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Chapter 354 Battle Round [Battle of Two Dragons] Ends, Hakron Evolves!

When Xia Chi brought Reshiram to the restaurant at the Pokémon Center, they found that Gadria had already woken up.

She changed into a clean, light purple casual outfit. Although her face was still a little pale, she looked much better.

At this moment, she was sitting by the window with Wanlong and Lianwu, eating breakfast and talking quietly.

However, compared to the refreshed Xia Chi, the other three people at the table did not look so good.

Gadriya was weak from overexertion, while Wanlong and Lianwu seemed exhausted after a fierce battle.

"King Wanlong, King Lianwu, good morning, Jiadeliya, are you feeling better?"

After greeting everyone, Xia Chi naturally pulled out an empty chair and sat down.

Perhaps because there were outsiders present, Cattleya was noticeably less natural than when the two of them were alone together.

She gently lifted her eyelids, her slender fingers lightly brushing aside the stray golden hairs from her earlobe, and nodded softly, saying, "Much better, thank you for your concern, Teacher Xia Chi."

Reshiram, who came in with Xia Chi, showed none of the polite formalities that his trainer usually displayed.

Its icy blue eyes swept lightly over the people at the table, as if to say hello, before it strode gracefully toward the buffet area, ready to choose food to its liking.

"Could you please bring me something too, Lexiram?"

Xia Chi called out to Reshiram without any politeness. The latter glanced back at him helplessly, but she still nodded almost imperceptibly, which was considered as an agreement.

"Teacher Xia Chi, you've come at just the right time."

Wanlong looked up and couldn't help but yawn again. She quickly covered it with her hand, and tears of rationality welled up in the corners of her eyes.

She rubbed her slightly sore eyes before continuing, "I'm reporting to King Cattleya on the progress of last night's interrogation."

"Wow, judging from this, you guys haven't slept a wink all night?"

Xia Chi raised an eyebrow in surprise, only then noticing that Wanlong had dark circles under her eyes that were much heavier than usual.

Although Lian Wu's robust body remained upright, the weariness between his brows was undeniable.

"Thank you for your hard work. There's really no need to rush. We can take our time with the follow-up work."

Xia Chi said sincerely.

Wanlong waved his hand, a slightly embarrassed smile on his face: "We weren't able to help much with the battle. It felt like we were just watching Teacher Xia Chi's performance the whole time. If we can't even handle this kind of cleanup work, then that's really unacceptable. We can only do our best in these areas."

Lian Wu, standing to the side, hugged his strong arm, which was as thick as an average person's calf, nodded, and added in his uniquely deep voice, "Teacher Xia Chi, don't worry about Wanlong. Even when she doesn't have anything to do, she often stays up all night playing games or reading novels until dawn. She's used to it."

"Hey, Lian Wu!"

Wanlong was immediately enraged when her secret was exposed on the spot, and a blush rose on her fair cheeks.

He clenched his fist and gave his rock-hard arm a light but firm punch.

However, given the significant size difference between the two, this punch didn't seem like an act of venting anger; rather, it looked more like a playful tantrum.

"Honestly, couldn't you let me gain a little favor with Teacher Xia Chi? Besides, I did interrogate her all night long last night, didn't I?"

Lian Wu remained expressionless, his tone as calm as if he were reading a report: "I'm sorry."

This emotionless apology sounds more like a provocation.

However, Wanlong was clearly already familiar with Lianwu's personality. She just glared at him angrily and then laughed first.

After the laughter subsided, she quickly returned to the main topic, her face regaining its serious expression as she worked.

"N's attitude was surprisingly cooperative. He was willing to sever ties with the Four Cloud Gods and help us safely release them back into nature. He also agreed in principle to the Interpol's offer of a 'special advisor' position and was willing to provide information he knew about the Plasma Team's remaining network."

Wanlong reported, then frowned slightly, "However, the handsome investigator in charge of this operation is a little worried about whether N is really trustworthy. After all, as you know, just yesterday, we were mortal enemies."

The "handsome guy" Wanlong mentioned was not a compliment to a person, but rather the code name of the somewhat slovenly but highly capable Interpol investigator.

This "handsome guy" was also in charge of the Interpol operation against the Plasma Team.

Of course, at the level of yesterday's legendary elf battle, their power did not play a decisive role; they were more responsible for the outer perimeter blockade and post-battle handling.

Upon hearing this, Xia Chi thought for a moment and replied confidently, "Regarding N's trust, if the handsome investigator is still not at ease, he can tell him that I am willing to vouch for him with my reputation."

He still held the same idea, even without mentioning certain aspects of the game.

From a purely practical standpoint, a person who can gain the full approval of Czechoslovakia must have a pure and unwavering mind, even if that ideal has gone astray.

The Pokémon world has a utopian feel to it, and Xia Chi is willing to give N a chance to change.

Caldelia, who had been listening quietly, added, "Count me in too. As the current acting head of the United Alliance, I can also be held responsible for N's ​​actions during and after the period of supervision."

Wanlong turned to look at Gadriya beside him with some surprise. He blinked behind his glasses, then seemed to understand something, and a faint smile with a hint of understanding and meaning appeared on his lips.

She quickly composed herself and nodded seriously: "Okay, I will convey your message to the handsome guy in its entirety. However, given Professor Xia Chi's current reputation within the Alliance and Interpol, I don't think he will have any major objections."

She paused, as if suddenly remembering something, and then changed the subject, saying, "Oh, right!"

She looked at Xia Chi with a hint of curiosity in her eyes: "Speaking of which, the next 'Evil Attribute Expert Tournament' was originally scheduled for next week, right? Teacher Xia Chi, you... you'll probably be participating, won't you?"

Xia Chi asked in return, somewhat puzzled, "Why wouldn't you participate?"

This is a crucial event concerning the rewards for each round of system combat, so he has absolutely no reason not to participate.

Wanlong's face immediately broke into a bright smile with a hint of schadenfreude. She even took out her phone and typed rapidly as she said, "Great! I need to share this good news with Yueju right away. He'll have to obediently go for second place now!"

Xia Chi: "."

He was speechless as he watched Wanlong instantly switch into "trolling her colleagues" mode.

I have a feeling that the Unova Four Heavenly Kings aren't very united.
However, Wanlong's words reminded Xia Chi of something important: it was time to open the box.

I was so tired last night that I fell asleep immediately. I haven't even checked the battle round rewards given by the system after defeating such formidable enemies as Team Plasma and Dark Kyurem.

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While eating breakfast, Xia Chi's mind was already fully absorbed in the system interface.

The surrounding noise faded away instantly, and his consciousness focused on the virtual panel that was emitting a faint light.

"Brother Tongzi, settle the battle round." He silently chanted in his mind.

The system's mechanical prompts immediately rang clearly in my mind.

[Battle Round 4-3: The Battle of the Two Dragons has ended!]

[Performance is being evaluated based on multiple dimensions, including host role participation, tactical contributions, and final battle results.]

[System Rating: 100/100! Congratulations, host, you have obtained a Prismatic Orb*1!]

Full marks, no further explanation needed!

Xia Chi was not surprised by the system's assessment, after all, he had almost dominated all the key moments of this battle.

With a hint of anticipation, he silently commanded, "Open the orb."

[The Prismatic Rank Orb has been activated. Congratulations, host, you have obtained: 1 Light Equipment Upgrade Device, 1 Chosen One Badge, and 1 Giant Lucky Lantern!]

The dazzling light emitted by the Prismatic Orb gradually faded, and three newly acquired items lay quietly in the virtual light screen.

The three rewards from the orb were fairly standard, but one item that hadn't been seen in a long time was the Chosen Badge.

Xia Chi focused his consciousness on it to check its attributes.

[Chosen Emblem: Increases the non-unique synergy level of the equipped elf by 1 and increases all base stats by 20%! (Chosen Emblem + Effect: Opens an additional equipment slot for the equipped elf!)]

In the early stages of the game, Xia Chi was very eager to get this item, as it allowed him to quickly acquire key synergies.

His earliest maxed-out [Dark] bond level was achieved with two of those levels provided by the "Chosen Badge" on Masked Cat and Tyranitar.

Now, the need isn't so urgent anymore, since the core Six Evils and Six Dragons synergy has already been maxed out, and the remaining synergies of Fire, Psychic, and Fairy attributes aren't in urgent need.

There's no use rushing it; the team size cap is fixed. Xia Chi currently has a higher need for the [Golden Spatula Crown], which can directly increase the team's population.

However, these things can't be forced; it all depends on fate.

Despite saying that, Xia Chi still carefully examined the current number of bonds: six evils, six dragons, five herbs, three fires, and three superpowers.
The remaining options are fighting or flying, which only have two bonds, making them even further from being able to complete the set and therefore not worth considering.

After a moment's deliberation, Xia Chi decided to assign the [Chosen Badge] to Latias.

This will not only upgrade the [Superpower] bond to the intermediate level, bringing a considerable boost to combat power.

A 20% increase in all base stats also further enhances her survivability and damage output, making it a very cost-effective choice.

After all, the Dark Attribute Specialist Tournament is just around the corner, and Ponpo and Reshiram can't possibly participate—

The impact on competitive fairness is secondary; the league never bans legendary Pokémon from competing.

The same applies to the martial arts bear master of Mash, and also to Darkrai and Latios of the divine beast man.

The main issue is that these two, plus Millerton in "full mode," are just too overmodel-like.

Xia Chi was mainly worried about the safety of the audience present.

Trying to create an artificial energy barrier to stop their attacks from escaping is somewhat wishful thinking.
Given that the three of them are confirmed not to participate in the battle, it is necessary to improve Latias's combat strength.

Next up is the [Light Equipment Upgrader]. Xia Chi thought for a moment and decided to spread the benefits evenly.

He chose to upgrade the armor-piercing bow on Master Xiong's body.

"Brother Tongzi, use the upgrade on [The Last Whisper]!"

[The Bright Equipment Upgrade Tool was successfully used!]

Xia Chi opened the upgraded equipment to check its attributes.

[Light's Last Whisper: +20% Critical Hit Chance! +20% Move Speed! Unique Passive - Armor Penetration: Upon hitting a critical hit, instantly reduce the opponent's adaptive defense by 75% (effect based on the type of move used by the equipped Pokémon) for 6 seconds!]

As we all know, weakening the opponent's defense is equivalent to indirectly increasing your own attack power.

Master Xiong of Martial Arts already possesses two signature moves that are guaranteed to hit vital points: [Water Flow Combo] and [Dark Nether Strike].

In this way, as long as these two moves hit, Master Xiong's next task will be very simple: just use A!

There was only one loot left.

"Brother Tongzi, activate the giant lucky lantern!"

[The Giant Lucky Lantern has been activated! Congratulations, host, you have obtained: Rayquaza's Horn*1, Dragonair Pokémon Fragment*1, Belly Drum TM*1!]

The giant lucky lantern always gives out generous gifts, and this time is no exception.

Rayquaza's horn and whiskers are undoubtedly legendary breeding materials used for Dragonair. As the king of flying dragons, items from Rayquaza can obviously subtly enhance its potential in both flying and dragon attributes.

And the Dragonite fragment that Xia Chi had been longing for finally appeared at the crucial moment before the start of the Dark-type expert tournament!

This means that the little guy who has always lacked confidence can finally complete the crucial star-up evolution and become a powerful Dragonite, thus possessing the ability to stand alone in Dark-type expert battles!

As for the last one, [Move Learning Device - Meditation]...
Xia Chi rubbed his chin. The only two people in the team who needed and were suitable to learn this powerful special attack enhancement move were probably Reshiram and Milton.

Both of them are top-tier special attack attackers, so it's a bit unreasonable that they don't have a decent special attack boosting move.

But frankly, in terms of current practical needs, this move learner isn't even a nice bonus for them.

After all, they don't need to specifically enhance their special attacks to easily defeat ordinary opponents.

"But we're already here."

Xia Chi muttered that universal phrase.

We can't just leave good things unused, can we?

After a brief deliberation, he ultimately assigned the meditation technique learner to Milton.

After all, Reshiram already has a trump card like "Blue Flame Judgment," which renders any opponent, no matter how tanky, useless against it.

Milton's "overclocking mode" requires it to have a strong output capability and a stable special attack enhancement method to make its continuous combat capability stronger in non-overclocking mode.

At this point, all the loot from the [Battle of the Two Dragons] battle rounds has been distributed equally among everyone.

(End of this chapter)