"Sorry, Shopkeeper, we're late."
Feng ran into the Breeding House hurriedly with his childhood sweetheart, apologizing to Victor sitting in the rest area drinking tea.
Victor stood up from his seat, shaking his head to indicate it was okay.
Then he asked Gengar to go call Swampert and Quagsire over.
Before long, Swampert and Quagsire appeared in front of everyone. Swampert handed a Pokémon Egg to Feng.
Feng took the Pokémon Egg and asked about its health condition. Victor put on his stethoscope in front of them and checked it, finally saying that this egg would hatch into an excellent Mudkip.
Feng nodded happily, then handed the egg to his childhood sweetheart.
Seeing them dusty and sweating profusely, Victor asked them to sit in the rest area and rest for a while.
Feng wasn't polite; he sat down with his childhood sweetheart, took the sparkling water Gengar handed them, and gulped down a large mouthful.
His childhood sweetheart also looked like a girl with a bold personality, because the way she drank water was almost exactly the same. They should have come yesterday, but they messaged Victor yesterday saying they couldn't make it back and asked if they could reschedule.
At that time, Victor was busy selling Pokémon Eggs and couldn't handle it, so he agreed.
Early this morning, just as the Breeding House opened and he sat in the rest area to rest, they came.
"You guys rest for a bit. Haven't gone home yet, right?"
Feng nodded and put down the water cup.
"Alan and I rushed back all the way from Eterna City. Once back in Sandgem Town, we rushed straight to the Breeding House."
Alan? Is his childhood sweetheart named Alan?
"Eterna City?"
Victor said.
Eterna City seems to be where the Grass-type Gym is located. The Gym Leader seems to be Gardenia.
"We just finished challenging the Eterna City Gym."
Alan wiped the sparkling water from the corner of her mouth, took over the conversation, revealed a generous smile, and said.
After speaking, she took out a green badge.
Victor was curious, "Can I see it?"
Alan paused, then generously handed it to Victor. Victor took it and looked.
Made of metal, the appearance should be the symbol of the Eterna City Gym. Gengar and the others also leaned in, looking curiously at this badge.
Shana stared straight at this badge.
Victor put it in his palm, brought it to Shana, let her look carefully for a while, and then returned it to Alan.
"Not long after the League challenge started, you got a badge. Impressive."
Victor praised them sincerely.
Challenging a Gym, the Gym Leader would choose their team and their performance level based on their materials, experience, and Pokémon.
So being able to obtain a badge, even among many Trainers, was considered relatively strong.
Alan put away the badge and smiled happily.
"Alan is very strong, so I'm not surprised she got the badge."
Feng spoke up at this time.
"What are you saying? Obviously, you are stronger than me, Feng, you just don't want to challenge Gyms."
Alan pouted and muttered.
Victor looked puzzled.
"Feng doesn't plan to challenge Gyms? Participate in the League Conference?"
Hearing Victor's inquiry, Feng scratched the back of his head and smiled foolishly.
Then he shook his head, "I don't have much interest in Pokémon battles. Even traveling, I was afraid it would be too dangerous and lonely for Alan alone, so I accompanied her."
Caught off guard by a mouthful of dog food, Victor's teeth felt a bit sour.
"Then do you want to be a Breeder? Or a Coordinator?"
Feng shook his head.
"I'm just accompanying Alan on her travels. I go wherever she goes. I like seeing different Pokémon, traveling to different places, eating more delicious food, and of course, being by Alan's side."
Superfluous question.
Victor was somewhat speechless.
But their relationship is really enviable.
"Feng is just a goody-two-shoes. Obviously, many things have nothing to do with him, but he always involves himself."
Alan started complaining to Victor.
"Even this egg breeding thing. We could have chosen to give him another Pokémon, but he insisted on satisfying his wish and chose to breed a Mudkip for him."
Listening to Alan's complaints, Feng smiled sheepishly but didn't interrupt.
Listening to Alan, Victor couldn't help but smile and say: "But didn't you not refuse either? On the contrary, you agreed very much."
Alan blushed, then continued complaining: "That's because I didn't want him to lose face outside."
Victor smiled and shook his head. The sour stench of love.
"Doesn't this show that Feng is a compassionate person? You probably like this personality of his too."
"That's true, I suppose."
Alan said, then seemingly remembering something, glared at Feng beside her.
"Shopkeeper, you don't know, just because of this personality of his, he almost didn't come back this time."
After speaking, she pinched Feng's ear.
Feng shrank his head, daring not speak.
Victor was puzzled. Looking at Feng shrinking into a ball and daring not speak, he was confused.
"What happened?"
Alan explained to Victor in detail: "Originally, after challenging the Gym and receiving your message, we prepared to come back. Halfway, he heard someone say a place was overly hot, and saw a Pokémon covered in flames occupying that place, causing great trouble to the people there. Then he wanted to go over and see if he could help the people there solve this matter."
"Then after we went over, we found many Trainers besieging a bird Pokémon covered in flames. Among them, we recognized the clothes they were wearing."
Alan lowered her voice and said: "It seems to be people from Team Galactic."
Team Galactic? Victor frowned.
The villain team of the Sinnoh Region, an evil organization advocating overthrowing the Pokémon world. Their leader seems to be called Cyrus.
Later controlled Dialga and Palkia, and finally seemed to be lost in Giratina's Distortion World.
Bird Pokémon covered in flames? Moltres?
Why is Team Galactic capturing Moltres? Shouldn't their goal be the Creation Trio?
Before he could speak, Alan continued: "At that time, after Feng asked me to call the police, he followed behind himself. By the time I rushed over with the police, he was almost burned to death by that Pokémon."
Thinking of this, Alan pulled Feng's ear viciously.
"You just needed to wait with me for police support, but you had to sneak up while I wasn't paying attention."
Feng dared not say anything else, only begging for mercy hurriedly.
"What happened later?"
Hearing Victor's inquiry, Alan stopped her action and glanced at Feng, indicating he knew the specific situation.
"I secretly followed behind them and found they wanted to use some device to control that Pokémon. Just as they were about to succeed, I secretly destroyed that device. They became angry out of shame and chased me frantically. I ran everywhere until I heard the voice of Alan rushing over with the police. When the Team Galactic people learned the police were coming, they did something unknown that made that Pokémon go berserk, and then they retreated separately."
Feng described the process in detail: "After that Pokémon went berserk, it destroyed surrounding buildings and attacked other people and Pokémon everywhere. To prevent it from continuing the destruction, I battled it for a while. That Pokémon was too strong; even with all my Pokémon attacking together, I couldn't beat it. If Alan hadn't arrived in time with Gym Leader Gardenia, maybe I really would have died."
Feng felt a lingering fear recalling it now; after all, he almost died.
"Hmph, you know it too."
Alan snorted angrily.
Feng hurriedly went over to comfort her.
Victor was frowning tightly.
"Does the Shopkeeper know that Pokémon?"
Seeing Victor's expression, Feng exchanged a glance with Alan and asked.
Victor nodded.
"If I'm not mistaken, that Pokémon is Moltres, one of the Legendary Birds."
"Moltres?!"
Feng and Alan exclaimed in surprise together.
"The Moltres in legends whose flames can burn everything?"
Feng muttered to himself, "No wonder it was so strong."
"Did all those Team Galactic people run away?"
Hearing Victor's inquiry, Feng snapped back to reality and shook his head.
"No, some were arrested, only a small part left."
"What about Moltres?"
"After Gym Leader Gardenia battled it for a while, it flapped its wings and left. Don't know where it went."
Moltres, Team Galactic, Lugia's agreement.
Why the sudden headache.
Victor felt a bit uncomfortable.
"Did Gym Leader Gardenia report to the League?"
Feng nodded, "The League said they would send someone to check the situation, should be an Elite Four member."
"Just don't know which Elite Four. It would be great if it was Elite Four Aaron."
Aaron?!
Bug-type Elite Four using Bug-type Pokémon to battle Fire + Flying Moltres?
So confident!
Noticing Victor's face getting worse, Feng asked weakly: "Shopkeeper, is the situation very bad?"
Victor shook his head, then nodded.
"Can't say very bad. The Moltres matter is okay. The main thing is Team Galactic's involvement. These extremists are the most dangerous."
Feng and Alan nodded in agreement, indicating Victor was right.
Many disasters in the Sinnoh Region were inseparable from Team Galactic's involvement.
Victor thought for a moment, took out his phone, preparing to ask Cynthia about the League's arrangement.
Saw Lucian's chat box, thought about it, and clicked in.
Victor: Eterna City's Moltres incident, which Elite Four did the League send?
Lucian was standing on Bronzong, heading towards Eterna City. Suddenly feeling the phone vibrate, he took it out and saw the message from Victor.
Lucian: "?!"
How does he know Moltres appeared in Eterna City? And knows the League sent an Elite Four?!
Lucian: "..."
Seeing these familiar ellipses, he knew instantly who was sent.
Victor: Work overtime well, Elite Four Lucian.
Lucian: "..."
Putting away the phone, Victor found Alan and Feng looking at him.
Thinking about it, he smiled and said to them: "It's fine, Elite Four Lucian is going."
"So it's Elite Four Lucian."
"Ah?! Actually not Elite Four Aaron."
Feng: "..."
Victor: "..."
Afraid he won't die fast enough, right?
Victor stood up and sent them out of the Breeding House.
Finally, he exhorted them: "Be careful recently. You ruined Team Galactic's plan; you might be retaliated against. Report to the police and tell me immediately if anything is wrong."
Alan and Feng nodded, their hearts warm.
"Thank you, Shopkeeper."
"You are so handsome, Shopkeeper."
Feng: "..."
Watching their retreating figures, Victor returned to the rest area, frowning tightly.
Seeing this, Shana beside him stayed quiet, daring not disturb Victor's thinking.
Although she didn't understand what Galactic Rainbow or flaming bird they were talking about just now, she could tell this matter was very important.
So she wouldn't disturb Victor now.