New Pokemon DLC Explores Legend of Pokemon Killing Human for Masks

Pokemon have immense elemental powers and could easily kill humans if they wanted to.
The Pokemon world often glosses over how dangerous Pokemon abilities truly are.
New Pokemon Scarlet/Violet DLC explores a legend about Pokemon murdering a human.
The legend reveals that 3 Pokemon, the "Loyal Three," killed a human for his masks.
The story is one of the first clear cases of Pokemon committing murder in the games.

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