"Water... water..."
Hearing that hoarse, dry, and feeble voice, Su Hao fell silent.
Rather than immediately helping the familiar-looking man before him, he shifted his gaze to the Rotom Phone floating at his side and checked it again and again.
"Th-this... we're less than three kilometers from Ballonlea, right?"
Su Hao wore an expression that was hard to put into words.
There were just a few more random turns around here, and the roads were a little more tangled. How had he managed to get stranded near Ballonlea?
Though speechless, Su Hao still took out a bottle of water and gestured for Lucario and Zeraora to help the man up. He poured the water through the man's dry lips, moistening the throat that kept producing hoarse sounds.
People in the Pokémon world were absurdly resilient to begin with. After receiving water, the weak man recovered at a visible rate.
In just a few minutes, the man was full of life again.
He flashed a bright smile and extended his hand. "Oh, thank you very much, kind passerby!"
"I'm Dande. I accidentally got lost on the way to Ballonlea. May I ask which direction I should go to enter Ballonlea?"
Su Hao instinctively reached out to shake his hand. "..."
Galar Pokémon League Champion Dande, the strongest king standing at the top of the world, had nearly met his end three kilometers from Ballonlea because he got lost.
Who would believe something that absurd?
With a helpless sigh in his heart, Su Hao said, "Hello, Mr. Dande. I'm Su Hao. Ballonlea isn't far from here. If you don't mind, you can come with me."
Dande's eyes lit up, and he nodded like a pecking chicken. "I'd appreciate it, Su Hao!"
On the road to Ballonlea.
Dande, who had no Champion