What's It Like Having a Legendary Throw Itself at You?
Lin Yu even felt like Latias was about to let herself be caught by him.
Watching Latios's expression relax,
Latias suddenly hugged Lin Yu and lifted him into the air, joyfully soaring around.
"Weird. I did all the hard work… so why does it feel like he's taking all the credit?"
Ye Rong muttered beside him.
"Okay, Latias, put me down first."
The ride felt like a roller coaster to Lin Yu.
"Mmm~"
Latias chirped happily before gently setting him down.
Looking at her sleek body and pure eyes, Lin Yu's heart skipped a beat.
So pretty. So cute.
I want to catch her…
But Professional Trainers could only own up to four Pokémon.
And she hadn't even said she wanted to come with him.
Seeing Latias grow so close to Lin Yu,
Ye Rong's mouth twitched.
No way…
Is this kid actually trying to catch a Legendary?
He eyed Lin Yu suspiciously.
If he caught a Legendary at this age, his future might even outshine his own!
He'd already mentally accepted the boy as his brother-in-law… but you know how it goes.
You want your brothers to do well, just not better than you.
Thankfully,
Latias glanced at Lin Yu with obvious reluctance a second later, then took Latios and vanished into invisibility.
She needed to take Latios somewhere safe to heal.
But she would be back — after all, she still had to get more food from Lin Yu.
The two then examined the surrounding stone walls.
On the central wall, they found some obscure ancient writing.
With his [Subclass Expert] Entry, Lin Yu translated it effortlessly.
"Latias and Latios, guardians of Water Metropolis…"
The text explained that the Latias and Latios line protected the city,
and would recharge the Soul Dew at certain intervals.
"You can read ancient script?!"
Ye Rong stared at him in disbelief.
This obscure writing came from lost civilizations inside Secret Realms.
From the very beginning of the Secret Realm era,
humans knew civilizations had once thrived there —
ruins like the "Lost Ruins" proved that.
Without those relics, humanity wouldn't have developed the Pokémon world so far in just 200 years.
Ancient script was passed down from those civilizations.
"I liked weird old stuff when I was little."
Lin Yu laughed it off.
But Ye Rong wasn't buying it.
The way he'd translated it so smoothly wasn't just "liking stuff".
This kid wasn't just a genius Trainer.
He was a skilled Breeder.
And now he could read ancient script?!
Is there anything he can't do?
"By the way — how did you know Latias and Latios were being attacked here?"
Ye Rong finally asked the question that had been bugging him.
"Dream Ender."
"Latias projected what was happening here straight into my head."
"But why you?"
Ye Rong was even more confused.
"Maybe it's my constitution? I tend to attract Legendaries?"
Lin Yu wasn't surprised at all — he had his [Legendary Magnet] Entry.
Ye Rong: "…"
He'd won plenty of championships back in the day!
How come no Legendary ever warmed up to him?
In all his years as Elite Four, he'd never seen anything this absurd.
It just didn't make sense.
Looking at the Soul Dew back in its place, Ye Rong gave a serious warning.
"Alright. But don't let this information get out."
Lin Yu nodded. "Definitely not."
Water Metropolis hid such enormous wealth and secrets underground.
If word got out,
greedy people would come flocking.
The best choice was to bury this secret forever.
By the time the two returned to the surface,
the chaos in Water Metropolis had calmed completely.
Everyone looked confused.
The disturbance had come and gone so fast, no one had time to process it.
When they reached the central square — the tournament arena —
the crowd had already dispersed.
But the official Pokémon League of Water Metropolis quickly released a statement:
The unusual activity was caused by tectonic movement and had now stabilized. Citizens had nothing to fear.
As for the champion of the Xiang Provincial Tournament…
the winner was, of course, Lin Yu.
To be fair,
this tournament had helped his Pokémon immensely.
First, their levels:
Frogadier: Level 33
Charmeleon: Level 34
Riolu: Level 18
Kirlia: Level 31
Charmeleon had gotten fired up watching Dragonite and shot up in strength.
Frogadier had fought the most battles.
Riolu had improved through the harshest trials.
All had grown by leaps and bounds.
Frogadier and Charmeleon were both on the edge of evolution.
Given a little more time, they would become Greninja and Charizard!
Their power would jump drastically.
As for Kirlia — it wasn't that Lin Yu didn't give it battles.
Once it hit Level 30, it felt it needed time to settle its power.
Lin Yu immediately made the connection.
In the games, Kirlia evolved into Gardevoir at Level 30.
It was probably close too!
Just thinking about it made Lin Yu excited.
The little Ralts that had once stuck close by his side
was about to become Gardevoir!
The white-dressed Gardevoir was the dream Pokémon for most fans.
Raising one himself made it even better.
The joy of raising a Pokémon…
most people just didn't get it.
March 20th.
Water Metropolis held a grand award ceremony.
They gave maximum encouragement to every trainer who had competed.
After all, making it into the tournament already meant they had great talent.
It was just that there was always someone stronger.
Many had even lost due to the battlefield conditions.
Next came rewards for the top 16.
The prize: an S‑Class Water Stone.
It didn't matter what rank — top 16 got one.
Plus an official honorary certificate.
For provincial tournament top‑16 trainers,
most Pokémon universities were eager to recruit them.
On the announcement stage,
a huge crowd watched.
The Provincial High School Tournament was a major event,
not quite on the level of the National Youth Tournament or nationwide competitions,
but still carried great weight.
"10th place…"
"2nd place: Trainer Li Yue! A specialist with Eeveelutions, her Pokémon including Vaporeon…"
"1st place: Trainer Lin Yu!
His Pokémon are full of unbelievable surprises:
Riolu, who could suddenly burst with power;
Frogadier, who mastered Electric-type moves;
and finally, the flying Charmeleon that soared across the sky!
Truly incredible!"
"Let's cheer for them all!"