[Zoro!]
(How is this possible?!)
Zoroark was completely stunned when the restraints around Dragonite were blown away in an instant.
From the memories it had obtained from that human woman, it knew that this human's Pokémon were all supposed to be extremely gentle.
So how could they possess such overwhelming strength?!
"Roar!"
Dragonite let out an angry roar.
The sudden disappearance of everything around it instantly made Dragonite realize that something was wrong with Qin Shu.
And the problem was clearly the strange Pokémon standing before it!
No matter.
Beat it half to death and take it back to its Trainer.
That would solve everything!
In Zoroark's eyes, however, the moment Dragonite made its move, it knew that there was no longer any possibility of communication between them.
The Shadow Ball that had gathered in its palm was fired without hesitation.
.....
About a minute later.
[Roar!]
Dragonite carried the unconscious Zoroark in one claw as it searched through the surrounding forest.
Soon, because Zoroark had lost its ability to fight and its illusion had disappeared, Dragonite sensed a faint trace of Aura.
It came from somewhere nearby.
Following that tiny trace of Aura, Dragonite soon arrived at a cave.
Inside, it found Qin Shu lying unconscious.
The source of the Aura was actually the Poké Ball containing her Blastoise.
"Woo....."
Seeing this, Dragonite finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, nothing had happened to her.
If something really had gone wrong, it would have been too embarrassed to return and face Lin Feng.
With that thought, Dragonite gently patted Qin Shu's cheek.
There was no reaction.
Clearly, she had fallen under some kind of hypnosis.
Dragonite immediately reached into the storage bag and took out an Energy Cube.
It carefully placed the Energy Cube into her mouth.
Not long afterward, the girl in its arms slowly opened her eyes.
The first thing she did was sit up and shout,
"Hmm... Noivern, get back here!"
But after fully opening her eyes, she finally realized that there was no Zoroark anywhere around her.
There was only one...
A Dragonite grinning foolishly at her.
Wait.
Dragonite?
Qin Shu rubbed her eyes.
Then she looked at the package strapped to Dragonite's back.
There was no mistaking it.
This was Lin Feng's Dragonite!
She immediately let out a huge sigh of relief.
She hurriedly checked her Poké Balls and found that none of them had been damaged.
Only then did the heavy stone in her heart finally disappear.
And once the tension was gone, the fear that she had been suppressing immediately came rushing back.
Qin Shu threw her arms around Dragonite.
"Waaah, Dragonite! Thank you so much..."
Dragonite was caught off guard by the sudden hug.
But it quickly patted Qin Shu's shoulder and comforted her.
[Woo, woo...]
(It's okay. It's okay. I already beat it.)
It even lifted the unconscious Zoroark and showed it to Qin Shu.
Qin Shu took a moment to calm herself down.
Then she stared at the Zoroark.
Only now did she realize that the Zoroark that had effortlessly defeated all of her Pokémon had actually been defeated itself.
But another question immediately surfaced in her mind.
"Phew... This is so strange..."
The news about the Zoroark had spread naturally.
After hearing about it, Qin Shu had become curious and decided to come take a look.
But after entering the mountain range, she had immediately developed a strange feeling.
It felt as though something was watching her.
She had immediately asked Blastoise to use its Aura to investigate.
However, Blastoise had not detected anything unusual at all.
That feeling of danger had made Qin Shu realize that something was wrong.
She had then quickly decided to return to the nearest human settlement.
But on the way back, she encountered a Gible blocking her path.
After being forced to capture the Gible, she immediately decided to call Lin Feng.
And it was precisely at that moment that this Zoroark appeared like a ghost.
It quickly defeated all of her Pokémon and knocked her unconscious.
The strange thing was that she had never had any interaction with this Zoroark at all.
Why had it done this?
Qin Shu pondered for a while.
Then she suddenly thought of something important.
"Wait... How did Brother Feng find me?"
Her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Could it be that he put some kind of Aura or Psychic power on me?"
The more she thought about it, the brighter her eyes became.
Ha!
She knew it!
Lin Feng definitely wouldn't just leave her alone out here without doing anything.
"Woo?"
Dragonite innocently shook its head.
It had no idea about that.
It only knew that Lin Feng had asked it to deliver something to Qin Shu.
"Ah..."
"Woo, woo, woo..."
For something like this, it would probably be better to go home and ask her Trainer directly.
Dragonite looked at Qin Shu and asked whether she wanted to return.
[Well, okay... I've already been away from home for so long. I heard that Entei and Suicune have even appeared around home recently. Maybe I should go back and take a look~]
Qin Shu agreed without hesitation.
She had originally planned to summon Noivern.
But then she thought about it.
Noivern would definitely be slower than Dragonite.
So she simply climbed onto Dragonite's back.
The two soared into the sky and flew toward home.
...
Dragonite had departed a little after three in the afternoon.
By the time it returned, it was already a little after six.
Lin Feng had just finished preparing its meal.
He had figured that Dragonite would be tired after flying such a long distance, and he did not want it to come home only to find that there was nothing prepared for it to eat.
But when he saw the person and Pokémon Dragonite had brought back, Lin Feng froze.
White and red fur fluttered in the wind.
As it floated through the air, it looked like a beautiful, vivid shadow.
And sitting on Dragonite's back was Qin Shu.
She was still wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, though her skin had become noticeably darker.
She waved enthusiastically at Lin Feng.
"Brother Feng!"
Lin Feng glanced at her.
But his attention was mainly focused on the red-and-white Zoroark being carried in Dragonite's claw.
There was no doubt about it.
This was the Hisuian form of Zoroark.
Judging from the situation...
Did they actually capture it?
Wait.
All he had done was make a phone call with Qin Shu.
In that short amount of time, she had encountered both a Gible and a Zoroark?
And according to what Qin Shu had said, that Farfetch'd was also a Pokémon she had captured today.
Dragonite soon landed on the ground.
Qin Shu jumped down and hurried over to Lin Feng.
Her eyes were practically brimming with tears as she looked at him.
"Brother Feng, sob, sob... I knew you were worried about me! You knew I was being bullied out here!"
Lin Feng: "???"
Several question marks appeared above Lin Feng's head.
She certainly had not sounded like this during their phone call.
In fact, she had looked completely fine.
"Wait..."
Lin Feng placed a hand against her forehead, stopping her from getting any closer.
Then he turned his attention toward the unconscious Zoroark.
[Pokémon: Zoroark]
[Gender: Female]
[Ability: Illusion]
[Potential: Gold]
[Individual Values: HP (27), Attack (29), Special Attack (31), Defense (27), Special Defense (25), Speed (31)]
[Strength: Level 72-76]
[Moves: Hone Claws, Shadow Sneak, Curse, Knock Off, Torment, Agility, Shadow Ball, Retaliate, Nasty Plot, Ally Switch...]
[Friendship: 10 (It can sense your presence)]
[Joy Value: 5]
[Description: A Zoroark from the past...]
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