The pitch-black, unfathomably deep mine tunnel.
Aggron walked slowly forward, with Aron taking tiny steps behind him.
"Rrr?"
He did not understand why they had come here.
As Big Monster recalled the past, he turned and let out a low roar. "Grrr!"
This was where he would live from now on.
Aron tilted his head. "Rrr?"
Then why was it only them? Why had that human not come along?
Clearly, foolish Aron had not understood what Aggron meant. Shiny Gengar cackled strangely behind them.
"Hee hee hee~"
Aron was instantly horrified. What did he mean, only him?
No.
Were they not going to raise him anymore?
Although he had spent an extremely short time with Baimu, less than a single night, to Aron, who had been abandoned twice, it had been long-lost warmth and kindness.
They had clearly rescued him. Why were they leaving him here again?
What about the Sandshrew?
Aggron at the very front stopped and turned around, roaring sternly. "Grrr!"
First, Baimu belonged to him.
Second, the one who belonged to Aron was someone else. All Aron needed to do was wait here.
"Rrr—"
Aron could not understand at all.
Big Monster wore an unusually human expression of speechlessness, nearly defeated by his own stupidity.
See? Even Pokémon could not empathize with their younger selves.
Though the main reason was that Aggron himself was rather impatient with Aron.
Shiny Gengar sharply noticed that Big Monster, normally mild-tempered, had surprisingly little patience when facing his past self.
He could not help finding it strange.
"Maybe it's a sense of crisis."
Inside the Quicksand Team's finance office, Porygon Phone scanned the account books while discussing the matter with Baimu.
Aggron's "abnormality" naturally did not escape Baimu's notice, so while causing trouble for the Quicksand Team, he discussed it with