The Incident Is Over, and I Got an Egg

No one knew whether Silvally's attack had somehow opened up Cyclizar's hidden potential.

Looking at its figure bathed in purple lightning and its completely different eyes, Xingye felt something familiar, yet strange.

This was definitely Electric Terrain covering the ground, but normally, electricity should have been golden-yellow. This purple current was clearly wrong.

The only possibility was Electric Terrain triggered by Hadron Engine, but that Ability belonged exclusively to Miraidon. Cyclizar only had Shed Skin.

Although Miraidon itself was Cyclizar's future Paradox form, a form that might exist a billion years from now, this was still difficult to explain...

In the instant Xingye was stunned, the battle had already begun. Affected by Hyper Beam, Silvally's body stiffened for several seconds. Cyclizar surged forward, wrapped in electricity!

Purple light burst forth and shot into the sky. The currents below spread outward through Electric Terrain. This time, the warehouse finally gave out and exploded with a boom!

Xingye could no longer worry about what was happening outside. He hurried deeper inside alone and found Gengar and Mousy still searching through the cages one by one.

"Still haven't found it?"

"Gengar!"

Gengar waved its hands anxiously in reply. It had already searched twice, but among these dozen or so cages, it had not seen Mousy's other companion. Mousy, who was even more worried than Gengar, was practically about to cry.

"Is that so... Then let's release these Pokémon first. This place is about to collapse. We need to let them escape."

Xingye glanced over the cages. Fidough, Togepi, Cottonee, Buneary... They were all adorable Pokémon, not particularly rare, and there were even several Pokémon Eggs.

He could not understand why they had been captured, so he reached directly for a cage. Seeing this, Gengar hurriedly tried to stop him, but it was too late.

The instant he touched the cage, a Thunderbolt current suddenly erupted. Its power was even enhanced by Electric Terrain, and Xingye dropped on the spot.

"Damn it, it was an electric cage..."

Elsewhere, Silvally endured the currents and finally recovered. The pain in its body only made it even more frenzied.

Its entire body was covered in high-energy Normal-type power as it launched Multi-Attack and charged forward fiercely.

But Cyclizar showed no expression at all. Electricity flowed across its body like ripples. Then it stepped forward and rushed in like lightning, piercing straight through Silvally and appearing behind it!

The two Pokémon stopped at the same time, and the scene instantly fell completely silent. In the distance, Gladion stared in shock, unable to tell who had won.

But at that moment, Cyclizar suddenly flicked its hand as if snapping its fingers. A bolt of purple lightning immediately crashed down from the sky and struck Silvally...

The battle ended there. Silvally's violent aura was suppressed by that lightning, like heavenly punishment. It could not make a sound before collapsing forward.

"What was that..."

Gladion could not believe it. Type: Null had been modeled after a certain mythical Pokémon from the Sinnoh region, created using artificially designed biological skeletons and the cellular genetic material of many Pokémon. It was the strongest Pokémon weapon ever made!

Although it was currently out of control, it had actually been easily defeated by a Cyclizar. It seemed impossible, yet it had truly happened.

"..."

After defeating Silvally, Cyclizar did not move in to finish it off. Instead, it suddenly turned around and looked toward Gladion.

"!!!"

Gladion was startled, but before he could react, Cyclizar turned into a streak of lightning and shot past him. Only after realizing it had not come for him did he finally let out a breath.

Then he stood up and looked at the defeated Silvally and the helmet that had fallen nearby. He froze in place, as though something he had pursued had been effortlessly shattered.

But at that moment, the sudden sound of police sirens outside quickly brought him back to his senses...

The warehouse had been completely destroyed. After the battle ended, it finally began collapsing, yet under Cyclizar's high-speed movement, every piece seemed to be held aloft by electromagnetic levitation before landing steadily on the ground.

Xingye had been shocked numb all over and could only lie on the ground twitching. Gengar patted his face, trying to revive him, but to no avail. Mousy, who had failed to find its companion, sat on his stomach in a daze.

Cyclizar suddenly rushed over at high speed, pouncing on him and sending him away on the spot...

"So it was you again. You were the one who called the police?"

"I was..."

Xingye lay half-dead on a stretcher. A Chansey in a nurse's cap treated him while he answered Jenny's questions beside him. Although they all looked alike, she clearly recognized him.

He had secretly called the police while on the way here. After all, an incident involving imprisoned Pokémon was not something he could handle completely by himself.

The Skull grunts knocked unconscious by Zoroark had already been taken away. Gladion had fled again with Silvally, leaving Xingye as the only one still conscious.

"You're saying they only transferred here after the warehouse in the harbor district exploded?"

"That's right..."

After receiving his answer, Jenny paused for a moment before continuing with a serious expression. "I want to know why a student like you was investigating this. Can you explain honestly?"

At that question, Xingye looked at Mousy beside him, which had failed to find its companion, and explained, "Mousy's companion went missing. I was only helping it search. It was captured too, but it escaped by accident because of the explosion this afternoon."

"..."

Jenny looked at the sorrowful Mousy. After thinking for a moment, her expression softened considerably. She then continued asking, "Then what exactly happened in the battle here? Those successive attacks..."

"I was shocked numb, so I didn't see anything..."

Xingye shook his head, then said seriously, "But it was probably the guardian deity, Tapu Koko. What these people did provoked the guardian deity's anger. The Electric Terrain when it appeared was the best proof. It couldn't possibly have been a Pincurchin!"

"Would the guardian deity use purple lightning?"

"You know it, right? It's the guardian deity!"

"Mm, you're right!"

Jenny did not doubt him. As the guardian deity of Melemele Island and the object of every resident's faith, Tapu Koko's strength was trusted unconditionally. Everyone also believed it could do something like this.

Having finished her questions, she stood and said, "That's all I need to ask for now. If there are any further questions, I'll notify you to come in."

"Okay... So..."

"Don't worry. We've already rescued all those Pokémon. There were thirteen in total, and none of them were native to the Alola Region. However, there wasn't a pair of Mousy, so it probably escaped too when the cage was damaged during the harbor district warehouse explosion."

"Is that so..."

Now Xingye had no leads either. Although Alola was not large, finding one Mousy would be incredibly difficult. The only thing he could confirm was that its companion was still alive and somewhere in Hau'oli City.

Then Jenny suddenly added, "After our investigation is complete, we'll arrange those Pokémon according to the situation. But there were also three Pokémon Eggs mixed in. Since we don't know what Pokémon they are, this may be a little troublesome."

"Hm? Can't you just give them to a daycare?"

"... Daycares charge too much to hatch Eggs."

Jenny spoke softly and helplessly. Then she shook her head and said, "So we plan to temporarily have other Trainers hatch them, then decide what to do afterward. Would you like to take one with you?"

"Me?"

Xingye froze for a moment, but Jenny suddenly smiled. "I've heard some rumors about you, and they don't seem very flattering. But I'm pretty good at judging people."

"You fought others before to stand up for Pokémon, and this time you rescued Pokémon too. So there won't be any problem entrusting one to you."

"This... All right, then."

Since she had put it that way, Xingye could not exactly refuse. It was all for helping Pokémon, after all.

So, among the three Eggs, he chose the white Pokémon Egg in the middle with blue flower patterns. It looked adorable and felt cool in his hands. He had no idea what Pokémon it would hatch into.

Seeing him accept the task of caring for the Egg temporarily, Jenny nodded in satisfaction. As she turned to leave, she said, "I'll notify your school about this incident and have them commend you. No need to thank me."

"Huh?"

Xingye was immediately stunned, but Jenny had already left. At that moment, the panel suddenly appeared before his eyes, accompanied by the familiar reward effect.

[Obtained Nurse Chansey's Friendship: Self-recovery, truly Lucky~ (After being injured, your body's self-healing speed increases. Trainer use only)]

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