Chapter 105 — I am a Saiyan, I Know No Fear

At a small elevated spot in the northeast corner of Laverre City, inside a well-known local café.

Like at the Galette Stand in Lumiose City before, everyone found a secluded corner to sit down.

"To be honest, finding you wasn't easy at all. Even with the League's intelligence network, it took a whole month."

After sitting down, Diantha couldn't help but complain as she slowly removed her face mask.

Originally, Diantha thought that with the Kalos League's vast resources, it would take at most two or three days to locate Sun Wuming and his two companions.

But unexpectedly, it took a whole month.

This wasn't surprising though.

Even the League's influence was mainly concentrated in cities.

And during that month, except for challenging gyms, Sun Wuming's group only stayed in cities for two days.

The remaining ninety percent of their time was spent in deep mountains and forests teeming with wild Pokémon.

Naturally, the League couldn't track them there.

When Diantha removed her mask, Marnie and Serena were startled.

"Di-Diantha, what happened to your face?"

Serena asked in shock, looking at the medical patches on Diantha's cheeks.

It wasn't as dramatic as disfigurement, but it did affect her appearance somewhat.

"About that..."

Diantha scratched her wounds through the patches, her expression growing serious as she continued:

"It's also the reason I came to find you. I hope you can keep this confidential."

Having never seen Diantha with such a grave expression since they met, both women nodded seriously.

Sun Wuming swallowed the thirteenth tiramisu brought by the waiter in one bite and tilted his head.

Gesturing "go ahead and speak."

Diantha rolled her eyes, thinking "what an uncouth man" before taking a deep breath and speaking solemnly:

"What I'm about to tell you, please don't be afraid."

Sun Wuming blinked twice, and after two seconds put on a serious face and said:

"I am a Saiyan, I know no fear. Please continue."

Saiyan?

Hearing this unfamiliar term, all three women were taken aback.

But Diantha didn't pay much attention to it, and after swallowing and calming down, continued:

"I was... defeated by Malva."

Sun Wuming leaned back dramatically, "Who's Malva?"

Beside him, Serena blinked her sapphire-like eyes twice, about to explain to Sun Wuming that she was one of the Kalos Elite Four.

But Diantha, sitting opposite them, spoke first:

"Not who, she's the Elite Four member who specializes in Fire-type Pokémon, Malva."

Sun Wuming took out his phone and showed Diantha a picture of a bald old man wearing sunglasses.

Diantha: "No, not Blaine, she has hair."

Sun Wuming immediately switched to another picture.

Someone with an afro who looked somewhat like a monkey.

Flint of the Sinnoh Elite Four.

Diantha broke down: "That's Flint from the Sinnoh League! I said she's a woman!"

Sun Wuming nodded as if he half-understood, and was about to switch to another picture.

Noticing Diantha's exasperated expression, Marnie quickly snatched Sun Wuming's phone and tucked her hands under the table, saying expressionlessly:

"Please continue, don't mind him."

As the one who had spent the most time with Sun Wuming among the three, how could Marnie not see that he was just messing around?

Sun Wuming tapped her head, retrieved his phone from under the table.

While secretly holding Marnie's delicate hand in his palm, playing with it, making Marnie's eyes fill with embarrassed anger as she turned her head slightly to glare at him fiercely.

Fortunately, Marnie had a naturally expressionless face, so neither Serena nor Diantha noticed anything amiss.

Only Sun Wuming, who had been with her for so long, could see that fleeting look of embarrassed anger in Marnie's eyes.

Diantha continued explaining:

"After we parted ways in Parfum Palace, I recognized that the Talonflame you killed was Malva's Pokémon, so I gathered forces to confront her."

"Then we battled in Lumiose City. Wikstrom, Drasna, and Siebold's main Pokémon were all defeated and petrified by Yveltal, and I almost..."

"Pfft!"

A sudden snicker interrupted Diantha's words.

Seeing Sun Wuming covering his mouth, trying hard not to laugh, Diantha showed an expression of disbelief.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I just remembered something funny."

"What's so funny?"

"A Champion and three Elite Four members got completely destroyed by one Elite Four member."

Sun Wuming said with a smile.

Hearing Sun Wuming's words, both Serena and Marnie beside him also found it somewhat amusing.

"I'll say it again, I'm not joking!"

Diantha said indignantly.

"Yes, yes, yes,"

Sun Wuming contained his laughter and asked:

"Back to the point, this Malva you mentioned, is she strong?"

"It's not about whether she's strong or not!"

Bringing up this topic, even Diantha found it unbelievable, biting her pink lips as she said:

"I never dreamed she had been hiding her true strength all these years, her power isn't just what appears on the surface, she's not inferior to me at all... no, she's stronger than me."

No matter how unwilling Diantha was, she had to admit it now.

Malva's strength indeed surpassed her own.

"How is that possible?"

Serena also showed an expression of disbelief, "Elite Four Malva... stronger than Champion Diantha?"

An Elite Four member stronger than the Champion?

This was simply inconceivable.

"That woman betrayed the League, right? What's her goal?"

Marnie asked curiously.

"It's unclear at the moment, we can only confirm that Malva is a high-ranking member of a criminal organization called 'Team Flare' that has been causing trouble in Kalos in recent years, and there might be another leader hidden behind the scenes."

Diantha bit her lip so hard she almost drew blood.

To think there was another Champion-level trainer in the Kalos League besides herself.

This should have been something to be happy about.

However, the person was an enemy.

What's more shameful was that this person was a traitor!

Sun Wuming raised his coffee cup and gulped it down.

After thinking for a moment, he still decided not to tell Diantha that their chairman was also a traitor.

Mainly because he had no evidence.

Even if he told Diantha, it was uncertain whether she would believe him.

"So?"

After finishing his coffee, Sun Wuming, still not satisfied, drank up Serena and Marnie's remaining coffee as well, making Serena blush, and asked:

"Why did you come to find us?"

Diantha raised her head again, took out two Poké Balls from her sachet, and placed them on the table in front of Sun Wuming:

"Mr. Sun, please help us."

Sun Wuming, Serena, and Marnie looked down at the two Poké Balls on the table.

Through the semi-transparent ball covers, they could see the Pokémon inside.

They were Tyranitar, the pseudo-legendary from Johto,

And Metagross, the pseudo-legendary from Hoenn!

Wow, that's quite generous.

"This is..."

Sun Wuming's eyes were half-closed.

Although Serena and Marnie both looked amazed, his expression didn't change at all.

"This is a small token of appreciation from our chairman."

Diantha replied.

Ah, no wonder it seemed familiar.

Sun Wuming finally remembered that in the anime, that kid Alan had a Tyranitar and a Metagross.

As a viewer back then, Sun Wuming couldn't help but marvel at how ridiculously lucky that kid was.

99% of ordinary trainers couldn't get a single pseudo-legendary in their lifetime, but this kid had two.

Not to mention he also had a Mega Charizard X.

And now these Tyranitar and Metagross that Lysandre sent.

Sun Wuming finally understood.

In the original story, these two pseudo-legendaries were given to Alan by Lysandre.

Sun Wuming couldn't help but wonder about the true relationship between Lysandre and that kid.

He was just being way too nice to him, wasn't he?

Was he really not his illegitimate child?

"Mr. Sun?"

Seeing Sun Wuming's prolonged silence, Diantha couldn't help but speak up again.

"Is this how you test your executives? Which executive wouldn't pass such a test?"

Sun Wuming asked in return.

"Huh?"

Diantha didn't quite understand Sun Wuming's reference, but she grasped his meaning—

He looked down on these two Pokémon.

Thinking about it, it made sense. After all, for someone who owned Zygarde and Pangoro,

Pseudo-legendary Pokémon probably weren't that precious to him.

"Then, then what Pokémon would Mr. Sun want?"

Diantha asked tentatively with a bitter expression.

"Mew."

Sun Wuming said without hesitation.

"Pfft!"

Diantha choked on her own saliva.

Fortunately, she wasn't drinking coffee at the moment, otherwise it would have sprayed all over Sun Wuming's face.

Seriously!

Why not ask for Kyurem or Rayquaza while you're at it?

Sun Wuming thought those two looked too fierce, not matching his aesthetic as a manly man.

As the renowned hand connoisseur Yoshikage Kira once said, real men should like pink cats.

Sun Wuming wasn't particularly interested in what kind of Pokémon to catch.

But if he had to make a ranking, Mew would definitely be in the top three.

"Teacher, isn't that... isn't that going too far..."

Seeing Diantha's completely dumbfounded expression, Serena couldn't help but tug at Sun Wuming's sleeve, trying to speak up for her.

After all, asking for Mew was really asking too much.

And the Kalos League couldn't provide that either.

"Diantha, use your feminine charm, no man can resist you."

At this moment, Diantha remembered Drasna's suggestion from their previous meeting.

Thinking of this, Diantha bit her lip, gritted her teeth secretly, and clasped her hands together.

Finally, using all her strength to put on a pitiful expression, she made a pleading gesture toward Sun Wuming.

"Pl-please, I-I just want to follow you, I... I'll do anything..."

Sun Wuming: "..."

Marnie: "..."

Serena: "..."

Diantha's behavior was like a torpedo, shocking Marnie and Serena like a bolt from the blue.

Was she acting cute? She was acting cute, right?

The mighty Kalos League Champion, actually acting cute!?

Sun Wuming was also speechless for a moment.

Though his shock was mainly because Diantha's attempt at being cute was just too awkward.

Sonia had acted cute with him like this before.

Hers was natural.

But Diantha's was just... very forced.

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