Medali.
Area Zero Entrance.
The place had grown surprisingly busy in the months since their last visit.
Not only had the long tunnel been paved with solid concrete, but large trucks also came and went, hauling all kinds of supplies.
Machamp, Hariyama, and other hardhat-wearing Pokémon workers bustled about. Some carried bags of cement, others shouldered steel beams, and still others pushed two-wheeled carts, heaving as they went.
"What are they building?"
Baimu and Miraidon looked around curiously.
Penny explained, "The chairwoman plans to build a barrier around the mountain and reinforce its structure, so no more Pokémon can get lucky and escape like the Quaking Earth Titan did."
Well, then!
It was a full-blown prison for Paradox Pokémon!
Baimu grumbled inwardly, but he actually agreed with the Paldea League's approach.
Even Miraidon and Scream Tail, whom he had "reformed," were hardly angels. One was petty and vindictive; the other was hot-tempered, frantic, and thoughtless.
It wasn't hard to imagine the chaos Paradox Pokémon would cause if they got loose in the wild.
Area Zero's very own "Shawshank" escapee, the Quaking Earth Titan Great Tusk, had already become the terror of the Asado Desert.
Nemona laughed. "You won't believe how much it's changed inside!"
"I can see that."
The moment Baimu stepped out of the tunnel, the brand-new Area Zero gate came into view.
Compared with the dilapidated domed building that had stood there before, the gate now looked like a high-speed rail station from his previous life. Glittering glass walls covered its exterior, offering glimpses of the interior.
Inside the gate, the platform where they once had to land on Pokémon had been replaced by large freight lifts and elevators, running nonstop to transport construction materials.
"These were all Professor Turo's suggestions," Penny said. "He said the observation stations