"Did that feel good?"
Inside the Shy Bag Inn, Chen Shi asked with a broad smile.
Dragapult nodded emphatically.
Good? It had felt absolutely incredible.
Chen Shi had thrashed practically every adult Dragon-type Pokémon there, then thrashed them all over again.
He had even declared that he would be back. If they dared hold their heads up, he would keep beating them down.
In the face of such overwhelming strength, the Pokémon of Dragon Island had to swallow their resentment, no matter how aggrieved they felt.
The crucial part was that Dragon Mom, the strongest on Dragon Island, had simply watched him beat them up without stepping in to defend her kin.
She was the Dragon Island Leader, true, but even a leader could not overturn the decision of the entire clan.
That was why she had stayed silent at first.
But lest anyone forget, besides being a leader, she was also a mother!
How could a mother not ache when her child was wronged?
And so, afterward, she had remained silent too.
When Chen Shi delivered his warning and swaggered off with Dreepy, Dragon Mom had merely opened her mouth, unable to say a word.
Yet as Dreepy left, he still caught that hint of pleading in Dragon Mom's eyes.
Dreepy understood what her gaze meant.
She was not begging him to forgive their kin. She was begging him to come back and visit her someday.
In the end, the bond of blood had made Dreepy give a slight nod before leaving with his Pokémon Trainer.
"All right, get some sleep. We've still got things to do tomorrow."
With that, Chen Shi was about to change and go to bed, but Dreepy grabbed him.
"Baruya?"
(Don't you owe me an explanation?)
"Let go already. What explanation do I owe