Chapter 216

Johto region, Blackthorn City.

A simple-looking Dragonite appeared in the sky above the city.

Its tiny wings not only supported that round and sturdy body on their own, but could even maintain flight at speeds exceeding sound while carrying a person.

If Xiang Qingyu saw this scene, he would probably sigh from the bottom of his heart—

"As expected of humans in the Pokémon world, this physical fitness is already harder than steel..."

After arriving at the location, Dragonite fell at high speed in a familiar way, and after making several roars in the air, it moved around in the mountains and soon stopped steadily in front of a modern building.

"Thank you for your hard work, Dragonite."

Lance patted its shoulder, jumped off its back, and only then noticed a woman with light blue hair wearing a blue tight-fitting suit standing not far in front of him.

"Long time no see, Clair."

Lance greeted with a serious expression.

"Cousin."

Clair nodded, and after responding, her expression was equally solemn.

Dragon Tamers were mostly arrogant people, so when two Dragon Tamers met, besides battling, there was only—

Silence.

Until Clair spoke again, looking at Lance with serious eyes:

"You will participate in this Paldea Dragon-type Master Tournament, right?"

"Hmm."

Lance nodded slightly, seemingly guessing she would ask that.

"In this Dragon-type Master Tournament, many of the participants are powerful veteran Dragon Tamers; it's also good for you to go and cross hands with them to accumulate some experience."

As soon as these words came out, Clair frowned instantly.

"I will prove it to you; I already have the strength to be called a Dragon Envoy!"

"So be careful; if you accidentally meet me before the finals, just wait to be swept by my Kingdra!"

"Hmph—"

Still maintaining a cold posture, until she watched Clair leave in a huff, Lance sighed.

He seemed to have said the wrong thing again.

He clearly wanted to encourage his cousin, not to let her have too much pressure, and to learn more from those powerful seniors...

Why did it sound like he was looking down on her after it came out?

"Sure enough, it's better to talk less in the future."

That's right, precisely because Dragon Tamers were actually mostly a group of people who were not good at words, they would always give other trainers the illusion that "these guys are too pretentious, looking down on people!"

And because they were not good at words, they had no ability to explain.

Over time, this inherent impression gradually took root in people's hearts.

Lance scratched his head and soon followed Clair's footsteps into the Blackthorn Gym.

After passing through a secret passage inside the Blackthorn Gym, the surroundings suddenly opened up, and they arrived at a cave where it seemed someone lived.

This was the hometown of the Dragon Envoy clan, also known as the "Dragon's Den".

Because he served as both an Indigo League Elite Four member and an International Police officer, Lance actually rarely had time to return here.

This time, besides having free time because he had to participate in the Master Tournament, he also had another very important purpose.

To return a gift to that Paldea Gym Leader named "Azure Feather".

Although they hadn't met formally, both he and Clair had received quite a bit of care from him.

From an online battle with this young man, Lance learned a lot from him.

Since he let the rookie police officers in Kanto act freely, not only had their strength risen quickly, but even the public security in nearby cities had improved a lot.

As for Clair.

She was so confident in the Master Tournament this time because she learned a brand new tactic for Kingdra from "Azure Feather".

For a Dragon-type civil war, the suppression power of consecutive Draco Meteors was extremely terrifying.

That's why she looked a bit floaty.

Thinking of this, Lance shook his head helplessly.

The Dragon Envoy clan never owed favors.

So Clair's share would be returned by him together.

For a trainer, the best gift should be a Pokémon with enough potential, right?

It just so happened that he exchanged a batch of dragon eggs with Hoenn recently, and looking at the time, they should be hatching soon.