The Dragon God Returns

When Xia Chen met up with Lusamine, carrying the Ultra Ball containing Xurkitree, she still had not completely settled the power plant staff and Pokémon.

She was quite surprised to see Xia Chen. "One minute? That's all it took?"

Xia Chen hurriedly explained, "It wasn't that I was fast. Zeraora finished it in one minute."

The moment he said it, he suddenly regretted it. Why did that sound so weird?

How could a woman who was already the mother of two children be embarrassed over something like that? Lusamine calmly gave an "oh," then proactively changed the subject. "Wasn't this Xurkitree about as strong as that Guzzlord just now? Has Zeraora's strength improved that quickly?"

Xia Chen fell silent because he did not know how to explain this to her.

After thinking about it, he decided to come clean. "Because Zeraora used cheats."

Lusamine froze, then made a very girlish gesture—rolling her eyes and clicking her tongue softly. "Fine, don't tell me."

Xia Chen: "..."

These days, no one believed the truth anymore.

With Xurkitree already contained and the power plant staff no longer needing their care, Xia Chen and Lusamine discussed it and decided to return to Aether Paradise to rest up first.

Zeraora, their absolute main force, had run out of energy. They had to go back and Charge it first.

As they rode Dragonite back toward Aether Paradise, Xia Chen spotted another familiar figure midway through the journey—

An old friend, the Dragon God himself, Rayquaza!

Whether it had spotted Xia Chen with its sharp eyes or sensed him some other way, Rayquaza flew straight toward him.

Before the dragon arrived, its voice did.

"Big Brother Xia Chen, I'm here!"

That cute young female voice obviously could not have come from the Dragon God. He did not