"Is that so~"
Although Botan's lead had gone cold, Lei He did not seem discouraged.
Instead, she became even more fired up.
At first, she had thought that the white Pokémon whose appearance they could not make out might have been an Absol.
Even though there were almost no reported sightings of that kind of Pokémon in the Paldea Region, nothing was absolute. There had to be a few scattered around.
It was said that back in the Hoenn Region, this Pokémon had often been mistaken by ignorant people for one that brought disasters.
Whenever they emerged from the deep mountains, all kinds of natural disasters often came accompanied by them.
Earthquakes, Heavy Rain, Drought, tsunamis.
Humans had once viewed them as symbols of misfortune and called them "Disaster Beasts," meaning demonic beasts that brought calamity.
It was only in recent years, as Pokémon scholars gained a deeper understanding of Absol, that its name was finally cleared.
It turned out that Absol possessed a special racial gift.
Just like the Luxray line could consume electricity to give their eyes X-Ray vision, Absol's crescent-shaped horn possessed the unique ability to sense natural disasters.
When scholars announced this discovery,
the world finally learned that this Pokémon was not a "Disaster Beast" that brought calamity. On the contrary, even when misunderstood, it would still leave the deep mountains to warn humans of danger.
Combined with the frequent crop failures in the area, which could also be considered a sign of disaster, it was understandable that Absol had appeared to warn humans and Pokémon.
But unfortunately, that Pokémon had never intended to hide its appearance. It had revealed its true form in front of Lei He and the others several times.
It was a white-and-green canine Pokémon, completely unrelated to Absol. It could not