May 13.
Eindoak Town.
The streets buzzed with voices as tourists and local residents crowded into the town.
Some wore clothing with a distinctly tribal flair.
From the stallholder's enthusiastic introduction, Li Wei learned that Victini had lived in this town for a long time.
The streets were filled with all kinds of Victini-themed merchandise.
Clearly, Victini had long since become part of life here.
Li Wei actually found it rather surprising that Victini had managed to live here peacefully for so long.
Its ability to turn invisible was simply too powerful.
Victini also had some ability to sense people's hearts, which had helped it identify plenty of bad people.
"It's not that easy to spot! Hardly anyone has seen it in the past few years."
While Li Wei and the others chatted with the stallholder,
the invisible Victini hid in a tree, watching them with its big blue eyes darting about.
Its head looked like a large V, and it had a pair of small V-shaped wings on its back.
Even its paws looked like Vs. It was unmistakably Victini.
Lucario really wanted to say it hadn't noticed anything, but-it was just too obvious!
Lucario immediately told Li Wei through its aura,
[There's a Pokémon in the tree watching us.]
Li Wei replied to Lucario through his aura as well,
[It's probably the Victini the stallholder mentioned. Don't worry.]
Lucario nodded slightly. [Understood.]
Meanwhile, the stallholder was telling Ash and the others about the legends surrounding Victini.
"They say Victini once saved the Sword of the Vale Castle!"
Iris couldn't help exclaiming, "That's amazing!"
Cynthia lightly rested her chin on her hand. "The Victory Pokémon. It can grant power to others."
After they bought some Victini figurines from the stallholder,
Iris said excitedly, "All right, let's sign up for