I caught a Pokémon

Xiao Ju shook her head, her gaze shifting from Ya Mi to Xia You's face: "Next time, when you come to Leiwen City again, I'll treat you properly. Today ended too hastily, and my mind was in turmoil."

"One invitation is enough." Zhu Lan's voice drifted from behind, carrying a hint of mockery. "If you have to invite someone a second time every time someone bothers you, wouldn't you be inviting people from the beginning of the year to the end?"

Everyone could hear the strong jealousy and possessiveness in Zhu Lan's tone.

Clearly, she didn't want Xiaojuer to have too much contact with Xia You.

Xia You glanced at her and spoke up before she could say anything more troublesome.

“It’s already very good,” he shook his head at Xiaoju’er. “We ate very well and were very happy. Besides, the meal wasn’t finished halfway through, since we’ve already finished eating, haven’t we?”

Xiao Ju glanced at Zhu Lan, then at Xia You, her lips curving slightly, but she said nothing more.

“I’m sorry, I can’t stay with you any longer.” She put her mask back on and pulled her hat brim down a little. “I have to go to the Pokémon League and the police station right away to see how Team Plasma is doing. After something like this, I, as the Gym Leader, can’t just pretend nothing happened.”

"See you later then." Xia You nodded to her.

At this moment, Gadriya also stepped forward and stood next to Xiaojuer.

She looked at Xia You with a hint of apology on her face.

“I need to go there too. After all, I am one of the Elite Four of the Unova region. I can’t just sit idly by when something like this happens.”

She paused, her gaze falling on Xia You's face, her tone softening slightly: "I'm sorry, I originally planned to take you directly to the castle, but it seems... we'll have to postpone it for a while."

Xia You waved her hand dismissively.

"It's alright, I have to go somewhere else anyway, so let's meet at your castle when we're both done with our own business."

Cattleya nodded: "Alright, then I'll wait for you at the castle."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Xiao Ju'er's eyes flickered slightly, as if she had an idea, but she still didn't say anything.

Xiaojuer and Jiadeliya then bid farewell to the rest of the group.

Hikari, Makomo, and Takeran all nodded slightly to them.

After they left and disappeared around the corner of the street, Xia You turned her gaze away and looked at Zhu Lan beside her.

"You," he said, looking at Zhu Lan with a hint of helplessness in his voice, "don't you find it troublesome to travel so far?"

With no outsiders around, Zhu Lan finally shed her outer shell.

A slight upturn at the corners of her lips revealed a youthful air rarely seen in her eyes.

This expression was clearly not something she was deliberately putting on, but rather something that flowed naturally, like a different side of her that only appeared in front of Xia You.

“If I hadn’t come along,” she said in a low voice, but enunciated each word clearly, “Little Ju might have ended up in your bed the next day!”

Xia You's temple throbbed.

Has Takeran gone mad saying something like that in front of Makomo and Hikaru?!

How old is Xiaoguang?

How could you say that in front of her?

Moreover, no matter what, Makomo is an adult and their travel companion, this kind of topic is obviously not appropriate to mention in front of her!

Really.

Bamboo orchid, oh bamboo orchid...

When they're out in public, they act like champions—calm, composed, and impeccable. But once they're in front of me, they'll say anything!

Fortunately, Hikaru and Makomo seemed to be used to this kind of scene.

after all……

They'd encountered even more 'hot' situations before, and compared to those kinds of scenes, Zhu Lan's ramblings had almost no impact on them.

……

After resting overnight in Raven City, Xia You, Zhu Lan, Ya Mi, Zhen Gu, and Xiao Guang, a group of five, left Raven City early the next morning after breakfast and headed north.

Before leaving, Xia You contacted Xiao Ju'er and Jia Deliya to ask if they had made any discoveries or if they needed any help.

From them, Xia You also learned the cause and course of events from last night.

Just as N had said, the Plasma Team's chief scientist, Akromar, arrived in the city without warning and began secret research. When N realized that Akromar was using the Genesis, he used his position to raid the secret base and create chaos.

Because of this, the energy fluctuations within the base caused chaos among the innocent Pokémon in the hands of the trainers on the surface, resulting in significant trouble for them in the city.

After N realized this, he tried to help quell the chaos until he met Xia You and the others.

Of course, this is not the most important thing.

Importantly, the Plasma Team and N did indeed leave Raven City with a huge mess.

Not to mention that the members of Team Plasma and the others had already fled when they saw that things were not going well, and the Genesects had also disappeared without a trace. Not to mention that N, who was responsible for all of this, simply packed up and left, leaving the Pokémon League and the police in complete chaos.

This kept Xiaojuer and Gadria almost awake all night, as they spent their time chasing after the low-level plasma team members and dealing with various messy matters within the research institute.

Xia You was also powerless to help in this matter.

After all, firstly, he hadn't received any requests from anyone to help him with these matters, and secondly, they were just trivial matters that weren't worth his time.

Therefore, after giving Xiaoju'er and Jiadeliya some verbal encouragement, Xia You led the rest of the group and left the bustling city.

Their next goal is the fighting tournament that Ayaka will be participating in!

Chapter 1429 Yami Leaves the Team

Xia You thought that nothing else would happen on the way to the fighting tournament.

But unexpectedly, before she had gone far from Raven City, Zhu Lan received a phone call—an international call.

The morning breeze carries the scent of earth and grass.

The group stopped and looked at Zhu Lan, who was answering a phone call. They noticed that her previous nonchalance had been replaced by seriousness, and they knew that something must have happened.

Zhu Lan frowned slightly, and Xia You could only vaguely hear the words "what," "when," and "I understand."

Her tone shifted from calm at first, to solemn in the middle, and finally to composed at the end—a transformation that took less than a minute.

Xiao Guang stretched and said, "Looks like Sister Zhu Lan has a mission to complete."

Not just her, everyone thinks so.

Sure enough, when Zhu Lan hung up the phone and returned to the group, she had a slightly apologetic look on her face.

“It’s the Pokémon League from Sinnoh calling.” Before the others could ask, she looked at Xia You and spoke up, “There’s been a bit of a problem in Sinnoh. Even Da Ye and Wu Song have rushed over. It seems to be quite serious. I have to go back immediately to deal with it.”

"That serious?" Xia You raised an eyebrow. "Besides having to trouble you, the champion, you've actually mobilized two of the Four Heavenly Kings? What exactly happened?"

As she spoke, Xia You couldn't help but wonder what Sinnoh had done that would make the Pokémon League so troublesome after Team Galactic was gone.

"I don't know the specifics either." Unexpectedly, Zhu Lan just shook her head. "She couldn't explain it clearly over the phone. She just told me to hurry back."

"Alright." Xia You sighed. "Anyway, you've been in Hezhong for a long time now, it's time to go back. Be careful."

Looking at Xia You's face for a moment, Zhu Lan seemed to have a lot of reluctance in her expression: "I originally wanted to stay with you for a while longer, at least until the United States Conference was over, but it seems that's not possible now."

"You've been here long enough; let's get down to business."

Zhu Lan was aware of this, but she still couldn't shake off the reluctance in her heart.

She wanted to say something to Xia You, such as "Wait for me to come back" or "Don't do anything inappropriate while I'm not here," but she wasn't the type to say such things, let alone in front of Makomo and Hikari.

This is completely opposite to what happened just now.

She suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, the World Championships contacted me a few days ago and asked me to become a Master Eight, and I agreed."

Zhu Lan becoming one of the Eight Masters was also within Xia You's expectations.

After all, in the anime, Zhu Lan is one of the Eight Masters, and she participated in both the first and second Eight Masters competitions.

She never expected to be asked to do this at this time.

But thinking about it carefully, it's not surprising at all.

After all, the World Championship Committee had already found her before this, so finding Zhu Lan after such a long time was already considered quite late.

"It seems we'll be having a match at the Eight Masters tournament soon."

Zhu Lan smiled and said, "I won't hold back!"

After saying that, she added, "You'd better not fail to get a good ranking before the deadline, or people will laugh at you."

"Really? Then it seems I really need to hurry up." Xia You shrugged nonchalantly and made a joke that only lovers and spouses would understand, "But I'm the one who won't hold back. Once we get to the arena, I'll definitely crush you!"

Before becoming Xia You's woman, Zhu Lan would never have understood such hints.

But things are different now.

When Xia You mentioned the phrase "utterly defeated," she immediately thought of the two of them in bed, and the pathetic state she had been in after being conquered by Xia You.

This made her blush, and she glanced guiltily at the people around her.

Fortunately, Yami just smiled at her, and Hikaru and Makomo didn't seem to notice anything amiss, which put her at ease.

but……

This guy actually dared to say that in front of so many people!

Zhu Lan glared at Xia You shyly, then suddenly leaned closer and whispered in Xia You's ear, "Most importantly, don't you dare steal a bite after I leave!"

As she spoke, she glanced meaningfully at Makomo beside her.

Xia You quickly spread her hands in surrender.

"Don't worry about that, I'm a very honest person."

I'd be a fool to believe you!

Zhu Lan looked at him, and the corner of her mouth twitched slightly.

She didn't believe a single word of those words, not even the punctuation marks!

But she didn't expose her, she just gave a soft "hmm", and finally, after glancing at Xia You, she seemed unable to suppress her longing any longer, and hugged Xia You tightly in front of everyone.

Xia You wanted to kiss her, but she shyly dodged away.

"Let's wait until next time."

After whispering those words in Xia You's ear, Zhu Lan released him, then nodded to Yami, Xiao Guang, and Makomo beside her before returning to Raven City and leaving from there.

But unexpectedly, at that moment, Yami suddenly called out to her.

"and many more."

Not only Zhu Lan, but the others also looked at Ya Mi at the same time.

Then Yami came out and stood with Cynthia, then looked at Xia You and said, "Um... I also want to go back to Sinnoh with you."

Xia You tilted her head, and Xiao Guang's eyes were also full of confusion.

"Are you going back too?"

"Yes, Sister Yami, why didn't you mention this before?"

It's no wonder the two were surprised.

Indeed, before this, Yami had not revealed a single word.

Yami smiled sheepishly: "Actually, I just made this decision. I didn't originally plan to go back so early. I wanted to wait until the Summer United Conference was over before returning to Sinnoh. After all, I've been away from the house for too long, and I'm a little worried. But since Cynthia is going back now, I'll go with her. That way, when Cynthia comes back, I can come with her too."

Hearing this, Xia You understood.

To put it simply, Yami wanted to take this opportunity to go back and tidy up the house.

This is not surprising.

After all, Zhu Lan and she were good friends, and if she went back with Zhu Lan, she wouldn't feel lonely.

"Alright." Xia You didn't say much, but chose to respect Ya Mi's wishes. "Then be careful and come back soon."

"Ok!"

Yami nodded vigorously, and then, just like Zhulan had done, hugged Xia You.

Not only that, she also hugged Hikaru and Makomo.

"Please keep an eye on Xia You for me, okay? I'll be back soon."

Please keep an eye on Xia You...