At the somewhat sinister note in Ye Lan's voice, the Lake Trio darted off his chest, their hands instinctively crossing to point at the other two. The three formed a triangle, each pointing at the others:
"It was them! It's all Azelf's fault! This is their mental space!"
"It was them! It's all Mesprit's fault! They didn't control their power properly!"
"It was them! It's all Uxie's fault! They didn't notice the intruder coming!"
All three voices rang out at once. The Lake Trio froze, then Mesprit and Uxie exchanged a glance and nodded. In perfect unison, they pointed both hands at Azelf:
"That's right, it's all Azelf's responsibility! They're entirely to blame!"
Azelf was stunned. That wasn't how it went just now, was it? Joining forces against me so quickly-how despicable!
"All right, all right, you... cough, cough, cough..."
Before Ye Lan could finish, he began coughing violently, his face turning deathly pale.
"Ah, young man, what's wrong?" Mesprit flew over anxiously and hurriedly used their psychic powers to examine Ye Lan's body.
Could that power really have affected him?
Mesprit spent a long time examining him thoroughly from head to toe, but apart from mental exhaustion, they found nothing wrong with Ye Lan.
Seeing this, Ye Lan hurriedly coughed a few more times before saying weakly, "After I encountered Unown, I overexerted my mental power. For a long time, I couldn't even use my own abilities. I only started getting better after reaching the Sinnoh Region, and now something like this has happened in the mental world. If even you can't find what's wrong, I'm probably... cough, cough, cough!"
As the other two turned toward them, Mesprit said nervously, "What he said is true!"
At those words, the previously composed Lake Trio immediately began to panic.
As the