"Confess honestly and your punishment will be lighter. Resist and it will be severe. Now tell the truth."
Inside the ranch cabin, a full interrogation was underway. The one being questioned was naturally the culprit behind everything, the shiny Celebi.
"Celi?!"
Celebi tilted its head, its eyes filled with an innocent look.
"Do it," Silas said.
Cinccino and Popplio stood upright like soldiers receiving orders. The two little cuties walked over to Celebi's side.
Cinccino immediately started tickling its armpits while Popplio blew tiny bubbles that popped against its small feet.
"Ceelii!!"
Celebi instantly broke down.
Its body twisted back and forth as it burst into uncontrollable laughter, bending over from laughing so hard. It could not escape the two Pokémon attacking from both sides, and tears almost formed in its eyes from laughing.
"Cee! Cee!" (Hahaha… stop, stop tickling me. I will talk, I will talk.)
Silas waved his hand and the two small Pokémon stopped.
"Go on," he said while staring at the shiny Celebi.
If this little fellow had not brought Mewtwo here, his ranch would not have been wrecked like this. He glared at it fiercely.
Celebi's round eyes shifted left and right as it looked around, seemingly searching for a certain Pokémon.
"Ceelii…" (I did not do it on purpose. That bad kitty suddenly started chasing me, so I could only run toward Silas.)
As it spoke, it puffed out its cheeks and put its hands on its hips in a pitiful manner.
"Cee~" (And Silas said he would protect me. I did not cause trouble.)
"Cee?!" (Is Silas going to lie to cute Celebi? Wuwuwu..)
"Stop stop stop."
Silas quickly raised his hand.
"Do not cry yet. When did I ever promise that I would protect you?"
Hearing this, the shiny Celebi began counting on its tiny fingers.
After a moment it suddenly realized something was wrong and showed a shocked expression.
"Cee!" (Oh no. I came to the wrong time. Silas does not know me yet.)
Only then did Celebi realize that it had probably caused a huge problem.
It started spinning anxiously in circles.
"Cee! Cee! Cee!" (This is bad, this is bad! I have to hurry and send the people and things that do not belong to this time back! Otherwise I will get my butt spanked and be locked in the Shadow room again!)
Celebi closed its eyes.
In its mind it could already see a silver blue dragon. The dragon's brows carried a trace of anger. The dragon that controlled time was about to notice the abnormal disturbance here.
"Cee!"
The shiny Celebi shook its head vigorously.
It had finally been released after being locked up for so long. It absolutely could not be locked in the Shadow room again.
After looking around, Celebi suddenly hugged Silas's arm and began gently shaking it while acting cute.
"Cee!!" (Silas, Silas, help me. Please help me quickly!)
At this moment Silas himself was also confused. He only saw the shiny Celebi babbling anxiously and then looking at him with an innocent expression while asking for help.
Well.
Being hugged by such an adorable Pokémon made it difficult for even the hardest heart to remain firm.
He pinched its little cheek.
"Fine. Tell me what you want me to help with."
"Cee!" (Silas is the best!)
Celebi did not dare waste time and quickly explained the consequences of the disturbance it had caused.
After listening, Silas roughly understood the situation and repeated it.
"So you are saying that if you do not quickly send the people and things that do not belong to this time back to their proper time, the god of time will come and take you away."
Celebi nodded rapidly like a chicken pecking rice.
Yes, that was exactly it.
Silas held his forehead with one hand.
Pokémon like Celebi were almost as unreliable as Mew. They were completely childlike in personality.
By accident it had caused such a huge mess.
Fortunately for Celebi and unfortunately for him, the only victim was him and his poor ranch.
Now that things had reached this point, what else could he do?
Silas brought Celebi outside.
Mewtwo, Korrina, and Anne were waiting in front of the house.
When Celebi saw them, its eyes immediately lit up.
"Cee! Cee!" (Silas is amazing! You found them so quickly!)
Before Silas could even speak, the shiny Celebi flew over to them.
It pointed its tiny hand at Mewtwo and Anne.
A gentle green glow slowly surrounded them.
"Anne…"
"Korrina, thank you. I was very happy to become friends with you. Big brother, thank you as well for helping Mewtwo return to normal."
Mewtwo looked toward Silas and gave him a slight nod.
Celebi's antennae shook nervously. It was becoming increasingly anxious as it used all its strength.
"Cee!" (Leave quickly. You are about to be discovered!)
The stone that had once been the Shadow Synergy Stone on Mewtwo's chest suddenly lit up, shining with a brilliance like the sun.
Immediately afterward Mewtwo's body began to shrink, and a long tail extended behind its head.
An immeasurable psychic power erupted at that moment.
The power wrapped around Anne and rushed into the spacetime wormhole opened by Celebi.
At the same time, another Pokémon nearby was also extremely nervous.
Cyclizar hid behind Silas and tried its best to conceal its presence.
Ripples that had appeared in the endless sky gradually returned to calm.
For a brief moment a silver blue dragon silhouette flashed across the heavens. It glanced toward Celebi before disappearing again.
The dragon was none other than Dialga.
"Ouch!"
Suddenly the shiny Celebi yelped as a bump appeared on its head.
It had clearly just been disciplined.
But Celebi stuck out its tongue mischievously. Since it had not been caught directly, it would not be locked in the dark room.
The shiny Celebi was very happy.
It began flying happily in circles above the sky, preparing to escape.
"Not good."
Silas quickly reacted.
"Celebi, you little troublemaker. I have not finished questioning you yet."
Celebi turned around in the distance and gave Silas a flattering smile.
"Cee." (I did not mean to cause trouble, Silas. I will compensate you.)
"And another thing. Do not keep bringing trouble to my ranch."
Silas quickly added that sentence before Celebi completely disappeared.
At least this would save his future self some trouble.
After all, judging from the incident with Shadow Mewtwo, it was obvious that in the future he would have quite a close relationship with this shiny Celebi. Otherwise it would not repeatedly come looking for him for help.
If Celebi caused trouble itself, it should not drag him in to clean up the mess.
Watching Celebi disappear into the distance, only Silas and Korrina remained standing there.
"Big brother Silas, will I still be able to see Ann again?"
Silas crouched down and gently rubbed Korrina's hair.
"Of course you will. But you will have to wait until you grow up and travel to the Ferrum region."
"Mm!"
Korrina nodded vigorously.
The sadness in her eyes gradually turned into anticipation.
"I will work hard to become an excellent trainer like Big brother Silas. I will travel to the Ferrum region to find Anne."
She tightly gripped the stone that Ann had given her before leaving.
Inside the golden glowing stone, a spiral pattern slowly formed. A special power seemed to connect with Riolu.
"Let's go. I will take you back and also inform the Gym Leader."
Silas lightly patted the Cyclizar beside him.
The cautious Pokémon slowly lifted its head.
"Cyc?"
"You mean the god of time, Dialga. Do not worry. It did not appear."
Cyclizar visibly relaxed.
Its dragon tail wagged happily as it became unusually cheerful.
Cyclizar believed that it had finally solved the mystery of why Silas would suddenly disappear in the future.
If that was the case, Silas could stay with everyone forever.
"What are you grinning at?"
Silas flicked Cyclizar's big head lightly.
"Hurry up and take me to send Korrina home. We also need to buy materials to repair the ranch."
"Cyc!"
Cyclizar agreed and invited Silas onto its back.
From now on it planned to stay close to Silas at all times, just in case something unexpected happened again.
Cyclizar moved extremely quickly.
Soon they arrived at the Shalour Gym, where Silas explained the situation to the Gym Leader Gurkinn.
At this point there was no longer any need to hide the truth. Gurkinn was someone who already knew about a Pokémon like Celebi.
After briefly explaining the situation, Silas left first.
Riding Cyclizar, he began traveling around the area to purchase materials needed to repair the damaged ranch.
(End of Chapter)