He caught Milotic's furious tail sweep barehanded, its surface reflecting a beautiful gleam beneath the "Radiant Aura."
Under Li Hua's gloating gaze, Su Hao spent quite a while soothing Milotic before finally calming her down after her anger over his complete disappearance during the past ten years.
Su Hao did not find Milotic's reaction strange.
After all, among the three female Pokémon on the team, Milotic was the most competitive and also cared deeply about the bonds between her companions.
According to the old man, everyone had gathered from time to time over the past decade, but they ultimately spent more time apart than together.
For Milotic, who valued family and friendship so dearly, she certainly had every right to be angry with Su Hao.
Yet after venting her anger, Milotic still chose to gently coil her serpentine body around Su Hao, then affectionately rub her cheek against his to show how happy she was that he had returned.
Su Hao could not help but sigh inwardly.
Tsundere, tsundere—the real essence of the word was that the dere outweighed the tsun.
The voices belonging to Latias and Latios overhead also joined Su Hao's maintained Aura Channel.
"Long time no see~"
"Looks like you've finished up over there?"
The cheerful, mature female voice belonged to Latias, while the somewhat steadier young male voice belonged to Latios.
They descended lower, circling Su Hao and Diancie once, yet failed to notice anything unusual.
Compared with ten years ago, their strength did not seem to have improved by much.
But that was only normal.
For Legendary Pokémon with lifespans nearly as long as heaven and earth, ten years was but the blink of an eye. Naturally, their strength would not rise so rapidly.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Su Hao turned his gaze toward