The Hatched Egg, Bound for Shalour City-Goodra's the Goal!

Hu Yang and his Pokémon lived very peaceful lives here in the Mirror Country.

They had not been affected by the Ultimate Weapon, nor did they have to bear that sorrow and pain.

Like most Trainers, they simply kept traveling, meeting new Pokémon and people along the way.

At noon, Hu Yang stayed and had lunch there.

Looking at the expression on that "Hu Yang's" face, he could not help thinking: If he had not been affected by the Ultimate Weapon back then, his life afterward probably would not have been all that different from this guy's, right?

The main reason Hu Yang had come here this time was to see what he would have been like if he had not been affected by the Ultimate Weapon.

Although he had not yet been affected by the Ultimate Weapon at the start of that first journey, that time was far too distant now—so distant that he had nearly forgotten what it had felt like.

At that moment, the Hu Yang of the Mirror Country, surrounded by Pokémon, looked up at him and said:

"You have to leave this place before the sun sets. Otherwise, you'll never be able to return to that world. The great mage Clemont from Lumiose City told me that."

Hu Yang nodded lightly. "I know. We'll return to the outside world after we finish this lunch."

"Oh." Mirror Country Hu Yang said nothing more.

Lunch was ready, and he picked up a ladle to serve the soup.

But with one careless move, he knocked over the pot, splashing the hot soup onto himself.

The next second, Mirror Country Hu Yang's eyes reddened, and tears began streaming down his face uncontrollably. "Waaah!"

Hu Yang: "..."

The him from the outside world had never cried, so was this Mirror