The more Xu Mu thought about it, the worse his headache got.
Cynthia, who had been staring blankly at the sight before her, finally came to her senses and turned an angry gaze on Xu Mu.
Her voice carried a murderous edge as she said to him:
"Xu Mu! Where are my flowers?"
Cynthia sounded so calm that she might not have been angry at all.
But Xu Mu knew she was furious.
With that thought, Xu Mu promptly tossed Lugia out of his Poké Ball.
He said to Cynthia:
"Cynthia, I found the culprit who ruined your flowers. It was him!"
As he spoke, Xu Mu pointed at Lugia.
Lugia had been sulking inside his Poké Ball. When he saw what was happening, his survival instincts kicked in.
He threw himself to the ground.
He cried to Xu Mu:
"Xu Mu, you can't do this to me! You said that if I cleared out the flowers so you could plant vegetables, you'd let me fight battles from now on!"
"How can you throw me away now that I've done the job?"
Xu Mu could hardly believe what he was hearing.
Who had Lugia learned this from?
(Who else? He'd picked it up from you!)
How could he be so shameless?
Lugia had turned the accusation right back on him before Xu Mu could prepare a response.
But Xu Mu was an old hand at dirty tricks.
He turned to Cynthia and said:
"Cynthia, hear me out. How could I possibly do something like that?"
"It was Lugia here. He's young and strong, and he did all this. Besides, I've always liked the flowers you grow."
Cynthia knew what sort of Pokémon Lugia was. She wasn't about to fall for that.
She gave Xu Mu a calm look, and cold