"It's all so secretive, and you won't even tell me..."
Nastina spent the whole night teaching Fang Yuan meditation, but Fang Yuan still didn't get it, and Nastina was very angry. To smooth things over, Fang Yuan came over early in the morning to invite her to breakfast, but before they could leave, Nastina was intercepted by Caitlin.
Left out, Fang Yuan, feeling bored, went to the cruise ship alone with Eevee to freeload some food and drink.
......
It took half an hour for Fang Yuan and Eevee to finish their breakfast.
By that time, Satoru had also decided to head back to the ruins for exploration that very day.
Of course, Fang Yuan was very happy about this.
After a good meal and good news, Fang Yuan and Eevee didn't hang around outside and chose to go back to their room quickly to continue training with the Meditation Method.
"Uh—"
Just as Fang Yuan opened the door, he saw that Nastina was waiting for him in the room.
"You finished talking? What's it about?" Fang Yuan casually tossed Eevee onto the bed to let it play, then asked casually.
"Caitlin would like to invite me to be a guest at their family's place in the United Region," Nastina said calmly.
"Do you really need to keep that from outsiders..." Fang Yuan sighed.
"The visit is just for show. When I was very young, my father made a promise with Caitlin's family," Nastina shook her head.
"A marriage between children?" Fang Yuan blurted out knowingly.
Nastina: ???
"No."
"They want to invite me to help activate a treasure of their family, which can only be opened with the combined effort of two top-level Psychics," Nastina explained. "Aside from Caitlin, who has reached that standard, no one else in their family can."
"So, they have to seek help from outsiders."
After talking with Caitlin, she got in touch with her own father.
This was indeed something Nastina's father had agreed to when she was young, shortly after Nastina had first shown her remarkable Superpower Talent. Caitlin's family came to him, and since Caitlin's father and Nastina's father were old acquaintances in the Superpower field with a certain relationship, Nastina's dad naturally agreed when the other party came asking.
However, due to some issues on both Nastina's side and Caitlin's end, this promise had been postponed until now.
Nastina's father, Mr. Chengping, had only just remembered this after he was contacted by Caitlin's family.
Feeling somewhat regretful for agreeing to this in the first place, Mr. Chengping could only explain the situation to Nastina, letting her decide whether to go or not.
"Are you going?"
"Since he agreed to it, I've decided to go and have a look. I might not be able to join you on the trip to the Orange Archipelago," Nastina said.
"It doesn't really matter," Fang Yuan shook his head and said, "I'm just going there to participate in a competition anyway."
After the competition ends, if there's no Tablet on the Orange Archipelago, he wouldn't stay long. He would then visit Unova, Hoenn, Shinnoh, and other regions in search of them.
"That's fine, that's fine. I heard Unova has the famous Elf Hollywood, so it might be good for you to go check it out first. (Anyway, I have nothing else to teach you right now, and you keep complaining about how slow I am at learning, so it's also good for you to leave soon.)," Fang Yuan said with a smile.
By the time he saw Nastina again, he would definitely have entered the door to meditation.
Then, he could continue to learn other Superpower techniques from Nastina.
Nastina's eyes flickered, "Why do I feel like you're looking forward to me leaving?"
"How could that be? I brought you on this trip hoping you could get some training, and now you have your own thing to do, it's also a form of training, the same really," Fang Yuan said sincerely. "When you come back, or when I come to find you, I think that will be the time to teach you the Heart Source Style Superpowers."
"Huh... I hope so," said Nastina.
"When are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow."
"Hmm... you might finish up there first. Anyway, if anything comes up, just remember to contact me," Fang Yuan said.
The United Region is also a place he must visit. Searching for the Tablet is one aspect; he also plans to raid the Plasma Team's base, check how the Destructive Bug is manufactured, or maybe find the Black and White Dragon to power up Monferno. These are all Fang Yuan's goals.
Perhaps the opportunity for Monferno's Eight Gates lies with the Black and White Dragon.
......
Caitlin was leaving Shinnoh for the Unova region tomorrow.
But today, she was still working hard, trying to crack the ruins and wanting to go inside to subdue the Armed Magnemite.
However.
Fang Yuan didn't let her have her way.
All day today, it was Monferno guarding the Beast Fighting Arena.
The number of people in the Conquer Team had expanded from the original three to eight.
Ichi from the City Region, the reserve Super Power King, became the fourth victim to be violently beaten out by the Monferno. Mr. Stone Orchid, the Battle Brain of Battle Castle, which is also Caitlin's butler, was teleported inside the ruins and got a beating as well.
In addition, the Maple Siblings, Nan and Kaede from Green Ridge Gym, also successively became the lucky ones who, after being thrashed by Monferno, were invited by Sky King Wusong to join the Relic Conquer Team chat group.
As for Satoru, Caitlin, and Arashi, who had already challenged it yesterday, they went in again today under Fang Yuan's arrangements.
As expected, they all got violently thrown out by Monferno.
Satoru completely broke down mentally, Arashi understood Satoru's pain after being instantly defeated by the Monferno, and as for Caitlin, she nearly cried again out of frustration.
This time, Monferno fought seven trainers with decent abilities in one go, and even with Victini's charge-up, the pressure was quite significant. This was much more effective than having his Pokémon take turns battling, and Fang Yuan had decided from now on to have a different guardian Pokémon each day.
Today Monferno, tomorrow Gengar, the day after Armed Magnemite, and the day after Darkrai... Taking turns.
Arashi: [It's infuriating, that Monferno is too much, fighting with its eyes closed and one hand tied behind its back during our battle, who does it think it is looking down on—]
Caitlin: [So, did you beat it?]
Arashi: [...]
Satoru: [Embarrassing, just leave the group.]
Arashi: [What's there to be arrogant about, you all got knocked out instantly by Monferno today as well—]
Shi Lan, Ichi, Nan, Kaede: [...]
Fang Yuan: [Smile.jpg]
The not-so-famous Fang Yuan also "accidentally entered" the ruins today and was "violently ejected" by Monferno.
Although Satoru did not know Fang Yuan well, he still invited this victim into the group chat.
Everyone could work together to come up with a strategy to deal with the Monkey!
This group existed for the purpose of discussing how to deal with the guardian Pokémon of the ruins.
But honestly, the group was quite helpful.
Caitlin: [@Satoru, the power used by that Monferno is the same as you predicted, it should be the Intersecting Power used by the Divine Dragon of Unova legends. I've already asked Mr. Stone Orchid to look up information, and the data on Intersected Force has been uploaded.]
[@Satoru, don't forget the admin.]
Coming from a prominent Unova family, Caitlin quickly obtained a collection of valuable data on Intersecting Power and the Black and White Dragon for everyone to study tactics to combat the Monferno. After downloading the data, Fang Yuan's mouth curled up slightly.
Good grief, all this was information he didn't know before, and now, a new training method for Monferno was born.
He really wanted to send Caitlin a red packet to thank her.
Satoru: [Unbelievable, it's really Intersecting Power, a Monferno mastering Legendary Power... I'm done.]
[@Mr. Stone Orchid, anyway, thank you Mr. Stone Orchid, with this, we can now work out tactics to counter it.]
Shi Lan: [No need to be polite, Sky King Satoru.]
Caitlin: [???]
Nan, Maple Siblings: [Thanks, big boss Stone Orchid.]
The invisible Fang Yuan: [Thanks to the big boss. +1]
At this moment, Fang Yuan had fallen in love with this group; having a bunch of Four Heavenly Kings-level tool trainers studying the weaknesses of his Pokémon and even sharing their insights with him, could there be anything better?
This was clearly an opportunity for him to check for gaps and improve, love it.
"This guy... has he given up?"
That evening, since she was leaving tomorrow and came over to check on Fang Yuan's progress, Nastina saw that Fang Yuan hadn't succeeded in his meditation; instead, he had become as engrossed with his phone as Eevee, leaving her bewildered.