Floaroma Town, Northern Flower Sea.
Sitting in the police car, Li Wei and Steven enjoyed the flower seas on both sides.
Just as Granny Mijin said, Floaroma Town is a town surrounded by flower seas.
Actually, the Northern Flower Sea is already outside the scope of Floaroma Town, but it is still counted as part of Floaroma Town.
As they gradually approached the Northern Flower Sea, the advanced scan gave a prompt.
"Ding, a rare Pokemon has been detected in your current town."
"Type": Mythical Pokemon
"Rarity": High
"Capture Difficulty": Medium
"Danger Level": Relatively Low
Several prompts sounded in a row.
There were a total of six Mythical Pokemon in the vicinity.
Unless there was a big surprise, they should all be Shaymin.
Based on the prompts, Li Wei guessed that one of the Shaymin had decent strength, possibly Master Class.
North of Floaroma Town was a small hilly area, with flowers all over the mountains and plains, including a Gratitude Flower Field.
Only by getting closer did he realize how tall these flowers were.
They were even taller than Li Wei.
"Shaymin, go find your companions."
Li Wei guessed that Shaymin should have a way to find its companions, or rather, the ability to find gracidea flowers.
Anyway, from the radar display, the six Mythical Pokemon were still there.
Shaymin, returning to its hometown, seemed unusually excited.
Hearing Li Wei's words, Shaymin took small steps, its back vegetation gradually merging with the surrounding flower sea.
How difficult it was to find Shaymin from an aerial view; only by personally entering this flower sea could one find the difference in the moving Shaymin.
This was also Shaymin's way of protecting itself.
"Lucario, AuraLock-OnShaymin."
"Luca!"
Li Wei, Steven, and Jenny followed behind Shaymin, letting it lead them to find the other Shaymin.
Shaymin did not walk fast; even if Lucario didn't use AuraLock-On, they could still keep up.
Li Wei followed Shaymin while comparing the light spots on the radar, checking if Shaymin had led them the wrong way.
Fortunately, Shaymin did not lead them astray.
Shaymin led them through twists and turns for about half an hour, arriving at a crimson Gratitude Flower Field.
Shaymin let out a long cry, "Shaymin~~"
Rustling sounds came from the flower sea, and six Shaymin, also in their Land Forme, emerged from it.
"Shaymin~"
(Hehe, I'm back~)
"Shaymin, Shaymin!"
(You're finally back!)
(Where did you go?)
(Are you hurt?)
For a moment, the sound of Shaymin filled the flower sea.
Li Wei noticed that these Shaymin should all be adults because their body sizes were larger than Li Wei's Shaymin.
Moreover, their strength was not ordinary; the Leader Shaymin had Elite-level strength, and the rest were at least Gym-level.
This surprised Li Wei a bit.
Sensing the presence of Li Wei and Steven, the Leader Shaymin suddenly became vigilant.
(Who are you?)
Shaymin quickly stood in the middle, "Shaymin, Shaymin!"
(Don't attack, they're allies!)
Li Wei, Steven, and Jenny also sat down, indicating they had no ill intentions.
"We are not enemies."
But the Leader Shaymin did not completely relax its guard.
Shaymin used its limited language to describe what it had encountered.
Shaymin had left the vicinity while playing hide-and-seek with other Grass-type Pokemon to win.
Then it was discovered by Pokémon Hunters, and the fleeing Shaymin eventually met Li Wei.
The Leader Shaymin sighed.
(Hide-and-seek again...)
It had guessed it long ago, but only now confirmed it.
This Shaymin was the youngest, still some time away from adulthood, and being childlike, it loved hide-and-seek.
The other Shaymin were already adults and had to spread pollen everywhere, so they didn't have time to accompany it constantly.
When Shaymin was being pursued, the Shaymin were coincidentally not around; they were spreading pollen.
To be precise, they had just returned from the south.
That was when winter had just passed, and spring was in full bloom.
Shaymin, who had flown to the distant Alola region for winter, had returned to Floaroma Town.
At this time, the Shaymin had to be responsible for spreading pollen and sowing seeds to restore life to the area.
They had thus overlooked the childlike Shaymin, leaving it alone in Floaroma Town.
Because the little Shaymin was missing,
Leader Shaymin had blamed itself for a long time.
Leader Shaymin rubbed Shaymin's cheek.
(I shouldn't have left you here alone.)
(It's, it's okay.)
Shaymin knew that Leader Shaymin and the others did not intentionally leave it there.
They had their mission.
Although Shaymin was young and loved to play,
it was very sensible.
Although Shaymin wanted to go home before, it found that Li Wei was always busy, so it didn't bring it up.
Although Shaymin would never say it, because there were many Pokemon there to play hide-and-seek with, it was so happy that it forgot.
Leader Shaymin nodded towards Li Wei.
(Thank you for bringing it back.)
Li Wei shook his head: "No, I still wanted to take it back, but I will respect Shaymin's decision."
Leader Shaymin tilted its head.
(Take it back? What do you mean?)
"I want to catch Shaymin, and I wanted to get your permission. Shaymin was homesick, so I brought it back."
Leader Shaymin looked Li Wei up and down for a while.
Then it looked at Shaymin for a while.
Afterward, Leader Shaymin looked at Shaymin.
(What are your thoughts?)
Shaymin's voice carried both excitement and hesitation.
(I, I don't know, but it was a lot of fun there!)
Hesitation indicated that Shaymin was actually tempted.
Considering that Li Wei had saved Shaymin and taken such good care of it, Leader Shaymin nodded and said:
(You must prove to me that you can protect it, and you must bring it back every once in a while.
After adulthood, sowing seeds and spreading pollen are the responsibility of all Shaymin, and it is no exception, even if you catch it.)
If Li Wei could protect Shaymin well, then letting Shaymin follow him was not impossible.
Shaymin was still some time away from adulthood, but they didn't have much time to take care of Shaymin.
And the little Shaymin was very playful,
it might encounter such things again.
As long as the little Shaymin sows seeds and spreads pollen in spring after it becomes an adult, whether it is caught by someone is not a big problem.
Li Wei agreed without hesitation.
"Reasonable request, no problem."
Steven bowed slightly, smiling faintly.
"Then it's my turn to appear. I will be the referee for this battle."
Looking at Steven, Leader Shaymin nodded slightly.
(Okay.)
Leader Shaymin touched a gracidea flower not far away, and a pure white light enveloped its entire body.
Within the pure white light,
Leader Shaymin gradually grew taller from its grass-ball Land Forme, growing white-topped and green-bottomed limbs.
The Sky Forme Shaymin looked like a small dog.
Its neck had red fur resembling maple leaves, a tuft of green fur on its head, and white wing-like feathers on both sides.
"Then, let the battle begin!"