While Giratina was watching the dog-blood family drama with great interest, two little ones appeared at the entrance of the bar.
They stretched their heads to peek inside and were soon spotted by one of the Alcremie.
"Mauri~"
The Alcremie let out a cry, and everyone looked toward the door.
Seeing the two little ones, a smile appeared in Giratina's voice.
"It's you two!"
The two little ones who arrived were none other than Houndour and Meowth, whom Giratina had saved.
Upon learning that Giratina was here, they had come specifically to express their gratitude.
When they encountered danger, they had only been focused on running for their lives and had no chance to thank Giratina. Now that they had the opportunity, they naturally wanted to show their appreciation properly.
Actually, they had already come once in the afternoon, but seeing that Giratina was resting, they didn't want to disturb it and left quietly.
Just now, Diancie had sent Passimian to call Giratina and Xerneas for dinner, so the two of them had volunteered to run the errand in Passimian's place.
Diancie, of course, had no objections, so it became the two of them who came here.
Xerneas's gentle voice resonated in the ears of the two little ones, "Come on in!"
Hearing this, Meowth and Houndour immediately trotted over to Giratina with light steps.
"Meow~ meow~"
Meowth shyly thanked Giratina, its eyes filled with admiration for this great deity.
"Woof~ woof~" Houndour did the same.
Giratina asked, "You two made a special trip just for this? It was only a trivial matter; you don't need to take it to heart."
"Meow~"
"Woof~"
Hearing this, Meowth and Houndour hurriedly shook their heads vigorously. How could it be a small matter? To them, it was a life-saving grace.
Giratina didn't dwell on it further and instead asked, "How is Umbreon doing?" It remembered that Umbreon had been seriously injured.
Meowth quickly replied, "It's already fine, thanks to Ange's help!" Its tone was full of gratitude.
Both Meowth and Houndour felt they were very lucky. When they encountered a crisis, they first met Giratina, and then they met Ange.
Hearing this, Giratina nodded. It already knew about this matter, and because of this, it had a very good impression of Ange.
"That's good to hear!"
At this moment, Houndour patted Meowth with its paw. Meowth finally remembered that it had come to call everyone for dinner, so it said to Xerneas and Giratina:
"Dinner is ready, Diancie sent us to call you."
Hearing this, Xerneas looked at Giratina and said, "Let's go then!"
As its words fell, Slurpuff had already nimbly jumped off the sofa, while several Alcremie climbed onto Xerneas's back.
After the Alcremie steadied themselves, Xerneas rose with nimble movements, carrying the Alcremie as it leaped off the sofa.
Seeing this, Giratina flapped its wings and took flight, following closely behind Xerneas.
Slurpuff led Meowth and Houndour along with them.
When they arrived at the plaza, everyone had already started eating, and the air was filled with a rich aroma.
Giratina instinctively took a deep breath.
So fragrant!
Yveltal, who was looking down at its food, saw them approach and nodded gently toward them.
Seeing this, Honchkrow, along with a group of Murkrow, very gentlemanly bowed to Xerneas and Giratina. It was unclear where they had learned it, but it was quite decent, and the movements were uniform, full of a sense of ritual.
"Mauri~"
"Mauri~"
At this moment, the Alcremie on Xerneas's back mimicked the Murkrow and bowed to Yveltal.
Afterward, they found it very interesting and burst into laughter while looking at each other.
Seeing this, Honchkrow curled its lip in disdain: Hmph, copycats, neither fish nor fowl!
Just then, Diancie walked out of the house, followed by two Meowstic, who were using their psychic powers to carry various fragrant dishes.
"You're here, hurry and eat!"
Saying this, Diancie instructed the Meowstic to set the dishes before Giratina and Xerneas.
The food for Xerneas and Giratina was different.
Seeing this, the Alcremie returned to their companions to enjoy dinner together.
Meanwhile, Slurpuff took Meowth and Houndour to eat.
Because the food contained "Hundred Mushroom Fresh" (a delicacy liked by Dragon-type Pokémon), Giratina, a Dragon-type Pokémon, had its attention immediately captured.
"Hurry and eat, Giratina!" Diancie greeted it enthusiastically.
Although Giratina was already attracted by the aroma, for the sake of appearances, it did not act too eager, instead slowly using its psychic power to guide the food into its mouth.
The first thing it ate was a dish of Peacock Spreading Tail Fish.
The moment the fresh, tender fish meat entered its mouth, it felt as if it bounced inside its mouth.
The smooth, tender fish meat melted in its mouth, and the extremely umami-rich broth flowed across its tongue. Its taste buds were extremely satisfied, and it felt as if it would let out a sigh of satisfaction itself.
More importantly, it sensed a power from this food that could nourish its body.
Giratina closed its eyes, savoring the taste. After a long while, it slowly opened its eyes and looked at Diancie in surprise, asking:
"This food..."
Diancie winked at it playfully, "Very special, right?"
Hearing this, Giratina understood tacitly and asked no more. However, at this moment, it no longer had a shred of contempt for this place in its heart.
This place was not simple, and Ange, as the master of this place, was even less simple!
Soon, dinner ended, which could be described as a happy event for both host and guests.
Giratina was very full, so after dinner, it lay on the grass outside the surrounding wall to rest for a long while.
Gradually, the moon reached the center of the sky. It looked at Diancie and the other Pokémon not far away and said:
"It's getting late, I should take my leave! Thank you for your hospitality. I had a very special time today, and I am very happy."
"That's good!" Diancie nodded, "Safe travels, you are welcome to come and visit again anytime."
Giratina nodded, took flight, and disappeared into the night sky in the blink of an eye.
Back on Ange's side, the time returned to the afternoon.
When Ange bought his tickets, he also bought one for Gardevoir and Gallade.
The sizes of Gardevoir and Gallade were similar to that of an average adult, so buying tickets for them was reasonable.
Besides that, he bought one extra ticket, which was for Latias and Latios.
Although the siblings were invisible, they had not disappeared, so they were still occupying space.
The ticket seller couldn't see Latias and Latios, so naturally, it was strange that Ange wanted to buy an extra one, but it was within the rules. Since he was willing to spend the money, it was none of her business.
After buying the tickets, Ange took the four Pokémon onto the train.
Ange had bought seats, which were four seats facing each other with a table in the middle.
So, Gardevoir and Gallade sat in one row, while Ange sat opposite them with Latias and Latios.
The seats on the light rail were benches, so although the three of them were sitting in the space for two, it was barely manageable to squeeze in.
Of course, others couldn't see the invisible siblings.
Soon, the departure time arrived, and after starting, the train drove forward at a very high speed.
Since there was still a long time before arriving in Anistar City, Ange bought a deck of cards from the System Store and invited Gallade and Gardevoir to play together.
He did this not only because the journey was boring but also to distract the couple.
Because of Kirlia, they had been depressed, and this couldn't continue.
Hopefully, Ms. Olympia could really help them find Kirlia!
Sure enough, playing cards slightly diverted the couple's attention, making them look less sorrowful.
Because Latias and Latios were invisible, it wasn't convenient for them to play along, so they could only watch longingly.
Gardevoir and Gallade were worthy of being known as intelligent Psychic-type Pokémon. Although they had just learned to play cards, before long, their winning rate became almost the same as Ange's, and they even had the momentum to surpass him.
Ange was very unconvinced, so he started to compete seriously with the couple.
Just as they were enjoying the game, a voice suddenly sounded in their ears.
"Hello!"
Hearing this, Ange raised his head and saw two young people, a man and a woman, appearing next to their seats.
The boy who had just spoken was the one among them.
"Need something?" Ange asked.
The boy pointed to the seat inside Ange's row and said, "That is our seat. Could you please let us in?"
"Your seat?" Ange was taken aback. How could the seat he bought become someone else's?
"Yes! Isn't that seat empty?" the boy said.
Ange raised an eyebrow and nodded, "It is empty, yes." But a Pokémon was sitting there.
At this moment, Ange finally reacted: these two people wanted to take advantage of the situation; they hadn't bought a seat ticket, so they wanted to sit in someone else's.
If there were no one sitting there, he might have let them sit, but he had "someone" there.
Ange looked around and sure enough, his was the only "empty" seat.
"That's right, this is our seat!" The boy smiled and lied without changing his expression.
However, Ange didn't move, "Sorry, this is my seat!"
The boy was startled, "Isn't no one sitting there?"
Ange replied, "Just because no one is sitting there doesn't mean it doesn't have an owner! I think the train is crowded; can't I buy an extra seat?"
The boy was about to speak when he heard the girl next to him cry out, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who does that kind of thing? That is clearly our seat!"
Clearly, she didn't believe Ange's story and stubbornly continued to lie.
Actually, she had been observing Ange's side for a while; the seat was clearly empty! And Ange had no other companions.
Ange ignored the two of them and started to organize the deck of cards himself.
Seeing this, the girl was furious. She slapped the cards out of Ange's hand, "Hey, I'm talking to you! Get out of the way and let us pass!"
As she said this, she reached out to grab Ange's collar, while the boy next to her watched coldly, without any intention of stopping her.
Ange grabbed the girl's wrist with one hand and said with a cold tone, "Pick up the cards for me!"
"Ow, ow, ow!!!" The girl's face immediately twisted; Ange's grip was no ordinary strength.
"I won't pick them up!" the girl retorted stubbornly!
Just then, the girl's face suddenly flushed red, as if she couldn't breathe. Her eyes widened, and it felt as if her eyeballs were about to pop out.
Seeing this, the boy finally couldn't remain calm.
"Sister? Sister, what's wrong with you?"
"Bro... brother... I... can't... breathe!" At this point, the veins on the girl's neck were already bulging.
"It's you!" The boy suddenly looked at Ange and shouted, "What did you do to my sister?"
The eyes of the other passengers were all attracted by the boy.
Hearing this, Ange shrugged indifferently and said, "I didn't do anything."
As if thinking of something, the boy turned to look at Gardevoir and Gallade, saying, "It's you two, right? You are Psychic-type Pokémon; it must be you who did it with psychic power, right?"
Gardevoir and Gallade were confused and shook their heads, indicating they hadn't.
Psychic power was indeed easy to make people unable to defend against, but if they had acted, it wouldn't have been impossible to notice at such a close distance.
At the very least, when Gardevoir and Gallade used psychic power, special light would certainly appear on them.
The boy stared at the two Pokémon for a long time and indeed didn't find any signs of them using psychic power.
However, he still firmly believed that it was Ange's party who had played a trick.
Naturally, the one who took action was not the couple Gardevoir and Gallade, but Latias; how could the boy possibly see the clues?
At this time, the girl had returned to normal—she couldn't really be suffocated to death, so Latias let go of her psychic power.
The girl fell to the ground, gasping for air. She felt that the passengers on the train were all looking at her with strange eyes, which made her feel very embarrassed.
Therefore, she looked at Ange with resentment.
"What are you looking at? Don't you want your eyes anymore!" Ange deliberately lowered his voice to scare her.
The girl remembered the feeling of suffocation just now and trembled all over from fright, hurriedly withdrawing her gaze.
At this moment, the train police heard the commotion and hurried over.
"What's going on? What are you making a scene for?"
Seeing the train police, the man and woman seemed to have found someone to back them up, so the girl pointed at Ange and filed a complaint to the police:
"It's him! He ordered his Pokémon to hurt people!"
In the Pokémon world, ordering a Pokémon to hurt people was punishable by detention, and if the injury was serious, one would go to jail.
Ange quickly refuted, "Don't you frame people. When did I order a Pokémon to hurt anyone? Where are you hurt?"
The girl was immediately stumped. She indeed hadn't been hurt anywhere, but... but the pain just now was real!
Ange asked again, "Furthermore, has anyone seen me order a Pokémon to hurt anyone?"
Hearing this, the train police looked around, only to see the other passengers shaking their heads one after another.
For one thing, they didn't want to get into trouble.
Secondly, they really didn't see it.
And there was also the fact that the behavior of that girl and boy was truly annoying; they were not willing to stand up for them.
Seeing that nothing earth-shattering seemed to have happened—it was just a verbal dispute among the three—the train police gave a verbal warning:
"Behave yourselves, don't stir up trouble! This is a public place, not your home!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
The girl was almost angry to death. After glaring at Ange, she said in a fierce but cowardly tone, "You just wait!"
Saying this, she didn't want to stay here and be embarrassed, so she grabbed her brother and ran away!
Ange chuckled, then continued to play cards with Gardevoir and the others. The cards that had fallen to the ground had already been picked up by Gardevoir using psychic power.
In Ange's view, what just happened was just a small episode and not worth dwelling on.
What Ange, who was busy playing cards, didn't know was that someone was watching him from a few rows behind him.
That person was wearing a blue outfit and a blue hat, and a Lucario was sitting next to him.
The key point was that the direction he was watching was precisely the location where Latios and Latias were.