Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 369 Getting Lost in Daily Life
The next morning, the group met up early outside the Elf Center.

However, there is an obvious problem—nobody has a driver's license.

The journey from Ordron Castle to the Tree of Beginning is quite long; if you walk, the Gigantamax meteor will have already struck Hoenn by the time you arrive.

"Don't worry, I have a solution."

Xiao Zhi had a flash of inspiration and came up with a great idea.

Link felt that he and Ash had the same idea: "Anyway, Mount Tianqing is in the southwest, are you planning to summon the Ho-Oh Guard?"

However, it turns out that Ash's thought process is much more peculiar than his.

Ash entered the Pokémon Center and used the computer to contact Professor Oak's lab.

"Ash, what brings you to Rota Street all of a sudden?"

Professor Oak's tone was somewhat alarmed, as if he were worried that a 10-year-old rookie trainer might suddenly act rashly and cause trouble by venturing into a forbidden area.

"Of course, it's to attend the celebration."

Xiao Zhi, unaware of the unusual situation on the other end, laid out all the troubles he was facing.

"So I want to replace Farfetch'd, Melometa, and Pidgeotto with three Tauros."

Link: "?"

Why are you collecting so many Tauros? Did you collect 30 at once?

"No, I don't want to ride Tauros!" Misty immediately and clearly refused. "And Rhyhorn is out of the question too. Actually, I brought my bicycle, Ash, you don't need to worry about me."

"Oh, Doctor, I'd like to replace both Tauros."

Xiao Gang also felt that Xiao Zhi's Tauros might not be very reliable: "Well, actually I bred a Rhinoceros, and I just had my brother put protective gear on it and then transfer it over."

In the end, Ash simply replaced Pidgeot with Tauros, so at least all four of them had a way to get around.

only……

Link looked at Ash's Tauros, whose temper seemed unusually bad and who didn't even have protective gear or a saddle, and thought that someone might suffer along the way.

Fortunately, given the physical strength of a super rookie, this is at most just a little bit of hardship.

Lucario, who came from a thousand years ago, was already used to traversing mountains and rivers and did not need a means of transportation.

Seeing that the humans were all ready, he immediately led everyone away from Rota Street and headed towards the Tree of Origin.

Lucario felt particularly conflicted as he watched the four people riding behind him—Tauros, Rhino, Arcanine, and a bicycle.

It had intended to say that the attitude of humans towards elves in this era seemed no different from that of a thousand years ago, but the four people billowing smoke behind it made it lose even the mood to complain.

The journey was smooth sailing, and the four trainers arrived at their destination without encountering any danger... but the expected situation did not occur.

Not long after leaving Lota Street, Ash's Tauros ran into trouble—it wouldn't allow any person or Pokémon to run in front of it!
Then everyone saw the red-hot Tauros accelerate continuously, desperately crashing into the Lucario in front of it.

"Don't hit your teammates! Stop right now, Tauros!"

The trainer's words were carried away by the wind, and Tauros only heard "Don't stop," so it accelerated further and launched "Giga Impact" at Lucario!
"See? I knew it," Xiaoxia sighed, realizing that riding her bike was indeed the right decision.

"?"

Lucario, standing in front of the group, couldn't understand Tauros's thought process. It dodged the charging Bull with a slight movement.

Tauros, undeterred by his failure, arrogantly ignored Lucario and continued his full-speed charge.

"Ah~" "Pi~"

"Wang?"

The Gyrogoa was eager to try.

"Don't try to imitate that. Take your time. There's no rush."

Clearly, Arcanine is much more reliable than Tauros, as it doesn't easily abandon its brain and run wild.

But precisely because of this, everyone saw Ash and Tauros ride off into the distance, disappearing from sight. Misty maintained a steady pace throughout, asking, "Does Ash know the way?"

"It's alright, the Tree of Beginning is so big, there are landmarks, it's impossible to get lost." Brock stopped the Rhino, who also wanted to speed up, and didn't care too much about the missing Ash.

Upon hearing this, Link fell silent.

Hard to say.

Ash seems to be the kind of person who can get lost on a straight road because of his curiosity.

Lucario also didn't think Ash would get lost.

Weren't they supposed to be escorting it? How did they end up getting lost?
Modern people seem quite different from people of their time; their personalities are perhaps far too cheerful.

So the group paid no attention to Ash, believing they would meet him soon, and continued to follow Lucario step by step.

Time flew by as they traveled, and soon it was noon.

Noticing that the elves and Xiaoxia were somewhat tired, the group stopped at a place with lush vegetation and began to prepare lunch for the humans and elves.

"Where's Xiaozhi?"

Xiaoxia looked around, but there seemed to be no trace of Tauros around.

How could Ash disappear from such a straight line?
"That's how it is with Xiaozhi."

Link was not surprised at all and calmly prepared lunch with Xiaogang.

Seeing this, Xiaoxia was speechless with disbelief: "This is just too... colorful."

Disappear on the road, head to a location that doesn't exist on the map, and encounter novel scenery and spirits.

While getting lost is certainly frustrating, it's still much more interesting than a routine journey.

"Ash is the winner of the Indigo League after all, so there's no need to worry about him."

Xiao Gang casually prepared an extra sandwich, intending to save it for the other person to eat later.

"Speaking of which, the encyclopedia does have a map and location function, right?"

Upon hearing the keywords, Porygon, which resides in Link's Pokédex, attempted to connect to the internet to check Ash's location.

Unfortunately, there are no base stations around their location, so it is currently offline.

"The sandwich is done. Wait, where's Lucario?"

Just as Xiao Gang was about to call Lucario to eat, he noticed it standing in the middle of the road, eyes closed and ears perked up in concentration.

Polygon timely retrieved the information from the Pokédex.

"Riolu... no, Lucario, the Aura Pokémon. It can detect the types and moods of creatures more than 1 kilometer away and use its aura to hunt in groups."

It turns out that Lucario is a social Pokémon; this is the first time Link has known this.

"Given Tauros's speed, it's unlikely that Ash will be within a kilometer of us."

A moment later, Lucario's investigation yielded results.

"Even if we sacrifice precision, we can still detect things a kilometer away."

It calmly analyzed, "About three kilometers away, there are some activated Time Flowers. We might be able to find out where Ash is through them."

Waveguides enable the intentional or unintentional storage of images within the Flower of Time, ensuring that such information remains authentic even after thousands of years.

"Bagogo?"

Talebagos found it unbelievable.

What flowers can live for a thousand years?

(End of this chapter)