"Let's leave this place first."
Xia You did not want to deal with Cynthia anymore. Although he was safe hiding in the crowd for now, he still wanted to leave this trouble spot as soon as possible.
Who knew what else Cynthia wanted to do!
Besides, the room was probably almost ready. Rather than risk being exposed outside, he might as well go back and spend a little more intimate time with Cheryl.
With that in mind, he led Cheryl away from the festival stage and out of the crowd, walking briskly toward the guesthouse they had just visited.
But they had barely gone any distance when they encountered Cynthia blocking their way on a dim street far from everyone else.
Under the streetlight above her, they could clearly see her icy expression and the undisguised fury in her eyes!
"You're a sly one." She stared fixedly at Xia You and said through gritted teeth, "You made a fool of me again!"
Xia You gave a couple of dry chuckles. "What makes you say that? Oh... you mean the thing about going to Sunyshore City? I just forgot something, so I came back specifically to get it. Besides, how does that count as making a fool of you? Where I go... isn't that my own business?"
As he spoke, Xia You was also deeply puzzled, unable to understand why Cynthia could always find him.
Surely it couldn't be luck?
That included the encounter in the warehouse. If that really was the case, her luck was far too absurd!
But immediately afterward, he realized that Cynthia had a Lucario!
For a Pokémon capable of using Aura, finding him would be child's play as long as it remembered his Aura signature!
So whether he hid in the crowd or in the guesthouse,