Lucas lay on the bed, opening his eyes. The Meowstic and Mime Jr. beside him had already woken up and left. Lucas rolled over, checked the time, then clutched his phone and rolled off the bed onto the floor, rolling right into Ninetales' embrace.
"Shu?"
What are you doing?
Ninetales opened its eyes, looking at Lucas with a face full of confusion.
"So warm, so comfortable—"
Lucas reached out and hugged Ninetales' body; it was fluffy and extremely comfortable.
After a long while, a refreshed Lucas stood up. Gengar could be heard on the balcony, listening to Alie on a tablet. Lucas walked to the balcony and found Gengar bent over, trying to touch its toes.
Lucas watched Gengar, who could only bend halfway, and couldn't help but laugh.
That's what you get for overeating, look at you now, with those short little arms!
Gengar was sweating profusely, pushing down hard, only to find it couldn't touch its toes at all.
"Gengar!"
See, you can't touch them, can you? That's what you get for being greedy!
Lucas mercilessly teased Gengar.
Gengar stood up straight in a huff. Lucas reached out and tugged on its little tail.
"Shu~"
Gengar instantly deflated.
After Gengar floated for a while, Lucas stretched, "Alright, come inside and wash up. We still need to leave for the Galar region today to help Lugia resolve its issue."
Since things hadn't been busy lately, Lucas had discussed it with Mr. and Mrs. Fujino after eating the New Year's Eve dinner last night and decided to head to the Galar region today to help Lugia deal with the Legendary Birds problem in the Galar region.
It would probably take a few days.
At this moment, Lilligant and Gothitelle pushed the door open, looking at Lucas and Gengar, who hadn't brushed their teeth yet.
"Lilli?"
Aren't we going out today? Not getting ready yet?
Lucas stood at attention and gave a salute, "Received!"
Lucas took Gengar into the bathroom to wash up. Gothitelle opened the wardrobe, picking out clothes for Lucas to take on the trip.
Lilligant took the tablet Gengar had left on the balcony, checked the temperature and climate of the Galar region, and handed it to Gothitelle.
Gothitelle took a look, nodded, and then efficiently packed the clothes.
"Gothitelle."
You guys go down and eat first.
Gothitelle didn't even look up as she watched Lucas and Gengar walk out of the bathroom.
Lucas led Gengar and Ninetales downstairs. After finishing breakfast, Lucas used the pendant on his chest to communicate with the Legendary Birds in the Sinnoh region.
"Interested in going to beat up the other three birds of your boss?"
Somewhere in the mountains, inside a temporarily dormant volcano, a bird-like Pokémon wreathed in flames soared into the sky.
On an archipelago outside the Sinnoh sea, a crystal-clear bird Pokémon also soared into the sky.
At a power plant in a valley in the Sinnoh region, a bird Pokémon with frizzy feathers shot straight into the sky.
We've been wanting to beat them up for a long time, wait for me! Let's crush them!
Having received the response, Lucas returned to the rest area and sat down, waiting for Lilligant and Gothitelle to finish packing the luggage.
Latias flew beside Lucas and revealed its form.
"How is the Galar region?"
Listening to Latias's inquiry, Lucas was a bit surprised, "You haven't been to the Galar region?"
Latias shook its head, "My brother and I have only been to the Kanto Region, Johto Region, Hoenn Region, Unova Region, Kalos Region, and finally our Sinnoh region. The Galar region is too far away from us. My brother and I had originally agreed to go, but it abandoned me and ran off!"
Latias's voice was filled with intense anger.
Lucas reached out and patted its head, "If we still have time after we finish dealing with the matter this time, let's go and take a look around. I hear the scenery in the Galar region is quite beautiful."
The prototype for that part of the Galar region seemed to be Great Britain; the environment is still very beautiful.
"Yay, yay."
Latias's tone was full of anticipation.
"How come it feels like you're treating this trip as a vacation?"
Lucas asked with a smile.
"It is one, isn't it? Although we are going to deal with the Legendary Birds there, we have Legendary Birds on our side too. Besides, Big Brother Lugia is going too. With it there, there's nothing for me to do anyway."
Latias said as if it were a matter of course.
"You forgot that it's the Pokémon that beat Palkia and Dialga into a hole; it's insanely fierce."
Latias recalled the scene at the time and couldn't help but shrink its neck.
"That's true."
Lucas nodded.
"Lilli~"
It's packed.
Lucas stood up, recalled Lilligant and the others into their Poké Balls, said goodbye to Mr. Fujino who was sitting in front of the counter, and walked to the backyard to ride Latias toward the harbor in Twinleaf Town.
"Lugia,"
Lucas held the pendant on his chest and called out silently in his heart.
Soon, a huge shadow emerged from the deep sea, came straight to Lucas, and then splashed water everywhere.
"Long time no see, Lucas."
Lugia lowered its head to look at Lucas standing at the harbor, its warm voice ringing in Lucas's heart.
"I've come to keep my promise."
Lucas looked up at it and said.
"Mm, then let's go."
After Lugia finished speaking, it flapped its huge, claw-like wings and said.
"No rush, wait a moment, I've called for backup."
Lugia looked at Lucas in confusion, and then it sensed three extremely familiar auras.
???
How did those three come here?
"You called them?"
Watching the Legendary Birds of the Sinnoh region appear beside it, Lugia looked at Lucas.
Lucas nodded, patted Latias's head, and then climbed onto Lugia's back.
"I believe they will play a very huge role in this matter."
Lugia glanced at the Legendary Birds surrounding it. Seeing Lugia looking at them, the Legendary Birds nodded frantically.
Zapdos: That's right, that's right, Boss, he's right.
Articuno: I've been wanting to beat up that bunch of weird birds for a long time.
Moltres: They are so ugly.
Lucas: ————
Lugia: ————
"Then let's go."
Lugia flapped its wings violently, its body hugged the sea surface, and then it shot straight into the sky.
Latias turned into a fighter jet, following closely beneath Lugia, flying close to the water surface, splashing up huge waves wherever it passed.
Rhys was driving his small boat in the deep sea area with Floatzel and Octillery to go fishing when he suddenly saw a red-and-white figure flash by and was then soaked by the splashed water.
"That is————"
Rhys gazed at the disappearing back of Latias.
"The Legendary Pokémon————Latias?"
"Does that mean I'll catch a lot of fish today?!"
Rhys ignored his soaked clothes, efficiently put on bait, cast the hook, and waited.
Half an hour, one hour, three hours————
Floatzel looked at the clear, transparent bucket and fell into silence————
On the other side, Lucas sat on Lugia's back, wearing the thick cotton coat prepared by Gothitelle, shivering.
Damn it! If it weren't for the fact that I can't ride Moltres, I definitely would have ridden Moltres!
Lucas turned his head to look at Moltres flying beside him, shrank his neck, and thought.
Perhaps sensing Lucas's thoughts, Moltres moved closer to Lucas on Lugia's back, and with a wave of its wings, a wave of heat enveloped Lucas.
"Moltres is simply the best bird in the world."
Lucas squinted his eyes comfortably and said.
On the other side, Articuno and Zapdos were speechless and flapped their wings to get away from Lucas.
At this time, Latias had played enough on the sea surface, increased its flight altitude, and came to the side of Lucas and Lugia.
"Let me tell you, Lucas, I just discovered————no, wait, Lucas, why is your hair on fire?"
Lucas: ?!
Lucas hurriedly reached out to touch it and found that a part of his hair had curled up from the high temperature.
My hair!
"I swear, I hate Moltres the most in this life!"
Lucas let out a painful wail.
Moltres: ?!
Didn't you just say you liked me?
Humans are really strange, changing their minds every second, tsk.
After Moltres thought this, it flapped its wings and moved away from Lucas, flying toward Zapdos and Articuno, who were flying in front.
Galar region.
Tourists visiting the island suddenly felt the ground shake.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Did an Earthquake happen?!"
She said in terror.
Before her words fell, the ground shook again.
Now all the tourists around panicked.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, this isn't an Earthquake. This is because someone is having battle training on the island. I've already called someone to go over and remind them, don't worry, it's nothing."
Sonia kept comforting the guests present. Seeing that it was Sonia, the person in charge of the island, the guests calmed down and continued their visit.
"Really, knowing that so many people would come to visit today, they just had to choose today to battle."
Sonia looked toward the other side of the island and complained.
On the battle field on the other side, a Mienshao was battling a Charizard.
The aftermath of the moves destroyed the field, leaving it in a terrible state.
"Mienshao, High Jump Kick."
"Charizard, Flamethrower!"
Just as Mienshao rushed toward Charizard, a voice rang out suddenly.
"Stop!!!"
Charizard and Mienshao instantly pulled away. At this time, Charizard's Trainer, a man with purple hair and a beard, wearing a baseball cap on his head, with a cape behind him.
The undefeated Champion of Galar, Leon!
Leon looked at Raihan, who was shouting to stop at the edge of the field.
Raihan was furious, "Are you guys really not afraid of destroying this island if you keep fighting?!"
Leon looked at Mustard on the opposite side. Mustard looked at Leon's eyes and directly closed his eyes.
Leon: ————
"Alright, alright, we won't fight, we won't fight."
Leon touched the back of his head and laughed: "It's just that I haven't seen my teacher for a long time, so I thought I'd exchange pointers."
Raihan glared at him, "Couldn't you have chosen another place? You caused me to get criticized by Sonia."
Hearing Sonia's name, Leon scratched his head.
If he went back now, he would be scolded by her again.
"Little Leon."
Mustard walked in front of the two.
Leon looked at the little old man in front of him, quietly waiting for what Mustard was about to say.
"Your strength is already very strong."
Mustard squinted his eyes and smiled, "There are no opponents left in the Galar region, right?"
Leon nodded without hesitation, "Now only Raihan can make me fight to my heart's content, but no matter how many times I fight Raihan, I will win."
Raihan: "You————"
Forget it, what he said was a fact to begin with.
"The other one is you, Master. Now I guess only you can make me bring out my true strength."
Listening to Leon's words, Mustard laughed out loud.
"It won't work, old man, I'm already old, I can't beat you anymore."
After Mustard laughed for a while, he looked at Leon, "Little Leon, you are already very strong now."
"This has also led to you having no pressure. Do you rarely leave the Galar region?"
Leon said 'mm'.
He had to receive guests in the Galar region and play matches; he had no time to leave the Galar region.
"So, you will only become stronger when you meet a true rival."
Leon sighed; he also understood this truth.
But where could he find an opponent who could make him use his full strength?
"If you have time, go out and walk around. Going out and walking around is quite good. You will find that you have learned a lot inadvertently."
Mustard put his hands behind his back, "I once passed through a mysterious region and traveled there for a period of time. The experience of traveling in that region also created my current strength."
"When there are no rivals of your own in one region, you might as well go to other regions to take a look."
Leon laughed, "Okay, Master, I will go to other regions when I have time."
Mustard carried his hands behind his back, took Mienshao, and turned to leave.
"Let's go, let's go, go home to eat. Honey has already prepared the food and is waiting for us."
Leon and Raihan followed behind Mustard and left the battle field.
After eating, Leon sat on Corviknight's back and flew toward the League.
Passing by a snowy mountain, he discovered a Pokémon running continuously on the snow.
"That is————Zapdos?"
The Zapdos of the Galar region was rushing toward a certain place. Leon sensed something, looked back, and found that it was Articuno and Moltres; they were also flying toward the place where Zapdos was rushing.
"What are they————where are they going?"
Leon muttered to himself.
After thinking about it, he patted Corviknight's back, and Corviknight followed.
On the other side, after Lucas arrived in the Galar region, he let Lugia sense it and found that the Legendary Birds of the Galar region were gathering, so Lugia took Lucas and flew toward the place where they were gathering.
Lucas sat on Lugia's back, surrounded by Zapdos, Moltres, Articuno, and a red airplane, Latias.
"Almost exclusively big birds————"
Lucas said in a low voice, then thought of a certain cartoon.
"Then what do I call this? Birdy Task Force, Assemble?"
Lucas laughed, and then he discovered that the Moltres and Articuno of the Galar region had appeared before his eyes.
But what attracted Lucas's attention more was the man on the Corviknight behind them.
"This isn't————"
Familiar attire, beard, purple hair, cape, it's you! That man! Leon!
But what is Leon doing here? Could it be that the Legendary Birds here caused some trouble and brought his pursuit?!
On the other side, Leon was equally surprised after seeing Lucas.
"This is————"
Leon looked at the Lugia that Lucas was riding, and the Legendary Birds beside him, and a Latias.
"Sea God Lugia? Latias? Legendary Birds from other regions? Who exactly is he?!"
He narrowed his eyes and stared at Lucas vigilantly.
The two looked at each other like this for a long time without speaking.
Finally, Lucas tentatively opened his mouth, "Hello, Leon, my name is Lucas."
Leon: He knows me?
"Hello."
Leon nodded, his hand placed on his belt, clutching the Poké Ball of Charizard in his hand.
"I am the Champion of the Galar region, may I ask if you can tell me your purpose?"
Lucas was stunned.
He doesn't think I'm an accomplice, right?!
Lucas just wanted to speak.
He found that Moltres had directly slammed into the Moltres of the Galar region.
Articuno followed closely behind.
Finally, it was Zapdos.
Latias also rushed in.
Latias, what are you doing? Starting a team fight?
Leon: ???
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