I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

But Daigo then laughed at himself. Well, Xu Li could even successfully resonate with Rayquaza's super evolution, so it didn't seem surprising that he succeeded in super evolution.

Then, the fire of battle flashed in Daigo's eyes, the fire of battle that appears when trainers' eyes meet.

"Now that the atmosphere is like this, Xu Li, how about we have a one-on-one battle!" Although Daigo said it was an invitation, he had already sent out his own Metagross.

The key stone on his ring flashed, and he and his Metagross quickly completed the mega evolution. In less than ten seconds, the silver-white Mega Metagross appeared on the field.

Daigo sent out his trump card.

"bring it on!"

"Kou Jie!"

Xu Li also stepped onto the battlefield with Mega Gengar. As the only two spectators on the scene, Nian Meilong and Nian Meir immediately stepped aside and hid to the side.

"Metrogross, Comet Punch!"

As the battle began, Daigo shouted and rushed to attack. It was obvious that he wanted to give his all in this battle.

His Mega Metagross also dragged a comet-like fist, flashed past, and quickly approached Mega Gengar, and was about to hit him.

Mega Gengar hid directly in the different space under himself, allowing Mega Steelix's Comet Fist to hit the ground, causing the ground to shake. Then Gengar appeared above and behind Steelix, with a Shadow Ball ready to be launched.

"Get out of the way!" Daigo shouted.

"Mei--"

Mega Metagross let out a heavy sound, glanced at Gengar behind him, and his body flashed away, so that the Shadow Ball could only hit the ground where Metagross was just now.

"Metallic, charge forward and use your mind to hammer!"

"Keep your distance from it, don't rush it, take your time."

Both sides gave orders at the same time. Daigo's goal was to forcefully drag Mega Gengar into a close combat. Otherwise, with Gengar's turret attributes, Metagross wouldn't be able to withstand its powerful Shadow Ball bombardment.

Xu Li naturally didn't want to fight Daigo head-on. Even if Mega Gengar had mega evolved, its body was not strong enough to be smashed by Metagross, not to mention that it was Daigo's Metagross.

Mega Gengar's ability to connect to other dimensions allows it to appear anywhere on the battlefield at any time. Even though Daigo's Mega Metagross is very fast, Gengar undoubtedly has an advantage in this regard.

The battle on the field took place in such an alternation. Metagross drew silver-white lines in the air, while Gengar frequently flashed by, leaving purple-red dots in the air.

Metagross's Mind Hammer couldn't do anything to Gengar, and Gengar's Shadow Ball was dodged immediately after Metagross calculated its trajectory.

This led to a protracted war, but not long after.

Boom——

As Gengar's Shadow Ball hit the ground with a loud noise, Daigo saw Xu Li on the opposite side move his mouth, but he couldn't hear what he said because of the rumbling sound. Daigo was shocked, but he could only concentrate on the battle on the scene and think about how to break the deadlock.

"Got it... Metagross, stop." Daigo waved his hand, "Maximum gravity!"

"Mei!"

As Metagross swung its four arms, a heavy pressure surged above the battlefield in an instant, and even Gengar was pulled down with a purple light flashing on his body.

"Right now, earthquake!!" Daigo shouted, taking advantage of the opportunity when Gengar fell to the ground.

Metagross also reacted quickly, or perhaps its brain, which was comparable to a supercomputer, did not need to react. In an instant, the violent energy of the earthquake spread violently from its body to the surroundings.

Rumble!

The entire battlefield was shaking violently, with smoke and dust billowing. Xu Li was even worried that the Dewen Building would collapse because of their battle. Daigo really didn't care that this was his territory...

"Did it succeed..." Daigo, who focused all his attention on the battle, looked nervously at the dusty field.

But what he saw was that after the smoke cleared, Xu Li's Gengar was standing intact behind Metagross, stepping precisely on Metagross's shadow, making it unable to move in an instant.

then.

The dark hole that had been condensed in Mega Gengar's hand for a long time suddenly hit Daigo's Mega Metagross with a swing of its arm, making a loud bang.

Mega Metagross was smashed to the far side of the battlefield and tried to struggle to get up, but its brain was dragged into sleep by the nightmare power contained in the dark hole. Even a brain comparable to that of a supercomputer would be in a trance for a while.

Afterwards, Gengar quickly fired several shadow balls, all of which hit Metagross's body, taking away its remaining combat capabilities.

At this point, the only one standing on the field was Xu Li's Gengar.

"Kou Jie!"

After the victory, Mega Gengar excitedly went towards Xu Li, but because he had consumed too much energy in the battle, he gradually exited the super evolution state and came to Xu Li in normal form, wanting Xu Li's praise.

Xu Li certainly wasn't stingy with his praise. He stroked Gengar and said with a smile, "My Gengar is truly the best! Even the powerful and formidable Daigo..."

Daigo, who was checking his Metagross, looked up: "..."

He looked at Xu Li with resentment.

Forget it, forget it, Xu Li is the hero who saved Hoenn, Daigo smiled and shook his head.

Daigo had long anticipated losing to Xu Li. He knew better than anyone how powerful Xu Li was.

Then Daigo suddenly looked towards the side exit and said in surprise: "Father...why are you here?"

"Why can't I come... You guys are making such a big fuss about the fight, are you trying to tear down Devon Company?" The boss of Devon Company, Sumire Tsushima, walked down slowly.

But from his smiling expression, it was obvious that he didn't care about this. Then he looked at Daigo who was supporting Metagross and sighed: "It seems that the responsibilities of the champion are indeed a burden to you. After becoming the champion, your strength has not improved much... If you want to resign as the champion, then resign..."

"Really?" Daigo asked in surprise.

Although he and Xu Li had already told their father about this idea in advance, he didn't expect that his father would agree after just one battle.

"Yes." Sumire Tsurugi nodded and looked at Xu Li. "I'll leave Daigo in your care. Is your destination Padia? It's a very far place. I believe Daigo will improve even more with you by his side."

After saying that, Zifuki Sumire walked away on her own.

"Great! Xu Li, you're awesome."

At this moment, even the depression of losing the battle disappeared from Daigo, and what remained was the joy of being able to dig stones happily in the future.

Xu Li smiled and said, "Congratulations."

Daigo said expectantly, "Once I'm done with Team Magma and Team Aqua, I'll resign as champion."

"Then let's go to Padia together! I've never been to Padia before."

"That won't do..." Xu Li shook his head. "I have to go to Guandu or Chengdu next. Let's meet up in Padia then."

"That's fine." Daigo nodded seriously.

Chapter 112: Isn’t this putting me, Lao Gu, in a difficult position?

"Xijiana, Xijiana..."

The sleeping Xi Jiana seemed to hear Xu Li calling her softly, which made her open her eyes in a daze.

What caught Xijiana's eyes was not Xu Li's face, but a huge, weirdly curved mouth and red eyes above it. It was like something out of a Hollywood horror movie in Pokémon, which made Xijiana startled.

"Woooooooooooah!"

She rolled down the bench on the side of the road onto the grass behind with the baby Guniuniu in her arms. The cloak that was originally draped behind Xijiana as a symbol of the successor was also tied to her body, and Xijiana couldn't break free for a while.

Looking at Xijiana's body which had to squirm on the grass because of the entanglement of the cloak, Xu Li couldn't help but cover his face. He really didn't expect that Xijiana had such a stupid side.

"Kou Jie~"

Seeing Nashigana's reaction just now, Gengar felt that he was being disliked, and dejectedly crawled into Xu Li's shadow.

"Ugh……"

Xu Li squatted down to help Xi Jiana, who hadn't been able to stand up in time, and patted the grass debris off her body. He smiled and said, "Is this still the Xi Jiana, the successor of the Meteor People, whose mission is to save the world..."

"It's because you've been in there for too long... I took a walk outside and couldn't help falling asleep here." Xijiana covered her bruised arm.

"Then it's mine." Xu Li shrugged.

Xu Li and Dawu agreed to meet at Devon Company. Xijiana naturally did not want to enter the Devon Company that made her feel disgusted, even if she planned to stay with Xu Li, so she wandered around the city of Kanaz by herself.

Later, when Xu Li left Dewen, he saw Xijiana, who was drowsy and holding Guniuniu, at the intersection near Dewen.

Speaking of which, the Devin Company that Xijiana hates and the Belrich family are both closely related to Xu Li... Xu Li didn't know why Xijiana wanted to follow him. The reason she asked was that she wanted to stay with her Lord Dragon God and guide Xu Li on how to get along with Lord Dragon God.

But…this guy himself can’t even get along with Rayquaza.

Thinking of this, Xu Li smiled, shook his head, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go."

"Well... okay!" Xi Jiana quickly picked up Gu Niuniu and followed Xu Li. She asked Xu Li curiously, "Where are we going next?"

"Let's go back to Sinnoh first." Xu Li suddenly turned to look at Xi Jiana, "Are you sure you want to go with me? Leave this familiar Hoenn."

"..."

"Isn't it possible? I've been living in Hoenn for the past ten years, and I want to see other places too. I'm also interested in Sinnoh and other regions." Shijiana said weakly, "I... I can pay you. For example, I actually have the Mega Evolution Stone that you traded with Daigo."

Xu Li shook his head: "Okay, let's go first..."

The Xijiana in the game just left a letter and left in a cool manner after the protagonist solved the meteorite crisis. She was completely capable. But the Xijiana in front of him... I don’t know if it’s because she is five years younger, but she may still need company.

"Hehe." Seeing Xu Li agreed, Xi Jiana jumped in front of Xu Li and said, "What kind of evolution stone do you want... I don't know your lineup yet, Xu Li. Tell me and I'll give you a Mega Evolution Stone."

At that time, under the Sky Pillar, Xu Li defeated all of Shijiana's Pokémon with only three Pokémon. Later, we only learned about some of Xu Li's Pokémon, including babies like Alola Vulpix.

She was still very curious about what the main Pokémon of such a powerful trainer like Xu Li was.

"You'll find out when you get to Sinnoh."

"Oh……"

……

Sinnoh, Nohara City.

As Xu Li and Xi Jiana got off the ship heading here, they saw the Sinnoh champion wearing a black windbreaker with his arms folded in front of his chest not far away.

Without waiting for Xu Li to say hello, Zhu Lan took the initiative to hug Xu Li in her arms, pressing the part of her chest that Xu Li loved against her chest, her cheek touching Xu Li's, and the iconic hair accessory on Zhu Lan's head lightly touching Xu Li's hair, and she could also smell the charming scent on her body.

As Xu Li's arm climbed onto Zhulan's back, he heard her speak softly.

"A-Li seemed to have anticipated this and did two incredible things in Hoenn... He's really amazing..."

This resentful tone made Xu Li tighten his grip around Zhu Lan: "...Don't be like this."

"Why didn't you tell me about such a dangerous thing in advance..." Zhulan loosened her arms around Xu Li and stared at Xu Li's eyes with anger.

Before, Xu Li only told Zhulan that he was going to Daigo to discuss the deal... Unexpectedly, when Zhulan got the news back from Sinnoh, Xu Li actually became a hero of Hoenn.

Zhulan doesn't care whether Xu Li is a hero or not. She thinks it's better if Xu Li is not that strong.

When she saw the process of the Hoenn crisis with the authority of a champion, although the process was narrated in just a few lines, for Takeran, who had known various myths since childhood, she knew how dangerous it was.

"..."

Xu Li smiled a little guiltily and said, "Isn't this all right..."

Xu Li really didn't think there was any danger. After all, he was escorted by Palkia and Dialga before going to Sinnoh. But when facing Zhulan's eyes, Xu Li felt inexplicably guilty.

"What if something happens? What should I do then?" Zhu Lan retorted fiercely. She pinched Xu Li's cheek, but her voice softened. "I don't want to lose you again..."

"...Well, next time I promise to inform you in advance." After a moment of hesitation, Xu Li smiled softly and let Zhu Lan rub him. "Let's go first. Others may recognize you as the champion and look this way..."

"Hmph..." Zhu Lan let go of his hand and looked at Xi Jiana behind Xu Li. She gritted her teeth and whispered in Xu Li's ear, "Why do you have a little follower beside you?"

Xu Li: “…”

He quickly introduced Xi Jiana to Zhulan.

After listening to Xu Li's introduction, Zhu Lan greeted Xi Jiana openly: "Hello, Xi Jiana, we have a lot of houses, so you can live there when the time comes."

Xi Jiana, whose brain was shutting down, was stunned for a moment, and said stumblingly: "Hello, Zhulan Champion, uh, um... OK."

She had never expected that Xu Li was actually related to the Sinnoh Champion, and the relationship seemed so close that Shijiana's brain froze in an instant.

Seeing Xi Jiana's flustered expression, Zhu Lan covered her mouth and smiled: "Just call me Zhu Lan, there's no need to be so nervous."

"Oh, okay, Sister Zhulan." Xijiana really wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

……

In this way, Xu Li and Zhulan took Xijiana and lived in a small house in Shenhe Town for a few days. Xijiana also moved in Shenhe Town. With Zhulan's closeness, she gradually became familiar with Zhulan.

Xijiana also likes this place very much. It is much more comfortable than the Meteor Village where she lived before. There are no elders supervising her and forcing her to train hard to complete her mission. Instead, there is the gentle Grandma Mustard Orchid.

What puzzled her was that when she went to the bathroom at night, she could always hear strange noises faintly coming from not far away. When she told Sister Zhulan about this, Sister Zhulan said unnaturally that Xijiana should not pay attention to such noises.

After that, this kind of sound was not heard often, but occasionally, an uncontrollable sound would reach Xijiana's ears... She thought about it and felt more and more that the voice was particularly like Sister Zhulan.

Xijiana shook her head, dispelled the memories, and looked quietly at Xu Li who was lying on the map in front of her, and the Infernape beside him.