Elf: No, it's because he was made the gym leader!

Lu Yuan shook his head helplessly as he watched Riolu sit cross-legged and begin cultivating Aura as soon as it landed.

This child is good in every way, except he works too hard, unlike those other kids over there...

While everyone else was still working, Patchlitz found a cool spot and lay down.

Gastly, acting like a social butterfly, held up a flower it had picked from who-knows-where and declared to Milotic, "You are my destined one!"

Goodness, you really know how to do it!

They appeal to both humans and elves.

Vulpix and Chansey are still the most worry-free.

Hey, where are the other two?

Lu Yuan turned his head to look. He found Chansey placed next to Garchomp.

Chansey: Sister, you've got some great muscles.

Garchomp: It's so-so.

Chansey: How about you punch me a couple of times?

Garchomp: ???

Lu Yuan, who was eavesdropping: "..."

Where's Vulpix? Where did my sweet little girl go?

Lu Yuan shifted his gaze from this direction, searching for Vulpix, and finally found it near Cynthia's Glaceon.

Ice Six-Tail: Sister, your fur is so smooth! How do you usually groom it?

Glaceon: I'll tell you a secret, but don't tell anyone else, I actually use the trainer's hair oil secretly.

Ice Six Tail: What brand of hair oil is it? It works so well!

Ice Eevee: Stancon, a major international brand.

Vulpix: Then I'll have to go look in that warehouse in the gym's backyard. Pachirisu and Haunter said they have everything there.

?

Good heavens, a thief broke into the house?

Why are all my Pokémon so troublesome?

As expected, other people's children will always be other people's children.

Lu Yuan could only place his hopes on the hot cat, on whom he had placed such high expectations.

Hot Cat was scolding a group of Aiya Mushrooms who had just woken up.

Hot Cat: Since you have chosen to submit, from today onwards you will all be my little brothers, Ah Fu's little brothers.

(Afu, because Pachilitz always called Hot Cat that, and over time Hot Cat also thought it was a good name, so he changed his name to Afu.)

Hot Cat: From now on, when you're out, you should call me Boss Afu or just call me Boss.

Oh dear, Mushroom: Dad.

Hot Cat: ? You don't need to call me Dad, I'm only two months old...

Before it could finish speaking, forty or fifty Aiya mushrooms stepped on its head and, with tears in their eyes, hugged the Exposed Mushroom behind it.

Oh dear, Mushroom: Dad, what are you doing here?

Mushroom: I have no idea, I woke up inside a Poké Ball?

Good heavens, Lu Yuan exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

Fifty babies! This mushroom is really something else, it's so prolific!

I wonder where the child's mother is now?

The next day.

After parting ways with Cynthia and Kelena, Lu Yuan and his group returned to Fuki City Airport.

Cai Zhong, Xiao Song, Da Ye, Ah Li, and me—five people in total, everyone's here!

"Okay, then we..."

"Back to Sinnoh!" everyone shouted in unison.

The five-day Unova journey has finally come to an end, and everyone will return to their respective lives.

On the plane back to Sinnoh, Lu Yuan scratched his head, feeling like he'd forgotten something.

Meanwhile, in Fanba City, Pyota is still digging for stones...

Chapter 96 The Challenge from Shinji

Saturday was a sunny and cloudless day, and Wutong Town welcomed another new day.

Lu Yuan couldn't wait to get home.

I wonder if Xiao Lan has been watching the house properly these past few days.

But as you can imagine, that's impossible.

So he was prepared to deduct five days' wages from her pay.

As for Chansey... he's holding the whip in his hand.

Wutong Dojo, the best dojo in the world.

Lu Yuan walked to the security room and glanced around. Sure enough, the seat was empty.

Very well, for abandoning your post during work hours, I'm definitely deducting five days' wages.

Entering the dojo, Lu Yuan nervously pushed open the back gate.

He had already prepared for his backyard to be razed to the ground.

But when I opened my eyes, I saw a neat lawn, straight streetlights, and intact fruit trees... the backyard was thriving.

Saltstone treasures and saltstone mounds frolicked and played in groups of three or five, while armored birds occasionally flew by in the sky, and even the most mischievous scorpions hung quietly on the trees.

"This is impossible! Impossible!" Lu Yuan's face was filled with disbelief.

Could it be that I opened it wrong? Thinking of this, Lu Yuan closed the back gate and opened it again.

In the end, nothing changed.

"Impossible!" Lu Yuan exclaimed again.

What about my huge World War II battlefield?

Saltstone Giant and Night Demon, you two made up behind my back?!

This home felt somewhat unfamiliar to Lu Yuan.

He walked inside, wanting to prove that this was just a facade Xiao Lan was putting on to appease him.

You've come up with such a dirty trick to avoid having all your wages docked. You're something else, Xiao Lan.

The further Lu Yuan went in, the uglier his expression became. The inside was just like the outside, clean, tidy, and peaceful.

"impossible!"

Say the important thing three times.

A hallucination? Yes, it must be a hallucination! I've unknowingly fallen into the hallucination of the Night Demon!

That must be it!

Absolutely right!

Just as Lu Yuan was hypnotizing himself, a familiar voice suddenly came from not far away.

"Mavira, blizzard!"

?

Are there other people in the dojo?

Lu Yuan walked forward and saw a purple-haired boy directing a Weavile to deal with the tyrant in his backyard, the Scorpion King.

A sudden gust of cold wind swept towards the Scorpion King, but was blocked by the Scorpion King's emerald green barrier.

Hold on!

Hmm, it seems it hasn't slacked off while I was away; it has completely mastered the art of using the Poison Guardian.

So what's next...?

"Mavila, use Ice Shard!"

Spicy! A preemptive ice-type move that is four times super effective against Gliscor!

Lu Yuan turned to look at the purple-haired boy, Shinji!

At that moment, Shinji also noticed the gaze from behind. He glanced at it casually, then put his hands in his pockets and said unhurriedly, "I must say, you've got a lot of nerve. You've been away from the dojo for five days and haven't seen a soul in sight."