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

What came into view was the tall figure in a black windbreaker and Barclay looking over here.

bang bang-

Two white lights flashed, representing exhaled Pokémon.

"Xu...what are you going to do!?" There was a hint of surprise in Barclay's voice.

In an instant, Barclay's fat body was firmly controlled by Gardevoir, and beside him was a greatsword demon in black armor with his foot blade stretched out and sharpened.

"To be honest, although I think you are a little suspicious, I didn't expect you to hide so deeply. Perhaps, I should call you the Shadow Boss, Erya?" Xu Li said.

"...Is it Disqiu?" Barclay's eyes flashed with panic, then turned into anger, "I knew that bastard was unreliable!"

"Now is not the time to talk to you about this." Xu Li said, and asked the Great Sword Ghost to use his strength to knock Barclay unconscious.

He turned to look at the Sinnoh Champion who was standing there in a daze.

She's grown so tall...

Her long golden hair cascaded down to her waist, and her black windbreaker made Zhulan look even more stern, but now, the usually stern Sinnoh champion's delicate face was filled with disbelief.

"What? Don't you recognize me?" Xu Li smiled and slowly walked to Zhulan.

“…Ali?” There was a slight tremor in her voice.

"As you can see, my Miss Zhulan, why are you still so fond of crying?" Xu Li stroked Zhulan's delicate face and helped her wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Zhulan ignored Xu Li's teasing and continued to stare at Xu Li's face blankly.

The Xu Li in front of her, whom she had been thinking about day and night, made her feel very unreal, but the real feeling on her face showed that Xu Li was standing in front of her.

“…Ali!”

"Ah."

The name I had unconsciously called out several times in the past five years finally received a response.

"Ali!"

"I am here."

Xu Li was still smiling and wanted to hug Zhulan gently, but Zhulan exerted force on him instead and he merged deeply into her body.

Leaning my head on Zhulan's shoulder, I could smell the faint fragrance of her hair. My cheek touched Zhulan's slender neck, and I could feel the delicacy and warmth of her skin.

Feeling Zhulan's trembling body up close, Xu Li took a deep breath and whispered in Zhulan's ear.

"Zhulan, I'm back."

This caused Zhulan's body to tremble slightly, and then Xu Li was hugged even tighter.

After a while...

"Okay, are you going to strangle me to death?" Xu Li patted Zhulan's back with difficulty.

Zhulan then reluctantly let go, her eyes still fixed on Xu Li.

"A-Li, I became the Sinnoh champion..." Zhulan said with a blush.

"Well, I told you that my Zhulan has the looks of a champion." Xu Li smiled and rubbed Zhulan's long golden hair, which was still so soft.

"How's grandma doing? I heard her institute no longer accepts anything..."

"Grandma...she must be eager to see you right now." Zhulan said, holding Xu Li's hand and stroking her cheek.

"I miss her too... Then, let's put an end to this shadow! Let's go see her." Xu Li looked at the unconscious Barclay, took away all the Poké Balls on it, and pulled Zhulan out.

“…Okay!” Zhulan followed Xu Li.

Although Zhulan didn't understand what was going on, she believed in Xu Li unconditionally.

Just like when she was a child, no matter how difficult it was for her to make a choice, as long as she stayed with Xu Li, he would make the right choice for her.

So, the alliance members in Silicon Berylium City saw this scene.

The Sinnoh champion was being led by a mysterious man, following closely behind him, with a gentle expression on his face?

An alliance member who admired the Sinnoh champion covered his head in disbelief. He couldn't imagine this scene.

Is this still the same cold and independent Zhulan champion who keeps strangers away?!

……

Northwest of Silicon Berylium City, in a vast desert, stands a steel-like building.

"This is the Dark Pokémon Research Institute, the main place for the research, development and production of dark Pokémon."

Xu Li and Zhu Lan brought a large number of alliance members to surround the place. On the way, he explained to Zhu Lan the situation of the Shadow Organization and Dark Pokémon in the Oure region.

The Barclay that Xu Li just captured is the boss of Shadow, Uruk-York.

The situation here also made Zhulan angry. She didn't expect that there was such an organization hidden in the dark.

Seeing the closed steel door of the Dark Pokémon Research Institute, Ran summoned Garchomp.

"Gah?"

When he saw Xu Li, Lu Shark was stunned for a moment, which made Zhu Lan cover her mouth and laugh.

She must have been in a daze just now... Zhulan's face turned a little red.

"Gruishark has grown so big..." Xu Li smiled and took out Fang's Poké Ball. "It's been a while since we last met."

A flash of white light appeared, and Yaya appeared here.

"Gah?"

Looking at Fangya's short body, Land Shark couldn't help but stretch out his sickle-like claws and make a gesture.

It seems to be saying, why are you still so young?

"tooth!"

Yaya was dissatisfied and shouted angrily.

Then a white light flashed across its body, and the double-axe war dragon, as black as steel armor, stood on the sand again, and the eyes on the black and red double axes stared at the Liebite Land Shark.

This made Lu Shark smile brightly.

"Ya Ya, can it evolve directly?" Zhu Lan said in surprise when she saw this scene.

"Yes." Xu Li nodded with a smile, "Ya Ya, let's break through this door!"

"Largon, let's come too!" Zhulan said immediately.

With the fierce attack of the two powerful dragon Pokémon, the steel door could not bear the weight and a gap was directly created in it.

As the door of the institute was broken, red light and warning sounds resounded throughout the institute.

But the people inside could not escape. Not only was the exit here surrounded, but there were also alliance members in the underground tunnel leading from the research institute to Huangtie Town.

"Let's start!" Zhulan waved her hand, and the alliance fighters swarmed in. This was an opportunity to make a contribution.

"Let's go down too!" Xu Li smiled at Zhulan.

……

At this time, in Borg's laboratory at the bottom floor of the Dark Pokémon Research Institute.

Cages filled with Pokémon were lined up in this steel-like laboratory. Some of the Pokémon inside were looking at Borg on the stage in horror, but most of them were numb and dazed.

In front of Borg was a tightly bound golden saber-toothed tiger, the Thunder God of the Wind Guard, who was being forced by Borg to undergo dark Pokémon transformation.

The alarm suddenly sounded, causing Borg, who was concentrating on the transformation, to look up suddenly and shout, "What's going on!"

"..."

After a while, a terrified voice was heard, "It's the Alliance! The Alliance has broken in, and we can't defeat them at all!"

"Damn it! We were so close! These Pokémon will be shipped to other places soon. Why did it have to be at this time?"

The angry Borg hit the Thunder God in front of him with his arm, but the Thunder God did not react.

"Almost, almost!" Borg muttered, and threw himself back into the transformation of Lei Gong regardless of anything.

……

There are many researchers in the institute, and almost everyone has a dark Pokémon.

However, there are no wild Pokémon in the Oure region, which makes the Pokémon combat level here very low.

He is also a researcher. Even if he has dark Pokémon, his combat ability is no match for most of the official combatants of the Alliance who have the Big Three Pokémon.

"Prince Bo, salt water!"

The penguin, who had been standing still, swung a drop of extremely salty water, which seeped into the wound of his opponent, Masha, causing severe pain.

Prince Bo defeated Masana with almost no injuries.

Xu Li and Zhu Lan passed by here, nodded to Prince Bo's trainer, and continued moving forward directly past Martha.

After walking down the stairs to the last floor, several cages filled with Pokémon appeared in Xu Li's sight. At the same time, the back of a man in a white coat also appeared in front of Xu Li.

"Hahaha! Success! Hahahaha!"

Suddenly, he burst into laughter and turned to look at Xu Li and Zhu Lan who had arrived.

"Are you Borg?" Xu Li asked.

"That's me, hahaha! Anyone who interferes with the Dark Pokémon plan will be unforgivable! Come and experience the power of Dark Thunder God, Crazy Volt!"

As soon as Borg gave the order, a golden saber-toothed tiger with lightning on its body pounced towards Xu Li, and its momentum seemed unstoppable.

“Gah!”

However, he was knocked from the side by Zhulan's Garchomp, and smashed into the steel wall. The electric current of Raigong was completely unable to do anything to Garchomp, leaving him helpless and ravaged by Garchomp.

"This!?" Borg couldn't believe it when he saw this scene. This was the strongest Pokémon he had transformed!

"This, that, that, lie down quickly." Xu Li had already circled behind Borg and knocked him down.

"Borg, you have been arrested by the Sinnoh League on suspicion of illegal transformation experiments and endangering public safety." Zhulan showed the temperament of a champion and waved her hand to let the league members hold Borg down.

From then on, the source of Shadow's creation of dark Pokémon was controlled.

Next, it's time to liberate the Pokémon here, clean up the mess, and collect evidence.

"Zhulan, come here."

Xu Li stood in front of a computer in the research institute and called Zhulan.

"This should be the data on Borg's creation of dark Pokémon. It shows that the source of Celebi's blessing in Onyx Village can speed up the recovery of these dark Pokémon."

"Hmm?" Zhulan came to Xu Li, bent down, and put her cheek against Xu Li's cheek without any hesitation, looking at the information in the computer together.

"Okay! I understand." Zhulan nodded, her skin caressing Xu Li's cheek. "Let's just destroy the remaining information on how to create dark Pokémon!"

"Yes." Xu Li nodded and rubbed again.

Zhulan stood up with a slightly red face and went to check other places.

……

Agate Village, Oure Region.

This is a rare place in the Oure region with a large number of green plants. It is said that it is blessed by an outdated rabbi and the plants here will never wither.

When Xu Li and Zhu Lan came here, they met Mirei and Leo again.

"Hey! Why are you here!" Mi Lei reacted violently when she saw Xu Li.

"Then why are you here?" Xu Li asked back.

"This is my home, of course I have to be here!" Mirei said with her hands on her hips.

"Oh, then we may need your help..." Xu Li nodded and explained to Mirei that he needed to use Celebi's spring water to purify a large amount of darkness.

After all, they have collected almost hundreds of dark Pokémon, and it would be much more troublesome if they deal with them one by one.