Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

...Who are you, beauty? !

In front of me was a young girl with red hair, wearing a blue and white dress, a sun hat, and a shoulder bag slung across her body.

After the initial shock, Lowe recognized the other person from his face.

"Lilia? You are..."

"Ahahaha, I've made a few small 'changes', so the situation is going to be a little more complicated..."

That’s right, the red-haired girl in front of me is Liliae, but she seems to be wearing a wig and has specially changed into colored contact lenses. Although her face is still the same, after changing her clothes, I really didn’t recognize her at first glance.

She was so careful, it seems that she seemed to have figured out how careless she was to run out alone before. It can be seen that living alone is indeed a test of one's ability. Such a naive young lady understood the "dangers of the world" so quickly.

Although Lowe felt that this was probably because there were so many people in the Pokémon world that she had the cost to learn by trial and error, if she changed her worldview, she would have been treated as experience points long ago.

"It's Liliae after all..."

Lowe recognized Liliae and immediately thought it was a coincidence. He didn't expect that after they separated in Kanaz City, he would meet her in Zijin City after going around in a circle.

"Well, what a coincidence indeed..." Lilia seemed to be hesitant to speak, and Lowe didn't think much about it and asked immediately.

"Well, let's go to Violet City together first. Or is there anything inconvenient for Liliae?"

"No..." Liliae shook her head. "No, this is just fine. Oh, right..."

Lilia then said seriously, "To avoid trouble, my name is now Alice~"

"..." Lowe looked the girl in front of him up and down. If the wig wasn't included, she could be considered a young lady with long straight blond hair. Coupled with the blue and white dress, the pseudonym Alice was a perfect match.

"I see. You didn't want your identity to be exposed, so you used a pseudonym. You've really become smarter~"

"Hmm..." Liliae blushed, obviously thinking of how she had been running around outside with her real name and limited edition clothes, and she had not been caught by her mother right away. She was really lucky.

If this operation was wrong at all, she would have been caught by her mother eighteen times.

Now she wears a wig, changes her colored contact lenses, uses a pseudonym, and changes her outfit. Although acquaintances can still recognize her immediately after a careful look, it must be said that compared to the previous Liliae, she has made considerable progress.

"Lowei, do you know who I am?"

"Well, you didn't use a pseudonym when we first met, so if you were interested, you could have found her by just searching, right? She's pretty famous, and she's so pretty, so you wouldn't have forgotten her after just one look at her photo, right?"

“…Ahhh.”

The completely merciless complaints instantly made Liliae, who had already realized how stupid her previous behavior was, feel so ashamed and angry that she wanted to dig a hole in the ground right there.

Just as Lowe said, the identity of the little princess of the Ether Foundation is famous enough. She also acts under her real name, so it is difficult for her not to be exposed. Fortunately, the first person she met was Lowe. If she met someone else...she wouldn't have to act out the following plot.

Thanks to Lowe's reminder, Liliae finally understood the situation a little and became more careful.

Seeing Liliae's embarrassment, Lowe didn't say anything more. "Well, I know Liliae must have her own difficulties, so I won't say much. If you need help, just let me know~"

"Thank you, Lowe is really a good person~"

"Cough cough..."

This sudden appearance of a good guy card almost made Lowe unable to turn the corner. The masked cat next to him couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh, and Lowe gave him an unpleasant look.

"Why are you laughing at this time? We'll see when I comb your hair later! Ahem..."

Of course, it's enough to just complain a few words. There's no way Lowe can really do anything to Masked Cat. After the big cat realized that his strength has completely surpassed Lowe, his sense of boundaries has become weaker and weaker when they get along recently. Several times, he really stuck to Lowe's face.

...Well, although Lowe doesn't hate it either.

"Okay, let's talk while we walk. About what happened after that..."

"Hmm~"

In order to find some topics to talk about and avoid making the atmosphere too awkward, Lowe took the opportunity to explain the key points of his actions after he and Liliae separated.

It might not be a big deal when you're in it, but when it was said from a third-person perspective, Liliae was stunned.

"Li, amazing, you have actually been through so many things?"

"Uh, is it great?"

"Just getting two badges and the entry-level gorgeous contest ribbon is already quite impressive. Even so, he also fought against the villains together with the gym leaders and even got to know Mr. Champion. This is amazing no matter how you think about it!"

"..." Luo Wei thought for two seconds, then answered in a serious tone, "After hearing what you said, I suddenly feel like I'm really awesome~"

"..."

Seeing Lowe proudly raising his chin in front of her, Liliae was stunned for a moment, and then she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"I thought Lowe was a very reliable person, but it turns out he has this 'natural' side~"

"..."

No, this should have nothing to do with Tianran. It’s simply because he has experienced too many major events in the game, and Lowe himself is just following the script step by step.

He had no idea how many days and nights he had experienced these events during the winter and summer vacations. These events had already formed a conditioned reflex. Looking back, it seemed that this was indeed a bit similar to Liliae before.

Liliae had been used to being a young lady for more than ten years, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with her limited edition outfit.

When you treat luxury goods as daily necessities and become accustomed to them, you indeed do not realize that the things you take for granted may be extraordinary in the eyes of other ordinary people.

The same goes for Lowe. Because he has become accustomed to the game, he didn't even realize that the events he had experienced recently were extremely outrageous even by the standards of the Pokémon world.

If he were two years younger, he would be reminiscent of the legend who conquered the gym and saved the world at the same time...

...The current champion of the Quartz League, Red!

Chapter 94: Lowe: "I'm not bragging, I have someone above me!"

"Okay, let's put aside the topic of Versailles for now..."

Lowe waved his hand, indicating that we should move on from this topic. "Lilia... um, is Alice still running away from home?"

"...Yeah," Liliae nodded gently, subconsciously holding the shoulder strap of her bag tightly, "...But it can't be considered running away from home. To be more precise, I escaped."

"Oh? What happened? The league said that you had a quarrel with President Lusamine. What kind of quarrel made you escape?"

Liliae opened her mouth but said nothing in the end. "I can't say anything about this right now. To be honest, I still don't quite believe what I saw at the time. I have no idea what to do. It's just that the thought of 'I have to do something quickly' came to my mind..."

But even though his body was moving, he had no plan in his mind at all, and then he ran all the way to the Hoenn region with this idea in mind.

I can only say that this girl's ability to take action is quite amazing, but I'm afraid she doesn't have any planning in doing things.

"Well, that means Alice hasn't figured out what to do next and is just wandering around outside?"

After hearing this, Liliae turned her head away awkwardly. "No, that's right, because I don't know what I can do. I just know that I can't be caught by my mother and I have to leave her temporarily. As for what to do next..."

To be honest, Liliae, who had been avoiding her mother's search the entire time, probably hadn't really thought it through.

She didn't even have a solution to the problem and was simply avoiding it.

Lowe was speechless for a moment, but he couldn't blame her. After all, what Lillie encountered was indeed outrageous, and she was really powerless with her abilities. There was only so much she could do for now.

Although she didn't know what she should do, she knew that if her mother found her, something bad would happen, so what she was doing now was simply hiding from her mother so that she wouldn't be found by her.

"Is it related to... the Ultimate Beast?"

"Eh?"

Lowe's question stunned Liliae. Perhaps she didn't expect that Lowe guessed it right away.

But in fact, even if Lowe hasn't read the script, it's not that difficult to guess.

"...After all, that was the situation when I first met Alice, and then Alice gave me this~"

Lowe patted his backpack and said, "This thing should be some kind of super ancient relic, right? Now that it is confirmed to be from the Alola region, we can find out by looking up the local beliefs and legends of the Alola region~"

After all, if you compare it carefully, you will find that the decorative pattern on the Sun Flute that Liliae gave to Lowe is exactly the same as the totem of the Sun God worshipped in the Alola region.

The Aether Foundation is a local organization in the Alola region. If you think about the Ultra Beasts popping up all over the world, you can guess that there must be some connection between them.

The key among the keys is Liliae.

"So, Alice saw... President Lusamine doing some research related to Ultra Beasts? I'm afraid it's not just the president, but the entire Aether Foundation's senior executives are involved."

After saying this, Liliae had a stunned expression on her face. After a few seconds, she spoke in disbelief, "Great, amazing! How did you guess this?"

"..."

Then you should play more games and read more novels and comics. This kind of plot development is actually a standard process. Let alone reading the script, I can guess 60 to 70 percent of it even if I haven't read it.

If this is the case, then the reason why Liliae feels that she is "powerless" is very clear. Although she is the little princess of the Aether Foundation, to put it bluntly, it is only because she is the daughter of President Lusamine.

All her current identity and status came from the president. If the president himself was the culprit, then she, as a daughter, would naturally have no ability to resist her mother.

To put it bluntly, if you strip her of her identity as the eldest daughter of the Ether Foundation, she would just be an ordinary girl...

…Apart from her cute looks, she doesn’t have any other unique abilities. Can we really expect her to fight against the Ether Foundation?

So, she chose to run away.

On the other hand, she is still not sure how much what she saw was related to her mother. If she goes directly to the Alliance, the evidence is not enough. It will not be easy for the Alliance to attack the Ether Foundation based on her one-sided statement.

After all, the Aether Foundation is a charitable organization with a very high mass base. It has done a lot of good things to rescue wild Pokémon populations and has a very high reputation among the general public. Without solid evidence, the other party could easily use excuses like "the children are ignorant and made it up during their rebellious period" to fool them.

Anyway, the things that Lillie saw at that time must have been dealt with by Lusamine. If we look for them now, there is 200% no evidence.

The league just dealt with the Rockets, and they haven't yet recovered from the impact, and there are various villain organizations causing trouble everywhere.

Although those third-rate clowns can be killed with a slap with the alliance's ability even if they are seriously injured.

However, when faced with sufficiently strong organizations, it becomes more difficult for the alliance to deal with them.

Just like the Aqua Team and Magma Team that are causing trouble in the Hoenn region now, the main focus of the alliance is still on dealing with these obvious villain organizations. Without solid evidence, they are going to attack the Aether Foundation, which is very bad at this point in time.

"That's why I was thinking, what can I do, but now I don't have an answer..."

Liliae's tone was extremely frustrated. It was unclear whether she was lamenting her mother's mistakes or mocking her own incompetence...

"If you ask me, it would be better to inform the alliance directly. Although the alliance lacks evidence and cannot directly attack, at least we can be mentally prepared..."

Of course, Lowe felt that the alliance might have already sensed something was wrong and knew that there was something wrong with the Ether Foundation, but due to the power of the Ether Foundation and the lack of more solid evidence, they were unable to take action for the time being.

But Liliae must have some "exclusive information" in her hands, which will definitely be useful.

Liliae had a conflicted look on her face about this. Lowe knew what she was conflicted about. After all, it was her biological mother who was behind this. She had to go against her biological mother herself, so she had to prepare herself mentally. After all, she was only a girl in her teens, and before that, she had never disobeyed any of her mother's arrangements.

"It's okay. We are going to Zijin City. Let's act together first. If I figure it out, I can contact the alliance at any time~"