Chapter 236: The Inheritor Bug of the Initial Fire?

Painting is a time-consuming thing, so President Xinnosuke did not wait here for long. Anyway, if Xiang Guangtai's work goes smoothly, it will soon be exhibited in the Castelia Gallery, and he can go see enough of it then.

This battle has already collected very useful actual combat data. In Xiang Guangtai's explanation, more items will be rapidly digitized and updated in the software. President Xinnosuke, like Xiang Guangtai, is full of beautiful expectations for the future prospects of Pokémon battles.

"The older I get, the more I feel that battle is a precious thing. It can tell me... I am still alive in this world, a living life."

"Battle is a way to understand the heart of Pokémon, and also a way for Pokémon to understand the Trainer. Some Pokémon will crave battle and actively seek out humans, but there are also Pokémon that do not want to battle. Although I love battles, battle is not everything in life."

"Ah... if I could be thirty years younger... I am an incompetent Trainer, so I can only watch other Trainers battle. Whenever I see them working together with Pokémon, I feel the same... This feeling, this emotion... This is the original intention of me opening this enterprise. I want to experience more of this kind of emotion."

President Xinnosuke sighed rarely. After saying goodbye to Xiang Guangtai and Burgh, he left with Miss Keiko and the business secretary. He felt that there was still a lot of unfinished work, and today's battle rarely made him feel hot-blooded again!

Okay, after the work is finished, take time to clean the Driftveil Drawbridge! Next time, I will clean the whole bridge clean with my Trubbish and Cinccino!

"The old president, he used to..." Burgh started, and Xiang Guangtai thought he was going to say that President Xinnosuke used to be very strong.

As a result, Burgh waved his hand: "No, the old president is really weak."

"He only has two Pokémon, Cinccino and Trubbish. However, although he is weak, it is said that he was still very keen on battles in the past."

"In all the outcomes of battle, victory is the most insignificant thing. The old president enjoys another level of artistic conception?" Burgh stroked his chin:

"Ah, I have some inspiration again."

After everything was settled, only Nanli was left in the Gym, and Xiang Guangtai began to engage in "artistic creation".

Burgh didn't just watch either. He wanted to simply record and depict the inspiration he had just obtained. With his hand speed, drawing a draft quickly was an easy thing, so in terms of sketching, Nanli and Burgh had a lot of common language, and they went to another studio.

Although it looks like a botanical garden here, in fact, in order to limit ordinary Gym challengers, many sticky soft walls like honeycombs are left in the Gym. This is an artistic creation based on the honeycomb. Because of this, the Castelia Gym is also divided into many independent spaces!

Pigments, brushes, drawing boards, paper... The tools that should be prepared are all there, and Xiang Guangtai's past memories gradually emerged.

Larvesta, huh...

Is it an ancient child hatched by himself and the Pokémon in the dream?

Saying it is young is because it has just revived in this era. Saying it is old is because it comes from the distant past. That might be a period when the Ancient City still retained its last glory.

Among Bug-type Pokémon, the lifespan of Larvesta and Volcarona is surprisingly exaggerated and very long. They can live for hundreds of years and still be lively. They will appear in deserts, ancient cities, ruins, and also settle in abandoned mines.

In the distant past, this kind of Pokémon was called the larva that stole the sun, and was also worshipped as the incarnation of the sun.

Perhaps the Ancient City had the ancient custom of raising Larvesta and sacrificing it as a guardian beast in the past.

"What did Pokémon give us? Is the fire stolen by the larva that stole the sun the same heavenly fire as Prometheus?"

"A long time ago, in the era when Pokémon were called monsters, there was a gap between humans and Pokémon..."

"The first Pokémon that helped the humans of Unova was in the era of earth strife and no light in all things, the first Pokémon that made the world rise with fire and brought light and warmth..."

"Larvesta."

When Xiang Guangtai murmured, the Entree Forest seemed to remember something and sent a message to Xiang Guangtai.

【Note: In the legend... no, in the era a long time ago, the people and Pokémon in the Unova region gradually increased with the Ancient City as the center.】

Ah... this is.

Xiang Guangtai thought of the scene Riolu had seen before.

The little blue dog told him that it had once seen a magnificent city built first. The magnificent castle stood in the center of the fertile wilderness. At first, there was only a huge city, but gradually, more cities, villages, forests where Pokémon lived, and rivers continued to extend and appear around that city.

The people of the huge ancient city planted forests and opened water channels, so they created forests and rivers.

【Note 2: Once upon a time, there was nothing but wasteland there, and people were trapped in trouble and living a difficult life. One day, a Pokémon came out of the wasteland holding fire, and the dark world began to become bright...】

The Entree Forest seemed to remember some ancient memories. It silently peeped at Unova, not knowing how long it had existed.

It was just because of the scattering of people's hearts, the disappearance of history, and its own weakness and withering, that it was vague about many things and could not give useful suggestions.

"Because of our close connection, did you also get a reverse gift?"

Xiang Guangtai asked like this.

【Note 3: Perhaps, thank you.】

"It's okay, then, I'm going to paint next, just follow the stories in your memory... and then, let me see."

Xiang Guangtai looked at Riolu following behind him: "Can you show me the memories in the Aura?"

"Awoo? (Aura's memory, the memory of the ancient city?)"

"Awoo! (Okay!)"

Riolu placed one paw on its chest, condensing the blue light of Aura.

The power of Aura resides in my heart.

Re-reproducing the ancient memories of the past, the connected Aura... that unusual ancient Aura guides me forward!

Now, Riolu knows that its Aura is different from the past. This is a transformation brought about by Xiang Guangtai's power, and many things in the whole world seem to be calling it. This feeling is like the nature of the whole Unova is whispering in its ear, giving it gifts.

Hope gives it some kind of mission and trial, which makes the little blue dog very confused, but also very curious.

What will happen in the next journey?

It's really looking forward to it! What exists in the Abyssal Ruins! As long as you follow the Trainer in front of you, everything will have an answer!

Xiang Guangtai closed his eyes.

The engraved memories emerged in his heart!

Passing the fire, Larvesta?

"Hey, you're done..." When Burgh and Nanli returned to the room where Xiang Guangtai worked, their expressions were relaxed and happy. Nanli received Burgh's sketching guidance, and Burgh quickly drew all the inspiration he had just obtained, feeling very happy.

But, when he saw Xiang Guangtai's almost completed new work, Burgh was completely speechless.

He just maintained the posture of touching his head, blankly staring at the "large work" presented on the drawing board in front of him.

"I'm thinking, who is the Pokémon that first brought fire and light to Unova?"

"Larvesta is the larva that stole the sun, the messenger of the sun. Why do the people of Unova call it that?"

"Speaking of the sun, the impression left is violent burning, blazing light and heat. It makes the earth fertile, all things grow, gives sunshine, shines on rain and dew, and makes the world burst into vitality."

"So, what Larvesta stole might not be a simple sun and imagery. What the people of the Ancient City saw might be the life and richness that Larvesta brought to the earth in the distant era."

"A long time ago, Pokémon were called monsters and had a gap with humans."

"In the dark era, people gathered in the barren wilderness, at a loss."

"At this time, a white, cute Pokémon spitting fire ran out of the sand. It brought warmth to humans, so that everyone didn't have to freeze to death in the cold. It brought light, so that people could see things in front of them and distinguish them."

"With fire and light, there is naturally warmth, so people lived with Larvesta and transformed this barren land into a paradise again. The soil began to become fertile, new plants took root on this land, the river water from afar began to flow on this land, and people and Pokémon built a huge city."

"That is the Ancient City."

"Because of this past history, they formed a culture of worshipping the sun and considered Larvesta as the messenger who brought the sun god. And when it turned into a cocoon and became a butterfly, becoming a real sun bug, people's worship of it reached its peak."

"The Ancient City flourished because of this, and with it as the center, the whole Unova began to prosper and develop."

Burgh stared tightly at the scroll.

In front of the temple of the magnificent city, the shadows of all the ancestors were deliberately elongated, overlapping with the shadow of Larvesta on the sundial into the same cluster of leaping flames.

It's like...

In Burgh's mind, a flame flickered and leaped. Is that some kind of artistic conception in art?

It is what it wants to express, first the external, then the internal.

"Humans and Pokémon share the same light?"

Every layer of flame hides the outlines of humans and Pokémon. Burgh even suddenly thought, if it is the same as the ancient scene described by Xiang Guangtai...

Ancient humans used its fire to smelt the first piece of bronze, and Larvesta used human power to obtain food, or something else. In short, it came with kindness and ignorance, and humans and Pokémon are like firewood ignited by each other...!

So we... were already in the same cluster of flames?

Perhaps, Pokémon don't necessarily need humans, but the humans in this world definitely need them.

"Amazing... I understand everything!"

Burgh got excited!

"I have understood what you want to express! At least I understood some of it!"

"Ah, this is the spiritual shock that art can bring to others! History, it's like history unfolding before my eyes. What I want to see is this!"

"You want to say that humans and Pokémon are a history of mutual support. It is the fire of Pokémon that warmed humans, so human civilization could be built! Their power gathered into one, yes, this is 'Unova as One'!"

"The first flame of the beginning! The initial fire! It's this, that's right, this is what I was thinking hard and couldn't catch before! Although the legend of the Ancient City is not very detailed, at least there are traces to follow, but it is too broken to be connected. Now everything is clear!"

"Sister Aloe did say that when doing field archaeology with Clay, she found that the history of the Ancient City is older than any ruins! That's right, because it is the first city on the land of Unova!"

"That's right, if there are only humans, only Pokémon, then nothing can be done well, but if humans and Pokémon join hands, then there is nothing that cannot be done! You are refuting that mysterious organization Team Plasma! This is amazing! This is the most powerful artistic counterattack!"

"It will be hung in the most conspicuous... of the Castelia Gallery." Burgh said, suddenly stiffening.

Oh my!

This painting was intended to be paired with his Volcarona work, but now, this artistry and speculation have exceeded his work. If they are paired, the artistic level of both sides...

How to say, laymen probably think both works are amazing, and insiders will only think that the styles are different, but Burgh knows that his Volcarona work is just a simple "praise" for the Pokémon Volcarona!

It has no history, no speculation, just pure aesthetics, focusing on the Pokémon and the concepts it represents itself!

This is of course an absolutely excellent work, otherwise it wouldn't make Burgh proud, but... if it is put together with this work in front of him... in short, there will be a strong sense of "mismatch". Whether you look at Volcarona first or Larvesta first, it will produce a sense of fragmentation!

Pure essential aesthetics and works containing historical metaphors cannot be put together!

This easily makes people feel aesthetic confusion and blur!

"This is really tricky! My style doesn't match this! But it's impossible for me to draw a matching work in a short time! Ah... is art always full of regrets, and only by always maintaining regrets and imperfections is the essence of art?"

"Really... a miscalculation! But, it's really happy!"

"What is it called?"

At this time, Burgh's emotions were high, his will vaguely felt a new artistic world, and similarly, the Entree Forest connected with Xiang Guangtai also felt Burgh's heart.

【The Entree Forest felt a new will and is growing slowly!】

【Reward: Burgh's Recognition!】

【Note: This is the recognition from the genius artist of Castelia City and Gym Leader Burgh. He sincerely believes that your work possesses unparalleled artistry and speculation. After your work is exhibited in the Castelia Gallery, it will change the hearts of the people of Unova to a certain extent and attract more people to come and observe the paintings, which can make people recall precious memories of the past.】

After the news of the Entree Forest, the new information is:

【Acquired: Popularity +100%! Fame +100%! Prestige +100%! Attractiveness +100%!】

【Description: After the exhibition, popularity, prestige, and attractiveness may further rise. Continuous exhibitions, in order to obtain important and unique professional knowledge and artistic crafts, perhaps exhibitions are necessary! Similarly, clothing art is also a kind of artistic creation.】

Clothing, huh... It's not bad to practice before making the Arceus set.

Xiang Guangtai did not hesitate too much:

"Just call it 《Initial Fire》... The name you said is exactly the name I thought of!"

"Then, I have new unfinished work that I would like to ask you to exhibit together. These works will be completed soon. Give me one day."

Burgh: "You have new works?! Ah! That's amazing!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 237 =====