: Eevee and Ralts vie for attention, Piplup lags behind Growlithe.

"This matter is also recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas." On the way to the office, Wei Xin explained to Lillie that the reason he knew the name Cosmog was because of a legend he had heard before.

"Ah, so there are such legends in Donghuang." Lillie was greatly amazed by Wei Xin's erudition.

Now that things have come to this, I can't bring myself to say that I made up this legend.

Wei Xin sighed inwardly. Heaven knows what information Cosmog has; only the Aether Foundation knows it, and it's not yet recorded in the Pokédex.

What do you trainers/doctors do all day? Why don't you go out more often and visit more historical sites?

However, he wasn't worried. After all, the predecessor of the Eastern Huang Classic of Mountains and Seas was the Bai Ze Tu, which recorded more than 10,000 strange creatures, ten times the number in the Pokémon Pokédex. Moreover, it had long been lost, so now there was no way to prove it.

However, Wei Xin's words were not unfounded. One of the final evolutionary branches of Cosmog, the great white lion Solgareo, possesses the ability to devour the sun.

It is said that when the third eye appears on the forehead, it will run to other worlds, which sounds like a combination of Erlang Shen and the Sun-Swallowing God.

However, what intrigued Wei Xin more than Solgaleo's true form was that since Cosmog had already appeared in this world, what about the other Ultra Beasts? Had they also arrived?

He remembered that Lusamine had mentioned on the phone that a branch of the Ether Foundation had been attacked.

One of the key research projects of the Aether Foundation is Ultra Beasts.

Maybe it's an Ultra Beast that was kept in captivity and escaped?

"Wei Xin is truly a learned and talented student," Lillie praised sincerely. "I wonder if Wei Xin would be interested in joining the Ether Foundation after graduation?"

Lillie felt that introducing Wei Xin to her mother would definitely help her mother make significant progress in her research on Ultra Beasts.

"Let's forget about it." If it were anyone else, they would never be able to refuse an olive branch personally extended by the future heir of a world-class enterprise, but Wei Xin is different.

I even rejected your mother, so why do you think I'll agree to it?

"Okay," Lillie said, sounding a little disappointed.

"Of course, if it's Lillie's personal request, I'd be happy to oblige," Wei Xin replied with a smile.

Ultra Beasts are also Pokémon, and he has a great interest in all Pokémon.

"Then it's settled!" Lillie said happily when she saw Wei Xin change his mind.

Before long, the two reached the second floor, to the door of Ralts' practice room. Just as they reached the door, it suddenly opened, and a blue and white Pokémon was thrown out, hitting Lillie squarely.

"Eevee!" Eevee leaped into the air, spinning its body, its tail gleaming with metallic light, and slammed Piplup against the railing, landing steadily.

"Bogaman, why are you here?" Wei Xin recognized at a glance that the Bogaman that appeared in the research center was the one that was next to Ma Liang during the previous strength test.

"You're here, which means?"

"Excuse me, classmate, my Bogaman has been messed up... Holy crap, it's you?" Ma Liang, who was looking for Bogaman at the research center, came over, looked up, saw Wei Xin's face, and trembled all over.

Then I saw the clothes Wei Xin was wearing.

"Are you also a student at the research center?"

"Yeah, are you one too?" Wei Xin asked.

"I'm not yet, but I'll be soon. My uncle has already gone to see Professor Li, and when he comes out, I'll be Professor Li's student," Ma Liang said confidently.

"That's great, we'll all be colleagues from now on," Wei Xin replied with a smile.

After only three days of training, I gained a junior brother. No, he's not a junior brother at all; he's clearly a servant that Master brought in.

"I'm warning you, don't try to get close to me. The Professor Li I'm talking about isn't just any Professor Li. He's the head of this research center, an academician, Academician Li, you know?" Ma Liang smirked and snorted.

"Can the students of academicians be compared to ordinary students like you?"

"I don't feel any difference," Wei Xin said.

"Humans are born from human mothers, and Pokémon are born from Pokémon mothers. Although humans can also be born from Pokémon, even N, the leader of Team Plasma, was born from a mother according to the Pokémon egg theory. As long as you didn't spring out of a rock, there's not much difference between us."

Besides, who isn't a professor's student?

I was personally recruited by the professor. Am I proud of that?

The professor spoils my Ralts like his own granddaughter. Did I say that?

"Lillie, what do you think?"

"Huh?" Lillie didn't react for a moment. She turned her head, her gaze falling on Wei Xin's face, and subconsciously replied, "You're quite handsome."

I know, what else?

"What the hell are you talking about?" Ma Liang retorted dismissively. "We're different, you know? We have different circumstances! Don't think that just because you managed to break a counter, you can change the difference in our status."

"Holy crap, a talking chameleon!" Ma Liang suddenly realized that the chameleon next to Wei Xin was actually talking, and it even had a loli voice. Your research center is really full of hidden talents.

Ma Liang recalled the shiny Ralts that Wei Xin had previously brought, and now he had a female Eevee and a female Machoke.

Hmm, could Hao Li's personality stem from a fear of loneliness?

What's so special about a talking hog? I have a talking brawler in front of me.

Don't believe me? Turn right on the second floor, there's a mirror in the toilet.

Although Wei Xin couldn't accurately read Ma Liang's inner thoughts without holding Ralts, he could guess from Ma Liang's expression that Ma Liang was thinking about something terrible.

"Then forget it!" Wei Xin shrugged. Meeting is fate. He had originally planned to say a few good words for Ma Liang in front of the professor. Since the other party did not appreciate it, why should he bother to be nice to him?

"Speaking so arrogantly, aren't you afraid that Professor Li will hear you and think you're a bad person, and then he won't accept you as a student?"

"What's there to be afraid of? My uncle is a Steel-type Gym Leader and a well-known entrepreneur in Donghuang. Besides, what's the value of a person's character? The professor is choosing students, not people who have moved Donghuang."

"Respect is not like cabbage in the field; it should be given to those who deserve it."

"In the end, this world is all about strength and power, and I happen to have both."

"Besides, is arrogance illegal? Is there any law that says you can't be arrogant?"

"Poga! Poga!"

While the three were discussing biology, ethics, and philosophy, Piplup, who had been knocked away by Eevee, used a Magikarp to bounce up, stomping his feet in anger, deeply resentful of Eevee's attack... Ooh-hoo!

The moment Piplup opened its eyes, its gaze was fixed on Eevee, who was standing right in front of it, tenderly licking its heart-shaped tail.

Tell the trainer that I'm not going back today; I've found my pure and beautiful goddess again.

Bogarman patted himself, pulled out a black bow and sunglasses and put them on. He then pulled out a red rose from behind his back, raised his hand, brushed aside non-existent bangs on his forehead, walked up to Eevee, and knelt down on one knee with deep affection.

Where did the penguin come from?

Eevee tilted her head in confusion. Her heart was already filled with her trainer, and there was no room left for anyone else.

However, the rose in his hand was quite beautiful.

Eevee was worried about not having anything to give to its trainer, so it turned around, used its tail to snatch the rose from Piplup's hand, grabbed the trainer's trouser leg, and nimbly climbed up to Wei Xin's shoulder, took the rose, and presented it to Wei Xin.

"Po? Poga?" A similar scene appeared before Pogaman's eyes, and Pogaman stood there stunned.

Just as Piplup was stunned, Ralts heard the noise and came out of the training room, only to find Eevee trying to seduce the trainer with a red rose.

Some slut is trying to steal my house!

Ralts teleported instantly, landing on Wei Xin's other shoulder. It snatched the red rose from Eevee's hand, then snapped it in two against its knee with a click.

The trainer can accept roses, but only his roses! Then, he affectionately hugs half of the trainer's face to replenish the emotional energy consumed during training.

Seeing that the rose he had given was broken by Ralts, Eevee was furious. He glanced at the trainer beside him and knew that he was not as important to the trainer as Ralts.

It could only stand up, perch on the trainer's head, and sway its fluffy, heart-patterned tail gently in front of Wei Xin, as if trying to entice him.

With two Pokémon perched on his shoulders, Wei Xin felt immense pressure.

In a physical sense.

Looks like I need to work out more from now on.

Seeing Ralts and Eevee fighting over Wei Xin, Piplup, who could only watch helplessly as it all unfolded on the ground, quietly turned to stone, unnoticed by anyone.

"Haha, those simps deserve to die a horrible death."

A casual remark from a passing student caused the heartbroken Pogaman to quietly wither away, leaving only white ash on the ground.