Pokémon: Start with a Dragon-type Gym Leader, and pick up Guroton.

Chapter 606 The Last Secret Seasoning?!

It was evening.

The city of Kanaz is quieter at night than during the day, with streetlights lighting up one after another, casting the shadows of palm trees onto the clean stone pavement.

The restaurant that Du Juan had booked was near the headquarters of Devon Corporation. It was a detached two-story building with vines climbing the exterior walls. Warm yellow lights shone through the windows, making it look particularly cozy.

Once they arrived at the private room, Du Juan sat down by the window after the other three had taken their seats.

"Luckily, I managed to make a reservation. This restaurant usually requires reservations at least a week in advance, and today someone actually cancelled their reservation. I'm so lucky."

Du Juan took the menu from the waiter, pushed it in front of Li Luochen, and then handed one to each of Rukia and Lillie, speaking in a generous tone:

"Don't be shy, order whatever you want. The seafood platter and grilled steak here are quite good, and the berry mousse in the dessert display case is also pretty good."

As Daigo's junior, Du Juan also collects rare minerals in her spare time.

While not as outrageous as Daigo's use of rare stones as marbles, her study still contained several cabinets filled with precious minerals collected from all over Hoenn; any one of them could feed an ordinary person for half a year.

Her Rustboro Gym is one of the most popular gyms in the Hoenn region, attracting a constant stream of challengers every year. In addition, she occasionally earns extra money by working as a geological consultant for Devon Corporation. In terms of wealth, she can be considered one of the wealthiest women in Rustboro City.

However, she has always been a low-key person and never deliberately shows off.

Inviting Li Luochen to dinner today was the first time she felt her little savings had finally found a purpose.

Du Juan opened the menu, glanced at the prices discreetly, and calmly calculated in her mind that she could easily afford to order all the signature dishes.

Li Luochen took the menu and flipped through it. The prices were indeed not cheap. The signature grilled steak alone was equivalent to half a month's worth of food expenses for an average trainer.

He glanced at Du Juan, who was sitting upright across from him, and smiled slightly: "Then I won't be polite. Waiter, two of each of these, two of these, and two of these."

Du Juan didn't even blink at the dishes Li Luochen ordered; clearly, this expense was nothing to her.

Lucia and Lillie also ordered their own dishes.

It costs less than 10,000 Alliance Coins in total, which is a great deal.

"Gym Leader Luo Chen, do you have any other Pokémon? I remember you had a red lizard, where is it now?"

Du Juan put down her chopsticks and blinked curiously.

She did a lot of research while studying Li Luochen's battle videos. In addition to Charizard and Calyrex, which were the most frequently seen main Pokémon, there was a huge, bright red Pokémon with a tire-like chest that left a deep impression on her.

That guy didn't appear in the videos often, but every time he did, it was a sensation, unforgettable.

"Oh? You mean Guleton? It's out there hunting."

As soon as Du Juan opened her mouth, Li Luochen knew who she was talking about.

So Leton is still in the Eastern Empire region. He left Hoenn in a hurry this time and didn't have time to take it with him.

However, given Guleton's fearless nature, he couldn't stay idle at the gym. He's probably chasing wild Pokémon around in some mountain right now. I wonder how he's doing now.

......

"Ah, is that right?"

At this very moment, in an unknown secret realm in the Eastern Huang region, Gu Leton suddenly raised his head from a pile of gnawed tree fruits.

It shook off the juice from the corner of its mouth, its vertical pupils looking around in confusion, as if it felt like someone had been talking about it.

"Hey, what's up, big guy?"

Another voice came from behind the pile of tree fruits.

Hupa, holding a half-eaten peach in one hand and wiping the juice from the corner of her mouth with the other, curiously peeked half her head out from the bushes.

Several wild Pokémon followed behind it, which seemed to be temporary food companions that it had lured from elsewhere using its rings.

"Ah-gas."

So Leton scratched his head, rubbed his thick claws against his crest, and looked bewildered.

It couldn't quite explain what it felt like to be talked about, but decided to put it out of its mind for now.

Of all things, eating is the most important!

"Hey, I found it!"

Just then, Pipa's voice came from afar, his tone filled with barely suppressed excitement.

The bushes were suddenly pushed aside by a hand, and Pipa came running up, panting, clutching a pink plant tightly in her arms. The leaves were still covered with morning dew, swaying gently with Pipa's steps and emitting a sweet fragrance.

It was the last secret sweetener he had been searching for.

In search of this secret sweetener, he traveled to several hidden realms in the Eastern Huang region, traversing mountains and valleys, and almost got chased by wild Pokémon.

But he didn't sit idly by. Li Luochen had previously helped him find four secret seasonings, so he couldn't just sit idly by either.

Now, the last one has finally been found!

"Ah, is that right?"

So Leighton poked his head out from the pile of fruit, curiously sniffed the pink plant, and snorted.

"Let me have some."

Hoopa instantly teleported onto Paipa's shoulder and reached out to touch him, but Paipa quickly blocked him: "You can't touch it now, or you'll have nowhere to find it if you break it."

"Alright, go and retrieve the Sky-Piercing Flame as well."

Pipa carefully placed the secret sweetener on a clean, large leaf. He patted the dirt off his hands, his eyes filled with the solemnity of someone about to complete a mission, and turned to Hoopa, saying:

"Let's resolve this here and now, to avoid any unforeseen complications."

Having finally managed to obtain this last sweetener, instead of carrying it all the way back to the dojo to cook it, I might as well just get it right here in this secret realm.

The energy environment of the secret realm also enhances the cooking, perhaps making it even more effective.

"Okay, Hoopa...Laolao!"

Hoopa finished the half-eaten Peach Berry in its hand, stretched out its two little hands, and the golden ring in front of it rapidly spun and expanded, turning into a golden ring large enough to hold a large Pokémon in the blink of an eye.

It reached its little hand into the golden ring, rummaging around, muttering, "Not this one," "This is a Styracosaurus head," "Whose snack is this hidden so deep?" and finally gave it a sharp tug.

A crimson figure was forcibly pulled out of the golden ring and slammed onto a pile of tree fruits next to Guleton.

Po Kong Yan shook his mane, which had been ruffled by Hu Pa, and stood up from the pile of tree fruits. He looked around at the secret realm with a blank expression, clearly not yet realizing how he had suddenly ended up in this desolate wilderness from the dojo.

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