Scream Tail shot him a hostile look.
Baimu didn't feel offended. He suspected Mew had meant it literally.
Everyone knew Mew supposedly carried the genes of every Pokémon, and "Pokémon" might even include the humans of the Pokémon World.
And he wasn't just Long He. He came from another world, too.
To Mew, he probably looked like some kind of patchwork creature...
Then again, that wasn't quite right.
After all, Arceus had made him by hand. In a sense, he was like the Creation Trio and the Lake Guardians.
"Mew~"
Mew looked this way and that. Then its gaze settled on his waist, and it reached out to pat him.
Baimu instinctively stepped back.
Mew's paw met empty air. It tilted its head at him in confusion and reached out again—
And missed again.
"Mew!?"
Disbelief spread across its face.
Beside them, Scream Tail had reached the end of its patience. It angrily swung its feeler at Mew, only to miss as well.
Baimu dodged frantically. Mew pursued him while evading Scream Tail, and Scream Tail chased with all its might.
It looked like a game of tag.
Cofagrigus broke into a cold sweat watching them. Sensing that nothing good would come of staying, it quietly propped up its coffin with four hands and scuttled away like a crab.
Porygon Phone said, "Wild Pokémon really have no loyalty! Ogerpon, go help your Trainer!"
"Ponio~"
Ogerpon had been watching enviously and had wanted to join in for a while. She hurried forward to help corner Mew.
All that did was make things a little easier for Baimu.
Scream Tail was panting hard, but Ogerpon, a veteran of countless battles, was just getting serious.
"Ponio!"
"Mew?"
Mew glanced at her. Unlike Scream Tail, who was little more than a pushover, Ogerpon took