The summer heat blazed.
Baimu sucked on a popsicle while filming a beach vlog for Mawile and Ogerpon.
The construction machinery roared in the distance, but it did nothing to dampen their good mood.
After all, however loud it got, could it possibly be louder than Scream Tail?
Scream Tail hated pointless noise and often ran over to roar at things like engines.
It was much more tolerant of Team Aqua's members. It liked their cheerful meals after work and often dragged Baimu along to join in—
It wasn't that Scream Tail didn't want to go alone. The problem was that it had broken a machine once. Now, whenever anyone from Team Aqua or Team Magma saw it on its own, they immediately reported it to a superior.
Then the Porygon Phone would fly over and catch it.
Scream Tail had been furious at first, but after being caught several times, it gradually got used to it.
Like now.
"Yah!"
"Not now. I'm filming."
Baimu refused without looking back. He ignored the tugging at his leg, too, until a powerful tremor suddenly ran through it. "Why, you—huh?"
The world visibly shook. Waves surged in an instant, and the Pokémon around them looked either bewildered or wary.
Hydreigon reacted first, slipping its large head between Baimu's legs and tipping him onto its back.
"Sha-sang!"
It roared at Porygon2 and the others, telling them to hurry back into their Poké Balls.
But they were already moving without its warning.
Even Scream Tail, the slowest to react, was being dragged aside by Shiny Gengar. "Gen-gah! Gen-gah!"
Then Baimu rolled over and shouted, "Wait, everyone! Don't rush!"
The Pokémon stopped at once. They trusted their Trainer instinctively, even in the face of an unknown danger.
They looked up at him for instructions. A few