


After getting there, they meet up with Wicke, who tells them Team Rainbow Rocket took over Aether Paradise for reasons unknown and took Lusamine hostage, she also recalls she once heard of a similarly named Team Rocket during her travels in Kanto. Lillie comes in and asks the player to join her back at Aether Paradise, alarmed and confused by the news report. A mysterious figure arrives and says the studies and technologies that are being worked on at Aether Paradise will be of great use to Team Rainbow Rocket. Suddenly, an Ultra Wormhole appears in the sky and the cameraman gets pushed by a Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt and drops his camera. During the interview, Wicke and Faba stand behind her and the latter quietly slips away. On TV, Lusamine elaborates on the recent events on Poni Island involving Necrozma and assures everyone the incident is dealt with. That's when the player watches an interview of Lusamine at Aether Paradise. The player's mother then shows her Meowth's new trick: it learned how to turn on the TV by observing her. Upon their return to the real world, Sophocles thanks the player and leaves. The castle keeps its new design, however. Upon coming back, the Grunts surround both Sophocles and the player, one of them even attempting to physically assault the player, but Sophocles manages to ban them from the Plaza, teleporting them out instantly. While the player battles a Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt in the Battle Agency, Sophocles manages to hack into the Festival Plaza's programming and restore his admin privileges. While Sophocles wonders how they will deal with the intruders, one of the Grunts inadvertently tips off the player they could battle them using other people's Pokémon in the Battle Agency, which Sophocles manages to activate despite his admin account having been downgraded by the hackers. Sophocles digs into the Festival Plaza's configuration and realizes it has been patched so that nobody can use their Pokémon while inside. Sophocles explains someone must have hacked Festival Plaza, and both he and the player rush into the castle only to see a group of Team Rainbow Rocket Grunts, one of them proclaiming the castle now belongs to them.

Upon arriving, the player discovers the castle is now sporting a more sinister design adorned with screens, each displaying a letter "R" on a rainbow-colored background. Sophocles suddenly comes in, saying someone took over the Festival Plaza, and both he and the player immediately teleport there. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining PearlĪfter a brief search for Blacephalon US/ Stakataka UM, the player takes a break at their house.
