"...Just as I thought, useless!!" Watching the red-and-white ball land squarely on that dragon's head, only to bounce away like a speck of dust, Jiu Ming couldn't stop the corner of his mouth from twitching. Worse still, the thing shattered as it fell. It probably hadn't broken from the impact, but had cracked on its own for some reason.
So this thing really wasn't reliable!
The dragon's gaze toward them abruptly became far less friendly, as though that little thing had hit it with an outrageously powerful taunt. "Let's go. There's no need to lock horns with it."
Jiu Ming curled his lip. That dragon clearly looked like a troublesome opponent, and he had no time for some earthshaking battle right now. Even if he could take the thing down, the price he paid wouldn't be small.
"Ah! What a pity—it actually failed. If it had really been a Master Ball... anyway, let's go, let's go." Haruhi regretfully watched the dragon species rapidly approaching with its massive body undulating through the air, though she was not especially disappointed. It would have been stranger if a Poké Ball could really contain such a gigantic monster!
And as the dragon drew closer, the pressure it gave off became ever more intense. It was simply too huge!
"Then we're pulling out!" Jiu Ming slashed open a Gap beside himself and swiftly stepped inside. Seeing Jiu Ming vanish so suddenly, the dragon blinked in confusion at first, then let out a roar. The air around it began to churn as it locked onto a direction and gave chase. Even it found its own fury strange. Jiu Ming's powerful counterattack earlier had merely surprised it—when had humans become so strong? Yet after that red-and-white dust-like ball struck it, an inexplicable fire had risen in its