Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 308 Talebagos: What is "Taking a Loss"?
When Talebagos returned to the real world from the other dimension, he found that the Phantom Tail had brought him and Jirachi to Farns, where it had been when it had awakened not long ago.

The rampage caused by the life energy exceeding control has transformed the vast environment of Farns into a crystallized land, filled with azure crystals that refract colorful light under the sun.

The layered, verdant stone forest is now covered with crystals, transforming it into a natural crystal jungle.

Although Jirachi has cleared a large portion, the power of the terrestrial crystals of Talebagh is somewhat special, as it absorbs surrounding energy and transforms it into terrestrial crystals.

The abundant life energy in the Hoenn region further intensifies this process, making it impossible to completely cleanse the area, and the extent of this crystallized land, which is replenished with energy by the ley lines, remains constant.

"So you brought us to Farns."

Jirachi looked around and found that they were right in the center of the Crystal Lands: "Only half a month has passed, and this place has already returned to the extent that Talebagos expanded when it went berserk."

Talebagos was also helpless about this; it had suddenly woken up and gone berserk due to the overload of life energy.

Because it is an energy life form, it can release uncontrolled energy into the surroundings in the form of ethereal crystals.

Because the crystal contains its power and memories, it can expand and extend itself, resulting in this appearance around it.

The Dark Tail Fish didn't seem to care. Since the crystallized land hadn't expanded further, it meant that it was basically harmless.

Even if this crystalline energy forms nests, making nearby spirits stronger and more crystalline, it's not a big problem.

Talebagos nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's right, it's not a big problem. It can control these crystals and limit them to a certain range."

“But it would be best to get rid of them as much as possible.” Jirachi was still somewhat worried about them. “These terrestrial crystals have entered the ley lines of the Hoenn region, which may cause terrestrial crystals to appear anywhere in the Hoenn region.”

Moreover, Talebagos ultimately cannot fully control his power, and whether these crystal powers will truly not expand further... remains to be seen.

Unfortunately, the turtle was helpless against this; it wasn't strong enough to absorb all of these crystals.

Meanwhile, the Dark Tail Fish seemed to be deep in thought. In fact, it was not necessary to completely control one's power like the Fire Fox.

The Fire Fox's talent is something that other Pokémon cannot learn, and even if they try, it is very difficult to completely replicate.

Therefore, it thought that Talebagos should have its own ideas.

"Bagogo?"

So it doesn't need to train its mental strength and energy control?

Youwei Xuanyu shook her head. She still needed to practice, but there was no need to train to the level of the Fire Fox.

The biggest problem is how to control one's own Taijing power.

Should we focus on mental strength and rely entirely on our willpower to control things, or should we adopt a slightly less aggressive approach?

Talebagos was confused but impressed. What did he mean by "slightly tanking"? If you tank, how can you control the situation? Wouldn't you just go berserk on the spot?

Upon hearing this, the Dark Tail Black Fish couldn't help but reveal a meaningful smile.

When it comes to being simple and straightforward, its ability to make its Soul Flame run on its own is second only to Munchlax.

As mentioned before, the Talebages are mineral/energy life forms, and their consciousness resides within these crystals and energies.

If that's the case, why not let these energies with consciousness act autonomously as well?
“I think that’s why it went berserk—because the extra energy gained consciousness and made it uncontrollable.” Jirachi felt that there was something strange about the Dark Tail Blackfish’s line of thinking. “Isn’t what you’re saying just making it go berserk on its own initiative?”

exactly!

The Dark Tail Fish pointed out a blind spot that the turtle and Jirachi had overlooked—because the consciousness in those extra energies also belonged to Taleborg, it could actually communicate with it through "communication".

It is not about resisting or forcing, but about accepting these overflowing crystal powers and negotiating with them to make them act according to their own will.

Although this would prevent Talebagos from precisely controlling these energies, wouldn't it be fine to just let them act autonomously?
Kira pondered, "That sounds somewhat reasonable."

Even the ghostly flames of the Dark Tail Fish, which are essentially just the souls of their kind attached to it after death, can obey commands and play a role in battle.

These extra crystals are actually Talebagos themselves, so why not just command them directly?

“Hey…”

Is it really that easy...?

I always felt that their ideas were too idealistic.

However, it wouldn't hurt to try it out, so Talebagos decided to use a portion of the Tail Crystal to test the Youwei Xuanyu's "slack-off" control method.

It sounds simple, and it's not complicated to do either.

It attempted to harmonize with these crystals and transmitted its consciousness to them.

Before long, the crystals that had been rampaging in extreme fear, solely focused on protecting their own will, completed their renewal and returned to their original form, becoming part of the crystallization.

Although Talebagos still cannot fully control this energy, at least it will not go berserk due to overload, and it can make them roughly do what it wants—such as exploding, releasing energy, forming shields, releasing "Crystal Clusters," etc.

However, even so, there is still an upper limit to what can be accommodated, and one still needs to become stronger.

He was pleasantly surprised to find that the test was successful; he never expected that even such a simple method would work.

The Dark Tail Fish smiled without saying a word. "Young man, you should learn from this. The true meaning of life is how to catch fish and live an easy life."

So Talebagos immediately began to deal with the crystals left behind after its rampage, stopping them from expanding and drawing energy from the earth's veins.

It eventually cleared less than one percent of the crystals before it became exhausted.

"In this way, it will only take one or two years for Farns to be restored to its original state."

Kirachi was quite satisfied with the result, as it would minimize the damage that Talebages would cause to the Farnese ecosystem...

……

on the other hand.

At the Grand Contest, Link defeated Rukia and Altaria, and Goman and Mighty in turn, earning his ticket to the finals.

But Xiaoyou and Xiaoyao were in a bad situation. They unexpectedly met in the semi-finals and went through a fierce battle before finally deciding the winner.

This time, it was Haruka who achieved a magnificent victory in the battle.

In other words, next up will be an internal battle between the Fire-type starter Pokémon, Fennekin and Mega Blaziken.

The break passed quickly, and he and Fire Fox stepped onto the final stage together.

(End of this chapter)