After lunch, led by the two Stoutlands, they set off to search for the Revival Grass. Arriving beside the hole the Stoutlands had just dug, Xia Henao asked Gengar, "Gengar, was this the spot just now?"
Gengar nodded, but the Stoutland was very displeased that Xia Henao was asking Gengar instead of him. It rushed over and bit Xia Henao's pant leg. Xia Henao grabbed the Stoutland by the scruff of its neck and lifted it up. "I was going to praise you, but since you bit my pant leg, there are no meat cans for you."
The Stoutland, which had been baring its teeth and demanding its credit from Xia Henao, immediately became meek and acted cute when it realized it had lost a can of food.
Xia Henao put the Stoutland down, then grabbed Rotom, who was still flying in the sky. "Rotom, pull up the image of the Revival Grass."
"You just have to say it, why are you grabbing me, Rotom."
Xia Henao showed everyone the picture of the Revival Grass. "Everyone, help me find this thing. Understand?"
The Pokémon echoed in response and then scattered to look for the Revival Grass. Xia Henao and Mu Zhishui also chose a direction. "Let's check this way."
"What if we don't find it?"
Xia Henao was nonchalant. "If we don't find it, we don't find it. The sky won't fall. Revival Grass is inherently difficult to come by, and artificial cultivation is troublesome, let alone finding wild ones now."
As they were speaking, they heard the Stoutland beside them yelp, as if it had discovered something unusual. Xia Henao and the others ran over and saw the Stoutland confronting a strange Pokémon. Between the two of them, a single Revival Grass stood isolated.
Xia Henao was about to collect the Revival Grass, but he paused slightly when he saw the strange Pokémon. "Zhishui, what do you think this Pokémon is?"
Mu Zhishui looked at the oddly shaped Pokémon before him. "This, from my perspective, should be an Unown!"
"This is Rotom, the Unown."
Xia Henao pointed at the Pokémon identified as an Unown. "You confirm it's an Unown, so which version of Unown do you think it is?"
Rotom was stumped. After thinking for a long time, it gave an answer. "This is Unown 'SU'!"
Xia Henao was rarely taken aback. "Unown 'SU'? You really dare to say that. Unown have always been in alphabetical order. Where did this one, in hiragana and katakana sequence, come from?"
The system chuckled in Xia Henao's mind. "Consider yourself lucky. A hiragana and katakana sequence is just a bit of trouble for collectors. If it were a Chinese character sequence, you'd never finish collecting them even if you worked yourself to death."
Xia Henao thought, if it were truly a Chinese character sequence Unown, and two trainers started a battle, one sending out an Unown 'jian' and the other an Unown 'ren', those two would truly be a pair of scoundrels.
However, the system didn't think so. "I say, if it were really a Chinese character sequence, which character Pokémon would you want to catch?"
Without a second thought, Xia Henao replied, "Why ask? Of course, it would be 'nao' (闹). How can there be no 'nao'?"
"'Nao'? I don't think that character suits you." The system seemed to disagree. Xia Henao pressed for details. "Then what character do you think suits me?"
"Lang!" (浪)
While Xia Henao and the system were fantasizing about the possibility of a Chinese character sequence Unown, Mu Zhishui took out a Poké Ball. "Magearna, Gardevoir, and Stoutland, the three of you surround him. We can't let him escape!"
Xia Henao looked over. "Zhishui, are you planning to catch him?"
"Of course. This is an extremely rare variant, even rarer than a shiny. I must catch him for biological research."
"Biological research?"
"Don't worry, I won't do anything that angers heaven and people."
The Unown, surrounded by the three Pokémon, was not flustered at all. Instead, its form flickered, and it transformed into another letter. Seeing this, Xia Henao also felt a desire to catch it. "This thing should have an Egg Group, right?"
"You're thinking too much. This thing is in the Undiscovered Egg Group. Theoretically, it cannot breed or pass down moves. Why are you asking this?"
Xia Henao grinned mischievously. "It would be great if it could breed. If it could pass down the ability to convert between hiragana and katakana, then I'd use this thing as a cheerleader. After training, not only could it cheer, but it could also curse people out. The opponent wouldn't understand anyway, so I could curse however I pleased. If I had enough of them, I'd open a company, letting these Pokémon help people confess their love and propose. With such a special 'I love you', how much money could I make..."
Xia Henao's eyes had already turned into '$' symbols, sparkling with a golden glow. Mu Zhishui looked at his miserly expression. "Control yourself. This is impossible."
"Can't I even imagine? If all else fails, I'll use this one letter and give slide presentations of insults. Everyone, prepare to battle!"
What was originally a three-on-one battle had now become a seven-on-one, more than doubling the pressure. The Unown stopped frolicking and maintained its original 'SU' symbol, staring at the seven surrounding Pokémon. Although Xia Henao had asked everyone to join in, he had assigned another task to Shedinja.
Amidst this tense atmosphere, Shedinja attacked first, charging directly towards the Unown. The Unown dodged, and Shedinja crashed directly into the ground. As Shedinja got up, Xia Henao began to scold it. "Bastard! I told you to pick the Revival Grass for me, and you ate it directly! I haven't even studied it yet!"
Hearing Xia Henao's scolding, everyone looked at the spot where Shedinja had crashed. Only a section of grass roots remained on the ground. The Revival Grass, which had been on the ground, was gone.
After swallowing the Revival Grass, Shedinja paused for a moment, then collapsed onto the ground, writhing. Seeing this, Xia Henao quickly recalled Shedinja into its Poké Ball. "Fine, you go back first. You just know how to cause trouble for me."
However, even after Xia Henao recalled Shedinja into its Poké Ball, Shedinja didn't calm down. It might have been rolling around inside the Poké Ball, causing the Poké Ball in Xia Henao's hand to shake and roll onto the ground.
Xia Henao looked at the Poké Ball. "No, what's going on? Could this Revival Grass be poisonous? Shedinja doesn't look too good."
Everyone stared at Xia Henao's Poké Ball. The Unown seized this opportunity to escape. Xia Henao waved his hand. "Gengar, Dark Pulse, let's finish this quickly!"
Gengar unleashed a Dark Pulse, hitting the Unown on the head and knocking it out cold. However, Xia Henao didn't have the time to care. He picked up Shedinja's Poké Ball, but it was no longer moving.
Mu Zhishui, taking advantage of the chaos, used a Poké Ball to catch the Unown. Xia Henao, meanwhile, released Shedinja from its ball again. "Damn, I hope it didn't die in the ball."
Shedinja emerged from the ball, looked around, and then floated in the air on its own. Xia Henao examined it up and down. "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it. Are you okay?"
As he was speaking, he noticed the ring on Shedinja's head begin to glow, and it changed color.
Xia Henao quickly noticed the change and reached out to touch the ring on Shedinja's head. "This was originally an angel's halo, and now Shedinja has a neon light tube on its head. I must say, this colorful skin is quite beautiful. I just don't know if there are any side effects."
"Don't worry, there are none. However, you can't eat too much, because you never know what mutations eating this thing will cause. But speaking of which, this might not be Revival Grass, but some other similar plant. You can take it back for specific analysis."
Mu Zhishui saw the colorful Shedinja and also reached out to touch the halo on Shedinja's head. "Shedinja, you look very beautiful like this. You can be used as a night light."
Xia Henao pondered for a moment. "Shedinja, can you turn off the light? It must be tiring to keep flashing like this."
Shedinja shook its head and turned off the neon light tube on its head, returning to its normal appearance. Xia Henao looked to the side. "How is it, did you catch the Unown?"
"Yes, I caught it. Come out, Unown."
As soon as the Unown came out, it began to change rapidly. Mu Zhishui had no idea what it was saying and asked Rotom, "Rotom, what was the Unown just saying?"
Rotom paused. "That, do you really want to know, Rotom?"
Mu Zhishui nodded. "Just say it, I'm mentally prepared."
Rotom silently displayed a string of text on its Pokédex screen. Upon seeing it, Mu Zhishui trembled with anger. "Gardevoir, use Shadow Ball on the Unown, ten Shadow Balls in a row!"
This was the first time Gardevoir had seen such an enraged Mu Zhishui. A barrage of Shadow Balls flew towards the Unown. Xia Henao stealthily crept over to Rotom, pulled it down from the sky, and glanced at the screen. "Gengar, use Dark Pulse, hit him as hard as you can! I permit you to saturate the attack, blast him with a full volley of ammo!"
Although Gengar didn't understand, it grasped Xia Henao's meaning. Dark Pulse was directed towards the Unown.
Caught between the two Pokémon, the Unown was instantly knocked to the ground. However, Gengar and Gardevoir continued to beat it. Xia Henao cleared the text on Rotom's Pokédex. "Zhishui, don't be angry. I don't know who raised this Pokémon, but it's so skilled at cursing. It seems you'll be busy from now on."
Mu Zhishui angrily threw the Poké Ball at the Unown's head. "Hmph, if it weren't for its remaining research value, I would have left it here to fend for itself!"