Approaching dusk, the thick clouds hung heavily in the sky, beneath which the trainers on the cruise ship gazed heavily at the ruins they could not enter.
So far, only two trainers had successfully entered the ruins: Sky King Wusong and King Gedelya.
There was no doubt that their combat power was far stronger than that of most of the trainers present.
But that was of no use at all.
Both had blunderingly made their way into the ruins, and let's not even talk about any gains; their encounters were miserable, one worse than the other.
Sky King Wusong was instantly sent back out, and King Gedelya was beaten until something went wrong with her head.
So no matter how you looked at it, these ruins were not a place that could be easily explored.
This caused quite a few people to think about beating a retreat.
After all, Caitlin had said that this might be the territory of a Legendary Pokémon.
This claim was met with a rather high degree of acceptance among the trainers on the cruise ship.
"I think that's enough for today."
Listening to the idle chatter of the psychics on the cruise ship, Sky King Wusong shook his head.
Half a day had passed, and they still had not found a stable way to enter the ruins.
The only gain was the confirmation that the danger level of the ruins seemed not very high.
Although the guardian Pokémon inside were very strong, these Pokémon treated the trainers who were pulled in as if they were facing a trial.
This made Wusong and the others even more curious about the purpose of the existence of these ruins.
Could it be that the Legendary Pokémon behind Monferno and Armed Magnetic Monster were selecting suitable trainers and preparing to give them an opportunity?
This kind of story was widely circulated in the Pokémon World.
Legend had it that Ho-Oh would drop its own Rainbow Feather, leading the recognized trainer to battle with it and become "The Brave of the Rainbow."
Additionally, there was the grand trial designed by the Alolan island god, the pilgrimage around the various islands.
With this in mind, the intentions of the ruins' master might not be so difficult to guess after all.
...
"Bwoo..."
Meanwhile.
Inside the Superpower Castle.
Eevee stood before the large screen with a tragic expression, stopping its foolish actions.
After sending Caitlin away and arranging for two Celebi, Mewtwo subconsciously wanted to pull in that Shinnoh Champion to temper Fang Yuan.
Mewtwo was just about to act when Eevee hurriedly stopped it.
Eevee glared wildly, thinking if you want to trap Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan wants to trap me, it's a tit-for-tat exchange, and you, Mewtwo, want to trap me. You can't do this!
Mewtwo: "..."
Mewtwo looked towards Fang Yuan, sitting on a couch sipping orange juice, and Eevee, who was defending him, and fell into thought. Is this also within your expectations?
"Let go—" Mewtwo looked at Eevee, who was holding its arm with Confusion.
"Bwoo!" Eevee glared and shook its head.
"Let go!"
"Bwoo!"
Mewtwo: "..."
"Hahaha... Mewtwo, just give up; you can't win against Eevee." Fang Yuan watched Eevee and Mewtwo and suddenly burst out laughing, "Miss Hirona recognizes me and has helped me a lot. Calling her in to battle in such a way is indeed not too nice. You might as well send me and Eevee out to battle her."
"That way, you also reduce the chance of exposing yourself. Don't forget, Monferno, Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, Gear Group, these Pokémon, are all recorded in my data, and this data was personally handled by Hirona."
Mewtwo was left speechless.
"Let's switch tactics. Instead of having Hirona come in for a battle, I might as well go clean with her and have her become an accomplice to bring me more sparring partners."
"I think, for the next person, just pull in that A Liu to let Darkrai battle him."
"Or do you want to have a battle yourself?"
"No need—"
"If I want to battle, I'll go find other Legendary Pokémon." Mewtwo huffed, finding battles with trainers to be truly uninteresting.
"Then it's settled. Next time I encounter a Legendary Pokémon, I'll call you out to battle," said Fang Yuan with a grin.
Speaking of which, the Birth of Lugia at the Orange Archipelago is about to start too, right?
I wonder how Xiaozhi is doing over there.
He's also going to the Orange Archipelago for a competition, when the time comes, calling over Mewtwo to pluck a few feathers from Lugia and a bit of fire from the god of fire should be doable, right...
Mewtwo: ???
...
Outside.
The cruise ship is about to return to port.
"It's a pity, I thought I'd be the next one to be teleported in, why has there been no movement all of a sudden?"
On the deck, Insect King A Liu spoke regretfully.
"I would actually like to see if that Monferno and Armed Magnetic Monster you talk about are as powerful as you claim."
"Idiot..."
Satoru pushed up his glasses and said, "It's obvious this ruins are designed to test Psychics."
"Even if there is another Trainer chosen, it should be..."
Satoru turned his gaze to One Tree who was still trying to break the seal, the Maple Siblings discussing something among themselves, and Nastina staring into the sea, lost in thought. If there really was a next one, it should be them.
Not this guy who plays with bugs.
However...
Isn't the test set by the owner of these ruins a bit too high?
With that kind of Monferno as a guardian Pokémon, blocking the path, no one could win unless they were top-ranked Trainers.
"You're discriminating against Bug Type Trainers. Not to mention anything else, but Bug Type does have an advantage over Psychic Type," said A Liu from the Shennao Four Heavenly Kings, the only one who wasn't afraid of Satoru.
"Heh, so what," Satoru responded indifferently.
"You were one-shot by that monkey," A Liu said.
Satoru: ???
Damn it, why bring up the monkey again?
"Even if I got one-shot by the monkey, you definitely won't be chosen. If you do get chosen, I'll go catch a Caterpie to make it my main and raise it!" Satoru angrily retorted at A Liu.
The next second, A Liu, with a puzzled expression, was engulfed in white light and disappeared on the spot.
Satoru: ???
Satoru: "What the hell???"
Seeing A Liu disappear left Satoru dumbfounded. No way, no way, he quickly looked towards the direction of the seal, growing suspicious.
Was this Legendary Pokémon monitoring him on his cruise ship, specifically targeting him, Satoru?
And they actually teleported A Liu, who plays with bugs, in???
"Caterpie it is... after it evolves into Beautifly, it can at least use Confusion... not a bad deal." After a moment of silence, Satoru shouted to those around him:
"Everyone—halt the return, King A Liu... has disappeared!!"
...
King A Liu has disappeared??
The third victim among the Four Heavenly Kings appeared, and the Trainers on the cruise ship were all stunned.
Miss Hilona was especially dissatisfied, glancing at the sealed area, thinking why wasn't it her...
She had been waiting here for half a day, just to be teleported in.
But instead...
It was A Liu?
"We meet again, Miss Hilona."
Just when Hilona was so irritated she wanted to cool down with some ice cream, suddenly a voice that felt familiar to Hilona came through.
"This voice..."
Hilona turned abruptly to see Fang Yuan walking over and waving at her, with an Eevee on his shoulder.
"Fang Yuan?? What are you doing here??" Hilona asked in utter surprise.
At this time... shouldn't Fang Yuan be grinding at the World Championship in Kanto??
"This... is a long story?" Fang Yuan scratched his cheek.