With the experience from the first time, Su Hao found his second trip to Dragon Cave much more familiar.
Even if he did not know the way, there were Pokémon in the Delta Great Desert outside the Imperial City that did!
Following the familiar Aura, Su Hao found the Flygon leader he had once beaten into submission and had it take him straight to an oasis.
This was the outpost for entering the massive Secret Realm known as Dragon Cave, and someone had already been waiting for him here.
After casually handing the Flygon leader that had guided him a Dragon Gem of exceptional quality and sending it back to its territory, Su Hao looked toward the person waiting for him.
It was Bai Du, who currently held no official position and was bored out of his mind aside from his work as a Search Officer.
The moment they met, Bai Du asked with a smile, "You plan to enter the restricted zone... for that Cycloze of yours?"
"That's right."
Su Hao nodded slightly without denying it.
His purpose in entering Dragon Cave's restricted zone was to help Cycloze reclaim its power. There was nothing wrong with that answer.
Upon hearing Su Hao's reply, Bai Du could not help but laugh and curse, "You really are something. Just a few days ago, you humiliated our Dragon Tamer Clan's new Elite Four in front of the entire Divine Land Alliance, and now you're asking to enter Dragon Cave's restricted zone, a place that only a tiny handful within the Dragon Tamer Clan are qualified to enter."
Su Hao tilted his head in confusion. "Is that not allowed? I did not interfere with his succession to the Elite Four at all. I already gave him plenty of face."
Naturally, Bai Du understood