By the time Geeta and Aoki arrived in Kitakami, it was already dark.
The incident was more or less over, too.
Like the police in so many movies, all they needed to do after arriving was clean up the mess.
It sounded unimportant, but there was plenty of aftermath to deal with.
The World Pokémon Academy Tournament would begin in three days, yet the Kitakami Resort, where the competitors were staying, had become the main battlefield for a clash between Legendary Pokémon.
Fortunately, only the area near the main entrance had been destroyed. The residences, cafeteria, training grounds, and other facilities farther back were still usable.
Those were minor issues. If they sent people from the Machamp Renovation Company over, they could just about finish the repairs before the tournament began.
The real issue was the far-reaching impact of this battle between Legendary Pokémon.
After seeing Pecharunt and the Loyal Three smashed into oblivion by Ogerpon's enormous cudgel, with the Town Chief still out of his mind from Xia Chi infuriating him, things had changed.
Kitakami's troublemakers finally stopped daring to stir up trouble.
Mostly because stirring up trouble would accomplish nothing anyway.
The entire Kitakami incident had already overtaken the "Spear Pillar Ruins discovery" as the most sensational news story since the start of League Calendar year 225!
Granted, Pecharunt and the Loyal Three were nowhere near as impressive as those mighty beings from Sinnoh.
But they had actually come back to life!
Though, not long after their reanimation, Xia Chi and Ogerpon had smashed them out of existence again.
Even so, there had been a spectacular battle of legends, a story full of twists and reversals behind it, and, most importantly, Xia Chi's livestream of the whole thing!
The entire incident had been nothing if not riveting from