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Yuga and his group, including Momiji, spent most of the day touring the entire Ecopark.

Because this Ecopark was so large, primarily consisting of a small mountain, Yuga and his group had to ride on The Gogoat within the park to complete the tour. Otherwise, with their stamina, Momiji and her group probably wouldn't even make it halfway.

Momiji was quite interested in riding Pokémon, a unique feature of the Kalos region. She specifically asked Moriki if it was possible to trade for some here.

Gogoat are Grass-type Pokémon, which align perfectly with the goals of the Aroma Day Care for this exchange conference.

Moreover, the grass goat milk produced by Gogoat had high nutritional value, rivaling even the Moomoo Milk produced by Miltank, and possessed a unique flavor.

Yuga was also intrigued by Gogoat; he already had a pair in his Ecopark, which was obtained through the help of Director Mond. He had been hoping that this couple would produce some offspring, but so far, there had been no sign of that.

Unfortunately, Moriki, just a regular guide for the forest park, couldn't answer Momiji's questions, leaving her disappointed.

However, when Yuga and his group were leaving the Ecopark, they unexpectedly encountered someone at the park's entrance – Mr. Lysandre. From Moriki, they learned that the owner of this forest park was, in fact, Mr. Lysandre.

What surprised Yuga the most was that Mr. Lysandre actually recognized him. When they were leaving the Ecopark, they were walking straight toward Mr. Lysandre, and he seemed to have noticed Yuga in the crowd, his eyes revealing his surprise at meeting Yuga.

"Isn't this Mr. Shimizu? I'm honored to meet you here."

These were Mr. Lysandre's first words upon seeing Yuga, completely ignoring Momiji, who was walking in front.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Lysandre. I'm delighted to meet Mr. Shimizu here."

Lysandre extended his right hand towards Yuga. Lysandre was quite tall, imposing even, and Yuga was nearly half a head shorter than him, despite Yuga already being over 1.8 meters tall.

"Hello, Mr. Lysandre," Yuga pretended to meet Lysandre for the first time and shook his hand.

"So, this is the legendary Mr. Shimizu? Pleasure to meet you!"

At this moment, a plump middle-aged man walked out from behind Lysandre. This middle-aged man had two shallow dimples on his face and a cheerful smile. However, Yuga didn't recognize him.

Momiji timely whispered to Yuga, "This is Nick, the owner of Aurora Day Care."

Upon hearing Momiji's words, Yuga looked at this Mr. Nick with some surprise.

Apart from the Aroma Day Care, three other day cares supported YoYo Day Care's participation in the Pokémon Exchange Conference: Frosty Shine Day Care from Sinnoh, Aurora Day Care and and Meowth Day Care from Kalos.

Frosty Shine and Meowth were partners of the Aroma Day Care, so it was natural for them to support Aroma Day Care's recommendation. Only Aurora Day Care's motives were unclear.

Yuga hadn't expected to meet the owner of Aurora Day Care on the first day in Kalos.

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Nick. I haven't thanked you yet for providing us with the opportunity to participate in this conference."

Yuga greeted Nick warmly. Regardless of Nick's reasons for supporting YoYo Day Care, as long as he had no ulterior motives, Yuga was grateful.

Nick noticed the subtle exchange between Yuga and Momiji and guessed that Yuga probably didn't recognize him earlier. However, he didn't point it out. Instead, he smiled and said, "Not at all, Mr. Shimizu. Your day care is fully qualified to participate in this conference. I just lent a helping hand."

Nick was skilled in conversation, making it difficult for people to forget his favors.

"I wonder if Mr. Shimizu will have some time later? I have something I'd like to discuss with you."

Nick spoke up again.

Upon hearing Nick's words, Yuga's glasses narrowed slightly. Could it be that he supported YoYo Day Care's participation in the conference for the purpose of this discussion?

"Of course, I have no other plans right now."

Although Yuga didn't know what Nick wanted to discuss, he didn't refuse. He was curious about what Nick wanted to talk about, especially since he had never met this person before.

With Yuga's agreement, Nick said happily, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Shimizu. I'll finish up some matters on my end and come back to find you immediately."

Saying that, he called someone from behind to attend to Yuga and then left with Lysandre.

However, as Lysandre passed by Yuga, he said, "See you later."

This statement raised another suspicion in Yuga's mind.

"Momiji, you and the others can go back for now. I'll find you later."

After Nick and Lysandre left, Yuga said to Momiji.

"Alright, take care of yourself," Momiji nodded, not pressing further about Nick's business.

When Momiji left, Yuga had Shin and Kazuma leave with her.

After Momiji left, Yuga waited quietly in a building within the forest park under the guidance of the person Nick left behind.

After waiting in a room for about twenty minutes, the person attending to Yuga received a phone call and then said to Yuga, "Mr. Shimizu, Mr. Nick has finished his business. Let me take you to see him."

"Okay, thank you."

Yuga nodded and followed the person out of the room.

Navigating through the dense forest, Yuga was led to a battle facility.

Yuga hadn't expected to find such a large battle facility in this nature-filled forest park.

Upon reaching the main battle arena of the facility, Yuga saw Nick standing there, but next to Nick was Lysandre.

Yuga instantly knew that his suspicion was correct; it was probably not Nick who had invited him here but Lysandre.

"Nice to see you again, Mr. Lysandre."

Yuga said as he walked to the opposite side of Lysandre.

"Yes, nice to see you again."

Lysandre smiled.

"I guess Mr. Lysandre, you're probably the one behind Aurora Day Care, right?"

Yuga cautiously asked.

"Mr. Shimizu is a very clever person."

Lysandre didn't deny it.

"I wonder, Mr. Lysandre, what's the reason for all this elaborate setup to invite me here?"

Yuga asked curiously.

"Mr. Shimizu, have you heard of Mega Evolution?"

Instead of directly answering Yuga's question, Lysandre asked another cryptic question.