Chen Kai arrived at his maternal grandfather's residential complex. Around nine o'clock, the sun's gentle rays bathed every corner of the old neighborhood.
The temperature wasn't too hot yet. Several tall sycamore trees stood in the center of the complex, their leaves rustling softly in the breeze.
Beneath the trees, several elderly people sat leisurely, some playing chess, others chatting, their faces radiating peace and contentment.
On the balconies, colorful clothes hung drying, swaying gently in the sunlight. Occasionally, a few bird calls broke the tranquility of the complex, adding a touch of life.
Chen Kai didn't see his maternal grandfather playing chess downstairs, but he happened to run into his maternal grandmother who was going out to buy groceries. Beside his maternal grandmother was a Chimecho, her Pokémon.
After several days of joining them for dinner, Chen Kai learned that his mother's starter Pokémon, Chimecho, was actually the child of this Chimecho.
He heard that his mother had a big argument with his maternal grandfather when she chose Chingling as her starter Pokémon.
Upon seeing Chen Kai, his maternal grandmother asked with a smile, “Xiao Kai, why are you here so early today? I'm just about to cook a big meal. You and Miraidon should come eat with us!”
Miraidon's eyes lit up when it heard “big meal”!
Chen Kai nudged it aside and carefully asked, “Grandma, how is Grandpa now? Is he still angry?”
His maternal grandmother smiled and said, “Oh, him! He finally came to his senses today, which is why I'm preparing a big meal to celebrate.”
“What happened?” Chen Kai asked, puzzled, while taking a bag of vegetables from his maternal grandmother's hand and carrying it himself.
“Today, the Bai Family Main House called, and their attitude towards your maternal grandfather wasn't good. Your maternal grandfather strongly talked back to them; he was quite fierce!” his maternal grandmother recounted slowly:
“He said that from now on, he would no longer have dealings with the Bai Family Main House! He told them not to bother him again.
If Lijuan and Zhaoxing heard this, they would surely applaud.”
“Is that so?” Chen Kai wanted to scratch his head but found both hands occupied with groceries, so he gave up.
“Grandpa isn't with the Bai Family Main House…”
His maternal grandmother interjected, saying, “When your maternal grandfather was little, his father didn't have much money, so he couldn't become a Trainer. He admired Trainers from a young age and always wanted to be a Dragon-type Pokémon Trainer.
Later, when he started working, this dream didn't die, but unfortunately, even though he won awards as a teacher every year, he really wasn't cut out to be a Trainer, and he was always being scammed out of money by the Bai family. Now, he's finally understood.”
“Is that so?” Chen Kai couldn't help but sigh, realizing that even his gentle maternal grandmother disliked the Bai family!
Upon arriving in his maternal grandfather's living room, his maternal grandfather, Bai Weimin, was on the phone.
“Hahahahaha, you have this day too!” Bai Lijuan's voice came from the other end of the line.
His maternal grandfather, Bai Weimin, shook his head helplessly: “Alright, stop laughing. I just called to tell you, sigh, I'm sorry I couldn't get the honey apple. Those people took the money but didn't do anything!
But I'll figure something out later.”
Bai Lijuan said apologetically, “But Dad, you can't say that. We were the ones who troubled you, making you argue with those people from the Bai family.”
“That,” Chen Kai raised his hand to signal, then sent out Dipplin from a Poké Ball:
“Actually, I got the honey apple. Applin successfully evolved, and it was… Teacher Ye Gai who helped.”
“Oh!” His maternal grandfather stared excitedly at the newly evolved Dipplin like a fanatic.
“Ah! It really smells good!”
“Congratulations on your evolution, Dipplin!” Bai Lijuan congratulated it over the phone.
Dipplin itself, being praised, happily poked its head out and swayed.
Then, Dipplin No. 2, which had just been born, poked its head out from the tail and curiously observed everyone.
His maternal grandfather played with Dipplin for a long time before, at Chen Kai's inquiry, he explained what had happened.
The so-called Section Chief Hu seemed to really be a spy from the Dragon Country. He attempted to steal things from the Bai family through Bai Zhaoxing.
Because his maternal grandfather introduced him, some people in the Bai family blamed his maternal grandfather and refused to give him the promised honey apple, while also demanding compensation from him.
His maternal grandfather stated that he merely made an introduction, and the Bai family took their money, yet their security was so shoddy.
Even if they conceded ten thousand steps, the one who stole something was a security guard who infiltrated from the Dragon family, and Section Chief Hu didn't steal anything at all.
The Bai family took his maternal grandfather's money, didn't want to give him the item, and now they wanted to extort money?
“I, Bai Weimin, don't cause trouble, nor do I fear trouble! What kind of things are you Bai family?”
His maternal grandfather verbally abused the person on the other end of the phone for two minutes, infuriating them until they hung up.
Upon hearing what the Bai family had done, Chen Kai felt that he should have taught them a lesson yesterday.
If he weren't currently unable to enter the Kyoto Secret Realm, he would have directly rushed over and frozen those people from the Bai family until they were satisfied!
So, he decided to stay in Kyoto for a few more days and return to Sichuan Province closer to the start of school. The people from the Bai Family Main House better not let him catch them these next few days!
“Grandpa, in the future, Xiao Mei and Dipplin will definitely become the strongest Dragon-type Pokémon! At that time, I'll definitely make them regret it endlessly! They'll come running to apologize to you!” He consoled his maternal grandfather, telling him not to be angered by those people.
“Good, good, good!” His maternal grandfather smiled. In his perception, Ampharos was not a Dragon-type Pokémon, but with his grandson's sentiment, his mood brightened considerably.
“Our Xiao Kai will become the strongest Trainer in the future!”
After enjoying his maternal grandmother's grand meal, Chen Kai found an open space in a park that afternoon to help Dipplin with special training.
Because of the sudden appearance of Dipplin No. 2, Dipplin even had trouble walking.
Dipplin wanted to go right, but No. 2 wanted to go left, resulting in it falling flat on its face.
The problem was significant, and Chen Kai genuinely didn't know what to do for a while.
He took out his Pokedex to scan it:
Name: Dipplin
Type: Grass, Dragon
Level: Normal Class (Chen Kai estimated around Level 25)
Ability: Gluttony
Gender: Male
The Pokedex system considered the two Dipplin as one entity, and both of them were male.
Incidentally, Chen Kai also checked Xiao Mei's level. After eating a lot at the Bai family's house, it had almost caught up with Dipplin, also around Level 25.
Ultimately, Chen Kai decided to seek outside help.
He made a call to Bai Lijuan and asked, “Mom, your Exeggutor also has three heads. How did you raise it?”
“You still remember to call me?” Chen Kai had been so busy since coming to Kyoto that he hadn't called Bai Lijuan once.
Chen Kai scratched his head: “Uh… I've just been too busy with special training.”
“Alright, let's get to the point. When Exeggutor was still an Exeggcute, I made sure they established a leader among them.
That is, the middle head of the current Exeggutor, it's the leader. During battle, the two heads on the side need to follow its commands.”
“So that's how it is! Thank you, Mom!”
Hanging up the phone, Chen Kai looked back. The two “dragons” were still going one to the left and one to the right, neither willing to yield to the other.
“Emmm… It's hard to choose!”