarqiman mangroves continuously secrete special resins, which generate bubbles under the influence of the natural environment, giving rise to the unique bubble culture here.

Next to a mangrove tree, Heluo took a cup and got a cup of sap from the mangrove tree. He tasted it carefully, and a hint of drunkenness appeared on the insect’s face.

Sucking tree sap is one of the inherent habits of Heracross, and the mangrove species here are special. According to the language of Heracross, this sap is whiskey full of sunshine.

Areas 60-69 were originally the Navy’s base and the World Government’s office in Shampoo & Magic. Now the Navy’s base has been reduced by half, and the remaining ones have become offices for the Alliance and the Church.

“Competitors please go to islands 60-61 to register, ordinary spectators please go to islands 62-68 to wait for ticket inspection, and conference participating countries please go to island 69.”

In the sky, several noisy birds are shouting to the humans below. They look like parrots, but they have feathers on their heads and tails that look like musical notes.

Due to their different body structures, these Pokémon can easily imitate human speech and do not need to spend a lot of energy on learning and training like Team Rocket’s Meowth.

But most of the time they are unable to understand the meaning of the words and just act as a ruthless repeater.

As they grow older and accumulate more experience, the chatterboxes are able to understand the meaning of words. These chatterboxes are undoubtedly the experienced ones.

And because of their repeater-like nature, they will not distort the original meaning when passing on messages and can convey the original words in the most intuitive way.

Under their guidance, the crowd gradually split up and moved in the right direction, but there were also some minor incidents.

“Great buns. Buns from the Grand Line. Specialties from the old times”

The buns here refer to a kind of snack, which was once a popular product in the Sabaody Archipelago. However, with the advent of the new era, the danger of the Grand Line has plummeted. As long as there is patience and energy, the sea train can bring passengers here safely.

The dangerous Grand Line was once a veil of mystery, which made the sales of these buns very hot, but now it is no longer the case.

Weibao’s business is getting worse year by year. Even though there are a lot of people here, the sales of Weibao are very flat and it has become a sentimental product.

This made the boss feel powerless. Once there were many Weibao shops here, but now there are only a few of them still holding on, and they are no match for those emerging shops.

“Wei Bao. Wei. Whose Snorlax is this?!”

The boss suddenly noticed some movement behind him. A Snorlax suddenly picked up the box containing the Weibao and stuffed it into its stomach. However, the boss did not feel angry. Instead, his tone was full of joy.

There are no wild Snorlax in the Sabaody Archipelago, and he is very sure of this as he has been doing business here.

And those who can gain Snorlax’s approval must be wealthy families in the boss’s eyes.

The reason is simple. Snorlax will never find a partner who will let him starve.

The conference is about to open soon, and a large number of Pokémon have already arrived here. In the boss’s eyes, this is a godsend.

Seeing that he had no intention of stopping him, Snorlax didn’t hesitate and quickly processed the inventory for the boss, leaving no cartons behind.

“Snorlax, why are you here? Baozi? Thank you.”

At this time, Luffy came over from not far away. Even though it was not his first time here, Luffy was still distracted by the prosperity here. The original Straw Hat Pirates now split up again, so Luffy did not notice Snorlax’s movements.

This was the situation when Luffy came over.

Looking at Luffy eating buns with Snorlax, the boss’s mouth curled up wider and wider, and he immediately knew what it meant to be overjoyed and then sad.

“Guest, is this Snorlax your partner?”

“Yeah, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing. It and you together ate 721 boxes of Great Buns. I’ll give you the remainder. How are you going to pay for 700 boxes of Great Buns?”

“What?! Don’t Pokémon participating in the tournament get any food money?!”

“Guest, that’s in the contestant cafeteria on island 60. It’s not free. Do you want to pay by card or cash?”

“Hehe! Hehe! Are you there? Nami! Excuse me, can you lend me some money?”

It is essentially reasonable for Hero to manage the money. After all, if he gives the wallet to Luffy, he can go bankrupt within a day. He may use the money to hold a banquet in just two sentences.

However, Hero was relaxing before the game, so Luffy’s eyes were fixed on Nami, who came here with Bell-mère and Nochiko, and he completed his loan under Nami’s almost cannibalistic gaze.

“Thank you for your patronage. I wish you good results in the Azure Conference.”

The boss didn’t care who paid the money. Luffy had already asked him to end his business early for the day. In that case, he didn’t mind complimenting the other party a few more words.

Looking at the boss packing up and closing the shop, Nami’s eyes fixed on Luffy.

“Why haven’t you made any progress after all these years?”

The Sabaody Archipelago is now considered a tourist area. It goes without saying how much it would cost to buy out all the inventory of a vendor in a tourist area. If Nami had not already received her share of the money from participating in the production of the nautical chart, she might not have been able to afford it.

“Your fists haven’t changed either.”

Luffy pressed the red envelope on his head and squatted aside as if he had been wronged.

“Stop talking nonsense! Do you know how much money you owe me now? Since we are so close, I will give you a discount on the interest, and take my investment into account. Okay, all you have to do is win the championship and give me half of the prize money and we’ll be even.”

Nami obtained a string of numbers through mental arithmetic, but was stopped by Bell-mère.

“Nami, you guys are friends.”

“Bellemaire.”

“So the interest rate can’t be so high, just collect the principal.”

“I know. I’m just spurring this guy on. Do you hear me? Go find Helo and work together to win the championship!”

The Red Earth Continent, audiences from all over the world have come here. The gap on the Red Earth Continent was dug and rebuilt to form the current audience seats.

“Hello! Everyone, welcome to the Azure Conference! I’m today’s host, Melo!”

It’s not Quinn or Uta. From the perspective of the times, they are already old. In some key positions, they naturally have to make way for newcomers.

Melo is 16 years old this year. He is now in the human-beast form of the Sea Lion. His lower body has turned into a fish tail and he is floating in the air relying on a bubble.

Moreover, she is now more proficient in controlling her abilities. Relying on the sound she makes when hosting, she can also control the direction of the bubbles’ movement and perfectly integrate into the competition.

“The rules are simple. A random draw will be held for a random battle. In the preliminaries, three registered Pokémon will be chosen to fight. The side whose Pokémon runs out of energy first will be considered the loser.

In the end, eight people will enter the finals, and the final winner will be decided by 7v7!
So everyone, the Azure Conference is officially opened! “

whoosh~!

A flaming feather arrow was shot out from the side, aiming directly at the mountain that Groudon had created with the Cliff Sword. There seemed to be a feather tied to the front end of the arrow, which was the fire feather that fell off from the Phoenix King.

At this time, the empty mountain just started to burn. Meowna successfully ignited the holy fire by learning the wave arrow from the moment.

“The preliminary round will be held at random venues. The seniors of the Lunaria tribe will serve as referees for this competition. Please go to your respective venues according to your draw lots!”

The preliminaries started as scheduled. Heluo looked at the sky field he had drawn with an unhappy expression.

Since the construction of the venue utilized a large number of sky island clouds, the competition venue is more three-dimensional. Luffy’s team is most suitable for land battles. There are not many footholds in the sky venue, only a few platforms.

And according to the rules, if you lose your strength and fall, you will be considered a loser. Although there is a large Qixi bluebird on standby below to rescue players who fall into the mid-air venue, this still adds a lot of uncertainty to the competition.

[Hehe (I’ll take the lead in the aerial arena.)]

Looking at other Pokémon, except for Gyarados which has some ability to stay in the air, other Pokémon are powerless to do anything about it. If Chipmunk chooses to give up the weapons in his hands, he might be able to give it a try, but in that case, Chipmunk will have no combat power.

To this day, even though the Scallion Soldiers of Wano Country have evolved into many different styles, there has never been a style of bare-handed combat.

[Hehe (If I lose, you guys try to delay until I wake up. You can trust Luffy’s fighting instincts in critical moments, but try to trust your own judgment.)]

“Hehe, I’m good at fighting, okay? Have more faith in me?”

“Hehe (Don’t you have any idea yourself?)”

Luffy is good at fighting because he dares to fight. Now he hasn’t even figured out the attribute restraint table, let alone other problems.

Soon, Heluo brought Luffy and other Pokémon to their competition venue.

“Luffy! Come on, bring me the prize money!”

“Luffy, work hard and don’t interfere with Hero’s judgment!”

There were some cheers coming from the audience, but judging from the way Luffy was picking his ears, it seemed that he didn’t take the matter to heart. And Hero had already met his opponent, a Goryeoki.

In today’s environment, although those who come here can form a team, it is unrealistic to gather Pokémon that can adapt to all venues. What’s more, the competition system is to decide the participating list first and then decide the venue, so no one can arrange the lineup in a targeted manner.

Seeing that Hao Li made the starting move of karate, Heluo had made his own judgment. With the whistle to start the battle, Hao Li and his partner were also ready for the battle.

“It’s Hao Li, I know this one, come on, use your strength to knock it down head-on!”

“Haoli, prepare to counter with a kick. Believe in your strength!”

After hearing Luffy’s order, the other party responded immediately. Hero was not surprised. It was normal for Luffy to lose control of himself, but this was also part of Hero’s plan.

Although it flapped its wings and flew over, Heluo instantly increased its altitude when it was about to touch Goryū, and then opened its mouth and spit out several white flying spikes.

“It’s the Missile Needle. Luffy’s Heracross didn’t follow his orders and actually used the Missile Needle as a long-range attack. Gou Li was tricked and had no time to defend himself!
Could this be the tactic they had discussed in advance? This tacit understanding is too scary!”

Melo is the chief host. As the qualifiers begin, different venues also welcome different hosts. It is obvious that the host at the Sky venue does not know the inside story.

After the missile needle passed, Heka flapped its wings rapidly and emitted a special insect-like sound towards Gouli. When Gouli couldn’t help but squat because of the harsh sound, Heka adjusted its posture and charged forward with its big horns.

“Gou Li fell to the ring! Unexpectedly, Luffy defeated his opponent easily with a set of exquisite combination skills. It seems that he has undergone special training!”

At the same time, Robin has also arrived at her competition venue. The rocky venue is pretty good for her. Now the Jigglypuff brought by Robin is confronting the opponent’s Coconut Tree. From its super long neck, it can be seen that this is a Coconut Tree from an area with strong sunshine.

“Coconut tree, use your magical power to control it!”

The six eyes of the coconut tree glowed blue, and it was ready to launch a new round of attack on Chanel. Although the Chanel it controlled was thrown out fiercely, it was just a substitute. The real Chanel walked out from the side and calmly dusted off his body.

The coconut tree’s body also glowed purple, and it looked like it had been poisoned by the Jigglypuff.
(End of this chapter)