Lin Guang sensed Lugia's voice and said with a faint smile, "Nothing special. I'm just an ordinary person."
Hearing Lin Guang's words, Lugia knew he was unwilling to discuss the matter, so Lugia asked no further questions.
"All right, then I won't ask any more."
With that, Lugia flapped his wings, dispersing the thunderclouds and torrential rain. The sea returned to its usual calm, as though nothing had happened.
Only the airship slowly sinking to the seabed bore witness to everything that had happened.
"Humans, since they chose to follow you of their own free will, I won't stand in your way. Finally, I wish you smooth sailing."
With that, Lugia returned to the sea.
Looking at the gradually calming sea, Lin Guang smiled faintly and said, "Yes, it will be."
After Lugia left, Lin Guang turned to Mio Takamiya and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and asked, "Next up is the Kanto Region's Quartz Conference."
"We've been away for about eighteen days, and getting back will take roughly the same amount of time."
"What we need to do next is prepare for the Quartz Conference, so I wanted to ask whether you plan to stay with me or work things out yourselves."
Hearing Lin Guang's words, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and Mio Takamiya thought for a moment.
Throughout their journey, Lin Guang and his companions had kept challenging Gyms, and they had stayed together all the way through this latest search for legendary Pokémon.
Moreover, Lin Guang, Mio Takamiya, and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki had also battled one another with their Pokémon from time to time.
They could be said to know one another's battle habits extremely well. They could practically guess one another's plans from the commands they gave their Pokémon.
But as a result, they went all out in almost every battle.
Of course,