By the time Dragapult finished dealing with Garchomp, Metagross and the others had taken down all the Braviary on their side.
Just then, a group of Typhlosion and another flock of Braviary approached, watching them silently without attacking.
Chen Shi asked casually, "Did the Five Kings capture your offspring too, then force you to follow them?"
The leading Typhlosion and Braviary nodded repeatedly, confirming that was exactly what had happened.
Chen Shi nodded slightly, without doubting them.
He had seen it clearly earlier: these Typhlosion hadn't tried to stop the Arcanine. Instead, they had let them in.
Later, during the battle, these Typhlosion and Braviary hadn't attacked either. They had all hidden themselves away.
That showed they weren't on the same side as the Garchomp here, and Chen Shi didn't intend to bother them.
He took more than twenty Poké Balls from his backpack and handed them to Metagross. "Sorry for the trouble, but could you go put those Garchomp in these?"
"Meta~"
Metagross agreed with a cry, then hurried off with the Poké Balls to catch the Garchomp.
Chen Shi chuckled. Garchomp might often be the butt of jokes,
but there was no denying how powerful they were. Even among pseudo-legendaries, they ranked near the very top.
Since they had practically delivered themselves to his doorstep, why wouldn't he take them?
Even if he had no use for them himself, he could sell them to Cynthia and the others.
He was sure Cynthia and Professor Carolina would be very interested in Garchomp that had grown up in the Hisui Region.
Wait, how could I call that selling them?
They'd be betrothal gifts!
After putting away and locking the twenty-odd Poké Balls Metagross brought back, Chen Shi saw Arcanine emerge with a group of his offspring.
He walked up