Chapter 459: The Golden Fleeting Moment
Charizard's panel hadn't changed much, it even had an added status of digesting energy, which indicated that the manifested flames hadn't caused it too much harm.
The main concern was Latias.
"What's wrong, Hikaru?"
Latias transformed into her human form and landed beside Hikaru. Her originally fair right hand was now wrapped in a bandage. From the outside, there was nothing abnormal.
But Hikaru still immediately opened his [Eye of Investigation].
[Pokémon: Latias]
[Ability: Levitate]
[Gender: Female]
[Talent: Minor Legendary]
[Level: 69 (Weakened)]
[Moves: Wish, Helping Hand, Safeguard, Dragon Breath, Water Sport, Psycho Shift, Dragon Pulse, Dream Eater, Heal Pulse....]
[Equipped Skills: Fleeting Moment, Silence, Magical Girl....]
[Description: The guardian species of Alto Mare.]
At first glance, there were no changes, but in the equipped skills section, a flash of gold quickly alerted him.
"[Fleeting Moment]?"
That's right.
[Fleeting Moment] had become a golden skill.
What kind of change was this?
Hikaru temporarily removed this skill from Latias.
[Golden Skill (Fleeting Moment) — Eliminates all Fire-type properties within a three-kilometer radius for three seconds. Cooldown time is determined by the intensity of the eliminated Fire-type properties.]
Huh?
The more he looked, the deeper Hikaru's brows furrowed. How was this an enhancement?
Wasn't this a downgrade?
The previous [Fleeting Moment] was — [Purple Skill (Fleeting Moment) — Eliminates all elements within a three-kilometer radius for three seconds. Can only be used by Psychic-type Pokémon. Cooldown: 1h.]
One eliminated all types, the other only eliminated Fire-type.
The only difference was the change in cooldown time.
Although he wanted to continue thinking, the heaviness of his eyelids was becoming more and more pronounced.
He had used his Aura too forcefully all at once and couldn't hold on anymore.
This was Hikaru's last thought before he fainted. As for the last image he saw, it was Mew flying over, along with the worried gazes of Latias and Charizard.
"Roar?"
"Hikaru?"
...
When he woke up again, the entire Tree of Beginning had darkened. Only Latias and Gardevoir were left standing guard around him.
Charizard was nearby, using its tail to provide light.
Sensing slightly, he realized all his Pokémon had left the training house and were gathered around him, even Lugia.
"Where's Mew?"
Hikaru rubbed his slightly aching head, glanced around, and quickly asked.
His Aura couldn't sense Mew's presence on the tree.
"Hikaru, you're finally awake!"
"Gardevoir!"
...
Seeing Hikaru wake up, all the Pokémon became happy.
"Gardevoir..." (Mew saw you were unconscious for so long and said it was going to the human world to find a doctor.)
"..."
Hikaru used his slightly recovered Aura to sense himself and shook his head. "I'm fine, just mentally exhausted."
What concerned him more was Latias's current state. "Latias, do you feel anything different?"
"I'm fine..."
Latias looked left and right but didn't find anything wrong with herself.
"Wait, let me check with my Aura."
Hikaru ignored his own fatigue and first directed his Aura onto Latias, checking her very carefully.
Only after confirming there were no problems did Hikaru breathe a sigh of relief.
But he didn't see that Latias's face had already turned slightly red.
Having stayed in the human world for so long, she knew what this meant.
"Where's the Plate?"
Hikaru didn't notice this, his attention immediately shifting to the Plate.
It now seemed that each Plate held an extraordinary power. Once one knew how to use it, humans could also master special powers through the Plates.
Just like now, a faintly flickering flame had already appeared in Hikaru's hand.
Clearly, from his previous attempt, he had gained another extraordinary power.
"Gardevoir!" (I put it in the training house. I'll go get it.)
Gardevoir disappeared for a moment and then quickly reappeared.
When it returned, the Flame Plate was in its hand.
"It's good that it's not lost. Charizard, let's put this back on you."
Hikaru said with some lingering fear.
The sea of flames from before was truly terrifying.
Even Charizard was unable to swallow it all.
This showed that it was definitely no ordinary flame.
If it were an ordinary forest, it would be fine, but that was on the Tree of Beginning. If he had really set the Tree of Beginning on fire, Mew would never have forgiven him.
"Hikaru, you can use Charizard's moves now?"
Latias curiously touched the ball of fire. Strangely, even though she wasn't using [Fleeting Moment], the flame didn't bring any burning sensation to Latias.
Hikaru quickly noticed this.
'Is it because of the power from the same origin?' As this thought flashed through his mind, he said aloud, "It's not Charizard's move, just a simple flame... no, wait, I could also learn Fire-type moves from Charizard..."
Speaking of which, a strange feeling emerged in his mind. Didn't this mean he was also a Fire-type Pokémon?
Thinking along these lines, it wasn't actually wrong.
Humans in this world were a type of Pokémon, and a very special one at that, seemingly able to accept any special ability.
Psychic, Dragon Force, Aura, Power of Viridian... plus the pyrokinesis he now possessed, who could say these weren't human skills?
"Mew isn't back yet. It didn't really go and catch a human, did it?"
He glanced outside the tree. The brilliant starry sky was quiet, with an occasional Flying-type Pokémon soaring past.
It was very peaceful.
"Never mind it. First, let's test what this skill does. It doesn't make sense for it to upgrade from all-type to Fire-type."
Hikaru stood up and looked at the surrounding Pokémon. "I'm fine now. Everyone, go get some rest."
He then recalled all the Pokémon, leaving only Latias, Charizard, and Bulbasaur.
He quickly made arrangements.
"Charizard, create a small Ember. Bulbasaur, create a Razor Leaf. Latias, try [Fleeting Moment]."
The Pokémon didn't know what he was doing, but they still created the corresponding moves.
And Latias was also very obedient, casting this move that didn't belong to it.
Hikaru had done his research.
The skills from the system's entries weren't omnipotent.
Each use would consume the Pokémon's own original energy.
For skills like [Silence] and [Fleeting Moment], the energy consumed was based on the target of each use.
But there was one exception, and that was the golden skills...
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