Akala Island.
Rockruff had suddenly disappeared the night before. Ash and Pikachu had searched all night without finding any trace of it.
If it had simply gone missing, Olivia would not have been too worried.
Her own Rockruff had done the same thing.
It had suddenly disappeared one night, and when it returned, it had become a Midday Form Lycanroc.
That was simply how Rockruff behaved.
But Rockruff was injured, too.
That made this an entirely different matter.
They had to bring it back and treat its injuries first.
After Professor Kukui, Lillie, and the others heard what had happened, they decided to help Ash search for Rockruff.
"Rockruff, where are you?"
"Could it be in here?"
"How could it possibly be in a well?"
Kiawe was also riding Charizard all over Akala Island in search of Rockruff, constantly scanning his surroundings.
"Could it be under the house?"
"Rockruff!!!"
They searched from morning until afternoon.
Then they kept searching until dusk was almost upon them.
Yet they still found no sign of Rockruff.
Olivia felt they could not keep searching so aimlessly. "Ash, do you have any idea where Rockruff might have gone?"
Just then, a Yungoos suddenly leaped out of the bushes and ran past them.
An ordinary Yungoos would not have been worth their attention.
But this Yungoos had Tapu Lele's glowing scales on its body, and that certainly caught their attention.
"Tapu Lele!"
Ash suddenly remembered. "I think Rockruff battled Tapu Lele last night."
Olivia's brow furrowed.
"That could be bad..."
Tapu Lele was an innocent, kindhearted guardian deity, but also somewhat capricious.
"Innocent and kindhearted, but capricious?!
Does not compute! Does not compute, Rotom!"
"Tapu Lele heals injured Pokémon and humans, but it's also a very combative Pokémon."
"If its opponent fails to satisfy it in