Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 357 Ineffective Communication

Thanks to their regular training, the two teams of Pokémon defeated Ghidorah... Ironthorn and Ironneck without causing too much damage.

However, the news of the appearance of a gigantic three-headed dragon in the sky was truly eye-catching and quickly became a widely circulated rumor.

However, when Fennekin and Dragonite returned to the farm with the Poké Balls containing two Future Pokémon and released them again, both Pokémon returned to their "normal" size.

"It seems that future elves will also have the ability to shrink when they encounter danger. That's incredible."

Even after transforming into this form, it still possesses these characteristics, which is practically analogous to the underlying logic of elves.

Polygon was not surprised by this, and the doctor had similar research and conclusions.

To prevent Ironneck and Ironthorn from attacking each other again, Link did not let them meet immediately. After releasing two Pokémon to check their physical condition, he left the seemingly calm Ironthorn outside.

Ironthorn, brought back to the surface, showed none of the rage of Tyranitar, nor did it easily stir up dust. Instead, it calmly watched Link.

Ironthorn's body is not suited to making expressions, but Link's ability allows him to distinguish whether an elf is "silent" or "calm."

This translation skill has indeed helped him a lot, but it seems to be less effective this time.

Just like the single-edged sword sheath from long ago, if the elf decides to say nothing, then Link, who can't hear anything, naturally won't understand anything either.

Polygon always felt that Ironthorn's calmness and dislike of pointless fighting were less about being calm and more about having a sense of lifelessness, probably because he was relatively weak.

It's obvious that its strength is much lower than that of the iron neck...

"Hello, I'm Link. Before being sent back to my original timeline by Talebagos, would you be interested in chatting with the people and elves living in the past?"

Link extended a relatively friendly invitation, but Iron Thorn just watched silently, looking like he couldn't be bothered to say anything.

It refused to speak, not even uttering a mechanical noise, only a simple static buzzing.

"Fu?"

This is a real headache, because they are not very good at forcing elves to talk.

Perhaps Iron Neck would be willing to say something?
before that……

The fire fox touched the iron thorn's metallic body, causing its fur to bristle from static electricity.

Well, its power supply is sufficient.

"Since you're unwilling to say anything, shall we just send it back?"

Jirachi was somewhat disappointed; it really wanted to know what the Hoenn lands, which it had protected for so long, would become in the future.

Polygon pondered, "Do we really want to send it back to the future? Even if we don't care about its combat power, we can let the Doctor conduct research on it."

Link shook his head. Of course, he would still send it back, but this time he wouldn't consider Professor Oak's feelings.

"There's no need. Even if we figured it out, it wouldn't make any difference. We're just too far removed from the era it existed in."

Even if we were to research the characteristics and habits of the Future Species, it would be impossible to summon them on a large scale like Futu did—the cruel and ruthless Future Species would have a tremendous impact on the local ecosystem.

So Polygon had no choice but to give up: "Indeed, Sprout Ranch or Oak Laboratory can't contain Paradoxes like Sector Zero."

“Bagogo”.

Since that's the case, Talebagos is prepared to send Ironthorn back to the future using "Return to Zero." "Bonnie?"

Meanwhile, Erguipeng, who was standing nearby, suddenly had a strange idea: what would happen if the trainer used "Mind Swap" on Ironthorn?
Will Ironthorn exchange souls with another elf, or is there no exchange at all?
In its eyes, the Iron Thorn was practically a machine created by someone from the future...

"Mind swapping...that feels a bit dangerous."

Link was somewhat worried that modern elves would not be able to adapt to the physical structure of future species, and even more concerned that accidents might happen.

Porygon blinked its lights, actually more curious about what would happen if a Digimon like itself were affected by "mind swapping".

Is it to leave a textured shell for another spirit, or simply have it temporarily enter another spirit's body?

Seeing that the trainer had no intention of doing so, Talebagos used "Zeroing Out" to reset the event of Ironthorn traveling back to the modern era.

No matter how many times you watch "Zero Realm", you will always feel that this power is truly incredible.

It is an almost miraculous ability to cancel the impact of an event on reality in an acceptable form according to Talebagos's personal will.

Jirachi felt that, compared to himself, the turtle was more like a wish-granting machine.

"Then I'll release the Iron Neck."

The elves mustered their strength to prevent the rampaging future species from causing destruction.

But when Iron Neck came out again, it became much more well-behaved after fighting Dolphin Man, and no longer used a "destructive beam" when they met.

"Hello, I'm Link. Before being sent back to my original timeline by Talebagos, would you be interested in chatting with the people and elves living in the past?"

Upon hearing this, Iron Neck emitted a passionate electronic voice.

Fortunately, Link's translation skills performed consistently, and he understood the meaning of the electronic sound.

"Is there nothing to talk about? But we'd love to know about your views on the future world, your perspectives on humanity and our time. Is there anything you, as someone who's been through it all, would like to share with us 'primitive people'? Is there anything you're curious about and want to know?"

Learning about the era of the future elves from their words was something Link never had before—a truly wild idea.

Unfortunately, Iron Neck didn't know much about the situation either.

After a bland electronic sound, Link sighed helplessly.

Humans? What are those?
The Iron Neck, living in the future, has no concept of the past and doesn't care about things that will eventually become extinct.

Elves don't study history or understand current events like humans do, so they basically only understand their own surroundings.

Based on this single case, Link cannot confirm whether Ironneck's lack of recognition of humans is due to the fact that humans had long since become extinct in its time, or because its habitat was isolated from the world.

"So, in your opinion, what is the era and environment you live in like? Is it very different from where you are now?"

*Exhilarating electronic sounds.

The Iron Neck repeats the process of destruction and migration, and no matter whether the environment is good or bad, it will level everything and turn it into ruins after it arrives.

Link was speechless. If only the person pulled back to the present by the turtle had been from the future…

"Well, thank you for your reply. Let Talebagos take you back."

(End of this chapter)