Levincia docks.
It was evening.
Orange-red light filled the sky. Beneath the drifting sunset clouds, neon lights lit up the commercial district in every color.
"Until we meet again, everyone."
Baimu hugged each member of the Ho-Oh Guard in turn. When he reached Raikou, he cupped its plump cheeks and gave them a good squeeze.
Raikou looked helpless. Whatever emotion had been welling up inside it vanished.
"Awooo~"
How could a Champion be such a goof?
Entei and Suicune pretended not to see. In the past, they might have snickered to themselves, but now...
Entei was afraid it would be next, and the fishing net had already taught Suicune its lesson.
Baimu waved to them and shut the cabin door.
The top-deck cabin would remain theirs until the cruise ship docked at Canalave City in Sinnoh. He had called to cancel the scheduled cleaning, so the Ho-Oh Guard could rest undisturbed.
It was a small thank-you for helping the Wild Pokémon migrate.
By the time he left,
few Wild Pokémon groups remained in Paradise.
Some Pokémon were so overbearing that other species could barely stand them. Even as more and more groups moved away, they refused to settle down and kept expanding their territory.
The defeated groups had no choice but to leave the land they had called home for years.
Fortunately, the Ho-Oh Guard escorted them, giving them at least some confidence that they could thrive in unfamiliar places.
In another fifteen or twenty years, perhaps Orre would be like any other region, with Wild Pokémon everywhere.
On the streets beyond the docks,
Baimu quietly took in the distinctive architecture around him.
As the Paldea Region's second-largest city, Levincia was a thriving hub of technology and commerce.
Futuristic buildings with glass facades stood everywhere. Soft blue lights illuminated them