"That is..."
Before Professor Oak could finish, a sharp hiss of steam cut him off.
"The water's boiled! Ye, want some cup noodles?"
"No, Professor. The Pokémon and I already had breakfast in the forest."
Watching Professor Oak return with a bowl of cup noodles, beaming from ear to ear, Ye Lan rubbed his forehead, clearly helpless.
For Professor Oak, if cup noodles ever went out of production, it might truly be a matter of grave importance.
"Huff, huff, where was I? Right. I invited you here, Ye, because of Legendary Pokémon."
"Legendary Pokémon?" Ye Lan's pupils contracted as he gradually realized the gravity of the matter.
"That's right, Legendary Pokémon. You may not know this, Ye, but in my era, Legendary Pokémon would still occasionally reveal themselves."
"When I was young, for example, I once saw Ho-Oh."
"Marsha?!" At that, Marshadow poked its head out of Ye Lan's shadow, its eyes shining as it stared at the "perverted old man" across from it, trying to learn anything about Ho-Oh's whereabouts. Then it could quickly take Ye Lan to find Ho-Oh and undergo the Rainbow Hero's trial.
"That was decades ago. Ho-Oh's whereabouts are unpredictable. As a shadow envoy, you should have no trouble finding Ho-Oh, right? Don't tell me a shadow envoy gets lost? You're a Mythical Pokémon!"
"Marsha!!!"
Marshadow instantly flew into a rage from embarrassment and was about to charge out of the shadows to fight Professor Oak to the death, only for the quick-reacting Ye Lan to press it back down with a hand.
Only after seeing the little fellow return to its shadow to sulk did Ye Lan let out a breath.
Too reckless, Marshadow, far too reckless! If Professor Oak summoned his ace Dragonite, even if they all attacked together, they definitely wouldn't stand