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Watching Dusknoir lead its underlings in dropping to their knees, sliding forward, apologizing, and surrendering at lightning speed, Mingyou, Ogerpon, and the others froze. The sudden turn of events left them completely dumbfounded. Was that even allowed?

It was hard to connect the Pokémon before them with the one that had served as a boss in the Eternal Forest a few months ago.

An outdated boss really was worth less than a dog...

"All right, then!"

After thinking for a moment, Mingyou decided to give Dusknoir a chance to explain first, then beat it up.

"Tell me the truth. Why did you come all the way here from the Eternal Forest? Surely it wasn't just to steal vegetables? Or were you deliberately trying to get revenge?"

"Pon!"

Ogerpon raised the Ivy Cudgel, ready to attack at any moment. Latias followed suit, raising a branch. Although she had been there at the time, she hadn't gone to the main battlefield because she was protecting Lillie. Still, she knew what had happened.

"Heh heh..."

Dusknoir explained honestly.

It had been fired from the Spirit World...

"Huh? You can get fired from that?"

Mingyou was a little baffled.

As a nexus that balanced time and space, the Spirit World could easily trigger a Space-Time Rift through a moment of carelessness, or even destroy the world.

That was why the Spirit World had very strict rules. Apart from their boss, Giratina, who could mess around however it pleased, everyone had to follow them to the letter.

Yet somehow, word had gotten out about what Dusknoir had done in the Eternal Forest. Secretly snatching other people's souls wasn't allowed.

Even though Bloodmoon Ursaluna had stopped it from succeeding... not to mention that it had secretly kept antimatter, something belonging exclusively to Giratina, to use as