Master

On a picturesque lawn beneath the blazing sun, a gentle breeze swept past, as though carrying the soft consolation of those who had passed on.

Beneath a slightly raised mound of earth lay bones that could no longer be distinguished from one another—all 3,090 sets of remains had been buried here.

After Su Hao asked her, Ogerpon ultimately chose not to erect a gravestone. She did not want anyone in the future to dig up the villagers' remains out of curiosity. It was better to let them rest quietly within the earth.

"Ogerpon..."

Ogerpon stood silently by the grave for a while, pouring out the emotions she had accumulated over all these years to the villagers.

Then, as though she had long since made up her mind, Ogerpon smiled and told them that she had decided to move forward. She had found a new home as well, so they did not need to worry about her anymore.

"Have you really made up your mind?"

Su Hao's voice sounded from behind Ogerpon.

Diancie, Cycloze, Metagross, Hisuian Braviary, and Leafeon stood quietly behind Su Hao, as though waiting for Ogerpon's answer.

Ogerpon turned around, her gaze falling on the green-painted Poké Ball in Su Hao's right palm.

It was a Poké Ball called a "Friend Ball." Su Hao was right—Ogerpon also felt that both its design and the meaning it carried suited her very well.

"Ogerpon..." (Please let me...)

Just as Ogerpon opened her mouth, the breeze sweeping across the lawn suddenly intensified, and the grass rustled urgently as the blades rubbed against one another.

The gale seemed to push Ogerpon onward, blowing her petite body one step forward. In that instant, her outstretched hand touched the Friend Ball.

Ogerpon's body trembled. Blankly, she looked behind her, toward the small raised mound