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"The Sinnoh region is ahead; we've finally arrived."
Lance rode on the back of his Dragonite, gazing at the silhouette of the Sinnoh continent in the distance, and spoke.
The Sinnoh region.
Michina.
The Temple of Arceus.
Lucas sat on the marble ground, quietly looking into the distance.
"You're so petty, and you call yourself the Creator God."
Lucas rolled his eyes and said.
Arceus chuckled softly, not saying anything more, but emitted a warm light from its body that enveloped all of Michina.
Wherever the light passed, the ruins of Michina were restored to their original state, from stone bridges to houses.
Entei, Suicune, and Raikou stopped their search for people in the ruins, all raising their heads to look at Arceus in the distant sky.
They exchanged glances, their forms surged, and they vanished from where they were.
Regigigas, its body pockmarked and leaning powerlessly against the mountain behind it, had its red lights flickering weakly, occasionally cutting out.
After being enveloped by the golden light, the holes in its body began to disappear, and its lights began to shine brightly again.
"Gigasss?"
Next was Lugia, who was lying on Dialga's back.
Dialga: Can you get up? You're so heavy————
Lugia: I want to, too——————my wing is broken————
Regigigas stood up and walked over, preparing to lean on Dialga just like Lugia.
Dialga, Lugia: ?!!
∑(ǒǒ|||)
Lugia: You big dummy, what are you doing?! Don't come over here!!!
Watching Regigigas's rear end descending from the sky, Dialga hurriedly scrambled with its four feet, trying to escape, but with Lugia pinning it down, it could only struggle helplessly.
The golden light swept over.
After its injuries healed, Dialga quickly shoved Lugia off and flew into the sky.
Lugia also flapped its giant claw-like wings and flew high into the sky.
Thud.
Regigigas sat on empty air.
Regigigas scratched its head.
???
Why won't you let me sit?!
Looking at Regigigas's physique, Lugia curled its lip.
Forget it, no point arguing with a metal head.
Giratina was leisurely soaking in the Lake, receiving the healing of the golden light.
Palkia remained in a flying state.
After healing all the Pokémon present, Arceus looked at Lucas.
"Lucas."
Lucas looked up and realized that no one else present had looked up.
"They cannot hear me; based on what you've said, this must be telepathy."
Arceus's voice echoed in Lucas's mind.
"Arceus, may I ask, you had clearly already recovered your senses, so why did you still attack?"
Lucas was confused as to why Arceus, having already regained its clarity, still fought with Palkia and the others in the end.
"I recovered my senses, but my anger has not subsided."
Seeing Lucas's confused expression, Arceus's voice echoed again: "The timeline where they returned to the past to restore the Jewel of Life has become independent; it belongs to another spacetime."
Is there such a thing?
"Therefore, in this spacetime, I did not take back the Jewel of Life at that time."
"But they retrieved the Jewel of Life for me. The me from the other spacetime left me some messages, which allowed me to recover my senses."
Lucas followed Arceus's gaze and realized it was talking about the Team Rocket Trio.
Thinking of how they had held up the Jewel of Life just now, fearing no danger as they ran toward him, he felt inexplicably moved.
Forget it, I'll make them something delicious when we get back.
"Thank you, Lucas."
Arceus's sudden thanks startled Lucas, and he hurriedly waved his hands.
"It was the right thing to do. Besides, the person I love is here."
Hearing Lucas's words, a scene suddenly flashed through Arceus's mind.
It was a blonde woman, looking up at "itself," speaking without the slightest hesitation: "The person I love is there; I must return to fight alongside him."
"Is it her?"
Arceus looked at Cynthia, who had come to sit beside Lucas.
Lucas nodded with a smile, "Yes."
"Is this emotion?"
Arceus murmured to itself, "Thanks to you, I have recovered my senses. Otherwise, I fear a greater disaster would have occurred."
"It's fine, it's all in the past. Just come to the Breeding House for tea next time."
"I will."
"That's good————wait, what did you just say?"
"However, I need to return to the Hall of Origin to slumber. I fear I will not wake up for some time."
You scared me; I thought you were actually going to my Breeding House.
If someone saw that, wouldn't they say I had captured Arceus?
Lucas took Cynthia's hand as she sat beside him and sighed, "It's finally over."
"Yes, let's go see Grandma tomorrow."
Lucas had just taken the water handed to him by Lilligant and taken a sip when he heard Cynthia's words and spat it all out.
"Wha————what? Is it that urgent?"
Lucas looked at Cynthia in a panic.
Cynthia nodded, "After going through this incident, I suddenly wanted to take you back to see Grandma sooner."
Seeming to think of something, Cynthia looked at Lucas with cold eyes, "What? You don't want to go?"
Garchomp behind her was sharpening its blades.
Gengar: Σ(ǒAǒ)
It and Darkrai kept trying to persuade Garchomp.
"I'm just too excited, I don't not want to go. What should I bring to see Grandma? Would diamonds work? Diancie-brand diamonds? Where should we go for our honeymoon? The Alola region is very nice, the weather is great, Kalos is also good, very romantic. If that doesn't work————"
Cynthia reached out to interrupt Lucas. Seeing that Lucas had even planned out the honeymoon, her face turned bright red, and she said while blushing: "We're just going to see Grandma."
"I know, of course I know. Meeting the parents, right? I'm sure Grandma will like me very much."
"That is my Grandma."
"It's the same, it's the same. We're family, no need to be formal."
"Lucas."
Arceus's voice interrupted Lucas's monologue, and Lucas looked up at Arceus.
"Blessings are miraculous, but in this world, nothing can come from nothing."
Lucas frowned slightly. Had Arceus already sensed something?
But Arceus did not continue, stopping right there, and Lucas did not dig deeper.
The most important thing is the bond between people, and the genuine feelings between them and Pokémon.
"We will meet again, Lucas. When we meet, I will also bestow a blessing upon you."
"Thank you. Then————good night? Hope you have sweet dreams?"
Lucas said tentatively.
Arceus paused for a moment, then understood Lucas's words in some way, and applause rang out. "Good night, Lucas. Good night, Sinnoh."
Arceus looked at the Sinnoh trio, and they came to its side. After Arceus nodded to Lucas, its body rose into the air, a crack appeared in the sky, and it flew into the crack.
After Arceus left, Palkia and Dialga also greeted Lucas before returning to their respective spaces.
Giratina breathed a beam of light onto the surface of the Lake, and the entrance to the Distortion World opened.
"Wait a moment, take Regigigas back with you."
Giratina nodded and left with Regigigas.
Only after they had all left did Lucas use his hands to support himself on the floor behind him.
"It's finally over————"
At this moment, the Legendary Beasts happened to arrive behind them, and the Legendary Birds also regained consciousness.
Looking at the Legendary Birds, thinking about how they couldn't even take a single hit, Lucas blurted out: "Useless————"
Legendary Birds: ————
(Chirp chirp chatter chatter chirp chirp————)
Ignoring the Legendary Birds' chatter and scolding, Lucas looked at the little red airplane flying over.
Gengar's sudden remote login had made it suffer greatly.
After obtaining permission from Lucas and Ninetales, Latias lay directly on Lucas's lap, closed its eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
Looking at the sleeping Latias, Lucas reached out and stroked its head.
"You seem to like it very much."
Cynthia's voice came.
"Yes."
Lucas hummed, then said: "I like many, many Pokémon, not just Latias."
Sensing something, Lucas kept his expression normal, "Of course, the one I like the most is our Cynthia."
Cynthia then smiled with satisfaction.
"I saw Celebi in the past."
Listening to Cynthia, Lucas thought of those two little ones, "I saw them just now, too. It feels like no matter where they are, they can always make it back to my side in time."
"Latias is the same."
Lucas looked at Latias, which was resting on his lap with a terrible sleeping posture and drooling, and laughed.
"Haven't captured it yet?"
Lucas shook his head, "It has its own things to do. Just like you are the Sinnoh Champion, it also has its own tasks as a Latias."
Perhaps after the Lily of the Valley Conference ends, it will go to the Water Capital with its brother Latios to guard the city there.
Lilligant also came over and sat beside Cynthia, and Cynthia held Lilligant in her arms.
"Lilli~"
"By the way, Jessie, why are you here?"
Ash's voice attracted the attention of Lucas and Cynthia. The two looked over and found Ash asking the Team Rocket Trio in shock.
Lucas: ————
So you only just noticed now?!
"Um————that is————well————we————"
Jessie spoke in a stammer.
"If it weren't for them, I might have been killed by Arceus just now."
Lucas spoke up to help Jessie and the others out of the situation.
"Huh? Is that so?"
Ash scratched his head, and Jessie and the others nodded frantically.
Jessie's inner thoughts: Wuu wuu wuu————Lucas!
James's inner thoughts: What a good person Lucas is!
Meowth's inner thoughts: Lucas, I'll work for you for the rest of my life. It's definitely not because of Female!
Lucas frowned, feeling something was wrong.
Why does it feel like someone wanted to steal from my home just now?
"I'm so hungry, Lucas, when are we going to eat?"
Ash looked at his growling stomach and asked Lucas embarrassedly.
"Eat? I wonder if Gothitelle has prepared ingredients."
Lucas looked at Gothitelle, who was resting on the side. Gothitelle sensed Lucas's gaze and nodded.
"Gothitelle."
I handed it to Gengar.
"Then let's eat here. Brock, do you want to cook today?"
Brock's squinty eyes revealed a glint, "Leave it to me."
Gothitelle floated up from the ground, bringing Ash and the others to set up tables and chairs. Someone took James and the others to build a stove. Gengar carried the ingredients and took Dawn and the others to the Lake to clean them.
"Aren't you going to help?"
Darkrai emerged from the shadows and asked Lucas.
Lucas looked at the soundly sleeping Latias, "Do you still want to be chased and killed by it?"
Darkrai hesitated for a moment, then silently crawled back into the shadows.
Lucas reached out and grabbed it by the back of the neck, "Want to Slack Off? Either go to work, or you don't eat later."
"Didn't I work? I just rushed up and fought a battle with Arceus. Who do you think I was fighting? Arceus! You're saying I didn't work?!"
Darkrai got angrier the more it thought about it.
It only arrived late a few times, right? Was it necessary to drag it here to fight Arceus?
It didn't even consider whether it could win.
Thinking about it, it seemed that what it did this time was indeed not very ethical. Lucas let go of Darkrai's neck and let it crawl into the shadows.
Want me to go out and work? No way! Isn't it better to hide and eat snacks secretly!
After saying that, Darkrai reached to the side, wanting to take out its snacks, but found it touched empty air.
???
Where are my snacks?
Where is my big jar of snacks?
"Hungry? Have some snacks to tide you over."
Lucas handed the snacks in his hand to Cynthia. Cynthia looked at the snacks he had stolen while Darkrai wasn't paying attention, hesitated for a moment, then accepted them with peace of mind and ate them with satisfaction.
Darkrai was still searching everywhere for its snacks.
Oh no! My snacks are gone!
After barely escaping death, it wanted to lie down and eat some snacks while watching the world outside, but the snacks were gone.
I might as well have been killed by Arceus just now!
"Um, would you all like to come over and eat————together?"
Sheena walked over, wanting to take Ash and the others to eat, but found that they had already skillfully set up a stove in the temple and were cooking enthusiastically.
"Sheena? Want to eat with us?"
Ash asked Sheena with a smile.
Sheena was a bit confused; she clearly hadn't realized what had happened.
"Ah, this————is it okay?"
"No problem, Lucas shouldn't mind."
Ash looked back at Lucas, who was sitting with Cynthia, and Lucas nodded at him.
Sheena accepted Ash's invitation and went back to drag her boyfriend Kevin over.
Brock looked at the two hugging each other, and he completely turned to stone.
Hearing the sound of petrification, Lucas looked back at Brock and found him in a state where the sky seemed to have collapsed.
He secretly took out his phone and took a picture.
Another dark history photo for the trio.
Gothitelle and Brock finished cooking, they came to Lucas and Cynthia and called Lucas to eat.
Lucas gently patted the sleeping little red airplane, waking it up.
"What's wrong? Is it time to fight again? Who are we fighting?"
The little red airplane flew up groggily and looked around.
Lucas pinched its little cheeks, "It's time to eat, no more fighting."
"Oh."
Latias followed Lucas to eat.
Lucas had just sat down when he noticed a familiar figure descending from the sky.
"Why are you here?"
Lance asked in confusion, then looked at the sumptuous food on the table.
"Are you out for a picnic today? Do I have a share? Give me some."
Lance sat down without hesitation on the chair Gothitelle had prepared for him.
"You really aren't polite at all."
Lucas said irritably.
You don't come early, you don't come late, but you just have to come when it's time to eat, right?
"Why would I be polite with you? Thanks, Miss Gothitelle."
Lance took the soup Gothitelle had served him with both hands and took a sip.
"Mmm~"
Lance narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.
This is the feeling.
At the Breeding House, Shauna lay on the armchair that Lucas often lay on, watching Little Tomoyo sitting beside her.
"What's going on? Little Shauna feels suddenly so weak."
Tomoyo nodded beside her, "Me too."
The two little girls yawned and then fell into a deep sleep.
Twinleaf Town.
Pokémon Center.
"Why am I so sleepy today?"
Nurse Joy sat at the front desk, supporting her cheek with her hand, and kept dozing off.
Police station.
Officer Jenny was fast asleep with her head down.
"Ah————"
Grandpa Manny yawned.
"Old woman, do you feel suddenly very sleepy?"
Grandma also yawned and nodded, "A little bit."
Grandma looked at the time, "Then let's sleep for a while."
She turned back and found that Grandpa Manny was already fast asleep.
Grandma went back to the room, took out a blanket, and covered Grandpa Manny with it.
"Sleep well, old man."
Then she also covered herself with a blanket, lay down beside Grandpa Manny, held his hand, and fell into a sweet sleep.
Outside the window was the cry of a Staravia.
Chirping and chattering, it was very sleep-inducing.
The sunlight after the total solar eclipse was very warm, shining through the windowsill onto Grandpa Manny and Grandma.