Night had fallen.
After a long struggle, Baimu finally managed to escape a certain clingy horse.
Then, under Calyrex's envious gaze, he picked up a book, tucked Blissey against one side and Shiny Gengar against the other, and opened the Simulator.
Time for a simulation!
Too much had happened lately. Once again, he had to combine four runs into one.
That made the previous simulation feel like ages ago.
Seeing him deliberately hold Blissey close while reading, his expression even more meticulous than it was in battle, and go ages without turning a page, as though he expected something to bloom out of the book...
Aggron and the other Pokémon exchanged looks.
Was it that time?
Yeah, it had to be.
It happened a day or two every month.
Their silent exchange left Calyrex baffled. Something it knew nothing about seemed to be happening right under its nose.
"My liege—"
"Shh!"
Before Calyrex could call out, the Porygon Phone stopped the King of Bountiful Harvest. "Baimu is doing something incredibly important. Don't disturb him for now. He'll be done in half an hour, maybe an hour."
"Something incredibly important?" Calyrex asked blankly.
It honestly couldn't see anything important in the way Baimu sat reading.
Hadn't he caught Calyrex and fussed over it just two days ago?
He'd been sitting exactly the same way!
Only his expression had been different.
But since everyone was taking this so seriously, Calyrex wasn't about to argue in front of them. It wasn't that willful.
At the same time...
A purple-feathered bird with an alluring bearing stood atop the Red Giant Tree, though no one had seen when it arrived.
Its wings folded as if its arms were crossed, its blue-violet tail feathers streaming like silk in the wind. Black plumage masked its eyes as