Pokémon: The Zen Trainer

Ugh... Xiu Nian covered her mouth.

Bian Xiang glanced at Xiu Nian, then walked towards the clay figurine.

With his right hand and joints all at their limit, the clay figure used his left hand to support himself and tried to stand up.

Go find number 389. When the clay figurine passed by it last time, it remembered that its joints and right hand should still be usable.

I'm already used to these clay figurines.

Four hundred and seventy-four days before the Black Mist, when the clay doll was maintaining the core base, the base suddenly collapsed, and the clay doll's left and right feet were damaged at the same time. In the end, the clay doll crawled to the side of number 748 and number 395 using its hands. These are just the daily routines of the clay doll.

It cannot perish; it must persevere! It must persevere even when it has no companions left! This is the entirety of the clay doll! It must carry the burden of all its companions whose cores have vanished, the burden of all their efforts, and keep going!

The more parts it loses, the more it perseveres; those parts are all testaments to its efforts.

This is the idea behind the clay figurine.

Suddenly, one appeared in front of it.

Looking at the hand in front of him, the clay figure raised its head.

The first humans to appear smiled as they watched the clay figurine.

"Do you need help?"

The clay figurine was stunned.

These words sound so distant and unfamiliar; I haven't heard them for thousands of days in the Black Mist.

At that time, it could often see its companions; they moved forward together, worked hard together, and helped each other.

I feel a little nostalgic for the clay figurines.

But it quickly realized what was happening. It nodded. The clay figure couldn't stop; the clay figure had to keep moving forward!

As he tried to grasp the clay figurine's broken right hand, he was finally able to observe it up close. He had never seen such a strange clay figurine before. It seemed as if no part of its body was its own. The limbs were of varying shades of color, and its stone body was covered with scars, some of which had begun to weather over time.

Like a rock bearing the marks of time.

The clay figure stood up and waved with its broken right hand, just like before.

After completing this action, it turned and walked away into the distance.

He watched the back of the clay figurine.

He turned to look at Xiu Nian and the others.

"I'll go follow the clay figurine to see what's going on."

"You guys wait for me here."

"Okay, go ahead."

"We're waiting for you here."

Oishi Kiri Hotaru and Otsubo Ryozo were both carefully observing the building constructed by the clay figurines.

The ancient characters on the building are different from those on the previous house; the ancient characters here are clearer.

Xiu Nian glanced at Bian Xiang and then at the two people working feverishly. Actually, he wanted to go with the abbot, but remembering his jinxed words, he decided not to go.

Xiu Nian's job is to pray for blessings. He values ​​luck a lot, and today he feels like his mouth has been blessed.

I wanted to follow the clay figurine step by step into the distance.

Everywhere here are buildings like the collapsed huts in front, some barely cobbled together.

Some, like before, have completely collapsed.

What weighed even more heavily on Bian's mind were the remnants of clay figurines that appeared every now and then.

All those remains had one thing in common: some parts of the body were missing.

The more I walked, the heavier my heart became, seeing so many remains of clay figurines.

What are they doing here?

Why did the ancients build this structure?

Is it really to seal Giratina?

Finally, the clay figurine stopped.

It came to the remains of a clay figurine and forcefully tore off its right hand.

The clay figure's expression turned solemn, and it saluted the remains of the clay figure on the ground.

Then he bent down, removed the right arm of the clay figurine from the ground, and attached it to his own body.

Number 389, I will take you with me from now on.

As he watched the clay figurines move, he fell silent, finally understanding why the remains were missing limbs.

After having his right arm replaced, the clay figure returned to his previous workplace.

Continue building the pillars.

It struggled to begin erecting the third pillar, its right hand, which had just been replaced, was a little stiff, so its movements were somewhat slow.

Suddenly, the pressure on its hand eased.

It looked up and pondered.

He looked at the clay figurine's serious expression.

"Let me help you."

"Hiss!"

And I!

"Wow!"

Snowball also came out of its Poké Ball to help.

"I'm coming too!"

Xiu Nian, who had nothing to do, also joined the construction team.

The clay figure nodded, so happy, as if it had returned to the past. It would remember this for a very, very long time...

I may never forget today.

Boom! The last horizontal pillar was erected, and as he looked at the building, he wiped the sweat from his brow.

Then, looking at the densely packed stone houses in the distance, were they all built by this clay figurine?

"Sizzle! Eek! Clay doll~"

The three elves clapped their hands in celebration.

...

At this moment, the research duo also stood up.

They exclaimed excitedly, "We've made a great discovery!"

"This is a huge prayer circle built by the ancients."

"These stone houses are called the bases."

"Our hypothesis is that there should be a door in the very center of the base that connects to the real world."

"The ancient people of the Aluf ruins needed to go through the door to turn the world upside down."

"Once we reach the very center of the base, we should be able to find a way back."

Bian nodded, noting that it roughly corresponded to the sculpture he had seen.

But how do we find the door now?

A group of people looked at the clay figurine as they pondered.

"Could you take us to the very center of this place?"

"Clay doll?"

The clay figure looked at the four people in front of it.

Some hesitation.

It is very willing to help them, but the clay figure is not responsible for the maintenance of the core area; its job is mainly to repair the middle and outer layers.

Maintenance of the core area is the responsibility of the first 100 units numbered.

But the thought that he might find his companions once he reached the core area made him nod.

Moreover, with their help, they completed the repair of one of the bases ahead of schedule.

This saves seven hours, which I can use to help them.

"Thank you."

Chapter 139 I'm taking it with me!