"Xu Mu, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're strong!"
"I'm telling you, the Pokémon world is deeper than you think!"
Tarot's words only made Xu Mu feel a flicker of annoyance.
Xu Mu didn't answer him. He simply patted the Poké Balls at his waist again.
In an instant, Charizard and Dragonite appeared beside him.
Xu Mu told the two dragons,
"Go help Luo Feng. Hurry up. I want to go home!"
Charizard and Dragonite exchanged a glance.
Then they charged straight at Lugia.
Luo Feng had been about to complain when he heard Xu Mu's order.
But the moment he saw Charizard and Dragonite move,
he grew worried. He'd been fighting this duck for ages. He couldn't let those two snatch it away!
Luo Feng unleashed a furious barrage of attacks on Lugia.
Lugia was already struggling against him. Now three Pokémon were attacking it at once.
Already outmatched, Lugia could no longer keep up with their attacks.
Before long, Lugia's body crashed to the ground before Tarot's stunned eyes.
By then, Tarot's body had reached its limit too.
Xu Mu watched Tarot spit out a mouthful of blood and slowly collapse.
He lay motionless.
Xu Mu glanced at Tarot's body and shook his head.
Then he headed home. He'd seen enough to know Tarot was just an old fool.
The man had insisted on showing Xu Mu how he could die.
Xu Mu shook his head again, disgusted.
What was wrong with him?
With that thought, Xu Mu reached his front door.
Misty and Jessie both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw him return.
They asked him,
"Xu Mu, did something happen just now?"
Xu Mu gave them a helpless nod.
But he didn't tell them what had happened.
Instead, he