The group rushes to the town’s elder, Granny Nona , who runs the wind farm’s memorial museum. She explains: 300 years ago, a Mismagius protected the town from a typhoon using its illusion powers, but it was struck by lightning and vanished into the earth. The townspeople built the turbines to honor its spirit. However, every 50 years, the spirit grows restless—and this time, it’s angry because a corporation recently replaced the old copper turbines with cheaper steel ones, disrupting the electromagnetic field that kept it dormant.
Suddenly, a chilling cry echoes across the valley. A dark, shapeless mist pours from the inactive turbine, coalescing into the form of —not a real Mismagius, but a Pokémon corrupted by a strange, localized phenomenon called “Hollow Resonance.”
The Shadow Mismagius drains the electricity from two nearby turbines, plunging half the town into a brownout. Mao’s Rotom Phone glitches with an alert: "High-density spectral energy detected. Source unknown."
Riko realizes this isn’t a battle to win—it’s a soul to soothe. She steps forward without sending out a Pokémon. Kai yells at her to stop. Instead, Riko begins to hum the old town lullaby Granny Nona taught her earlier (a tune the original Mismagius loved).
Kai scoffs, calling it a ghost story, but Riko notices her pendant glowing faintly toward a sealed shrine behind the museum.
The Shadow Mismagius freezes. Its form flickers between rage and sorrow.