Seafolk Village, Poni Island.
The Pokémon Center.
"Alola, Li Wei."
Blissey raised her stubby little hands too, greeting Li Wei.
"Lucky~"
Li Wei nodded. "Alola, Nurse Joy."
"What brings you back so soon?"
After all, Li Wei really hadn't been gone very long.
"I challenged the Totem Kommo-o. My Pokémon needs some treatment."
As he spoke, Li Wei handed Kommo-o's Poké Ball to Nurse Joy.
This wasn't Li Wei's first Totem challenge, so Nurse Joy wasn't surprised.
She had even guessed why he'd gone.
"You went to get Kommo-o's Z-Crystal, didn't you?"
"That's right."
Li Wei gave the Kommonium Z on his Z-Ring a little shake.
Nurse Joy smiled. "All right, leave it to me."
While Nurse Joy treated the injured Kommo-o,
Pokédex Rotom circled excitedly.
Pokédex Rotom had automatically recorded the battle earlier, saving all the footage and audio.
"Preliminary analysis complete. Synchronization and group behavior patterns detected, Rotom!"
"Send it to Professor Oak and the others."
Li Wei called Professor Oak and the others first, then had Pokédex Rotom transmit the data to them.
"Transmitting data, transmitting data..."
Pokédex Rotom took the organized video footage, along with the energy readings and sound-wave analysis charts,
and sent the whole package to Professor Oak, Professor Rowan, and Professor Kukui.
Not long after they received the material,
Professor Oak was the first to respond.
On the Pokémon Center's video call,
Professor Oak looked utterly thrilled.
"Li Wei, this is absolutely incredible!"
There was a reason Professor Oak was so excited.
Previous research had only documented how Kommo-o's howls after subduing prey prompted the surrounding Hakamo-o to respond with Metal Sound.
This was considered a celebration of victory, or perhaps an acknowledgment of strength.
But during such a fierce battle,
the entire group had performed Metal Sound in perfect unison, with a