"They seemed... happy? So you were in this together?! You really are still that awful woman!" The gratitude in Yao Yao's eyes was instantly burned away by grief and indignation, replaced by a trace of hurt.
"This isn't fair! We agreed we could only bring one Pokémon, didn't we? Commanding so many Pokémon is practically cheating..."
"Wait, commanding Pokémon? Grass-types? Fine, fine, so it was you! I'm your senior sister's childhood friend. How could you do this to me?!"
The many bizarre developments quickly made Yao Yao face reality.
Especially when she saw Vileplume enthusiastically chatting with the surrounding Bunashicao, Yao Yao's rarely used brain started working, accurately guessing what had happened.
She knew very well just how irresistible Ye Lan's Grass-type cuisine was to Grass-type Pokémon.
Her Whimsicott was still hopelessly addicted to it, and the Bunashicao's obvious refusal to attack Grass-type Pokémon and Grass-type trainers made it difficult for her not to connect this to Ye Lan.
"Tch, Qin Chuan is Ye Lan's brother too. Who doesn't have connections?" After receiving Vileplume's signal and realizing this was not truly a wild Pokémon attack, Long Qian found the circle of Bunashicao increasingly adorable the longer she looked at them.
As Ghost-types, Bunashicao were actually rather frightening-looking, which showed just how wildly Long Qian's emotions had fluctuated.
Especially when she saw Yao Yao struggling desperately in the middle of them, Long Qian's smile widened, and her mood instantly improved.
"Heh, little girl, weren't you yelling pretty happily just now? Go on, act arrogant again!" Long Qian could no longer hold herself back and even covered her mouth as she laughed.
"Just you wait... Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? You're not going to deliver me to Ye Lan so he can harvest points off me, are you?"
When the