Gourmet master of the Pokemon world

Charizard is a very special Pokémon because it has two Mega Evolution forms.

One is the Y form (Fire + Flying) which doesn't change its type after Mega Evolution and possesses the ability to change the weather—Drought.

The other is the X form (Fire + Dragon) which changes its type after Mega Evolution and possesses the ability to effectively use contact moves—Tough Claws (increases the power of contact moves by 30%).

And Alain's Charizard is the second type, Mega Charizard X.

Another Pokémon with similar treatment is the Legendary Pokémon, also an artificial Pokémon—Mewtwo.

Mewtwo is a pure Psychic type.

Its Y form Mega Evolution is also a pure Psychic type, possessing incredible Special Attack ability.

While its X form Mega Evolution becomes a Psychic and Fighting type, possessing incredible Attack ability.

While Anjay was thinking, Shauna's Mega Absol and Alain's Mega Charizard X were already fiercely battling each other.

"Absol, Sucker Punch!"

As Shauna's voice fell, Absol leaped forward, transforming into a streak of black light as it crashed towards Charizard.

"Charizard, Dragon Claw!" Alain shouted.

However, Absol's speed was extremely fast, and before Charizard could react, it had already crashed into Charizard's abdomen.

"Awoo~" Charizard roared, sent flying backwards from the impact. It flapped its wings, quickly stabilizing itself in the air.

"Absol, Psycho Cut!" At this time, Shauna commanded Absol to continue attacking.

"Absol~~"

Absol swung the now even larger horn on its head, and an incomparably sharp purple blade shot towards Charizard.

"Charizard, Dragon Claw," Alain calmly commanded.

"Awoo~~" Charizard vigorously flapped its wings and swung its claws, instantly shattering Absol's Psycho Cut, and in the blink of an eye, arrived beside Absol, slamming a claw into Absol's body.

"Absol~~" Absol cried out miserably and was sent flying.

"Absol!" Shauna shouted worriedly.

However, at this moment, Charizard attacked again.

"Absol, Double Team!" Shauna quickly commanded.

As her voice fell, Absol immediately adjusted its posture, and its figure transformed into more than a dozen after a series of flashes.

Alain said, "Charizard, Flamethrower!"

Charizard opened its mouth and spat out surging flames, sweeping across. Absol's shadows shattered one after another, and eventually even its main body was hit.

Absol wailed and fell, quickly reverting from its Mega Evolution form.

It lost!

Absol is a glass cannon Pokémon, and it's the same after Mega Evolution, so it couldn't withstand many attacks from Charizard, whose strength was already higher.

"Absol!" Seeing this, Shauna quickly ran to Absol and checked its condition.

Seeing that Absol wasn't in too much trouble, Shauna breathed a sigh of relief. While tending to Absol's injuries, she looked up at Alain and said:

"I can't feel your enjoyment of Pokémon battles in your fights. Have you always been like this? Just blindly pursuing strength?"

Alain replied, "I want to keep battling with Charizard until I reach the top."

"How boring," Shauna shook her head upon hearing this.

Just then, Alain looked at Anjay and asked, "Hey you over there, would you like to have a battle with me too?"

Anjay pointed at himself with a dumbfounded expression upon hearing this, "You... are you talking about me?"

Alain nodded and said, "That's right, is there a problem?"

"But I'm not a Trainer!" Anjay replied helplessly.

At this moment, Shauna suddenly winked mischievously at Anjay, "Anjay, just have a battle with him, let him see your strength."

Anjay: Huh?

Hearing Shauna's words, Alain bowed to Anjay, "Please, I implore you to battle me."

Anjay: Is it really necessary to go this far?

He sighed deeply and said, "Since you've asked so earnestly, alright..."

"Gang~ Gang~" At this time, Munchlax clenched its fists with a eager expression.

Anjay patted its head and said, "Let Darkrai go this time, you can't beat him."

"Gang~" Munchlax was very unconvinced upon hearing this.

Anjay showed a helpless expression, "Okay, I'll let you go next time, okay?"

"Gang~~" Munchlax reluctantly nodded.

Immediately, Anjay walked to face Alain, took out a Poké Ball, and released Darkrai.

The moment he saw Darkrai, Alain's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Mythical... Mythical Pokémon... Darkrai!"

He didn't expect that the person in front of him was actually a Legendary Trainer.

"Then, let the battle begin!" Anjay said.

Hearing Anjay's words, Alain shook off the shock in his heart, his eyes becoming firm again, and shouted, "Charizard!"

"Roar!" Charizard roared and flew into the air.

At the same time, Darkrai also slowly rose into the air, until it was level with Charizard. Charizard couldn't help but feel a burst of pressure.

"Charizard, Dragon Claw!" Alain took the lead in commanding Charizard to attack Darkrai.

"Roar~~" Charizard flapped its wings, swinging its claws as it quickly approached Darkrai.

Anjay: "Darkrai, Dark Pulse."

"Dark~~"

Darkrai condensed a ball of black energy in its hands and fired it out the moment Charizard approached.

Charizard swung its Dragon Claw, trying to scatter the Dark Pulse, but failed and was instead sent flying by the Dark Pulse.

"Ooh~~" After a whimper, Charizard crashed into a large tree not far away, breaking it.

"Charizard!" Alain was incredulous. He knew that Darkrai was strong, but he didn't expect it to be this strong.

With just one exchange, his Charizard suffered a great loss.

Charizard shook its head and was about to fly up, when suddenly a ring of light rippled out from Darkrai's body.

The moment it was swept by the ring of light, Charizard felt a heavy sleepiness come over it, and then its head tilted and it fell to the ground.

It was hit by Darkrai's Hypnosis and fell into a sleeping state.

Speaking of which, the accuracy of the move Hypnosis isn't very high, but in Darkrai's hands, it immediately becomes different.

After Charizard fell into a sleeping state, the expression on its face began to distort. Darkrai's ability, Bad Dreams, began to take effect.

"Charizard! Charizard!"

Alain anxiously called out to Charizard, but unfortunately, Charizard was trapped in the nightmare and unable to respond to Alain at all.

Seeing this, Anjay said to Darkrai, "Darkrai, Dream Eater!"

Darkrai's expression twisted upon hearing this. How could it still have to eat dreams again and again after leaving Azoth Kingdom!

However, it didn't dare to disobey Anjay's orders and obediently used the Dream Eater skill. Charizard's expression looked even more painful.

Also because of this, Charizard seemed to show signs of awakening.

Just as it was about to open its eyes, Anjay said again, "Darkrai, Dark Void."

Alain only felt the surrounding environment darken for a moment, and the Charizard, which was about to wake up, fell into endless darkness again.

Anjay commanded again, "Darkrai, Dream Eater."

Darkrai activated Dream Eater again upon hearing this, and Charizard finally lost its ability to battle and reverted from its Mega Evolution form.

Looking at Charizard lying motionless on the ground, Alain fell into a long silence.

He lost. He had never lost so thoroughly before.

After a long time, he took out a Poké Ball, recalled Charizard, and asked Anjay, "May I know your name?"

Anjay nodded and replied, "Anjay."

"Anjay..." Alain muttered Anjay's name, and after a moment of silence, his expression became firm again, and he said to Anjay, "I will challenge you again. I will definitely become stronger by then."

Anjay hesitated for a moment and said, "Then... good luck?"

Alain nodded and said, "Then... goodbye."

After saying that, he turned around and left without hesitation.

After Alain left, Anjay heard Shauna suddenly shout, "I've decided!"

Anjay asked in confusion, "What have you decided?"

Shauna replied, "I've decided to participate in this year's League Championship."

"Why did you suddenly think of participating in the League Championship?" Anjay asked, puzzled.

Shauna said, "I originally thought my strength was pretty good, but now it seems like I'm still far from it!"

Anjay said, "Then good luck to you too?"

After that, the two returned to Gukos Town and said goodbye.

Shauna decided to participate in the League Championship, so she had to hurry up and challenge the Gyms.

Meanwhile, Anjou boarded the light rail train back to Azoth with Munchlax and Magearna.

Around evening, they returned to Azoth Royal City and went home through the Munchlax residence.

Emerging from the space-time tunnel, Anjou stepped onto the balcony.

The Nibel Plateau remained as peaceful and serene as ever.

Along the fence, the Spicy Chili, having basked in the sun all day, was leading the Spicy Babies back home.

The two Orinew also jumped down from the fence hand-in-hand, chatting and laughing as they prepared to return home.

In the distant meadow.

Blue Croc was skillfully herding a group of pigs towards the pigpen.

Sawsbuck and Bunnelby were also herding the chickens, and although the number of chickens was large, they handled it with ease.

Pachirisu and Buneary stood on the heads of the sheep leader and the cattle leader respectively, calmly leading the flocks of sheep and cattle back.

Anjou took out Poké Balls, released Solrock, Lunatone, and Doublade, and said to them, "This is our home!"

"Solrock ~"

"Luna ~"

Solrock and Lunatone flew out of the balcony one after the other, gazing at the vast grassland, the clear sky, and the gentle sunset, emitting bursts of exclamations.

Having lived in the Glittering Cave all their lives, they had never seen such a magnificent sight.

Doublade floated beside Anjou, equally amazed by the scene before them.

"Chirp ~"

"Yama ~"

"Whoosh ~"

At this moment, Swablu, Fletchinder, and Spritzee, who were flying through the air, happened to see Anjou, and they excitedly landed on the balcony railing.

"Yama ~ Yama ~" Anjou, you're back!

Fletchinder said, hopping around.

"Yes, just got back," Anjou said with a smile.

"Chirp ~ Chirp ~" Anjou, I missed you so much!

Swablu flapped its wings and landed on Anjou's shoulder.

Anjou smiled and said, "It doesn't feel like I've been away from home for many days!"

"Chirp ~ Chirp ~" Miss you every day, think about you every day, even dream about you.

Swablu kept acting coquettishly, rubbing its soft feathers against Anjou's cheek.

"Alright, alright, I know," Anjou said with a smile.

"Whoosh ~ Whoosh ~" We also miss Munchlax.

Spritzee landed on Munchlax's head, bouncing up and down as it spoke.

"Munch ~ Munch ~" I know, you just miss the food I make.

Munchlax picked Spritzee off its head, ruthlessly exposing it.

During the few days that Munchlax was away from home, everyone had to live on Pokémon food, and life was really too difficult.

"Whoosh ~ Whoosh ~ ~"

The lie was exposed, and Spritzee became angry out of humiliation, pecking at Munchlax with its not-so-sharp beak.

"Hahaha ~ ~" Anjou couldn't help but laugh at this.

At this moment, several Pokémon also noticed the new faces of Solrock and the others, so Anjou introduced them to each other.

Diancie was sitting idly downstairs, hugging two Surskit and a Musharna, when she suddenly heard lively conversations coming from above. She got up from the lounge chair and then saw Anjou.

She exclaimed in surprise, "Anjou!!"

"Diancie!" Anjou waved at her with a smile.

Seeing this, Diancie quickly walked towards the house, and Anjou turned around, intending to go downstairs.

But before that, he said to Spritzee and the others:

"Spritzee, Fletchinder, Swablu, could you please take Solrock and Lunatone to look around? And introduce them to everyone."

"Whoosh ~ ~" Leave it to me.

Spritzee said with confidence.

Then the three Pokémon flew away with Solrock and Lunatone.

Anjou looked at Doublade, who was following him closely, and asked, "Doublade, aren't you going?"

"Yo ~ Yo ~" I'm protecting Anjou.

Doublade said seriously.

Anjou was dumbfounded, not expecting that Doublade, who looked very lively, would have such a serious side.

"Doublade, this is home, I won't be in danger, there's no need to protect me, you can go and play."

"Munch ~ Munch ~ ~" Munchlax chimed in, indicating that it was by Master's side.

"Yo ~ Yo ~" I'm protecting Anjou.

However, Doublade still shook its head firmly.

"Alright, then you can follow me." Seeing its firm attitude, Anjou had no choice but to let it be.

Anjou went downstairs and saw Diancie walking up to him. He stepped forward and gave Diancie a big hug.

"Diancie, I'm back."

"Welcome home," Diancie said, patting Anjou on the back.

Then the Pokémon and the human went downstairs together, Anjou chatting with Diancie about his experiences on this trip.

When they got downstairs, Anjou released Magearna and Tyrunt as well.

Gengar and Inteleon pounced over one after the other, hugging Anjou upon seeing that Master had returned.

"Baboo ~ Baboo ~"

Seeing that Anjou was surrounded by Diancie, Inteleon, Gengar, Magearna, and the others, and that it couldn't squeeze in at all, Burmy was anxious and jumped up and down behind.

While jumping, it jumped in front of Tyrunt, and the two Pokémon stared at each other, big eyes to small eyes.

"Baboo ~" Who are you?

Burmy asked.

Crunch ~ ~ Tyrunt didn't answer Burmy, but opened its mouth and bit Burmy's head.

Burmy: . . .

At this moment, Volcanion returned from outside, and when it saw Magearna in the house, its eyes burst out with unprecedented brilliance.

"Magearna!" It shouted subconsciously.

"Dukii ~ ~"

Magearna also showed a surprised expression on its face after seeing Volcanion, and immediately walked quickly towards Volcanion.

However, before it could take two steps, it fell to the ground with a thud.

Volcanion quickly stepped forward to help it up, "Really, why can't you be more careful."

Although its words were complaining, its tone was full of pampering and tolerance.

"Dukii ~" Magearna raised a smiling face and smiled sweetly at Volcanion.

Then the two Pokémon walked aside, Magearna chattering to Volcanion about its new and exciting experiences on this trip.

Volcanion listened with a smiling face, nodding as it listened.

After Anjou and the other Pokémon finished "expressing their feelings", Burmy finally squeezed in front of Anjou. It covered its head and pointed at Tyrunt with a complaining face, complaining to Anjou.

"Baboo ~ Baboo ~ ~" Anjou, it bit my head.

Anjou smiled and rubbed Burmy's head and said, "That's Tyrunt's way of expressing friendship to you."

Burmy: ? ? ? Are you sure you're not tricking me?

"By the way, where are Passimian and Komala? At the winery?" Anjou looked around and didn't see Passimian and Komala at home, so he asked Diancie.

"Needless to say, they're practically living in the winery!" Diancie said helplessly.

Seeing that Metagross wasn't there either, Anjou asked again, "Metagross is still in the lab now."

Diancie nodded, "It feels like everyone has started to indulge since you, the head of the family, are not here."

"It's indeed a bit indulgent," Anjou said.

After chatting with the Pokémon for a while, Anjou said to Burmy, "Burmy, go and tell everyone that they can come for dinner tonight, I'll cook myself."

"Baboo ~ Baboo ~" Burmy cheered immediately and ran out.

Then Anjou said to Diancie, "Diancie, please arrange rooms for Solrock, Lunatone, and Tyrunt."

Diancie nodded, "Okay, leave it to me."

Saying that, it led Tyrunt towards the staff dormitory.

Faced with Diancie, Tyrunt was extremely well-behaved.

Tyrunt: It can't be provoked!

Then Anjou said, "Munchlax, Inteleon, let's go to the kitchen!"

"Munch ~"

"Intele ~"

The two brothers cheered and followed Master towards the kitchen together.

Doublade still followed Anjou closely.

Gengar also wanted to cook with Master, but it had to go to work in Royal City, so it had to give up helplessly.

At this moment, Anjou, who had walked to the kitchen door, suddenly turned around and said to Gengar, "Gengar, I have a gift for you when you come back tonight."

"Geng ~ ~ ~" Gengar's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and then happily went to Royal City with Poliwhirl and the others.

Knowing that Anjou had returned, the Pokémon were very happy and gathered in the square at the door in a short while.

Before long, they smelled a rich aroma permeating the air.

Ah ~ ~ So fragrant! Too fragrant!