"So many Clefairy!"
Looking at the enormous group of Clefairy before him, Li Ke wore a rather astonished expression.
After all, Clefairy were an exceptionally rare kind of Pokémon. Out in the world, they rarely appeared before humans.
Dongshu, however, was not too surprised. He knew perfectly well that there really was a group of Clefairy here at Mt. Moon.
When Ash first encountered them in the anime, he had wanted to catch a Clefairy with a Poké Ball, only to be stopped by Li Ke, who said, "Let them live peacefully here."
Otherwise, they might have seen a Clefable take the field at the Indigo Plateau Conference.
Though given Ash's battling style, Clefable was not particularly compatible with him.
At that moment, the Clefairy also began gathering around.
They clustered around their companion and looked together at the enormous Moon Stone.
Then, the group of Clefairy began communicating with one another.
"Clefairy?"
"Clefairy—"
"Clefairy!"
Watching a group of Clefairy communicate while being unable to understand their language was agonizing.
Li Ke immediately turned a pleading gaze toward Dongshu.
"Dongshu! Please, help the Clefairy! I'm begging you!"
Dongshu said, "The Clefairy are saying that they haven't collected enough Moon Stones yet, so they can't hold the ritual."
"A ritual?" Li Ke's eyes widened.
"Yeah. The Clefairy say they're going to worship the god they believe in." Dongshu raised his head and looked through the opening overhead at the night sky, where a full moon hung brightly. "The moon is the god the Clefairy believe in."
"A ritual... a god..." Li Ke murmured. His tone suddenly became excited. "Clefairy really are social Pokémon! Though primitive, that's exactly what they are! That's it!"
Dongshu, meanwhile, glanced at his Shock Points. During this period of traveling outside, he had accumulated quite a few