Pokémon: Hoenn Storm

Chapter 64 The Call of the Sea (End of this volume)
A faint fluorescent light covered Lai's whole body. His naturally sinking body slowly rose up, and the wounds all over his body were gradually repaired and healed.

"wake up!"

His eyes opened, revealing a slightly bluish light.

The pain in the body returned, mixed with numbness and itching.

A steady stream of energy is transmitted from all parts of the body to the hands, condensing into two blue energy.

"I am you, and I am not you, because my heart is everything. But now, we are one."

An ethereal voice came, and then disappeared without a trace.

Something seemed to be pulled away from his chest.

"I can't stop here because there is still unfinished business waiting for me."

After silently completing the last "conversation" with the "self" who had no trace anymore, Lai's eyes were no longer confused, but revealed an unprecedented sharpness.

The surrounding sea water is like air and cannot bring any discomfort to Lai.Under the crystalline energy package, everything was blocked out.

When the originally turbulent water flowed across the shirtless upper body, it was as gentle as the breeze blowing across the face. The sea water that was originally breathless can no longer bring a sense of suffocation.

He raised his head, looked through the sea water, and looked at the sky.

The big-billed gull carried the bog-leap fish and used its skills again and again to fight the hurricane in the final battle.

At his waist, the elf ball trembled again and again. It was the sticky treasure that was attacking the blockade, trying to come out to save him.

With a gentle brush of his right hand, the Poké Ball returned to calm.

With a slight kick of his legs, his body surfaced lightly.

"Big-billed Gull, Swamp Jumper, thank you for your hard work. Come down and pick me up."

Hearing the familiar voice that reached their ears, the two Pokémon swooped down with ecstatic expressions on their faces.

Lai lightly pressed the water with one hand. Driven by the energy, his whole body rose into the air and landed on the back of the big-billed gull.

"Now, let's end this."

It was still the same plain tone as before, but it revealed incomparable confidence and determination.

His right hand was on the back of the marsh jumping fish, and his left hand was pressing on the back of the big-mouthed gull. The tidal blue energy was transmitted along Lai's hands into his partner's body.

At his waist, the elf ball opened naturally, and the sticky treasure appeared on Lai's shoulder.

"And you, of course, and myself."

Let go your hands.

His right hand gently touched Nianniabao's petite body, and energy poured in.

Raising his left hand high, an energy ball was formed with ease.

The energy coming from the body has become unsustainable and has turned from a surge to a trickle.

Lai frowned slightly, and more energy gushed out, followed by a slight flush on the body surface.

"almost."

"Big-billed Gull, cyclone attack."

"Slimy Treasure, Swamp Leaping Fish, Waves of Water."

"Hit it up and leave the rest to me."

Instructions came in an orderly manner.

The three attacks flew into the air uniformly.

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The hurricane is about to make landfall, and the roofs of nearby houses have been lifted off.

On the street, several elderly people who knew they were too late had already stepped aside.

A six or seven-year-old girl cried because she fell. Due to the obstruction of the flow of people, her mother, who was less than ten meters away, was unable to find her.

On the coast, the escort team has withdrawn, and only the old man is still standing, beside him is his companion who has followed him for most of his life.

"Finally, a full-blown snowstorm."

The six Pokémon's bodies glowed with white light and slowly rose.

In the distance, everyone's eyes are focused on this.

Amid the hurricane, crystal blue light soared into the sky.

Time freezes at this moment.

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The ball of light rose slowly, but came first and reached the top.

Rotating and radiating, it emits light that is not dazzling but very clear.

Two water dragons wrap around its periphery, like a star ring surrounding a planet.

The cyclone slowly moved closer and wrapped on the outermost side.Inward, then inward.

The energy of the three layers began to fuse.

First came the light ball and water dragon.

Like melting ice cream, the ball of light slowly shrank and turned into fluid.

The water dragon gradually expanded and lengthened, as if slowing down. In the blink of an eye, it was more than a hundred meters long, spinning and winding, and hovering more than ten meters high.

The expanding water dragon hit the high-speed wind whirlpool and disintegrated into countless tiny water snakes, spinning and flying.

Below, Lai, who looked indifferent, was soaked all over before he knew it.

Big beads of sweat slid down from his forehead and dripped from his chin. No, it should be said to be flowing down. The connected sweat almost formed a line.

Crystal energy seeps into every tiny fragment.

The crystal blue vortex gradually took shape.

"It's now!"

The left hand raised high was clenched into a fist, and the faint veins stood out.

He swung it down hard, as if he was going to split everything in front of him in half.

The vortex is expanding and sinking.

The hurricane roared and advanced.

Two magnificent tornadoes collided firmly.

The rocks are breaking, the water is vaporizing, the rotating airflow seems to have encountered an unbreakable barrier, and the advancing hurricane is forcibly blocked, then worn away and broken.

"boom--"

There was a loud noise, followed by a continuous series of small noises.

The vortex was detonated, then the hurricane, then the water.

Sea water, gravel, and debris exploded in all directions.

Everything rose in a violent explosion.

Only the soaring light pillar pointed directly into the sky, piercing the dark clouds as deep as the abyss.

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Like a hurricane that was about to destroy the world, it disappeared into thin air, as if it had never existed in the world.

Above the sky, the deep black clouds were forced out of a huge hole.

The sun shines down, illuminating the town on the shore, illuminating the old man on the beach, and illuminating the sea that is gradually returning to calm.

In mid-air, the boy who had accomplished something close to a miracle was bathed in the sun, his not-so-broad back carrying the weight of a mountain.

After a long silence, countless people flocked to the beach. The sharp rocks everywhere could not stop their enthusiasm. The beach head of several hundred meters was crowded with people in a moment.

Led by someone unknown, they chanted Lai's name.

"Lai! Lai! Lai!······"

At the forefront of the crowd was Saza. He was already preparing for a desperate fight, but at the last moment, he witnessed Rai's feat from the closest distance.

The huge impact left him unable to recover for a long time.

When his soul returned to his body, he realized that two lines of hot tears were already flowing down his cheeks.

In the distance, Haruko, who had arrived in a hurry, collapsed to the ground, and even the magic wall doll couldn't hold her up.Until this moment, the mother did not know what her son had experienced in the past short period of time.

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"The human heart has infinite possibilities, and also has infinite power."

"Thank you, 'me', my friend. Farewell."

Touching his empty chest, feeling the unprecedented resonance between his soul and this world, Lai's heart became clearer than ever before.

Facing his far away "self" and facing his current self, Lai understood everything.

He said softly:

"You are me, but you are not me, because you are still this vast sea, this boundless world."

"I am Rai, Rai from Parl Island."

"Now, I hear the call from the sea."

"And I will answer this call."

Dots of crystal energy rise from the air and sea water, and dissipate high in the sky.

(End of this volume)

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