In the dark ruins, Morpheus looked around his surroundings while Ourus and Pica followed him from behind. "I can barely see through this room... I'm surprised I haven't tripped anything here."

<<Or me...>> Ourus muttered. <<It would be a good time for you to catch some Fire-type Pokemon, you know.>>

"True. But I still have a Kindler class with me." Morpheus snapped his fingers and a small flame appeared in his palm. "And you thought maxing out my Bolter subclass was a waste of Bytes."

Pica clapped its small hands while Ourus rolled her eyes. <<Show off...>>

Using the ember as a torch, Morpheus saw several bottles of Potions and broken shelves on the floor. It took a full scan of the room before he made a realization. "Judging by the broken shelves and empty bottles here, it seemed to be an abandoned Poke Mart. I heard from other trainers that this was Unova, but I still can't believe the remains of it still exist."

<<But I still don't understand why Pica led us here.>>

Good question. Morpheus turned to his Poipole for answers. "Well, Pica? Did you smell something familiar here? Like an Ultra Beast?"

His Poipole hummed in thought. <<Maybe... All I know it definitely smelled like something was burning. Like one of those wire Pokemon we encountered with that mean Lunala.>>

"Wire Pokemon..." Morpheus hummed. "If I recall, they're called a Xurkitree, right? Why would they be exploring in an abandoned mart?"

Ourus stared at the room for a while. Then when she saw something from her trainer's flame, she ran towards it and cried out, <<Maybe this has something to do with it?>>

Morpheus and Pica rushed to the Snivy as the former took a closer look at what she found on the floor next to the broken refrigerators. "Wires... This might be my two cents about those creatures, but they might be here to drain the remaining electricity." Upon taking a closer look, some of the black wires were sparking even if he tried to touch it. "Looks like they didn't finish their feeding time, too. Maybe..." He then took out a familiar egg from his inventory and placed it next to the wires. He waited for a response. But after a while, there were no signs of movement on the egg. "Nothing. At least it's worth the try."

<<Uh, what is?>> Pica tilted its head.

<<If you're trying to hatch that Zapdos egg, a bunch of wires ain't gonna cut it, Morph,>> Ourus reminded. <<You might as well find that Xurkitree Pokemon if you want to hatch it.>>

"Thanks for the advice, but I rather not risk my life over hatching this egg." Morpheus narrowed his eyes on his Snivy. "Other than that, there's nothing here. We should..."

Before he could finish, he heard a crashing noise nearby. This caused Morpheus and his party to turn around and look around the dark room.

<<Was that a wire guy?>> The Poipole nervously asked.

"No, it can't be. Most of the Ultra Beast went home, remember?" Morpheus said. "It must be one of the wild Pokemon here. Get ready!"

Morpheus narrowed his eyes as he watched his Poipole get up and fly back into the air. This was a surprise for him. He managed to upgrade his stats to easily deal with wild Pokemon. Yet this Snivy was oddly much stronger than the Venipede he fought not long ago.

<<Hey, what are you spacing out for, Morph? The new guy will be in trouble if you don't do something.>>

He couldn't believe his Snivy made a good point. He could see from Pica's breathing that it was currently half of its HP. He knew he needed to end this soon. Otherwise...

Morpheus gulped at the thought of history repeating. He shook his head and turned his attention back to the battle. "Pica, distract that Snivy with your Nasty Plot!"

<<Ooh~ It's painting time again!>> With a snicker, Pica summoned dark constructs of paintbrushes around them. <<Come on, Snivy! Let's paint!>>

The wild Snivy gasped at the sight of paintbrushes coming towards them. They quickly used their vines to deflect them and tried to smack the Poipole again.

After that supposed finishing attack, Morpheus would have thrown his Poke Ball to capture the annoying wild Snivy by now. Alas, it seemed to be too stubborn to go down that easily. Not only that, RNG seemed to be against him lately and he was getting frustrated by the low damage it received from Pica's Fell Stinger, unlike the high damage it received from its Vine Whip.

"Damn, that guy is not giving up! Reminds me of you, Ourus." He looked at his Snivy, who became annoyed as she glared at her trainer. "Right, right... Pica, use Venoshock!"

His Poipole flew towards the wild Snivy once more. After enduring another Vine Whip, they knew they were getting more annoyed than their trainer. With a huff, they sprayed the Grass-type with its light purple acid from its stinger.