On the way back to the Pokémon Center, Roy wanted to put Mimikyu into Poké Ball, but Mimikyu didn't like Poké Balls.
According to her, she felt that the Poké Ball was empty and she was a little scared, so she asked if she could enter Roy's shadow.
Shadow?
"It's not impossible for me to be in my shadow, but I already have two roommates there."
Roy didn't care as long as Mimikyu could tolerate it.
Roommate?
Mimikyu carefully peeked its head out from under the Pikachu costume into Roy's shadow.
Then she saw an Ancient Gengar covered in green tattoos swimming inside Roy's shadow.
Meanwhile, Marshadow was controlling the shadow giant behind him to practice boxing.
The Mimikyu's eyes, hidden beneath its mask, became vacant.
Marshadow and the Ancient Gengar also heard the story about Mimikyu in Roy's shadow, as well as Roy's intention to adopt the Mimikyu, so they didn't mind Mimikyu's intrusion.
Both of them put on what they considered friendly expressions towards Mimikyu.
Marshadow alright; after retracting the shadow giant behind him, he looked small and harmless, posing little threat.
The Ancient Gengar opened its mouth wide and tried to force what it thought was a very friendly smile.
However, Ancient Gengar's self-perceived friendly smile was nothing short of Sadako crawling out of the TV screen in Mimikyu's eyes.
The darkness within the Ancient Gengar's open mouth, in particular, gave her the feeling that she was still in the Spirit World, which immediately frightened Mimikyu away from Roy's shadow.
Since hiding in the shadows wasn't an option, she decided to hide inside Roy's body.
Body?
There's only one roommate inside me.
As soon as Mimikyu Roy's body, it saw Chandelure with Ghostly Purple flame resting on a lamp holder, looking like something that was not to be trifled with.
Chandelure intended to ignite a Golden flame to greet Mimikyu, but ended up scaring Mimikyu out of Roy's body.
Mimikyu suddenly realized that being inside the Poké Ball wasn't so scary after all.
Roy then introduced Mimikyu to his other Pokémon.
The Froslass is too aloof, the Palossand and the Dhelmise are too big, and the Dragapult and the Annihilape are terrifying just to look at.
There's also a Dusclops's still sleeping in its Poké Ball because it's too tired from today's battles, so Roy didn't release it.
Mimikyu eventually went into Misdreavus's Misdreavus Poké Ball to try and get close to it.
Roy was also amazed to see Mimikyu able to enter Poké Ball that already contained Pokémon.
So that means Misdreavus's Poké Ball has two Pokémon?
If I throw out a Poké Ball, wouldn't that Pokémon would appear?
However, it was of no use; Mimikyu was currently completely powerless.
Back at the Pokémon Center, Chansey at the front desk was still studying the playing cards in her hand, looking quite serious.
Roy carried Little Absol to Chansey's side and discovered that this Chansey didn't seem to have the same talent for playing cards as the Chansey from Lilycove City; it was currently learning to memorize cards.
Furthermore, because this Chansey's ability is Heal Heart, its luck might not be as good as the Celestial Grace Chansey from Lilycove City.
Seeing Roy looking at the Chansey cards, Nurse Joy, who was passing by, smiled and said:
"Now many Chanseys in the Johto's Chansey Pokémon Centers can play cards, which is really worrying our Chansey."
Roy smiled and greeted Nurse Joy before heading back to his room.
As Roy passed by the front desk, he saw a stack of newspapers, and an article in one of them caught Roy attention.
Two incidents of Pokémon poaching have been reported in the National Park and protected area along Route 37 in the Johto, involving two groups of Primeape. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Ecruteak City League Police Bureau immediately.
The Primeape population has disappeared without warning?
Roy glanced at the situation and felt something was amiss. After saying goodbye to Chansey, he grabbed a newspaper and went back to his room.
Sitting on the bed, Roy looked at the newspaper he had just received. The headline detailed that the Rangers on Route 37 had reported at least two populations of Primeape had gone missing, and that they had disappeared without warning.
Based on Roy's understanding of the Primeape, these Primeape have a strong sense of territory and would rather fight to the death than give up their territory.
Just like the Primeape in Lilycove City, they fought back fiercely when hunted by humans. If it weren't for the appearance of the Annihilape who made clear a plan for the Primeape, they might have fought with humans even after the Bug Tide.
Furthermore, the Primeape tribe doesn't frequently relocate its territory.
However, the news in the newspapers was too scarce; you couldn't get any information from just a few snippets.
Roy put down the newspaper, picked up Little Absol, who was covered in mud, and took him into the bathroom to wash up, washing away his fatigue.
After Roy finished washing up, he came out of the bathroom and saw Annihilape holding the newspaper he had just picked up from the front desk of the Pokémon Center.
Although he was annoyed by those chattering, Primeape, they were still his own kind, and he was somewhat worried about them.
That said, even the Annihilape didn't know why it was worried.
It seems that ever since the two Primeape tribes in Lilycove City and Pallet Town recognized him as their leader, he has been thinking about those two tribes from time to time.
If it were the old him, he would never have cared about the fate of the other Primeape tribes; he would only care about Roy.
"Abandoned!"
The Annihilape confided all its worries to Roy.
Roy speculated that the Leader's Aura within the Annihilape was at play.
The Leader's Aura not only increases the overall racial stats of the Annihilape by 5%, but also instills a sense of responsibility towards the group in its heart.
This is similar to how the Vespiquen, in order to ensure the continuation of her colony, launched Bug Tide from the entire surrounding forest of Lilycove City to attack Lilycove City and find Hunter X.
Roy saw through the Annihilape's thoughts, patted the Annihilape's arm, and said:
"Route 37 is on the way to Ecruteak City. We can stop by and check it out when we go to Ecruteak City tomorrow."
"Abandoned."
The Annihilape nodded to Roy.