"Nightmare?"
"Darkrai?"
Ash and Goh exchanged excited looks. "In that case, let's go investigate!"
"Ah, young people really are full of energy."
Seeing this, Lu Ze, who was lying on the sofa, could not help but sigh.
"Yeah, but you're young too."
"Hah, I'm almost thirty."
Lu Ze smiled and waved his hand before looking at Professor Cerise. "Then I'll go with them too."
"Alright. With you there, I'll feel more at ease."
Professor Cerise smiled as he looked at the excited Ash and Goh. "Though their Pokémon aren't weak either."
"They're far more than just not weak."
Seeing Ash and Goh wave at him, Lu Ze stood up as well.
"That's Ash, after all."
After getting up and waving to Professor Cerise, Lu Ze followed Ash and Goh out.
After boarding the plane, the three of them flew toward the Sinnoh region.
"Brother Xiao Ze, what's your ranking now?"
When the plane landed, Ash curiously asked Lu Ze.
"Didn't my ranking rise to ninth after our last battle? It basically hasn't changed since then."
As Lu Ze spoke, he looked at Ash strangely. "Come to think of it, haven't we been together ever since we battled?"
"No one came to challenge me, and I didn't go challenge anyone else."
"Yeah."
Ash nodded, then chuckled. "But Cynthia has passed you. She's ninth now, and you're tenth."
"Huh?"
Lu Ze froze for a moment, then hurriedly checked the information on his Rotom Phone.
Sure enough, his ranking had dropped to tenth.
Cynthia was right ahead of him.
"Alright, I haven't checked in days."
Lu Ze was a little helpless, but he did not have any strong feelings about it.
He really had been slacking off lately. Since no one had challenged him, he had not paid much attention to the rankings.