Matisse Town.
"Kohkin!"
Colored light covered Mega Metagross's entire body, causing him to exit Mega Evolution and revert to Metagross.
"Lucario!"
"Nah nah~"
"Shaymin~"
Diancie also clapped excitedly.
(So this is Mega Evolution…)
Diancie could vaguely feel this power.
Limoné, wearing the Blaziken Mask, suggested:
"If you don't mind, I'd like to talk with you, after we move to a different place."
After some consideration and asking Lucario and Diancie for their opinions,
Li Wei nodded, "Alright, but I need to go to the Pokémon Center first to treat Metagross's injuries."
Anyway, Li Wei was meeting Steven tomorrow, so he had no special plans for today.
Limoné smiled, "Then let's meet at the Pokémon Center."
Since Li Wei and Lucario had already defeated Blaziken Mask and Mega Blaziken,
Today's Trial Cave was over.
The other Trainer who used Mega Alakazam hadn't come here, so there was no one left to battle.
Before Li Wei, several Trainers with Mega Evolution had challenged Blaziken Mask.
All of them ended in failure without exception.
"Today I have been defeated by the Mega Emissary. Everyone, please return home."
So when they saw Blaziken Mask standing on high ground,
Announcing that he had been defeated,
The remaining Trainers were mostly surprised.
Surprised they were, but unless they were Li Wei's fans, they didn't seem particularly happy.
Instead, a few people who had intended to challenge Blaziken Mask decided to challenge Li Wei instead.
A woman with a short golden bob, wearing an ite earring, challenged Li Wei.
"Want to battle my Absol?"
He glanced at her Absol,
Li Wei immediately lost interest in battling.
Lucario would easily crush it.
In Li Wei's team, the only Pokémon Absol could probably beat was Duck Duck.
Li Wei politely refused, "Sorry, I still need to go to the Pokémon Center to treat Metagross. Another time."
Although she was quite pretty,
Li Wei chose to refuse.
Li Wei carried Diancie and Shaymin onto Arcanine's back, then mounted Arcanine himself.
"Let's go, Pokémon Center."
"Awoo!"
Arcanine let out a majestic howl, signaling other Pokemon to make way, and quickly picked up speed.
Lucario spread his arms, adopting the running posture commonly used by ninjas, and swiftly followed Arcanine.
The Dragapult mother and child, who had been lurking in Li Wei's shadow, phased into Arcanine's shadow.
Soon, Arcanine disappeared into the forest.
Although there's a saying among Trainers—"When your eyes meet, prepare to battle."
The reality is, it's fine to refuse.
Especially with an excuse like Li Wei's, needing to go to the Pokémon Center, the opposing Trainer can't do anything about it.
Force a battle?
Look up the League laws.
For violating personal and Pokémon will,
Immediate arrest!
Another reality is that not everyone in the Pokémon world is enthusiastic about battling.
Those who are enthusiastic about battling are a minority.
People like Red, Qinglv, Bruno, and Ash, who are full of desire for Pokémon battles...
Those who feel an itch all over if they don't battle,
Are even rarer.
Take the Pokémon World Championships, which has no entry barrier, for example; the maximum number of registrations each year is two tens of thousands.
This is the total number from all regions combined.
As for Pokémon battles being popular...
This is like spectators loving to watch soccer games,
But few of the spectators actually play soccer,
And even fewer have played in formal soccer matches.
Pokémon Center.
Nurse Joy smiled gracefully, "Mr. Li Wei, your Metagross has been treated."
An Audino nearby handed over a Luxury Ball,
"Tabunne~"
"Thank you, Nurse Joy, Audino."
Nurse Joy from the Kalos region,
At first glance, she looks somewhat different from those in the Sinnoh region,
But on closer inspection... the difference isn't significant.
If there's a difference, it's that Nurse Joy here doesn't use Chansey and Blissey as assistants,
But uses Wigglytuff and Audino.
Li Wei did not leave the Pokémon Center,
As long as Team Rockets trio didn't cause trouble, this was probably the safest place.
Not only do Trainers spontaneously protect Pokémon Centers and Nurse Joy, but wild Pokémon do too.
This Pokémon Center, located on the outskirts of the forest,
Like the Pokémon Center next to the Breeding Center,
Bears the responsibility of treating wild Pokémon.
If anything were to go wrong here, most of the wild Pokémon who have been rescued would spontaneously rush to help.
So Nurse Joy can...
The Dragon King's smile, life and death unpredictable.
Sitting obediently on a chair, Diancie curiously watched humans coming and going, either carrying Poké Balls or holding Pokémon.
(Strange, it's not like what Grandpa Diamond said.)
Diancie referred to the wise Carbink who raised her as Grandpa Diamond.
"What's different?"
Diancie looked at him curiously,
"Grandpa Diamond said there are many bad people in the outside world who want to capture me, but I haven't met any."
Since meeting her first human, Li Wei.
And then the humans she met after leaving the cave, Diancie only felt praise and kindness.
People who hadn't seen Diancie would praise her beauty and showed no intention of snatching her.
Some even... weren't interested in her at all.
For example, when Li Wei took Diancie to eat at a restaurant at noon, although many eyes were watching...
Diancie could feel that they were looking at Li Wei.
This was different from what the mature and steady Carbink had said.
The outside world, it seemed, wasn't so dangerous?
Li Wei couldn't help but chuckle, "You've only just come out, and you haven't met many people yet."
Li Wei felt that letting Diancie think the outside world was too safe wouldn't do, so he told her about Shaymin.
"In the outside world, there is a group of people who illegally capture Pokémon, calling themselves Pokémon Hunters..."
(I see, I understand now!)
Diancie's situation couldn't be considered safe; as someone who could create diamonds, she would be coveted by hunters and thieves.
This was also why Li Wei didn't refuse Steven's visit.
Although this might seem cowardly,
Li Wei preferred to call it cautious.
For the sake of Pokémon, it's fine to call Li Wei cowardly.
If he's a bit more timid and cautious, his Pokémon can suffer less harm.
Fortunately, Diancie had already been caught by Li Wei, so at least the method of forcibly capturing her with a Poké Ball wouldn't work.
He just needed to guard against sudden nets from above...
Or the kind of net that can catch a certain embarrassing legend...
And the Pokémon Hunter's petrification beam...
While Li Wei and Diancie were chatting, a bearded middle-aged man wearing a beret and overalls arrived.
Li Wei recognized him immediately.
"Blaziken Mask?"
Limoné quickly said, "Shh, keep your voice down!"