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Chapter 541: Don't Wait for Me, Wait for Me!
Chapter 541: Don't Wait for Me, Wait for Me!
"Ouch—that hurts!"
Da Ye clutched his face, his eyes filled with confusion.
What just happened? Why was his body in such pain? It felt like he had been crushed by dozens of strongmen, a searing agony.
"Ancient City"
Although they had found Da Ye, Herona didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave. Instead, she became deeply intrigued by this ancient city.
As a mythology scholar, Herona had a keen interest in history.
But just as she was examining the intricate patterns and ancient writings on the city, a tremendous commotion erupted from the city's center.
Boom!!!
This commotion was even louder than when the dozens of clay giants had moved earlier, and an intensely hot aura surged from within the city.
Wave after wave of scorching heat swept over them.
"What's this?" Gardelia was taken aback, and Herona turned her gaze towards the direction of the Ancient City.
"Such a dense Fire-type power," Da Ye muttered.
Jing He glanced at him with an odd expression.
Well, with Da Ye here, there was no room for wishful thinking.
And with such a loud commotion earlier, it would be difficult not to attract the attention of the creature deep within the Ancient City.
The heat waves rolled in relentlessly.
"Roar!"
Ice Nine Tails' expression turned serious as the frost and frozen sculptures it had created earlier began to show signs of melting under the scorching heat.
"A Fire-type Pokemon?!" Da Ye's face lit up with surprise.
Buzz—
A sun-like object emerged from the Ancient City, accompanied by scorching heat and blinding halos, gradually rising into the sky.
Tiny flames appeared, transforming into countless delicate butterflies fluttering in the air.
"Koo!"
"Chik!"
Da Ye's Flame Monkey and Jing He's Cangyan Bladeghost couldn't help but show a hint of surprise at the sight of these flames.
As fellow Fire-type Pokemon, they could sense the scorching heat within.
"The sun?" Gardelia asked, puzzled.
How could a sun appear within the underground Ancient City?
"No, it's..." Herona shook her head.
"A Fire Moth!" Jing He added.
A Fire Moth?
"Fire Moth, the Sun Pokemon, with both Bug and Fire attributes. Legend has it that it was the ancient people's sacrificial incarnation of the sun, appearing in times of darkness to illuminate the world!"
Rotom retreated behind Jing He.
"Melo?"
Meloetta also hid behind Jing He, poking her head out from his other shoulder, her emerald eyes filled with curiosity.
In the Pokemon world, there were few creatures with legends but weren't legendary Pokemon themselves.
For example, the Wind Hound was similar.
Whoosh—
The Fire Moth in the scorching light gently flapped its wings, scattering countless sparkling phosphors like falling stars, causing the temperature within the space to rise again.
"Mew—" The Fire Moth let out a soft cry.
Fortunately, with Ice Nine Tails present, the Fire Moth's heat didn't make Jing He and the others uncomfortable.
"A Fire Moth?" Da Ye's eyes gleamed with a strong desire to battle.
As a trainer specializing in Fire-type Pokemon, seeing such a powerful Fire-type Pokemon made him yearn to capture it.
"Flame Monkey!" Da Ye called out.
"Koo!!"
Flame Monkey, like Da Ye, was also a Fire-type Pokemon, and it didn't feel inferior to other Pokemon in terms of flames.
Intense flames blazed up.
Sensing Da Ye and Flame Monkey's eagerness to fight, the Fire Moth's wings trembled.
Whoosh—
A wave of fiery heat surged from its body, spreading in all directions, causing the temperature to rise rapidly.
Hot winds!
Flame Monkey's head-top flames swayed in the heat, its crossed arms shielding its body from the fierce gusts, leaving two charred furrows in the ground.
"Koo!!"
But Flame Monkey showed no sign of fear, spreading its arms wide and roaring, as if the hot winds were being pushed aside by its powerful arms.
"So strong," Da Ye muttered, "but this makes it even more exciting!"
He never expected to find such a powerful Fire Moth deep within the Ancient City. Da Ye felt that his fall was worth it!
Not only Da Ye, but even Jing He, Herona, and Gardelia could sense the Fire Moth's immense power.
This Fire Moth had lived for an unknown amount of time.
"Melo!"
But at that moment, Meloetta behind Jing He suddenly floated forward, stopping in front of Da Ye and Flame Monkey, with her arms outstretched in a blocking stance.
"Huh?"
Seeing Meloetta, Da Ye and Flame Monkey were taken aback.
Jing He and the others were also surprised.
"Melo~ Melo~!"
Meloetta called out, as if trying to communicate something. Upon seeing Meloetta, the Fire Moth also seemed to pause.
Jing He's expression shifted.
Could it be that Meloetta and the Fire Moth knew each other? In the Pokemon Generations, when Red arrived at the Ancient City and encountered the Fire Moth, he battled and defeated it, and the Land Cloud emerged from the ground to greet him.
Given the relationship between Land Cloud and Meloetta, it was hard to say.
Wave Guide!
Jing He quietly channeled his Wave Guide Power.
He understood Meloetta's intention.
The Fire Moth had no ill intent. It was merely... guarding something it cherished!
Something cherished?
The Ancient City?
Was this the reason this Fire Moth had stayed in the Ancient City?
"Melo!" Meloetta turned to Jing He, her expression serious.
It was her partner!
Partner...
Jing He looked at the Fire Moth, his azure eyes revealing no emotional turmoil, only determination.
For some reason, Jing He thought of Adek and his Fire Moth, which had perished due to an accident.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" Jing He suddenly asked.
The Fire Moth was slightly startled.
Meloetta's eyes brightened, and she called out to the Fire Moth:
"Melo~ Melo Melo~~"
Help?
The Fire Moth was skeptical. What it desired was beyond the capabilities of ordinary humans or Pokemon, and even divine beasts might not be able to fulfill its wish.
But with the encouragement of Meloetta and the friendly aura from Jinghe, Sunflame finally gave its answer.
"I want to see Xiansha."
Xiansha?
Sunflame didn't know how to explain.
Or rather, it had forgotten how to explain.
After spending countless years in the Ancient City, enduring the long and timeless passage, it spent most of its time asleep to protect what it needed to protect.
It was because of this sleep that it lived so long.
But it was also because of this sleep that it had forgotten many things.
It only remembered that it stayed here to protect, to protect Xiansha.
What made it feel truly lonely was that it had even forgotten what Xiansha looked like.
As a Pokemon psychologist, with the power of aura and the abilities of the [Pokedex], Jinghe somewhat understood Sunflame's meaning.
What it protected must be related to this Xiansha, right?
Pressing his lips together, Jinghe spoke gently, "If you trust me, no, please listen to a song by Meloetta."
"Melo?"
Meloetta looked at Jinghe with a puzzled expression, blinking her eyes.
But Jinghe nodded at her affirmatively.
It was a bit difficult to get Sunflame to trust them completely on their first meeting, but if it was Meloetta, it should work.
"Melo~~"
Thus, Meloetta's melodious voice echoed through the air, the tune graceful, like a gentle stream, and as soothing as a warm spring day.
Sunflame half-closed its eyes, gradually feeling drowsy under Meloetta's song.
"Gramps."
Jinghe gently beckoned to Gramps.
"Genkouou~~"
Gramps understood.
Hypnosis!
Human memories can become blurry over time, and the same is true for Pokemon. However, with the help of hypnosis, digging into the subconscious can possibly "find" things they themselves have forgotten.
For Sunflame, something particularly important, even though its memory had become hazy, was not difficult to find.
To make everyone understand what Jinghe was doing, a black mist floated from Gramps and formed a bubble-like thing, with images appearing inside.
At first, the images were blurry, but they gradually became clearer.
A simple street, people dressed in ancient attire, a weak and small Torchic cautiously crawling through the narrow alley, searching for food in the garbage.
"There it is again!"
"Flame's Demon!"
"Quick! Smash it!"
A few children, their faces indistinct, wearing brown hemp clothes, discovered the Torchic hiding and threw sharp stones at it.
It hurt!
The weak Torchic felt the stones hit its body, causing intense pain.
It didn't understand why they were hitting it, just because they called it "Flame's Demon"?
"Stop it!"
At that moment, a loud voice rang out. A girl, dressed in elegant clothes but without any noble airs, put her hands on her hips and shouted at the children.
Even if Sunflame, known as the "Sun's Fury," was considered an ominous symbol, that didn't mean all Torchics and Sunflames were evil.
The girl's status was high, and the children ran away. She came to the Torchic, looking at the skinny creature without disdain for the garbage and dirt on its body, gently picking it up.
At that moment, the Torchic, a Pokemon with flames, felt warmth for the first time.
"What have Pokemon done wrong? The fault lies with those who exploit them," the Torchic heard the girl say.
As the girl picked it up, the Torchic's muddled eyes finally saw the girl's face clearly.
From that day on.
The Torchic became the girl's constant Companion, growing up with her, accompanying her as she became a princess, a princess with status but little power.
However, they were very happy together. The girl didn't care about her status, just as she didn't care about the legends surrounding Sunflame and Torchic.
Until one day, the grown girl came to the Torchic in tears.
That day, the girl was very beautiful, wearing the most elegant clothes. The Torchic thought she looked so beautiful.
But it didn't understand why the girl was crying, as if she was about to do something she didn't want to do.
It wanted to comfort her but didn't know how.
In the end, the girl left it with these words.
"Don't wait for me."
The girl left and never came back.
The Torchic didn't hear clearly whether the girl said "wait for me" or "don't wait for me."
In its subconscious, it felt she said "wait for me," so it chose to wait silently.
But it waited for a very long time, always staying by the girl's house. Even as the sun set and it evolved, even as the city became desolate and was eventually covered by the desert, it never left.
And that girl was named Xiansha.
The Torchic, no, Sunflame, didn't resent Xiansha. It waited silently and was even a bit angry with itself for gradually forgetting what Xiansha looked like.
The image disappeared.
After watching, Herona, Gardelia, and Da Ye were all silent.
Jinghe slowly opened his eyes, his expression complex.
Why did he think of that stupid Pidgey?
"The girl said 'don't wait for me,'" Da Ye said, opening his mouth.
"No," Jinghe shook his head, looking at Da Ye seriously, "She said 'wait for me.'"
Heron and Gardelia were stunned. They didn't hear wrong; the girl clearly said...
Then, the two seemed to understand something, exchanged a glance, and smiled faintly, affirming, "Yes, she said 'wait for me.'"
"Eh?"
Da Ye looked confused, had he heard wrong?
Flame Monkey glared at him irritably, touched the Poke Ball, and returned.
He didn't want to fight this battle.
But Da Ye also lost the will to fight.
"Give it a 'dream.' Even if it will wake up, at least..." Jinghe said.
Everyone and the Pokemon all nodded.
In the dream.
The waiting Torchic saw the girl with a sunny smile.
"I'm back, Torchic~"
At that moment, the Torchic felt as if... it saw the sun.
(End of Chapter)
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