Left Zero, Right Fire, Raikou Help Me

Night fell. Though Su Hao was curious about the day-and-night cycle within the Ore Kingdom Secret Realm, he had not forgotten the task at hand.

Under the drooling gazes of the Pokémon, Su Hao took out the outdoor cooking set he had bought at great expense from the System Space and spread it across the grass in front of the cabin.

Cooking inside the cabin could easily start a fire. It was safer to do it outside.

Su Hao first went over to Incineroar, Cycloze, Zeraora, and Lucario, all of whom had put on aprons, masks, and gloves. They were working assembly-line style to skewer the marinated chunks of meat and vegetables Su Hao had prepared.

Tonight's main course was barbecue. There were quite a few big eaters on the team, and their appetites were enormous, so naturally, the workload of skewering ingredients had risen accordingly.

Lucario and Zeraora gave Su Hao the least trouble. If they were at school, they would be the obedient honor students who needed no supervision whatsoever.

Cycloze, meanwhile, was the sort of student whose mouth said no while its body was honest. Though it wore a face full of reluctance, it was willing to contribute some labor for the sake of good food.

As for Incineroar...

Su Hao moved lightly and even used Wave Power to conceal the sound of his footsteps. Incineroar, which was peeking around and secretly slacking off, did not notice his arrival at all.

By the time Zeraora and Lucario had each skewered five barbecue sticks, Incineroar, with more tricks up its sleeve than anyone else, had only slowly managed one. Its sneaky appearance made it obvious that it knew perfectly well it was slacking off.

Su Hao could not hold back any longer. He walked over and gave it