"Isn't this just picking on an honest guy?"
In the distance, Steven crouched beneath a tree, watching helplessly as the lovey-dovey couple nestled together on a rock.
They had agreed to have a picnic, but once they arrived, the couple dumped the ingredients on the Pokémon and started flaunting their affection right in front of everyone.
What was that if not picking on an honest guy?
"You could find someone too," Leon said with a smile beside him. "With everything you have going for you, finding a girlfriend should be easy, shouldn't it?"
"Me?" Steven paused, then shook his head. "I think I'll pass."
Seeing that he didn't seem to want to elaborate, Leon dropped the subject and brought up Rose instead.
"Do you think Chairman Rose really is like Chen Shi said?"
"He's almost certainly right," Steven replied immediately.
"Why?"
"You haven't spent enough time with Old Chen. If you had, you'd know he knows all sorts of secrets. Whenever he brings something up that seriously, he's never been wrong!"
"Then what do you think I should do?"
"What should you do?" Steven stood and patted Leon on the shoulder. "Didn't Old Chen already give you a hint?"
At that, Leon suddenly remembered Chen Shi telling him on the train to ask Mustard to investigate, then recalled what Steven had just said.
He made up his mind.
"The reason Mew is so eager for you to have a baby is that our child will inherit my Psychic power."
Chen Shi thought for a moment, then decided not to hide it from Cynthia after all.
Things had already reached this point, and they had gained some understanding of just how terrifying dark matter was.
He couldn't leave them living in constant fear of it. He had to give them