Because Mew had urged him to hurry home,
Fang Yuan could no longer spare a thought for his apprentice.
He immediately rushed toward Magic City, wanting to ask Mew what exactly had happened.
Magic City, Fang Yuan Research Institute.
Dragonite descended from the sky, and Fang Yuan and Eevee each jumped off its back.
"Eevee~ (Aren't we going to watch He Xiaomai's battle?)"
Eevee asked reluctantly. It had taught Xiaomai for so long and still wanted to see its student's moment of glory.
"It's He Xiaomai, not Hu Xiaomai. After spending so long together, have you seriously not remembered her name?"
"Eevee! (Isn't it because you're always muttering Hoopa, Hoopa...)"
Fang Yuan's head hurt. He grabbed Eevee and headed into the research institute.
Inside the institute.
Mew and the two Little Celebi sat on the sofa, holding teacups and sipping hot tea as wisps of steam rose around them, their expressions calm and content.
"You dragged me back in such a hurry, and you're sitting here drinking tea in comfort?"
After entering, Fang Yuan looked unhappily at Mew and the two Celebi.
"Mew~~" Mew set down its teacup, its face falling.
"Mew~~ (There's no better solution even if we panic. We can only wait for you to handle it.)"
Fang Yuan and Eevee sat down as well, picked up cups of hot tea Mew and the others had brewed, and looked toward Little Celebi.
This Little Celebi had been talked into coming from the Pokémon World by a Celebi from the Future Timeline. Then, Fang Yuan and the others had talked it into coming to Earth to serve as World Tree Mew's bodyguard and spacetime phone.
However, because Mew had been too eager to collect all the Plates, it had once again talked Little Celebi into going to Earth's past