White light flashed at the doorway, and Lance vanished along with Dragonite.
Only then did a certain young girl who had been standing at attention relax. She let out a long sigh of relief and slumped against the sofa beside her, as though she had finally been freed.
Watching her, Luo Chen couldn't help shrugging.
"You really don't have to be so nervous. He really is a good guy. He comes here to use the internet just to catch members of criminal organizations."
"And in this world, he's also the Pokémon League's chief executive. He treats ordinary people pretty well, too. You really don't need to be so afraid of him."
It was hard to imagine just what Lance had done several hundred years ago in Iono's world that had nearly destroyed the Kanto region's Pokémon League, to make someone from a later generation like her so afraid of him...
Iono clearly didn't quite believe Luo Chen's reassurances.
"...Really?"
"Why would I lie to you?"
Luo Chen felt helpless.
"At most, he's just a little blunt. You'll see once you've spent more time with him."
As he spoke, he pointed at the computer beside them.
"Besides, there's a seat free now. Aren't you going to use the internet?"
Only then did Iono suddenly remember.
Oh, right.
I came to the internet café today to use the internet in the first place. There just hadn't been any seats available.
She immediately got up, dashed over to the computer desk, sat down, and started the machine.
Meanwhile, in Saffron City in the Kanto region.
Inside an unremarkable-looking little house on the outskirts of the city, Lance appeared at the doorway with Dragonite.
"Back at last..."
Lance rolled his neck. The sensation of instantaneous travel really was a little unfamiliar to him, and