Pokémon: Encounter

"I didn't expect that someone as powerful as you would believe in this kind of little girl's stuff."

Diane was driving the RV and said to Nanfang who was sitting in the passenger seat with a teasing tone.

At this time, Nan Fang was holding the round ornament in his hand and folded the piece of wood representing the third day into the middle of the ornament. Because there was less than half an hour left, the third day would be over.

"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not."

“Although this is just an emotional sustenance, if you firmly believe in it, maybe a miracle will happen.”

"At least, this is also a kind of effort, even though it may not produce any results. But efforts are never in vain."

"you..."

"cut--!"

"Why am I telling you all this? Don't act like you know me so well. People like you probably only have those stupid obsessions. If the monarch snake hadn't chosen to believe in you, there's no way I would have gone with you."

Nan Fang curled his lips and suddenly fell back against the backrest.

"Do you know our identity?" Diane asked in surprise and confusion.

"I didn't know that at first. At first I thought you were just two criminals who were simply coveting Jirachi's power."

"If I remember correctly, the pattern on the small flag hanging on the back of your RV, the volcano-shaped logo, should be the logo of the Lava Team. You two are members of the Lava Team."

"You don't know how the Lava Team was disbanded, do you?"

"You don't know how old Biden from Chiyansong disappeared, do you?"

"That's right, then it makes sense."

“Why did Butler attack me on stage two days ago?”

"If it weren't for Jirachi, I would probably have a few more holes in my body."

"I get angry just thinking about this!"

"Hurry up and stop talking to me! Otherwise, even if you are a woman, I might not be able to control myself and want to beat you up!"

"But... Butler... is no longer a member of the Lava Team..." Diane said with a painful look on her face.

-

"Mega Team officers, this is a part of Groudon's body!"

"And then! This is the regeneration device I developed!"

"If we use a part of this body as a base, we can revive Groudon!"

Lava Team Headquarters, a large experimental site.

Butler placed a fragment that had been stored in a glass container like a fossil on a large device.

"Resurrection! Groudon!"

Butler pulled the device's starter lever with confidence.

Accompanied by a burst of colorful electric light, the top of the device instantly lit up red. Through the electric light's analysis of the fossil fragments, the resurrection device immediately emitted two red lasers, shooting towards the open space in the distance.

As a black energy ball that looked like soil and mud slowly appeared, the resurrection device seemed to enter an overloaded state.

Perhaps because the power of the fossil fragments was too strong, the device instantly burst into a large ball of sparks. The lightning flashed randomly, and the resurrection device that Butler was so proud of actually fell apart in an instant. The ball of black unknown liquid that appeared on the ground also disappeared in an instant.

Obviously, Butler's experiment was a complete failure.

Looking at the metal debris all over the floor and Butler staring blankly at the lab table, the Lava Team leaders in the stands began to express their opinions.

"Is that Groudon?"

"Is that the legendary Pokémon that has the power to create the earth?" There was a lot of ridicule in his words.

"This is all because of the severe lack of energy required for regeneration!" Butler immediately spoke up to defend himself while looking at everyone present.

"We don't want to hear your fake stuff or your bragging anymore!"

"We'll find Groudon ourselves."

"I don't need you anymore."

"Just take your experiment and get out of here! Hehe, hahahaha!"

Amid the endless laughter, Butler reluctantly picked up the hot fossil fragments.

“I did absolutely nothing wrong!”

"I swear!"

"I will make you guys who look down on others look up to me again! Absolutely!"

......

"I will definitely let those members of Team Magma who look down on me know how powerful I am! Even if we don't know where they are now, in a few days, my name will spread all over the world!"

Butler, carrying Jirachi, rode on the Dragonite and flew towards Faines, Jirachi's birthplace. Because there, the power of Jirachi's true eye would be magnified to the limit.

With that power.

Groudon will definitely be resurrected.

Butler firmly believes this.

-

"I'm saying that people like you always have those unrealistic and stupid obsessions."

"Team Lava is gone, who is he doing this for?"

"For the world?"

"Is the world so easily shocked?"

"Also, it's just a Groudon. Is it very strong?"

Diane looked aside, a little dazed at Nan Fang's expression which did not seem fake at all.

Come to think of it, this man is a powerful trainer who was able to defeat the Red Flame Pine and Water Sycamore by himself, and then destroy the Magma Team and the Water Fleet.

If Diane knew that the final South was driving Super Rayquaza to fight against the two original returning One Gods, she would have tried her best to stop Butler in the beginning.

But none of this makes any sense anymore.

Now Nan Fang just wanted to rush to Jirachi immediately to save it, and then spend the few remaining happy moments with it.

-

4/7.

The two continued on their way.

The destination, Fawns, is a bit far from the town of Tainan.

No matter how anxious Nan Fang is, it is useless. Not only people, but also cars need to rest.

After solving his physiological problems in the distance, Nan Fang walked back silently.

"How did that wild Absol travel thousands of miles to Tainan Town? It's really... unusual..."

That night, after Butler took Jirachi off the back of Absol, the Absol immediately disappeared in front of Nanfang.

"Are you too embarrassed to face people?"

"Why don't you come out now..."

"I'll ride on the Big Bird, and you show me the way. We can even catch up with the old silver coin in front... Oh, it's really anxious..."

Nan Fang didn't care at all that he was saying bad things about Butler in front of Diane, he wasn't interested in knowing what the relationship between the two of them was. But no matter what it was, a man like Butler should be beaten to death when he was caught!

The more Nan Fang thought about it, the angrier he became. He ignored Diane's surprised look and sat down in the driver's seat.

"I'll drive, you take a break."

"I'm not doing this for you. I'm doing this to hurry up and for my own safety."

"You are a female driver, and you are driving while tired."

"This debuff is almost fully stacked! And I haven't even got married yet!"

That night.

They found a sheltered cave and drove the car inside.

Mountain roads are extremely dangerous at night.

Diane became curious as she watched Nan Fang solemnly fold a piece of wood corner into the middle of the ornament again.

"What wish did you make?"

"Did you ever eat birthday cake with your parents or friends when you were a child?" Nan Fang suddenly answered the question irrelevantly.

Huh? Diane didn't understand.

"On your birthday you have to eat cake, and when you eat cake you have to make a wish, and when you make a wish you have to blow out the candles, and when you blow out the candles someone will tell you not to say your wish out loud because it won't work."

"...".

Diane never expected that Nan Fang would go to such a great length to... insult her.

"I...we don't have parents."

"Butler and I grew up together in the slums of Gaul."

“Since he taught himself to perform, he started performing magic tricks for me.”

"He was very talented and looked like a seasoned veteran. He didn't look immature at all. From then on, he began to call himself 'The Great Butler.'"

"After that, we...I became his assistant."

“We tour all over the world.”

"Butler is extremely talented in everything he does and learns very quickly."

"By chance, he became a scientist for the Lava Team and developed that device... and then..."

Diane seemed to have opened up her chatterbox, constantly telling the stories of her and Butler, as if she had not recalled these things to anyone for a long time.

"Cough cough..." Nan Fang coughed lightly.

"Um, sorry..." Diane apologized and said nothing more.

Looking at Diane with an uneasy look on her face, Nan Fang also felt a little depressed.

"Why didn't you stop him when he was on the Lava Team?" Nan Fang took the initiative to ask while sitting around the fire.

"That's because... he believes he will succeed... whatever he does will succeed..."

"And I...believe in him..."

"I like to look at him, so dazzling..."

The South is speechless.

“No one is perfect.”

"You are in blind love."

"Just like the spirited guy I met before..."

"In short, if you don't have the skills, don't take on the job."

"Why don't you just be a good magician? Why do you have to touch something you shouldn't touch..."

"Doing research is fun for a while, but doing it for a lifetime will make you regret it for the rest of your life..."

"Oh, and... I'm sorry, what I said earlier was a bit harsh."

"It's not easy for you either, to end up with such an unreliable man."

Diane stared at the south blankly and burst out laughing.

"You will definitely be a reliable boyfriend in the future."

"Don't say that! It's easy for people to misunderstand! Okay, let's go to bed! We'll set off as soon as the sun comes out!"

After brushing the dust off his butt, Nan Fang walked back to his tent.

Diane looked up at the moonlight tonight in a daze.

-

5/7.

The two of them ended up driving all the way while tired.

With the cooperation of Nanfang and Diane, they finally saw the primeval forest called Fansi.

After passing through a canyon, the car arrived at the edge of Farnes, our destination.

It is an endless dense forest of rocks and trees.

In fact, this area is no longer within the geographical scope of the South Island and is considered a large inland island.

It is unknown whether it was a piece of pristine land bordering the South Island due to crustal movement over the past few hundred years, or perhaps thousands of years. Compared to the developed Metal Island, this place is uninhabited and the natural environment is extremely rich and lush.

It was already late at night when the two arrived here, and they decided to rest for another night because the road ahead was no longer suitable for the car to move forward.