Was Victini's Intelligence Even Lower?

Clear Stream Village, the open space behind Clear Stream Gym.

Hoopa Confined stood surrounded by many Pokémon, vividly boasting about how it had fused with its other self.

"Lord Hoopa fished up some yogurt and kept drinking it. The other Hoopa was inside Lord Hoopa's belly, and after the yogurt went down, it kept begging for mercy in there. But Lord Hoopa knew it wouldn't submit so easily, so Lord Hoopa kept drinking. Guess what happened to it afterward?"

Jirachi said, "It wasn't drowned in yogurt, was it?"

"Mew~ Mew~?"

Mew offered a guess as well. Maybe the other Hoopa had been cried into submission by the yogurt. Hoopa Confined had cried before after Mew secretly made it drink yogurt.

Hearing Mew's words, Hoopa Confined's excited expression stiffened slightly.

But Hoopa Confined quickly changed the subject. "Lord Hoopa wasn't crying that time. The wind just got in Lord Hoopa's eyes. Ahem, anyway, back to that Hoopa. You all guessed wrong. It wasn't drowned, it didn't cry, and it didn't keep begging for mercy. It kept cursing Lord Hoopa instead!"

"It actually cursed you? What did you do, Hoopa?"

"Mew mew?"

Hoopa Confined flashed a smug grin and rubbed its belly. "Of course Lord Hoopa cursed it back. Lord Hoopa is the most evil villain, and it was no match for Lord Hoopa when it came to insults. Lord Hoopa angered it until it cried, then digested it in Lord Hoopa's belly!"

"Amazing!"

"Mew~!"

"Buri!"

"Labi!"

"Vini vini~!"

The little ones kept exclaiming in admiration as they listened to Hoopa Confined's tale.

Mark stood to one side, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

Naturally, he would not help Hoopa Confined tell such a lame lie about drowning its other self in yogurt. Hoopa Confined had told it all on its