Blissful Island Breeding Center.
Li Wei was slightly stunned when he heard a childish voice, similar to Shaymin's, that he had never heard before.
"Did you just hear something?"
Lucario nodded vigorously: "Lucario!"
Shaymin nodded obediently, (I, I heard it!)
Diancie also nodded slightly: (Heard it.)
Steven confirmed this fact,
"I heard it too."
Now Steven could basically confirm that the meteorite discovered by the Green Ridge Space Observatory was Jirachi.
"It should be Jirachi's telepathy."
At first, Steven wasn't entirely sure, because the voice disappeared very quickly.
Since Li Wei, Shaymin, and Diancie all heard it, it could almost be confirmed without a doubt.
Li Wei, Steven, Lucario, Shaymin, and Diancie surrounded the meteorite, but no sound came from it again.
If Jirachi suddenly woke up now...
That would be...
"You're awake, the surgery was a success."
Steven stroked his chin and speculated: "It's probably not fully awake yet."
To awaken Jirachi, pure hearts or songs are needed, as well as the energy of a comet.
In the movie Wishing Star of the Seven Nights, it was May's singing that awakened Jirachi.
At around five o'clock, Cynthia arrived.
She didn't speed down from the sky on her Garchomp, but arrived in her own off-road vehicle.
She had been in Jubilife City that afternoon, just busy.
"Everyone, come out!"
After releasing her Garchomp and other Pokemon,
Cynthia sent Li Wei a message,
"I'm here."
"Look at three o'clock."
Cynthia turned her head to look, it was Li Wei standing on the hill, holding Shaymin in one hand and waving to her with the other.
Diancie also copied Li Wei's gesture, but because her arms were too short, her waving was barely visible.
Cynthia couldn't help but smile, and also raised her hand to wave.
Not far from him, Steven was studying the meteorite.
Cynthia had arrived, so dinner could begin.
Li Wei called out to Steven, who was still engrossed in the Jirachi meteorite, "Let's go, let's eat first."
"Okay."
Steven placed Jirachi's meteorite on the back of his Silver Metagross and descended the hill with Li Wei.
Seeing Cynthia in the distance, Steven was not surprised.
After all, Li Wei and Cynthia could be considered childhood sweethearts, and tracing back to their grandfathers' generation, they were also considered family friends.
The only regrettable thing was that shortly after Roland was born, when Cynthia was still young,
Her parents passed away in a car accident.
Cynthia acted as both a sister and a parent,
But fortunately, Roland matured early and didn't require Cynthia to worry too much; instead, she began to worry about Cynthia.
Cynthia didn't wait for Li Wei and Steven and went straight into the dining hall, because Li Wei told her there was no need to wait, and it was still quite stuffy outside.
"Uncle Li Wen, Aunt Rui Sui, Aunt Wen Hui."
Cynthia greeted them with a smile, one by one.
Comrade Leon and Grandpa were still cooking; Li Wei had been making desserts all day and didn't have time to cook.
Wen Hui asked with concern: "What were you busy with this afternoon?"
Cynthia said softly: "Collecting data for some papers, writing papers."
Besides being a Champion, Cynthia was also a mythologist and would be participating in this year's forum summit.
Uncle Li Wen sighed: "Writing papers, that's very hard work."
Cynthia's lips curved upwards, "Because it's something I'm interested in, it's alright."
Comrade Leon, carrying Kung Pao Chicken, enthusiastically greeted them: "You're here, quickly sit down, quickly sit down."
Everyone took their seats, and Li Wei happened to sit between the two Champions, with Da You occupying the other side of Steven.
Cynthia's other side was Li Wei's mother, Wen Hui, "I won't fuss over you, just help yourself to whatever you like to eat."
Wen Hui never liked to fuss over people; it had always been that way.
On one hand, she didn't treat Cynthia as a guest, and on the other hand, if she served something someone didn't like, she would only make things awkward for herself.
"En."
Perhaps Cynthia would have decision paralysis when it came to ice cream, but when it came to the dishes made by Grandpa and Comrade Leon...
There was no need to hesitate or deliberate,
Because they were all delicious!
Cynthia picked up her chopsticks, clasped her hands together,
"Let's eat!"
Cynthia loved sweet food, and Comrade Leon excelled at sweet dishes.
Grandpa clearly knew this, Candied Sweet Potato, cherry pork, Squirrel-shaped Mandarin Fish... these were all sweet dishes.
And these dishes, without exception, were placed in front of Cynthia, clearly prepared for her.
The Pokemon also gathered in the dining hall, enjoying the Pokemon food made by Li Wei and Lalami.
This was made from Snowpeak Ranch's premium Pokemon food, mixed with Energy Cube, Poffin, and steamed fish.
Of course, some Pokemon didn't eat meat.
Shaymin, who didn't eat meat, had special grass dumplings.
According to the Pokemon's tastes, the curry sauce made from rindo berry was seasoned appropriately.
"Kohkin!"
Steven's Silver Metagross was chowing down with grunts and snorts.
"Kao!"
Garchomp's speed was not slow at all.
But when it came to devouring food...
Arcanine was number one!
Piles of Pokemon food quickly dwindled.
Arcanine was drooling over the other Pokemon's food, but fortunately, it didn't snatch it, just stared at it with its eyes...
"Lucario!" Lucario poured half of its bowl into Arcanine's.
Farfetch'd followed suit and poured some.
"Gaga!"
"Woof!"
Arcanine was not picky about taste at all; as long as it could eat, it was fine.
Li Wei glanced at it and said helplessly, "Don't eat too much, there will be dessert tonight."
The amount Li Wei gave Arcanine was already the most.
Its food bowl was bigger than its face.
Neither of the two Metagross had this treatment.
"Woof!"
Besides the stir-fried dishes, everyone also had a steaming bowl of curry rice, personally made by Grandpa.
Even with spicy Poké Curry, Cynthia was eating while wiping her sweat...
Steven, even more so, he was already on his third plate... his speed was comparable to Arcanine's.
Steven only had such a large appetite because of his usual extensive mining activities; otherwise, with his eating habits, he would eventually become a Lycanroc.
"Ah! Even scooping curry is so handsome!" — by a female employee.
"..."
You guys are enough.
Of course, because Steven had Da You next to him, who ate even more, he seemed quite normal in comparison.
Cynthia looked at the Lycanroc, which was staring longingly at other Pokemon's food bowls, "Is that the Lycanroc on a diet?"
Although it was also staring at other Pokemon, no Pokemon gave its food to the Lycanroc.
After all, Lycanroc was already too fat.
Li Wei had strictly forbidden it.
No matter how pitiful it looked, they couldn't give it any.
"Forget it today, I'll give you a little."
Seeing Lycanroc looking pitiful, Li Wei gave it a little of the curry rice from his own plate.
"Woof!" (Happy sound)
Anyway, Li Wei was going to eat dessert tonight, so eating a little less was fine; the plan was a great success!
Steven glanced at the time,
"It's 7 o'clock, time's almost up."