"Hello, is Miss Yelena here?" one of the men asked.
"Who are you?" Bai Lijuan looked at the two men in front of her with suspicious eyes.
Chen Kai was helping wash dishes in the kitchen when he heard the voices. He peeked out and exclaimed,
"Ah! Director Dong! Celestial King Liang!"
The two people who came were indeed Dong Gang and Liang Zhi. They hadn't expected to encounter Chen Kai here.
"Huh? Xiao Kai, why are you here?" Dong Gang asked, full of confusion.
Chen Kai said speechlessly, "This is my home!"
Seeing that Chen Kai knew them, Bai Lijuan invited them into the house.
Chen Kai introduced the two to his parents. One was Dong Gang, the Gym Leader of the Kyoto Rock-type Gym, and the other was Liang Zhi, one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
His parents seemed a bit dumbfounded and quickly served tea to entertain the two.
At the same time, Chen Kai briefly explained Yelena's situation to them.
After listening to Chen Kai, Liang Zhi asked, "So, that Yelena just left, right?"
"Yes, she just left not long ago, Celestial King Liang, could it be...?" Chen Kai asked, somewhat uncertain.
Liang Zhi said, annoyed, "Yes, we came to investigate her. We didn't expect her to slip away first. It seems she definitely has some purpose in coming to our Dragon Country!"
If it weren't for what happened on the bus, the two of them would have arrived here much earlier.
The Alliance Center administrators in Qu County and Da City had dragged his family into a bunch of irrelevant matters, delaying them for a whole day. They had to sneak over after dinner.
Now Liang Zhi couldn't think of any good solution. He could only take out his phone, report the situation to the person on the other end of the line, and ask what to do next.
The person on the other end, after hearing him, laughed angrily and scolded, "Protecting the people is fine, but you don't need to listen to those Alliance people!
If you just leave, can they really handcuff you there?"
The person on the other end then said helplessly, "Now that you've done this, tomorrow, don't even talk about spying on them; many officials and Alliance administrators will know what we're investigating nationwide.
Forget it, just briefly understand the situation in Qu County. If there's nothing much there, go to Cheng City for more searches."
"Okay." Liang Zhi didn't show much emotion, simply agreeing calmly.
Hanging up the phone, Liang Zhi stood up and said to Chen Pa and Chen Ma, "Sorry for the disturbance."
Chen Pa and Chen Ma looked flustered and quickly said, "No, no, we should cooperate with your work."
"Then we'll be leaving now, bye-bye." Liang Zhi was about to leave when he seemed to remember something: "Oh, by the way, this is my contact information. Xiao Kai, you can save it. If Yelena comes back again, please let me know."
Just like that, Chen Kai added Liang Zhi and Dong Gang on their messaging app.
"Okay, but Celestial King Liang, why are you so concerned about Yelena? Did she do something?"
Liang Zhi hesitated for a moment, then decided to add one more thing: "It's not convenient to reveal too much to you, but she might come back later. I'll remind you, her background is not simple; there's a deity behind her."
A deity? That means a legendary Pokemon, right? The legendary Pokemon she's training with, could it be Zacian? Or those three Sacred Swordsmen—Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion?
After seeing Liang Zhi and Dong Gang off, Chen Pa was still exclaiming, "Holy cow! It's one of the Four Heavenly Kings!"
"Did you take a picture just now?" Chen Ma asked.
"Oh no! I forgot to take it!" Chen Pa slapped his thigh, full of regret!
Chen Kai didn't quite understand why these two were so excited. He walked back to his room and communicated with Miraidon: "Didn't you say before that Yelena had a familiar energy fluctuation about her?
Think back again, is it somewhat similar to Iron Leaves?"
"Ah!!!" Miraidon exclaimed when Chen Kai said this!
"Yes! It's a bit like Iron Leaves, but not exactly the same, which is why I could never quite recall it!"
Chen Kai clapped his hands: "Then that's it! Yelena came for Iron Leaves. Most likely, Virizion sent her. And you, Miraidon, are somewhat similar to Iron Leaves; you clearly look different from the Pokemon on Blue Star!
So Yelena saw this from you, and she went back to report!"
Miraidon nodded: "Very likely! Then let's go tell Iron Leaves about this!"
It entered midnight.
The moonlight filtered through the thin clouds, casting a cool Radiance that draped the mountain forest in a silver veil. The distant peaks were faintly visible under the moonlight, like an ink wash painting, dreamlike and ethereal. In this quiet night, time seemed to stand still, with only the Growl of a few Hoothoot echoing in the night sky, telling of the mountain's mystery and tranquility.
Chen Kai had Miraidon and Iron Bundle confirm that no one was following them. Only then did he carry the purple book and cautiously walk up the mountain.
Originally, Iron Bundle was unwilling to do this, but Chen Kai brought up that this matter was very important to Iron Leaves, so it reluctantly came out of its Poke Ball to work.
They successfully passed through the cave and arrived at Area Zero.
Once here, the sky was the limit!
Chen Kai sat on its back, activated the 'Iron Bundle' launcher, and soared into the air, flying all the way to the Astronomical Observatory.
At this moment, the Astronomical Observatory was brightly lit, visible from afar. After stopping steadily at the entrance, Iron Leaves was already waiting there, with a pair of deep eyes that seemed to see through everything.
It maintained an elegant demeanor and invited Chen Kai and the others inside: "It's been a few days, Chen Kai, Miraidon. Come in first; I've brewed some tea for you."
As usual, after drinking a few sips of tea, Chen Kai slowly recounted the events.
Iron Leaves listened quietly until Chen Kai finished, then lightly nodded its head: "Okay, I understand. Thank you for bringing this purple book back. I will keep it for now."
A faint pink glow lit up on its forehead, and the purple book floated into the air.
"As for that Virizion, I've fought it before. Don't worry, even if it comes to Area Zero, it's no match for me. But still, thank you for reminding me.
Perhaps it was because I went to Blue Star with you, Chen Kai, a few days ago, that made it nervous. You don't need to pay special attention to it, but it's best not to provoke it too much. I remember it used to have a very high status on Blue Star.
Provoking it might affect your lives on Blue Star."
Chen Kai thought about it, and it seemed to be true. If their levels were the same, Virizion, which is Grass/Fighting, would still be at a disadvantage compared to Iron Leaves, which is Grass/Psychic.
Then Iron Leaves looked at Iron Bundle: "Number: 7981."
Iron Bundle startled: "Present!"
Iron Leaves' pink eyes glowed with a cold, emotionless light: "You seem to have taken some things from Chen Kai, haven't you? I remember telling you to be a good bodyguard and not to have other ideas. How could you accept things privately?"
Iron Bundle felt uncomfortable under that gaze. Its head involuntarily lowered, not daring to meet its eyes.
Iron Bundle silently pulled out the crystal ball, ready to hand it over to Iron Leaves.
Chen Kai quickly stepped in to mediate: "Iron Leaves, Iron Bundle protected me very well! So this is something I gave it out of gratitude.
Really! It did a great job!"
Seeing Chen Kai plead, Iron Leaves said helplessly, "Alright, since Chen Kai said so, you can keep it for now.
And Chen Kai even gave you the name 'Iron Bundle.' You should thank him properly, understand?"
Iron Bundle nodded repeatedly, put away the crystal ball, and said to Chen Kai, "Okay, thank you, Chen Kai."