Cosmic Virus

After learning from Hunter M that they had once infiltrated the Nacrene Museum in Nacrene City, Xia Yan had already decided to find Hunter S—or his corpse.

But his original intention had been to obtain the item in the seventh box.

In his view, if this "Dark Stone" was genuine, the hunters would not have gotten their hands on it so easily.

But thinking about it now...

There was probably more to this that he did not know.

"Looks like when I get back, I need to properly ask M and the others about the entire museum operation. The Hunter Guild actually did something other organizations often do instead of catching Pokémon. That alone is a huge problem."

Looking at the "Dark Stone" that had fallen to the ground, Xia Yan felt a headache coming on.

This thing was the sleeping Zekrom, the legendary Dragon of Ideals. Naturally, it was extremely valuable.

Theoretically, Zekrom should have been a Legendary Pokémon on the same level as Rayquaza.

Without taking Mega Evolution into account.

Of course, that was only in theory.

But after learning of Hunter S's actions and realizing there might be something suspicious behind this accident, Xia Yan felt it was a hot potato.

Xia Yan was not naive enough to think he could become a legendary hero like N and Ash and earn Zekrom's recognition.

Otherwise, he would not have failed to tell whether it was real the moment he touched it.

Nor had there been any scene where his vision flashed and he entered a little room to play "Truth or Dare" with Zekrom.

Besides, his rash attempt to crush the "Dark Stone" with Psychic-type power just now had surely left Zekrom with a poor impression of him.

He slowly approached.

After confirming that he would not trigger