Room 1608 had been confirmed as the Spirit World Entrance.
That raised another question.
How were they supposed to find Room 1608?
According to the manager, the strange room had not appeared since the Mauville Mountain Hotel became part of Mauville. It was as if the crowds brought in by the mall, along with electronic ghosts like Rotom, had scared the ghost room away.
But the clue proved Room 1608 had not vanished.
Finding it was the hard part.
Everyone left the manager's office. Poppy thanked Officer Jenny for sitting in with them, though the officer's smile looked a little strained.
"So it was the Mauville Mountain Hotel's ghost room. I remember my predecessor telling me about it. I never thought that was what you were looking for. But if you're going to the Spirit World, I'm afraid I can't come with you..."
"You've already helped plenty," Poppy replied softly. Officer Jenny had other matters to attend to, so she said goodbye and left.
Baimu opened the Simulator clue again. At last, he understood why it gave no time. Apparently, no one knew when Room 1608 would appear.
And a Spirit World Entrance sounded terrifying.
He could not help thinking of the episode of Pokémon Journeys where Ash accidentally boarded the Ghost Train. The story itself had been fairly ordinary, but Spiritomb's soul had entered Ash's body and controlled him. That alone showed how dangerous Ghost-type Pokémon could be.
Still, now that he had the clue, there was no way he would give up.
That Pokémon was destined to be his!
After thinking it over, Baimu decided to stick close to Pheobe. She was a legendary medium who had grown up on Mt. Pyre, and she sounded familiar with the Spirit World. Surely she knew how to deal with Ghost-type