After the training was over, Lin Wu returned to the martial arts gym with a few Pokémon.
Miye, who was applying a facial mask in the living room, saw Duolongqi behind him and looked surprised: "Huh? Little Duoqi has evolved?"
Lin Wu smiled and nodded: "Senior Brother Dandi gave me two multi-dragon Mecias to help little Duoqi complete his evolution."
Mi Ye suddenly realized: "That's it! Congratulations, Xiao Wu, you have become stronger again. Take a rest and I will prepare dinner for everyone."
The New Year is coming, and most of the apprentices in the martial arts gym have left Kai Island and returned home.
The reduction in the number of people has made Miye's work much easier. She now only needs to cook one-third of the usual food every day.
Watching Miye leave, Lin Wuze went to the training room for another battle with the martial arts bear master.
The course he wanted to study has basically ended. During this period, in addition to reading, Lin Wu also absorbed a lot of knowledge related to Pokémon.
He planned to leave Armor Island and travel to the Galar region when the new year was over and spring arrived.
Soon, Miye's voice came from the kitchen.
Hearing this voice, Lin Wu stopped fighting and went to the kitchen with a few Pokémon.
Today’s dinner is soba noodles, and Miye enthusiastically serves everyone’s plates.
Perhaps because the Pokémon world is based on Japan, some customs in the Galar region are almost the same as those in real Japan.
January 1st to 3rd is their New Year, and during these three days, they eat soba noodles and rice cakes.
After the New Year is over, people in the Galar region will return to normal work.
"Pokémon also have a share!"
After serving the soba noodles, Miye served rice cakes to the apprentice Pokémon with a smile.
The martial arts bear master looked down at the rice cake on the plate, then picked up a piece of rice cake with his hand, put it into his mouth, and started chewing it.
"How does it taste?" Lin Wu asked curiously.
The martial arts bear master said vaguely: "It's delicious, but it's a little sticky..."
"Meow!"
The cry of the fire-spotted meow came from the side.
Lin Wu turned around and saw that the rice cakes were all sticky and stringy in Huobanmao's mouth.
Little Duoqi didn't have such troubles. He and the two Doronmesia ate very happily because they had no teeth.
After receiving the feedback from the Pokémon, Miye immediately checked the materials, and then said to everyone apologetically: "Oh, I'm really sorry, I accidentally adjusted the wrong proportion of glutinous rice flour."
Everyone: "..."
Lin Wu sighed helplessly, quickly finished his dinner, and then returned to the dormitory with a few Pokémon, preparing to brush their teeth.
Putting the fire-spotted cat on his lap, the fire-spotted cat opened its mouth obediently. Lin Wu took a closer look and found that the mouth of the fire-spotted cat was quite clean.
Thinking of this, Lin Wu called the martial arts master Xiong again and said to him: "Ah!"
The martial arts bear master also opened his mouth.
Lin Wu discovered that not only the fire spot cat, but also the martial arts bear master's teeth were very clean and white, with no smell, only a faint fragrance of rice cakes.
That's why they just ate rice cakes.
He used a toothbrush to help them clean off the rice cakes stuck to their teeth, then poured a glass of water for them to rinse their mouths.
Feeling that his mouth became refreshed again, Huobanmao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When Lin Wu came closer to check if there were any remaining rice cakes, Fire Spot Meow took the initiative to stretch out her pink and tender tongue and licked his face.
Because among cat Pokémon, licking each other's fur is a friendly and intimate behavior.
"Good little cat!"
Lin Wu happily touched Huobanmao's head, then turned around to check the martial arts bear master.
The martial arts bear master opened his mouth, and Lin Wu came closer. The martial arts bear master thought of Huobanmao's actions just now, and asked nervously: "Xiao Wu, do I want to lick you too?"
Lin Wu: "...No."
"That's good." The martial arts bear master breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the martial arts master Xiong's appearance, Lin Wu suddenly realized that maybe he should avoid suspicion.
Otherwise, what would it look like when he grows up to be a tall adult and still sleeps with the martial arts bear master?
But the space in the dormitory is too small, and we can't always put the martial arts bear master into the Poké Ball.
"Forget it, let's wait until the trip is over." Lin Wu said silently in his heart.
By that time, they should have returned to the Secret Forest, where he would build a big house with many rooms, and live there with the martial arts bear master, Fire Spot Cat, and Little Doki in a room each.
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Early the next morning, when Lin Wu was about to go out to practice, he saw a transport plane outside the martial arts gym.
Miye and the martial arts apprentices were there to help carry the things above into the martial arts gym.
Seeing him coming, Mi Ye greeted him with a smile: "Are you awake?"
"What are these?" Lin Wu asked.
"They are all things that are needed for the New Year." Miye counted on her fingers and continued: "Like the food for the New Year, the New Year gifts for you, decorations, fireworks to be set off on the New Year's Day, etc."
Hearing this, Lin Wu also came forward with martial arts master Xiong to help move things.
They moved the food to the kitchen and moved the fireworks to the battlefield in the backyard of the martial arts hall where the Dynamax battle was held.
Miye followed over and said with a smile: "On New Year's Day, all these fireworks will be lit, and then the entire Kai Island can see a beautiful and gorgeous fireworks show!"
Fireworks were a long time ago for Lin Wu.
After coming to this world, he has been living in the wild and has never seen fireworks.
Perhaps affected by the New Year atmosphere in the martial arts gym, Lin Wu couldn't help but start to look forward to it.
At this moment, Kenta, who also had not returned home, found Lin Wu and said enthusiastically: "Xiao Wu, your Doron Mecia has evolved? Do you want to have a battle with me?"
Lin Wu said with a smile: "Combat-type and general-type moves have no effect on Xiao Duoqi!"
If he remembered correctly, Kenta's Pokémon seemed to be all fighting types, such as Power, Throwing Monkey, Battle Dancer, etc.
"No, I just tamed a Pokémon on the island a few days ago. It's not a fighting type!"
With that said, Kenta released his Pokémon.
With a flash of white light, a Pokémon with a thick body and an appearance that looked like a coconut tree with legs appeared in front of Lin Wu.
It has three round, light yellow heads that look like coconuts. The facial expressions of each head are very different, some are crying and some are laughing.
This is...a coconut egg tree?
"How's it going?" Kenta asked, "Want to come?"
"Okay." Lin Wu withdrew his gaze and nodded in agreement. He also wanted to see the results of Xiao Duoqi's continuous training in the past five years.