The Dust Settles

Chapter 87 The Dust Settles (4k)

Giratina, having flung the Crimson Sun out of the Reverse World, turned back with an air of nonchalance, merely glancing mockingly at the two Time Gods standing obediently in the center before its massive body spun around and returned directly to the depths of the Reverse World.

The black hole, which represents the reversal of the world's import and export, is slowly healing.

It was as if Giratina appeared only to mock the two gods of that time and space, and also to drive the Crimson Sun away.

Of course, Palkia and Dialga were genuinely furious: "Goohoo!"

Ze Shu: "..."

Looking back, one could see that the Crimson Sun's body rolled several times on the dusty ground of the Spear Pillar, kicking up a lot of dust, before slowly coming to a stop.

I don't understand why this Crimson Sun is so arrogant as to want to directly enter the Reverse World.

Now Giratina has swung it out with its tail, hasn't it?

However, in the game, Akari did indeed boldly enter the Reverse World. But after being submerged in the Reverse World and disappearing without a trace, being defeated by Giratina now could be considered—a good thing?

At the very least, the place where he should be imprisoned will become the League's jail. Given his crimes, he'll likely serve his entire life in jail.

But perhaps more unbelievable to him than the physical pain and the endless days spent working on the sewing machine was the shattering of his hopes.

"Why, why—"

However, the only response he received was what Ze Shu presented.

"Hmph—" Ze Shu said, "Finally, I've got you, Crimson Sun, in my grasp. All this busy work lately..."

"Isn't this all your fault?!"

Akari remained expressionless and did not respond.

Tired, destroy it.

Dragging Akari's handcuffed body, Ze Shu casually tossed him to the ground.

Xiao Song, standing behind, covered her mouth in disbelief: "Investigator, you really solved the Sinnoh crisis...!"

She couldn't believe it.

The Elite Four, the Gym Leader, and Cynthia Champion fought for three days but failed to defeat the leader of Team Galactic who was threatening Sinnoh. Yet, Sawaki defeated him in no time.

She couldn't help but ask Zhu Lan, who was clutching her weak body beside her, "Sister Zhu Lan, who exactly is this person—such an astonishing aura! An aura of saving the world!"

Zhu Lan paused for a moment, a smile playing on her lips, but in response to Xiao Song's reply, she could only say, "--The matter of the investigator is confidential, okay?"

Xiao Song said with a wronged tone, "Oh."

She thought about what would happen if this investigator challenged her dojo again; she probably wouldn't be able to handle it. Just thinking about it sent a chill down her spine.

"I feel completely intimidated by this investigator!"

At the same time, Da Ye and A Liu exchanged an incredulous glance.

Da Ye stroked his afro: "That Ze Shu guy. He used to need my help, but I never expected him to show up at the last moment and save Sinnoh—seriously, he did such a great job!"

Ah Liu scratched her face with relief: "Yeah, yeah."

Even Kikuno Tenoh, standing to the side, couldn't help but shake his head: "I'm really getting old—"

Beside her lay a scorpion king covered in wounds, which she had sustained in her earlier battle with Palucci.

Ignoring the whispers behind him, Ze Shu focused his gaze on Dialga and Palkia, who were under his control by chains. They stood guard beside the altar atop the Spear Pillar, like two guardian deities.

At this moment, Palkia's lowered head was glaring fiercely at Dialga, who had been beating it up as soon as it appeared. This was simply settling a personal score!

Despite being restrained by Zeki's chains, Dialga raised his head like a victor and mercilessly mocked Palucci's pathetic state: "Guhaha—".

Ze Shu: "—"

He finally remembered what those two people felt like to him.

It feels like that Giratina.

"Do I know you?" he asked as he stepped forward.

Upon hearing this, the two Time Gods, who had been glaring at each other, were taken aback for a moment before responding. Palucci shook his head repeatedly and uttered, "Gurgle!"

"No—I don't know him!"

On the other side, Dialga nodded: "Roar!"

"Of course I know him."

But then they looked at each other and were both taken aback by each other's answer. Palucci then changed from shaking its head to nodding.

Let's get to know each other then!

Dialga's nod turned into a shake of his head.

I don't recognize you.

Ze Shu:

".....

"Why don't you discuss and come up with a unified answer?" he asked.

Dialga and Palkia both looked embarrassed: "Goo—"

"I think I roughly know what's going on." Ze Shu smiled. "Did you guys from the past know me from the future?"

Seeing the two gatekeepers in front of him nodding hurriedly, he felt slightly relieved.

This wasn't hard to guess; he was certain that, apart from Snow Child, he had never had any contact with the three Sinnoh gods before. But their behavior clearly indicated that they recognized his appearance. This naturally led him to think of the spacetime called "Washing Green."

Perhaps he will actually be able to go to Xicui in the future?

Although he doesn't know how to get there now.

After thinking for a moment, Ze Shu looked at the two Time Gods in front of him and asked without any hesitation, "Are you Pokémon that I captured?"

Immediately, the two Time Gods before them looked aggrieved, nodding and shaking their heads. Then, Palucci raised its head and roared, "Goohoo!"

Its seemingly authoritative words reached Ze Shu's mind:

"I suppose so. Although you didn't trap us with that ball, hmph—if you earnestly beg us for help and prepare that delicious food for us, then we might reluctantly help you in your fight!"

Ze Shu: "..—"

What comes after a “sincere request” to “prepare food” and then a “reluctant request”?

He felt that his status wasn't so low, based on the previous performance of the two time-space gods in his hands.

After pondering for a moment, Ze Shu was about to nod and agree to leave it at that—after all, he was not capable of defeating these two time-space gods in front of him, and he had never encountered them before, so it was difficult to draw a conclusion.

Unexpectedly, he merely shook the red chain in his hand slightly. This single action caused Palucci, who had been holding his head high and trying to express his authority, to instinctively take several steps back and look aggrieved.

"Don't tie it, don't tie it!"

"Actually, even if you don't prepare food, we can still help you."

It didn't want to experience that red chain a third time.

Ze Shu: "..."

Then Palucci let out another pitiful cry. On the Spear Pillar, the body of the Crimson Sun, bound by Ze Shu, suddenly shone with a white light. A warm, smooth pearl, under its control, gradually floated into Ze Shu's hand [White Jade Pearl].

A jewel radiating beautiful light

"If you want to ask us for help, use this."

Previously, Akatsuki had also used this white jade pearl to summon Palucci from the Spear Pillar, but the Palucci he summoned was hostile.

At this moment, Palucci personally handed the precious jade orb to Zeshu, undoubtedly intending to turn the white jade orb into a 'summoning device' for Zeshu to summon allies.

After handing the white jade pearl to Ze Shu, Palucci immediately looked at Ze Shu with a pitiful expression.

And it kept glancing at the red chains wrapped around it, as if to suggest that since it was in this state, could the chains be untied?

Ze Shu: "..."

"OK."

He put away the white jade pearl, then flicked the red chain in his hand. As the chain jingled, Palucci felt a sense of ease.

My mind is at peace, and my temper has calmed down.

It's a legitimate time to retaliate!

A powerful punch!

Palkia's fist, as big as a sandbag, slammed into Dialga's head, its face contorted with satisfaction: "Goohoo!!"

That'll teach you to hit me so hard just now!

At this moment, the red chains on Dialga's body were loosened by Zeju, and it glared back.

The spatial tremors in Sinnoh have begun again.

Ze Shu frowned: "If you're going to fight, go somewhere that won't harm the environment."

Palucci's raised fist paused.

It then grabbed Dialga's body, and after a spatial fluctuation, they hurriedly left.

All that remains is the Spear Pillar, which has been nearly half destroyed. Perhaps it should be called the "Spear Pillar Ruins." With Team Galactic's desperate last-ditch effort to surround Mt. Coronet failing and their leader captured, Team Galactic is doomed.

The remaining Jupiter and Saturn were arrested, and the remaining bases of the Galactic Team were surrounded or sealed off.

At the Alliance headquarters, Ze Shu watched helplessly as Chi Ri was escorted without resistance to the lowest level of the Alliance prison, the most heavily guarded facility. It was all over. This also meant 1

"My vacation is finally here! I don't have to worry about Team Galactic anymore."

"Ooming!"

Blue sky and white clouds, the sound of crashing waves washing over my feet.

Zeshu lay on the beach near the Pokémon League, casually stroking Vulpix, who seemed confused but happy to be with him, and then opened the system.

[Good deed: You thwarted the conspiracy of Team Galactic leader Sun, completely destroyed Team Galactic, and successfully stabilized Sinnoh's time and space.]

[Good deed receipt; Team Galactic? They're utterly powerless in the face of your 'relationships.' The leader of Team Galactic, Akatsuki, who harbors lofty ideals, looks like a clown in your presence.]

Ze Shu: "..—"

Oh no, he's really become a "connected person".

In fact, he hadn't expected that what should have been the final crisis in the Sinnoh region, the toughest battle, would turn out so easily in his hands—of course, it might not have been easy for the Sinnoh League.

However, he heard that Mori, the ranger who initially bravely blocked the Galactic Team, was granted a year's vacation.

But the forest ranger didn't ask for the leave; instead, he wanted to recover from his injury and return to Tianguan Mountain to continue protecting the forest.

That's quite admirable.

Ze Shu seemed to be deep in thought as he clicked on "Good Deeds Settlement".

Amidst a pure white, creation-like light, a simple white treasure chest appeared.

Wave your hand to open it.

Within the white light, something resembling a cell phone floated above the treasure chest.

[Arzeus Phone]

[A cell phone 'specially' modified by Arceus, said to have special uses]

Ze Shu was stunned for a moment.

Why is the word "specially" highlighted in bold and black?

Has he also become one of the "chosen children"? Is Arceus revealing his hand?

Holding the Arceus phone in my hand and opening the icons, I saw nineteen different stone tablet icons surrounding the screen.

Only one of the blue-green stone slabs and the black stone slab icon was lit up—undoubtedly, these were the 'Ice Pillar Slab' and the 'Evil Face Slab' in his hands.

In the center, surrounded by stone slabs, is an icon depicting a beautiful grassland with the two large characters "Xi Cui" (洗翠) below it.

Ze Shu: "...—".

So this was just a prop to enter the Xicui area?

However, the icon for "Washing Jade" is still dim, and you can clearly see the "Ice Pillar Slab" and "Evil Face Slab" lighting up one by one, connecting to "Washing Jade" and slowly charging it.

Perhaps we'll have to wait until it's fully charged before we can enter. Judging from the progress bar, it shouldn't take long.

Furthermore, there are many dim icons around, suggesting that the more stone slabs there are, the more functions can be unlocked.

"Doing all this." Ze Shu twitched the corner of his mouth.

Is this an indication that he wants to collect stone tablets?

However, Sawaki is quite interested in the Seishi area.

But not now. After looking at it for a while longer and confirming that it had no other functions, Ze Shu casually put the 'Arceus Phone' away, because he heard a voice coming from behind him:

"Thanks to you this time, cough—cough."

Hearing two weak coughs, I turned around and saw Zhu Lan walking over, holding two ice cream cones in her hands.

After a moment of hesitation, Zhu Lan suddenly held out both tubs of ice cream to Ze Shu, as if she had made up her mind, and said, "You choose a flavor!"

Ze Shu: "..."

He thought for a moment, and then, to Zhu Lan's astonishment, he simply took both tubs of ice cream from her hands.

"Your injury hasn't healed yet, so let me eat it all for you."

Bamboo Orchid: "Those are two flavors I've been choosing for a long time—"

But she finally sighed and said, "Okay. I'll take it as you being concerned about me."

She handed a letter from her bosom: "Regarding the girl you mentioned, our Sinnoh League has difficulty investigating the specific situation in the Kanto region, so I wrote this letter of introduction. Perhaps the Kanto League can find some clues about the girl you are looking for."

Zeshu paused for a moment, took the letter, and found that it had many Sinnoh League exclusive seals on it, so her "introduction" was indeed quite impressive.

Thanks.

Zhu Lan hesitated for a moment: "The girl you're looking for—is her name Xiao Lan? What's your relationship with her?"

'

Ze Shu paused for a moment, as if thinking, and finally said matter-of-factly, "She's my sister."

Now that things have settled in the Sinnoh region, Zeki should go find Blue. Otherwise, Blue might still think he's been locked up in the Masked Base by Lucius and foolishly try to break in to rescue him, which would be disastrous.

Laughing, "Alright then. Have a great vacation, our Sinnoh's top investigator, Sawaki."