Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 364 The Inheritor

It took Link a while to realize that the prototype of the Hourai Jade Branch was not Kaguya of Hourai Mountain in Touhou Gensokyo, but actually a difficult problem posed by Princess Kaguya to a prince in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

But the problem remains unchanged.

"So, the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter also exists in this world?"

He asked Polygon to help him investigate, and discovered that "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" did not exist; instead, the story of "The Bamboo Princess" existed.

Other familiar stories from various countries and cultures also seem to have corresponding counterparts.

It seems that this world has seen more than just one time traveler like him; there have also been plagiarists.

You'd probably have to ask the alpaca for the specifics, but this is a minor matter and not important.

He quickly focused his attention on the riddle posed by the phantom thief.

The so-called Ziwei Enclosure is actually an area composed of Polaris and surrounding stars. When the moon is positioned to the west of Polaris, it is the date of the phantom thief's operation.

The specific date should be the 15th of August or one or two days before, since Princess Kaguya will ascend to the moon palace on the 15th of August, which is the deadline for others to propose marriage.

The 15th of August here refers to the lunar calendar, which corresponds to the first half of October in the Gregorian calendar.

Link checked the time with Polygon and found that the next full moon was in a week.

He and Daigo largely reached the same conclusion.

However, the phrase "the other shore flower will naturally pave a rainbow bridge under the Shadowless Palace" in the announcement made him subconsciously think of a certain inheritor who should have appeared but has not yet shown up.

The Meteor People, who foretold a thousand years from now that a giant meteorite would strike Hoenn, have passed down the legend of the Dragon God from generation to generation. In each generation, there is a successor who strives to establish contact with the Dragon God at the right time so that he can save Hoenn.

However, something seems to have happened to the successor among this generation of Meteor Dwellers... resulting in a vacancy in the current successor's position.

Thinking of this, he immediately sent a message to Daigo to inquire about the current situation of the Meteor People.

While Daigo was conducting his investigation, the winner of the festival battle tournament was decided—Ash from Pallet Town.

The Pikachu that overcame all obstacles and pierced through a group of Pokémon left a very deep impression on the audience.

"Fu~"

In the eyes of the fox, Ash's Pikachu was starting to resemble the red Pikachu they had seen in the Silver Company building.

Link wholeheartedly agreed, noting that training a Pokémon like Pikachu to this level is far more difficult than training a Fennekin with a large move pool, truly befitting Ash's skill.

As the winner of the celebration was revealed, Queen Irene, who had been silently watching the competition, came to the front of the stage and summoned him.

However, when she saw Ash's clothes, she instantly hallucinated the portrait of the Aura Hero hanging on the wall of the palace.

Like, so similar.

It wasn't about appearance, but something metaphysical... especially since both of them seemed to have bred a Pidgeot.

However, Eileen quickly realized that this was just a coincidence and symbolically bestowed upon him the title of "Hero of the Waveguide".

The daytime celebrations have come to a temporary close, and Ash and the other participants who have achieved rankings, as well as special guests from all over the world, have been invited to the castle for a banquet.

Link, who wasn't particularly interested in visiting the castle, returned to the ranch for the time being, planning to attend the banquet symbolically in the evening.

"I wonder how things are going with the Evil Spirit. It probably didn't attack Dream..."

"Fu!"

Ponpo isn't that violent. Fu thinks that Mewtwo must also be restless, and the two of them might get along very well. "Indeed, and Mewtwo comes to visit the ranch every now and then, so they've actually become quite familiar with each other."

"Fu..."

That being said, the fire foxes were surprised to realize that they had never even gone to the Tree of Beginnings to play with Dream.

No wonder Dream suddenly took Evil Pine away.

Isn't it normal for friends to visit each other?
Link nodded. That was indeed the case, but he had always tried to avoid getting close to that place to avoid causing any accidents.

However, if only elves go, there shouldn't be any problems.

"How about you guys go visit the Tree of Beginning? I think it would be more interesting if everyone went together than if it were just Dream and Evil Pine alone."

"Fu!"

"Then it's settled. Munchlax and I will go prepare some snacks."

After saying that, Link went to the kitchen to get busy.

After all, preparing snacks for more than a dozen Pokémon at once is really not easy...

On the other hand, Daigo, who learned several key terms from Link, also investigated some things about Meteor Village.

The successor of this generation is named Xijiana. She mysteriously disappeared for unknown reasons, and the Meteor Dwellers still have no news of her.

In order to deal with the problem of the giant meteorite, another member of Meteor Village took over the other's work and is working hard to establish contact with Rayquaza.

"You mean you want to capture Rayquaza?" Link couldn't help but complain after receiving Daigo's call. "Now we have land, sea, and air forces all together."

"No, I think probably no one can do that."

On the other end of the phone, Daigo sounded rather helpless, unsure how to explain Rayquaza's special nature to Link.

This Pokémon is also an ancient Pokémon, but it is not in the same league or concept as Groudon and Kyogre... It can overpower Groudon and Kyogre.

Daigo guesses that even Talebagos might not be able to easily deal with Rayquaza, since the "Zeroing Realm" can only be effective within a certain range and Talebagos needs to change its form.

Before that, that amount of time was enough for Rayquaza to defeat it.

"The successor to Shigana is named Shigana. I found her in the information provided by Team Magma and Team Aqua."

As he spoke, Daigo opened the file in his hand, which showed a mysterious woman wearing the uniforms of Team Magma and Team Aqua.

"She seemed to have been infiltrating two organizations for a while, but she has vanished without a trace after Crimson Pine and Water Wutong were captured."

The fact that a successor joined an evil organization is an unacceptable scandal for Meteor Village, so they have been searching for Higana recently, but so far there have been no results.

Link fell into deep thought after learning about this from Daigo, and even slowed down his work by a third.

"Kobayashi, judging from that sound, are you kneading dough?"

"That's not important, that's a huge miscalculation. Why do you think Higanbana joined Team Magma and Team Aqua?"

What kind of nickname is "Daiko"? I always feel that Daigo's pronunciation of Link is a bit off.

He pondered for a moment, but couldn't come to a conclusion.

Why would a true inheritor of the Meteor Village appear in both Team Magma and Team Aqua?
(End of this chapter)