I'm not a Pokémon succubus.

Standing aside, Lillie watched the interaction between the two, smiled with a complicated expression, and sighed.

In fact, she was as worried about Aixia's safety as Xia Yi, but she did not have as much experience and knowledge as Xia Yi. When faced with such a crisis situation, her mind would go blank and she would be unable to think or react.

"Hey."

Thinking of this, the girl sighed softly, her eyes confused.

She found that all the time she had been with Aisha, she seemed to have never really helped this gentle older brother.

It was obvious that Aixia had helped him and his mother countless times, but he seemed to be just a pendant hanging on him, and sometimes even held Aixia back. He was simply a useless burden.

She also wanted to help Aisha, just like Xia Yi.

Although she had not known Xia Yi for a long time, after chatting with her for the past few days, Liliae had a rough idea that once upon a time, when Aisha was not as powerful as he is now, it was Xia Yi, the leader of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Great Yan Region, who provided him with a lot of very crucial help. So much so that to this day, Xia Yi still enjoys a unique and important position in Aisha's heart.

Although Lillie didn't expect to become Aisha's "white moonlight" like Xia Yi, she also didn't want to be a hindrance to Aisha.

"Is there anything a weak person like me can do..."

The girl's eyes flickered as she looked at the strap of the shoulder bag she was holding tightly.

Her eyes followed the strap and slid to the bag, and she happened to meet Xiao Xingyun's gaze, who had opened the zipper of the bag a little to allow some air to flow.

"Little Nebula..."

Looking at Little Nebula's bright yellow eyes, Lillie was stunned at first, then her eyes widened.

Yes, how could she forget about little Xingyun.

With Little Xingyun by my side, I am also capable of fighting!

Although not strong, it is enough.

Little Xingyun and I can both help big brother!

"next time."

Looking at Aisha standing with Xia Yi, Lilia pursed her lips.

"I will definitely be able to stand by your side!"

Gently, the girl made up her mind.

"Wang!"

Just at this moment, the familiar barking of hounds sounded from afar.

Everyone turned towards the direction of the sound and saw Zygarde, who had transformed back to 10% of his hound form, running towards them from a distance.

Its agile figure was like a black-green lightning flying close to the ground. In an instant, it crossed a long distance and arrived at the mountain.

"Wow..."

With a graceful turn in the air, Zygarde landed on all fours next to Aisha.

It had something in its mouth.

"what!"

When she saw clearly the thing it was holding in the air, Mei Yali couldn't help but cover her mouth with a worried expression on her face.

"Hopa!"

That's right, Zygarde, who was galloping back from the distant desert, was holding Hoopa, who had lost his power and turned back into a petite form.

"Hopa..."

Seeing Hoopa, unconscious and covered in wounds, being held in Zygarde's mouth, Balza, who was slumped on the ground, struggled to stand up, staggered over, and gently took the animal out of Zygarde's arms.

"Just passed out."

Fortunately, after some examination, Mei Yali confirmed that Hu Pa was fine and seemed to have just exhausted too much physical energy. The brother and sister finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately."

Balza's expression relaxed slightly.

But Aisha and Xia Yi would not let them go so easily.

"Hello, sir."

Coming behind Balza, Aisha patted his shoulder.

Seeing him turn around, Aisha smiled and slapped his investigator ID on the man's face with a kind tone.

"I think you need to explain to me the whole story."

"Eh?"

His eyes moved back and forth between Aisha's face and the photo on the ID card. Looking at the large gold-plated words "Chief Investigator", Balza was confused.

......

The garden on the top of the mountain was mostly destroyed in the aftermath of the battle between Zygarde and Liberation Hoopa.

The garden closest to the battlefield and the villa behind the garden where Balza and Meyali lived were turned into a mess by the violent wind pressure. Naturally, it was no longer a place where people could talk about things.

So, Meiali and Balza, who had returned to normal, took Aisha, Shay, and Lillie to a remote place in the manor. It was precisely because of its remote location that the annex was not destroyed by the wind pressure caused by Zygarde's earth power and the psychic waves released by Aisha and Mewtwo Y when they sealed Hoopa.

In the pavilion outside the villa, Aisha and the other two learned about the past of Hoopa and Desert City from the stories told by Balza and Meyali.

It turns out that the huge appearance just now was Hoopa's original appearance.

It used to be a bad guy with a bad temper, just like what Xia Yi had seen in the ancient books at home.

Using the six rings that can travel through time and space and transfer space regardless of distance and space limitations, Hoopa is adept at stealing and robbery. The story in ancient books that "because of greed for treasure, he uprooted the castle where the treasure was hidden and stole it" is indeed true.

It can be said that this guy used to be a scoundrel, a villain, and a gangster!

Until one day, it came to Desert City.

A hundred years ago, Desert City was just a small village.

Hoopa stole food and robbed things in the village. He used his magical power to bully people. Because he defeated many wild Pokémon that attacked the village, he was worshipped as a patron saint by the villagers at that time.

The vain Hoopa undoubtedly enjoyed the people's admiration.

It generously gave the treasures it plundered from various places to those who worshipped it.

At the same time, in order to show how powerful it is, it also uses rings to find powerful Pokémon from various places and defeats them in front of people.

Originally, if it was only to this extent, Hoopa would be at most bad, but not evil.

After all, although it would steal expensive treasures, it would also generously give these treasures to the villagers.

It just acts according to its own interests. Although it doesn't do good things, it won't cause any major disasters either.

However, it is precisely this spontaneous character that has been exploited by bad people.

In the village, some evil-minded and eloquent people approached Hupa and guided him, using his powerful strength for evil purposes, causing people to suffer.

Until that person comes...

A man from the Valley of Creation, after hearing about Hoopa's evil deeds, specially created the Pot of Punishment to seal Hoopa.

That day, when Hoopa was doing his usual battle with a legendary Pokémon and showing off his great strength, he was sealed by the man with the Pot of Punishment.

He did not directly lock Hoopa in the Pot of Punishment as usual, but used magical powers to separate Hoopa's body from its energy.

Hupa's powerful energy was sealed into the Punishment Pot by the man, and the body left outside became the petite appearance that Aisha and the others saw.

In this posture, it had no fighting power at all, and even half of its innate rings were taken away, leaving only three.

Although it can still use the ring to pick up things, it can no longer move freely in space through the ring. This is the curse given to it by the Pot of Punishment.

The man did not use violence to correct Hoopa's bad habits because he knew that violence would only lead to greater violence and gradually irreconcilable conflicts.

So the man brought Hupa, who had lost his power, back to the Valley of Creation and kept it by his side at all times. He taught it like his own child, guiding it step by step and using various small things in life to slowly change its values ​​and character in a gentle and silent way.

The man believed that one day Hoopa would understand what true love was, what true "punishment" was, and how to use his power to help others.

From then on, Hoopa lived in the Valley of Creation.

Under the man's day-to-day education, it also showed a childish and innocent character, and gradually developed in a good direction.

But, unfortunately, time flies. Although Hoopa, as a legendary Pokémon, has an almost infinite lifespan, the man does not.

Even though he possesses magical powers and can seal Hoopa's power, men are ultimately just mortals.

As Hoopa gradually got better, he also slowly aged.

On the day of departure, the man, or should I say the old man, entrusted Hupa to his grandson and granddaughter, and asked them to take good care of Hupa.

Then he passed away and left this world amid the crying of children.

"That old man... is our grandfather."

When talking about the stories of the past, Mei Yali's nasal tone became heavier, and her eyes turned slightly red, as if she was about to cry.

Hoopa lay unconscious in her arms.

"Before Grandfather passed away, he warned us that only after Hoopa truly understood the meaning of punishment could we retrieve the Pot of Punishment and return its original power to it."

Noticing his sister's change of mood, Balza patted her shoulder soothingly and took over the task of telling the story.

Sitting opposite Balza, Aisha held her face with one hand and spoke with emotion.

"This kind of sad story with elements of lifespan theory, after all, still needs Marisa to come and defeat it with the power of love."

he said.

"How come you are also a car tycoon?"

Only Penglai Shan Xiayi, who was also a Neet princess, understood.

She looked at Aisha with a look of surprise on her face as if the Vietcong had emerged.

"Don't worry about the details."

Aisha waved his hand, ignoring Xia Yina's muttering, "Ah, I get it, you must have learned about the East from reading books." He looked at Balzac opposite him and asked the question that concerned him the most.

"So, you misjudged the outcome of Hu Pa's teachings and went to retrieve the pot prematurely, which led to the subsequent series of events?"

His eyes sharpened.

He had no interest in Hoopa's past.

It’s not that Aixia is unkind, it’s mainly because he knows all these things.

He also had deep respect for the old man who did not resort to violence to solve the problem, but instead had the patience to teach Hupa.

However, now that he is facing a powerful enemy, he still wants to know why Balza took the Pot of Punishment?

"Tell me quickly, who is this war criminal?"

Aixia slammed the table with all his might.

"what!"

Although Balza looks like a macho man, he is one of the current managers of the local Desert Steps and is from the Valley of Creation.

However, because he was suspected of being a war criminal, he couldn't stand up in front of Aisha. He could only put his hands on the table and answer the question obediently, "I don't know what happened..."

Holding his still aching forehead with one hand, Balza shook his head gently.

His eyes and expression were still somewhat confused, and his head ached when he tried to recall what had happened in the past few days.

So, in response to Aisha's question, he could only pick out what he remembered: "I just remember that day, I was just watering the flowers in the garden as usual, when a strange voice came to me and directed me to find a ruin in the desert far west of Desert City and retrieve the Pot of Punishment that my grandfather had placed there."

As if recalling what happened in the ruins, Balza's expression turned grim.

"I remember my grandfather's words. I know now is not the time to return Hoopa's power. I didn't want to take it, but..."

"But you can't control your body, right?" Having said that, Aisha understood.

In his memory, the power of Hoopa, which was sealed in the Pot of Punishment, gradually developed its own consciousness over the past hundred years.

The pain of being sealed filled its heart with intense malice, and it then tried to control Hoopa, taking its body away and replacing it to become the real Hoopa.

According to Balzac's account, it was probably Hoopa's power that took advantage of the loosening of the seal to find Balzac and control him to go to the ruins to remove the seal for him...

"Ah."

Balza nodded.

"According to the spell I learned from my tribe, I unsealed the Pot of Punishment, but... I don't know anything about what happened after I got the Pot of Punishment. When I came to my senses, I was just now in the garden." After saying this, he sighed, his heart full of helplessness and sorrow.

"I am sorry."