Before it arrived, Shiny Gengar had acted like it didn't care.
What difference did it make where it ended up?
Could it be any worse than life with Jarvis?
But when it actually saw the human who had taken Jarvis down, surrounded by Pokémon that all looked tough, it couldn't help panicking and shrinking into a patch of shadow.
Was it going to get beaten up?
After all, Jarvis had forced it to help him do so many terrible things.
Shiny Gengar was clever enough to understand its situation after the upheaval of being captured, testifying in court, and moving to Pyrite Town—
It had once been a criminal's Pokémon, and its former Trainer had been sent away to plant trees.
The green-haired human had made sure it wasn't treated differently, but the other Pokémon still feared and shunned it and the rest of the Mega Evolution Legion.
It learned later that many Pokémon there had been hurt by human criminals and forcibly brought to that land.
Because the newcomers were strong and showed little fear or hostility toward humans, the others had quietly assumed they were accomplices.
Fortunately, the green-haired human explained things, and the misunderstanding was cleared up.
At last, they could settle into their new home.
But Shiny Gengar wanted more. Jarvis had controlled it through fear and technology, yet the power it had gained through Mega Evolution had captivated it.
It wanted to grow stronger.
It had no particular reason, nor anything it wanted to do.
It simply longed for power—for the strength Mega Evolution could bring.
That was why
it had agreed to come to Baimu, seeing this as a chance to leave the darkness behind and change its life.
The green-haired human, who understood Pokémon so well, had once told it:
There were no