Chapter 103: Mirror World, Opposite Personalities!

A few minutes later.

At the camp where Ash and the others were stationed, the meal was already ready,

"Time to eat, Latias—go call the other Pokemon over."

"Okay~"

Latias responded, unleashing its psychic power to directly bring back a single Pokemon,

However……

During this process, no matter how Latias searched, it could never sense the whereabouts of Pikachu and Dedenne.

As several other Pokemon appeared, Pikachu and Dedenne still did not show up.

Ash and Yurie were the first to notice something was off.

"Where did Dedenne go?"

"What happened?!"

Latias looked grave, "Ash, I can't sense them anymore..."

"You're not joking with me, are you?"

Ash's mouth twitched, feeling somewhat incredulous.

Although Pikachu is already a second-level god, it's only been a few short minutes; Pikachu is an Electric-type Pokemon, not a Psychic Ghost Flying Dragon,

Unless he launched himself like a railgun, how could he possibly run out of Latias's psychic sensing range.

Feeling something strange, Ash casually took out Mewtwo's Master Ball and opened it.

"Mewtwo, please help me find Pikachu and Dedenne!"

Mewtwo nodded; it recognized Pikachu, and also had a deep impression of the other electric mouse's appearance.

Even if a group of Pikachu and Dedenne were before it, it could tell them apart,

but when Mewtwo's psychic field expanded, covering the entire Kalos region, it still did not obtain the desired result.

Mewtwo individually identified every Pikachu and Dedenne in Kalos, yet found no trace of the two Pokemon.

"Not found?"

"Yes!"

Ash couldn't help but frown; since even Mewtwo couldn't find them, there was no possibility that Latias was joking with him,

something must have happened—just what could it be?

While thinking,

Ash released his Waveguide sense, without trying to maximize the range of his Waveguide Power perception,

Ash believed that Pikachu, knowing it was time to eat, would not run off randomly,

The Waveguide covered a ten-thousand-meter radius, carefully sensing the traces left by Pikachu and Dedenne.

Yes,

Perhaps in aspects like flight and instant movement, Waveguide Power is inferior to psychic ability, but in investigation it is superior.

This is not only reflected in Waveguide Power's ability to form images in the mind,

but also in how Waveguide Power perfectly imitates human senses, allowing one to perceive touch, smell, sight, hearing...

At a high enough level, it can even review events that occurred within a certain time period in the past.

Although Ash currently cannot reverse time to see past events, he can still smell the scent trail left by Pikachu.

The scent trail extended all the way to the depths of the cave, where it vanished before a mirror-like mineral.

Moreover, after sensing Xiao Jirou's fallen phone on the ground and seeing the information recorded on it about the Mirror Cave,

Ash suddenly realized: it was the Mirror World Incident.

The so-called Mirror World Incident actually refers to Ash accidentally arriving in the world inside the mirror,

which was a truly bizarre and novel experience.

Even though over a decade has passed since that incident, Ash's memory of it remains very clear.

He recalled that the personalities of the people in the mirror world were quite different from their real selves, and in that world Ash seemed to be a crybaby.

"Crybaby Ash..." That will surely become a black mark in my history, right?

Although the one over there isn't me, Serena and Clemont Yurie definitely wouldn't think that way!

However,

Recalling the memory, when the sun sets, the two worlds will gradually drift apart, and I don't know how long until the next meeting.

Ash then didn't have time to worry about those things,

the urgent priority is ultimately to rescue Pikachu, which is more important,

Fortunately, it's now the second day after leaving Champion Forest, the time is noon, and since it's summer, sunset is still many hours away.

Conservatively estimated, I still have seven or eight hours.

If it had happened yesterday at dusk, encountering this would truly be a time emergency.

Seeing Ash's tightly furrowed brows relax, Serena immediately asked with concern, "How is it? Ash, do you have any leads?"

"We have, let's eat first, aiming to finish within ten minutes; afterward I'll take you to a place."

We have plenty of time, so it's no problem to spend time eating a meal.

We didn't actually use the full ten minutes—about six or seven minutes—and including Serena and Yurie, everyone finished the food in their bowls.

They cleared the table and utensils, planning to wash them later when they return.

Ash had Mewtwo bring everyone to the depths of the cave, using Xiao Jirou's phone as a coordinate, so Ash didn't need to go there himself,

directly having Mewtwo use the phone as the destination, instant teleporting straight there in one second.

Suddenly,

The bodies disappeared under the scorching sun, appeared in the dark cave, and everyone instantly felt their vision go completely black.

Diancie and Latias, being Pokemon, were unaffected.

After a long wait, everyone's vision gradually adjusted.

Seeing clearly the cave's situation, huge rocks, mirror-like veins spread everywhere.

All three showed puzzled expressions.

"Ash, we weren't supposed to look for Pikachu and Dedenne? Why are we here!!"

Ash smiled, walked to the mirror stone where Pikachu's scent had disappeared, and reached out to touch it.

Swish!

The huge stone that originally looked like a mirror actually rippled like a water surface, sending out waves.

Soon,

The water ripples dispersed, and a passage appeared before everyone.

All three were stunned by the astonishing sight before them.

"Huh, what is this?"

"My goodness, a great discovery!"

"How amazing! How did Ash know there's a passage inside?"

"Of course, it's because the Waveguide Power detected it; anyway, let's go in first."

"As they spoke, Ash took the lead and entered the tunnel,"

"Serena, seeing this, turned back to glance at the pitch-black cave, fearing ghosts might rush out, she hurriedly caught up with Ash, tightly wrapping her arms around his arm."

"Clemont and Yurie also quickly followed."

……

"At the same time, the Mirror World Kalos League Headquarters."

Bang!

"The League Champion Kalunai angrily slammed the table!"

"The entire Aolusi Forest together with nearby towns has turned into a primitive forest? Even the residents' houses were destroyed by trees bursting from the ground, rapidly expanding into towering giant trees, the disaster zone is still rapidly expanding outward—who can tell me what exactly happened?"

"Champion, please stay calm, you must always maintain elegance!"

"How could I possibly stay calm and elegant in this situation? I must solve the problem with fury!" Kalunai glared at everyone.

"Upon hearing that, everyone couldn't help but smirk, 'You're not usually elegant either!'"

"Speak, what exactly is going on?"

"This... according to fragmented surveillance footage, it shows the legendary God of Life, Xerneas, has gone berserk."

"What about the God of Death?"

"The God of Death is no match; both sides are now advancing toward the Mirror Cave Vein."

"Everyone, immediately issue a notice to disperse all residents along the path, support Yveltal, and be sure to keep Xerneas contained within the Mirror Cave area."

"Kalunai angrily slammed the table,"

"Also, notify Fuladal—hasn't he reformed? Let his people join in."