"..."
As he watched the black Rayquaza hiding behind the clouds with only half its head showing, Qingyu's expression grew complicated.
Rayquaza, one of the Hoenn Region's three deities.
It dwelled in the ozone layer high above the earth and was considered a symbol of the sky. Players jokingly called it, Groudon, and Kyogre the "three idiots of Hoenn."
Rayquaza was also one of the few deities confirmed to have multiple individuals.
Aside from Hoenn's resident professional peacemaker, Shiny individuals had appeared in both the movie "Hoopa and the Clash of Ages" and the animated series "Pokémon Horizons."
That was right-Shiny Rayquaza could indeed appear in the Paldea Region!
Still, this Rayquaza had a pretty perverse hobby. Why did it enjoy snooping on other people's private lives just like Lord Ho-Oh, who was worshipped at the Indigo Plateau?
Seemingly noticing Qingyu's gaze, the pitch-black Rayquaza's eyes flashed with surprise before it immediately vanished.
As though it had never appeared at all.
Qingyu quickly withdrew his gaze as well, pretending he hadn't noticed it.
With his current strength, nothing good was likely to come from getting involved with these legendary deities. If fate allowed it, they would surely meet again someday.
Besides-
Qingyu's gaze involuntarily shifted toward Eevee, who was admiring its masterpiece, occasionally nodding and grinning foolishly.
Rayquaza's appearance here seemed to have something to do with his Eevee, too.
In the games, Rayquaza could undergo Mega Evolution on its own, but it first had to learn Dragon Ascent.
For some reason, Qingyu kept feeling that this Rayquaza had deliberately appeared within Eevee's line of sight so that Eevee would draw it...
Only the little fellow hadn't noticed at all?
No, I'm probably overthinking this.
*No matter how absurdly illegal Eevee is, learning Dragon Ascent just by sketching Rayquaza