When Baimu saw the reward, heat rushed straight to his head.
Even his breathing grew heavy!
A Legendary Pokémon! An actual Legendary Pokémon!
Plenty of Sub-Legendary Pokémon with base stats below six hundred had been caught by trainers in the anime, but they were still precious enough to set his heart racing.
Just like when he had encountered Raikou.
Who would have thought reaching the Champion Cup semifinals in the Galar Region could earn a reward like this? Orange Talent had given him such a surprise that his hands felt numb.
"Happy?"
A gentle cry sounded beside him.
"Yeah, I'm very happy right now... Huh?"
He glanced over and found Blissey at his side. She was looking up at him, her face full of worry.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Baimu looked around. The other Pokémon seemed confused or concerned too, so he poked Blissey on the forehead. "Nothing's wrong. I just got excited reading."
Only then did the Pokémon relax. The Dreepy siblings, who had huddled together trembling because of the mood, breathed a sigh of relief, as did Dragapult, hidden in the shadows.
Once the Pokémon settled down, Baimu's excitement cooled rapidly too.
He looked at the clue reward again and suddenly noticed a difference—
It didn't say [Can Be Caught].
Previous clue rewards had always specified that the Pokémon in question could be caught. This second reward said nothing of the sort, and even the species seemed to be random.
Hmm...
What did that mean? Could the clue lead him to a Legendary Pokémon that was already caught or couldn't be caught, like the Legendary Birds of the Orange Islands?
In the anime, Sub-Legendary Pokémon often existed in multiples. Some were so closely tied to the world that catching them would bring about its