He knows Pokémon better than me.

The single-attribute elimination round came to an end. Xiaozhi and Xiaojian sat on the grass, while Machado stood on a rock with their eyes level.

The latter knew how to use telepathy, so it was very convenient for them to communicate normally.

"My name is Machado, and I was born in the Alola region!"

Although Machado looks like a dark villain, his tone of voice is very serious and meticulous.

"After that, I had the honor of becoming the messenger of the Phoenix King, searching for humans with potential all over the world, hoping to guide them to become the 'Rainbow Brave' and eventually challenge the Phoenix King!"

Machado pulled out a rainbow feather from his bosom and told him his origins and purpose.

Its original plan was to secretly guide Xiaozhi to grow up and become stronger as quickly as possible, but it turned out that it seemed that it didn't need any guidance at all! ?

Machado thought to himself, now I can challenge the Ho-Oh directly, right?!
"Challenge the Phoenix King?"

Xiaozhi scratched his head. Isn't it a mysterious Pokémon from Alola? How is it related to the ancient gods of Kanto?
However, his eyes moved slightly when he saw the feather in Machado's hand, and he actually had one too!
Machado was surrounded by mist, staring with a pair of orange eyes, and explained:
"I have been looking for a suitable target in the Kanto region, but that place is ruled by an organization called Team Rocket. It seems that all trainers on the continent have lost their ambition to make progress."

There was no other choice, so Machado chose to return to his hometown, the Alola region, to see if he could meet any potential newcomers.

When they arrived at the Alola region, they found that it was also devastated, and the four islands were ruled by dangerous Ultra Beasts.

At this time, after seeing the unique Xiaozhi, Machado quietly slipped into Xiaozhi's shadow.

"Wait, Team Rocket rules the Kanto region?!"

Xiaojian couldn't help but interrupt.

Although the Rockets don't have a very good reputation, there has been no news of any dangerous actions by them in recent years. They have been making money quietly.

This is much more honest than the villain organizations in other regions, let alone "ruling the Kanto region."

"Team Rocket rules? And the Alola region is occupied by Ultra Beasts."

Xiaozhi raised his eyebrows and finally realized that Machado must be talking about that very unlucky other world.

So it was Machado that came into contact with it, which means this isn't even a Pokémon from their world!

“Flame Roar——!!”

At this moment, a loud lion roar came from the distant jungle, causing Machado to tense his body instantly.

Then a nimble brown body leaped out of the jungle. Each leap could span five or six meters. It was incredibly fast and arrived in front of everyone in a few breaths.

Finally, it suddenly landed in front of Machado.

"Yanhou.!"

Yan Di stared at Mashado with his eyes full of scrutiny and suspicion.

It has never heard of any messenger from the King of Phoenix!
"It's Emperor Yan!"

Machado did not take an attacking stance. In fact, it and the three sacred beasts of the Ho-oh Guard are colleagues.

However, the three sacred beasts are in the open, acting on behalf of the will of the Phoenix King in the world.

It is in the dark, helping Ho-Oh to find a qualified Rainbow Hero.

It's just the Emperor Yan in front of him.
Isn't it a bit too strong?!

Machado looked down and found that the black shackles on Entei's ankles had cracked. What frightened him even more was that Entei also exuded a destructive aura similar to that of the Phoenix King.
Something is wrong!
It seems that they are not the same one!
"Haha, Entei, don't worry, Machado has nothing to do with the Phoenix King you know!"

Xiaozhi quickly stood up and patted Entei's strong front legs to comfort him. Speaking of which, his Entei still had some grievances with Ho-oh.

As for Machado's plan to challenge the Phoenix King.
"Well, actually, we have already challenged the Phoenix King."

Xiaozhi couldn't help but speak.

The first time probably doesn’t count, because that was when he traveled back hundreds of years and watched the battle between Brother Chi and King Feng.

The second time was in the Johto region, where he sent out Entei and another friend sent out Moltres, and they teamed up to challenge Ho-oh in a two-on-one battle.

But in the end there was no winner, so it was a rough draw?

Machado's expression suddenly changed, revealing an expression of disbelief, and his telepathy almost broke:
"What?! You challenged the Ho-Oh?!"

To prove his point, Xiaozhi snapped his fingers at Entei.

The latter understood, accumulated strength in his body, and spit a ball of golden-white flame onto the ground.

Chi Chi!

The flames continued to burn, and even when the grass in that area had long been burned out, leaving only bare soil, the flames were still burning, as if they would never go out.

Among them, there was a heart-pounding breath of destruction!

"Is it really the Amaterasu Flame of the Ho-Oh?"

Machado couldn't hold back his expression again and stared at the flames.

In its own world, Ho-Oh's exclusive move is not called Sacred Flame, but Amaterasu, and the flame is inky black.

But the Yan Emperor it knew would not release such flames!
"Yan hum.!"

Emperor Yan hummed softly and controlled the flames to extinguish it, otherwise if it continued to burn, the entire backyard of the institute would be burned out.

Then he glanced at Machado
Back then, it had only begun to master the sacred fire, and its strength was not at all proficient, so it was suppressed by the Phoenix King throughout the whole process.

Now if you want to challenge the Phoenix King again, it will be happy to accompany you!
Machado's expression suddenly became much more honest, and then he was overjoyed!

Not only did he find the Rainbow Hero in one go, but he was even a finished product, ready to set out to challenge the Ho-Oh right on the spot!
So it stood on the rock steps, clenched its fist, and looked at Xiaozhi seriously:
"Then, Rainbow Brave, are you willing to go with me to challenge the Phoenix King now?"

"Challenge the Phoenix King?"

Xiaozhi was confused. Now he and Ho-Oh had no grudges against each other.

It is hard to say anything about the grudges between the Phoenix King and the Flame Emperor.
Although it was the Holy Fire of the King of Phoenix that accidentally burned the three sacred beasts in the tower to death, it immediately resurrected the three sacred beasts and doubled their power, advancing them to the ranks of legendary Pokémon.

Yan Di wanted to defeat Feng Wang, not because of any deep hatred, but just to vent his dissatisfaction.

After all, in order to repay his kindness, he worked for the Phoenix King for hundreds of years, but in the end, he found out that there seemed to be no need to repay his kindness at all. Who could tolerate this! ?
"I'm going to the Galar region soon, so I probably won't have time to challenge the Ho-Oh."

"Besides, which Ho-Oh are you going to take me to challenge? Are you going back to your world? How are you going to get back then?"

Xiaozhi's three questions immediately froze Machado's excited expression.

It held the gray fog head and finally reacted.

Yes, this is no longer the world it was in. It doesn't even recognize the Phoenix King in this world! (End of this chapter)