Xia You rode Dragonite back the way they had come with Celebi, looking for Yukinari and Vicious.
The endless forest beneath them looked the same no matter where they looked. Fortunately, Dragonite still remembered the general direction, and before they had flown far, they finally made contact with Yukinari by calling out.
But when Dragonite landed, Xia You saw that only Yukinari and Charmeleon were there. Vicious was gone!!
"Where's Vicious?"
Yukinari looked guilty. "Sorry. I let my guard down because he was blind. I never expected him to jump into the river and escape while I wasn't paying attention. I wanted to chase him, but I was afraid you wouldn't find me when you came back, so I waited here..."
That guy had escaped again?
Though Xia You regretted it, he knew it wasn't Yukinari's fault, so he said nothing more about it and simply asked, "So was he pretending to be blind?"
Yukinari shook his head. "No... I think that was real. I saw a lot of blood coming out of his eyes. He really was injured. Even when he escaped, he heard the river first, then stumbled over and jumped in."
Hearing that, Xia You was momentarily speechless.
Vicious really had guts...
If it had been him, he would never have dared jump into a river while blind, with no idea where he could get ashore. That was practically certain death.
To think Vicious would rather gamble on his luck like that than let himself be captured. It seemed he was even less willing to lose his freedom than to die.
But...
Even if he was lucky enough to reach shore, how would he get out of this forest while blind, with no Poké Balls or Pokémon beside him?
Then Xia You remembered that Vicious had never