Female Trainer's Flavor Tasting Guide

In order to deal with Professor Oak, Zi Yu spent a lot of effort and made a promise of "I will definitely do it next time" before he finally got rid of his entanglement.

Fortunately, after Professor Oak led Zi Yu into the Cathedral, his condition became much more normal and he no longer asked about the daily life between him and Mewtwo.

Next, Professor Oak first called in two locals, who gave a brief description of the problems that Odomare had encountered.

"The Heart Drop was stolen? And there's a crime warning? What the hell is this?"

Zi Yu took an envelope with a pink heart from Professor Oak with some hesitation.

To be honest, the situation was worse than he had imagined, but it didn't seem to be beyond redemption...

At least it was much better than the sinking of Odomare that he had imagined.

"Apart from this crime notice, are there any other clues?"

Zi Yu, with Meng Meng lying on his shoulder, looked through the envelope several times, and finally set his sights on Ben Gray and Canon who were following Professor Oak not far away. There is a Pokémon League base in Odomare.

But compared to other regions, Odomare "has a much higher degree of autonomy, and the atmosphere for fighting is not very enthusiastic.

For example, the most famous local event is not the Pokémon League but the water skiing competition, which makes the Pokémon League's presence very low.

Some of Odomare's secrets are mainly in the hands of certain local families.

For example, Ben Gray and his granddaughter Kanon are the "secret keepers" of Infinite Pokémon.

They control the Cathedral and have had contact with Latios and Latias for generations.

Kanon himself is also a good friend of Latios and Latias.

Not only that, the Heart Drop that guards Odomare is actually guarded by them together with Latios and Latias.

It can be said that among the local families in Odomare, the Canon family should be the most important one.

However, not long ago, the drop of heart that they had guarded for generations mysteriously disappeared.

In addition to the Heart Drop, Latios, who often visited Aldomare, also disappeared.

This sudden incident left Canon and her grandfather somewhat bewildered, and for a moment they didn't even know how to deal with it.

You have to know that the Heart Drops are hidden in a secret garden that cannot be detected by any satellite. No one knows about that place except their family and Latios and Latias.

So who could have discovered that place and stolen it without anyone noticing? Could it be that someone activated the automatic picking system and picked it up?

Besides the Heart Drop, Latios is also missing...

Originally, Canon and the others thought that Latios might have something urgent to do, so he took the Drop of Heart away.

But then they felt something was wrong from Latias's reaction.

Latias acted so flustered that it didn't look like nothing had happened.

And yesterday, Canon accidentally found a crime warning letter signed by "Amon" in the cathedral.

According to the surveillance footage in the Cathedral, the letter appeared the day before the Heart Drop was stolen.

However, neither Canon nor Ben Gray discovered it at the time, so they took almost no precautions when the Heart Drop was lost, and only discovered the letter after the thing was lost.

So even if I found the letter, I could only feel helpless and furious.

After realizing the theft, Canon immediately reported it to the local Pokémon League and Miss Junsha.

However, the people from the alliance happened to be on a public-funded inspection (vacation) in another place recently, and it would take a long time for them to get back.

Moreover, their abilities may not be enough to resolve incidents involving legendary Pokémon, so it is not appropriate for them to handle this matter.

As for the Canons themselves...

Although it may be a bit embarrassing to say, they actually have almost no fighting power.

Even if they did catch the thief, they would most likely not be able to defeat the other party's Pokémon.

So in the end, the matter was pushed all the way to Professor Oak, hoping that he could help find a trainer who was "powerful", "justice-minded", "generous", "selfless", "understanding of the legendary beasts" and also very handsome to handle the matter. Finally, the story of Professor Oak inviting Zi Yu came about.

Of course, Zi Yu strongly suspected that those adjectives were added by Professor Oak on his own accord.

However, Canon and her grandfather did not expect that their letter for help not only brought Professor Oak himself, but also brought two influential figures.

One recently defeated Green, and the other is the Sinnoh Champion...

This immediately made them feel more at ease.

In response to Zi Yu's question, the sharp-headed Miss Canon also began to think deeply.

"Aside from the letter, there are clues..."

"I really didn't find anything, but I think Latias might know something."

"But the problem now is that Latias doesn't speak human language...it's difficult for us to communicate with her."

If possible, Kanon didn't want to reveal the matter of Latios and Latias to outsiders, but now she really had no choice...

"That's not a problem. Just take me to see Latias and I'll figure out a solution."

Having said this, Zi Yu waved his hand nonchalantly.

It may be difficult to teach Pokémon to speak human language, but it is not difficult to make people understand Pokémon.

After all, he has three mobile 'Baoyu' translators with him.

If Latias really knew the truth, then this wouldn't be difficult.

"..."

Kanon and Ben Gray looked at each other and finally nodded.

Now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to do as Zi Yu said.

"Okay, I'll take you there."

"Latias is now in the secret garden behind the hidden wall of the temple. Please follow me."

The so-called secret garden actually felt more like a small park to Zi Yu.

There is a clear fountain in the center of the garden, but perhaps because the 'power system' has been shut down, the small fountain is no longer working.

The fountain is surrounded by neatly trimmed flowers and small shrubs, which make people feel relaxed just by looking at them.

As the sun sets in the west, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on every corner of the garden, and also slightly illuminates the faces of Zi Yu and his group.

They could clearly see that on the swing at the side of the garden, a girl who looked exactly like Canon was swinging back and forth with a melancholy look on her face.

Although the girl looked like Canon's biological sister, Zi Yu knew her true identity at a glance.

"That's Latias, right?"

Yes, this is not Canon’s sister at all, but the Infinite Pokémon.

Both Latias and Latios have the ability to disguise themselves as human form.

Moreover, Zi Yu remembered very clearly that the most common disguise used by Odomare's Latias when it turned into a human was the appearance of Canon.

"You...you actually recognized him?"

Kanon was particularly surprised by Zi Yu's reaction.

You should know that Latias often uses her "housing" to wander around Odomare, and so far no one has successfully exposed Latias's identity.

Aside from the slightly lower temperature and inability to speak, Latias's disguise was almost flawless.

"Is there anything strange about this?"

"Latias can control the refraction of light and other means to make himself invisible or transform into someone else's appearance."

"Since you said before that Latias was in this garden, then who could that girl who looks exactly like you be?"

Zi Yu said this and waved his hand nonchalantly.

"..."

But I never told you that Latias has such ability.

Kanon opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't ask the question directly.

In response to this, Zhulan showed an expression of "As expected".

"Ha, I knew it."

At this point, she somewhat agreed with some of Riko's statements.

Perhaps there are no mythical beasts in this world that Zi Yu is not familiar with.

Zhulan herself had heard of Latios and Latias, but like most people, she only knew their names. As for the specific powers of these Pokémon...

I'm afraid even those doctors who specialize in Pokémon don't know.

"Okay, now let's try to get in touch with her."

"It would be best if we could get the truth directly from Latias. If even she doesn't know, then we'll have to find another way."

The missing Latios and the Latias from Secret Garden are siblings.

They have a good relationship, so Latias has been extremely uneasy since Latios disappeared.

According to Canon and Ben Gray, these two Latios and Latias are actually still "minors" and their combat power is far inferior to those Infinite Pokémon that have fully grown up.

This is also what they are most worried about.

Because this means that these two Pokémon are very likely to be targeted by some criminal organizations.

At this moment, the 'girl' who was swinging on the swing suddenly stopped - she discovered Zi Yu and his group.

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The water race is the most famous local event in Odomare. Every time this competition is held, many outsiders come here to visit, which indirectly promotes the local tourism industry.

Participants in the competition need to choose a Pokémon that can swim as their helper. Then the Pokémon will lead the trainer to slide quickly on the river in Alto Mare. The person who reaches the finish line the fastest will be the champion of this game.

The champion of this competition will receive a crystal badge larger than the palm of your hand, engraved with the guardian gods of the Water City, Latios and Latias.

Originally, after arriving in Alto Mare, Xiaozhi planned to follow Professor Oak's "progress", but since the "Pokémon's father" mentioned by Professor Oak has not arrived in Alto Mare, Xiaozhi decided to use this time to participate in the local water skiing competition.

Although he doesn't have any powerful water-attribute Pokémon around him, the main thing about this kind of thing is participation. Winning would be the best, but if not, it doesn't matter.

"Speaking of which, Xiaohao, are you going to participate in this competition?"

The young man from Pallet Town, wearing a baseball cap, looked at the 'new friend' he had just met not long ago.

After arriving in Alto Mare, some small accidents happened to Xiaozhi, and eventually some stories happened between him and the boy named Xiaohao.

Although this Xiaohao gave him an inexplicable bad feeling, Xiaozhi still showed his enthusiasm.

In response to Xiaozhi's question, Xiaohao just shook his head slightly coldly:

"No! I'm here to capture Latias and Latios, but I have no interest in participating in such a boring competition."

Ever since that brief contact with Zi Yu, some changes have taken place in Xiao Hao.

He did not follow Zi Yu's advice and give up catching Pokémon randomly.

He... became even more crazy.

If Zi Yu doesn't let him do anything, then he won't do anything? What a joke! He just wants to catch Pokémon, what's wrong with that?

Catch, catch hard! If you can't catch one ball, then catch ten.

Anyway, just throw the ball at the Pokémon's head.

Not only that, he also directly shifted his attention from ordinary Pokémon to those legendary beasts - he wanted to obtain more powerful power.

Therefore, when he heard about the legend of the Water City and its guardian deity from his childhood friend Koharu, who was on vacation in Odomare, he immediately followed her here.

It's a pity that he has no clue about either Latios or Latias so far, let alone capturing them together.

It seems that the locals just regard these two Pokémon as a simple legend, which makes Xiao Hao a little disappointed.

After hearing Gouhao's answer, Xiaozhi hesitated and said:

"Capturing Latios and Latias?! This... isn't good."

"They are the guardians of this place after all..."

"So what? After all, no matter how powerful a Guardian is, it's essentially just a Pokémon. Since it's a Pokémon, it's possible to capture it."

"My goal is to capture all Pokémon, including legendary ones."

After saying this, Xiao Hao turned around and walked into the alley on his right.

"I'm leaving now. If you want to participate in that competition, go ahead and do it yourself."