Gengar's "Empathy"

Paldea Region, East Province.

"Cha!"

Tinkaton leaped high into the air, its metallic hammer crashing down with tremendous force.

Boom!!

In an instant, a massive cloud of dust erupted from the sand. A huge Pokémon collapsed heavily amid the dust, unconscious and unable to battle!

It looked remarkably like an earthworm, only countless times larger. Its body was orange-red, gleaming with metal, and entirely encased in a metallic shell.

Orthworm.

A Steel-type earthworm Pokémon unique to the Paldea Region, it preferred living in dry deserts and fed on metal found in sand and soil. It had a particular obsession with metal.

In that regard, it was quite similar to Tinkaton.

Except...

Compared to ordinary Orthworm, this one was dozens of times larger. It could even rival Shiba's giant Onix.

Clearly, it was a Titan Pokémon—the Titan Orthworm!

Tinkaton was now standing atop Orthworm's head with her hammer planted beside her, her cheeks puffed out.

"Cha."

She looked at the dent her hammer had left in the Titan Orthworm's head.

That metal armor isn't much, is it?

And you dared set your sights on my hammer?

"Hammer Girl." Jing He rubbed his forehead. "Why'd you knock it out right away?"

"Cha!"

Only then did Tinkaton realize what she had done. She scratched the back of her head and gave an embarrassed smile.

She had gotten too excited and forgotten.

Originally...

Jing He and the others had entered East Province to find this Titan Orthworm. More precisely, they had come for the Secret Spice it guarded.

They had expected it to take some time, just as it had with the Titan Crabrawler. If they did not get close enough, they would not even know where it was hiding.

Who would have thought that as soon as they entered this desert, before Tyranitar