The night was still.
Three women were up to no good.
Outside a cone-shaped earthen house, the Miss Fortune Sisters crept toward the window.
"I'll have Gengar scout ahead before I go in. Coin, be ready to back me up. Charm, keep watch. Got it?"
Their eldest sister, Charm, spoke in a low voice.
She had come from Team Galactic, though her family roots lay in Kanto, and had been forced to help settle Hisui. The rivalries between its major factions had made life miserable for her, leaving her bitter.
Her ultimate goal was to capture powerful Pokémon and overturn everything as it stood. She wanted to live freely in the vast land of Hisui, doing whatever she pleased.
Coin, the second sister, nodded at once, but their youngest sister looked uneasy.
"Big Sis, are you sure this is okay? They say the person inside is a messenger of Great Venerable Sinnoh..."
The youngest sister had come from the Pearl Team. She had defected because she thought its leader, Irida, was too rigid in her thinking.
Deep down, Charm still revered Great Venerable Sinnoh.
The eldest sister glared at her and hissed, "Don't be ridiculous. Great Venerable Sinnoh is just a legend! A belief! Have you ever seen Great Venerable Sinnoh? No one has!"
She gave a soft snort. "The person inside probably came from the outside world to swindle people! You've never been out there. You don't know how treacherous people beyond Hisui can be!"
"I see..."
The youngest sister shrank back as she answered.
Then, at the eldest sister's direction, her Gengar quietly gripped the windowsill and peeked inside.
"Gengar!"
Something was blocking the view!
Gengar turned to alert its trainer.
The youngest sister leaned over to look for herself and found the window covered by a pitch-black