A faint glow appeared on the horizon.
The awakened Ghost Pokémon scattered like startled birds.
Baimu paid them no mind. He followed Boro and Ogerpon to the cabin to see the four masks Boro had hidden in the cave.
Though they were in a pitch-black, secluded place, the masks gleamed for some inexplicable reason.
"Eh!"
He looked surprised.
Boro asked uneasily, "Honored one, have you noticed some problem?"
"No need to worry. It isn't a problem." Baimu waved a hand and pointed at the iridescent crystals on the masks. "Did you pick these up from that Tera... Crystal Pool?"
According to the information he had found when he traveled back before, modern Kitakami called that pond Crystal Pool.
And the rumors were largely the same. They all claimed it could show you the departed.
"No, no, no."
Boro hurriedly shook his head. "These are foreign jewels passed down to me by my father, which I gave to a mask craftsman to decorate the masks with!"
"Foreign jewels?"
Baimu looked at him in surprise, then said, "Then it seems your coming to Kitakami was a kind of destiny as well. Don't you think the crystals on the masks look very much like the ones in that pool atop the mountain?"
Without a doubt.
What was embedded in the four masks were Tera Shards.
When Ancient Paldea explored the Great Crater, all manner of treasures they found had spread throughout the world.
Some had fallen into the hands of Boro's ancestors, only to be brought by him, almost by coincidence, to Kitakami, where Crystal Pool existed.
The hand of fate had orchestrated it all.
Baimu left the cave and discussed bringing Ryuto over later with Boro. His gaze fell on Ogerpon, who walked ahead with the innocence of a child, and thinking