Chapter 724
Anchoring Activation, 7 Major Light Pillars
Chapter 724 Anchoring Activation, Seven Pillars of Light
With an urgent desire to repair the Celestial Flute and try to contact Arceus himself, Natsume finds Ran, who is consulting ancient books at the Sinnoh Historical Research Institute.
This champion, who has a deep understanding of Sinnoh mythology and even the theological history of the entire Pokémon world, is the most reliable ally he can think of besides Giovanni.
Inside the quiet room of the research institute, ancient scrolls were laid out, and the air was filled with the scent of books and dust.
Natsume carefully placed the broken fragments of the Celestial Flute on the cushioned table, while Takeran frowned slightly, her fingertips gently tracing the broken lines, feeling the faint yet incredibly sacred fluctuations that remained within.
"It was completely damaged," Zhu Lan said gravely.
"It's not just the physical structure that's broken; more importantly, the summoning rules it contains" have been affected by some kind of force...
It's been forcibly sealed off.
"Yes, a blockade. Hoopa has seen it; Hoopa was once blocked!"
The chattering croissant surrounded Natsume and Takenori. Hearing its voice, Natsume was slightly taken aback.
Just like the power that sealed Hoopa back then, this is indeed related to Team Rainbow Rocket.
"Conventional repair methods are unlikely to be effective."
Zhu Lan shook her head slightly.
Just as the two were focused on their research, the live news screen on the institute's wall and the emergency news notifications popping up on their personal devices were simultaneously flooded with the same explosive message: [Breaking News! Towering pillars of light appear in the Kanto and Johto regions! Source unknown!]
In the scene, a thick, brown pillar of light, resembling the veins of the earth, and a seven-colored pillar of light, shimmering with a sacred rainbow, emanate from the boundary between the two regions, standing majestically between heaven and earth, piercing the clouds, creating a magnificent spectacle.
Reporters were so excited they were incoherent, calling it a "miracle of a thousand years." Experts and scholars offered various opinions, while ordinary people curiously gathered around, took photos, and some even began to worship.
The energy around the pillar of light was peaceful and did not cause any visible harm to the environment or living things. On the contrary, it made some Grass-type and Fairy-type Pokémon particularly active.
The atmosphere in the research room suddenly plummeted to freezing point.
Natsume and Ran looked up at the same time, exchanged a glance, and saw deep shock and a hint of barely perceptible fear in each other's eyes.
Upon learning that Team Rainbow Rocket might invade their world on a large scale at any time.
Any slight disturbance is bad news for them.
Moreover, this is such a huge and sudden impact.
"Could it be?" Natsume murmured, his fingers unconsciously tightening.
Zhu Lan took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down: "I don't know, but if it's anchored, then someone activated those rings?"
"Isn't it eight? Maybe not." Natsume was more optimistic.
However, the next two weeks were like flipping an invisible switch.
The blue dragon-shaped beam of light from Hoenn, the blue-purple spacetime beam of light from Sinnoh, the black and white spiral beam of light from Unova, the pink and gray beam of life and death from Kalos, the rainbow-colored beam of protection from Alola, and the dark red Dynamax beam of light from Galar...
One after another, they soared into the sky all over the world.
Seven beams of light, each with a distinct color and attribute, yet all radiating an undeniable presence, form an irregular network that envelops the world, like eight giant wedges driven into the surface of a planet.
The media gradually became numb and confused from their initial enthusiastic reporting, and the public's curiosity was replaced by a vague unease.
The alliance's top brass was in a state of panic, but they were still unable to get close to the core of the pillar of light or analyze its energy composition. All their detection methods were like throwing stones into the sea.
Natsume and Ran's hearts sank with each beam of light that appeared.
They counted: one, two, three... seven.
"Seven..."
Zhu Lan looked at the seven dots marked on the world map, her voice hoarse.
"The seven beams of light correspond to the eight main regions. Only one more is needed to anchor all eight."
Natsume nodded silently.
If the eight beams of light corresponded to eight different regions, he still held a sliver of hope, thinking that perhaps this wasn't Team Rainbow Rocket's anchor point.
But there were seven beams of light...
Because of Nijigasaki, he is in charge of both the Kanto and Seijo regions.
Those are seven beams of light, corresponding to eight major regions.
The two waited breathlessly for several days, but the eighth beam of light, which they had anticipated and which could bring great destruction to the world, did not appear.
"...It seems that activating the last anchor point may require special conditions, or...it has encountered some kind of obstacle?"
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Zhu Lan analyzed, her tense nerves relaxing slightly.
This at least means that the Rainbow Rockets' full-scale invasion may still have some buffer time.
"In any case, the existence of these eight pillars of light is a huge threat in itself."
Natsume stood up, his gaze sharp.
"We can't just sit here and wait to die. Zhulan, you just mentioned that these anchoring devices might contain the power of Arceus?"
"Yes."
Zhu Lan nodded, pointing to some obscure patterns and descriptions in the ancient text: "Since these anchors were created by Team Rainbow Rocket after they killed Arceus's clone..."
"If we can get closer to the pillar of light, perhaps... we can extract some pure power from it, similar to that of Arceus, and repair the Celestial Flute?"
"According to classical records, Arceus was the one who repaired the Celestial Flute."
Zhu Lan shrugged.
This idea is extremely bold, even somewhat risky, but in the current situation...
"It's worth a try!" Natsume made the decision immediately.
"I'm going to investigate a pillar of light."
Cynthia was somewhat surprised: "The recent pillar of light? The one from Mt. Coronet in Sinnoh?"
Natsume shook his head, his eyes deep: "No, I'm going to the Kanto region."
"Why Kanto?" Takeran asked, puzzled.
"That's the furthest place, and..."
"Two reasons," Natsume interrupted her, his tone leaving no room for argument.
"First, the pillar of light in Kanto was one of the first to appear, and its state may be more primitive," containing more complete information.
second.
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He paused, then lowered his voice slightly: "I need to go find someone."
There has been no news of Giovanni since then, and the trio has also disappeared without a trace.
Natsume had a strong intuition that his trip to Kanto might uncover more mysteries.
Looking into Natsume's determined eyes, Zhu Lan understood that he had made his decision.
She nodded. "I understand. Leave Sinnoh to me. I'll continue trying to find clues from the ancient texts and the outer edge of the local light pillars. Be careful!"
Without much farewell, Natsume immediately got to work.
He summoned Loletton, and golden ripples of spacetime spread throughout the research institute's quiet room. Just before stepping into the ripples, he glanced back one last time at the pile of broken flute fragments on the table.
Hopefully, the pillar of light in Kanto will truly bring about an opportunity to repair it...
Otherwise, this world might truly be silently and completely "anchored" and become the possession of Team Rainbow Rocket.
With a whoosh, the figure vanished, leaving only Zhu Lan in the quiet room, along with the ancient scrolls, the broken flute, and the silent yet oppressive blue-purple beam of light in the distance outside the window.