"That's right." Maria nodded. "His name is Ash. Why? Do you know him?"
It really was him...
May shook her head with a laugh. "What a coincidence. We don't just know him-we're very close companions."
As she spoke, she gave a rough account of her and Xia You's relationship with Ash.
When Maria learned that May had been Ash's traveling companion, while Xia You was something like both an older brother and a rival to him, even she thought it was a remarkable coincidence!
"So that's how you're connected!"
After all, Ash had only helped her rescue Gardevoir yesterday, and today she had met his companions, who had also come to visit her home. As the saying went, a friend's friend was a friend too. The more she talked with Xia You and the others, the closer she felt to them. She completely dropped her earlier wariness and brought out delicious desserts to treat them.
We really have Ash to thank for this...
After that inward reflection, Xia You took the opportunity to ask for more details about J.
In fact, it wasn't as though he had never dealt with Pokémon Hunters before. There was Team Rocket's Vicious, for instance, along with others who were less memorable and less important. He had certainly encountered quite a few.
Although these people called themselves hunters, most of their business involved theft or robbery. They captured rare, valuable Pokémon and sold them through illegal black-market deals for enormous profits, or accepted commissions to find or capture Pokémon for others. They could be described as a dangerous group operating outside the law.
In some respects, Pokémon Hunters were even more dangerous than other villains. They had no limits, often ordering their Pokémon to attack humans directly or simply using guns against their targets, without