Pokémon from Galar

Shui Lian picked up the conversation, but turned to the wedding dress. Dr. Barnett's preparations were mostly done by having these girls accompany her, including the wedding dress.

"Yes, yes! I specially asked my mother to prepare that!"

Lillie looked quite pleased with herself, probably because she was very happy to be able to provide the wedding dress.

"Hmm... a wedding dress..."

Mary tilted her head. She wasn't really interested in wedding dresses. In fact, she'd rather see someone else wear a wedding dress for her than wear one herself. After all, although she was used to living as a girl, some deeply ingrained things were hard to change.

So as I was thinking, my gaze unconsciously fell on Yuri, who was listening to everyone's discussion with great interest.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"No, by the way, did you try them on? After all, it's a rare opportunity."

Mary naturally looked away, then smiled and asked, "Everyone here seems to be an ordinary girl who also dreams of a wedding, so they probably all long for a wedding dress."

"...The size is too big, I can't wear it."

"..."

Mary shut her mouth and silently agreed. Well, since Lillie had asked the Aether Foundation to customize it, they probably hadn't prepared sizes that would fit them.

Chapter 182 An Accidental Encounter and Yuri's Practice

Mizuki and Lillie plan to stay with Mari for a few days, probably to attend Dr. Kukui's wedding before returning home. They get along very well with everyone, especially the two Lillies.

They seemed like twins; their unspoken understanding was truly magical.

One day after school, Mary went out alone to buy ingredients for dinner. Yuri didn't go with her; she had been training very hard lately, and no one knew what kind of pressure she was under.

Perhaps she wanted to complete the evolution of the lizard and the electric baby before returning. In fact, in Mary's opinion, they should both be stuck at the point of evolution, and it wouldn't be surprising if they evolved at any time.

Marnie has recently named her Popplio. Although the sex ratio of Popplios is said to be quite exaggerated, Marnie's Popplio has been confirmed to be female, and it also has the rare wet voice ability.

Mary imagined what the blue-clad songstress would look like, and then gave her a girlish name like 'Hime-chan'.

Strolling leisurely down the street, Mo and Ji were each carried in the arms of Si and Mari respectively, while Kyon had his two tentacles draped over Mari's shoulders, looking quite relaxed.

Chirp usually stays inside its Poké Ball and doesn't plan to come out.

"Whoa—you brat? You're still alive, meow? And that monster too—"

"...?"

A strange sound suddenly came from behind her, causing Mary to turn around instinctively. She saw Meowth from Team Rocket, dressed in a shirt and shorts like a traveler, pointing at her with a shocked expression.

Following Meowth's direction, they easily found the inseparable Wobbuffet, as well as Musashi and Kojiro, who were also disguised as travelers.

"Oh, it's you guys. By the way, did you witness what happened that day? Is there any reason to be so surprised?"

"What's so surprising—you...you were just attacked by that Pokémon, weren't you? Did you catch it, meow?!"

Mary smiled but didn't elaborate.

"Well... so you guys are still in Alola, huh? What kind of mischief are you planning this time?"

"Hey, little girl, don't talk nonsense. We're passengers now, you know."

Musashi pushed up his flashy sunglasses. They worked hard every day to earn money, and finally managed to take a vacation. These two days, they didn't want to do anything but go shopping.

Seeing Kojiro and Musashi's wary expressions, Mari was surprised that they didn't immediately think of snatching the Pokémon, but instead decided to settle things peacefully.

"Do as you please. I'll be leaving soon anyway, and I don't want to fight in the street."

As long as that overpowered bear isn't included in the three gods' combat strength, even without Palmon, Marie is confident she can easily overpower Team Rocket, unless they catch a new, powerful Pokémon.

"Leave? Little girl, aren't you studying at the Pokémon School, meow?"

After hearing that Mary didn't intend to start a war, Meow Meow inexplicably became very friendly.

"It's just a temporary study session, and I've already accomplished my purpose in coming to Alola."

She held up the Z-Bracelet in her hand with a hint of smugness. It was inlaid with a water-attribute Z-Crystal. At this point, the only use of the Z-Bracelet, besides helping Sisi and Chiu activate their Overlord Aura, was for the Sea Lion.

Mary was keen to find Z-Crystals of Electric, Dark, and Fairy types, but unfortunately, she didn't have enough time and had to postpone it until later.

"The Z-bracelet?! Why did you get it, little girl?!"

"Damn it! We haven't even gotten it yet!"

"It's meow! It's meow!"

"Just as I thought—!"

Seeing the trio approaching with displeased expressions, Marie felt a sense of relief. She even reached out and patted Meowth's head. Normal-type Meowths were definitely more comfortable to pet; the Alola and Galar Meowths were... well, let's just say they weren't great.

"What are you doing, meow! What are you doing, meow! Don't touch meow!"

"Speaking of which, I've always wanted to ask, what's with that bear-wearing Pokémon that rescued you last time? It's amazing you guys managed to run into such a powerful Pokémon."

"Ha—why should I tell you, you brat!"

Musashi snatched the cat back, then crossed his arms and glared at her fiercely. Mary shrugged, unconcerned, waved, and prepared to leave.

"Alright, see you again sometime, all three of you."

"oh oh……"

Kojiro waved his hand blankly. He felt that Mari's attitude was a bit strange. When they first met, she commanded the attack without hesitation, but this time she seemed to be quite friendly.

Marie remembered that Team Rocket had found a Dark-type Z-Crystal, which was one of the ones she was looking for. She had originally planned to ask Team Rocket for help in finding the location of the Dark-type Z-Crystal, and in exchange, she would ask them to find Danmer.

However, after thinking about it, she gave up. If she hadn't obtained the Overlord Aura, Marie would definitely have done it without hesitation, but now... Dark and Electric types, purely for Mordred, but she wouldn't be able to use her Z-Moves for the time being after returning.

We can continue later when we have time. There's no need to rush at this time. I also have to help prepare for Dr. Kukui's wedding recently, so I don't have much time to specifically look for Z-Junjing.

After parting ways with the three immortals she had met, Mary strolled around, bought groceries and tree fruits, and some snacks before heading home.

Pushing open the door, I saw Yuri leading Rokuo in practicing Snow White inside the house.

"I'm back... By the way, what are you doing?"

The sudden blast of cold air made Mary and Hime-chan in her arms shiver, so they took two steps back and returned to the sunlight.

"Welcome back, Mary-chan~ I'm having Rokuo practice Snow White."

“I can see that. What I want to ask is why we're indoors…”

"It's too hot outside, so the Snowfall skill has almost no power. Little Six-Tails seems a bit disappointed about it."

Yuri, wearing a thick coat, reached out and touched the head of the rather happy little six-tailed dog squatting on the sofa beside her. Mari blinked, roughly understanding the reason: to boost the child's confidence.

To be honest, Yuri's six-tailed fox is also very talented, having inherited freeze-drying and moon power, but it's completely unusable or has very little power. Overall, it's not as useful as Makiyuki.

After all, he's only been born a few days ago, and he's from a tropical region where ice attributes don't synergize well with him. No wonder Yuri would go to such lengths to bring him into the house and wreak havoc.

After thinking for a moment, Mary handed Hime-chan to the lizard and asked him to take her to the beach to play in the water. Then she quickly went into the house, found a thick coat, put it on, and returned to the living room, which was filled with light snow.

Chapter 183 Casual Talk at the Wedding

Dr. Kukui's wedding took place as scheduled, and many people were invited to attend, after all, it was the wedding ceremony of two doctors from Alola, especially with the support of the Ether Foundation.

Of course, these things had little to do with Mary; she just had a good time at the wedding with Yuri.

To Mary's surprise, they met someone they hadn't expected to see.

Zaobo.

As the culprit who opened the Ultimate Hole without permission, putting Lusamine and Mari in danger, Mari thought that he was already serving his sentence in some prison.

However, it seems that due to various reasons, he has now become a state of redemption and house arrest.

In summary, Zaobo's various professional titles were revoked. He might have been able to become a doctor if he had worked a few more years, but this incident will probably ruin his chances for the rest of his life.

Her original position was naturally revoked, and she went from being on equal footing with Miss Biko to being directly subordinate to Miss Biko. Not only did she have to participate in a considerable number of research projects, but she also had no way to receive the corresponding rewards and prestige.

Of course, these were things that Mary heard from Miss Biko and Chairman Rosamune. There must have been many more details, but Mary didn't intend to ask about them.

Ultimately, in terms of the outcome, it's true that Zaobo stole Nebula, but strictly speaking, the reason the Ultimate Void opened was because of Nebula's evolution. If Nebula hadn't evolved at that time, Zaobo's attempt would at most have been unsuccessful.

Most importantly, Chairwoman Rosamund gave Mary a large sum of compensation and also granted her access to a high-level database of the Ether Foundation.

Not only will she not have to worry about money for a considerable period of time, but the database from the Ether Foundation alone will be a huge windfall for Mary.

Therefore, Mary stopped dwelling on Zaobo's handling of the situation and accepted his apology.

With the Zaobo matter closed, Chairperson Lusamine proposed another plan.

"Xiao Zhi, and everyone else, I actually have a favor to ask."

"Forehead……?"

Rosamina's expression was so serious that everyone subconsciously straightened up, waiting for what was to come.

"If Ultra Beasts appear again, I hope you can come and help us."

"Mother..."

"Your battle against Nihilego on the other side of the Ultimate Hollow is an extremely rare occurrence."

Following Rosamune's words, everyone's gaze immediately fell on Kyon, who was swinging back and forth on Mari's shoulder.

"Huh? (What?)"

Mary raised her hand and patted Kyon's soft head, while Chairwoman Rosamund smiled slightly and continued speaking.

"Thanks to the information from Ms. Marie and Ms. Mizuki, we learned that there are other Ultra Beasts. Therefore, we need to have a suitable plan to deal with them."

Following up on Chairwoman Lusamine's topic, Miss Biko turned to Zaobo and said with a smile:

"Zaobo, show Ash and the others the information on the Ultimate Defense Team."

"Yes, boss!"

Zaobo took out his tablet, swiped out the pre-prepared introduction page, and handed it to Ash and the others with both hands.

"Everyone, please look~"

"Ultimate Defense Force?"

"Waaah—"

What was presented to everyone was the concept and design of the Ultimate Defense Team, which immediately piqued the interest of Ash and his friends.

"I hope everyone can become a member of the Ultimate Defense Force and capture Ultra Beasts when they appear."

Upon hearing the word "capture," Kachi's expression became somewhat subtle. He looked up at Lusamine.