Akari's Arceus Phone (please keep reading)

Early that morning, in the kitchen.

Looking at the innocent-faced Munchlax, Mingyou scratched his head and smiled helplessly. "Wash that ketchup off yourself. That way, nobody will catch you sneaking food. Remember to go clean up in the bathroom in a bit."

With that, he went back to cleaning.

He cleaned up all the ketchup stuck to the floor and the broken bowl. He hadn't expected to find this mess the moment he came downstairs to cook.

Seeing Munchlax getting scolded, Gible shuffled out timidly, looked up at Mingyou, and gave a soft cry, explaining that Gible had accidentally knocked over the ketchup. Munchlax had only taken the bowl of fries.

Watching Gible gesture in explanation, Mingyou smiled calmly. Of course he wouldn't blame them over something so trivial. "All right, just be more careful next time you sneak food. You could easily hurt yourselves stepping on those broken pieces."

"Gib~"

"What do you want for breakfast? How about apple-filled steamed buns and some Mouse Potato rice porridge?"

"Munch~"

"All right, I'll head out back first."

After cleaning up, Mingyou went to the backyard to pick vegetables. But as soon as he reached the vegetable patch, he saw a Piloswine playing there with Swinub. His face lit up. "You evolved?"

"Oink~"

"Looking good. I'm here to pick some vegetables. Uh... speaking of which, what are those things?"

Looking at the ice sculptures and mud statues nearby, Mingyou finally realized something was off...

A short while later, he stood with his arms crossed, looking at the ice sculptures and mummies that had been moved into the orchard. Latias and Wyrdeer had given him a rough account of what had happened.

"The Kitakami Ogre Mask Group? Didn't people complain about them making students and tourists cry during their challenge event? Did they