Luo Mu: Σ(д|||)????
No, was it really that urgent?
He vaguely remembered that not long ago, YuPu had devoutly bowed three times before the shrine on the island at the center of Lake Acuity.
Only then had Azelf leisurely given its response.
Why was it different with Emolga? He had not even set foot on the island, yet it had directly sent down its trial.
It was as though it feared he might run away?
Meanwhile.
In a separate space beyond Luo Mu's ability to observe or Notice, a gaze withdrew from him.
The Pokémon, shaped somewhat like a fairy with a gray body and pink cheeks, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
—That was close. He nearly got away.
Not to mention how Azelf had stumbled into such absurd luck, scattering its net wide and actually catching a "talent" capable of passing the trial, taking first place.
But since he could pass that trial, there was at least a high chance that he could pass its own trial, as well as the trial of that squint-eyed, scheming monster Uxie, and shoulder the mission of correcting this era's distortions.
At last, there was hope of completing the performance evaluation handed down by its superior. It would not have to keep miserably issuing missions, only to helplessly watch every mission it issued fail one after another.
But suddenly.
As though it had noticed something, Emolga, naturally rich in emotions because it governed "emotion," revealed a human-like look of confusion.
—That person just now seemed a little off.
There was nothing noteworthy about his aura, but precisely because of that, it had caught its attention.
To put it another way.
It was like a completely normal full-map view suddenly containing a clean patch that did not quite fit reality, overflowing with a