No good!
About to be crushed by water pressure!
As Baimu was caught in the ring by Lugia, he panicked and hurriedly reached for his phone—
Why the phone? Because once inside that ring, only Porygon II's Instant Movement could save his life, hoping to escape before his head gets crushed.
Mawile is the same!
Quickly pounced over!
He didn't even have time to muster anger at Lugia before dramatic changes unfolded, transforming the bright park into a pitch-black seabed where he felt the overwhelming pressure.
However.
Before Porygon II could appear, and before Hoopa on the other side could make any move, a cerulean glow emanated from Lugia's body and rapidly spread out, forming a giant bubble-like water membrane.
Air inexplicably found its way into Baimu's choking nose, prompting him to cough involuntarily.
The water pressure was gone!
No longer feeling the oppressive ache, his body told him Lugia used some method to protect him and Mawile and other Pokémon.
It seems this creature doesn't intend to harm him.
"Get up!"
He looked down and shouted to Mawile clinging to his pant leg; the latter managed to grab his chest as two Dreepy siblings tugged at the hair near its forehead.
"Tch-cha~" Mawile showed a relieved expression.
In his anxiety, he even forgot he could use Electromagnetic Levitation.
After the Dreepy siblings released Mawile, they weakly transformed into stacking blocks on his head.
That's too weak!
Knowing Mawile weighs only fifteen kilograms!
Baimu suddenly felt the need to have these pleasure-seeking creatures undergo some training; they can't always be kept as missiles, eventually needing them to play a part.
Finally having the calmness to think rationally, he first took a breath, then tried to turn to see Lugia clutching his clothing, wondering what this creature's intent was.
Curiosity?
Possibly, having been watched by Lugia for a while before.
"Why capture me?"
He asked directly.
Unfortunately, the latter didn't respond, merely shifting its gaze to look at him, perhaps finding it inconvenient to reply.
Met with silence, Baimu felt disappointed.
He couldn't understand why it couldn't speak at that previous place, having to drag him to the deep sea; this method was a bit too domineering.
Had he not believed in Hoopa located in Desert City would definitely come to rescue him, he might have felt much more suffocated inside.
Speak of the devil, and he appear.
Suddenly, a glowing Golden Ring appeared not far away, and Hoopa poked his head out, trying to speak but ended up swallowing seawater, with plenty of bubbles escaping the mouth, turning his voice into swallowing sounds.
"Gurgle gurgle gurgle——"
Despite his own awkward situation, seeing this sight made Baimu chuckle uncontrollably.
"Hahaha."
Unexpectedly, after he laughed, Lugia seemed to laugh too, slightly opening its white beak causing the grip to loosen, leaving Baimu momentarily careless, dropping down directly!
"Whoa!"
Feeling free fall, Baimu was shocked, face down worrying about hitting the water membrane, continuously praying it wouldn't break.
But before he touched the water membrane, the phone in his hand suddenly lit up.
In a flash.
The scene before him changed again, finding himself on Lugia's back with a jolt, as the vivid yellow light flowed around Mawile who unknowingly used Electromagnetic Levitation.
Unfortunately, it wasn't as fast as Porygon II's [Instant Movement].
"Good thing you're here..."
Baimu struggled to offer a smile to Porygon II in the phone, not pondering why it could use skills within the phone.
Meanwhile.
"Hmm?"
Lugia, lowering its head, couldn't see Baimu, startled, heard the sound, hurriedly turned its head and saw him, eyes widened in disbelief, unexpected he had such a method.
Because even divine beasts have little understanding of things like phones.
Golden Ring reopened.
This time appearing beside Baimu, Hoopa habitually poked out his head, muffledly asked, "Xiaobai, are you okay?"
"Still good, also call me Baimu."
He held down Hoopa's large, approaching head, despite its liberated form reaching six to seven meters even without its "sky-high ponytail," thick violet-red hair formed a muttonchop beard, sharp long teeth resembling rows of nails, quite fearsome.
Regrettably, this fierce-looking Pokémon speaks like a 10-year-old child, having a macho voice but sounds silly, quite odd.
"Oh."
Hoopa nodded, withdrew his head, and said, "You better come back, Balza and Mei Yali are worried sick."
Upon seeing this, Baimu instinctively wanted to step inside with Mawile.
Suddenly.
He heard a whale's cry nearby.
"Wuu~~"
[Wait!]
In a trance, the whale cry turned into a hoarse hiss.
Stopping abruptly, his face changed swiftly, then said, "Can you give me half an hour? Come pick me up again after half an hour."
"Half an hour? What is Xiaobai going to do?" Hoopa asked curiously.
Baimu pointed to Lugia whose attention was focused here, silently staring at him, replying, "This one seems to have something to discuss, though not quite certain why."
"...Oh."
Hoopa nodded meekly, showing not a hint of objection.
Such compliance sparked Baimu's curiosity, asking, "Hoopa, why do you always agree to my requests? Never thought of refusing? Clearly so troublesome for you."