The troublemakers were dead, and Greninja had dragged the one causing a scene away.
That brought Xu Mu's trip to the Secret Realm to a satisfying close.
Though he was a little surprised the Sea God Secret Realm hadn't been destroyed...
"Manaphy, Phione, are you two going to stay here?"
He'd gotten used to coaxing Legendary Pokémon into coming with him.
Looking at the two little ones, Xu Mu asked almost without thinking.
"Phio~ Of course! This is our home. Of course we're staying!"
As Phione spoke, she gave one of Hoopa's little rings a tug.
Seeing her curiosity about the Cosmic Ring, Hoopa took one off and handed it to her.
"Phione likes it?"
Phione took the ring and poked her head through it, then hurriedly pulled back!
"No, no! It's pitch-black in there. So scary!"
She dropped the ring in fright, her little face turning pale.
The sight of her made everyone laugh, and the sour mood from earlier gave way to cheer.
That was what the Pokémon world was like. It had been that way since Xu Mu's father appeared and cut a swath through his enemies, since Scarred Charizard threatened war against humanity.
Mr. Zhao had duped the Forces of Nature into arrogantly starting a war.
All of it told Xu Mu one thing.
This world was no fleeting dream of his!
Just as Douluo's thousands of years weren't a dream Tang San had while falling from a cliff after stealing the Buddha's Fury Lotus from the Tang Sect.
Nor was the vast world of Battle Through the Heavens one last fantasy of a boy named Xiao Yan as he lay dying after a car accident.
And it certainly wasn't one of the dreams countless shut-in nerds had before they died!
This was a real world!