"Old Chen, which way should we go?"
After leaving the Diamond Kingdom, Steven looked around at the vast forest, unsure where to look for Xerneas.
Cynthia, Diantha, and Diancie all turned their eyes toward him.
Chen Shi's mouth twitched, and he gave his right shoulder a little shake.
Mew understood what he meant. After closing its eyes to sense their surroundings, it pointed Chen Shi in the right direction.
[Keep going to the right. You can pretend you're just wandering around.]
"Heh!"
Chen Shi sneered inwardly. Pretend we're just wandering around?
At the end of the day, you're just wary of Zygarde and afraid it'll come out to stop us.
Then Chen Shi deliberately put on a nonchalant air and said casually to the others, "No idea. Let's just wander around."
With that, Chen Shi started walking to the right.
Steven, Cynthia, and Diantha exchanged glances.
Although they were puzzled by Chen Shi's sudden change, they trusted him enough.
So they followed him without hesitation, heading right together.
Only Diancie remained rooted to the spot, bewildered.
Weren't we going to find Lord Xerneas?
How did that turn into just wandering around?
But seeing the four of them about to disappear into the distance, Diancie could only follow helplessly.
They had spent quite a while in the Diamond Kingdom, so it was already nearly afternoon when they emerged.
After walking for a while, Chen Shi even had everyone stop for a meal.
Once they had eaten, Chen Shi continued leading the three trainers and Diancie on what looked like an aimless stroll through the forest.
In reality, Mew kept giving Chen Shi directions, and they were drawing ever closer to the place where Xerneas slept.
Along the way, they also encountered some fairly powerful Pokémon.
These Pokémon were strange. They attacked