With Hinata leading the way, they followed a woodland path to a Pokémon Center in the forest.
They could tell that this Pokémon Center was different from the usual ones. It looked more like a research center, though that was hardly surprising. Compared with those in busy areas, a remote Pokémon Center like this probably served more of a research function than treating Trainers' Pokémon.
Otherwise, it would not have been built in such a secluded forest.
The one thing that had not changed, however, was that the person in charge was still the familiar Nurse Joy.
Seeing her face still felt especially comforting.
As soon as they met, Hinata asked impatiently, "Nurse Joy, is the system doing any better?"
Clearly, Hinata must have met this Nurse Joy before, or spoken with her over the phone. Otherwise, she would not have known so much about the situation here.
"No, we still can't use it." Nurse Joy sighed. "None of the equipment will turn on, and the power is out too. We're running on backup power now, but if this continues, even that won't last much longer."
Setting aside whether Deoxys had caused the geomagnetic disturbance, this showed just how much damage a geomagnetic anomaly could cause.
Hinata told her about their encounter with Deoxys.
"Huh?" Nurse Joy froze, then understanding dawned on her. "I see. So it caused the geomagnetic anomalies that started last week?"
"That seems to be the case." Hinata nodded, then stepped aside and introduced the man behind her. "But don't worry. Even if Deoxys is involved, with Mr. Xia You here, everything will be resolved smoothly."
As she finished, Xia You met Nurse Joy's surprised gaze, then glanced at Hinata as well.
He did not know whether he was imagining it, but unlike their last meeting,