When Elias heard the system’s response, his whole body went slightly numb.
A Pokémon from the Reverse World… Who else could that be, besides that shadow dragon who’d rather not be named?
Among Sinnoh’s three legendaries, the one he least wanted to meet was Giratina.
Not only was it short-tempered and unpredictable, but its endurance was ridiculous.
Even Gardevoir might not be able to land a meaningful hit on it.
Letting out a quiet sigh...
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Elias had to admit, when he saw the message about Cynthia’s disappearance, his brain short-circuited a little.
This was Cynthia they were talking about—the official Champion of the Sinnoh region, a top-tier trainer standing at the pinnacle.
At least on paper, Cynthia was considered Sinnoh’s strongest.
And not just in Sinnoh. Even among Champions, her strength ranked among the very best.
How could someone like her vanish into thin air?
Don’t t...
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Clap—clap—clap—
Just as Elias exited the psychic space, he heard the sound of steady, rhythmic clapping from not far away.
Turning his head, he saw Giovanni approaching with an expression of open admiration in his eyes, applauding as he walked.
Beside him trailed a dazed-looking Professor Fuji, his face blank, like someone whose entire worldview had just been turned upside down.
The moment he laid eyes on Elias, Fuji’s eyes reddened, and he rushed forw...
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At this moment, Mewtwo’s emotions were surging.
From the moment she first became conscious, she had never felt such ease.
The pain that had tormented her for so long—was finally, completely gone.
What she wanted most now was to pull Elias into this space and thank him face-to-face.
With that thought, the young Mewtwo released a wisp of psychic energy. Upon touching Elias, she gently extended an invitation.
On the other side, feeling Mewtwo’s call, Elias had...
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As Luo Yuan dispersed the gathering energy, he clearly felt the thick fog in the forest begin to thin.
But he didn’t pay it much mind.
No matter how dense the mist was, it couldn’t block his vision.
Following the narrow path deeper into Glimwood Tangle, Luo Yuan could sense an increasingly intense presence radiating from the heart of the forest.
This was the source of the Wooloo’s panic.
After pushing through layers of trees, the forest suddenly opened up...
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“I can’t leave at the moment, so I’d like to ask you to check things out in Glimwood Tangle,” Leon said.
Luo Yuan’s feelings were a bit… complicated.
Glimwood Tangle… If he remembered correctly, Zacian and Zamazenta should be residing there.
He swore—up until now, he had never considered capturing Zacian or Zamazenta.
After all, he was already planning to return to Johto.
But since Leon had asked him personally, wouldn’t refusi...
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Ah.
"And besides, you don’t have to feel like you’re betraying Rose. Once you become an executive in Team Rocket, you’ll be in a position to make things more comfortable for him in the Reverse World."
“So join us. Join Team Rocket.”
As he spoke, Luo Yuan added just a hint of psychic suggestion.
After being mentally controlled by both Luo Yuan and Sabrina for days, Oleana’s resistance to such influence was practically nonexistent.
Of course, Luo Yuan w...
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Strictly speaking, Oleana should have hated Luo Yuan.
And yet, her feelings toward him were far more complicated.
Hatred? Of course it was there. With Chairman Rose in Luo Yuan’s hands and herself now under psychic control, it would’ve been strange not to hate him.
But to Oleana’s own surprise, she didn’t feel as much hatred as she expected.
Because after thinking it over carefully, she realized: even without Luo Yuan’s involvement, things l...
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"Not exactly. Keeping someone in prison is a waste of resources." Luo Yuan continued, "Do you remember that place we passed through on the way here—the Reverse World?"
"Reverse World? What do you mean?" Rose felt a sinking premonition.
"The Reverse World is that desolate, lifeless realm we passed through earlier. It's part of a new project Team Rocket is developing. We're currently short on manpower, so prisoners are being sent there to aid in its development." Luo Yuan explaine...
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The grunt stared blankly at the monitor, stunned by the strange group standing at the base entrance.
What the heck?
Why was a Slowpoke riding on someone’s back?
Wait, no—that wasn’t the point!
They were standing right outside the disguised entrance to their base!
Panic rising, he quickly nudged the grunt next to him, who was casually flipping through a magazine. “Ōno... Ōno, stop reading! There’s someone at the gate!”
Ōno sn...
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"August… you really just want to recruit some informants?" Gary asked, increasingly uneasy under August's ever-widening smile.
He had a bad feeling about this.
August casually opened the website as he replied, “Of course. Didn’t I already tell you? I really just want to bring on a couple of people.”
His tone was perfectly natural. Nothing sounded off—if you ignored how that grin on his face was starting to twist into something rather sinister.
...
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“The device that Team Aqua stole is gone!” Roxanne said grimly.
Under normal circumstances, with both her and Officer Jenny keeping constant surveillance on Team Aqua, the stolen device should’ve still been in the warehouse.
Now that it was missing… there was only one explanation: the device had already been moved before they discovered this group of grunts.
The realization made Roxanne frustrated. She had locked in on this Team Aqua hideout as quickly as sh...
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The Crawdaunt, once aggressive and proud, wilted completely after losing its prized pincers.
Even with Eevee standing triumphantly on its head, it didn’t put up the slightest resistance.
The two Team Aqua grunts, staring at the deceptively “adorable and well-behaved” Eevee, instantly realized something was wrong.
“This Eevee…” the trainer of the remaining Crawdaunt shouted, “Crawdaunt, [Sucker Punch]!”
The other grunt, meanwhile, turned...
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"This is a new running shoe our company just released. The soles emit compressed air, enabling long-distance jumps and burst acceleration," Steven explained.
Sabrina glanced at it, clearly uninterested. For someone with psychic abilities, this was utterly superfluous.
Gary, however, was intrigued. “Are these available for sale already?”
Though he appeared composed, Gary was internally panicking. Ever since arriving in Hoenn, he couldn’t stop thinking about the dangers ...
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“Soup’s ready~”
Jiang Bai ladled a bowl and handed it to Xiao Shi. Without caring if it was too hot, the little hilichurl took it and drank immediately.
“Careful, it’s hot,” Jiang Bai said, smiling as he watched.
Putting aside the fact that this little guy was technically a monster… he really was kind of cute.
Xiao Shi winced at the heat—though it was his mouth that burned, he reacted like he’d stepped on a sizzling iron plate. He hopped arou...
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Worried that Jiang Bai might not know how to eat it, the hilichurl patted its belly, then stuffed the shriveled Sunsettia into its mouth, loudly chewing a few times before swallowing with exaggerated satisfaction.
Jiang Bai stared at the fruit in his hand, feeling a complicated tangle of emotions.
It was obvious that life in these harsh snowy mountains wasn’t easy—even for hilichurls. This Sunsettia had clearly been left too long, dried out from storage. They likely didn’t e...
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“Whoa... looks like this pool runs deep. Might even connect to an underground river beneath the mountain.”
Jiang Bai reached down and tested the water—ice-cold to the touch.
“Shame I’m busy right now... otherwise I’d love to find out where this thing leads.”
He made a mental note of the location, planning to return when time allowed.
Continuing on, he came across a cave entirely covered in frost.
Though a cave, the ground inside was coated in thick ...
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These hilichurls, who had clearly lived in the snowy mountains for quite some time, didn’t seem the least bit afraid of the cold. Aside from a few pieces of cloth covering essential parts, they didn’t bother with clothes for warmth.
Jiang Bai crouched behind a boulder, watching them—some dancing, some sleeping, some building snowmen—and couldn’t help growing curious.
If these white-furred hilichurls aren’t afraid of the cold, would they be uncomfortable in a hot cl...
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“Achoo—!”
Jiang Bai, who was warming himself by the fire, let out a loud sneeze.
Is someone talking about me, or am I coming down with something?
He pulled on a thicker coat without hesitation. Being gossiped about was fine, but catching a cold definitely wasn’t. He hadn’t even started climbing yet—just lingering at the base of the mountain was enough to feel winter’s bite.
He laid out bedding inside the coffin he’d summoned. With the fire crac...
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“…Come on, that just sounds like something you’re saying to make me feel better.”
Maybe it was because Kyo’s tear-streaked face had been too much of a shock, or maybe it was because her words—so unexpectedly sincere—had struck a vulnerable spot in Taki’s heart. Either way, Taki turned her head slightly to the side, avoiding Kyo’s gaze.
“But you look really happy right now.”
Umiri, who had been quietly observing the whole time, was now the most at ease a...
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This time, Taki’s process of making coffee was noticeably smoother and faster. She made an effort to follow the demonstration Kyo had given earlier, but the final product still fell short—visibly lacking the refinement of Kyo’s.
The thick milk foam was uneven, failing to form a smooth layer over the coffee. The latte art she attempted was the simplest, a beginner-friendly heart, but the overlapping lines made it look messy and unpolished.
After watching Umiri take a small si...
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Umiri willingly gave up her turn. “I don’t really understand coffee that well, and the one who needs to learn how to make it is Taki. Let her do it.”
“Then, Taki?”
Kikukawa Kyo turned her head toward Taki, her confident blue eyes reflecting none of the complicated, bitter emotions stirring inside Taki.
In Kyo’s eyes, that cold, still surface of water could only show Taki’s subtly clenched fists, the faint imprint left on her lips from pressing them together, he...
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Unlike at the aquarium, where the flowing water had brought her into a near-trance-like state of creative clarity, Kyo wasn’t experiencing that same effortless flow today.
But that didn’t matter.
Her years of honing her acting skills were more than enough to let her become Sakiko.
After all, she only needed to mimic Sakiko’s mannerisms, personality, and tone—not the deeper, subconscious emotions that lay beneath. Besides, those we...
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Effortlessly sidestepping Taki’s hard-pressed questioning, Kyo naturally took advantage of the moment when Taki’s momentum weakened to launch a counterattack.
"Hehe, is it possible that I came to RiNG just for a cup of coffee?" Kyo leaned lazily on the counter with one hand propping up her head, looking nowhere near as serious as the conversation warranted.
"As if…"
Mid-sentence, Taki suddenly recalled Kyo’s notorious habits back in the band and hesitat...
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"You, come with me."
Nagasaki Soyo suddenly grabbed Chihaya Anon’s arm and, under the surprised gazes of those around them, dragged the pink-haired girl—who was letting out a series of confused "Eh? Eh? Eh?"—out of the recording studio.
"Soyo, I still have to give Nina a lesson!"
"…Isn't that Chihiro’s job?"
"You just don’t get it, do you?" Chihaya Anon patted her modest chest confidently, flashing her cute little tiger teeth. "When it comes to cutting corn...
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Mingyun Village wasn’t far from Dragonspine. From within the village itself, one could already see the silhouette of the snowy mountain looming in the distance.
Jiang Bai followed the weed-choked path toward Dragonspine, crossing rivers by building makeshift bridges, scrambling over hills when he had to. He managed to reach the base of the mountain just before nightfall.
This area saw little foot traffic, so naturally, there were no campsites in sight.
Tilting his head bac...
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As the only inn along this trade route, Wangshu Inn saw countless travelers pass through every day. There was bound to be someone, eventually, who’d need the kind of service Jiang Bai offered—so gathering a few leads certainly wouldn’t hurt.
And a referral bonus? That was real money.
Sure, some might find Wangsheng Funeral Parlor’s line of work a little gloomy—but making money was nothing to be ashamed of.
Jiang Bai had no idea the man standing before him ...
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“Got it, no problem. I’m heading out right now!”
Jiang Bai leapt to his feet with a loud whoosh.
Any issue can be solved—with enough Mora. As long as the pay’s good, going to Dragonspine alone? No problem. Going solo into the desert? He’d do that too.
Hu Tao watched him leave, full of energy and confidence, and silently rolled her eyes before returning to her fishing.
If money can solve it, it’s not really a problem.
Still, she cou...
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Peaceful days always seem to pass quickly. Jiang Bai wandered the streets of Liyue with over ten thousand Mora stuffed in his pockets—a fortune by some standards—but hadn’t spent a single coin.
It wasn’t that he was stingy. He just didn’t know what to buy.
Why spend money on candy when you could teleport outside the city and pick Sweet Flowers—fresh and hygienic? Buying food? He could always sneak something from the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor’s kitchen, or better yet, ...
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After reading the mural, my heart feels unbearably heavy. I don’t know if there are more murals ahead—I hope there are—but this path has reached its end. My food is running low, and my torch is almost out. I have to leave.
June 13th. I returned to the base camp at the foot of the mountain today. I hadn’t realized just how many days I’d already spent up on the snowy peak. Even though it’s been a while since I saw the mural, I still feel th...
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