Once they had decided, Meray and her brother gave Hoopa a few more reminders, then Chen Shi had Jirachi send them home.
Watching Hoopa Confined sulking on Eternatus's back, Chen Shi smiled without saying much.
Hoopa Confined had grown up with Meray and her brother, and their bond ran deep.
Now that Hoopa suddenly had to leave them both, the little Pokémon was probably hurting and struggling to accept it.
Putting himself in Hoopa's shoes, what if something suddenly forced him to hand Dreepy over to someone else?
Neither he nor Dreepy would likely be able to accept it.
Chen Shi understood how Hoopa Confined felt.
In truth, if the world were at peace, Chen Shi would not have wanted to take Hoopa away either.
If Meray and her brother were afraid of encountering danger, they could simply have Hoopa summon him whenever they needed him.
That would be a trivial matter for him.
However, Dark Eternatus's appearance had sounded an alarm for everyone.
It had made them realize that, despite this defeat, Dark Matter might return very soon.
Hoopa could summon Legendary Pokémon at any time, and that ability was not to be underestimated.
So Chen Shi had no choice but to take Hoopa with him.
For Chen Shi, it had been over a year since he left the Hoenn Region.
But for the Hoenn Region, Chen Shi had only been gone a few months.
The cities were still familiar, as were the towns.
Nothing seemed to have changed. Everything was exactly as he remembered it.
Upon returning to the Farm, Chen Shi's first thought was to find Eternatus a place to stay.
However, Eternatus was so enormous that nowhere seemed quite suitable.
Only when Mew reminded him did he remember that he had a Mystery Realm.
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