"Are you behaving now?"
"I am."
When Shan Ren woke, he looked toward the Legendary Giants, fear still lurking in his eyes.
Anyone who hadn't experienced it firsthand could hardly understand how terrifying it was to be chased around by three towering behemoths.
He remembered exactly why he had passed out—
The shock wave from Regirock pounding the ground had blasted him and his Pokémon into the air!
How was that even possible?
It left Shan Ren wondering how Baimu had caught all three of them.
"One at a time, obviously!"
Had Shan Ren been knocked silly?
Baimu was speechless. He remembered sending Shan Ren individual photos to show off before he had assembled all three Legendary Giants.
Had he forgotten them all?
Shan Ren coughed awkwardly. The sight of that extravagant lineup—five Regi Pokémon—really had overwritten the memory.
He gave an embarrassed laugh. "You have a point. Three really are... Sigh. Before I went up the mountain, I was thinking a mountain that big could fit all five."
Baimu stared at him without expression.
Five?
You weren't expecting challengers to make it down alive!
"One at a time, then. But seriously, even one should be pretty difficult, right?" Shan Ren said after some thought.
"Try it and you'll find out," Baimu replied.
"Why don't you—"
Shan Ren shot back without thinking. Only after the words left his mouth did he realize he had said something stupid again. He clutched his head, hugged his knees, and shut down.
A clear symptom of having been beaten senseless.
Baimu nodded with absolute certainty. "Take your time figuring it out."
"Where are you going?"
"To train my Pokémon. What else? Did you think my strength fell out of the sky?"
Things had been busy these past two days, leaving little room for their