At present, aside from the known Legendary Pokémon, Mythical Pokémon, and certain special Psychic-type Pokemon, Zoroark was the only Pokemon skilled at creating illusions.
Illusions—or phantoms—were also the Zoroark Clan's signature specialty.
Sato's own Zoroark was exceptionally skilled at them, and had always been his trump card, one he would not reveal unless he was pushed into a corner.
But perhaps because they had not encountered any desperate situations these years, it had been hidden away for too long and was instead forgotten.
It was... rather awkward.
After hearing Sato's explanation, Lance nearly rolled his eyes into the sky, but quickly turned to report it to the higher-ups.
In the Chairman's office, the internal phone's bell rang. Alder casually picked it up and heard Lance's voice.
Three to five seconds later, Chairman Alder suddenly burst into hearty laughter.
"Lance, let Sato take the call."
"It's on speaker, Chairman," Lance's voice came through from the other end.
"Hmm... Sato, your Zoroark's illusion abilities shouldn't be too bad, right?" Alder became a little more serious.
"Mm, they're decent," Sato said modestly.
"Then they must be excellent!" Alder waved a hand, looking extremely confident in Sato.
He continued, "rumors never stop. You have to crush them with an even bigger rumor! Sato, treat everyone in the region to a movie!"
"A movie?"
"Yes, one packed full of special effects."
On the other end of the line, Sato understood. |)
The online remarks were still boiling over, with a large amount of filth being relentlessly thrown at Sato and Lance.
Sato's side was doing all right. He had built his own foundation from scratch, and Dark Night City, his base camp, was run as tightly as an iron barrel. Thus, almost no one believed the rumors once they entered the city.
In Dark Night