I'm the Owner of the Pokémon Day Care In the World of Pokémon-Chapter 1416: The Mysterious Presence on the Summit

Yuga didn't entangle himself with the Pheromosas. After Ninetales drove them back, he had Cosmoem use Teleport to take him away.

Even as powerful as he was, he didn't have the confidence to deal with so many strong Pheromosas. Naturally, the best strategy was to retreat.

Seeing Yuga escape unharmed, his companions breathed a collective sigh of relief, and their admiration for him only deepened.

The group found a quiet and hidden spot, intending to settle the wounded first.

Fortunately, Yuga had several Pokémon skilled in healing techniques, so the companions' injuries were quickly brought under control.

Yuga looked at them and asked, "Don't you have any way of contacting Phoebe? We can't just wander around here like headless chickens, can we?"

"We do." One of the Trainers pulled out something that resembled a mobile phone and said, "This is our internal communication device. When we got here, we already tried to contact Ms. Phoebe, but the communicator didn't respond."

"Does that mean these communicators don't work here?" Yuga asked again.

"They do," the Trainer replied. "All of ours are functioning normally. There are only two reasons we wouldn't be able to reach Ms. Phoebe. One is that she's too far away, possibly not even in the area anymore. The other is..."

Yuga didn't need him to finish to understand what he meant—the second possibility was that something had happened to Phoebe.

Seeing Yuga remain silent, the Trainer took out another similar communicator and handed it to him. "Mr. Shimizu, this is for you, so we can stay in touch. There's no signal here, so regular communicators are useless.

Also, this one has a detection system that can sense the location of allies. I've already saved everyone's contact info in it, including Phoebe's. If she appears nearby, this communicator will alert us."

"Got it. Thanks." Yuga accepted the communicator and fiddled with it a bit. The controls weren't complicated.

"So... Mr. Shimizu, what should we do next?" the Trainer asked again.

Yuga thought for a moment, then released the Pheromosa they had captured and also released Kartana to serve as a translator.

"Your clan doesn't want you anymore. You might as well stick with us. We have food and water, and your life will definitely be more comfortable than it was back with them."

"Pheromosa~ Pheromosa~ Pheromosa~"

It's all because of you! If it weren't for you, my clan wouldn't have abandoned me!

The Pheromosa's large, seductive eyes were full of fury, as if she wanted to devour Yuga alive.

Yuga retorted, "How can you blame me? If your clan abandoned you over something this minor, then they clearly lack any warmth or compassion. Even if you weren't cast out today because of me, you'd be cast out tomorrow over something else.

What's the point of staying in such a cold, rigid group? You'd be better off coming with us. Once we're done here, we'll take you out of this place. The world out there is vast—why stay holed up here?

We don't have any real grudge between us. This all started over a single berry. If you're willing to come with me, you can have as many of those berries as you want in the future."

As Kartana translated Yuga's words, it also embellished them, painting a beautiful picture of the world outside to secretly tempt the Pheromosa.

The Pheromosa was indeed moved by what Yuga and Kartana were saying. Her clan hadn't always been this cold. Things changed after the current leader overthrew the previous one and took over. Since then, the rules had become rigid and the hierarchy overly strict, with no warmth left.

She had long wanted to leave the clan—but where could she go if not there? She couldn't exactly go to the Buzzwole clan, their mortal enemies. She'd be eaten alive!

But if she could really see the outside world...

At that thought, the Pheromosa glanced at Yuga and suddenly found that his once-detested face was now much more pleasing to the eye.

Seeing the Pheromosa's expression begin to soften, Yuga continued encouraging her. "Well? How about it? Want to come with me? The world outside is truly huge. There are so many things out there that you'd never get to see if you stayed here your whole life. It's all really fun—you'll love it."

Yuga patiently and persuasively coaxed the Pheromosa. His companions watched him with strange expressions, never having expected the upright and awe-inspiring Mr. Shimizu to be so eloquent just to win over a single Pheromosa.

"Pheromosa~ Pheromosa~ Pheromosa~"

Everything you said is true? If we go outside, will you take care of me?

The Pheromosa finally couldn't resist the temptation and was about to agree.

"Of course! If you don't believe me, ask Kartana—has it ever lacked food or drink since joining me?" Yuga said, patting his chest in assurance.

Kartana cooperated fully with Yuga, enthusiastically vouching for him and adding its own opinions and personal experiences to sweeten the pitch, thoroughly winning over the Pheromosa. freewёbnoνel.com

"Pheromosa~ Pheromosa~ Pheromosa~"

Fine, since you insist, I'll reluctantly believe you. But if I find out you lied to me, I won't forgive...

The Pheromosa suddenly remembered she couldn't beat Yuga, so she swallowed the second half of her sentence.

"Pheromosa~ Pheromosa~"

If you lie to me, I'll leave, you hear!

Hearing Pheromosa agree, Yuga let out a sigh of relief. The main reason he wanted to capture Pheromosa was to get a guide—otherwise, finding Phoebe in this place would be a real hassle.

"Can you tell us about this place?" Yuga quickly asked Pheromosa.

"Pheromosa~"

Fine!

Since it had already surrendered, there was no harm in saying a bit.

With Pheromosa's introduction, Yuga and the others learned that this Ultra Space was home to two types of Ultra Beasts—Pheromosa and Buzzwole.

These two tribes had always been at odds, constantly in a struggle for dominance. However, since their strengths were evenly matched, neither could do much to the other. As a result, small-scale skirmishes happened frequently, but large-scale battles were rare.

According to Pheromosa, the current leader of its generation was highly ambitious. Ever since taking command of the entire tribe, the leader had been racking its brains trying to wipe out the Buzzwole clan in order to claim the entire Ultra Space. That's why their group had become increasingly ruthless and cutthroat—only the strong survive, the weak perish!

After Pheromosa finished speaking, Yuga asked in surprise, "You're saying that there are only the Pheromosa and Buzzwole tribes here? What about Guzzlord? Or Poipole?"

Pheromosa looked confused at his words.

"Pheromosa~? Pheromosa~?"

Guzzlord? Poipole? What are you talking about?

"Then have you seen any other humans before... oh, I mean, beings that look like us?" Yuga pressed further.

"Pheromosa~"

No.

Pheromosa shook its head. This was its first time seeing creatures like Yuga and the others. At first, it had even thought they were sent by the Buzzwole tribe!

"We're doomed! We entered the wrong Ultra Space!" Yuga said, dumbfounded.

There wasn't just one Ultra Space—there were many, many of them. Each Ultra Space housed different Ultra Beasts, like a cluster of beehives, connected yet unrelated.

This was something Yuga had already known from his previous experiences in the Ultra Spaces of Nihilego and Kartana.

No wonder the communicator couldn't reach Phoebe—she wasn't even in this dimension! How could they possibly contact her?

Hearing Yuga's words, the others were also stunned. One of them even pulled a long face and said, "What are we going to do? We might not only fail to find Ms. Phoebe, but we might not even be able to get back!"

For a moment, the whole group was enveloped in gloom and doom.

Noticing their strange expressions, Pheromosa chattered something to Kartana, who then explained their predicament to it.

Pheromosa hesitated for a moment before saying in a low voice, "Actually, if you really want to leave here and find that Guzzlord or whatever, it's not completely impossible..."

Kartana quickly relayed Pheromosa's words to Yuga, who immediately asked excitedly, "Really? How?"

Pheromosa explained, "Aside from the Pheromosa and Buzzwole clan, there is one supreme being in our world."

As it spoke, it pointed into the distance. Following its finger, Yuga and the others could vaguely make out a tall mountain, but it was so far away that they couldn't see its full form clearly.

"That supreme being lives on that mountain. I've heard the elders say that it can freely travel between all the Ultra Spaces. If you can get its help, then all your problems will be solved. It's just that..."

"Just what?" Yuga quickly asked.

"That being is often not home. Even if it's willing to help you, you might not be able to meet it."

"No matter what, we've got to try!" one of the Trainers said.

"That's right. What if it happens to be home?" Yuga nodded in agreement. "By the way, who exactly is this supreme being you're talking about?" he turned to Pheromosa and asked again.

Pheromosa shook its head. "I don't know." Everything it knew about that being was hearsay from the elders; it had never actually seen it.

"I see..." Yuga fell into thought for a few seconds. "Let's rest up a bit before we head out."

Pheromosa was still injured—Yuga would need to treat its wounds first.

At the same time, Team Rocket also realized there was a problem.

Inside the aircraft, a middle-aged man operated the communication machine in front of him while anxiously reporting to Giovanni, "Boss, we may have come to the wrong place. This isn't the Ultra Space we were looking for, and we can't get in touch with Ms. Matori and the others either!"

"How could that be? Are you sure there wasn't a mistake?" Giovanni asked in surprise.

"Impossible. The communication equipment on Ms. Matori's aircraft is set up for one-on-one directional contact with ours. There's no way we wouldn't be able to connect. Also, the environment here is different from what we know. Most importantly, we haven't detected the presence of our mission target."

Giovanni pondered for a few seconds and then asked, "Can you locate the Ultra Space we originally intended to find from here?"

The middle-aged man shook his head. "No way."

Giovanni asked again, "Can we still locate Shimizu Yuga's position right now?"

The middle-aged man immediately manipulated the machine in front of him again, and soon came to a conclusion: "Yes, we've found him. The tracker hasn't been detected."

It turned out that before they entered, Giovanni had already instructed Nanu to secretly install a concealed tracker on one of Yuga's companions.

"If Shimizu Yuga and the others leave this place, can we still track their location using that tracker?" Giovanni continued asking.

"No problem, Boss!" the middle-aged man replied confidently.

"That's good. We'll wait, then," Giovanni said with satisfaction. He knew that with Shimizu Yuga's personality, he wouldn't just sit and wait to die.

After Yuga and the others had rested enough, they set out again. According to Pheromosa, in order to reach that mountain, they would have to pass through Buzzwole's territory.

The mountain was indeed very far from where Yuga and the others were. They walked for a long time before they could gradually see its full appearance. It was a towering peak that pierced the clouds like a sharp sword thrusting into the sky. In this Ultra Space, where most of the mountain ranges weren't high, it looked particularly abrupt.

However, the mountain body was hazy, as if something was obscuring it. Once you were a bit farther away, it was very difficult to see the mountain peak with the naked eye, which Yuga and the others found quite mysterious.

Under Pheromosa's guidance, Yuga and the group entered Buzzwole's territory.

Fortunately, since Pheromosa's clan and Buzzwole's clan had been at odds for years and knew each other very well, with Pheromosa leading the way, Yuga and his group didn't encounter any unexpected events and avoided all possible situations in which they might run into Buzzwole.

This was the benefit of having a native as a guide.

Things going so smoothly naturally made everyone happy, but when things are too good, misfortune often follows.

Just as the group was about to reach the base of the mountain, they suddenly encountered a Buzzwole that had accidentally eaten a Tomato Berry. Its mouth was burning, and it was charging blindly, colliding right into Yuga and the others.

The sudden scene startled Yuga and his group.

Buzzwole was also startled. It had been looking for water because its mouth was on fire, and now it unexpectedly ran into Pheromosa and a few strange creatures.

Here, when Pheromosa and Buzzwole met, it always resulted in a life-or-death confrontation. At this moment, Buzzwole didn't care about its burning mouth anymore and raised its fist to smash Pheromosa.

Pheromosa was unwilling to back down, and with a flash, it kicked toward Buzzwole at an extremely fast speed.

Boom!!!

The two Ultra Beasts were evenly matched in strength and were both forced back by each other's attack.

But Yuga was worried that too intense a battle would attract the attention of other Buzzwole, so he immediately summoned Gengar and Mismagius.

With the combined efforts of the two Pokémon, Buzzwole was almost unable to fight back and was quickly defeated.

Pheromosa was very displeased about this, feeling that Yuga had stolen its prey, but Yuga ignored it.

Pheromosa glanced at Gengar and Mismagius, who were even stronger than Sawsbuck and Serperior, and sullenly shut its mouth. It had no choice—its fists weren't as hard as theirs.

Buzzwole's ambush was just a minor incident. After capturing Buzzwole into a Poké Ball, Yuga led his companions forward once more.

After hurrying along for some time, the group finally arrived at the base of the mountain. Looking up at the towering peak that seemed to reach into infinity, Yuga and the others were finally able to witness its magnificence in full.