Chapter 67 — For Strong Pokémon, You Must Be Even Stronger

"To think that we people of Galar have been deceived for three thousand years..."

When Sonia reported the details of the whole incident to Rose, his gaze grew increasingly cold as he slowly looked over the Sordward and Shielbert duo.

They suddenly shuddered, breaking out in goosebumps.

If Sonia had reported this to Rose earlier, he might have been more hesitant.

After all, Sonia didn't have decisive evidence, and this was a lie that had persisted for 3000 years.

No one could guarantee what consequences would come from suddenly exposing it.

It was like how Sun Wuming was very dissatisfied with Mr. Satan in "Dragon Ball" taking credit from the main characters.

But thinking from another perspective.

What would happen if the truth was revealed?

Would Mr. Satan lose all credibility?

That's certain.

But what then?

Would the main characters led by Son Goku become heroes?

Not necessarily.

If their overwhelming power became known to the world, it might cause unnecessary panic instead.

...

However, fortunately, the situation in the Pokémon world was quite different from Dragon Ball.

For the people living in present-day Galar.

Although they were familiar with the legend of the ancient royal family saving the Galar region.

They didn't worship the royal family as fanatically as Dragon Ball's earthlings worshipped Mr. Satan.

Therefore, even if the truth was revealed, it wouldn't have much serious impact on Galar or the Pokémon continent.

Not to mention that in Rose's eyes, the royal family were just parasites living off their ancestors' legacy, providing no benefit to the Galar region.

Getting rid of them would do more good than harm.

Moreover, there was one more significant benefit.

It would earn him a favor from Sun Wuming.

"Strip Sordward and Shielbert of their royal status, and notify the Macro Cosmos TV station immediately to broadcast the truth to all of Galar tomorrow."

Rose instructed Oleana.

"Yes."

Oleana nodded and quickly turned to leave.

The already injured Sordward and Shielbert, upon hearing Rose's words.

Collapsed even further, sitting there devastated and lifeless, unable to recover for a long time.

"Thank you, Chairman Rose!"

Sonia expressed her gratitude for Rose's willingness to make the truth public.

"It's nothing, after all, this is the truth. We can't let the real heroes feel discouraged, can we?"

Rose said with a faint smile.

As he said this, Rose's eyes discreetly swept over Sonia and Sun Wuming.

Wondering silently why these two were working together.

Could it be...

Well, it's not necessarily a bad thing.

After all, gaining Sonia's gratitude probably meant indirectly gaining Sun Wuming's goodwill too.

All benefit, no harm.

Though he did feel a bit sorry for Leon for two seconds... maybe he should introduce him to someone later?

Rose stroked his beard, thinking to himself.

"This new form looks good, much better than your previous ugly appearance."

Sun Wuming reached out to pat Zacian's dog nose in its Crowned Sword form.

Having heard the word "ugly" from him who knows how many times.

Zacian's brow furrowed again, and instinctively wanted to dodge when faced with Sun Wuming's approaching hand.

However, after a moment's hesitation, Zacian stopped the dodging motion and allowed Sun Wuming to reach out and pet it.

Zamazenta in its Crowned Shield form watched in shock.

It got petted! It got petted!

Its big sister actually let someone pet her!

Zamazenta couldn't help but recall when Sun Wuming first met the siblings.

Back then, this audacious human tried to touch Zacian right upon meeting her.

Of course, Zacian had dodged without hesitation.

But now, Zacian actually allowed Sun Wuming to put his hand on her face!?

"What are you two planning to do next?"

Sun Wuming got bored of petting after a while and withdrew his hand, asking the two legendary dogs:

"Going back to the Slumbering Weald to take a long nap?"

Originally, Zacian and Zamazenta weren't officially caught Pokémon of Sun Wuming's.

They were just traveling companions at most.

Now that they had found their lost weapons from 3000 years ago, naturally there was no reason to continue following Sun Wuming.

Zamazenta's expression froze slightly as it secretly observed its sister's facial expressions.

It had thought Zacian would show an expression of relief or liberation, like "finally free."

But it was completely the opposite.

Under that majestic helmet, what showed in Zacian's eyes was displeasure and a tiny hint of... reluctance?

Oh my!

Zamazenta couldn't help but exclaim internally.

Facing Sun Wuming, this human who showed absolutely no respect and even cursed at them from time to time.

His usually proud sister actually felt reluctant to leave!?

What's that human saying again?

If she's inexperienced in life, show her all the world's splendor.

If her heart is weary, take her on a merry-go-round.

Maybe this applies to Pokémon too.

For tsundere types like Pikachu who start with a bad attitude, you should be like Ash and stick to them persistently like a devoted follower.

But for someone like Zacian with her high and mighty, queenly attitude.

You need to be like Sun Wuming, showing even more dominance than her to keep her in check.

Yeah, that must be it.

Vaguely sensing his sister's thoughts, Zamazenta coughed twice and communicated telepathically:

[Even if we return to the Slumbering Weald, we'd have nothing to do for now. We might as well stay with you for a while, perhaps we could even grow stronger...]

Towards the end, Zamazenta turned to look at Zacian: [Um, what do you think, sister?]

Hearing this, Zacian held her head high and said with feigned indifference:

[Although I don't really want to follow this man, since you have such thoughts, I suppose I'll reluctantly accept. (Actually happy)]

As she said this, Zacian's eyes revealed a hint of excitement.

Zamazenta was speechless.

This is too much...

"Well then, let's be partners for a while longer."

Sun Wuming took out his Poké Balls and recalled Zacian and Zamazenta in their new Crowned Sword and Shield forms.

"Wuming, aren't Lord Zacian and Lord Zamazenta leaving?"

Seeing this, Sonia curiously asked as she stepped forward.

She had thought they would leave after finding their lost weapons.

She had even felt a bit sad about it.

"These two said they want to keep following me for a while longer. Can't help being so charismatic."

Sun Wuming shrugged helplessly.

The royal sword and shield duo in their Poké Balls almost couldn't hold back from shouting "Shameless!"

Sonia giggled with a "pft" and couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, saying coyly:

"You're really shameless."

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