Aether Paradise.
Although Faba had received Lusamine's forgiveness for his earlier mistake,
he still had to start over at the bottom, working under Wicke.
Faba was now responsible for cleaning Area C of Aether Paradise's Pokémon sanctuary and taking a head count of its Pokémon.
And he had to do the cleaning himself.
The Pokémon at Aether Paradise had all been rescued.
They received treatment here, and once they were confirmed capable of looking after themselves, they would be released into the wild.
Here at Aether Paradise, being released was called graduating.
While counting the Pokémon in Area C, Faba suddenly discovered that one was missing.
"Stufful is missing!"
Wicke pressed him. "The Stufful that's supposed to graduate next week?"
Stufful?
Speaking of Stufful, that brought to mind the Bewear on Melemele Island.
Surely it couldn't be that much of a coincidence?
Wicke had found this Stufful.
"I was patrolling the forest before, and the little Stufful was pinned beneath a fallen tree. It had quite a few injuries, too..."
"I've been looking after Stufful ever since."
"Do you think something happened to Stufful?"
Li Wei didn't think they needed to worry. Aether Paradise was an artificial island with surveillance covering the entire island, so Stufful probably couldn't have gone far.
"Here's what we'll do. Faba, Wicke, have some employees search the surveillance footage, while the others check their assigned areas."
"Victini, Hoopa, and the others are in Area C too. Tell them what happened. They'll be happy to help with the search."
"Lucario, Zeraora, help us look."
"Luca!"
"Cha~"
Although he only occasionally served as a Special Investigator,
Li Wei had actually taken Investigator courses, and he gave orders during missions too.
So this was something Li Wei was quite good at.
Lusamine nodded. "That would be wonderful. I'm