Chapter 457: The File
The next morning, Hikaru quickly made his way to the outskirts of Aura Town.
In reality, he just needed to go to a place with a signal.
Not long after the message was sent, the other party replied almost immediately.
[Hikaru]: Uncle Lance, I need to tell you something.
[Lance]: ?
Lance knew a little about the situation in the Qinling Mountains, so Hikaru didn't hide anything and explained Mew's worries one by one.
[Lance]: It's that foreign Ghost-type trainer again?
[Hikaru]: Yes, and neither my Aura nor Mew's psychic power could detect how she got here.
[Lance]: Understood. I'm coming over right away. Wait for me.
The conversation was brief.
But the fact that Lance said he would come personally meant that the League hadn't found any information about the person yet.
This was somewhat unbelievable.
Generally speaking, under the detection of Metagross, it could potentially invade a "small part" of almost all network systems worldwide.
Ordinary countries and organizations basically couldn't resist this kind of intrusion, unless the organization was extremely powerful...
Or unless all their data was recorded on paper.
It couldn't be just one person, could it?
An anomaly like him, slowly climbing up from Shuimu City.
Shaking his head, Hikaru thought it was unlikely.
After waiting for about half an hour, an orange shadow quickly landed beside him.
"You really are in a different place every day!"
Looking at Hikaru, who had appeared in Aura Town again, Lance didn't know what to say.
It seemed like all the recent incidents were brought about by him.
However...
Things seemed a bit unstable lately.
He heard that Darkrai over in the M Region was causing trouble again.
Moreover, natural disasters like volcanic eruptions and earthquakes seemed to be happening more frequently.
Even the Huaxia region had experienced quite a few geological disasters recently.
"I was thinking of coming to find Mew, and then fulfilling my promise with that Serperior along the way. I didn't expect to run into something like this," Hikaru said innocently, riding on Charizard.
"So fast? You caught that Serperior?" Lance was rather incredulous.
He was there when Hikaru made the promise with Serperior.
That Serperior was no ordinary Elite Four-level Pokémon.
"Mmm."
"Unbelievable..."
"Hehe..."
Although he was surprised, Lance knew that the purpose of his visit was the Ghost-type trainer who had evaded Mew's detection.
The two had their Pokémon fly them to the Tree of Beginning.
"By the way, Uncle Lance... with things like this, why are you always the one to act?"
For all the things that had happened these past few days, Lance had basically been handling them personally.
"You think I want to? Whenever it involves a Legendary Pokémon, the League has to send a Champion-level trainer. And you, kid, just happen to stir up trouble on the level of Mythical Pokémon."
"Are there no other Champion-level trainers?"
"Kids shouldn't ask too many questions. Wait until you reach that level to talk."
...
...
The two figures soon appeared at the Tree of Beginning.
Hikaru immediately had Mew bring out the hat and the strand of golden hair.
"Does this involve a Legendary Pokémon?"
He handed the strand of hair to Lance. He just needed to give this hair to Metagross for analysis, and it could accurately identify the person.
Unless this person wasn't registered in any country.
But Hikaru still couldn't help but ask.
Mew wasn't a Legendary Pokémon.
"Forget it, it doesn't matter if I tell you."
Seeing the curious Hikaru, Lance waved his hand, and a stack of paper documents appeared from the pouch at his waist. "This is the newly recorded file—Hoopa!"
"The phenomenon you described is very similar to this Pokémon's abilities."
"Huh?"
Hikaru didn't understand at first, but after looking at the file for a while, he immediately got it.
[File—Hoopa, a Pokémon whose power is suspected to have been sealed by the Creator God Arceus. It can retrieve various items from all over the world through the rings by its side, and it can also transport any living being to any place through the rings.]
Attached was a photo of Hoopa covering its mouth in a mischievous laugh.
And next to it was a young trainer.
[Baraz—Professional trainer, main Pokémon is Scyther...]
The file stated that this young trainer had discovered this Pokémon, first reported it, and then retracted the report.
Hoopa?
After reading the first page, Hikaru subconsciously wanted to turn to the second, but the file was taken back by Lance. "This is just little Hoopa. Hoopa Unbound is even more terrifying."
"..."
Hikaru fell silent for a moment.
"The League has already sent a Top-tier Investigator to contact this young man. Hoopa's first contact was with this trainer, and the report we've received is that their relationship is quite good."
Lance withheld some information from Hikaru.
For example, the Prison Bottle that could seal Hoopa's power.
There was no need to tell a "child" about that.
"Are you saying that a human who knows Hoopa instigated it to come to the Tree of Beginning?" Hikaru asked.
"It's just a guess. Who knows? Alright, I'm done chatting with you. I'm going back to check on the owner of this strand of hair. Also, can't your Latias transform into a human? It's better to have it follow you when you're outside."
After saying this, Lance patted his Dragonite, and the latter turned into a streak of light and departed.
It was clear that he was very busy.
"Mew?"
In the shadows, a figure suddenly appeared. The little pink cat had been eavesdropping on everything.
"Hoopa? Do you know it, Hikaru?" Mew asked, puzzled.
Hikaru was even more puzzled. "You don't know Hoopa?"
It knew Manaphy, it knew Lugia. Hikaru had thought Mew knew all the Legendary Pokémon.
Mew answered honestly, "I don't know it."
"It's an incredibly powerful Pokémon. If my judgment isn't wrong, it can also control some Legendary Pokémon."
These few short sentences brought a great shock to Mew.
Control Legendary Pokémon?
"Really?"
"Really."
"Mew!"
"Huh?"
That one word completely ignited Mew's emotions, and it became a little scared. "Then, Hikaru, I won't be controlled, will I?"
"If it has been here, it should be possible, but actually, I'm just guessing."
Hikaru resisted the urge to smile.
In reality, that was just Hoopa in its confined form; it should be impossible for it to control Mew.
As far as he knew, the one that could control Legendary Pokémon should be Hoopa Unbound.
However, Hoopa had already appeared.
So, in this world, have most of the Legendary Pokémon already appeared?
"What should I do, what should I do..."
As expected, Mew began to fly around in confusion again, a look of panic on its face.
After flying around haphazardly for a while, Mew finally landed in front of Hikaru.
"Hikaru, you'll help me, right?"
"Don't worry..."
Hikaru stroked its head. "Maybe it wasn't Hoopa?"
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