"All right, you all did wonderfully in this battle. Get some good rest now, especially you, Lucario." After returning home, Liu Qing went straight to the treatment room to tend to his three Pokémon's injuries. He sprayed them with Super Potion, bandaged them up, and gave them his instructions.
"Liu Qing, you and your Pokémon really are close!" Tetsuya praised him as he watched Liu Qing carefully treat Lucario and the others, and saw the heartfelt affection the three Pokémon showed him.
"Tetsuya, you're close to your Pokémon too. That Meowth fought its heart out for you!" Liu Qing smiled and sent the three Pokémon off to the Day Care on their own, then asked, "Tetsuya, did you collect everything you were supposed to?"
"Yes!" Tetsuya nodded and took out a Poké Ball. "The other things make sense, but isn't having to replace even my Poké Balls a bit unnecessary?"
"Tetsuya, hold that Poké Ball up to the sunlight and take a look." Although puzzled, Tetsuya did as Liu Qing said, adjusting its angle in the sunlight. Then he seemed to notice something and exclaimed in surprise, "There's a pair of transparent wings?"
"That's right. These Poké Balls are used by members of our Uzumaki. Those wings are their identifying mark, as well as a means of shielding information and making an initial assessment of strength," Liu Qing explained.
"What do you mean?" Tetsuya did not quite understand.
"Do you have a store-bought Poké Ball on you?" Rather than answering immediately, Liu Qing asked a question of his own. Tetsuya took one out and handed it to him. Liu Qing opened it and pointed to a tiny dot in the center of the upper half. "This dot is a monitoring device. Every commercially available Poké Ball has one. It can