After leaving Ninja Village.
Heiduo kept flipping through the photos on his camera, even forgetting to respond to the girl behind him saying goodbye.
"A Bond Greninja in an ink-wash style... No idea who drew it, but it's pretty good." Umbreon, perched on his shoulder and looking along with him, chimed in.
After so many years, even it had nearly forgotten what Bond Greninja looked like.
In the photo, within an old, yellowed scroll weathered by time, a humanoid Pokémon stood with its back to him in a spell-casting pose. A giant cross-shaped shuriken behind it was especially eye-catching. Its head resembled a race car's rear wing, with a signature long red horn in the middle. An air of mystery washed over him.
"It just doesn't have a front view."
Heiduo found it rather regrettable. The artist was utterly unprofessional, drawing only a beautiful back view that left people itching with curiosity about what it looked like from the front. Who knew who they were trying to tease?
Bond Greninja's origin, like its setting in the anime, came from an ancient tale long passed down in Ninja Village.
Long ago, the Fourth Ninja War broke out in this little village... Ahem, two groups of ninjas fought fiercely here, and the ones who protected the village then were a group of Pokémon led by Bond Greninja.
Besides it, there was also a cool-looking Staraptor soaring through the skies and a Heatmor bathed in flames, striking a handsome pose.
The boss, second-in-command, and third-in-command?
"How confident are you?"
As if possessed, Heiduo asked Umbreon.
"Seventy percent."
Umbreon answered without even thinking, then immediately realized what he meant and gave an awkward laugh. "So I really couldn't hide it from you."
Heiduo wore a strange expression. "You call that hiding it? You practically