Heath yawned as he sat down in a chair. He had meant to go to bed, but looking at Ho-Oh and Shadow Lugia, he no longer felt like sleeping. After all, he could sleep anytime, but Ho-Oh and Lugia were not Pokémon he could just see whenever he wanted. Besides, this was Shadow Lugia, an exceptionally unusual Pokémon with the status of a legendary Pokémon and the special power of shadow moves. Even among Pokémon, it was one of a kind.
"...What is going on with this power? I actually can't separate it from her." Ho-Oh frowned. She was studying how to remove the shadow energy from Shadow Lugia, but no matter what she tried, it seemed to cling to Lugia's body and refused to come out. Even her Sacred Fire could not weaken it.
"Maybe it needs some kind of special equipment?" Heath suggested. Although he had never played that Pokémon spin-off, he still remembered some details, including certain peculiarities of Shadow Lugia. Other Pokémon could be purified through a conventional method, but Shadow Lugia could not. She could only be purified using the most specialized and comprehensive purification chamber, which was extremely troublesome.
Ho-Oh glared at Heath. He scratched his head, unsure how he had offended this tsundere legendary Pokémon this time.
"How did you find it?" Ho-Oh asked Heath. By now, she could not be bothered to keep up her disguise and returned to her original form right inside Heath's Food Truck. Sacred flames burned over Ho-Oh's body, then enveloped Shadow Lugia beside her. Even so, Shadow Lugia showed no signs of waking.
"When I went to Pokémon Tower tonight, I happened to hear something crying out upstairs. Then I went up to take a look and found her," Heath said with a smile. He had prepared