The Investigation Squad stayed in the gazebo until evening. The Dessert Shop usually closed at five in the afternoon, and they only began their discussion once nearly all the customers had left.
As the newcomer, Mingyou naturally had plenty of questions, such as the details of their experiences in the Great Crater of Paldea, and the haunting Arven had encountered at the Crystal Pool a few months ago...
Penny created a temporary group chat for the squad. He put several safeguards in place to prevent surveillance and keep outsiders from viewing their chat history, ensuring hackers couldn't break in and monitor their conversations.
He had always been cautious about such things.
Once the group was set up, they began talking. Mingyou put forward all his questions, especially about the haunting. He was eager to hear the details, since it had happened closer to them than anything else.
They tackled the questions one by one, with Arven answering.
The details of what had happened in the Great Crater of Paldea matched what Uva had told him before. Professor Sada's robotic AI had summoned them to help shut down the Time Machine. Although they had faced plenty of danger along the way, they had successfully reached the research station at the very bottom.
With the Time Machine running for so long, many Pokémon from ancient times had been transported into Area Zero inside the Great Crater of Paldea. To prevent damage to the ecosystem, their only option had been to shut the Time Machine down permanently.
Hearing this, Mingyou asked, "Are you sure the Time Machine has been shut down?"
"Yes!"
Uva nodded, then continued, "To shut down the Time Machine, we fought the Paradise Protection Protocol. Although we defeated it, the Paradise Protection Protocol overwrote Professor Sada's AI and ordered the