After deciding to return the Plates, Fang Yuan immediately had Mew contact the Lake Guardians.
As for Fang Yuan himself, he went for a stroll.
Arceus slept in a place within the void known as the Celestial Realm, also called the Hall of Origin—an Different Dimension independent of all Parallel Timelines.
Since he was about to check in there, Fang Yuan definitely had no intention of going alone.
Before long, Fang Yuan called over all the Pokémon still at the research institute.
As for the Pokémon who were not at the institute but over at the Space Battleship base, they stayed in contact through Rotom's video calls.
"Who wants to join the Hall of Origin adventure???"
Fang Yuan looked at Eevee, who was yawning and utterly uninterested; Armored Magnezone in the video feed, busy beyond belief; Infernape, recuperating on a stretcher... Then he swiftly swept his gaze over the other Pokémon, all occupied with their own affairs, and spoke.
To this group of Pokémon, "Hall of Origin adventure" translated as "Arceus extermination battle"...
The Pokémon all violently shook their heads.
"Eevee... (Not going...)"
They were returning the Plates, not stealing them to usurp the throne. Eevee had no interest.
Of course, even if they were stealing the Plates, it still would not be interested. The Hall of Origin sounded like a place with no internet, and although it had only fought the Tapu Family briefly, it needed a good half-month of rest!
"Bwooo... (The battleship's operation has reached its most critical stage. I'm hanging up.)"
Armored Magnezone had thrown itself wholeheartedly into battleship development.
"Waa! (Get Xerneas to heal me completely, and I'll go.)" Infernape said. Right now, it only wanted to lie down; it did not even have the energy to train.
If Xerneas brought out resources on the