Time flew by, and the days slipped past.
Before anyone knew it, autumn had arrived.
This autumn was unlike years past. Temperatures across the region plunged, triggering sudden outbreaks of influenza.
Pokémon were not spared either.
Fortunately, Platinum Silver Mountain remained peaceful. Life there was calm and happy, and Big Egg had no occasion to put on her nurse's cap.
Pokémon Park, on the other hand, had quite a few cases.
After N took good care of them, they all recovered.
By now,
a small number of Wild Pokémon groups had begun migrating toward the vast eastern lands.
Perhaps in a few years, their tracks would spread across all of Orre.
As the ecosystem steadily improved, more and more visitors flocked to the region just to see this remarkable place for themselves.
Even around Platinum Silver Mountain, unfamiliar faces had appeared more than once lately.
Baimu saw them and knew Shan Ren had to be delighted.
Given the opportunity,
who knew how many Trainers he could talk into entering the League Conference and challenging the four Grand Trials?
Hopefully, it would draw out a few hidden "big fish" from the battling world
and make the competition even more thrilling.
Late that night,
after finishing a simulation, Baimu made a wish on a meteor streaking across the sky.
"Give me another orange one, please!"
After the Double-Orange Simulation,
the Simulator had turned downright uncooperative, giving him two Single-Blue Simulations whose fixed talents could not be changed.
The stories were still interesting, but the final results were less than ideal—both ended in the semifinals.
The level 70 cap had awarded him four levels in total.
Together with what he had saved, that was enough to exchange for three levels under the level 85 cap and raise Hydreigon straight to level 90.
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