Mewtwo merely thought, and Sky King Satoru and his six Pokemon reappeared on the cruise ship.
"Well, take your pick," Fang Yuan said as well.
Who would be the next victim... the next practice partner?
Outside.
On the cruise ship.
It had been nearly 20 minutes since Sky King Satoru disappeared.
No matter how hard everyone searched, they couldn't find a trace of Sky King Satoru.
Even Caitlin, unsettled because she couldn't foresee anything, notified her good friend and role model, Hirona, the Champion of Shennao. After all, the disappearance of a King without a trace was no small matter.
"Sky King Satoru has been found—!!"
After nearly 20 minutes of fruitless searching by many psychics, covering everywhere but the island, Satoru finally appeared on the deck of the cruise ship.
At that moment, Satoru's eyes were still slightly out of focus, his face full of disbelief.
Behind him, his six Pokemon, including Bronze Bell, were all injured and piled up like trash behind Satoru.
"Impossible... that Monferno..."
Satoru's heart was still racing at this moment, and he couldn't believe that his six main Pokemon were quickly taken down without the ability to fight back by a Pokemon... and by a Monferno, an ordinary Pokemon at that.
In that instant, Satoru felt despair, even thinking the Monferno might attack him next.
However... It seemed that the Monferno had no intention of doing so. After defeating all the Pokemon, it stopped.
So, was that Monferno really just the guardian Pokemon of the ruins?
And he himself had absolutely no right to enter the ruins?
Satoru was bitterly disappointed.
"It seems I've returned to the outside." The constant sea breeze, along with the shouting that kept reaching his ears, awakened Satoru. Once he came to his senses, he realized that a crowd of psychics from the cruise were already converging towards him.
At this moment, Ichi, Nan, the Maple Siblings, Nastina, Caitlin, and others seeing the disheveled appearance of Sky King Satoru on the deck all furrowed their brows simultaneously.
This...
They looked at the pile of Pokemon behind Satoru, their expressions filled with incomprehension.
What on earth happened...
Sky King Satoru looked as if he had just been through a fierce battle.
His Pokemon... all of them had lost the ability to fight?
Where had he been during this time?
"Sky King Satoru, what exactly happened, where did you go?" Ichi stepped forward, looking at Satoru and the heap of Pokemon behind him, asking in great confusion.
"..." Satoru raised his hand and shook his head, signaling everyone to hold off on speaking.
Could he have a moment to calm down…
Calm down... and think of how to explain.
And first, he needed to tend to his Pokemon with some medicine. That Monferno...
Had really hit them hard...!
......
"What—you're saying Sky King Satoru, you... you... you were defeated by..."
A moment later.
As Satoru outlined his entire ordeal truthfully, faces of disbelief appeared simultaneously among those on the cruise ship.
They opened their mouths, stared at the group of bandaged and dejected Pokemon behind Sky King Wusong, wanting to say something but couldn't find the words.
"Even when your main force took action together, you were still quickly defeated by a Pokemon… I have to wonder if there's any fluff to your title as one of the Four Heavenly Kings," Caitlin said lightly, looking at the Pokemon behind Wusong.
"Miss Caitlin, that Monferno is indeed the most powerful ordinary Pokemon I've ever seen… If you encounter it, you will understand what I mean."
Wusong adjusted his glasses, and as a member of the Four Heavenly Kings, he revealed the true situation within the relic. He wanted everyone to understand the dangers lurking inside.
Twisting the truth to save face was something he was too lazy to do.
Nevertheless, Wusong had to admit that he seemed to have developed some psychological shadows.
Finding the courage to challenge that Monferno again… seemed very difficult.
"Harnessing both Flame and Thunder and Lightning at the same time… I see the shadows of the Dragon of truth and ideals from the United Region in that Monferno. Where exactly are we…" Wusong let out a long breath, covering his forehead.
"Could this relic have something to do with the United Region…"
"A Monferno that wields both Flame and Thunder and Lightning...?" the many psychics around him showed grave expressions, only Nastina's face looked rather strange.
Why did it sound so familiar? Had she seen a similar version somewhere before?
"I think… we need to reassess this relic…" Wusong took out his phone and suddenly found that in his group chat, there were many messages tagging him, as well as a slew of missed calls.
While speaking, he opened the group chat named "Shinnoh Five".
"We can't explore this relic by ourselves anymore. Whatever it's hiding, I feel that we'll need to enlist more people's help to figure it out."
It was only after opening the group chat that Wusong realized that the other three Kings and Hirona were all aware that he had been missing.
At that moment, Ohba, Hirona, and Arashi were frantically gossiping and discussing in the group.
They had even started discussing who would become the new Shennao King of Heaven if he didn't show up.
Wusong's mouth twitched as he crafted a message, swiftly informing the four of the situation as fully as possible.
The reinforcements he was looking for were his fellow Kings, especially Hirona. If Hirona came over, she should be able to win against that Monferno, right?
Message edited, sent!
Then… the chat went silent for half a minute.
Fire King Ohba: [So inside that relic, there's a strong Monferno guarding? Your six Pokemon were taken out by it just like that??? Eh??? Hahaha… I told you Monfernos are strong. (Flips table laughing.jpg)]
Wusong: [Idiot… It's much more powerful than your Monferno. Can that Pokemon even be called 'Monferno' anymore…]
Ohba: [Don't give me that. You got floored by a monkey, now chant 'Monferno is the best in the world.']}
Wusong: [You want to fight me, Ohba?]
Ohba: [You got floored by a monkey.]
Ohba: [You got floored by a monkey.]
Insect King A Liu: [You got floored by a monkey??? (Shocked.jpg)]
Wusong: […]
Kuno: [Stop messing around, if what Wusong said is true, then there's definitely something wrong with this relic… We need to take it very seriously.]
Hirona: [Senior Kuno is right. But Wusong, are you saying that you couldn't beat that Monferno with all six Pokemon together?! (Confused.jpg)]
Wusong: [… You have time, come and see for yourselves.]
Wusong grumbled under his breath as he closed the group chat, looking towards the psychics and suddenly feeling that they were much friendlier.
Aside from Nastina and Caitlin, he hoped they wouldn't choke him again.
"This is bad… Miss Caitlin is missing," Wusong had just finished praying when suddenly, Caitlin's butler Shi Lan spoke up in panic.
"Ah, this…" Wusong fell silent.