Late at night.
N and the others were all assigned to the guest building on the west side of the school.
This place was specifically for outside guests, like Cynthia, whom Baimu had talked into coming to give lectures, and Professor Oak.
The accommodations were therefore quite luxurious.
N went to sleep early. He and Baimu had agreed to head to Pokémon Park together the next day.
He could have gone by himself, but he felt that since he had handed the house there over to Baimu, and Baimu had then handed it over to Mewtwo, he had no right to visit on his own.
Neither as a gift nor as a rental.
Baimu could not stand N's particular brand of stubbornness and had no choice but to agree.
Furthermore, after learning that N was on Academy Island, Awu had traveled all the way from Silicon Beryllium City. He had been the first person to meet N, yet N's first stop after returning to Orre had been Baimu. Awu could not help feeling a little jealous.
Still, the joy of reuniting with an old friend outweighed everything else.
The reason Shan Ren had not come was that he was too busy, and N understood that perfectly well—
The conflict between them had long since been resolved with Calyrex's arrival. It was not that either of them was deliberately avoiding the other.
N's plan to visit Shan Ren before flying out of Silicon Beryllium City made that clear enough.
Night at Orre Academy.
After the waves of miserable wailing, it seemed especially quiet.
Baimu had a residence here as well. N's arrival had canceled his plans to return to Platinum Silver Mountain, so he simply decided to stay the night.
And then—
"Come on."
He lay on the bed, staring at