King of Solitude

...And then supposedly this suuuper strong Trainer named Cynthia rolled in and defeated pretty much all of Team Break!

Long story short: the hideout I found was a dud.

Same here... Those wretched Team Break thugs! Where'd they manage to hide it?!

Anyways...are you sure it was a good idea to ditch the opening ceremony so you could keep searchin', Master Lear?

I had no choice! If our...secret friend...falls into the wrong hands, the PML will be the least of our worries.

Besides, if I'd been there, all that sappy talk of bonds and friendship would have made me gag.

Hm? Did you say something?

No! Never you mind! And where in the world is Sawyer, anyway? He should have been here by now!

Mmm... I'm sure he'll thunder into this cave any minute now.

Sorry I'm late, young master!

You had better be! Those goons could be summoning all sorts of terrible Pokémon as we speak! Do NOT keep me waiting again!

Let's go! We've got to head to the next hideout!

It's time to take Hoopa back from those Team Break thieves... We cannot let them get away with this!

Hoopa... You mean the Mythical Pokémon?

You there! Whoever you are, come out and show yourself!

Ah, I guess I should apologize for eavesdropping. I never thought I'd hear the name of that Pokémon, though.

You! Aren't you, ?

His name's Cheren. He's one of Scottie's teammates.

Yes, I'm aware. What is he doing here?

Well, I know I'm in the wrong here, but when I noticed you weren't at the opening ceremony, I got curious and followed Sawyer.

Ugh!

I guess we're all in way more trouble than I originally thought.

Hoopa, the Mythical Pokémon, huh? I've only ever read about it in books.

It's said that Hoopa can warp space with its rings, sending anything and everything to faraway places.

I suppose with that kind of power, it could easily teleport people and Pokémon to Pasio from all over the world.

Tsk! You think you know everything, don't you?

Well, when you bring Hoopa into the equation, all of the strange things going on around here start to make sense.

Some Trainers came to this island on a ferry or on the back of their Pokémon...

but some were transported here by some mysterious ring, me being one of them.

It all makes sense now... It was Hoopa's power that brought us here.

You used Hoopa to bring all of us sync pairs here to Pasio, didn't you? For the PML.

Uhhh, so what if we did? You tryin' to accuse us of some kinda crime?

For your information, Hoopa was totally happy to do it for us when we gave it donuts. It's, like, mutually beneficial or whatever.

That's right. And we sent people back home if they didn't want to stay on Pasio, all right?

All we wanted to do was use Hoopa's powers to ramp up the excitement around here for the tournament!

Silence! I told you not to bring that up!

Whatever. I don't have to stand here and listen to this twerp! Rachel, Sawyer, we're done here! Come on!

Wait, Lear! If Team Break really did steal Hoopa, all of Pasio could be in danger now.

You don't actually think you can solve this all on your own, do you? You need to enlist help from the other sync pairs on the island.

Enlist...help, you say?

How dare you! Just because of what happened in that last battle, you DARE insinuate that I am weak?!

That was a fluke! A FLUKE, I tell you! I have no need for help, I have more than enough strength to handle this alone!

The last time I checked, I was the one in charge here. Everyone else can simply shut their mouth and do as I say!

Lear...

I am in line to become king, and what a king says is absolute! No one is above a king!

OK, let's say you become king all on your own, without any help from anyone... Then what?

Do you think I'm a fool? What does it matter what I would or wouldn't do? If I don't become king, I'll never gain recognition.

If I can't become king, then why am I even here?!

...

Young master...

Master Lear...

Hmph! It's as if you all live to infuriate me! Rachel, Sawyer, we're leaving! Do NOT make me say it again!

Y-yeah! Coming right now!

Lear is bound and determined to do this all on his own, isn't he?

That obsession with power... He's definitely not going to make this easy for us.

I wonder if this is how Alder felt...

Heh heh heh... The power of Mythical Pokémon is sublime indeed. With Hoopa, we can summon any Pokémon we want, no matter how powerful!

And it's only the beginning... We'll use Hoopa to teleport more and more of them to Pasio and sabotage this obnoxious tournament!

Mwahahaha!