The incident at Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum had finally been resolved. Archaeologists and construction crews were repairing the underground palace, and all the implicated members of the Hall had been brought to justice.
The Alliance had also offered an explanation for the widely publicized incident in which everyone at the imperial mausoleum fell asleep: an unidentified Pokémon passing through had caused it and had since been driven away.
Darkrai's identity had not been exposed, so it could continue to stand guard in the central Main Hall, protecting everything within.
"Honestly, I still don't know what Darkrai is protecting. But I doubt it's just Giratina's passage to the Distortion World, right?" Xiao Ran said, leaning against Ye Ling's shoulder in the car on the way home.
The drop of blood he had used to awaken Darkrai had left him weak again. Fortunately, this time it was only physical weakness, and the doctor had simply told him to build up his strength with nourishing food.
Still, he had never expected that, after spending a whole month finally recovering from Xerneas's blessing, he would turn into a weakling again before he had even enjoyed two days of swaggering around.
"Oooo~~~" Just then, a ghostly face suddenly appeared in front of them, accompanied by an eerie laugh.
Before the laugh could fully escape, however, Ye Ling grabbed the culprit and pulled it down.
"No scaring him!" Ye Ling said coldly.
"Oooo~~~" The little Pokémon nodded. This was the Misdreavus she had received in an exchange with Imperial Capital Pokémon University.
Because it had come to her through an exchange, the little Pokémon had always refused to listen to her.
That had lasted until the bead Darkrai gave them appeared. Its eyes had practically popped out at the sight, and from then on, whatever Ye