Xu Mu's actions only made Ho-Oh more anxious.
Ho-Oh hurriedly asked him, "Are you really sure?"
Xu Mu was baffled by Ho-Oh's reaction.
What was going on with this Pokémon?
Why was Ho-Oh imagining so many ridiculous things?
Xu Mu turned to Ho-Oh again.
His expression made his exasperation plain.
He nodded.
"Yes," he said earnestly.
"You really haven't offended me!"
"Stop overthinking it!"
Ho-Oh seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"I thought I'd offended you somehow," Ho-Oh said quickly.
"And that you wanted to get back at me."
Xu Mu's face darkened at once.
What on earth was Ho-Oh talking about?
Why would I go out of my way to get back at Ho-Oh?
He looked at Ho-Oh helplessly. "Am I that kind of person?"
Xu Mu expected an earnest apology.
Who could have guessed?
Ho-Oh was earnest, all right.
"You are!" Ho-Oh told him with utter sincerity.
"You're exactly that kind of person!"
Xu Mu nodded calmly.
Then he told Ho-Oh,
"All right."
"Now you've offended me."
Ho-Oh heard that,
and despair set in.
What had gone wrong?
What had I done?
I'd just spoken without thinking!
And now look what had happened!
Xu Mu was definitely going to get back at Ho-Oh now.
Ho-Oh trudged off to the side, thoroughly dejected.
Xu Mu turned back to the display before him.
He waited for the system to continue.
[Name: Cosmog] [Abilities: ...]
Cosmog was one of his Pokémon, though Xu Mu had only just caught him.
Xu Mu knew little about Cosmog's strength.
After all, even the original world had never fully figured Cosmog out.
How could Xu Mu know?
What he did know was that Cosmog was extraordinarily rare.
Only a handful of people knew where to find one.
As for Cosmog's appearance,
he