It's just that these Pokémon don't have any hostility between each other now.
Their gazes are all focused on the two Plasma Team members.
Seeing the Wild Pokémon gradually approaching them, a cold sweat broke out on the two members.
"Melo?" Swaying her green wave-like hair, the little one hurriedly covered her eyes with her hands, briefly peeking through a tiny gap before quickly shutting them again.
In an instant, she chased after Natsuhiko and their departing group.
The corners of her mouth involuntarily lifted, and she began to hum an ancient, unfamiliar song.
The vegetation in the surrounding forest rapidly grew lush.
It seemed her mood was quite good.
She swiftly moved through the forest.
Tracking scattered traces.
After a while.
When Natsuhiko stopped once more.
According to the map, they were not far from Ripple Bay on the East Coast of the Unova Region.
What made him stop was a monolithic object standing in the forest, resembling a sacred stele.
At first glance, it seemed like a special stele carved to worship some kind of presence, but there were no clear markings on it, making it difficult for Natsuhiko to discern what it was.
If he wasn't sure he wasn't on "Sanyun Island".
Nor at the "Abundance Shrine".
He might have thought it was a symbol of praying for abundance from Landorus.
The chaotic footprints densely packed around the stele, along with some not-so-obvious signs of battle, indicated that something had definitely happened here with the Hunter Guild's hunters.
Natsuhiko hesitated and walked to the front of the stele.
Looking at its special patterns and the moss growing on it.
He slowly raised his hand, enveloped in psychic power.
His intuition told him that this affair should have something to do with this stele.
However.
Just as his palm was about to touch the stele.
"Melo!!"
An urgent voice came from behind Natsuhiko.
Hearing the voice, Natsuhiko's hand paused.
The next moment.
The little one who had been silently following him appeared in front of Natsuhiko, spreading her arms horizontally between Natsuhiko's hand and the stele.
Seeing the suddenly appearing little one, Natsuhiko was taken aback, somewhat surprised.
"Meloetta?"
"Buyi?"
"Aww?"
The Eevee and Vulpix perched on Natsuhiko's left and right shoulders tilted their heads to look at the appearing Meloetta.
"Buyi~ Aww~"
But hearing Meloetta breathe a sigh of relief for stopping Natsuhiko, she replied in the tone of Eevee and Vulpix to the two little ones.
Seeing their astonished expressions, Meloetta covered her mouth, laughing continuously.
"Melololo~~"
She seemed very pleased.
"Meloetta, you are....." Natsuhiko struggled to suppress his inner surprise, unable to stop himself from asking.
"Melomelo!"
He saw her decisively shaking her head at Natsuhiko.
"Don't touch?" Natsuhiko asked.
Meloetta nodded repeatedly.
Rumble——
A sudden slight quake.
The ground beneath Natsuhiko vibrated, and the stele shook along with it.
Then a crack appeared in the ground.
At this moment, they discovered that this stone stele was merely a part of the mysterious structure.
The area beneath the ground was much larger.
"Uh..."
Natsuhiko and Meloetta looked at each other, blinking.
Both were speechless about the existence that designed this thing.
Can it be played like this?
Before they could complain.
The next moment.
An extremely strong suction force emitted from the stele, first sucking in Meloetta, who was hovering in front of it, and Natsuhiko instinctively reached his hand to grab her.
But as he couldn't stand firm himself, how could he rescue Meloetta?
Soon he was sucked in as well.
"Baluya..." The voice of Dragapult sighed helplessly as the stele rippled like water and then disappeared.
Once again, the place returned to silence.