Chapter 145

Da Wu: "Garlic bulb? Is that how you describe Celebi? People like you will be struck down by divine punishment!"

Professor Oak: "Did you notice? Celebi seems a bit off."

The first time he met Celebi, Celebi had this very expression.

Someone is hunting Celebi; there is absolutely no mistake about it.

Is it hunters from the forest?

Lance: "It is a bit off; it's flustered, as if fleeing from something."

Will: "Could it be that Dialga is hunting Celebi?"

To prove it is the sole God of Time, did Dialga decide to exterminate Celebi?

Professor Juniper: "Dialga would never be so boring."

Will: "If it isn't Dialga, then who could it be?"

【Just as Misty and Erika prepared to charge in the direction Celebi had departed, Ash stopped them.】

【"Someone is coming." Ash's expression became extremely grave.】

【His sixth sense told him a terrifying figure was approaching their location; cold, an extreme cold.】

【Colder than Janine's.】

Glacia: "Could it be that I have arrived?"

If there truly is someone in this world whose mastery of Ice surpasses Janine, then aside from her, Glacia, there is no second person.

Janine: "Did you not wake up? You don't really think your mastery of Ice surpasses mine, do you?"

Glacia: "If it isn't me, then who could it be?"

Crasher Wake: "That is correct; it is I!"

Candice: "Um, is there a tiny possibility it could be me?"

Roxie: "Crasher Wake, Candice, did the two of you not wake up?"

【"Excuse me, have you seen Celebi?"】

【Sitting in an automatic wheelchair, with white hair, a cute little wild boar squatted on the old man's lap.】

【While asking, a gentle smile appeared on the old man's face.】

【"Lance?!" 】

【"How did you become like this?" Erika exclaimed.】

【The last time they met, Lance's body was still very robust; how could it be that after only one or two months apart, he was sitting in a wheelchair, and he had also shrunk in size.】

Bruno: "It is actually Lance? However, why do I feel this Lance is a bit off?"

Chairman Damien: "Lance, is your current physical condition that terrible? If you truly cannot persist, then close the gym and rest for a while."

Jasmine: "That's not right; I saw Lance just last week. Lance's legs were fine, and besides, this Lance is far too frail."

Lance: "He is not me!!!"

Drake: "If it isn't Lance, then who is he?"

Professor Oak: "It feels like Lance from ten years in the future."

It is not impossible; do not forget, time travel is Celebi's specialty.

Mr. Steel: "You say, could the one constantly hunting Celebi be this Lance?"

After Mr. Steel spoke these words, the chat room instantly exploded.

Diantha: "Don't say it, it is actually very possible!"

Celebi had just left, and then Lance appeared; moreover, as soon as he appeared, he asked about Celebi's whereabouts. Judging from all signs, the one hunting Celebi is very likely him.

Fantina: "If it is true, then this Lance's strength is simply too terrifying. That is Celebi; he actually made Celebi flee in panic."

Professor Oak: "It is normal; Celebi is not good at battling. Its combat power is quite average, nothing compared to Mew."

Gary: "No, Grandpa, have you ever seen Celebi? How do you know Celebi's combat power is quite average? Do not speak nonsense!"

Professor Oak:...

【"Erika, why are you here?"】

【Upon seeing Erika, the smile vanished from Lance's face; his expression instantly turned cold and terrifying.】

【"Damn it, they actually tracked me here."】

【"Hey, what are you talking about, Lance?" Erika was completely baffled by Lance's behavior.】

【How could she not appear here?】

【She had taken leave from the League through official channels; besides, even if she had not requested leave, it was not Lance's place to manage her; he was not her superior.】

【"You are not Erika." The coldness suddenly vanished; Lance shook his head with a faint smile and added, "No, you are Erika."】

【"What exactly are you talking about?!" Erika was a bit angry; this Lance must have a problem with his brain.】

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【Brock, Misty, and Erika were confused, but Ash managed to pick up on something.】

【He looked at Lance and said with a grave expression, "You are not from our world, are you?"】

【"Oh? Why do you say that?" Lance neither agreed with Ash's statement nor opposed it; he simply smiled and let Ash continue.】

【"Before registering for the Johto League, I collected intelligence on all Gym Leaders. I never heard that Lance was so immobile he needed a wheelchair to walk."】

【At least that was the case a month ago.】

【"When you said Erika is not Erika, you must mean she is not the Erika from your world; then you quickly realized, she indeed is not the Erika from your world, but she is still Erika."】

【"Also, I just noticed that Celebi's situation was very off; it seemed to be fleeing from something. Now it appears, it is fleeing from you; you are the one hunting Celebi, correct?"】

【Ash stared tightly at Lance.】

【"What is your name?" Lance suddenly asked.】

"Ash."

"Ash," said Elder Li with a smile, "truly an outstanding young man."

"Yes, that's right. I am not from your timeline."

Elder Li directly admitted he was not from this world; he came from another world, and the reason he appeared in this world was an accident that occurred while he was capturing Celebi.

"What are you trying to do by capturing Celebi?" Ash continued to press.

"That is none of your business." Elder Li seemed unwilling to continue the conversation; his expression turned cold once more. "Now, can you tell me where Celebi has gone?"

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"How could I possibly tell the location of Celebi to someone as strange as you?" Erika had not a shred of goodwill toward this Elder Li from another world.

Celebi is the Forest God; she would not allow anyone to bully Celebi.

"Come out, Bellossom." Erika looked at Elder Li and said, "If you want to catch Celebi, you must first get past me."

"Don't be rash, Erika."

Ash wanted to stop Erika, but her speed was simply too fast; her Bellossom had already launched an attack.

"Petal Dance."

Countless petals appeared around Bellossom; as Bellossom danced, innumerable flowers struck toward Elder Li.

Lt. Surge: "Attacking a Trainer? Erika, since when have you become so unchivalrous?"

Bugsy: "Using deception and a sneak attack on an elderly person is not good, Erika."

Erika: "Idiots, haven't you realized yet? This guy is no ordinary person."

Erika's actions in the video seemed abrupt, yet she understood why her counterpart in the parallel world had done so.

It was fear; the pressure that old man exerted on her was simply too great, so much so that she could not suppress the fear in her heart and launched an attack against him of her own accord.

The audience had expected Elder Li to be caught off guard by Erika, but the result left everyone in the chat room utterly shocked.

Frozen.

The small pig sitting on Elder Li's lap merely opened its mouth slightly, and the entire world plunged into winter.

Bellossom, closest to the small pig, was directly frozen into an ice statue; as for the petals attacking Elder Li, needless to say, they could not even get close to him.

After freezing Bellossom into an ice statue, the small pig turned its target toward Erika; had Ash not acted with quick eyes and swift hands, scooping up Erika and carrying her away from the danger zone, Bellossom's fate would have been Erika's fate.

"Bellossom!!!"

Erika could hardly believe her eyes; this Bellossom was her ace, the highest-level among all her Pokémon, yet even so, it was instantly crushed.

"Ash, are you alright?"

Misty rushed over in a panic; it turned out that while carrying Erika to dodge the small pig's attack, Ash's arm had accidentally been grazed by an Ice Beam.

The contact lasted less than half a second, yet half of Ash's arm was frozen solid.

Seeing Ash's frozen arm, Erika's heart was now filled with immense guilt.