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Moreover, he wanted to know if this item was as magical as Roy had claimed.
The moment the Max Revive touched Tapu Fini's tongue, a burst of energy bloomed across her taste buds.
This was followed by an endless wave of delicious and stimulating aromas that awakened her senses.
Seeing that Tapu Fini had already tasted the Max Revive, Solgaleo flicked his tail in displeasure.
He had tasted that flavor before, so he naturally knew that once Tapu Fini experienced it, she probably wouldn't share any with him.
Sure enough, after Tapu Fini's eyes brightened with delight, she looked at Solgaleo with a hint of wariness.
Solgaleo flicked his tail and snorted dismissively.
Hmph, as if I care!
Though I really do care...
Watching Solgaleo approach him with a pretend wounded expression, Roy couldn't help but smile. He reached out to stroke the lion's furry head.
"Alright, don't worry. I remember your big meal."
Upon hearing this, Solgaleo narrowed his eyes happily, as if he had already devoured that delicious feast.
Tapu Fini snapped back to attention and looked at Roy, who maintained his serious expression nearby.
Her eyes gradually shifted from unfocused to clear and determined.
"Fini!"
I'm ready!
Roy received Tapu Fini's response and nodded.
With a slight movement of his right hand, he gently tossed that expensive Beast Ball into the air.
"Lunala..."
With a cry that echoed through the sky, Lunala burst free from the Beast Ball and shot straight upward.
Seen from a distance, that faint glow seemed to carry an unyielding will.
The moment the dark shadow took flight, Roy's Pokémon realized that the worst situation had come to pass.
Lunala had recovered somewhat and was trying to escape from Solgaleo's presence.
Roy sighed softly.
"As expected, a distorted mind cannot be healed overnight."
The Pokémon stared at the dark figure with firm eyes but remained completely still.
The power of Roy's blue Aura suddenly surged forth like a fierce tiger, rising rapidly into the air.
The Aura power shot straight toward the sky, chasing after Lunala as if competing to see whose speed was greater.
Tapu Koko, who had spread his spiritual domain across all of Alola like a web, also sensed the divine presence the moment Lunala was released.
"Koko!"
It's Lunala!
Tapu Koko anxiously dropped what he was working on and searched through his network for the location of the signal.
"Koko!"
It's coming from Akala Island!
Tapu Bulu was also awakened from his slumber by the divine presence.
This divine power felt rather gloomy and cold.
Tapu Bulu rubbed his arms, feeling the fine hairs on them suddenly stand on end.
He decided to go see for himself what was happening.
The last guardian deity, Tapu Fini, was at that moment on the ocean floor, helping a tribe whose underwater home had been damaged due to rising sea levels.
In that split second, the water deity handed over her work to a trustworthy Pokémon.
Shaking her flowing purple hair, she swiftly swam toward the waters surrounding Akala Island.
The Pokémon on the four islands were led by the Totem of each respective island.
After a brief moment of panic, the original order was quickly restored.
If Solgaleo's presence felt like the warm rising sun, then the divine aura that had just appeared was like a death's scythe pressed against their necks, inspiring inexplicable dread.
For all of Alola's creatures, the same name came to mind simultaneously.
The Moone Pokémon, Lunala.
Toward Solgaleo, they felt mostly affection and warmth.
As for the aura Lunala emitted when she first appeared in Alola's spiritual realm, they felt more fear toward this deity.
But correspondingly, they understood that something must be terribly wrong with Lunala.
The kindhearted Pokémon of Alola were all praying for their other deity to recover quickly.
On Akala Island...
Roy, who had summoned Lunala, and his other Pokémon didn't yet know that the commotion on Akala Island had drawn the other Tapu guardian deities here.
Now before them was a far more serious situation.
Tapu Fini looked up and frowned at Lunala, who had turned into a small black dot in the sky.
Though anxiety stirred in her heart, whenever she caught sight of Roy's calm face, her nerves settled once more.
Tapu Fini glanced around, uncertain of what to do at this moment.
But the instant she looked back, she noticed that Solgaleo, who had been standing behind her, had vanished without a trace.
Tapu Fini quickly raised her head and saw a beam of light extending from somewhere behind her all the way up into the sky.
In midair, the corner of Lunala's mouth curved into a smug smile.
So what if it's Solgaleo? So what if it's the emissary?
They can't stop me, can they?
When I return from my training, I'll definitely make you all...
Before she could finish that thought, Lunala glanced downward reflexively, and her eyes suddenly widened in shock.
Solgaleo was right beside her!
Damn it!
Gritting her sharp teeth, Lunala continued accelerating toward the sky.
I must shake him off!
Lunala's full attention was drawn to Solgaleo.
She naturally didn't notice the blue Aura power that had quietly overtaken her from the side.
Perhaps because the sky itself was blue, or perhaps because Lunala was solely focused on Solgaleo behind her, she remained oblivious.
What a persistent opponent!
"BOOM!"
The thunderous noise from the collision of two high-speed objects made the sky near Alola's border tremble slightly.
Caught completely off guard, Lunala slammed into the invisible barrier formed by Roy's Aura power in midair.
Lunala tasted blood in her mouth, and her injuries had only worsened.
Ah... I can't escape...
There was a hint of helplessness in Lunala's eyes. She couldn't get away. She should have realized this from the start.
Solgaleo had been following closely behind, and despite being in good condition, he hadn't attacked her.
One reason was that he didn't want to fight. The other was that he wanted to exhaust Lunala's energy, which would benefit their future plans.
Seeing that Roy's strategy had succeeded, Solgaleo naturally moved forward.
Lunala's dark purple wings hung down weakly, fluttering in the air and occasionally catching faint starlight.
Set against the night sky, the scene seemed both poignant and strangely beautiful.
Solgaleo, being a straightforward lion, was preoccupied with thoughts of that promised feast, which was now drawing near.
He quickly channeled the light within his body to form chains of energy.
These burst forth from between his two front paws, one from the left and one from the right.
The moment the glowing chains made contact with Lunala, they tightened rapidly.
Her already injured wings felt sharp pain from being bound by the chains, causing Lunala to let out a weak cry of distress.