"Burp~"
Ash lay on the grass, belched, and looked satisfied.
"So delicious—"
Beside him lay a Pikachu that had eaten until it was round.
"Pika—"
Pikachu also looked very satisfied.
Lucas picked up a meatball borrowed from Gengar's bowl, tossed it into his mouth, chewed, and looked at Ash and Pikachu lying on the ground resting. "It's your and Pikachu's turn to wash the dishes today. Don't even think about slacking off."
"Got it, we'll rest for a bit before doing the dishes."
Ash was already used to washing dishes. Since he couldn't cook, he and Pikachu had long been forced by Lucas to wash dishes after meals.
For Ash, as long as he could eat delicious food, washing dishes wasn't unacceptable.
"Little V."
Lucas called out to Victini, who was gnawing on a large chicken leg nearby. Victini put down the chicken leg and tilted its head, looking at Lucas in confusion, wondering why Lucas was calling it.
"Is the chicken leg good?"
Victini nodded obediently.
"Then can you give me a bite? Just one bite, I've never eaten a chicken leg before."
Gothitelle on the side turned its head and glanced at him.
The chicken leg had been eaten by a dog again.
Victini didn't hesitate at all, brought the large chicken leg to Lucas, and handed it to him. Lucas opened his mouth and took a bite.
"Mmph! Delicious!"
Lucas praised the deliciousness of the chicken leg, while Victini looked at the chicken leg that was now just a skeleton, falling into a stupor.
Then—
"Tini!!!"
Waa!!! Victini shed tears in sorrow.
It had specifically saved the chicken leg for last and hadn't even been willing to take big bites itself, but now it was gone in one bite from Lucas.
Lucas's cheeks were bulging. He chewed the meat in his mouth and then widened his eyes.
A burning pain came from his back. Without turning his head, Lucas knew it was Ninetales. This feeling of being unable to shout or breathe due to the pain made the pain on his back even more distinct.
With his mouth full of meat bitten from the chicken leg and his back burning with pain, water welled up in Lucas's eyes involuntarily.
This feeling was just like when he did something bad as a child, and his mother would take that kind of small branch—the soft kind—and lash him fiercely.
While Lucas was jumping around in pain, Gengar acted according to plan. It came to Victini's side and, transforming into a heartwarming big brother, began to comfort Victini.
"Gen gengar"
Lucas is a big bad guy, right?
It didn't know if the plan said that or if Gengar just wanted to say it that way, but anyway, after getting confirmation from Victini, it helped Victini fiercely accuse Lucas.
The specific situation was as follows: Let me tell you, Lucas is a big bad guy at the Breeding House. He steals other people's food everywhere and makes others cry.
Right, he's a big bad guy, the kind that couldn't be worse. I used to be such an upright and kind Pokémon, but just because I stayed with him often, I was often mistaken by other Pokémon as a big bad guy too. Actually, I'm not; it's all Lucas's fault.
Things like that, which made Lucas's eyebrows twitch. The key was that he couldn't refute it on the spot.
He warned Gengar with his eyes: You brat, this is the method you were talking about, right?
Gengar scratched its big butt, turned around with Victini, and faced away from Lucas.
I'm not looking at you.
Lucas: —
Dash, sitting under the tree, took a bite of the berries in its hand, chewed, and looked at Gengar, who was arm-in-arm with Victini, and said, "Ma Machamp."
They are fooling a child again.
Although Victini had existed much longer than Gengar and Lucas, its mind appeared incredibly simple in front of the minds of Lucas and Gengar.
Lilligant and Meloetta were sitting on Dash's shoulders respectively. Hearing Dash's words, Lilligant dangled its little feet, looking at Victini who was being coaxed into a daze.
"Lilli."
Here we go again—honestly—
Meloetta was very curious about what Dash and Lilligant meant. It asked in confusion: "Melo?"
"Lilli."
The credibility of Lucas and Gengar at the Breeding House is nearly zero.
"Melo."
But I think Lucas is quite good?
"Lilli."
So we are talking about inside the Breeding House.
Meloetta became increasingly curious.
"Melo?"
Breeding House? Where is the Breeding House?
Hearing Meloetta's question, Lilligant thought for a moment, then dangled its little legs again.
"Lilli."
The Breeding House—it's our home, oh.
Meloetta sat on the other end of Dash's shoulder. It turned its head and looked at Lilligant curiously. Seeing that Meloetta was so curious, Lilligant rolled its eyes and blinked its little eyes.
Lilligant introduced life at the Breeding House to Meloetta.
"Lilli."
At the Breeding House, there live many cute, handsome, strong, abstract, and punchable Pokémon. We live together, play together, train together, Sing together, and dance together. Oh, right, do you know? The flowers in our Breeding House bloom very beautifully and are very fragrant, especially the gracidea flower—
When the sun isn't too strong, we all dance in the flower garden of the Breeding House, amidst the colorful and fragrant flowers, accompanied by the flowers in the breeze. The Kricketune around will play beautiful melodies for us, and we keep dancing and dancing with the flowers.
There is another Pokémon at the Breeding House whose dancing is also very good. It is a Roserade. Its dance is full of elegance—
Lilligant fully utilized the advantage of its sweet appearance, using a sweet voice to describe the wonderful life at the Breeding House to Meloetta.
When hearing that the gracidea flower at the Breeding House was the most beautiful flower in the world, a light that had never been seen before burst out in Meloetta's eyes; it was a kind of yearning.
Especially when hearing that there was Kricketune accompaniment and that it could dance with these beautiful flowers, Meloetta yearned for it even more.
The look in Meloetta's eyes when it looked at Lilligant was full of envy.
Dash, sitting under the tree, listened to Lilligant describing the Breeding House. It glanced at the envious Meloetta, opened its mouth to speak, and wanted to tell Meloetta that Lucas and Gengar at the Breeding House were the least trustworthy, and after them, there was one more.
That was Lilligant—Lilligant knew how to utilize its advantages too well. It was like a flower covered in "honey," and even Lucas and Gengar would fall into its trap without knowing it.
But Dash thought about it and still didn't speak.
After all, the picture Lilligant described was true, and it believed that the reason Lilligant would say these things was probably because it had its own plans?
Dash thought of this and continued to eat the berries in its hand.
These strange things could just be left to Lilligant and the others to handle; it just needed to protect them well. This was also what it could do as the big sis of the Breeding House.
The affairs of the civil officials had nothing to do with the military generals.
Time moved back to Gengar's side. Gengar patted Victini's shoulder, took out a small jar of sweet honey, opened the lid, and generously handed it to Victini.
"Gen gengar"
This is for you to eat.
Victini looked at the golden sweet honey, sniffed with its little nose, and a sweet scent lingered on the tip of its nose.
It looked at Gengar curiously. Gengar grinned at it, then handed over a small spoon. Victini took the spoon, tentatively scooped a spoonful, and put it into its mouth.
"Tini!"
Victini's eyes lit up!
So delicious! Such a happy feeling.
Seeing this, the cunning light in Gengar's eyes became even stronger.
"Gen gengar"
Right? Right? Isn't it delicious? Let me tell you, the Breeding House has so much sweet honey, and this is just the low-quality one. The Breeding House still has a lot, a lot more sweet honey that is even more delicious than this.
Victini's eyes instantly turned into star eyes.
"Tini?!"
Even more delicious than this?!
The look in Victini's eyes when it looked at Gengar was also full of envy.
"Gen gengar."
Do you know?
Gengar leaned close to Victini and spoke softly in its ear: "Gen gengar"
There is a kind of very magical sweet honey at the Breeding House. As long as it is opened, the sweet honey's fragrance can be smelled for dozens of miles around.
And, there is a Vespiquen at the Breeding House. All this sweet honey is brewed by it. I go to the beehive to get some sweet honey every day, and I eat it so happily.
"Tini!"
So happy! I can eat so much sweet honey every day—
Victini's tone was full of envy.
Gothitelle, who was washing dishes on the side, heard this sentence from Victini. It looked at Victini and shook its head after a long while.
I'll mourn for you in advance for a while, silly child.
Gengar's words were like the sound of a demon, constantly echoing and looping in Victini's ears.
"Gen gengar"
Let me tell you, if you come to play at the Breeding House, I'll take you to the beehive for all-you-can-drink sweet honey.
Victini: !!!
All-you-can-drink!
"Melo!"
Dancing under the moonlight!
Meloetta imagined dancing under the moonlight, accompanied by moving melodies, surrounding a campfire, a group of people and Pokémon dancing gracefully—
!!!
The expressions of the two Pokémon, Victini and Meloetta, were almost identical.
Lilligant and Gengar were still continuing. At this moment, Lucas's attention was attracted by the text that hadn't popped out for a long time.
Looking at the text that suddenly popped out, Lucas was startled, and then he muttered to himself.
"So you're still alive? I almost forgot about you."
"Void, Truth, and Ideals: The three Tao dragons of the Unova region correspond to Void, Truth, and Ideals, respectively. And you, Lucas, have successfully gained the recognition of the dragon of truth, Reshiram, and have also been recognized by the dragon of ideals, Zekrom, as a second-tier Black Hero. Therefore, Reshiram and Zekrom have bestowed suitable gifts upon the hero they recognize."
"Reshiram's gift: Ninetales, having been blessed by many legendary Pokémon, seems to have caught Reshiram's attention. It will teach Ninetales moves within a specific period."
"Lucas, Ninetales is very strong." — Reshiram
"Zekrom's gift: Zekrom seems to particularly like Latias? It has decided to personally instruct Latias for a specific period, which might allow it to master itself— (crossed out) might make it more proficient with Dragon-type moves."
"Thank you, Lucas." — Zekrom
Lucas watched Zekrom continue that crossed-out text and fell into silence.
"You're so serious!"
Lucas was furious. "Give me back my move!"
The text before him continued to flicker, ignoring Lucas.
"The gift of the three Tao dragons: Thanks to you, Kyurem and Zekrom have been able to recover to their original state. You have not only gained the recognition of Reshiram and Zekrom but also the approval of Kyurem. From this moment on, you will become the existence that binds the three of them together. Celebrate! The first human-shaped dna splicers to appear in the Pokémon world!"
"Call upon us, Lucas." — Kyurem, Reshiram, Zekrom
"..."
"Are you saying I've become a human fusion card?"
The text box disappeared.
"So stingy."
Lucas looked at the vanished text box and muttered a curse under his breath.
What kind of golden finger has its own temper?! I can't even say a couple of words.
The text box appeared again, and immediately, the text that had already appeared began to gradually fade away.
"I was wrong, I was wrong."
Lucas immediately knelt down to apologize.
The text box disappeared again.
Lucas waited for a while and found the text didn't continue to disappear, only then did he grimace.
If I had known, I wouldn't have complained; I just can't control this mouth of mine!
Lucas distressfully gave himself a slap on the mouth.
My exclusive move!
Lucas's heart was bleeding.
"Lucas."
Reshiram returned, stopping above the clouds and calling out to Lucas.
Lucas looked up. Reshiram smiled and said, "If you are not in a hurry, may I take Ninetales with me for a while?"
Lucas looked at Ninetales. Ninetales was accustomed to this situation; Gengar, Lilligant, and Dash had all been taken away by these legendary Pokémon before, so it nodded.
"Okay."
Lucas indicated there was no problem at all.
"Rest assured, we will be not far from you. By the way, Zekrom asked me to ask you if Latias could go find it."
"No problem."
Latias spoke up itself. Before Lucas could finish, Latias used a "nitrogen jet" and shot straight into the sky.
"Going to get stronger again~"
Latias's voice reached Lucas's ears. Lucas watched Latias's disappearing figure and rubbed his forehead.
After Latias left, Ninetales also left with Reshiram.
Then Lucas also let the Deoxys brothers return to the Sinnoh region first.
After Ninetales left, Lucas stood on the ground and fell into deep thought.
Plane Sister and Ninetales are both gone. Who am I going to ride in the coming days?
I'm not going to have to walk, am I?
Thinking that in the coming days he would have to walk wherever he went, Lucas felt like the sky was falling.
This isn't the Breeding House. At the Breeding House, a couple of steps meant a recliner where he could lie down. With Ninetales and Latias gone, it meant he still had to stay in the Unova region for a while, and there were no recliners here—
I can't exactly ride Gengar, right?
Lucas looked at Gengar's bloated body and pondered continuously.
Come to think of it— Gengar, who has raised a body of fat, should be able to carry me, right?
Gengar, who was currently "assaulting ears with demonic sounds," suddenly felt its rear tighten. An unprecedented sense of fear instantly enveloped its entire body. Even when facing Arceus, it had never felt such terror.
It kept breaking out in cold sweat, observing its surroundings, with a Dark Void clutched in its hand, looking as if it were facing a formidable enemy.
Gothitelle and the others reacted instantly. Gothitelle floated into the air, its psychic power instantly spreading out, alert to the surroundings.
Dash and Lilligant did the same.
The behavior of Gengar and the others made everyone present freeze for a moment, and then they followed suit, becoming alert.
"What? What happened?"
Ash looked like he hadn't reacted yet, asking himself curiously.
Hearing Ash's voice, Lucas came back to his senses and found everyone present looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy. He looked up, didn't notice anything, and then asked, "What are you all doing?"
As Lucas spoke, Gengar suddenly felt the sense of fear that had enveloped its body instantly disappear. It scratched its rear in confusion, and the Dark Void in its hand vanished.
"Gen gengar?"
Strange? Why did I just feel like someone was plotting against me?
As Gengar let down its guard, Gothitelle also landed back on the ground, relaxing its vigilance.
Everyone and all the Pokémon present also sat back down on the ground.
Gengar told Lucas about the feeling it had just experienced, and Lucas frowned.
What could make Gengar feel even more terrified than facing Arceus? Who on earth has such great ability?
Lucas walked over to Garchomp, whispered something in its ear, and Garchomp nodded, then shot straight into the sky.
Seeing this, Cynthia stood up from beside Shauntal and came to Lucas's side.
"What's wrong?"
Cynthia asked Lucas in a low voice.
Lucas also replied in a low voice, "Gengar said it suddenly felt fear just now. Since Latias and Ninetales have temporarily left, I asked Garchomp to help check the situation from high in the sky."
Cynthia also frowned tightly, and the two stood there waiting for Garchomp to return.
Whoosh.
Garchomp broke through the clouds, descended from high altitude, and came before the two, shaking its head.
"Garchomp."
Nothing, everything is normal, only the aura left behind by Reshiram remains.
Lucas heard Garchomp's report and stroked his chin.
"That shouldn't be— Gengar's intuition is usually never wrong, right?"
Lucas couldn't figure it out, so he suggested, "Regardless, let's pack up and leave here first."
Cynthia nodded, "I have a mansion in the nearest town; we can go there to rest."
As expected of a rich woman!
She even has a house in the Unova region!
"Then let's tell them and leave here first."
After saying that, Lucas took Cynthia into the center of the crowd and mentioned it.
Everyone also stood up, helping to pack things, preparing to leave.
The Team Rocket Trio sneaked up behind Lucas and patted him. Lucas turned his head, looked at their sneaky appearance, and asked, "Leaving?"
Jessie, James, and Meowth all showed embarrassed smiles and then nodded.
"We are truly very sorry for causing such big trouble for the store manager."
Hearing Jessie's words, Lucas waved his hand, "Alright, actually this matter isn't entirely your fault. But next time, you must be careful. Once you catch Pikachu, you'll be set for life; don't think about doing other things, got it?"
The trio nodded quickly to indicate they understood.
Looking at the trio in front of him, Lucas threatened, "If I find out again that you are doing other things besides catching Pikachu, watch out—you might have a Gengar pop up and smile at you in the middle of the night while you're sleeping."
The trio instantly felt their scalps tingle.
What a terrifying feeling!
Seeing this, Lucas nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand, "Go on, be careful on the way. If there are any problems, just like this time, give me a call."
"Alright, we're leaving first. Store Manager, please take care, and we wish the store manager prosperous business."
After saying this, the three of them ran off.
Watching their backs running into the sunset, with Wobbuffet even jumping out from them, Lucas had a smile on his lips.
The reason he let them catch Pikachu was that they definitely wouldn't succeed, but if he let them do other things, there would be a 99.9% chance of success.
Just like stealing the real dna splicers from Opelucid City.
Rather than triggering other things, it's better to let them honestly catch Pikachu.
After everyone finished packing, they prepared to leave, but at this moment, a sound came from the bushes.
Everyone looked at the bushes vigilantly, and Gengar even had a Dark Void appear in its hand again.
A pair of hands reached out from the bushes, then pushed aside the grass, revealing a face familiar to everyone.
It was the same fiery red afro, but the person had a string of Poké Balls hanging around his neck.
"Yo, everyone's here? What are you all— — — —"
The person greeted with a smile, but finding everyone looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy, he asked a question in confusion.
Looking at the late-arriving Unova Champion Alder, Lucas couldn't help but complain.
"Why didn't you wait until tomorrow to come?"
Alder wasn't angry; he showed a mouthful of white teeth, "I went back to the League first to take a look, and only rushed over when I received the news. I still came a step too late."
Gengar stared at Alder curiously.
Was it the feeling he brought just now?
It doesn't seem like it— he doesn't look like that kind of powerful human?
Could it be that he was hiding his true strength?
Gengar's eyes widened.
To this day, no one knows why Gengar felt like it was facing a formidable enemy just now, nor will anyone know why it suddenly felt that way.
After all, even the perpetrator doesn't know.
"Gen gengar— there are so many strange things these days, it really leaves this ghost confused."
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