Elf: Is the bear apprentice the weakest? I'll shatter the sky with my fists.

Taking down Giratina will be quite difficult.

Even with such a large number of legends, it's not really enough.

Besides, even he was already quite exhausted.

The fact that I didn't collapse immediately is all thanks to the physical strength I've gained from my daily training.

Um......

We should go back and reward Eileen and the others.

"Li Chen, where do you plan to go next?"

Lie Kong sat down and asked Li Chen a question.

I just unleashed several bursts of power to finally suppress Giratina.

While I still have some energy left, I should hurry up and get rid of this jinx, Li Chen.

Don't come and ruin it!

"Hey, you guys are all bastards, let me rest a bit more, I'll deal with my... damn it!"

Li Chen suddenly thought of something.

Previously, I was able to go to the Pokémon world with the help of Giratina, Palkia, and Dialga.

However, now Giratina has suppressed itself.

How am I supposed to get back to that place?

Thinking of this, Li Chen's pupils suddenly contracted, the afterglow of the light of creation still lingering on his fingertips.

"and many more......"

He grabbed the dragon horn of Liekongzuo.

"The portal back was opened by Giratina!"

Rayquaza's emerald scales visibly stiffened for a moment, its golden eyes slowly turning towards Giratina, who was suppressed within the chains of order.

The charred shadow was emitting wisps of smoke, clearly indicating that it could no longer use any spatial abilities in the short term.

"Liekongzuo, you...you should have a way, right?"

Li Chen, unwilling to give up, patted the dragon's head again.

Rayquaza's whiskers twitched twice, and it silently turned its head away from the trainer's expectant gaze.

It pointed with the tip of its tail at Palkia and Dialga, who had fallen unconscious sometime in the distance. The two gods of time and space were floating in the asteroid belt, foaming at the mouth, clearly having exhausted all their strength in the battle just now.

Mewtwo silently floated over and projected three large characters using its telepathy:

Looking at the vast universe, Li Chen suddenly felt that the prestige of the creator god had shattered.

Then.

Li Chen simply lay back on the broad back of the Lie Kong Zuo, the gilded dragon scales shimmering with a cool touch under the starlight.

The vacuum of the universe should have been silent, but the steady heartbeat of the dragon beneath him transmitted a dull tremor through its scales.

He gazed at the boundless sea of ​​stars above him—

Those galaxies that we once had to look up to are now so close that they seem within reach.

Broken ice crystals float in zero gravity, refracting a mesmerizing halo of light.

Mewtwo sat with its knees drawn up at the dragon's tail, occasionally using its psychic powers to brush away passing meteorite fragments. Meanwhile, Giratina, bound like a dumpling by the chains of order, floated nearby, utterly dejected, its soul spitting out its soul.

Rayquaza's tail tip slapped against the void intermittently, creating ripples of emerald-colored energy in the vacuum.

Mewtwo thoughtfully translated using its psycho-projection.

Li Chen silently played with the fragments of the Thousand Universe Wrist, suddenly missing the takeout from Blue Star.

"Forget it, since there are still three days left, let's go back first."

Li Chen suddenly said.

"Roar!"

With a long roar from Liekongzuo, the black dragon shadow pierced through the clouds and landed steadily on the rooftop of a high-rise building in the center of Beijing.

Li Chen leaped off the dragon's back, and the moment his shoes touched the ground, the familiar hustle and bustle of the city rushed towards him.

Mewtwo hovered curiously among the neon signs, its psycho-sensory perception capturing every radio wave in this ancient city.

"Still the same as always..."

Li Chen caught the ginkgo leaf that was blown down by the wind.

A smile involuntarily crept onto his lips.

......

......

Inside the domed conference hall of the Alliance headquarters, the setting sun cast a long shadow of Li Chen through the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Zhong Lixuan stood with his back to the door, the steam rising from the teacup in his hand swirling in the beam of light.

On the projection screen in front of him, images of cosmic energy storms captured by satellites were playing on a loop.

"came back?"

The champion's voice was devoid of emotion.

"The feeling of setting off legendary Pokémon like fireworks..."

He suddenly turned around, slamming his teacup heavily onto the table.

"how?"

Li Chen's gaze swept over the alarm records covering the wall.

From the energy anomalies in the Crown Snowfield to the spatial rifts outside the atmosphere, the focus finally shifted to the red stamp that read "Global Alliance Emergency Response Plan Activated."

"good."

He casually tossed over a fragment of Giratina's Shadow Core.

"Souvenirs"

The moment Zhong Lixuan's fingertips touched the shards, the monitoring device on his sleeve suddenly emitted a piercing alarm.

The image on the projection screen suddenly switched, showing a real-time video of the inverted world collapsing.

"You call this..."

The champion's eyebrows twitched violently.

"A souvenir?"

Suddenly, Rayquaza's long dragon roar came from outside the window, while Mewtwo was obediently holding a teacup and using its psychic powers to refill the hot water for the two big shots.

The teacup in Zhong Lixuan's hand suddenly froze in mid-air, and a few drops of tea splashed onto the sandalwood table, making a remarkably clear sound in the silent conference room.

His gaze slowly shifted from the fragment of the Shadow Core to Li Chen's face, a look of disbelief flashing deep in his pupils.

As a league champion, he had seen countless talented trainers, but this boy in front of him was different.

"One year..."

His voice was unusually hoarse.

"From the time you received your starter Pokémon until now..."

"In less than a year"

The sunlight outside the window was suddenly blocked by shadows. Rayquaza's huge head was pressed against the French windows, its gilded vertical pupils curiously surveying the room.

Mewtwo was hovering nearby, casually using its telekinesis to straighten the crooked championship trophy for Zhong Lixuan.

Dozens of alerts suddenly popped up automatically on the monitoring screen:

"These......"

Zhong Lixuan's fingertips tapped unconsciously on the table.

"They're all your... 'partners'?"

Li Chen touched his nose but didn't say anything.

A subtle silence fell over the meeting room, broken only by the rhythmic ticking of the monitoring equipment.

Zhong Lixuan's fingers unconsciously caressed the silver buckle on the champion's cape, his gaze fixed on the window.

"Li Chen."

He suddenly unbuttoned his cloak.

"This location..."

The deep blue champion's cape shimmered in the setting sun.

"How about I give you a seat?"

"puff."

Li Chen spat out the tea he had just taken a sip of.

"Don't!"

He frantically pulled out tissues to wipe the table.

"Do I look like someone who can sit in an office?"

Zhong Lixuan's gaze lingered outside for a long time before he suddenly tied his cloak back on with a sense of relief.

"Too..."

He picked up his teacup to cover the smile on his lips.

"I asked you to approve the documents..."

"It's probably even harder than getting Groudon to dance ballet."

Zhong Lixuan slowly stood up, his slender figure casting a serene silhouette in front of the French windows.

He gazed out the window at the myriad lights of the capital city, his fingertips unconsciously tracing an old scratch on the window frame.

The glass reflected his slightly graying temples, as well as the boy behind him.

That miracle of standing on the shoulders of legendary Pokémon in less than 300 days.

The steam from the teacup spread across the windowpane, blurring the figures of the two eras into starlight.

As the lights of the Forbidden City in the distance came on right on time, the silver tassels on the champion's cape swayed gently in the light and shadow, like his unspoken sigh.

Zhong Lixuan turned around, tapping lightly on the windowsill with his fingertips, his gaze falling on Li Chen.

What are your plans for the future?

His voice carried a hint of casualness, yet also a subtle, almost imperceptible concern.

"Should we continue our adventures in space, or...?"

Li Chen looked out the window. The neon lights of the capital city gradually lit up, the streets were bustling with people, and the distant horizon was dyed orange-red by the setting sun. A slight smile appeared on his lips, and his eyes revealed a carefree ease.

"I haven't decided yet."

He stretched, his tone relaxed.

"Maybe I'll first go to the Jiangnan Martial Arts Academy for a free meal, then head to Mount Everest to see if any new hidden gems have emerged..."

"Oh right, Rayquaza said he wants to try Antarctic ice and maybe even find Articuno to fight."

Zhong Lixuan raised an eyebrow slightly, a half-smile playing on his lips.

"sound......"

He picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"What you mean by 'browsing around' is just continuing to use the global alliance's emergency alert system as an alarm clock?"

Li Chen grinned, neither admitting nor denying, but simply raised his hand and waved before turning and walking towards the door.

"Remember to write the report."