He knows Pokémon better than me.

"Bari!"

Beside him, the Mr. Mime had already taken out his phone, intending to take careful notes.

"Actually, the principle is quite simple to explain. After each Max Raid Battle, a new boss will automatically appear in the Pokémon Den after a period of time. This is basic common sense."

"This also prevents the Galar particles from leaking out, keeping them all within the nest space, and keeps the nest boss in a Dynamax state at all times."

Magua explained with a smile, then suddenly held up a finger:

"Then, as long as the nest space is always 'full', that will be fine."

Ash and Mr. Mime exchanged a glance, then looked at Venusaur sleeping soundly in the corner behind them.

"So what you need to do is to let the subdued old lair boss return to the lair space and let it continue to occupy the lair's location."

"Galar particles don't need to be consumed within the nest space, so they naturally leak out to the surface and the outside world, creating a Dynamax environment similar to a gym arena."

The way Magua grinned was probably like exploiting a bug in a Pokémon den.
"Bari bari!"

Mr. Mime was taking notes diligently, nodding repeatedly. No wonder he wanted Ash to catch this Venusaur—

There's not much work to do for Venusaur in the castle right now. Judging from its personality, it'll probably be sent back to Pallet Town's backyard to retire after being caught.

"I see."

Ash blinked, and although he didn't quite understand, he nodded along with Mr. Mime.

"As for the specific operation, it's not actually that complicated."

Magua didn't hide anything, after all, the two were now comrades-in-arms, and he spoke frankly:
"It means putting the original boss into the Pokémon den before the new boss is born. However, it also requires some Extreme Ore and Wishing Star Blocks."

In fact, most of the Pokémon dens in the cities of the Galar region have been developed. Although there are many dens in the Wild Area, the environment in the wild is too dangerous to develop.
It's been a while since a new Dynamax arena has been built in the Galar region, hasn't it?
"Wishing star pieces, are there any other uses for them?"

Ash looked at his Maxim Band, which contained a Wishing Star.

"Naturally, we need to open the Pokémon Dens ahead of time. Otherwise, how will the original Den Bosses get in and reserve their spots?"

Magua replied matter-of-factly.

Xiao Zhi slapped his forehead and realized what was going on.

Yes, the honeycomb platform is now so tightly closed that even a Poké Ball can't be inserted into the cracks.

"Fun fact: Only Pokémon dens that are artificially activated using Wishing Star Pieces or Extreme Ore can be successfully built."

Magua cautioned that human intervention must be implemented from the outset.

This is also a pattern that the Galar Alliance has summarized over the years.

"In other words, deep within the origins of all the gyms and arenas in Galar, there is actually a 'nest boss' sitting in the nest space."

"For example, at the deepest part of our Battle Arena, there is a Galar-style Darmo baboon."

Maguar held up his phone, Rotom, which displayed a Daruma baboon made entirely of ice and snow, resembling a snowman, its appearance and attributes completely opposite to those of the Daruma baboons in the Unova region—

It wasn't a rock-type nest boss that was in charge, but rather his mother's specialty, ice-type. Annoying!

"I understand!"

Xiao Zhi had just turned his head and got up to go to the collection area to take out the activation stones.

"Bari!"

However, the Mr. Mime was faster. He opened his palm and placed several irregular pink ores and two blue-purple stones on the table.

"Wow, you have quite a few good things here!"

Magua pushed up his sunglasses and exclaimed in surprise.

The pink ore was accumulated from several Dynamax Raids, and the two Wishing Stars were precious loot from two six-star raid bosses—Master Ma had previously reminded him to keep them.

"Hmm, there's a bit too little of these rare ores, but I happen to have some more here, I'll give them to you along with the rest."

Magua also took out some pink minerals from his bag, which totaled about a dozen pieces.

Wishing Star Shards are precious materials that can be used to make Max Bracers, so there's no need to waste them. Therefore, for the prerequisite step of activating the nest, it's better to throw in more Max Ore.

"Next up is Ash, the Wishing Star. Give me the Poké Ball that caught Venusaur first."

Xiao Zhi, though confused, found it impressive and handed over the giant, heavy ball.

Magua had barely taken a firm grip when the giant ball landed directly on the table.

"Wow, is this heavy? What kind of Poké Ball is this?!"

"This is called the Giant Heavy Ball. Hmm, the general store on West Street in Machine City should sell it in the future."

After thinking about it, Xiao Zhi also took the opportunity to advertise Uncle Pierre's general store.

Magua secretly noted it down—

As an expert in rock properties, Heavy Ball and Mega Ball are perfect for him.

Then he picked up a wishing star, took out his tools, and started fiddling with it and polishing it.

"Luka?"

Lucario also came over out of curiosity. As a crafted creature that had reached level 4, it quickly realized that Maga was embedding Wishing Stars into the surface of the Giant Heavy Sphere.

"Two wishing star blocks would be just right."

After embedding the Giant Ball, Maga got up and walked to the corner next to Venusaur.

The latter slightly opened his eyes, looked at Magua, but was too lazy to get up and make any reaction.

Magua then tucked the Wishing Star into the latter's back, between the petals and the banana leaf, before patting Venusaur's shoulder with satisfaction:
"That's good! Remember to bring the wishing star!"

Bulbasaur.

Venusaur responded lazily.

Xiao Zhi also came up, completely bewildered:
"Mr. Maga, is this going to make Venusaur Gigantamax?"

Wishing Stars are for trainers, right? Can they be carried by Pokémon?

"Hehe, this is going to make Venusaur's Gigantamax transformation fail."

Magua pushed up his sunglasses and answered with a smile.

The Galar region has figured out the modern Dynamax battle mechanics, but they went through a lot of trial and error.

Initially, Wishing Stars were simply given to Pokémon to carry, but they were unable to Dynamax.

It was only later, when Dr. Mulan and Chairman Rose joined forces, that the "Max Bracers" that could be used in practice were developed.

"However, misusing Wishing Star Pieces can mislead the nest space, making it mistakenly believe that Venusaur is already in a 'Gigantamax' state."

"So Galar particles won't flow continuously to Venusaur to maintain its Gigantamax form and be wasted."

Magua explained that this was yet another bug exploit.

This will create a virtuous cycle:
1. No new nest bosses will spawn within the nest space.

2. Galar particles won't be wasted on the old nest boss (Venusaur), but will instead flow slowly to the surface, creating a Dynamax battle environment. (End of Chapter)