Pat.
The Poké Ball hit the ground, leaving a mark on Pachirisu's face. Pachirisu glared at Xiao Xun, visibly infuriated.
"Huh? I thought if you hit a Pokémon with a Poké Ball, you could catch it," Xiao Xun said, confused. She looked at Ace and asked, "Big brother, is the Poké Ball you gave me broken?"
"..."
Ace was speechless. He pointed to the Poké Ball on the ground and sighed. "You have to open the switch and hit the Pokémon with the button."
"...Oh."
Xiao Xun quickly picked up the Poké Ball, looked at the furious Pachirisu, and pressed the button of the Poké Ball against Pachirisu's face.
Pachirisu was successfully sucked into the Poké Ball. The ball shook violently before finally falling silent.
"Yay! I have a Pokémon!"
Xiao Xun jumped for joy, then picked up the Poké Ball and opened it.
Pachirisu appeared and landed beside Xiao Xun. Then...
A flash of electricity shot out, making Xiao Xun's hair stand on end. However, Pachirisu was very careful not to hurt Xiao Xun. It simply taught her a lesson, getting revenge for having the Poké Ball shoved in its face.
"I helped you catch a Pokémon. Now can you tell me about Shaymin?" Ace said, recalling his Victreebel and looking at Xiao Xun.
Xiao Xun, who was fixing her frazzled hair, heard Ace's words and nodded. She then told Ace everything she knew.
After listening, Ace nodded, turned around, and walked toward the location Xiao Xun had described, with Ralts in tow.
"Big brother, are you just going to wait over there?"
Seeing this, Xiao Xun immediately followed, walking behind Ace with her Pachirisu.
"That's right," Ace nodded. "Shaymin is too hard to find. I can't miss it, or my Pokémon won't be able to get healed."
With that, Ace quickened his pace and arrived at the other side of the Gracidea flower field. There was a small mound of dirt here. According to Xiao Xun, the two times she saw Shaymin, it chose to land on this very mound.
Ace climbed the mound, took a look at the flower field from the highest point, and then sat down.
Xiao Xun ran over and, after seeing what Ace was doing, said in surprise, "Big brother, Shaymin might not come so soon."
"It's fine, I can wait."
Ace didn't move from his spot, just sat there.
Ralts jumped into his lap, hugging his arm, and waited with him.
Seeing this, Xiao Xun scratched her head, then quickly ran off.
When she returned, Xiao Xun was holding a bowl full of food.
"Big brother, here. You must be hungry."
Xiao Xun smiled, handing the bowl to Ace. "My parents said they wanted me to thank you properly since you helped me catch a Pokémon."
Ace took the bowl and chopsticks and ate heartily, not refusing Xiao Xun's kindness.
Xiao Xun smiled, seeing that Ace was enjoying his meal.
And so, Ace stayed in the flower field, with Xiao Xun bringing him three meals a day.
This went on for a week.
On the eighth day, Ace looked at the withering Gracidea flowers and said to Xiao Xun, "Are you lying to me?"
Xiao Xun looked at the already wilted Gracidea flowers and said anxiously, "Big brother, I'm really not lying. Shaymin really does come here."
Ace sighed. He knew Xiao Xun wasn't lying, but Shaymin was taking too long to arrive this time. The Gracidea flowers were already wilting. If they all withered, Shaymin definitely wouldn't come here.
Just as Ace was considering picking a few Gracidea flowers and trying his luck elsewhere, a pristine-white figure suddenly appeared in the sky.
"It's here!"
Ace immediately stood up, threw a Poké Ball, and Crobat grabbed his shoulder, carrying him and Ralts—who was holding on tightly to his arm—into the sky, flying toward the white figure.
The white figure also noticed Ace. It stopped its movement towards the Gracidea flowers and adopted a vigilant posture.
"We mean no harm. We just want your help to heal a Pokémon."
While Shaymin in its Sky Forme was on high alert, Ralts immediately used its psychic power to connect with it, hoping to ease its vigilance.
Hearing Ralts's voice, Shaymin was stunned for a moment. Seizing this opportunity, Ace took Mewtwo's Poké Ball from his coat.
The moment the Poké Ball came out, Shaymin moved instantly. With just a flash, it snatched the Poké Ball from Ace's hand.
"Wait!"
Ace was about to stop it, but it was too late. Shaymin fired an Energy Ball that shattered the Poké Ball, releasing Mewtwo.
Mewtwo, still unconscious, appeared in the air and immediately began to fall.
Seeing this, Shaymin swooped down and caught Mewtwo.
At the same time, a soft light began to radiate from Shaymin. Then, a large amount of gray gas quickly poured out of Mewtwo's body and was absorbed by Shaymin.
As the gray gas was absorbed, Mewtwo's condition gradually recovered.
After the last wisp of gray gas was gone, Mewtwo's eyes opened, and Shaymin shot a dazzling Energy Ball into the sky.
Boom!
A violent explosion rang out, and the scenery at the explosion site became distorted. Ace could almost see a different world through the distorted view.
It was a world full of darkness, with all sorts of strange floating islands.
However, the distortion only lasted for three seconds before the scenery returned to normal.
After doing all that, the now-conscious Mewtwo slowly descended with Shaymin.
Shaymin changed from its Sky Forme to its Land Forme and was being held in Mewtwo's hands.
Seeing this, Crobat also slowly descended with Ace and Ralts. The group finally landed on the edge of the Gracidea flower field.
"Side Quest (Mewtwo's Injuries) is complete. Quest Evaluation: S. Quest Reward: 50,000 gold coins, 50 mission points."
"The gift package has been stored for you and can be claimed at any time."
"That's enough. System, convert all my stored gift packages into mission point packages and open them all."
"Converting stored gift packages... Conversion complete... Opening packages... You have gained 462 mission points."
Ace looked at his total of 763 mission points, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. He could finally redeem the second energy source!