"Tapu Koko, are you going to fight for us... for the White Eagle Alliance?"
David Carlisle, who had no idea what was happening, had a glimmer of light return to his lifeless eyes as he looked excitedly at Tapu Koko.
Even that aura of a black-hearted, evil capitalist had faded considerably, and his gaze had become much clearer.
Or rather, when he had been completely despairing, Tapu Koko's ultimate decision to show itself had allowed him to experience, after so long, what it meant to repay sincerity with sincerity.
The appearing Tapu Koko: "..."
What kind of nonsense was that?
It had once thought this island king was ambitious and intelligent, someone it could use mutually without any psychological burden.
Unlike the island king next door on Akala Island, who cheerfully let Tapu Lele tease him every day until even Tapu Lele was left speechless.
But now that it looked at him, wasn't he just a battle washout and a complete idiot?
He could even say that it was fighting for him and the White Eagle Alliance. Wasn't that just desperately trying to put a shine on his own face?
Tapu Koko had ten thousand complaints in its heart, but they ultimately turned into silence.
Too lazy to mock him. Time to enjoy the battle first.
Tapu Koko gazed intensely at Diancie and found that everything was indeed just as Su Hao had said through his Aura transmission. Diancie was only a thin pane of paper away from that realm, one that could be pierced with a single poke.
And it was the Pokémon that would pierce through that pane.
Its mood instantly surged with excitement. Tapu Koko thought that today, it would surely have a satisfying battle.
In David Carlisle's eyes, Tapu Koko turning its back to him only