Thread:Redfork2000/@comment-30384301-20190504061426/@comment-30384301-20190802171051

I always thought they were still scattered all over. Which raises another problem, since the black crystals are going to be important for the story.

How about this? After the Warlord's attack, Ace has been safekeeping most of the remaining black crystals in his dojo in fear that they fall into the wrong hands (after what happened with both Captain Dark Shell and the Warlord), which is the reason why they are currently hard to find within the multiverse. Continuing from where we left off, the gang goes to Ace's Dojo intending to begin their training session, only to be interrupted when Ace's students inform the gang that someone has broken into the Ace's Dojo and stolen the black crystals.