Chapter 161: Meeting Again

Xiang Guangtai woke up in the Dream Workshop. This time entering the dream, he seemed to have brought something. It was the stone carvings of Amber and Tapu Fini. Xiang Guangtai checked their information and found that these were indeed products he had made in reality.

Bringing items from reality into the Dream World... Xiang Guangtai pondered, could it be that these two stone statues wanted to tell him something?

And appearing by his side was Doublade.

"Yo-woo~!"

Doublade swung its ribbons, floating excitedly around the Dream Workshop, and curiously picked up the Dark Stone placed on the small table with its ribbons.

Before, it always heard Lilligant and Grotle talk about the Dream Workshop, and Doublade was quite unhappy. After all, it was only beaten up the first time it entered the dream, and it hadn't had a chance to enter the dream again for a long time.

Is this the stone they mentioned that can be used to conduct electricity?

Then, what about the white one that can be used as a fire source? Is it in the forging room in the dream?

"Yo-woo—" Doublade held the Dark Stone high, but the mood this stone transmitted to it didn't seem very happy?

Oh, does it not like being held high?

"Roar!"

Doublade vaguely heard something let out a loud roar, and then a faint electric current was transmitted directly to Doublade!

Numb, numb, numb, numb—!

"That is the Dark Stone, the stone where the Legendary Dragon resides." Xiang Guangtai explained the origin of this stone. Seeing the tiny yellow lightning appearing on Doublade's body and its expression turning into (＞Д＜), he knew Doublade had been "paralyzed"!

"This is a Paralyze Heal." Xiang Guangtai took out medicine from his Dream Backpack and sprayed it on Doublade.

"Yo-woo~! (Thank you, thank you!)"

Doublade hurriedly put the Dark Stone back in its original place, its ribbons flapping in mid-air, still muttering!

So stingy, what Legendary Dragon, won't even let me pick it up to look at it!

"The power of the Dark Stone seems to have recovered quite a bit."

Xiang Guangtai thought so, and according to the previous practice, he injected power into the Dark Stone, and soon received a prompt that the Dark Stone was in a happy mood.

Then, the next step is to inject power into the Light Stone, and check the Larvesta egg.

"Yo-woo~" Doublade soon threw the Dark Stone to the back of its mind. It discovered something more useful; it was the treasure Walking Wake picked up from various Pokémon dreams. Although it was messy and had everything, there were really many things that could be useful!

Like Metal Coat!

Doublade's eyes lit up!

(⊙X⊙)!

Before, it heard Steven's Metagross brag about how powerful the imported Metal Coat from Unova was, and it was drooling at the time. It didn't expect to see it in the workshop of the Dream World! Look at this luster and transparency, and the powerful steel-type energy contained within! Doublade couldn't wait to start "coiling" this treasure with its ribbons. It rummaged around and found the Ghost-type gold nugget taken from the mouth of a Cofagrigus. So, the left ribbon coiled the Metal Coat, and the right ribbon held the Ghost-type gold, looking like a nouveau riche, excitedly dancing a Swords Dance on the spot.

Doublade's Attack rose sharply!

Xiang Guangtai opened the door of the Dream Workshop.

Then, the first thing he saw was someone who was also somewhat stunned...

"Mewtwo?!"

Xiang Guangtai stood at the door, looking at the three Pokémon that appeared before him.

Calyrex, covered in mud and holding a hoe, looked like a muddy rabbit.

Walking Wake, with its mane exploded and covered in slashing marks, looked like a husky that had just demolished a house and been beaten.

And the tall Genetic Pokémon with clenched fists and a serious look!

Mewtwo didn't expect to meet Xiang Guangtai in such a situation. His brain thought rapidly, and many choices emerged in an instant.

Should he tell this craftsman his identity directly?

Although he didn't know how this legendary craftsman knew his name...

"Here, this is what you want."

Before Mewtwo could decide whether to fabricate an identity as a "stranger Pokémon" or be honest, Xiang Guangtai had already handed the two stone statues to him. Mewtwo was stunned and understood everything in an instant.

"You know of my existence, know my identity? When did you find out?"

Mewtwo was wary of Xiang Guangtai's words and actions, and had already fabricated dozens of possible identities for Xiang Guangtai in his heart.

"Legendary craftsman... who exactly are you?"

"Just an ordinary craftsman, only knowing a little more than others." Xiang Guangtai smiled. The smile was very sincere, like sunshine, without any coldness or hostility.

Mewtwo was silent, but gradually, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Yes, there was no need to dwell on the shopkeeper's true identity. Living in the secret land of Shenshan already destined that the shopkeeper was not an ordinary person. Instead of worrying about the shopkeeper using his power to do something... no, that was simply impossible.

Because there were other Pokémon with powerful strength here, and he could feel that the shopkeeper's heart was a pure heart without any impurities.

Of course, Mewtwo didn't know that this feeling was because the "Soothe Bell" had once brought Xiang Guangtai knowledge, increasing defense against psychic abilities and making it difficult for powerful psychics to peek into his inner thoughts. What was reflected was naturally a "pure heart."

Mewtwo focused his gaze on the two sculptures in his hands, and he was soon moved.

Amber... no, it should be Amber 2.0, exactly the same as in his memory. She seemed to be happy forever, but she disappeared. At the final parting, she thanked him...

And the other sculpture was a Pokémon he had never seen before.

Xiang Guangtai: "That is Tapu Fini, the guardian deity of the Alola region, possessing the power to allow people of the present world to meet people of the other world."

"When these two sculptures are combined, and supplemented with props made of powerful spiritual power, such as the Reaper Cloth... it can intertwine the present world and the other world, allowing you to meet that person you think about day and night again."

Xiang Guangtai informed him of the usage of these two statues and handed the Reaper Cloth to Mewtwo: "In previous experiments, I have seen that girl, but there was no way to communicate, perhaps because I have no bond with her."

"So, leave the rest to you. Go do it, write down the words of thanks, and you will definitely meet your friend again."

"However, do not indulge too much in what you see in the mist, otherwise you may be left in the gap where the present world and the other world intertwine."

Xiang Guangtai's voice seemed to fade away in his mind. Mewtwo felt his heartbeat. Because he couldn't believe the answer he heard from Xiang Guangtai, he fell into a long trance.

It was like a dream... no, this really is the Dream World!

"Amber 2.0 isn't even a life, can I really meet her..."

Xiang Guangtai: "Things that once existed in the world, how can they not be considered life? All life will meet other life, and give birth to something."

"If you want to choose a Trainer, who would you choose?"

"Sure enough, it's Amber."

In Xiang Guangtai's view, for the Mewtwo in the theatrical version, even if he also had the experience of living in Cerulean Cave, he might not have fought Red, and in this world, there probably wasn't Yellow, and the theatrical version of Mewtwo had nothing to do with Blaine.

Thus, the few candidates who could drive Mewtwo almost all ceased to exist, leaving only "Giovanni."

But Mewtwo left Team Rocket precisely because he didn't agree with Giovanni's philosophy. When he regained his initial memories, the Trainer Mewtwo could choose, or rather, the Trainer he wanted from the beginning, was actually Amber, who had been dead for many years.

Isn't this also a kind of lifespan theory... Xiang Guangtai muttered.

Mewtwo was thinking the same thing at this time.

Memories from a long time ago surfaced. It was in a pitch-black spiritual world, the first conversation with Amber.

【Who are you?】

【Just an existence similar to you.】

【Human? Am I also a human?】

【Because you can talk, maybe you are also a human.】

【It's also possible... you are my Pokémon.】

Mewtwo clenched the statue, and under Xiang Guangtai's guidance, he used his powerful psychic ability like etching to write his words on the Stone of Gratitude.

"Want to thank... Amber 2.0, I want to thank you."

"The me of the past once asked meaningless questions in the darkness. Where is this? Who am I? Who brought me here?"

"It was you, who called me in the darkness, telling me what cities, sun, wind, stars, night, and tears and life are."

"Do you still remember? You told me not to cry, because I am still alive, and you wanted me to live on. You said, because if you live on, it will definitely be very interesting."

"It really is interesting... I have experienced many things, and I have many words I want to say to you."

"So, please, let me meet you again..."

Mewtwo's voice gradually became like sleep-talking, fading away in everyone's ears. I don't know when, but large mists surged around the Dream Workshop, and a hazy white light flickered on the two sculptures!

The statues began to exert their power!

"Hmm?" Calyrex and Walking Wake both looked at the rising mist with some confusion.

Although they had been confused by the conversation between Xiang Guangtai and Mewtwo from the beginning, they at least understood that Mewtwo was also one of the Pokémon seeking help from Xiang Guangtai, and the power combined by the two statues was an eye-opener for the two Pokémon.

No, to be precise, only Calyrex had some realization about this; Walking Wake didn't care about such things.

"Friend, your props have helped another Pokémon." Calyrex laughed. It was very happy to witness such a moment.

In everyone's eyes, Mewtwo, wrapped in mist, disappeared just like that. There was no sign, only that mist still existed, letting everyone know that the Mewtwo that existed here just now was not a hallucination.

"Their hearts are connected." Calyrex suddenly said such a sentence. Blue psychic power flickered in its eyes. Obviously, Calyrex's power had recovered a lot, and because it gained Mewtwo's faith, it seemed to be able to see Mewtwo's state?

"Psychics really like to peek at others." Xiang Guangtai teased, and Calyrex blushed: "No! Not at all! I'm just worried about that Pokémon! After all, it counts as a great believer of mine!"

"Compared to this, friend, come and see the giant crops that Walking Wake and I grew!"

In the mist.

The original Dream Workshop and all the Pokémon were gone. Mewtwo walked forward in the mist, confused and nervous, with Xiang Guangtai's encouragement echoing in his heart.

Definitely, definitely can meet again.

Walking like this, the mist in front suddenly became pitch black, but Mewtwo didn't feel afraid, but stared blankly at the pitch-black world.

That kind of darkness was very familiar. It was the darkness he saw in the spiritual world when he was young.

In the darkness, he didn't know what kind of existence he was, didn't know self, didn't know life, and then...

Light, appeared!

Like the memories of his youth, light appeared in the dark world. Those lights gathered together, gradually forming the appearance of a girl. She looked at her hands blankly, and then looked at Mewtwo in front of her.

Although she had changed a lot, Amber 2.0 recognized Mewtwo at a glance.

Then, just like when they first talked a long, long time ago.

The hearts of human and Pokémon were connected at this moment! The girl named Amber 2.0 also heard the words of thanks Mewtwo said to her. Mewtwo stepped forward, approached Amber in disbelief, and then slowly squatted down.

Meeting again after many years, many thoughts surged in Mewtwo's mind, but he didn't know where to start.

Thousands of words, accompanied by sudden tears, intertwined into silent silence, just bowing his head slightly, trying his best to hug this friend who had been lost in his memory for a long time and only now found again.

"Amber, I survived."

Amber smiled and stroked Mewtwo's forehead: "Well, you've grown up."

"I... I have so many, many things I want to tell you. I went to many places. Being alive is really a very interesting thing."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 162 =====