The Rising Volteckers have finally run out of funds... In order to raise money, Freed and Cap accept a request to search for a lost Pokémon, Anokusa! Rico, who has to give a presentation on "Ideal Bonds" in class, also decides to help with the search for Anokusa with Roy in order to observe Freed and Cap...!?

The Rising Volteckers receive a request from an archaeologist acquaintance of Fried's to move a rock at an archaeological excavation site, and they head to the site! However, they can't seem to start the work... It seems that a ferocious Krookodile and a Krookodile are getting in the way. Rico, Roy, and Fried go to the ruins to investigate and find out the truth...!?