"Volcarona, use Confusion to carry me over there!" After throwing a Poké Ball and releasing Volcarona, Liu Qing pointed toward the sea of flowers to the north. Volcarona gently beat its wings, blue light shining from its eyes, and lifted Liu Qing off the ground before flying swiftly away.
Boom! Through Liu Qing's Aura perception, a soundless explosion sent powerful ripples of energy spreading outward. The scarlet beam fired by the helicopter finally broke through the green barrier, and Shaymin's stone statue burst apart. Yet instead of scattering as fragments, it twisted into a strange spiraling backflow and was sucked into a pinprick-sized, multicolored vortex along with countless petals. The vortex expanded rapidly, growing to the size of a human head in just a few breaths, and continued to swell. Liu Qing tried probing it with his Aura, only for that too to be dragged inside by a strange force, making him grunt.
"Another dimension?!" Liu Qing shook his head slightly, his expression grim. "It looks like Shaymin really might be in there. If so, this is bad!"
"Nurse Joy, who's playing this sort of prank on you? And you actually believed them..." Elsewhere, Officer Jenny was still arguing with Nurse Joy over the phone when she suddenly paused. In an odd tone, she asked, "Nurse Joy, you-you have flowers over there, don't you?"
"Yes!" Nurse Joy answered without thinking. But when she turned her gaze toward the bouquet on the counter, she let out a scream. The flowers, so vibrant a moment ago, had wilted as though struck by frost!
"Hahaha, it's open! It's finally open!" Inside the helicopter, Dr. Koron watched the image on the large screen, his face alight with excitement.
"Doctor, the two of us sacrificed our precious sleep to help you this time. Don't let