Heavenly Green Mountain, Secret Base.
Dongshu crouched before the storage room cabinet and began packing the things he would need for the journey.
First was the high-tech spatial backpack that every Trainer needed.
From the outside, this backpack looked no different from an ordinary one, but it actually contained an enormous amount of space, enough to hold vast quantities of supplies—even tables, chairs, and stools could fit inside.
In the anime, Brock often took such things out of his backpack when camping in the wilderness with Ash and the others.
Next came various foods, drinking water, medicine, and so on.
After putting some food into his travel backpack, Dongshu stopped.
There was not actually much he needed to bring. If they needed anything, they could simply exchange Shock Points for it in the System Store.
While Dongshu packed his luggage, Fire Emperor stood guard beside him.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, Fire Emperor turned to look outside.
Its expression abruptly turned serious.
"What is it?" Fire Emperor's change caught Dongshu's attention.
"Lord Ho-Oh has returned," Fire Emperor said in a low voice.
"Huh?" Dongshu froze. Hadn't Ho-Oh only left not long ago? Why had it suddenly returned?
Before they could figure out what was going on, Ho-Oh flew in from outside and landed before Dongshu.
At the sight, Fire Emperor's heart immediately tightened.
Could it be... Lord Ho-Oh had come back to take Little One traveling?
"Ho-Oh? Why are you back?" Dongshu could not help asking.
"I merely suddenly remembered something," Ho-Oh said softly.
As it spoke, it gathered its power. A brilliant rainbow radiance flashed, and one Rainbow Feather after another suddenly formed before Ho-Oh.
Those feathers, which contained immense life force, slowly drifted down, eventually piling into an incredibly eye-catching "mountain of feathers" on the floor!
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