Seeing a new Pokémon in the chat, Giratina immediately appeared and asked:

  [Is this Pokémon also a god?]

  The Rotom Phone iwo's hand automatically read the message aloud.

  "God? No, I am not a god," Mewtwo responded, shaking its head. "I am… a Pokémon."

  Naoki couldn't help but sigh and hold his forehead.

  Ever since he had actally let it slip that the Legendary Pokémon Chat Group existed, Giratina had started seeing itself as a divine being.

  And now, after Calyrex's immense piratina had begun assuming that all Pokémon in this group were gods.

  With Mewtwo's arrival, it was now questioning whether Meas divine as well.

  Mewtwo's words were automatically transcribed in the chat:

  [Mewtwo: God? No, I'm not a god. I'm… a Pokémon.]

  [Giratina: Then how did you get in?]

  Mewtwo: "…"

  Seeing where this was going, Naoki quickly stepped in.

  "It's my fault. Giratina, you should go about your business. I'm going to shoo around the World Tree."

  Giratina was just curious about Mewtwo and, after hearing Naoki's words, didn't ask any further questions.

  Finally, Naoki had the ce to expiom Phoo Mewtwo.

  "This is an intelligent device developed by humans. I lives a Pokémon called Rotom, which is why humans call it the Rotom Phone."

  "With this, even if you're in Kanto and I'm in Paldea, we still unicate. It has many other funs as well."

  "The Rotom inside will expiails to you."

  Mewtwo houghtfully and looked down at the Rotom Phone in its hand.

  A cheerful face appeared on the s, and then Rotom's voice rang out:

  "Hello, Mewtwo! I'm Rotom! o meet you! Please take good care of me!"

  Mewtwo had entered human teology before and even built maes itself.

  Thus, it quickly accepted the Rotom Phone's existence.

  ...

  At lunchtime, Pokémon on the World Tree were still eating mostly berries.

  Though the food options were limited, the Pokémon eheir meals.

  Naoki, however, felt a little guilty.

  So after lunch, he called all the Pokémon together ahem to the rge pile of supplies he had brought.

  A crowd of Pokémon gathered, standing i rows.

  The taller Pokémon stood at the back, while the smaller oood in front, all curiously eyeing the pile of items behind Naoki.

  Naoki smiled and began introdug them.

  "These are supplies I brought from the human world."

  "There are crop seeds for farming, saplings for pnting, cooking utensils, bs for sleeping, maes for processing crops, and ingredients for cooking food."

  "Tatsu!" (Sushi!)

  The three Tatsugiri immediately jumped up excitedly.

  Seeing their excited and expet expressions, the other Pokémon also looked towards the three of them, with happy smiles on their faces.

  Everyohe same way—there was nothing more exg than building a home with their own hands.

  Naoki chuckled at their enthusiasm.

  "Don't worry, I brought everything! But let's go step by step."

  Looking at the power ste device he had brought, Naoki asked,

  "Is anyone willing to help gee electricity?"

  "Meow?" Meowth tilted its head. "What's electricity?"

  Naoki poio the streetlights in the park and sushi restaurant.

  "With electricity, these lights will work at night and help light up the way home."

  Hearing this, Treecko's eyes lit up.

  "Treeck?" (Does that mean we won't be afraid of the dark anymore?)

  Naoki nodded with a smile.

  "Yes! But it requires help from Electric-type Pokémon."

  "Pikachu!"

  Pikachu immediately ran forward, eager to help!

  "Baa!"

  The t also stepped forward, their tails glowing with electricity.

  "Then I'll leave it to you guys!" Naoki grinned.

  "But you don't o charge it every day. One charge sts over a month."

  "Ohe World Tree asds into the sky, we switch to sor and wind power."

  "Until then, I'll t on you!"

  "Pikachu!"

  "Mee-Mee!"

  Pikachu and Mareep nodded enthusiastically.

  To prove its strength, Pikachu crouched down, cheeks sparking with brilliant yellow electricity.

  The powerful electric discharge illuminated everything nearby.

  "That's amazing!" Naoki praised.

  This Pikachu really was a e of Ash's Pikachu—even without training, its electricity was exceptionally strong!

  "Pika~"

  Pikachu seemed a little shy when he heard Naoki's praise.

  Now that the power issue was solved, the step was agriculture.

  As Naoki prepared crop seeds and saplings for the Pokémowo, who had been silently , suddenly spoke up:

  "I modify these maes and build a proper energy pnt."

  Naoki blinked in surprise.

  "You build that?"

  Mewtwo nodded.

  It had done simir things before.

  With its enhanced intelligence from human genes and immense psychic powers, Mewtwo could easily learn and apply human knowledge.

  Naoki wasirely surprised—he had guessed that Meas capable of such things.

  Still, he couldn't help but think…

  Mewtwo had way too many skills for a Pokémon.

  It could build houses. Modify maes. Lay crete floors. Even hypnotize people…

  In the movie, Mewtwo had once hypnotized Nurse Joy and brought her to New Isnd to be its caretaker.

  Now, Team Rocket's greatest on was farming fields aing up power pnts…

  If Giovanni knew about this, he'd probably lose his mind.

  Naoki grinned.

  "Then I'll leave it to you."

  He was truly happy—since Mewtwo had volunteered, it meant it was beginning to see the World Tree as home.

  Pokémon w together to build a self-suffit paradise—how toug was that?

  Maybe once Zapdos retired, it could settle down here and take charge of the power pnt.

  With energy sorted, the step nting crops.

  Naoki gathered the seeds and saplings he had brought, preparing to head to the farmnd.

  But there was too much to carry alone.

  Seeing this, the Pokémon eagerly came forward to help.

  Charizard grabbed a bundle of saplings. Venusaur extes vio carry the rger fruit trees. Mudbray and Tropius each carried two bags of seeds. Smaller Pokémon like Pikachu, Wigglytuff, Vaporeon, ah each took a small bag of seeds.

  Everyone ran toward the farmnd, their ughter eg in the air, filled with hope for a better future.

  Naoki, leading the group, gnced bad suddenly felt like he was a teacher on a kindergarterip.

  Soon, they passed Slowking's Forest and arrived at the lush farmnd, where Mewtwo and the other Pokémon had worked tirelessly to prepare the soil.

  Naoki began s the seeds, groupiables together and grains separately before expining:

  How to pnt each type of crop. When to harvest them. How to collect seeds for future pnting.

  The Pokémon found pnting and harvesting easy, but saving seeds and growing seedlings was more challenging.

  Naoki expined patiently, but most Pokémon had trouble uanding the long-term process.

  Seeing their fusion, Naoki wasn't disced.

  'The crops haven't even been pnted yet," he thought. 'Ohey start growing, I'll teach them hands-on—learning by doing is always better.'

  With that in mind, he led the Pokémon in sowing seeds across the cleared nd.

  At first, their movements were clumsy, but before long, they got the hang of it, and their efficy improved dramatically.

  Mewtwo, of course, wasn't oo stand idle.

  Floating into the air, its eyes glowed blue, unleashing a wave of psychiergy across the nd.

  Then—whoosh!

  Mewtwo dove down, and instantly, uncultivated nd transformed into soft, rich farmnd right before their eyes.

  Naoki was pletely stunned.

  Mewtwo's ability was really too exaggerated!

  Within minutes, every field had been carefully tilled.

  Mewtwo eve perfectly spaced walking paths between rows of crops—ensuring Pokémon could easily tend to the pnts without stepping on them.

  It theelekinesis to scatter seeds precisely into the designated plots.

  The soil automatically covered the seeds, pleting the process without a single mistake.

  By the time Mewtwo finished, Naoki and the others had only just pleted their se.

  Naoki stood there, still trying to process what he had just witnessed.

  'Mewtwo, the ultimate battle Pokémon… just became the world's best farmer.'

  Seeing that all the crops were now pnted, Naoki thought about beling the fields with small signs so Pokémon could remember what was growing where.

  But he hadn't brought any materials today, so he decided to returo set it up properly.

  Naoki then made another decision—

  'These crops are special. Let the Pokémon watch them grow naturally. I won't ask Calyrex to speed up the process.'

  "What's ?" Mewtwo asked.

  "Watering," Naoki replied, looking at the Water-type Pokémon nearby.

  "Wooo!"

  Milotic gracefully glided forward, its scales shimmering uhe sunlight.

  With a wave of its tail, dark rain clouds gathered above the fields.

  A geeady rain began to fall, soaking the soil with life-giving water.

  "Perfect!" Naoki nodded. "Using Rain Dance is a great way tate the fields. But you also use Water Gun for more targeted watering."

  The four Water-types—Bstoise, Gyarados, Golduck, and Vaporeon—perked up.

  They were more than happy to help water the fields iure!

  With the fields taken care of, Naoki turned his attention to the water-powered mill by the river.

  He took out bags of rid wheat from his supply sad gestured toward the building.

  "Now, let's see how we process harvested crops."

  It was a short walk through the farmnd before they arrived at the rge wooden mill, which owered by the river's steady flow.

  Naoki pced a batch of rito one of the chutes.

  "This part of the mill crushes the grain, turning it into rice."

  As the water wheel turned, a creaking sound echoed from inside.

  After a few mihe process was plete.

  Naoki walked to the output side, scooped up the freshly milled rice, and showed it to the Pokémon.

  "This is rice! You cook it or make sushi with it."

  "Tatsu?!" (Are we going to make sushi now?!)

  The three Tatsugiri squealed with excitement.

  Naoki chuckled.

  "Not yet! We still have one more step."

  This time, he pced wheat into a differeion of the mill.

  A few moments ter, snow-white flour emerged.

  "This is flour. You use it to make bread, pancakes, and buns."

  "Pikachu..."

  Pikachu's eyes sparkled at the thought of freshly baked bread.

  Naoki could practically see it drooling in anticipation.

  "Alright! Now that we've fi the mill, let's head back to the guild!"

  The three Tatsugiri immediately realized what Naoki meant—they were finally going to learn how to make sushi!

  With a burst of excitement, the trio leaped onto him—one perched on his head, while the other two g to his shoulders, one on each side.

  "Alright, let's get started," Naoki chuckled before turning to Mewtwo. "Would you like to e with us?"

  Mewtwo nodded.

  Although it remained silent, it could sehe siy in Naoki's heart—this human truly loved Pokémon.

  After a few twists and turns, the group finally returo the Expedition Guild. Sihere were no chis living on the World Tree, Naoki had t some eggs from his ranch for the sushi preparation.

  Onside, he arrahe kit utensils, ptes, arical appliances in their designated spots before starting his demonstration.

  Since Venusaur was going to be the head chef at the sushi restaurant, the lesson focused mainly on it.

  This ed Venusaur looked different from an ordinary o had distinctive dark markings on its body, much like a warrior painted in camoufge. Despite its wild appeara had a calm ale nature.

  "To make sushi, you need a few key ingredients," Naoki expined, pg several items on the ter.

  The Pokémon, including Venusaur and Tatsugiri, immediately leaned in curiously.

  "Rice, seaweed, fish, eggs, and carrots."

  "First, we o cook the rice. If we didn't have a rice cooker, we'd have to rely on Fire-type Pokémon to heat it up. But since I brought a rice cooker, we don't need Charizard's help for this part."

  "Ohe rice cooker is plugged in, we wash the rice, pce it inside, add the right amount of water, and start steaming."

  "While the rice is cooking, we'll prepare the redients."

  Venusaur and Tatsugiri watched ily, abs every detail.

  Naoki picked up a sharp knife and began slig fresh salmon oting board.

  Just then, one of the Tatsugiri suddenly squealed in terror—

  "Tatsu!!"

  It shrank back, trembling, its eyes locked onto the e-red fish on the ter.

  'W-Wait a sed... Is that—Tatsugiri?! Are we making sushi with... me?!'

  Naoki: "…"

  He sighed, rubbing his forehead.

  "No, this isn't Tatsugiri—it's salmon. It's a kind of fish that Dragonite love to eat."

  "Tatsu" "Really?" The trembling Tatsugiri still looked suspicious.

  Naoki nodded.

  "Why would I use you as an ingredient?"

  The Tatsugiri trio exged gheantly nodded in relief.

  "This is called salmon," Naoki tinued. "It usually lives in the sea. But don't worry—you don't have to travel far to find it."

  "Just take the World Tree Elevator tonite's Isnd, the o below, and you'll find plenty of salmon swimming there."

  "Oh, and while you're down there, you also colleori—which is seaweed that dries into these this."

  As he spoke, Naoki held up a crisp, bck sheet of dried seaweed for the Pokémon to see.

  "Both of these ingredients e from the o. So, if you ever run low, you'll o gather them yourselves."

  Naoki then looked at Vaporeon and Golduck, who were part of the sushi restaurant staff and Water-type Pokémon.

  But… would they have experieg fish?

  "If you 't catch them yourselves, you always ask Dragonite for help," Naoki suggested. "Just offer them some sushi in exge."

  The Tatsugiri trio puffed up their chests fidently. They turo Vaporeon and Goldud decred:

  "Tatsu!" (The job of gathering ingredients is YOURS!)

  Naoki sighed.

  "You 't dump all the work on them. If they do everything, they'll be exhausted."

  The Tatsugiri trio hesitated. If not Vaporeon and Golduck… then who?

  After some quick thinking, one of them ss fiedly.

  "Tatsu!" (We have an idea!)

  Naoki raised an eyebrow.

  "Oh? What idea?"

  The Tatsugiri trio grinned.

  "Mee!" (Let's find our old friend—Crawdaunt!)

  Naoki immediately uood.

  The Crawdaunt erfect for this task!

  "Good thinking!" Naoki praised. "They're strong, they live ier, and they love w together!"

  But there was one problem—if they wao recruit Crawdaunt, they o travel to the ke… and Naoki couldn't leave right now.

  At that moment, Mewtwo spoke up.

  "I'll take them."

  Naoki blinked.

  "You will?"

  Mewtwo nodded firmly.

  "Okay," Naoki smiled. "I'll leave it to you."

  Without another word, Mewtwo's telekinesis enveloped the three Tatsugiri, and in an instant—

  They vanished.

  Their destination? Casseroya Lake, to find the Crawdaunt.

  With Mewtwo and the Tatsugiri trio gone, Naoki tieag Venusaur how to prepare sushi.

  Despite its rough appearahe ed Venusaur was shogly precise and intelligent.

  After watg Naoki demonstrate a few times, Venusaur had already memorized each step perfectly.

  "Alright," Naoki said, stepping back. "Show me what you've got."

  Venusaur extes vines, carefully scooping a spoonful of rice from the pot with a spoon. It then shaped the rito a small ball, pced the thinly sliced salmon on top, and finally ed it in a sheet of seaweed.

  Just like that, the first piece of salmon sushi was ready.

  "Excellent! It looks like you've got the hang of it already." Naoki nodded in satisfa.

  ", I'll teach you how to make rolled sushi," Naoki tinued.

  This type of sushi involved rolling rid ingredients inside a sheet of seaweed, then cutting it into smaller pieces for easier eating.

  The method was simple yet delicate, and Venusaur picked it up quickly.

  "We still have plenty of ingredients. Do you want to make some sushi for everyoo try?" Naoki asked.

  "Venu" (Yes!) Venusaur nodded enthusiastically.

  Goldud Vaporeon stepped forward to help, gracefully inviting the Pokémon to sit down before serving freshly made sushi.

  A lively gathering began as Pokémon happily eheir meal.

  Venusaur didn't fet to save a portion for Mewtwo.

  Watg these Pokémon bonding over food, Naoki couldn't help but smile.

  With the Pokémon busy enjoying their sushi, Naoki quietly stepped away tahe rest of the furniture and supplies.

  The Pokémon Tavern, the Pokémoaurant, the Expedition Guild…

  But there was still one pce missing something important.

  "The item shop doesn't have any items yet."

  Naoki thought for a moment.

  "Maybe I teaon how to identify berries ahem stock the shop with different kinds."

  Berries had various effects—some restored health, some cured poisoning, and others healed status ditions like paralysis and freezing.

  "In a way, berries are like potions in a role-pying game."

  Acc to his pn, he inally wao invite Pawmot's parents to the World Tree to mahe shop.

  "But first, there's something even more important to take care of."

  There were no eggs on the World Tree.

  If they wanted a stable supply, they needed hens.

  "The two Pawmot back at the ranch already have experience raising chis, so they'd be the perfect caretakers for a chi coop here."

  There was also the matter of the Expedition Guild headquarters.

  "The three founding members of the Great Hero Expedition Team are still out traveling. I'll wait for them to return before finalizing the details of how the guild will be run."

  Before he realized it, Naoki had finished anizing all the supplies he had brought to the World Tree.

  His mission for the day was plete. It was finally time to return to the ranch.

  Just thewo returned from the Casseroya Lake—with three rge, dopey-looking Crawdaunt following behind.

  However, sinbsp;water-type Pokémon like Crawdaunt weren't suitable for nd travel, the Tatsugiri quickly expined everything about the World Tree before sending them to live in the o belonite Isnd.

  With that, the sushi restaurant now had a dedicated supplier.

  Whehey ran low on ingredients, Tatsugiri could ght to the o to buy fresh seafood from its brothers.

  As evening fell, Naoki prepared to leave.

  "I'll be heading baow. I might e by again in a few days. If you need anything, just—"

  Before he could finish, Tatsugiri cut him off.

  "Tatsu!" (I know, I know! If we have any questions, we'll ask Slowking!)

  Naoki: "…"

  "Alright then!"

  He turo Mewtwo.

  "If something urgent es up, use the Rotom Phoo tact me, and I'll e help."

  Mewtwo nodded.

  As Naoki left the World Tree, he gnced back at Mewtwo.

  For some reason, he suddenly had a thought—

  "Mewtwo… kind of looks like the captain of the World Tree's security team."

  Actually, that title suited it perfectly.

  With Mewtwo guarding this pce, there was o worry about intruders.

  But when the World Tree finally asds into the sky, it's bound to attract human attention.

  After all, there are satellites orbiting the p—a tree this massive would be impossible to hide forever.

  "When that happens, humans will probably send expedition teams to iigate."

  That was going to be a problem.

  And keeping the World Tree in the Distortion World forever wasn't an optioher.

  "Pokémon need sunlight and moonlight to thrive."

  If they never saw the sun, they'd eventually bee depressed.

  Although the sunflowers exist, it is impossible for a tiny sunflower to illuminate every er of the World Tree.

  Naoki tried hard to think of a solution.

  Naoki leaned ba the sofa at his ranch, deep in thought.

  "Would it be possible to ask Dragoo summon a perpetual storm around the World Tree, keeping outsiders away?"

  Or perhaps he could rely owo's psychic abilities—

  "Could Mewtwo distort space, creating a hidden realm so that no one could detect the World Tree's location?"

  The idea made sense. A floating, mystical tree in the sky would undoubtedly attract attention, especially from human explorers and researchers.

  After p for a moment, Naoki grabbed his Rotom Phone a a message to Mewtwo.

  Meanwhile, on the World Tree…

  Meas examining the funs of its own Rotom Phone.

  It had long mastered human writing, thanks to the time it spent strug its high-tech fortress on the Isnd. Not only could it read and write fluently, but it had also learned programming.

  At that very moment, curiosity struck.

  Mewtwo opened a web browser and typed into the search bar:

  "Why do Pokémo?"

  Even though it already khe answer, Meas ied in how humans perceived the question.

  But before it could explore further, a notification popped up.

  Mewtwhe name—Gold King was Naoki's alias in the chat group.

  Gold King: "Hey Mewtwo, I have a favor to ask."

  "In a few weeks, the World Tree will return to the real world. When that happens, it's bound to cause a massive stir. People will see it, and before long, explorers will start arriving."

  "So… could you use your psychic abilities to distort spad create a secret barrier around the World Tree? Something that would make it invisible to outsiders?"

  Mewtwo paused.

  A cealed space…? A hidden realm?

  This was something it had tempted before, but Naoki's words sparked an idea.

  Mewtwo thought about the psychic teiques it had mastered.

  If I biri, Light S, and Psychic Terrain… perhaps it's possible.

  It formuted a pn:

  First, it would gee a Tri, altering the flow of space itself. , it would erect a Light S to create a transpare imperable wall. Finally, it would use Psychic Terrain to cast an illusion, erasing the World Tree from outside perception.

  In theory, ordinary humans would never be able to detect its presence.

  After a brief pause, Mewtwo replied to Naoki's message.

  Mewtwo: "I give it a try."

  Seeiwo's reply, Naoki let out a sigh of relief.

  "That takes care of one problem. At least the World Tree won't bee a tourist attra."

  Even if some trainers—like Ash Ketchum—somehow stumbled upon it, Naoki figured he could just let them treat it as an adventure.

  "But if anyone es with bad iions…"

  Then they would have to face the guardians.

  Calyrex, in its Shadow Rider form, mounted orier, Giratina, lurking in the shadows. Mewtwo, a being of unmatched intelligence, capable of reading and erasing memories

  And when Naoki grew older, he po send his three Gogoat to stand guard at the entrance, much like the Regi trio guarding the Kanto World Tree.

  That wasn't all.

  "Plus, there's the Dragonite Corps."

  To eve foot in the World Tree, invaders would first have to defeat the Gogoat guardians.

  Then they'd have to fight past Giratina and Koraidon.

  And even if they mao survive all that—

  Mewtwo and Calyrex would be waiting for them at the summit.

  With this level of prote, it was nearly impossible for any human to reach the World Tree.

  …Oh, wait. There was one more thing.

  "What about Rayquaza?"

  Naoki suddenly recalled the Shiny Rayquaza that Dragonite had onvited to visit the ranch.

  "I should talk tonite about Rayquaza. Maybe we i to the World Tree as well."

  If successful, this would add yet another yer of defense.

  "All that's left now is for the World Tree to finish growing."

  ...

  April 20, Year 200 of the Pokémon League dar

  Nearly half a month had passed since Mewtwo arrived at the World Tree.

  During this time, Naoki made several visits, bringing various supplies to the Pokémon living there.

  Naoki had noticed something iing. Whehe Pokémon at the World Tree had a problem, they would instantly run to Slowking for advice.

  Questions like:

  "How do I make more friends?"

  "How do we grow stronger seedlings?"

  "What's the best way to transport flour?"

  At first, Slowking was able to answer most of them, but Naoki worried that some questions might be too plex.

  So, to help, he purchased several books from Kosaji Town, including Agriculture & Farming, Animal Husbandry, A World Encyclopedia

  And to ensure Slowking could always find answers, Naoki did one more thing—

  He gave Slowking a Rotom Phone.

  One of the additions to the World Tree was a brand-new chi coop.

  Naoki had personally built it, and with Pawmot's parents now managing it, the Pokémon living on the World Tree would have a stable supply of eggs.

  However, hens were not Naoki's first choice.

  "If possible, I'd rather invite Pokémon like sey to live here."

  Unlike ordinary eggs, sey's eggs were nutrient-rid abundant—they could even y multiple eggs a day.

  The problem?

  sey Pokémon were extremely rare.

  Once, long ago, sey poputions thrived in the wild. However, when humans discovered the nutritional bes of their eggs, mass hunting began.

  Over time, wild sey became nearly extinct, making it incredibly difficult to find ooday.

  Still, Naoki had mao secure some additional food supplies for the World Tree.

  He purchased three Miltank and two Alcremie from a town rand had them sent to the World Tree.

  Now, the Pokémon had a stant supply of milk, eggs, cream, and berries.

  Additionally, Arboliva shared its high-quality olive oil with everyone.

  Some Pokémon who were ied in cooking began to make cakes and bake desserts in the oven acc to the method given by Slowking.

  Of course, mistakes happened.

  One act resulted in an oven explosion, nearly setting the guild on fire. Fortunately, a Water-type Pokémon was nearby and quickly extinguished the fmes.

  Hearing about the i, Naoki sent them a brand-new oven the very day.

  It had been half a month sinaoki, Mewtwo, and the others pnted crops.

  And now?

  The first batch of crops was nearly ready for harvest.

  Perhaps it was due to the riatural energy of the World Tree, but the crops had grown abnormally fast and were exceptionally high in quality.

  Mewtwo eve Naoki a picture of the fields in full bloom.

  "I'll head over in a few days to help with the harvest," Naoki thought.

  With time, the World Tree had fully stabilized, evolving into a thriving Pokémon sanctuary.

  And after w tirelessly for weeks, Naoki finally had a ce to rest.

  ...

  With the arrival of summer, the weather was getting hotter.

  Only ms aernoons remained cool enough for Naoki to do his daily tasks.

  During those hours, he would sell fresh produce at the local market or repair wooden fences damaged by wild Pokémon

  The rest of the time?

  Rexing at home, pying Pokémon games, and browsing the i.

  Retly, Naoki has been keeping a close eye on news from the Hoenn region.

  If his predis were correct, something big was about to happen this year.

  This was the year when Team Magma and Team Aqua would awaken Groudon and Kyogre.

  One wao expand nd. The other wao flood the world.

  Soon, Groudon and Kyogre would csh in ah-shattering battle, plunging the Hoenn region into chaos.

  With the rise of the i, information spread faster than ever.

  Naoki quickly found a suspicious online post from a self-procimed member of Team Aqua.

  Username: King of the Sea

  Post: "The Hoenn Alliance is weak! Soon, Team Aqua's grand pn will be plete! The world will bow before the sea!"

  Posted: Two days ago

  Naoki chuckled.

  "This guy has a death wish."

  Curious, he clicked on the ents se—

  And immediately burst out ughing.

  Pi the top was an official statement from the Hoenn Alliance:

  Hoenn Alliahis individual was arrested by Hoenn police earlier this m. Upon iigation, they were firmed to be a member of the criminal anization Team Aqua. The Hoenn Alliance is now actively monit Team Aqua's movements. Citizens, please report any suspicious individuals to your local authorities.

  "Wow. This guy really jinxed himself. Popped the champagoo early, huh?"

  Meanwhile, Team Magma robably celebrating—with all attention on Team Aqua, their own pns would go much more smoothly.

  Still, the thought of Groudon and Kyogre waking up made Naoki a bit uneasy.

  "Ohey csh, Hoenn will be in serious danger…"

  Deep in thought, Naoki suddenly heard a notification from his Rotom Phone.

  New Message from a Friend

  "Huh? Who could it be?"

  He unlocked the s and saw a small red dot beside Geeta's profile picture.

  "…It's her?"

  Geeta: "Naoki, summer is just around the er! As a thank-you for hosting the Paldean Alliance guests, we've arranged a special vacation trip just for you!"

  "Private jet, luxury hotel, all meals included.

  Destination: Levincia City! It's the perfect summer getaway—sun, beaches, aion!"

  Naoki: "…"

  Somethi off.

  "Why is she being so nice all of a sudden?"

  He narrowed his eyes.

  "Is she trying to win me over? Does she wao work for the Paldean League?"

  Unfortunately, now was the worst possible time.

  Naoki had no time for a vacatioill had to help with the harvest at the World Tree.

  After thinking for a moment, he typed a polite response.

  Naoki: "Thank you for the generous offer! But I'm currently busy managing the ranch, so I won't be able to leave. Maybe aime."