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Chapter 466: Taking Photos of the Pokemon, While Gigalith Watches in the Shadows!
Chapter 466: Taking Photos of the Pokemon, While Gigalith Watches in the Shadows!
On the 12th of May, 200, of the Pokemon League calendar.
The Great Hero Expedition team and Satoshi's group safely returned to the Hoenn region.
Far away in Paldea, Naoki received a message from Mew and Teddiursa.
The message said that they had successfully delivered the leaf to the Fars region and parted ways with Satoshi and the others.
Kira, no longer needing to stay in the Fars region to nurture the land, wanted to explore the world like an ordinary Pokemon.
So, after bidding farewell to Absol and the other Pokemon of the Fars region, Kira chose to travel with the Great Hero Expedition team.
Looking at the photo Teddiursa sent, which now appeared on his phone's screen, a smile formed on Naoki's face.
The background of the photo was the Fars region, and it seemed to have been taken just as the Millennium Comet was passing overhead.
Under the starry sky, Mew, Teddiursa, and Zapdos surrounded Kira.
They looked at the camera with happy expressions on their faces.
"Ah, this is so wonderful!"
Naoki was delighted with this ending.
From now on, Kira would no longer have to endure that lonely fate.
Like most Pokemon in this world, it could soar freely in the skies.
Naoki saved the photo to his phone, planning to print it out later as a keepsake.
Acting on his idea, Naoki immediately ordered a photo-printing device online and dispatched a delivery Pidgeot to retrieve it.
Thirty minutes later, the Pidgeot returned with the machine.
Naoki imported the photo, and soon, the image capturing the story of the Great Hero Expedition team and Kira was printed out.
"Agas?"
Garchomp, curious about Naoki's activity, poked its large head forward to get a better look.
Naoki patted Garchomp's head gently and explained, "I'm printing photos."
"Agas!"
Garchomp recognized Teddiursa and the others in the photo.
Suddenly, a new idea popped into Naoki's mind.
—He decided to buy a camera and a photo album to capture moments with the Pokemon on the ranch, preserving their present selves! While the Lotad phone could store images more conveniently, Naoki felt that physical photos held more sentimental value and nostalgia.
That afternoon, he went to the department store in Drizzitown and purchased a camera and a family photo album.
As soon as he returned to the ranch, Naoki gathered all the Pokemon and started taking photos of them.
The Pokemon included Mudkip, Glaceon, Garchomp, Motostoke, Pidgeot, Butterfree, Combee, Wigglytuff, Diglett, Sandslash, Soloss, Snorlax, the Eeveelutions, Skiploom, Psyduck, Misdreavus, Mr. Mime and his sister, and Wingull...
Most of the Pokemon on the ranch were experiencing photography for the first time, so they watched Naoki's actions with great curiosity.
Butterfree flew to Naoki's side, inquisitively eyeing the camera he was adjusting. "Fei?"
"Bui Bui!"
The Eeveelutions also gathered around, pawing at Naoki's legs with their soft pads to express their desire to see what he was doing.
Naoki squatted down and showed them the camera's screen.
The camera lens was currently aimed at Pidgeot, and one of the Eeveelutions accidentally pressed a button. The next second, the image on the screen started to enlarge, and Pidgeot's big face appeared.
"Bui!"
The Eeveelutions exclaimed in surprise at seeing Pidgeot's face on the screen. Naoki aimed the lens at his partner Eevee and snapped a photo.
With a click, Partner Eevee's face was captured and frozen on the screen.
"Ba Mo!"
Mudkip saw Eevee's photo and felt envious. It wanted to have its picture taken too!
The other Pokemon also wanted to join in the fun.
Understanding their eagerness, Naoki smiled and said to the Pokemon in front of him, "Alright, from now on, just play as you usually do and ignore me. I'll follow alongside you and capture the most natural moments."
And so, the Pokemon happily obliged and started playing in the ranch as they usually did.
Naoki wandered among them, continuously pressing the shutter button.
The Eeveelutions relaxing in the shade.
The row of well-behaved Psyducks sitting in a line.
Pidgeot soaring in the sky.
Garchomp's cool glance back.
Skiploom sunbathing on the grass.
Flareon by the fireplace.
When evening fell, the Pokemon returned to their small nests.
Naoki seized the opportunity to capture their sleeping faces.
Unknowingly, he had taken over a hundred photos.
After the Pokemon in the house fell asleep, Naoki didn't go to bed immediately. Instead, he sat at his desk, turned on the desk lamp, and bathed in the moonlight streaming through the window as he carefully inserted each printed photo into the album.
In the darkness behind him, Garchomp yawned lazily, glanced at Naoki's back, and then lay down on the floor, slowly falling asleep.
After filling the album, Naoki gently flipped through the pages, looking at the photos of the Pokemon.
Instead of waking up, Eevee comfortably wriggled its body, lying on its back with its soft, fluffy belly exposed.
This displayed the Pokemon's absolute relaxation and deep trust in its surroundings.
"So adorable!" Naoki thought to himself.
With a smile, he returned to his bed, glancing at Golett sleeping by the bed and Poplio at the foot of the bed, feeling content as he closed his eyes.
"What a wonderful day," he thought, ready to drift off to sleep.
The next morning, Naoki woke up early and began his daily routine on the ranch.
It was summer, and the scorching weather had increased the demand for watermelons significantly.
Naoki received a large number of watermelon orders daily.
Thanks to the speedy delivery of his employee Salamence, it usually took only half an hour for the watermelons to reach their destinations.
Those who ordered from Naoki's ranch had no worries about the watermelons spoiling during transit.
Early in the morning, the Salamence employees lined up to collect watermelons from Naoki, then flew off to various locations in Paldea to make their deliveries.
"Whoosh!"
After seeing them off and double-checking that there were no missed orders, Naoki finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At 9 a.m., as the sun grew hotter, the wind brought waves of scorching heat.
Squinting, Naoki looked at the distant mountains behind the ranch.
The weather was so hot that even the cicadas in the mountains had stopped their singing. In the distance, he could make out the lush shrine surrounded by dense foliage.
In contrast, the reverse world on the other side was pleasantly cool, as if unaffected by the summer heat.
Eevee, Trevenant, Sableye, Froslass, and Butterfree, among others, had all gone there to escape the heat.
Even Mounting Taur was at the World Tree, teaching the little Mounting Sheep.
Only Naoki, Golett, and Poplio remained at the ranch.
Just as Naoki was about to head back inside to rest, Golett, who had been relaxing in the shade, suddenly seemed to sense something. Its eyes snapped open, and it stared intently in one direction.
"Agas?!"
Motorizard, lying beside Golett, lifted its head curiously.
"Hmm?" Naoki turned to Golett and asked, "What is it?"
Golett shifted from its squatting position to its quadrupedal form, a large golden retriever.
It let out an inquisitive "Agas?" before dashing off into a nearby bush. Moments later, it emerged with something wriggling in its mouth—a green, caterpillar-like creature.
Golett gently placed the creature on the wooden floor in front of Naoki.
As soon as Naoki got a good look at it, he froze in surprise.
A cell of Gigalith?! What's going on?! How did a cell of Gigalith end up in the Paldea region?
Naoki reached out and picked up the trembling "cell," which instinctively curled up in his palm.
"Gaoh?"
Motorizard tilted its head, its eyes filled with confusion as it regarded the strange creature. What is that?
Naoki understood Motorizard's unspoken question and explained, "It should be considered a Pokemon, too, I suppose."
Gigalith, the third deity of the Kalos region, was the famous Z-God, known for its role as the guardian of the ecosystem, quietly overseeing every move within it.
In the anime, due to the abundance of tree-shaped negative energy cores in the Kalos region, this Z-God specifically asked Satoshi's Frogadier to stay behind and help with "tree-cutting."
Among all the legendary Pokemon, Gigalith was unique.
It had the ability to divide itself into "core" and "cell" forms, spreading them throughout nature.
Should danger arise, these cells would gather, allowing Gigalith to manifest and take action.
In the anime, the small and soft cell that Yurika found was Gigalith's core.
And now, a cell had appeared on his ranch.
Staring at the cell in his hand, Naoki's mind raced with a bold conjecture.
Could this cell be a surveillance agent sent by Gigalith? After all, it was common knowledge that cells lacked independent will and could only act on the core's commands.
With no presence of Gigalith in the Paldea region, it was highly likely that this cell had been dispatched by the deity.
However, Naoki couldn't shake off a sense of uncertainty.
As the guardian of the ecosystem, Gigalith's appearances anywhere in the world were not unusual. Its domain encompassed not just the Kalos region but the entire globe.
"Golett, have you seen this little guy around the ranch before?" Naoki asked.
"Agas..."
Golett shook its large head. It had seen similar creatures when it was still a Motorizard, but not since its evolution into Golett.
Regardless of the possibility, Gigalith bore them no ill will.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Naoki decided to bring the cell home with him.
This thing could combine to form a towering giant!
He figured it would be best to collect them; perhaps the World Tree would attract more of Gigalith's cells and core.
Then he could bring them all home and see if he could assemble a towering giant.
In the living room, Yveltal, who had been lounging and playing on its phone in the air-conditioned comfort, suddenly sensed an unfamiliar presence.
It lifted its eyes and spotted the green, unidentified creature in Naoki's palm.
Yveltal paused, "What's that?"
"Oh, this?" Naoki replied with a smile, "This is Xiao Ruan."
"Xiao Ruan?" Yveltal echoed, surprised.
"It's a new name I gave it!" Naoki said as he reached into the cabinet and took out some snacks that Pokemon loved, attempting to feed Xiao Ruan.
But the green cell didn't eat; instead, it instinctively curled up in Naoki's palm, seemingly tense and nervous.
Naoki was not surprised by this reaction.
Gigalith's cells lacked independent will, and they might not need to eat like other Pokemon, only requiring the absorption of natural energy, sunlight, or water to survive.
He thought carefully and then placed Xiao Ruan on the windowsill, setting a piece of snack and a small dish of water beside it.
The cell lay motionless, occasionally blinking, as if observing its new surroundings.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Ruan seemed to have depleted its energy and slowly crawled over to the snack, where it opened its tiny mouth and began to eat instinctively.
Meanwhile, in the Kalos Region, within the Terminus Cave...
Gigalith, through its cells, witnessed everything that had transpired.
That human possessed a strong natural energy, and the aura it sensed earlier seemed to be emanating from him. Is he the one chosen by the ecosystem? Gigalith wondered, confused.
And when it saw that human giving its cell the name "Xiao Ruan," the entire being of Gigalith fell silent.
Xiao Ruan...
How could it, the guardian of order, be given such a name?!
"This is unacceptable. I know too little; more surveillance is required before I can reach a conclusion."
The green glow in the Terminus Cave gradually faded as Gigalith continued to monitor the external ecosystem.
In the Hoenn Region, within a massive volcano...
Dai Wu looked intently at a slender man with red hair and black-rimmed glasses, exuding a calm and collected aura.
Lava flowed slowly, and on the ground lay many humans in Magma Team uniforms and Pokemon like Houndoom.
The wounds on their bodies bore witness to the intense battle that had just taken place.
"Why are you trying to stop me?" Akamatsu asked calmly, "My purpose in doing all this is simply to expand the land area and provide more space for humans and Pokemon to thrive. It will benefit both humans and Pokemon immensely."
Behind him, a massive Pokemon with a crimson shell lay dormant, its eyes closed as it slept in the lava.
Dai Wu's expression was grave as he tried to stop this extremist, "Doing so will disrupt the balance of this world! It will plunge the earth into an endless inferno! Both humans and Pokemon will suffer severe consequences!"
"Hmph, even if you're the Champion, you can't stop me!" Akamatsu stretched out his arms as if to showcase the sleeping Pokemon behind him, "Look at this sleeping ancient Pokemon, Groudon. Isn't it beautiful? I've been waiting a long time for this day! No one can stop me now!"
Dai Wu furrowed his brow, clutching the Poke Ball in his hand tightly while his trusty Regirock stood guard in front of him.
Beside Akamatsu, a Numel was slowly tapping its hoof on the ground, ready to strike.
A major battle was about to erupt!
A similar scene unfolded in the undersea cave.
Kyogre laughed maniacally, "Hahaha... I pity you! You went through so much trouble to get here, but now... no one can stop us! No one! Even without the orbs, we can forcibly awaken Groudon!"
Archie glanced elegantly at the sleeping Kyogre.
A slight smirk played on his lips as he said, "It looks like we won't be able to make it back to Lilycove City before dark. I wonder how Dai Wu is doing. But Maxie, we can't let that guy down, can we?"
"Roar!"
With a melodious cry, Archie's Maxie charged toward Kyogre.
(End of Chapter)
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