Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Xia Yan grinned, "Okay."

Is he an intelligence broker?

It's estimated that they started investigating his identity the day after he left the Ether Foundation.

The establishment of a Hunter's Guild branch on Ula Ula Island will certainly not escape Lusamine's investigation.

The meaning behind her words was very clear.

You help me heal my daughter, and I'll help you build your guild branch. We might even be able to cooperate in the future and benefit each other.

after all.

The Aether Foundation claims to protect Pokémon, but Lusamine has her own obsession with all kinds of Pokémon.

Some of the Hunter's Guild's abilities happen to align with some of Lusamine's goals and requirements.

Chapter Sixty-Three: Xia Yan's "Story"

Ether Paradise.

The Ether Foundation was quite sensible; they arranged a detached villa for Xia Yan in Ether Paradise, not far from Lusamine's private residence.

On the lawn of the villa.

Xia Yan sat on the ground, holding a book in his hands, reading silently.

In front of him, Vulpix and Eevee were playing around.

"Bu-ee~~Bu-ee~~"

"Awoo~~"

Laughter filled the air.

On the other side of Xia Yan, across the grass where Eevee and Vulpix were, stood a little girl.

Wearing a white dress, a wide-brimmed hat, and holding a Pippi plush toy, she looked hopefully at the Vulpix and Eevee playing around.

just.

Whenever she mustered the courage to move forward, a look of fear would appear on her face, and she would not dare to get close.

They remained in this state, with Xia Yan and Lillie not uttering a sound, only the laughter of the two little ones could be heard continuously.

Snapped!

After reviewing the last bit of information about "domineering aura" in his hand, Xia Yan closed his notebook.

My impression of items like "Dominant Aura," "Ultimate Aura," and "Radiant Stone" has become more concrete.

This helps him to develop and explore the "leadership aura" of Beedrill.

Tapu Bulu used a "Radiant Stone" to further stimulate Beedrill's "Leader Aura," or rather, to stimulate a part of its "Leader Aura" that is similar to "Dominator Aura."

This gave Xia Yan some ideas.

Is it possible to achieve a fusion of "leadership aura" and "dominant aura" in Beedrill?

There was also the black crystal that Tapu Moo Moo gave him.

Xia Yan still couldn't figure out what it was.

If possible, I hope the information from the Ether Foundation in the ground can provide him with some assistance.

Raise your head.

Looking at Lillie, who was still standing there, wanting to get closer but not daring to, he smiled.

"Are you scared?" Xia Yan's gentle voice, seemingly carrying a special attraction, entered Lillie's ears.

Hearing Xia Yan's words, Lillie was stunned for a moment. She first shook her head, then hesitated for a moment before nodding.

"sit."

Xia Yan patted the grass next to him.

Lillie glanced at Xia Yan, then at the Vulpix and Eevee still playing around.

After hesitating for a moment, he tiptoed past Vulpix and Eevee and came to Xia Yan's side.

He didn't sit down, but just silently watched Xia Yan.

Lillie knew that her mother had found someone for her to treat, so she did not disobey Xia Yan's words.

She wouldn't have sat down next to Xia Yan so readily, even though he was a complete stranger and someone she didn't know very well.

Xia Yan didn't insist.

He smiled and said, "Let me tell you a story."

"story?"

Would you like to give it a try?

“…Mmm…” Lillie responded in a faint, mosquito-like voice.

"Once upon a time, there was an elf named Ralts..."

Xia Yan then began to tell a cliché story that had never happened in the world of elves.

The kind of story that can be applied to any given name.

For adults, it's incredibly childish, but for a little girl like Lillie, it's truly novel.

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the other side.

Rosamina's office.

"Are they still in the same position as before?" Lusamine asked.

Although Xia Yan forbade them to monitor them, Lusamine was confident that with the technology of the Ether Foundation, they could still monitor their situation without Xia Yan's sight.

I don't know.

Everything they did was within Xia Yan's perception and under the watchful eye of Dorombalut.

But it doesn't matter anyway. Xia Yan only mentioned it briefly and wouldn't completely believe what they said.

“Miss Lillie has come to Mr. Yan Xia’s side. Although I don’t know what Mr. Yan Xia said, Miss Lillie is smiling very happily,” Bike said.

"You're laughing happily?"

Rosamina was somewhat surprised.

Lillie hasn't laughed since that fright.

It's good enough if they don't cry from fright, there's no smile on their faces.

This put Rosamina's mind at ease a little.

At least, this way she wouldn't be resorting to desperate measures.

But they breathed a sigh of relief.

Zaobo, standing to the side, didn't look so pleased.

If Lillie recovers, he will probably be the first to suffer.

The Ultimate Cave was opened because he was too eager for quick success.

It was not an accident.

Although Lillie was frightened, it wasn't actually that serious.

However, in order to prevent Lusamine from finding out that his impulsiveness had put Lillie in danger, Zaobo used some methods to seal some of Lillie's memories.

However, Zaobo was not yet very skilled at this method. While sealing Lillie's memories, he did not provide her with any spiritual support, which inadvertently amplified a certain fear within her.

This is similar to what Xia Yan once did to Joanna.

However, Xia Yan used Aegislash's ability to control people's minds, combined with Alakazam's psychic powers, to amplify Joanna's support for Xia Yan.

Because it possesses the abilities of the Aegislash, it is even more thorough.

This approach cannot completely control a person, but it can guide a person's thinking.

Over time, this can lead to a certain kind of habitual way of thinking.

and.

It depends heavily on the will of the person being manipulated.

For someone like Joanna, Xia Yan had already done his best. Later, he needed to use his own actions and proof to deepen her impression of him.

But Lillie was, after all, just a little girl, and at the time she was in a coma, so it's hard to say how much willpower she had.

If it were Gladio instead, Zaobo might have failed.

Moreover, Zaobo only relied on Alakazam's psychic powers and Baku's "hypnosis".

Xia Yan found it to be very crude.

The marks may fade over time.

But it had only been a few days, and for Xia Yan, a superpowered individual, it wasn't difficult to sense it.

In other words, because Lusamine felt guilty and because Lillie was indeed not in good condition, she didn't let her go out much.

Otherwise, if they encountered someone with even slightly powerful superpowers, they would be able to detect at least a slight problem.

Of course, it's also possible that Zaobo was involved in the whole affair.

So when Xia Yan arrived, even someone as arrogant as Zaobo went with Bike to pick him up at the airport.

He was afraid that Xia Yan might bring some negative impact on him.

"Let's wait and see. Don't disturb them, and withdraw all surveillance." Rosamina waved her hand decisively.

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