Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

Chapter 168 Have I heard the same conversation somewhere before?

"?!"

Chiyansong took a step back, and behind him was the crater of Chimney Mountain...

Lowe naturally rushed forward and asked Gardevoir to teleport to try to see what was going on...

However, when they got closer, they found that there was no human figure under the crater, which made Lowe very confused...

"……what's the situation?"

"…Did he escape using teleportation?"

Indeed, Chi Yansong carried two dream-inducing tapirs with him as tools to escape at critical moments, but the opponent's teleportation should not be able to last for too long a distance, especially since Lowe also arranged for Gardevoir to move forward at the first opportunity.

If the other party really used teleportation to escape, then he should be able to be blocked in any way, but the fact is that no such movement was seen at all, and Chi Yansong had disappeared from the sight of Lowe and others.

"A living person wouldn't just disappear like that, right? He couldn't have really jumped into a volcano..."

Xiaoyao took a look into the crater, but couldn't see any specific situation. He could only see thick smoke billowing out of it. If a person really fell in, he would probably be cooked by now.

"...There is another possibility." After taking a look, Lowe stretched out his hand to indicate the inside of the crater. "Maybe there is a space like a secret passage or a secret room inside the mountain. In that case, we only need to use flying Pokémon or short-distance teleportation to move to the landing place in an instant and hide inside."

"..."

Indeed, this possibility sounds plausible, but if that is the case, doesn't it mean that there must be a secret passage prepared by the Lava Team even inside Chimney Mountain?

However, considering that the Lava Team may have already been researching ways to awaken the God of Earth in Chimney Mountain, this guess is indeed the most likely scenario.

After all, Lowe was leaking the script, so naturally his guesses were correct. And in the current situation, it was obviously not realistic to jump down and track him. Who knows where the other party has escaped to.

But there is good news. After all, the other party ran away, but did not take the device and the meteorite with him. Lowe gave a look to the Masked Cat beside him, and the latter understood what he meant. He stepped forward and kicked the device that was making a roar.

At that moment, a large amount of flying sparks exploded from the device. As the sparks continued to explode, the originally roaring device gradually quieted down.

At the same time, Masked Cat raised his hand and broke the glass above the device, taking out the meteorite emitting a bluish-white light.

Lowe reached out to take it, but after the meteorite touched his fingers, the light on it immediately dimmed, and after a short while, it returned to its original ordinary appearance.

"…Okay, now it's safely recovered."

After all, the main purpose of this mission is to determine the abnormality of Chimney Mountain and at the same time recover the stolen meteorite. Now these two tasks have been completed. The only problem is that the Red Flame Pine that caused all this has run away.

All this means is that the time has not yet come to bring the other party to justice, so just get the things back first.

"In short..." Xiaoyao patted Luo Wei's shoulder and said in a relaxed tone, "It's over now, right?"

"Well, I guess so..."

Although it seems that things will only get more and more complicated at the moment, at least for now, Chimney Mountain has come to an end.

"Well, let's go down the mountain first~"

As he spoke, Lowe looked at Yasha beside him. She was looking up at the sky in a trance, and when she heard Lowe's voice, she turned around.

"How is it, Miss Yasha, are you okay now?"

When Yasha heard Lowe ask this question, she was stunned at first, and then responded with a very bright smile.

"Well, it's okay now. Thank you, Lowe~"

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After that, Lowe and his party went down the mountain and followed the bumpy mountain road to Fuyan Town. They had only heard of the town before, but now they had finally arrived at this famous hot spring town.

After arriving at Fuyan Town, the group had a chance to relax. For Yasha, this was her home territory after all. And because the cable car was broken, the hot spring hotels in the town had no guests at all.

So Yasha waved her hand and directly booked the entire hot spring hotel. After all, there were only these few guests in the entire hotel, and among them was their own gym leader. All the staff of the hotel, including the proprietress, were mobilized, so the room service was no worse than any high-end hotel.

"Ahahaha, thank you for your hard work..."

At dinner, Lowe and Xiaoyao were a little overwhelmed by the situation of being surrounded by seven or eight maids. Liliae was okay, after all, this young lady had seen all kinds of situations, and this scene was just a minor incident.

"Haha, after all, there are only a few guests now, and Lady Yasha is here, so we are all quite free~"

Just as these maids said, there were no tourists because the mountain cable car was broken, so these idle hotel maids became motivated when they saw the guests.

However, Lowe couldn't stand such enthusiasm and politely declined some of the other party's overly enthusiastic hospitality. These enthusiastic young ladies seemed to understand and they bowed with a smile before leaving one after another.

Afterwards, Lowe contacted the alliance...or rather, Daigo, and explained the specific situation that had happened before.

"That's roughly the situation. We have recovered the meteorite. What should we do with it next?"

Now, this meteorite is in the hands of Yasha. According to normal thinking, it would be most appropriate to hand the meteorite over to Daigo and have the Alliance keep it.

But after thinking for a few seconds, Daigo suddenly spoke...

"...Then, if possible, I hope that Lowe can keep this meteorite."

"what?!"

This sudden remark made Lowe a little confused. No, you just handed over such an important key plot prop to me for safekeeping?

"...If our alliance keeps it, it will be easier to become a target. Let's let Lowe keep it for now. I think neither the Magma Team nor the Ocean Team would think of this."

Speaking of this, Lowe couldn't help but subconsciously want to look at Liliae, and the young lady turned her eyes away guiltily.

Because the same conversation always sounded very familiar, Liliae had asked Lowe to do the same thing before and gave the Sun Flute to Lowe for safekeeping.

Now, the flute is still safely kept in Lowe's backpack...

And now Daigo obviously has the same idea. He hopes that... Lowe will temporarily keep the meteorite...

Chapter 169: Goals of the First Phase

"It really gives people problems..."

The meteorite from Meteor Falls, it goes without saying how precious this thing is. Not to mention the cultural significance it contains, as a legendary stone that guards against the wrath of the two gods, a symbol of the Meteor People, it has been buried in Meteor Falls for thousands of years and can be said to be a national treasure.

What's more, as of now, this meteorite is also related to the power of mega evolution. It is undoubtedly a secret treasure with incredible power. However, it is probably impossible to draw out the power from it without the correct means.

As a member of the Meteor Clan, Shijiana knows the correct way to trigger the power of meteorites, and Chiyansong seems to have obtained some relevant information from President Lusamine.

As for where President Lusamine got the relevant information, it must be the strength of the Aether Foundation.

All in all, the Alliance currently knows the least information about the secrets of mega power and meteors, which is naturally a bit unbearable.

After some consideration, Daigo decided to take a gamble on Lowe, so he decided to let Lowe keep this important meteorite temporarily.

Lowe thought about it carefully and finally came to a conclusion.

"Okay, then leave it with me for now. I will take good care of this meteorite... Fortunately, its size has shrunk a lot now, otherwise it would be inconvenient to carry it around..."

Originally, this meteorite was as big as a basketball, but after the outer part has peeled off, the remaining part is only about the size of two adult fists. At least it is big enough to be put in a backpack and run around.

Lowe put the meteorite into his backpack, and at the same time, his eyes unconsciously stopped on something.

This was what was left behind when he and Xiaoyao were attacked in the back mountain of his hometown six years ago and the out-of-control Dragon was repelled by Qianli's King Qiping Xie.

At this moment, it is naturally certain that this thing is the key stone. At that time, Lowe picked up the key stone and always carried it with him as a decoration.

After all, this thing itself does look pretty, and if it isn't activated, there won't be any special changes, just like a colorful glass bead.

Now, this key stone is placed together with the meteorite, and neither of them has changed at all.

To be honest, Lowe was a little bit looking forward to it, but now it seems that it is not so easy to trigger the power of the key stone.

He was able to trigger the ultimate power because of the strength and blessing given by Lillie's small nebula. It was equivalent to obtaining the ultimate power directly from the source, so naturally he could use it much more smoothly than ordinary people.

From this perspective, if there is really a way to obtain the power of mega evolution in the future, Lowe can also try to fuse mega and ultimate power. In this way, his strength will definitely increase a lot.

In this way, his chances of success in challenging that person will become higher...

...That's right, now Lowe has obtained three badges, and the holder of the fourth badge is right in front of him. As long as he defeats Yasha, Lowe can get four badges.

This also means that according to the agreement, Lowe should challenge his father Qianli.

Of course, this is not the first time that Lowe has fought a Pokémon battle with his father. After all, as a father and son, Lowe was trained by his father, and the two have fought hundreds of times.

But up to now, Lowe has not won once, and Lowe can be very sure that his father has probably not even used half of his strength.

This time, Lowe is going to challenge his serious father. Just thinking about it makes Lowe's fingers tremble with excitement.

This is one of Lowe's biggest goals since he became a trainer. Another goal is to become a "Master" and reach the top of the hall. If possible, he also wants to try to challenge the legendary fighting man.

Of course, the last few are not issues to be considered now, but the confrontation with his father is no longer in the distant future, but is very close.

If he could get a glimpse of the secret of mega evolution before that, Lowe would have a better chance of winning.

However, he has no idea how to master this power.

"Well, see you tomorrow. Thank you for your guidance then, Miss Yasha!"

As it was getting dark, Lowe stood up and walked towards his room, not forgetting to wave to Yasha. Of course, Yasha understood what Lowe meant.

"Okay, see you tomorrow. Haha, the one who should ask for your advice is me..."

Just like that, Lowe walked under the moonlight to his room. Yasha had booked a hot spring room in a hot spring hotel for Lowe and his friends. In other words, there was an open-air courtyard behind the room with an independent hot spring inside.

This could be said to be one of the highest-level receptions in the entire Fuyan Town, but after all, the gym owner was the host, so some degree of pomp and circumstance was bound to be present.

What's more, there were few customers in Fuyan Town because the mountain cable car was broken, so naturally Lowe and his group booked the whole place.

"Hey, do you want to take another bath before going to bed?"

Looking at the steaming hot spring in the courtyard, Lowe suddenly became energized. Without saying a word, he stripped naked, put on a bath towel and walked towards the hot spring.

Naturally, Masked Cat and the others did not avoid it. After all, Lowe grew up with Masked Cat and they had taken baths together countless times. He had seen everything on her body that should and should not be seen.

Lowe was actually a man in his thirties and had nothing to be shy about, so he jumped into the hot spring with a splash.

As soon as he got into the water, the Masked Cat beside him naturally jumped over in three or two steps and jumped into the water with a splash. At this moment, she didn't care at all about hating water and waded all the way to Lowe's side.

"Come, come, come~"

Anyway, there were no "outsiders" around, so Lowe was very relaxed. He stretched out his hand and let the masked cat lean on his arm. Although the big cat had a standard girl's body shape, its body was very light and agile.