The soul penetrates Xiaozhi and destroys Gou Hao at the beginning

Everyone was speechless, but there was nothing they could do but accept it.

Kachi began by recounting what he knew about total solar eclipses and the Manalo festival.

"In the Alora region, a total solar eclipse occurs every 21 years."

On that day, the island kings and queens of the four islands in the Alola region will gather at the ruins on their respective islands.

Perform a prayer of gratitude to the Pokémon mentioned in the creation myth of the Alola region, and that Pokémon is the Radiant One!

This is the Manalo Festival, a tradition passed down through generations in the Alola region.

Manalo means "you and I live here together."

“This aligns well with the Alola region, because Alola means sharing,” said Lily.

"The two together mean that we should share and live together," Mamane said.

"A total solar eclipse is just a natural phenomenon where the sun is completely blocked by the moon. The fact that they hold a special festival for it in the Alola region shows how much importance they place on it."

"Compared to that, I'm more concerned about the Radiant God that Kiawe mentioned," Ash said.

Upon hearing this, Lillie also told everyone a story.

It is said that it was a bedtime story that Lusamine's father, who was also Lillie's grandfather, told her when she was little to lull her to sleep.

Years later, when Lillie and Gladio were little, Lusamine told them this story as a bedtime story:

"The Radiant God manifested in this land."

It illuminated the entire world with its light, a light filled with incredible power, and from this light, the Alola region was born.

However, the radiant god, having exhausted its own light, transformed into darkness and fell into a long slumber.

Later, the sun and moon appeared in their own forms and shared their light with it.

The radiant god, awakened from its slumber, shone once more, then soared towards the ends of the sky.

This story reminded Ash of the book Acerola had shown him in the Marie Library on Ula Ula Island, which contained the account of the Radiant Deity.

After class, Ash received a call from Beeko and headed to the Pokémon Inspection Bureau.

Over the phone, Beeko told Ash in a languid tone that Professor Barnet had arrived.

Dr. Barnett has discovered some anomalies in the Ultra Aura of the Alola region, but she is still investigating and cannot give a definite answer at this time.

When Ash pushed open the door to his office, he saw Professor Barnett, who was curled up on the sofa, constantly thinking about the tablet in front of him, and Beeko, who was sprawled on the sofa, eating cookies and scrolling through her phone.

She used to be very respectful when she saw Ash, but today she just looked up and said, "You're here, boss," before going back to eating cookies.

Dr. Barnett, however, spoke up first.

"Ash, currently, the Ultra Vitality values ​​recorded at all logging points in the Alola region are rapidly decreasing."

We've been detecting a continuous decrease in the Ultra Aura value in the Alola region since yesterday.

“That’s it. I think that’s why our enthusiasm has dropped so rapidly,” Biko said.

"And for some reason, this situation doesn't seem to affect young people or Pokémon much," Dr. Barnett said.

"Do you know why the Ultimate Aura value has decreased?" Ash asked.

"The analysis is complete; a small ultimate portal has opened."

"It seems like the Ultra Aura of the Alola region is being sucked away by it," Dr. Barnett said.

"Up until now, whenever an Ultra Beast appears, the Ultimate Aura value has always increased, so why is it the opposite this time?" Bike asked in confusion.

"The only possibility I can think of is that something inside that Ultra Hole is sucking away the Ultra Aura of the Alola region," said Dr. Barnett.

"It seems we need to investigate this. Professor Barnett, can you pinpoint the location of that Ultra Hole?" Ash asked.

"At the Sun Wheel Altar on Bonny Island."

"There it is again."

Xiao Zhi was so angry he wanted to tear the altar apart. If he were allowed, he would really like to tear it down. Why does it always happen there? Why are there so many disasters? He was really fed up.

Upon hearing this, Bi Ke spoke up.

"By the way, speaking of the Sun Wheel Altar, our researchers just found a new relic deep inside the altar yesterday. There's a mural that's particularly eye-catching. I had them take a picture of it, you can see."

Ash and Professor Barnett carefully examined the photo after receiving the phone from Beeko.

This mural appears to depict an ancient people performing a prayer ritual.

All the people depicted in the painting have their hands raised, with their fingers forming a circle, which appears to be an ancient prayer gesture.

Other Pokémon such as Ribbonfly, Ribbonfly, Bellspeare, Crabcrab, Grubbish, Lycanroc, Alolan Vulpix, and Alolan Marowak followed the people, raising their hands in the same gesture.

And right above them, in the very center, was the Radiant God, and in the form of Ultimate Necrozma!

On either side of the Radiant God are two other Primal Gods of the Alola region: Solgaleo, the sun god who fears fire, and Lunala, the moon goddess who fears ghosts and the dark.

Xiao Zhi guessed that this might be the ancient Manalo festival.

There are also many characters on the murals, but they are all written in ancient script, which no one can understand. It will take time to translate them.

Until the translation is completed, everyone can only guess at the contents of the text.

In addition, Xiaozhi also noticed that in the very center of the mural, there was a symbol that resembled an elongated "米" (rice) character.

Ash is familiar with this symbol; it's the symbol of Ultimate Burst.

This pattern appears on the back of the black Necrozma in her normal form.

This pattern is also found in the very center of Necrozma's exclusive Z-Crystal, the Ultimate Necrozma Z-Crystal.

Just as Ash was pondering the meaning of the pattern, a sudden, loud knocking sounded at the door.

When I went over and opened the door, I was surprised to find that it was Gladio and Lillie, the brother and sister.

"Gladio, Lillie, what brings you here!" Ash exclaimed in surprise.

"My Sildenafil suddenly became restless today, completely unable to calm down, seemingly out of fear."

"If it's because of an Ultra Beast, then this Ultra Beast is very likely the most dangerous one we've ever seen," Gladion said gravely.