"Did Little Lugia just move?!"
"No way, isn't it sleeping soundly?"
"I think I saw its eyelids move a bit too."
"Pika Pika~"
As they were conversing, Little Lugia's eyes fluttered slightly again, and this time, all three of them saw it clearly.
"It really seems like it's about to wake up, Ash, did your treatment work that fast? It's been less than thirty minutes in total." Brock exclaimed in surprise.
"I just helped remove the Power of Death inside Little Lugia. As for injuries, Little Lugia doesn't have any, so how soon it wakes depends on when its spirit recovers, though the recovery speed is indeed fast, worthy of a Legendary Beast." Even Ash himself was amazed by Little Lugia's recovery speed.
Little Lugia's recovery had something to do with him, but not much. After all, Little Lugia's body didn't actually have any injuries; her previous agony was entirely due to the torment of Dark Attribute power inside her and the conflict between her Psychic Attribute and Dark Attribute.
After fully absorbing the Dark Attribute, Lugia's body not only fully recovered but also leveled up, because the quality of that Dark Attribute power was far superior to her own power.
It's almost certain that the power belonged to Yveltal, and it was the Yveltal with divine status.
Apart from Its power, it's hard to imagine what else could make a Legendary Species like Lugia level up so much at once, and even max out Ability Values.
But the physical enhancement is one thing; the major damage Little Lugia suffered was mental. How quickly she recovers depends on Little Lugia herself.
Now, with such a short amount of time passed, Little Lugia has already woken up; this recovery ability... truly worthy of a Legendary Beast!
Under everyone's watchful gaze, Little Lugia opened her eyes, revealing scarlet pupils.
Lugia's original eyes were black pupils with white sclera, no different from normal human eyes, but now that Lugia's attribute had changed, her eye background turned scarlet, paired with her black appearance, it made her seem a bit eerie despite her young age.
When her eyes were closed, she was somewhat cute, but opening her eyes changed her temperament entirely.
But upon seeing the three people and the pet in front of her, Little Lugia got startled, spread her wings, moved back several meters, and stuck to the house wall.
"Uh... Brock, you scared Little Lugia!"
"Don't talk nonsense, why can't it be you who scared Little Lugia?!" Brock wanted to roll his eyes at Ash, but his eyes couldn't do that motion.
But it didn't stop Brock from feeling deep disdain for Ash; everyone was watching Lugia together, so how could it be him who scared her?
"Alright, alright, stop arguing, Little Lugia, hello, nice to meet you, we mean no harm." Misty helplessly stopped their argument, then reached out her white hands, making a gesture of surrender, indicating that she had nothing in her hands and meant no harm.
Facing Misty's show of goodwill, Little Lugia seemed to regain her senses from just waking up, she turned her gaze, observing everything around her bit by bit.
A perfectly ordinary house, people who seemed non-hostile, a very weak little yellow mouse, and a Pokemon that looked somewhat like a cat.
When she saw Mewtwo, Little Lugia couldn't help but tremble, her intuition told her that this seemingly small and frail Pokemon was actually the most terrifying existence here.
However, the other party didn't emit any hostility toward her.
Seeing this, Little Lugia's restless heart finally calmed slightly, as everyone present seemed to exude friendly emotions towards her.
And, the boy in the center...
"Waa~" Was it you who saved me?
Little Lugia softly called, and only Ash could understand what she said, he nodded and smiled: "Yes, I helped you indeed, Little Lugia, from today on, stay with me for now, when the tournament is over, I'll take you home, okay?"
Little Lugia tilted her head as if not understanding what Ash meant by tournament, but she definitely understood the words "going home".
Due to Ash's act of rescue and the good vibes she felt from him, Little Lugia hesitated for a moment but still nodded, indicating she would stay with Ash for the time being, mainly because she had no other place to go.
Besides, the previous capture incident had left a significant shadow on her young mind, now even walking alone scares her.
After agreeing to Ash's request, Little Lugia instinctively glanced at her own body, then showed a look of horror, hurriedly finding a mirror to look at herself. Within ten seconds, her small, dark face was full of distress.
"Waa~~ Waa Waa Waa!!!" What's happened to my body~ Why has it turned like this!
Seeing Little Lugia's distressed look, Ash and the others exchanged glances, scratching their cheeks, knowing without translation what Little Lugia was conveying.