Baimu flung the Poké Ball from his hand as though it had shocked him.
Pop!
The Poké Ball opened.
There was nothing inside.
He abandoned his attempt to help Shiny Gengar in his shadow and threw out every Poké Ball he had.
The result was obvious: they were all empty!
A chill crawled over his scalp. He looked at the three Legendary Giants surrounding them and thought back to all the things that had seemed wrong.
Why had the Legendary Giants been so slow to react to the strange events? And if even Regieleki and Regidrago had fallen victim, why were these three still awake?
More importantly, if the Pokémon in the Poké Balls had been fake, how could he trust that the three who had also been inside Poké Balls were real?
At the same time, Cynthia threw out her own Poké Balls.
As sharp as ever, she had seen Gengar in the shadow and Baimu's actions and immediately understood enough to check on her Pokémon.
It was just as she feared. Every Poké Ball was empty. Garchomp, Togekiss, all of them were gone!
"Baimu..."
She kept her voice low.
Baimu put a finger to his lips and whispered grimly, "Don't alert Regice and the others."
"Them?"
"I'm not sure..."
Not sure?
Surprise flashed through Cynthia's eyes.
He was a Pokémon Trainer, yet he couldn't even say for certain whether they were real.
That told Cynthia how serious the situation was.
Baimu was wondering the same thing. Were the Legendary Giants fake?
If they were, how could he have communicated with them through the Heart of God? Could something that fooled him on the outside fool him on the inside too?
He truly couldn't make sense of it.
Seeing that Gengar still couldn't emerge from the shadow, Baimu quietly