Chapter 421: Meeting the Mother-in-Law
Having been stirred up by the mysterious man, Basalt immediately changed his itinerary, deciding to visit the Cydonia Basin secret realm in the Cyan Province first.
The mysterious man's origin was clearly extraordinary, and Basalt dared not treat his words as trivial. If the big shot came back to settle scores, Basalt would have nowhere to cry.
This time, however, Basalt not only released Pupitar for escort but also held Carbink in his arms. With three Pokémon present, Basalt felt a shred of security.
"Pupitar, I'm planning to go to the Cydonia Desert in the Cyan Province to take you home for a family visit, to see your parents."
Basalt looked at the fast-flying Pupitar, feeling ashamed. Pupitar had hatched almost two years ago, yet Basalt had never taken it to see its parents. He had indeed fallen short in this regard.
However, this was also related to Pupitar following Basalt since birth; the little guy regarded Basalt as its closest and most trusted existence.
Father? Mother? No concept of them!
So when told it would meet its parents, Pupitar looked strange, even a bit flustered.
"Don't panic. After all, you are Tyranitar's biological child. But I'm different; cover for me when the time comes."
Recalling the two Tyranitars in the Cydonia Desert secret realm, Basalt couldn't help but feel weak. With Tyranitar's strength, moving a finger could crush Basalt's entire team.
Back then, he, along with Director Mori and Master Xu Chonghui, had fought their way in, even knocking down the female Tyranitar. Beating up a pregnant mother and snatching her unborn son... No matter how Basalt thought about it, this was a deep grudge.
"Going to die!" Basalt felt the grudge was huge and was nervous to death.
"How about buying a meeting gift?" First time visiting, going empty-handed was obviously inappropriate. Basalt had at least this much emotional intelligence.
After pondering for a moment, Basalt returned to Saffron City's Pokémon Department Store and spent a huge sum of 13 million to buy a high-grade Dark Gem, as well as mid-grade Rock, Ground, and Dark Gems, one each.
Because Basalt remembered that besides the mother-in-law and father-in-law, Pupitar also had a sibling. The three mid-grade gems were prepared for them. The high-grade gem was naturally for Pupitar, to show off in front of its maternal family, proving that Basalt had never mistreated Pupitar.
After buying the gifts, Basalt boarded a plane to the Cyan Province. Three hours later, the plane landed, and Basalt spent another two hours reaching the Cydonia Desert.
With Basalt's current strength, the Cydonia Desert could no longer stop him. Unless he encountered extreme weather, a Pokémon tide, or a secret realm descent, but the probability of that was lower than winning the lottery, not worth mentioning.
Following the location sent by Director Mori, Basalt finally arrived at the secret realm entrance.
"Bronzong!" Basalt waved his hand.
Super Bell understood. A gravity field was deployed, and with just a slight exertion, a huge spatial gate appeared.
Taking a deep breath, Basalt emboldened himself: "Let's go in!"
A whirl of heaven and earth. When vision returned, Basalt and the others were already amidst a sandstorm.
Shh-shh-shh-shh~
The sandstorm swept through, blotting out the sky. Compared to the sandstorm raised by Excadrill in battle, the intensity here was clearly on another level, almost to the point of melting flesh and bone. Visibility dropped to a terrifying less than ten meters. Beyond ten meters was a yellow haze; nothing could be seen clearly.
If not for Pupitar's sand control power keeping the sandstorm at bay, Basalt would likely have been done for.
"Pu~pi~"
Feeling the omnipresent sandstorm, Pupitar looked thoughtful. It could sense that this environment was extremely suitable for its life and cultivation.
"Raaahr!"
Just then, a deafening roar rang out, shaking the clouds. Even knowing the source was kilometers away, the Pokémon still felt palpitation. Because that oppressive feeling couldn't be faked. That was a chasm in strength!
But from this roar that shook the sky, Basalt heard a different emotion. This voice contained unconcealed surprise. It wasn't intimidation, but guidance. This voice wanted to tell Basalt its location!
Sure enough, after the roar ended, a vacuum suddenly appeared in the super-strong sandstorm, and visibility instantly returned to normal. This vacuum was like a smooth path, leading from mid-air to a distant rocky mountain.
"This sand control power!!!" Basalt exclaimed, "Actually controlling sand from kilometers away, simply incredible." Indeed, the path he had to walk was still long.
Based on the voice, Basalt was sure this was Mother Tyranitar, aka the Mother-in-Law.
"Let's go, follow the passage!"
Basalt involuntarily hugged the Carbink in his arms tighter. Although he understood that if Tyranitar really went berserk, Carbink wouldn't be of much use. Unless... it mutated on the spot!!!
Following the passage, Basalt soon arrived above the rocky mountain.
On the ground, a large bipedal dinosaur-like Pokémon, covered in armor-like green plating, stood proudly looking up, its eyes locked on the flying Pupitar. In its eyes, Basalt saw longing, affection, and guilt.
"Raaahr!"
Tyranitar called out gently, controlling the sand to slowly pull Pupitar down.
"Pu~pi~"
The usually fearless and carefree Pupitar suddenly became shy at this moment, a bit at a loss. It struggled gently but didn't break free. In terms of sand control, Tyranitar was leagues ahead of it.
Before long, Pupitar landed, looking up at the towering figure before it.
Is this what I'll look like after evolving? So majestic!!!
This was the thought in the goofy Pupitar's mind right now.
"Go on! Pupitar, call Mom!" Basalt encouraged from the side.
"Pu~pi~"
Although Pupitar felt the atmosphere was weird, the bloodline resonance couldn't be faked.
Just as Pupitar was at a loss, Mother Tyranitar took the initiative to step forward and hug Pupitar, not letting go for a long time.
"Pu~pi~"
At first, it was a bit uncomfortable, but soon Pupitar's expression gradually relaxed. Mom's embrace is a bit hard, but very warm!
At this time, Basalt dared not disturb their mother-son reunion, just standing quietly aside.
After a long time, Mother Tyranitar finally released Pupitar. When it moved its gaze from Pupitar to Basalt, the love in its eyes instantly vanished, replaced by coldness.
If not for this brat in front of it, it wouldn't have suffered the pain of longing. This annoying human! Anyway, in Mother Tyranitar's eyes, Basalt was an eyesore no matter how she looked. If possible, she really wanted to stomp him to death! Does a kid like this really qualify to be her precious son's trainer?
Does he deserve it? Heh!
Seemingly sensing its mother's dislike for Basalt, Pupitar immediately protested. In terms of emotional dependence, Basalt's status was clearly above Mother Tyranitar's.
"Pu~pi~ Pu~pi~"
Pupitar expressed its dissatisfaction.
"Raaahr?"
Seeing this, Tyranitar was stunned, not understanding what bewitching soup Basalt had fed Pupitar. Truly, a son grown is a son lost!
However, with Pupitar mediating, Mother Tyranitar didn't make any drastic moves, just treating Basalt as air, ignoring him directly.
"Lar~vi~"
Just then, a small Pokémon with rock-like grey-green skin and a long blunt horn on its head ran out of the rocky mountain cave. It was a Larvitar. Presumably, this was the Larvitar hatched from the egg Basalt hadn't chosen back then.
It was evident that this Larvitar was also extremely lively and active. However, when it saw Pupitar's tall and grey-blue appearance, Larvitar dared not approach.
Is this my brother? Why does he look different?
Oppressed by Pupitar's aura, Larvitar grabbed its mother's tail, afraid to step forward.
At this moment, Mother Tyranitar also suddenly realized.
My son has already evolved???
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