Chapter 1069: People of the Celestica

Before dawn.

A black shadow moved rapidly through the quiet mountain forest.

Many nocturnal Pokémon brushed past it, and it took several seconds for them to react, observing their surroundings in panic and surprise.

Their expressions were as if they had seen a ghost.

However, the "ghost" wasn't much calmer, because the Ghost-type Pokémon discovered that it was a human!

A human they usually toyed with and exploited!

The Ghost-type Pokémon thought to themselves that they had rarely been merciful and hadn't come down the mountain to invade for a long time, yet you took the initiative to deliver yourself to our door?

Hey!

Good timing!

They specialized in beating up such blind fools!

The wild Ghost-type Pokémon chased after him silently and in groups.

Who knew that after chasing for a long time, they wouldn't even see a trace of the other party.

The most powerful and ferocious ones whispered to each other, guessing that the human had probably gone to the glowing spring at the top of the mountain.

Huh? Aren't humans most afraid of that place?

The unexpected situation made some Ghost-type Pokémon alert, but a strong desire caused more individuals to lose their minds.

They hadn't tasted human negative emotions and life force for too long!

For a time.

The back mountain of Kitakami was filled with chilly winds!

A mere dozen or so Ghost-type Pokémon actually displayed the momentum of a hundred ghosts walking at night!

Other wild Pokémon had to avoid their edge.

In the wooden house on the hillside.

A pair of bright, starry eyes opened, seemingly aware of the situation outside.

"Po?"

Borro woke up, "What's wrong?"

"Ogerpon~"

Ogerpon shook its head, not wanting to disturb his sleep because of some groundless feeling.

At the top of the mountain at this moment.

Beside the pool emitting fluorescent blue light, the Ghost-type Pokémon indeed saw the human youth they had been longing for.

"Mao Jie Mao Jie Mao Jie Mao Jie~"

"Waru~"

The food about to be in their mouths made them laugh out loud.

All Baimu's contemplation was interrupted; he frowned and turned to look at the many Ghost-type Pokémon that were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, laughing strangely.

The night blurred his face, but it also allowed a chilling deterrent force to overflow without reservation, as if a gravity field had descended and smashed into their hearts.

The ghosts were terrified.

"... Housi?"

"Yuma!"

Human? Is this a human? It wouldn't be some kind of monster that looks like a human, would it!

All Baimu didn't speak, but threw a Poké Ball casually.

Bang!

"Rhyperior!"

A terrifying giant beast covered in red rock armor, like an ankylosaurus, appeared, roaring as it launched a charge!

Boom!

The earth trembled as if horses were galloping!

Its arms glowed with earthy yellow light, and countless gravels were pulled by some invisible force, gathering on its sturdy arms, and then suddenly fired!

【Rock Wrecker】!

Boom boom!

Gravel flew across the sky like shotgun pellets!

The Ghost-type Pokémon instantly turned pale and screamed, completely losing the ferocious momentum they had when searching for people, scattering like birds startled from their nests!

But just as they had thought earlier, blind fools often get beaten up.

Of the dozen or so Ghost-type Pokémon, only a few lucky ones managed to escape, and the rest were all beaten down by Rhyperior.

They lay on the ground, deeply realizing why the other party dared to go up the mountain at night.

The vast night should have been their home field...

The Ghost-type Pokémon were crying without tears.

"Thank you for your hard work."

All Baimu thanked the hardworking Rhyperior; a few Gastly and Dusclops could at most cause some trouble for humans of this era.

It was impossible to mess with him.

And there was something more worthy of attention before his eyes—

Terastal Pool.

Let's call it that for now.

Fortunately, the crystals in the pool were exactly the same as those in Area Zero. Unfortunately, even seeing this thing, he had no way to start.

After all, Terastallization should be a phenomenon unique to Paldea, right?

Why would it be in Kitakami?

"..."

All Baimu, holding the idea of giving it a try, pulled up his pant legs and waded into the pool, touching the light blue crystals overflowing with seven-colored light.

The next instant.

The light shone brightly.

"Rhyperior?"

Rhyperior turned its head blankly, only to see that there was no one on the shore, as if no one had ever been there.

Where is the person?

Where did such a big living person go?

Rhyperior opened its mouth wide in shock; the first thought that flashed through its mind was how to explain it to the trainer, and the second thought was...

How was it supposed to find the trainer.

It didn't know the way in this strange place!

Rhyperior froze, and at the same time, on the other side of the Terastal Pool, Borro and Ogerpon came up carrying sticks.

"Are the beasts fighting? Why haven't I seen this beast before?"

He looked at Rhyperior seriously.

The back mountain was where he and Ogerpon lived, and he absolutely didn't want any strange variables to appear and disrupt their lives.

"Ogerpon?"

"... Let's drive it away."

Facing Ogerpon's inquiry, Borro nodded slightly.

And so.

Ogerpon carried the club and carefully touched it.

——

Zero Lab.

All Baimu suddenly flipped up and scanned his surroundings.

"... Hmm?"

Back?

Actually came back so easily!

He patted his face, and the crisp sound woke up the few Pokémon sleeping with him.

"Happy?"

"Gengar..."

All Baimu didn't respond, briefly digested the information, and touched his feet.

Not a dream.

There was still residual mud and sand between his toes.

Did he really time travel?

If Gengar and the others didn't react, it meant that the time from traveling to the past to returning was very short.

But if so, why did Long Ren disappear for a month?

He also knew about the Terastal Pool, and since he returned through the Terastal Pool, it was impossible for him not to go up the mountain to look for him.

He should have returned by now!

All Baimu picked up the phone on the side to contact Long Ren.

——Still no response.

Could it be that something happened after he left, causing Long Ren to fail to travel back?

Tsk.

Did he miss the opportunity for rescue?

All Baimu frowned and searched for information about Kitakami on his phone.

He originally thought this place might have become a historical site, like Hisui being renamed to Sinnoh.

Unexpectedly, Kitakami was still Kitakami.

But as he watched more information, he finally discovered various differences.

"Mask Festival... not Harvest Festival?"

The Harvest Festival became the Mask Festival, and the back mountain became Ghost Mountain.

And the reason for everything came from the legends passed down from generation to generation in Kitakami.

Legend has it that a ghost lived on the back mountain and often scared people who entered the mountain. One day, the ghost suddenly flew into a rage and went down the mountain, causing panic among the villagers, but was driven away by three Pokémon collectively known as the Loyal Three.

They protected Kitakami from the clutches of the "ghost," and to commemorate the Loyal Three, the Harvest Festival was adapted into the Mask Festival.

The so-called masking was because the "ghost" possessed four masks, each with powerful strength, and the Loyal Three took the masks away, causing the ghost to lose its power.

"Back mountain... ghost..."

All Baimu was silent.

If no second group of people or Pokémon moved into the back mountain after Borro and his daughter, this ghost was undoubtedly them.

But why exactly?

According to what he knew so far, Borro and his daughter didn't occupy the back mountain, but were driven to the back mountain.

They shouldn't have intimidated people entering the mountain either...

What a Rashomon!

All Baimu looked at the Loyal Three mentioned in the history introduction and found that he didn't recognize any of these three Pokémon.

Fezandipiti? Okidogi? Munkidori?

"... DLC?"

All Baimu realized belatedly that Kitakami was very likely a DLC map for Scarlet and Violet.

Otherwise, it couldn't explain why it had a Terastal Pool, and why he and Long Ren traveled to the past.

He walked out of the dormitory, blowing in the cold wind and looking around at the sparkling crystals.

Far away.

The future Swords of Justice were like three statues, openly casting their gazes here.

All Baimu waved at them and continued to search for more information about Kitakami.

He felt he needed to go there again.

Whether it was out of curiosity about the DLC content, why Borro and his daughter were labeled as "ghosts," or to save Long Ren.

"How exactly does this time travel work?"

All Baimu rubbed his hair.

Without understanding the principle of time travel, he had no way to save Long Ren.

He gripped the Thousand-Universe Wrist on his chest and whispered, "God, take me for another run."

Naturally, there was no response.

All Baimu shook his head and returned to the dormitory. The moment he pushed the door open, a little turtle deep underground flipped over.

His vision suddenly went black, and his feet felt cold.

When his vision recovered.

The dim dormitory had become a bare mountain top, with a Rhyperior in front of him, and a petite figure approaching sneakily from behind, trying to hit him with a club.

"Huh? Huh???"

All Baimu was stunned.

Ogerpon, who was preparing to hit him, was also stunned.

Borro, who was peeking from the shadows, was even more panicked; from his perspective, All Baimu appeared suddenly!

Without any warning!

"Wait! You are—"

Borro suddenly saw All Baimu's appearance clearly in the night, and immediately stopped Ogerpon, who was about to hit both of them, from doing so.

Rhyperior saw Ogerpon approaching from behind and was about to get angry, but seeing All Baimu, who had disappeared, reappear, it lost its temper.

It let out a slightly resentful low cry.

"Rhyperior?"

"I want to know too."

All Baimu took a deep breath, helpless.

The sudden time travel left him speechless, but what was worth being happy about was that he brought a helper with him.

"Why is the internet disconnected?"

Rotom Phone flew out of his pocket curiously, saw the environment completely different from Area Zero, and said in shock: "Where did you go? Is this still Paldea?"

"A beast that can speak!"

Borro, who was approaching, was even more shocked than it was, "God, God..."

Rotom Phone turned its head upon hearing the sound, looked at Borro's attire and way of speaking, and keenly sensed something was wrong.

It immediately chose to shut up.

Ogerpon put down the club in its hand, looking blank, "Ogerpon?"

"Borro, why are you here?"

All Baimu asked about the reason for Borro's appearance.

And at this time, the look in Borro's eyes when he looked at him also added a bit of awe, and he said submissively: "Please forgive the servant's previous negligence, my wife Ogerpon woke up in the middle of the night and heard that there was an abnormality on the mountain, so I came here to investigate."

Ogerpon.

Is this the name of this Pokémon.

Sure enough, the so-called "ghost" was this father and daughter.

——Wait? Wife?

Isn't it his daughter?

They are actually a couple?

All Baimu was shocked, but quickly accepted it, after all, this was ancient times.

And in ancient literature, the situation of humans and Pokémon falling in love was mentioned more than once.

Didn't expect it, didn't expect it.

This thick-browed guy is actually a Poké-sexual!

All Baimu muttered to himself, and said calmly on the surface: "You don't have to be surprised, there are as many beasts in the world that can speak human language as there are stars. There are also some in the Hisui region, a small bird with a black head and blue feathers... maybe you haven't seen it."

Chatot shouldn't be very common in the Hisui region.

"Yes."

Borro lowered his head and eyes.

Beasts that can speak human language are common, but people who appear suddenly are not.

Thinking of All Baimu asking him earlier if he was a person of the Celestica, Borro realized that the person in front of him might be an ancient person of the Celestica!

An envoy of the Almighty Sinnoh!

And now on the land of Hisui, the two factions that started the war and called themselves people of the Celestica are all fakes!

They angered the Almighty Sinnoh, and the Almighty sent the real people of the Celestica!

"My lord, the servant lied earlier, my mother was a descendant of the Celestica, and she married a descendant of the Michina royal family, my father."

Borro suddenly knelt down.

All Baimu stepped forward to pull him up, and upon hearing the word Michina, he said in surprise: "You... are a descendant of Damos?"

"Emperor Damos is indeed my ancestor." Borro thought to himself, sure enough.

The former Michina Kingdom had long since declined, and his father claimed to be a descendant of the Michina royal family, but in fact, he was just the leader of a small tribe.

Even he himself knew about Damos from the books his father gave him.

And All Baimu actually said the name of his ancestor casually.

Thinking of the legend of the Michina royal family, Emperor Damos had also received help from the envoy of God, Borro became more and more convinced of the other party's identity.

"Ogerpon..."

Ogerpon really didn't understand what was happening, learned to kneel like Borro, but couldn't help but look up.

All Baimu: "... You guys get up first."

The situation was simply unexpected.

Damos, the man who saved Arceus, who was knocked unconscious by a meteorite, in the theatrical version "Arceus and the Jewel of Life."

From Him, Damos borrowed the power of the plates to improve the environment of ancient Sinnoh, which led to a series of problems in returning them.

But eventually, through the all-out help of Ash, Dawn, and Brock, he obtained a perfect ending.

Borro is actually a descendant of Damos...

However, Damos didn't look like an East Asian, and he had a pair of blue eyes.

His descendant in modern times, Sheena, even has brown hair.

Borro...

Another wave of the royal family?

Arceus helped Damos a long time ago, and now He sent him here, fearing that He wants him to help save His descendant?

Arceus, how much do you like Damos!

All Baimu found the Poké Ball on the ground, took Rhyperior back, saw Borro and Ogerpon get up, and said:

"Although I don't know what you misunderstood, I hope you won't do any 'my lord' and 'servant' stuff anymore, it's uncomfortable to hear. Also, about the problem of you being discriminated against here... I'll think of a way for you!"

There were too many incomprehensible situations, so he simply laid his cards on the table, too lazy to probe Borro again.

Borro became more respectful, "Servant... I understand. But please... rest assured, my wife and I already have a way to integrate into Kitakami."

Facing the envoy of the Almighty Sinnoh, he dared not have the slightest disrespect or concealment.

"The craftsmen of Kitakami made four masks for me and my daughter, helping us integrate into the local area."

Borro said softly: "I am willing to offer them to you."

"Ogerpon——"

Ogerpon seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by Borro.

All Baimu shook his head, "I don't want your things, you should keep those four masks yourself."

Confirmed.

This pair is the "ghost."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1070 =====