Not a trainer this time

Odomare, the Secret Garden.

Meng Meng and Baby Bear rode lightning birds and followed the Pokémon that could transform into a human form through a secret passage and arrived at this quiet garden deep in the city.

The fountain in the garden gurgled and the sunlight shone on the lush trees, giving the place a dreamy hazy color.

Looking at this dreamlike scene, the three Pokémon of the Hero Expedition were completely shocked.

Latias, who was flying ahead, smiled happily and narrowed his eyes, letting out a melodious chirp.

"Woo~" (It's beautiful, isn't it? This is my brother and I's secret base~)

"One!" Baby Bear nodded repeatedly, praising the beauty of this place.

At this moment, another mysterious Pokémon suddenly flew out from the depths of the garden.

Meng Meng and the others immediately looked over there.

After seeing the figure clearly, they immediately stayed in place.

Because that Pokémon looks similar to Latias!

Latios, who noticed that a strange smell had entered the secret garden, originally had a wary look on his face. The wariness on his face disappeared until he saw the Pokémon following his sister.

Latias also quickly introduced to his brother: "Woo!" (Brother, they are the Hero Expedition Team!)

Mew immediately nodded: "miu!" (That's right! We are a heroic expedition team that walks around the world and helps Pokémon in need!)

Baby Bear also said: "One, one, one!" (That's right!)

The Lightning Bird behind him raised its head proudly: "Chirp!"

After they finished introducing themselves, Latias turned around and introduced Mew and them: "Woo!" (Heroes Adventure Team, this is my brother, his name is Latios!)

Latios, who had witnessed the whole process, looked at the three strange Pokémon with curiosity.

As the patron saint of Aldomare, it has never seen such a Pokémon here.

The way Pokémon get along with each other is simple and direct.

After introducing their respective identities to each other, Latias, as the younger sister, began to curiously ask what the Heroes Expedition Team was.

So, on this sunny morning, Mew and Baby Bear sat on the grass and happily told Latias and Latios about the good deeds done by the Heroes Expedition Team before.

They help a giant dragon find a partner.

They helped a Nine-Tails fulfill its wish.

They met the confused Mewtwo.

They help mosquito-repellent tadpoles find their mothers.

Latias's eyes sparkled with novelty, and there was no doubt that he was very interested in these deeds.

The face of the more mature Latios also showed a look of surprise.

It looked at the three Pokémon in front of it uncertainly and asked: "Huh?" (Heroes Expedition Team? Can you do this kind of thing just by relying on the power of Pokémon?)

Hearing this, Meng Meng blinked and said nothing.

Baby Bear said with firm eyes: "One, one, one!" (A Pokémon may be very weak, but as long as everyone unites, any difficulty can be overcome!)

Meng Meng nodded happily: "miu!" (Yes!)

Its blue eyes reflected the figures of Latias and Latios, and continued: "miu." (And it's not just us! There is also Naoki who has been helping us!)

Latias and Latios looked curious.

"Ugh?" (Naoki?)

The baby bear nodded, thinking that they had become good friends with Latias and Latios in front of them, so he said:

"One, one, one!" (Naoki is the nicest person in the world! He also planted a world tree that allows many Pokémon to live on it!)

Latias asked curiously: "Huh?" (World Tree? What is that?)

Baby Bear opened his arms exaggeratedly: "One!" (It's a very big tree, big enough to live in the Pokémon friends we met on the road!)

"One!" (Naoki said, if we meet partners who are reluctant to be separated during our travels, we can invite them to live in the World Tree. In that case, everyone can meet anytime and anywhere in the future!)

Latias was very excited when he heard this: "Wow!" (Awesome! We are good friends now, right? Can my brother and I go there to play too?)

Meng Meng on the side also added happily: "miu~" (Of course~ But we still have to continue traveling. There is no way to return to the World Tree now, and the tree has not grown up, and there are no Pokémon in it yet. .)

Latias excitedly turned to her brother and said coquettishly: "Wow!" (Brother, when the World Tree grows up, let's go over there to play with Mew and them!)

Latios: "..."

It said to its sister in a serious voice: "Ugh." (We can't leave Odomare casually.)

Because they are the patron saints here and must protect this island.

Hearing this, Ladia suddenly felt disappointed.

Seeing this, Latios was silent for a moment, and then added: "Ugh." (However, you can go over there and play with Mew and the others.)

Latias asked hurriedly: "Huh?" (Where is my brother?)

Latios: "Ugh." (I want to stay and protect the drop of kindness to prevent it from being taken away by bad guys.)

Latias understood what his brother meant, and immediately let out a cheer, coquettishly showing off to his brother.

Brother is the best!

Latios also licked his sister's forehead affectionately.

Then, Latias' figure changed back into the appearance of the short-haired girl just now.

It looked at Dream and Baby Bear with a happy face and said to them: "Woo!" (Is this your first time coming to Odomare? Let's go and play together! I will take you to visit this beautiful town !)

Meng Meng and Baby Bear looked excited.

Lightning Bird has no interest in going out to play, because no matter where it goes, it will attract a large group of annoying humans.

So without waiting for Baby Bear and Dream to speak, it expressed its intention to stay here and wait for them to come back.

Meng Meng and Baby Bear were already used to Lightning Bird's behavior. They nodded and told Lightning Bird to bring him delicious food later.

Then he transformed into Latias' Pokémon and followed him through the tunnel connecting the mysterious garden to the outside world, and went to play in the town.

In order not to attract attention, Mew transformed into a petite Pichu this time and stood on Latias' shoulder.

The baby bear was held in Latias's arms.

In this way, the three Pokémon happily walked through the streets and alleys.

At this time, the annual Pokémon Water Race is being held in the town. Participants from other places and athletes in the town are driving water-type Pokémon in a fierce chase on the waterway.

Latias took Mew and Baby Bear into the crowd to watch.

They did not notice that a flight monitor was floating above, closely following the figure of Latias who had transformed into a human.

"Found it." The female thief Leanne looked at the figure on the monitor, and the corners of her lips were slightly raised: "The legendary infinite Pokémon, Latias."

Another female thief, Sanna, was full of excitement: "Sure enough! The body temperature of Latias in human form is much lower than that of normal humans. Wow, Lian, we are going to make a fortune this time!"

"Hmph, the legendary Pokémon is nothing more than that. No matter how powerful it is, it will still fall into the possession of Leanne, the biggest thief in the world of thieves."

The female thief named Li An put away the observation device, got on the speedboat, and said to her accomplice Sanna: "Get ready for action!"