Huang Xiaochu had just started cooking, and Mu Li and He Lin also followed him into the kitchen to help.
Only Zhang Xiaoyang's exclamations could be heard from outside from time to time.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh!!! Their necks can even rotate 360 degrees!!!"
"Oh, oh, oh, oh!!! They're flying over!!!"
"Oh, oh, oh, oh!!! They're going to catch H and O!!!"
...
Mu Li couldn't help but sigh, "I think Brother Zhang's true love is probably the pointy-mouthed ones."
He Lin laughed, "Who says it isn't? Didn't you see how Brother Zhang has a love-hate relationship with Teacher Cai Deng (the domestic duck raised at Mushroom House)?"
Huang Xiaochu, however, mentioned, "A Li, where's your Gardevoir? Without her help, the efficiency of preparing ingredients feels much lower."
"Gardevoir is still sleeping..." Mu Li explained, "She needs more rest because her Psychic power was overused."
Huang Xiaochu was very concerned about his assistant: "Is she alright?"
"She's fine, she just needs to rest for a bit," Mu Li comforted him.
"Actually, I can help," Mewtwo's voice suddenly rang out.
Huang Xiaochu and He Lin were stunned: "Was someone talking just now?"
"That's a Psychic Pokémon we encountered in the Apocalypse Thunder Corporation laboratory; it's not convenient for him to reveal himself," Mu Li explained, then turned to Mewtwo and said, "If you want to try, you can come help. This is also part of life."
Mewtwo, as expected of the king of Psychic-types, quickly mastered skills like peeling garlic and washing vegetables, and began to enjoy himself immensely.
Mu Li also began to explain Mewtwo's origin to the two of them.
"That company is too cruel," He Lin sighed again, "If an existence like Mewtwo were controlled or brainwashed by them, how terrifying would that be?"
Mu Li also sighed, "Actually, even if I hadn't gone, I don't think Mewtwo would have helped them. I believe that even though Mewtwo was artificially created, the part of him that is a Pokémon is kind."
"You trust me that much?" Mewtwo's tone was a little puzzled.
Mu Li smiled and nodded, "Actually, I haven't seen any truly bad Pokémon. In fact, I've seen some very evil Ghost-type Pokémon before, and they all became that way because of human resentment and desires."
"Are there really such Pokémon?" He Lin couldn't help but ask, "Is it true that some legendary Ghost-type Pokémon can drain human life force?"
Mu Li nodded and said, "That's true. Some Ghost-type Pokémon with deep resentment will attack the Pokémon and humans around them. However, these types of Pokémon are always dealt with, so there's no need to worry about them entering human society."
"Most Ghost-type Pokémon are still very well-behaved. At most, they just scare passersby, because part of their food is human fear," Mu Li explained, "Like our Gengar, when I first met him, he didn't even know how to scare people."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Li's shadow suddenly grew larger, and a large mouth opened in the middle of the shadow. Then, a huge tongue stretched out from the middle, constantly sticking its tongue out at the three of them.
Mu Li said exasperatedly, "Look, this is how he scares people... Only some timid Pokémon would be scared. I suspect if I had met him any later, he would have starved to death."
Hearing Mu Li's complaint, the shadow seemed to deflate, gradually shrinking back to its original size.
He Lin and Huang Xiaochu both laughed, "A Li, your Gengar is really interesting."
Mewtwo, who was invisible nearby, heard this and couldn't help but twitch his mouth: "Interesting? Yes, quite interesting. This 'interesting' Gengar almost killed me last night."
He couldn't help but recall his battle with Gengar last night. Once Gengar started fighting, he was like a ghost in the night, completely untraceable and impossible to Lock-On.
Not to mention the Shadow Ball, which was played with such flair, just the dodging and stealth techniques alone were enough to make any Pokémon despair.
Even when he used his Psychic power to bind the surrounding space, he still couldn't bind Gengar's form.
This was the true "King of the Night."
However, what truly impressed Mewtwo was this human named Mu Li. He didn't even understand how such a seemingly weak human could raise such a powerful Gengar.
It had been some time since he had awakened, and he had also learned through human networks what kind of Pokémon Gengar was.
But for such an ordinary Pokémon to be trained to this level of strength by Mu Li, Mewtwo didn't know how to explain it.
And there was also the Gardevoir he hadn't met yet. Others didn't know, but he had the most direct understanding of Gardevoir's strength.
It was not an easy task to awaken him. For one, the prerequisite for awakening him was that one's control over Psychic power had to be stronger than his; otherwise, the other party wouldn't even be able to find where his consciousness was hidden.
Let alone the communication and confrontation that took place between them after the other party found his consciousness.
Simply put, awakening Mewtwo would require sacrificing the life of a Psychic-type Pokémon with similar strength to him, but that Gardevoir merely had an overuse of Psychic power and only needed to sleep to recover.
Mewtwo couldn't help but wonder: if he were controlled by the Apocalypse Thunder Corporation and came for Mu Li, then there was a high probability that he might not even have a chance to escape.
What made Mewtwo even more curious was that Mu Li's Pokémon all seemed to have two faces, completely different in battle and normal states.
From Mu Li's conversations with Huang Xiaochu and He Lin, he learned that Gardevoir usually helps Mu Li with these small tasks. An existence that reached such strength would actually be willing to do such trivial things. Mewtwo expressed that he didn't quite understand, but he was willing to try Gardevoir's work.
But when he actually started doing these things properly, he found that they were not as simple as he had imagined.
When peeling garlic, he often accidentally ruined a clove, and when washing vegetables, he often damaged the leaves. Although these were all very small things, they were enough to show the gap in Psychic control.
With Mewtwo's help, Mu Li was too lazy to stay in the kitchen any longer and came out to lie down and watch the show of Brother Zhang battling the three Rowlet.
These three silly birds were truly idle, and they just happened to take a liking to Zhang Xiaoyang, constantly bothering him and making a ruckus.
Ninetales also seemed to have found his exclusive spot at the Mushroom House, directly lying on the roof, sunbathing 360 degrees. He didn't disturb anyone else, and no one else could reach such a high place anyway.
Today's guest was Chichi. Just as Mu Li was wondering when Chichi would arrive, he saw a Blastoise carrying a box come over.
And Chichi was hiding behind the Blastoise.
"It's a good thing Blastoise is big enough; if he were any smaller, he wouldn't be able to hide," Mu Li couldn't help but sigh.
Didi also sighed, "With Brother Chichi's physique, it's a good thing he's a male actor."
"Brother Chichi, you really came just in time for dinner..." Mu Li saw Chichi approaching and began to tease him.
"What do you mean? Don't be so rude, am I that kind of person?" Chichi pretended to be serious.
Mu Li shrugged, "Anyway, today's goods are already reserved for you. After dinner, come out to sea with us directly."
Chichi froze: "No way? Work as soon as I arrive? I'm allergic to UV rays, you know?"
"It's fine, we have good protective measures here, no need to worry about any of that," Mu Li said, "You can't expect the National Team coaches to come and fish, can you? Though it's not impossible, that's for tomorrow."
Didi, who was nearby, asked curiously, "Are you two that close?"
Chichi said exasperatedly, "You don't watch 'Wu Ha' at all, do you? Just because you're not in it, you don't even watch it?"
Didi feigned anger, "What's good about a show without me?"
"Oh? Is that so?" Chichi glanced at Wang Xiang, who was hiding in the shadows, and was about to speak when Didi immediately covered his mouth.
"Brother, give me a break, give me a break," Didi pleaded humbly.
Chichi rolled his eyes at Didi and urged, "Hurry up and go in, I'm starving."
After eating and drinking to their fill, Huang Xiaochu began to assign today's tasks.
"Due to a certain 'King of the Air Force's' normal performance, we haven't caught a single fish these past two days," Huang Xiaochu didn't even bother to act anymore, directly staring at Mu Li and continuing, "So today, we must catch some fish, otherwise we won't have any seafood for dinner tonight."
Chichi laughed exaggeratedly, "No way? We're at the seaside and we can't even eat seafood? Let me see, whose face is so dark?"
Chichi deliberately scanned around, then stopped his gaze on Mu Li.
"It wouldn't be you, would it, brother?" Chichi exclaimed, feigning disbelief.
Mu Li could only glare at Chichi and retort, "Can your acting get any more exaggerated? Did Peng Peng learn his acting from you?"
Mu Li suddenly caught sight of Blastoise sunbathing at the entrance of the house, and his face immediately lit up with joy: "Brother Chichi, does your Blastoise know how to catch fish?"
Chichi instantly shivered and quickly pulled away from Mu Li: "I warn you, speak properly. Although I can't beat you, I can bite my tongue and commit suicide."
Mu Li immediately changed his demeanor and sneered, "Today, your Blastoise is entrusted to me. Even if he can't swim, I will make him a Water-type Overlord."
Blastoise suddenly felt a chill, and even the warm sun couldn't bring him any warmth.
Chichi's eyes lit up, and he said fawningly, "Take him, by all means. It's best if you can help him advance to Heavenly King Level so I can show him off."
Mu Li directly rolled his eyes and said, "What do you think Heavenly King Level is? Something you can pick up anywhere? There's not enough time today, I'll help him reach high-level Gym rank. As for Heavenly King Level, we'll see in a couple of days."
He then took out a dark blue Energy Cube from Gengar's space and threw it into Blastoise's mouth, giving Blastoise a thumbs-up gesture.
"Mewtwo, do me a favor, throw him to Gyarados and have Gyarados train him well."
With a shocked expression on Blastoise's face, Blastoise flew up, turned into a shooting star, and disappeared into the sky.