Chen Shi had no idea what to say about Garchomp's personality.
If you called Garchomp reliable, three bottles of booze were enough to buy him off and make him do whatever you wanted.
But calling Garchomp unreliable wasn't right either. After all, this scoundrel of a dragon still came through when it mattered.
More importantly, he was Grandmother's Pokémon. In terms of seniority, Garchomp ranked above Chen Shi.
Grandmother was getting old and couldn't keep him in line much anymore, while Chen Shi was still his junior. At most, he could scold him a little. There was nothing else he could do.
Soon, the two of them headed down the mountain with the two dragons. Just as they were about to ride Salamence home, something appeared.
A massive ship was sailing toward them across the sea nearby.
An elderly man with white hair and a white beard stood on its deck, dressed in a captain's uniform with a cape draped over his back.
Chen Shi's heart lifted when he spotted the old man. Wasn't this exactly what he had been hoping for?
He had just been thinking of contacting the League and asking them to keep a closer eye on Team Magma and Team Aqua. He hadn't expected a member of the Elite Four to turn up on his doorstep a moment later.
Indeed, the old man on the deck was Drake, the Hoenn Region's Dragon-type Elite King.
Chen Shi had a few guesses about why Drake had come.
With such a major incident on Mt. Pyre, including a battle between Champion Level Pokémon, how could the League not take it seriously?
It was only natural for them to send Elite King Drake to investigate.
Drake seemed to have noticed them from the ship as well. He released a Salamence,