Muye Liuji: ???
Shouldn't that be a deduction?
Why on earth is everyone so happy about it???
Do I have to learn this... thing?
"What else?" the Dream God asked.
Darkrai glanced at Fang Yuan.
"I wish to win first place in the Fang Yuan Grand Tournament."
Since joining the team, Darkrai's competitive spirit had been awakened.
After all, it was once invincible on Nightmare Island.
But now, as it saw the Pokemon it had once defeated easily exceed it one by one, Darkrai, being the eldest, felt it couldn't save face anymore.
It felt like such a noob.
For Darkrai, reaching Legendary Level was no longer its goal; coming in first in the team competition was what it aimed for.
"Fang Yuan Grand Tournament? What's that?" the Dream God asked, puzzled as she looked at Fang Yuan.
Muye Liuji also looked baffledly towards Fang Yuan.
"It's nothing much, just an internal ranking battle competition I arranged for my Pokemon," said Fang Yuan nonchalantly.
Cresselia fell silent. An internal Pokemon ranking competition?
An internal competition?
She understood what it meant but—
Darkrai, with such immense strength and the Legendary Power of Dreams, combined with the Space-Time Power, materializing the Time-space Twin Gods, isn't it supposed to be the first?!!!
The Dream God felt that ordinary Legendary Pokemon, like the Three Sacred Beasts, wouldn't stand a chance against Darkrai.
After all, even though the Nightmare Power was ineffective against her, it was still a trump card against other Pokemon, especially when combined with Space-Time Power... simply unbeatable.
Muye Liuji too, with a flustered expression, followed along, snacking on the seeds of gossip, an internal ranking competition???
"Aren't you its strongest Pokemon?" Cresselia asked, bewildered.
Darkrai looked shamefacedly at its own Dream God and said, "In the last tournament, I only managed to place fourth, but next time, I'll aim for the top three."
The top three from the last time had become Legendary too, and it wasn't easy at all.
Darkrai felt quite helpless.
Moreover, powerhouses like Hoopa, Mewtwo, Groudon, Kyogre hadn't even competed.
Oh, and there's Victini with its limitless energy, soon to reach Legendary Level.
If one day Fang Yuan whimsically adds a few more competitors, Darkrai felt like it couldn't even guarantee a spot in the top five.
The Dream God, Muye Liuji: ???
Are you kidding me?
You, a Legendary Nightmare God, ranked fourth in the team competition and aiming for the top three next time?
Are these words that a Legendary Darkrai should say?
"You...?" The Dream God was stunned, not quite grasping this ambition.
"Cough, let's not discuss this here, the competition should be about to restart, we'll talk later, later," said Fang Yuan quietly.
"Let's watch the match for now."
Darkrai: Yeah...
You'll see then.
The Dream God: ???
Muye Liuji was also taken aback, what do you mean?
So what exactly is going on?
She felt overwhelmed by the amount of information.
She carefully recalled, connected, and reasoned it all out.
Then.
Muye Liuji suddenly changed her expression, her face went pale as she realized that Fang Yuan had already dominated seven times in a row.
And furthermore, Eevee, Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, Monferno—the three Pokemon that stood out the most in the World Championship—hadn't even made an appearance yet.
The seven divine battles Fang Yuan's Pokemon had fought before seemed to suggest one was stronger than the next.
This pattern... something was off, very off!!!
Could it be... those three Pokemon were even stronger than Darkrai?
Although her reasoning was sound, she herself found the conclusion completely incomprehensible and unbelievable.
Anyone, even if it were the Kapu family, couldn't comprehend or believe this.
"Let's just go and watch the battle," said Fang Yuan.
"Miss Muye Liuji, about that... we'll be taking the Dream God with us," Fang Yuan stated.
Muye Liuji looked exasperated. Did she even have the right to refuse since the Ri Association couldn't keep the Dream God anyway...
"Congra... Congratulations, Cresselia," she could only say.
"However, Doctor Fang Yuan, that He Xiaomai, is she your student?"
"She insists on staying with us and won't leave, she keeps chatting with the Prince of the Sea and Little Lugia, can you take her back—" Muye Liuji suddenly said with a pang of heartache.
Little Lugia, whom nobody in the Ri Association cared about, how did it suddenly become chummy with that Prince of the Sea???!!!
The Prince of the Sea indeed knows a Lugia, but it's obviously not the one from the Whirl Islands; however, considering its abilities, befriending a relative and convincing Little Lugia that it's some kin shouldn't be too hard for it—Fang Yuan understood the trick.
"Don't worry, it's just a friendly exchange," Fang Yuan reassured.
"China-Japan friendship depends on such young generations," Fang Yuan declared from a lofty perspective.
Muye Liuji: ???
At this rate, even Little Lugia might be lured away by the China Association.
Humans shouldn't be so unscrupulous, ahhh.
The Ri Association had just managed to establish a good relationship with two powerful Guardian Gods; was it easy?
"You're thinking too small, too narrow-minded."
"The more friends, the better," Fang Yuan said as he waved his hand and disappeared from the spot.
The Dream God and Nightmare God also took flight to find a secluded spot to watch the battle without disturbance, leaving only a bewildered Muye Liuji behind.
Because she's recognized by the Legendary Kapu as the Queen of the Island, she's now being groomed as the next president of the Ri Association, but she felt that having Fang Yuan as a neighbor was making everything so difficult.
...
...
At a high vantage point in the preparation area building.
The view here is nice.
Victini, Eevee, and Hoopa sat there, swinging their legs, looking down below.
It's quiet with few people around.
Dragonite also stood beside them, gazing, but it was watching Fang Yuan's side instead.