What Life Would They Continue Living in Their Dreams?

As expected, Sylveon and Gardevoir, whose looks ranked among the best of all Pokémon in the Pokédex, still received the fervent adoration of the two girls even without deliberately acting cute.

They loved them so much that they practically wanted to rip out their tubes, climb out of their hospital beds, and cuddle up to Sylveon—a medical miracle in itself.

How did that poem go again? "Sitting bolt upright from a dying sickbed." That was probably what it meant.

Xia Chen was somewhat surprised that these two Metropolis residents had formed such an intimate relationship with Pokémon so quickly—

After fighting Ultra Beasts for over a century, this powerful yet brutal species should have left an ingrained impression in the hearts of Metropolis residents.

And Ultra Beasts were, in essence, a type of Pokémon as well.

Yet Sylveon and Gardevoir had reversed their attitudes in just a few minutes.

This led to a preliminary conclusion: no matter the world, most people belonged to the Looks-First Club.

Still, being close was definitely a good thing. According to the secret agreement Xia Chen had reached with Xionila, Metropolis residents would eventually borrow Pokémon's power to arm themselves against Ultra Beasts.

It seemed the first batch of Pokémon Eggs transported over should mainly be Pokémon like Eevee?

Cute in appearance, friendly in nature, reasonably capable in battle, with multiple evolution paths—

Most importantly, they were relatively affordable and not too rare. They seemed like a pretty good choice.

Without realizing it, Xia Chen's thoughts had already drifted to the future, to when the two worlds had established a solid relationship of mutual support.

But no matter what, he first had to find that legendary Kartana.

During the last few days before the Out-of-City Expedition, Xia Chen was hardly idle. Most of his energy