Thud.
She accidentally failed to grip her phone, and it smashed directly onto her face.
"Ah... Ouch!!"
"Wait a minute, challenger, Fang Yuan... Fang Yuan?!"
Lila hurriedly picked up the phone, staring blankly at the ID and avatar.
Yes, it was him...
She had seen it with her own eyes while undercover in the Rocket Team—it was this guy who had summoned dozens of Legendary Pokémon to flatten the Rocket Team...
He was also participating in the championship and had come to the Area of Fragrant Fate, challenging her??
Lila wanted to refuse, but out of curiosity about Fang Yuan, she found herself inexplicably clicking 'accept.'
Beep...
Time, afternoon, 3:00 PM.
Location, Liuli City Battle Plaza.
Contenders, Lila, Fang Yuan.
The battle is set!
...........
"The battle is set!"
"Not bad at all."
Within minutes, the challenge request had been answered, and Fang Yuan revealed a smile.
"Eevee, let's go, time to eat."
With the battle in the afternoon, they couldn't go in on an empty stomach.
"Bwoo!" Eevee quickly climbed onto Fang Yuan's shoulder, while Fang Yuan also began looking for a restaurant.
After they finished eating, the time was almost 1:00 PM, two hours before the agreed battle time.
Fang Yuan chose to arrive at the Battle Plaza early to wait, not that he had nothing to do—at least the meditation that Nastina had taught him was something he hadn't fully grasped yet.
This was also why Fang Yuan didn't want to go to Unova too early to find Nastina, as he would definitely get teased...
Although Ho-Oh had boosted his Mental Power and Spiritual Power, it did not relate to his progress with the Meditation Method.
However, with the increase in Spiritual Power, Fang Yuan felt that training in the Meditation Method did feel slightly different now, and he had a feeling... it was close.
He was nearly there.
The weather was perfect.
Fang Yuan sat down in a corner of the Battle Plaza, below was a public battle field which was currently almost empty, and he closed his eyes to begin meditating.
As for Eevee, it climbed into the backpack and in the dark environment, obediently took out its little phone.
Time... trickled by.
When Fang Yuan opened his eyes again, coming out of the deep meditation an hour later, the sounds of battle collision and several voices discussing things suddenly caught his attention.
The public battle field, which had been empty just a moment ago, was now occupied by Trainers fighting below and some people spectating from the side, while two kids, looking excited, had taken seats near Fang Yuan.
One of them, a girl about 10 years old with tawny short hair, wore a playful bowtie headband and swayed her slender white legs as she sat.
Next to her was a boy wearing brown shorts and a green T-shirt, clearly younger, possibly only around 6 or 7 years old.
"Xiao Sheng, how is the battle going now?" the girl asked softly.
"Sister, can't you see? Obviously, the Earth Wolf Dog has the upper hand! That Mire Jumping Fish is about to go down!!" the boy named Xiao Sheng said.
Little Yao, Xiao Sheng?
Fang Yuan turned his head to look at the two children seated next to him, taking a slight pause.
Aren't these the children of Sir Thousand Miles, the dojo master of the Fang Yuan Region Orange Flower Dojo, and the travel companions of Xiaozhi in the Hoenn region? What were they doing here?
There wasn't an adult in sight... Weren't they afraid of being kidnapped?
Forget it, after all, they're children from the Pokémon World, wandering around on their own before they're even ten is normal... Maybe they're just touring.
Fang Yuan too turned his attention towards the battle below. After pondering for a moment, he said, "You're wrong, it's the Earth Wolf Dog that's about to be in trouble."
Hearing Fang Yuan's voice, the little boy turned his surprised gaze towards the person who had been "resting" a moment ago.
"Although the Earth Wolf Dog's movements are quite deceptive, the Mire Jumping Fish has already seen through everything."