Pokémon: Master Pokémon has a fish-frying system.

Suddenly, a catfish king used Water Pulse on the running Rukia, but Rukia was completely unaware!

Was it a sneak attack by the Aqua team?

But why did Team Aqua target Ryukia?

Lu An had no time to think: "Light cloth, lightning flash!"

Almost instantly, Espeon rushed to Rukia's side and blocked the Water Pulse attack.

Seeing that the sneak attack had failed, the Catfish Dynasty launched an attack on Espeon.

At this moment, Lu An had already arrived at Ryukia's side, shielding her behind him. He was quite angry about the Catfish King's sneak attack.

"Vulcan Moth, sunny day!"

"Well!"

Very quickly, the blindingly bright sun shone down overhead.

"With the Sunny Day on, the power of Fire-type moves is increased, while the power of Water-type moves is greatly reduced. You can't beat me."

However, King Catfish seemed not to hear Lu An's words and used Surf.

Lu An frowned: "Vulcan Moth, Heat Wave!"

"Well!"

In just a moment, the surfing water collided with the Volcano's attack.

The collision of water and fire unleashed a massive burst of steam, engulfing everyone inside.

Looking at the rising steam, Lu An frowned again.

This King Catfish is very strong, at least at the Elite Four level. There are very few King Catfish with this kind of strength even in the entire Hoenn continent.

But what puzzled him even more was that this catfish king had a very unique fighting style.

It's not a reckless, headlong fighting style, but more like a performance, as if the battle in front of you is a grand tournament.

A grand competition?

A water-type catfish king?

Realizing this, Lu An suddenly woke up. He turned his head and saw that Ryukia, whom he was protecting behind him, did not look like she was still in shock.

She was looking at Lu An, who was looking back at her, with a playful expression, as if to say, "Oh dear, you've caught me."

Seeing Ryukia's mischievous face, Lu An immediately understood that this was not an attack at all, but a "surprise".

Lu An was quite helpless. He called the three still clueless children back to his side and said helplessly:

"Mikoli, stop playing around and come out."

Amidst the billowing steam, a figure seemed to appear in the distance beside the Catfish King, pulling it back into its sphere before slowly appearing before Lu An and Rukia.

He is a handsome, daringly dressed trainer who looks like a model.

It was Wallace, the Gym Leader of Sootopolis City in the Hoenn region, a Champion-level player, and a top-tier Coordinator.

He winked at Lu An and said, "Hey, Lu An, long time no see."

Lu An said irritably, "What kind of background does someone have that would allow them to ambush their own niece?"

After saying that, Lu An turned around and gave the still-cute Ryukia a sharp rap on the head:

"This is the surprise you were talking about? My heart almost jumped out of my chest!"

Ryukia winced in pain, clutching her head and grimacing.

“I arranged to meet Uncle Mikkel yesterday, and I originally just wanted you to meet him after the competition.”

"But my uncle insisted on doing this, and he said you would definitely be able to figure it out."

Lu An was amused by the uncle-niece duo: "Oh, Mikoli, you're trying to mess with me now."

Seeing Lu An's menacing gaze and lingering anger, Mikoli quickly raised his hands in surrender:

"Haha, didn't Daigo tell me before that you were suspended from your duties as an investigator? So I wanted to see if your skills had declined. Come on, don't be angry, I'll treat you to dinner."

Although Lu An was quite taken aback by Mikoli's surprise, since Mikoli had already said he would treat him to a meal, he couldn't say anything more.

Lucia dismissed her bodyguards and had dinner with her uncle and Lu An.

Just kidding. Others might not know, but how could Rukia not know? Right now, there are two champion-level trainers on either side of her.

Let alone anyone plotting against her, Ryukia has no doubt that even if Groudon were to confront her directly, she could remain unharmed for a short time.

Therefore, there is naturally no need to bring any bodyguards.

Mikuri took Lu An and Rukia to a restaurant. During dinner, they talked about Lu An's purpose in returning to Hoenn:

"You've been suspended. I don't think you came to Hoenn to carry out a mission. Why did you end up in Hoenn?"

Mikuri then asked, "It's not because of the red orb you mentioned to Daigo on the phone last time, is it?"

Last time, due to the provocation by Kawamura, Lu An triggered the system's hidden reward and obtained a red gem.

Lu An mistakenly believed that this was a red gem that had been guarded by the Hoenn Mt. Okami for generations, so he quickly called Steven, the champion of Hoenn, to confirm.

I was relieved after confirming that the red gem was brand new.

A few days later, Mikuri met Lu An in Hoenn and naturally assumed that he was still worried about the Red Orb.

Lu An shook his head and complained:

"You know I'm suspended, and you know about the Red Orb. You and Daigo are really best buddies. I only told him about it a few days ago."

Mikoli smiled and clinked glasses with Lu An: "So, what brings you to Hoenn?"

So Lu An told Mikuri and Ryukiya about the search for Emperor Yan.

Upon hearing this, Mikoli stroked his chin:

"Now that you mention it, I seem to have vaguely heard some rumors about the Three Divine Beasts recently. Do you need me to help you look for them?"

Lu An shook his head:

“I’ve already asked Ashida for help. He’s also looking for Raikou, one of the three legendary beasts, and plans to use Raikou as the face of his battle frontier.”

Although Mikuri wasn't familiar with Ashida, he had heard about the Battle Frontier:

"Capture Raikou as your Pokémon? Only a champion-level player would have a chance of that, right? After all, it's a legendary Pokémon."

"Even if the Battle Frontier is incredibly powerful, it probably can't invite a Champion Trainer to oversee the Frontier, right?"

As she spoke, Mikoli glanced at Lu An and exclaimed in surprise:

"You didn't get poached by Ashida after you were suspended as an investigator, did you? I bet Lance would be so angry he'd come all the way to Hoenn to beat him up."

Lu An thought about that scene and found it somewhat amusing, but he still shook his head.

"I do have some dealings with Ashida, but it's not to the point of becoming the leader of the pioneers. I don't care whether he can capture Raigong or not. I just need to find Yandi."

Upon hearing this, Mikoli tossed his green hair, looking quite interested:

"Following in the trail of the Three Sacred Beasts, huh? I've never been involved in anything like this before. It seems quite interesting. How about I go with you? I can help you out if needed."

Lu An was surprised:

"Aren't you going back to Liuli City to run the gym? Is it really okay for all you gym leaders to be so irresponsible?"