Even Sinnoh champions have to work hard.

"Understood." Kazama Shiramo stroked Rie Kugimiya's long, smooth hair, his gentle and affectionate expression making Lugia and Ho-Oh quite envious...

"By the way, Bai Mo, how do you plan to take the two of us?" Ho-Oh held out its hand, looking as serious as a primary school girl raising her hand to ask a teacher a question: "Will we follow you in human form or use Poké Balls?"

"Let's use Poké Balls." Kazama Shiramo thought for a moment and decided that Poké Balls were more convenient. He couldn't have two beautiful girls following him around all the time, could he? That wouldn't be scouting. It felt more like a paid vacation, like being ordered to pick up girls!

Lugia narrowed its eyes, having its own calculations. It then whispered in Rie Kugimiya's ear, "If you're put into a Poké Ball, you won't be able to keep track of the situation at all times. The Poké Ball will obscure part of your sight and hearing!"

Lugia can lie without even thinking. This might be the case for ordinary Pokémon, but for Pokémon of Ho-Oh's caliber, such a thing is simply impossible. However…

Rie Kugimiya didn't know, since she's not a Pokémon, so of course she couldn't possibly know such a thing. And Ho-Oh, the only one who knew about this, although she heard Lugia's words, didn't have any intention of exposing it!

After all, the world is just that realistic. Reasoning and charity aren't the most important things; what matters most is having shared interests.

Chapter 138 Let's get ready and set off!

After all, the world is just that realistic. No matter what principles or public welfare are, they are not the most important thing. The most important thing is to have common interests!

Whether between individuals or nations, the most important thing is still to have common interests as a foundation. For example, even though Lugia is lying, and although Ho-Oh and Lugia have never gotten along, Ho-Oh will never expose Lugia's lies.

Even though Ho-Oh is very reasonable and values ​​the big picture, he still doesn't want to compromise himself in this kind of situation.

Lugia is like a sweet cake being made. The ingredients for this cake were obtained through lies. However, as long as Ho-Oh, who is the only one who knows the truth, doesn't expose the lie, he can get half of the cake. On the contrary, if Ho-Oh exposes the lie, then he won't get a single bite!

But Ho-Oh really... really wants to eat cake!

So Ho-Oh kept its eyes closed and its mind at ease, choosing to accept Lugia's lie as if it knew nothing about it! It silently planned to share the cake with Lugia!

Is that so? Rie Kugimiya suddenly became cautious, listening as Lugia carefully recounted a beautiful lie, a lie that would help her build her career!

"Hmm, hmm! Oh, hmm, is that so?" Rie Kugimiya's expression changed rapidly with Lugia's words, leaving Kazama Shiromo stunned. When did his wife learn this amazing ability to change her expression?

"It's decided, honey!" Rie Kugimiya seemed to suddenly realize something: "There's something you have to do!"

Kazama Shiramo looked at the suddenly excited Rie Kugimiya with suspicion, not understanding what his wife was up to all of a sudden: "What's wrong?"

"You must take Prince Lugia and Prince Ho-Oh with you on this trip!" Rie Kugimiya's voice was full of energy. If it weren't for the fact that his wife's voice was really very distinctive, Shiramo Kazama would have really doubted whether he had heard correctly!

"Holy crap! Wife! Are you trying to make me feel like I'm not cuckolded fast enough or what?" Kazama Shiromo thought that the world was changing too fast, and he couldn't quite figure out what young people were thinking these days. He was going out on official business, and his wife was forcing him to bring two beautiful girls with him the whole time?

Those who know him say he's going to Sinnoh to investigate, but it's an extremely dangerous mission. Those who don't know him might think he's taking two mistresses on a publicly funded trip to Sinnoh!

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Rie Kugimiya puffed out her cheeks, revealing two cute little fangs. "I'm warning you, you're not allowed to leave Ho-Oh or Lugia behind or put them in Poké Balls!"

Kazama Shiramo: "..."

To be honest, Kazama Shiramo is extremely curious right now. What kind of spell did Lugia cast on Rie Kugimiya that made her so completely bewildered? It's incredibly effective! If he hadn't not sensed any superpower fluctuations, Kazama Shiramo would have suspected that Lugia had given his adorable Rie Kugimiya a brainwashing treatment!

They're professional brainwashing pyramid scheme operators; they'll take your money if you're not happy!

"Did you hear me?!" Rie Kugimiya poked Kazama Shiromo's chest with her finger, glaring at him angrily, her eyes saying, "I'm not happy, so hurry up and agree, okay?"

"Okay, okay!" Kazama Shiromo surrendered, his opinion of Lugia dropping several percentage points. This Pokémon is too good at fooling people; it even fooled his wife. It truly lives up to its reputation as the god of the sea!

You know, Lugia's reputation is widely known in many places on the high seas. Now, Kazama Shiramo is starting to wonder if Lugia hired Suicune to do it!

Wait a minute? Suicune is Ho-Oh's subordinate, so why would she help Lugia gain reputation? Then there's probably only one truth: Suicune, you traitor, come out and take your punishment!

"Hehe!" Upon hearing this, Rie Kugimiya finally laughed out loud, thinking to herself that she was quite intimidating and knew how to manage her husband, keeping him completely obedient.

Kazama Shiromo shook his head, admitting he was impressed by Lugia, and also by his own wife. This was probably the legendary situation where someone would sell you out and you'd still help them count the money…

Ho-Oh observed from the shadows without saying a word, but in reality, Ho-Oh was the biggest winner!

Lugia went to great lengths to do this in order to gain this advantage for herself, but she overlooked the fact that her scheming was so deep that it caused Kazama Shiramo's favorability to drop by seven or eight percentage points!

Rie Kugimiya thought she had won, but in reality, she was the one who lost the most miserably. Now, Ho-Oh looks at Rie Kugimiya and thinks that her face is turning green, and that she probably doesn't have long to live.

Only Ho-Oh was the one who enjoyed it the most. He didn't say anything, did nothing, and silently won while getting a share of the pie. He secretly made a fortune and made a huge profit!

For example, if Lugia comes to gank, Ho-Oh quietly gets an assist and earns 150 gold, then watches Lugia tower dive and pull off a spectacular one-for-one trade.

Then Ho-Oh silently devoured a huge wave of minions without missing a single hit, and also picked up 150 gold for an assist, while also stealing the gold from three or four turret platings.

It looks like Phoenix only has one assist in its stats, but it quietly gained six or seven hundred coins and a huge amount of experience points, making it incredibly profitable!

"Do you need to pack?" Kazama Shiro rubbed his temples and looked at Ho-Oh and Lugia. "If you're going on a long trip soon, do you need to prepare anything?"

When Kazama Shiramo said this, he no longer considered Ho-Oh and Lugia as Pokémon; rather, he saw them as family.

Of course, there might still be some unspoken complaints about Lugia in my mind.

"No need." Ho-Oh shook his head gently. Of course there was nothing to prepare. Ho-Oh's clothes were all illusions. Although he had bought a lot of beautiful clothes after living in the Kazama family, those things were just decorations and not necessities. There was really no need to bring them at this time.

As for food, Ho-Oh can go for quite a long time without eating, and Sinnoh is not without food either.

"I don't need it either." Lugia shook her head. Like Ho-Oh, she also had some things she wanted to bring, but it wasn't convenient to bring them up at this moment.

"Then let's get ready and set off!"

Chapter 139 Becoming a Guide for the Way?

Xerneas fell into deep thought, having roughly understood the current situation after listening to Dialga's explanation.

"What's there to worry about!" Xerneas calmly analyzed the situation and concluded, "There's no problem!"

"What do you mean there's no problem?" Dialga asked, looking completely bewildered.

"I told you not to worry!" Xerneas said confidently.

"According to what you said, Palkia has already gone to the Unova region to seek help. The allies she can get are the Unova Three Dragon Gods, led by Kyurem! Do you understand now?" Xerneas looked inscrutable, while Dialga completely failed to understand what he was saying. "What you said seems to make a lot of sense, but I still don't understand at all."

"What does this have to do with me?" Dialga didn't understand. Palkia was supposed to go to Kyurem and the Unova Three Dragon Gods for help, while he was to go to Rayquaza and the Hoenn Three Pillars for help. What did his going to Hoenn have to do with the Unova Three Dragon Gods?

"Don't you understand?" Xerneas looked at him like he was an idiot. "Although I don't know who that enemy is, according to what you said, so much time has passed, Palkia has gone to Unova for help for so long, don't you know how strong Kyurem is?"

"I know, he's very strong, so what?" Dialga still didn't understand what the other party was trying to say.

"What I mean is, so much time has passed since then. Who knows if Palkia and Kyurem had already taken care of things while you were lost!" Xerneas confidently began his jinx: "Although I don't know how strong the enemy Giratina mentioned is, you should know how strong Kyurem is. Kyurem, Zekrom, Reshiram, plus Palkia—aren't these guys strong enough together? Things must have been resolved long ago. What are you worried about?"

"Really?" Dialga suddenly realized that Xerneas's words made a lot of sense. Maybe that's why Pokémon without much intelligence are so easy to fool.

“Of course that’s how it is!” Xerneas felt his analysis was reasonable and convincing: “Kyurem is so strong, how could it not be able to do something like this? Don’t meddle in other people’s business, like the Great Hound trying to catch Little Rhadamanthys!”

"But we agreed to go for help together..." Dialga's mood was complicated, and he suddenly felt extremely embarrassed. At this moment, Dialga suddenly wished that Palkia was also lost and couldn't find the place, so that he wouldn't be the only one embarrassed! But obviously, that was impossible. If Palkia, the god of space, could get lost, then this world was truly doomed!

"So don't worry!" Xerneas reassured Dialga. In Xerneas's eyes, it was best to put an end to this matter. Thinking about it carefully, the three Unova Dragon Gods plus Palkia, the Space Dragon, were enough to solve any problem. It seemed that he could continue to be a lazy bum.

"No way!" Dialga felt increasingly ashamed. How could this be? "I absolutely must get Rayquaza's help!"

Xerneas felt completely at ease. Although it was just his speculation, it made sense, didn't it? As for what this shameful God of Time planned to do, that was none of his business!

"No way, Xerneas, come with me to find Rayquaza, okay?" Dialga squatted down in front of Xerneas, widened his eyes, and maliciously acted cute: "Xerneas, come with me to find Rayquaza, okay!"

"I'm not going!" Xerneas refused decisively and resolutely. At times like this, one has to be a ruthless and cold-blooded woman!

"Come with me, Xerneas!" Dialga hugged Xerneas's deer leg and began his maliciously cute act. To be honest, this tactic was really shameless. It would obviously work very well on certain special people, but unfortunately, Dialga was facing Xerneas. For a very Zen Pokémon like Xerneas, this tactic was completely ineffective!

"I already said I'm not going! If you want to find Rayquaza, go by yourself!" Xerneas was getting impatient. "Are you a child? Why do you need someone to accompany you? Or are you a high school girl who needs a group of people to go to the bathroom?"

Dialga...

"I don't know the way..." Dialga's voice was a little weak. It was really embarrassing to say such a thing, but he couldn't not say it. The air suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

Silence is a starry night without a moon; silence is the night you get dumped; silence is a terrible drug that makes you feel like you want to die when you're alone at night.

"Please don't look at me like that," Xerneas sighed softly. "I'm not your mother, nor am I going to abandon you or anything. Why do you suddenly act like I've done something unforgivable? You know that's moral blackmail?"

"But I really don't know the way..." If he could, Dialga wouldn't want to bring up such an embarrassing thing, but the days and nights he spent lost at sea made Dialga realize a cruel thing - the Great Voyage is a very cruel thing!

You might face many days and nights adrift at sea, unable to find your way. The feeling of being adrift on a vast ocean where you can't see any land is truly awful!

I'd rather die than go looking for Rayquaza alone. I was lucky this time to drift to Carlos and find Xerneas, but next time...

Just imagining this sent a chill down Dialga's spine. Why did he have to imagine such a cruel thing? He never wanted to experience such cruelty again!

"Emmmmmm." Xerneas began to consider the possibilities of various things, whether or not he should accompany Dialga to find Rayquaza. To be honest, Xerneas was currently considering how troublesome these things would be.

Honestly, having Dialga stuck here isn't a solution. If it's just about guiding Dialga to Rayquaza, it's not really a big problem...

"How about I become a guide this time?" Xerneas looked at Dialga's long face and began to consider this matter.

Chapter 139 The Strange Noticed

Cynthia sensed something was wrong. To be honest, the situation in the entire Sinnoh region had suddenly become strange. Although Cynthia wasn't good at handling political affairs, it was Xilan, who was good at those things, who was dealing with them.

but……

Cynthia isn't stupid. As the Sinnoh Champion, she's definitely not just some pretty face from the other team. It's not just about her strength; Cynthia's insight is also quite sharp. You could say that if her insight wasn't sharp enough, she wouldn't have gotten to where she is now.

Cynthia could clearly see that the situation in the Sinnoh region had suddenly become unpredictable.

What was originally a relatively stable situation suddenly began to splatter everywhere, like water being added to a hot oil pan!

The Sinnoh region was originally relatively stable in terms of power balance. Although there were various frictions between the various conglomerates, they were generally still playing within the rules under regulation. Only Team Galactic, that idiotic organization, was causing trouble all the time, making it really troublesome. Unfortunately, Team Galactic was quite powerful and not someone that could be easily defeated, which was a real headache.

She was already overwhelmed with work, but now Cynthia felt her head was even bigger, and lately, due to overwork, she had a vague feeling that she might be developing baldness at a young age.

Oh, Cynthia's beautiful blonde hair suddenly turned into a bald patch. Thinking about it carefully, the scene is just too beautiful, so beautiful that it makes people feel like their worldview is about to be destroyed!

In the Sinnoh region now, not only Team Galactic is stirring up trouble in secret, but the infighting among various conglomerates has also become exceptionally fierce. In particular, many conglomerates seem to be deliberately uniting to suppress other forces, which makes Cynthia feel very worried.

There must be something fishy going on when things are not going well. Cynthia was not unaware of this principle, and she and Xilan had realized it several times. Based on past experience, as long as Xilan had already raised the issue, there would be no problem!

Generally speaking, any problem that Xilan has reported can usually be resolved in just two or three days. No matter how big the conflict is, it seems that everything is under Xilan's control. It can be said that Xilan is a very reliable teammate.

But this time the situation is completely different!

This matter has been brought up with Xilan many times, but it has not been properly resolved, which has made Xilona somewhat suspicious.

Given Xilan's abilities, this shouldn't have happened, but it did, leaving Xilona with a lingering sense of unease.

To be honest, Cynthia suddenly felt a bit unfamiliar with Sinnoh. She had the illusion that this Sinnoh wasn't the Sinnoh she knew. Even though no one had left or any new faces had arrived, many people made Cynthia feel a sense of alienation and unfamiliarity.

What exactly is wrong? It's as if there's a barrier between them, making her very uncomfortable. This feeling makes Cynthia very uncomfortable, but she can't bring herself to say it, because everything is proceeding as usual. She can't assume everyone is a traitor just because the situation is unstable, can she?

This isn't a winery, so where did all these undercover agents come from? And who has the ability to plant so many undercover agents?

"But leaving it like this isn't a solution; we have to have a serious talk with Xilan about this!" Cynthia felt she couldn't ignore the situation. To be honest, it wasn't really her job, but Cynthia felt that Xilan was being somewhat inactive...

It's not that Xilan is plotting or subverting anything, it's more like some officials who neither support nor oppose, basically just letting things drift and doing nothing!

With a mix of worries in her heart, Cynthia went to Siran's office...