Chapter 1487: Double Guard

Was this place originally like this?

In Shirabi's memory, the entire continent it knew should have only a small patch of green in the north.

However, during this past week of wandering, it discovered lush grasses and shade-giving green trees everywhere.

Something's wrong!

Very wrong!

Realizing there was a problem, Shirabi searched for the root cause and indeed quickly found the suspicious locations—

【Pokémon Paradise】 and 【Platinum Silver Mountain Range】.

Ordinary Pokémon might not sense it, but to Shirabi, a Psychic-type, the mental power released by Mewtwo and Queen Leiguanwang was like two masses of dark clouds coiling in the vault of heaven, exuding a terrifying sense of oppression.

Shirabi was so frightened it ran away directly, without any thought of going over to investigate.

While wandering about, it was attracted by a Forretress that flew out of Platinum Silver Mountain, and followed it all the way to Academy Island.

Shirabi had never been here before, but it also knew that just off the coastline extremely close to Qinggang, there was a volcanic island—

Heard long ago from a little boy who had mistakenly entered the Sacred Forest.

Could this be that volcanic island?

Shirabi almost thought it had traveled to the wrong place; many places deviated greatly from its memory, even though it hadn't pulled the timeline too far.

Thus, harboring strong curiosity, it wandered around Academy Island, and then naturally discovered Baimu.

"Lufei~~"

The Oddish hiding in the woods trembled with fear.

Is that a human?

On the other party, Shirabi saw gaps in spacetime, and saw a mysterious golden power, unfathomable, gathering at his chest.

The former proved the other party had only time-traveled recently; the latter...

Shirabi decided to watch a bit more.

But intuition told it that the changes in Aude were inseparable from the other party.

Shirabi wandered under the moonlight, its figure hazy and indistinct, and was noticed by the passing Team Rocket trio.

"Huh? What's that?"

"It's a Ledyba~"

"Meow thinks it's a Ninjask meow~"

They completely failed to recognize Shirabi, even though they had encountered it more than once.

After all, the current Team Rocket trio had just finished clinking cups with Baimu and were in a drunken state.

Only Wobbuffet was still sober, silently watching Shirabi fly far away, "Swoosh~ Nya?"

The next day.

Daylight broke.

The Polygon Phone sent Baimu a surveillance photo: 'Shirabi eh, could it be our time travel was discovered, and it's come to find trouble with us?'

"Not all Mythical Pokémon are as strong as Mew." He just glanced at it casually.

Although surprised Shirabi would appear on Academy Island, the Aude in the game also had its visits, so its appearance in Aude isn't actually strange.

The reason?

Can't figure it out, and can't be bothered to figure it out.

Right now Baimu has too many Legendary Pokémon to deal with, and temporarily has no energy to interact with Shirabi.

Unless it delivers itself to the door—

But that should be impossible.

Baimu stretched lazily, "Let's go! Go assign Mingyi a new mission!"

It's time to expand to the final step.

Walking out of the administration building, he looked up and immediately spotted Shirabi in the flowerbed not far away; this little thing was sticking its butt up, sneakily peeping this way.

Baimu originally didn't want to pay it any mind, but a red shadow flashing in the corner of his eye made him call out involuntarily: "Watch out!"

"Lufei!?"

Shirabi got a fright, subconsciously thinking Baimu was coming to catch it, but didn't expect a vicious wind to strike from the diagonal above.

"Gao~!"

The legendary Crobat descended from the sky, and with one claw pinned the too-late-to-escape Shirabi into the grass.

"Lufei! Lufei!"

Shirabi struggled in panic, but Forretress had no intention of letting it go; it opened its big mouth and bit onto its head, then ran straight to Baimu's front like it was frolicking, "Gao~"

"You really are..."

Baimu facepalmed, looking at Shirabi trembling in its mouth, and said: "Let the poor thing go, haven't you seen you've hurt it?"

Forretress was puzzled, but still obeyed and let go.

"Lufei..."

Covered in saliva, Shirabi flew up timidly, its gossamer wings trembling slightly.

Hard to imagine this is a Mythical Pokémon that masters the power of time travel; compared to the vast energy it possesses, its personality can be described as weak to the extreme.

To the extent that it must rely on the Dark Balls developed by Team Rocket to fully unleash this power.

Baimu took out a Poké Cube and handed it over, "Sorry, I apologize on Forretress's behalf; it didn't mean it."

"Lufei?"

Shirabi didn't dare reach out at first, but after confirming Baimu had no ill intent, it carefully accepted it, then put it in its mouth and took a light bite.

The rainbow-grade delicious taste instantly made it stick out its tongue happily, "Lufei~~"

When Shilabi was happy, he forgot all the unpleasant things from earlier, and seeing this, Baimu said his goodbyes: "Do as you like, we have things to do, we're leaving first."

"Lufi?"

Shilabi blinked his eyes, and upon seeing Baimu really turn and leave, his initial timidity gradually turned into curiosity.

He decided to follow the original plan and quietly trail behind.

—

Teaching Building.

Mingyi was a bit drowsy; yesterday he had been too excited, so he hadn't rested properly.

"How about we go buy some tea later to perk up?"

"Mingyi! The principal is calling you!"

Suddenly, the class monitor's shout came from the doorway.

She jolted upright like a giant radish pulled from the soil, turned her head, and saw Baimu standing outside the classroom, smiling at her.

"Principal!"

Mingyi hurriedly ran out.

Baimu paid no heed to the curious glances around him, occasionally responding to passing students' greetings, saying: "You managed to fly ten kilometers with the messenger bird yesterday, right?"

"Yes, yes."

Mingyi hadn't expected the principal's news to be so well-informed.

Baimu smiled: "Then next, I'll give you a map showing a small island with abandoned ships; the evolution trigger for the Fire Rock Mouse is there."

"Good!"

Mingyi's eyes lit up slightly.

She had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Since learning that Baimu had already told the other two the evolution sites for the Feathered Owl and Twin Blades, but never told her the corresponding location, Mingyi inevitably felt some anxiety and unease.

He even once doubted whether he had been abandoned.

Hard work does not betray those who put in effort.

It turned out the evolution site for the Fire Rock Mouse was outside the Academy Island.

"That place isn't particularly safe; if you lack confidence in your strength, find a companion to go with you."

Baimu didn't directly tell Mingyi the truth about that place, after all, he didn't think the Spirit Realm had anything strange, but that doesn't mean others could accept it.

Anyway, the biggest threat there might just be students getting sick from the Spirit Realm's leaking aura.

Or perhaps real-world ghost Pokémon would be drawn there.

Mingyi took Baimu's words to heart: "I will! Thank you, Principal!"

She bowed excitedly, then trotted off to other classes to find Shengcai and the little companions to share this good news.

Watching Mingyi's retreating back, Baimu sighed: "Students' progress is truly something worth rejoicing over!"

'Although I really don't want to disturb your good mood, I have some news to tell you.'

The multifunction phone suddenly spoke: 'At Baisin Mountain, fighting has broken out.'

Baimu exclaimed in surprise: "Again, who's fighting whom?"

'Pojing Yan and Yandi, Bolang Shui and Shuijun, Mengleigu and Lei Gong.' The multifunction phone displayed real-time footage before his eyes.

He clearly saw flames, water currents, and lightning roaring in the forest, several huge figures clashing or shooting at each other, quite lively.

"How did they come to Oulei again!"

Baimu was startled, then immediately thought of Shilabi, but the Fengwang Guard clearly were Fengwang's followers, circling around Shilabi—what were they doing?

I can't figure it out.

He could only let Leiguanwang go to mediate, then mount the Milidun that had been fighting with Hudun, and have it race back to Baisin Mountain as fast as possible.

Boom!

Milidun transformed into combat form and shot through the air, Hudun's head sprouting giant wings that closely followed, its silhouette streaking across the sky drawing countless students and staff attention.

But they had long grown accustomed to it.

The Shilabi secretly observing turned slowly in place, waiting between staying and following the past, choosing to follow.

Besides being timid, the rest was overflowing curiosity.

—

When Baimu returned to Baisin Mountain, it was nearly noon.

Warm sunlight bathed the earth, symbolizing the hard-won spring.

Perhaps influenced by the season, many Pokémon were restless, leading to the battle between the Fengwang Guard and the ancient Fengwang Guard.

Fortunately, Leiguanwang guarded one side's peace.

Relying on its own strength, with help from other Pokémon, it successfully suppressed the chaos on both sides.

When Baimu arrived, the two sides were nearly a hundred meters apart.

And seeing the trainer return, the ancient Fengwang Guard instinctively moved toward his direction, only to see another wave of Fengwang Guard also approaching, and they all roared angrily.

"Ao!"

"Hou!"

These guys were as noisy as barking big dogs and Hakimi.

On the Fengwang Guard side, they were ultimately more elegant—only Lei Gong barked twice, and upon seeing the opposite side howling louder, they stopped barking.

"What are you doing? Coming here and giving me a big one."

Baimu directly activated the extermination mode against the Fengwang Guard; on the way here, he had already figured out the cause of the big battle.

—It was Mengleigu and Lei Gong who started it, then Bolang Shui and Shuijun assisted from the side, and Pojing Yan and Yandi joined last.

Fortunately, no innocent Pokémon were harmed; only the forest suffered damage.

Hearing his words, the Ho-Oh Guard exchanged bewildered glances; the Flame Emperor did not step forward, the Water Lord considered it but also did not step forward, and both sides retreated half a step, leaving the task of explaining to Lei Gong, who hated humans the most.

Lei Gong was speechless: "……"

However, it was indeed the one most familiar with Baimu, so it could recount the reason without the slightest concern.

In truth, everything stemmed from a misunderstanding.

The Ho-Oh Guard had come to Aulde for two reasons: they had sensed Celebi's appearance, and they had also detected an abnormal aura.

As a result, they followed the abnormal aura over for a look and were instantly dumbfounded.

What on earth are these three things?

Lei Gong thought Baimu had been deceived by strange creatures, mistaking the Raikou Drums and such for them, so it wanted to go to Platinum Silver Mountain to get to the bottom of it.

But upon seeing Lei Gong, the Raikou Drum intercepted it instead.

After an exchange, both sides discovered they were talking at cross purposes.

Afterwards they simply came to blows.

Only when Queen Leiguanwang arrived was this "misunderstanding" formally resolved, yet Lei Gong still felt a lingering discomfort.

In its view, the Raikou Drum was practically a pseudo-human; the fact that it didn't pant right upon meeting was already the result of it exercising considerable restraint.

The Flame Emperor and Water Lord felt the same.

The Ancient Ho-Oh Guard's mood was much the same; they likewise found the Ho-Oh Guard trio very ugly, and hearing they were close to Baimu, immediately assumed they had come to vie for favor.

Then, amid the Raikou Drum's unceasing low growls, its already not-so-bright head grew muddled, and it started fighting with Lei Gong.

Baimu seriously suspected whether the Raikou Drum's neck was too long, causing insufficient blood supply to the brain.

"You've come all this way, and this sort of thing happens."

He didn't know how to comment.

The Ho-Oh Guard likewise felt wronged; given the Ancient Ho-Oh Guard's appearance, how could they not be on guard?

Who would have thought there actually existed in this world Pokémon so extremely similar to them.

Paradox Pokémon?

Don't understand.

The Ho-Oh Guard's hearts held only depression.

The Ancient Ho-Oh Guard's side was more magnanimous instead; although they had fought a battle with these inexplicable fellows, after Baimu coaxed them a couple of sentences, their mood immediately calmed down.

Then it was back to doing whatever they were supposed to do.

"Let's go, don't stay here."

Baimu invited the Ho-Oh Guard into the Platinum Silver Mountain area, believing that as long as they stayed a bit farther from the Ancient Ho-Oh Guard, no problems would arise.

The Ho-Oh Guard was naturally more than happy to.

After the Flame Emperor, Water Lord, and Lei Gong left leisurely, the Ancient Ho-Oh Guard became leisurely once again.

Compared to Zone Zero, Platinum Silver Mountain seemed a more suitable place to empty one's mind; at least there was no need to worry about lunatics frequently peeping.

—After Baimu left, the future Sacred Sword Knights still frequently intruded on their territory, hiding in corners or high places to sneakily observe.

The Ancient Ho-Oh Guard leader was displeased, but not wanting to violate the agreement with Baimu, endured it.

An hour passed.

A small, exquisite figure sneaked over, and was immediately startled by the appearances of Poipole and the others.

Are these still the few Pokémon it knows?

Celebi was frightened and immediately flew far away; the resting Poipole merely lifted its eyelids and paid it no mind.

"Lufi……"

Summoning courage, it flew into the Platinum Silver Mountain range and looked around; fortunately it encountered no danger, and the wild Pokémon here also seemed to be living very happily.

Following the floral fragrance permeating the air, Celebi flew all the way to a certain garden.

There, beneath a huge, crystalline, sparkling crystal tree, a Talonflame covered in pale blue long whiskers curiously raised its eyes to glance at it.

Celebi covered its small mouth with both claws in surprise.

"Lu! Lufi!"

As a traveler of the river of time, how could it not know of a Pokémon with abilities similar to its own?

But what it hadn't expected was that this kind of Pokémon actually still had surviving individuals.

According to Celebi's memory, they should all have perished in a certain large-scale natural disaster; it never expected to see one here.

Did it survive by relying on space-time traversal?

Celebi suddenly understood where the traces of the current space-time had come from.

"Lufi~~"

It circled around the Talonflame twice.

The Talonflame stared with big watery eyes; its memory seemed to hold the other's existence too, but too much time had passed, nearing blur.

Can't remember……

Then let's not think about it.

It closed its eyes and continued sleeping its own sleep.

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