Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 372 You Must Face It
In what form do the souls of humans and spirits exist?

There are claims that so-called "spirits" exist in the world, and indeed, it has been proven that souls and ghost-like spirits exist in this world.

The Silver Company in the Kanto region has even developed instruments that can observe spirits.

However, some people believe that the soul is actually composed of electrical signals and plasma.

And anyway.

Based on existing examples, it is indeed possible for the souls of humans and spirits to crystallize after death.

This is at least true for the Talebagh ethnic group.

Therefore, upon seeing the crystal resembling a human, Talebagos realized that it might contain the remnants of the human that Lucario wanted to see.

In a sense, Aaron did indeed fulfill his final wish, seeing Lucario one last time in another form.

"You mean, this is Lord Aaron?"

In his astonishment, Lucario suddenly realized what was happening, but didn't know how to face it.

It came too late; unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in reality...

That's not necessarily true?
Talebagos seemed to be deep in thought. Since there was a medium in front of him, it was actually easy to locate its temporal coordinates and then cause a small-scale time distortion in a short period of time.

Since few people visit the core of the Tree of Origin, and a mere thousand years is a very short time, it shouldn't pose much of a challenge for it now.

It's just that it's unsure whether doing so will trigger a mutation...

Seeing that Turtle was taking the initiative, Link naturally encouraged him, "It's just going back to that time to see him one last time. It won't affect the present. Go for it."

After receiving advice from his trainer, Talebagos decisively transformed into its Crystal form, activating the hidden power of the Crystal Force.

The energy of the crystal transformed into a misty haze that filled the surroundings, while a mysterious radiance from an unknown source illuminated the entire space.

The effects of time on reality were temporarily reversed, causing a small-scale spacetime distortion at the core of the Tree of Origin.

"What's going on? What happened?"

Ash, who is very sensitive to waveguides, quickly noticed the anomaly in the surrounding spacetime and looked at Talebagos, who seemed to be doing something, with disbelief.

Marcia, who dwells in the shadows, is also forced out due to the anomaly in the space.

"Masha!"

Upon seeing this, Kira was utterly bewildered: "I sensed the presence of another version of myself; we've traveled through time!"

Even Dream looked at Talebagos with curiosity, wanting to transform into its appearance, only to discover that the turtle was actually a mineral energy life form.

Then, the dreamlike creature transformed into its normal form, Talebagos.

Since it does not understand the power of the Taijing, it seems unable to transform into the form of the Taijing for the time being.

"It's not about traveling through time and space, but about creating an overlap between two timelines in a short period of time and pulling a specific entity into our current phase."

Link, who had gradually gotten used to the distortion of spacetime, calmly explained, and even had the leisure to wonder why some elves would evolve high heels, and to count how many mythical beasts had appeared.

Mew, Jirachi, Marshadow, Melmet...

Before long, the effects of Talebagos took full effect, and an anxious figure appeared before everyone.

It was none other than Aaron, the hero of the Waveguide from a thousand years ago.

He had just arrived at the core of the Tree of Beginning when he unexpectedly saw the Pokémon he had recently sealed in his staff and had Pidgeot take back to Ordron. "Lucario?"

He looked at the apprentice who shouldn't be there with disbelief, and asked in surprise, "You actually broke the 'seal' and got here... And who are these people?"

The four teenagers in front of him didn't seem to be residents of Rota Street. Why were they suddenly here, and why had they even arrived at the Tree of Beginnings before him?

"Lord Aaron, I am..."

Lucario hesitated, unsure whether he should reveal the truth.

Link originally said he would let them meet the last one, but the spacetime distortion caused by Talebagos caused a slight deviation, bringing them to the time before Aaron lost his waveguide.

Perhaps this is what it truly wants.

It wasn't about seeing Aaron one last time, but about facing it together.

"We come from the future to help you." The straightforward Ash didn't have many reservations and spoke the truth directly, "A thousand years later, we accidentally broke the seal on the scepter and accidentally traveled back to the past. This time, we will definitely be able to quell the war without sacrificing anyone!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Gang hesitated, but what should he do about the time paradox?

He quickly looked at Link, frantically trying to come up with a better solution with his eyes.

However, Link completely missed his hint and was only thinking about how Lucario returned to the past in the original movie.

As is well known, there is an Easter egg at the end of the Aura Heroes the Movie where Lucario travels back in time to embark on a new journey with Aaron and share chocolate.

In reality, Lucario's fate was to perish in the future, a thousand years later.

Does this blank space mean that anything is possible?
"Don't worry about Oak, Hanako, or even you, Ash, disappearing into thin air after we go back to the future. Do whatever you want."

Link believes that this level of modification is feasible, as long as the perception that "Alan the Waveguide Warrior disappears into thin air" remains unchanged.

At worst, we can just have Celebi and Dialga work overtime...

"Of course!"

Ash is always like this; once he gets carried away, he won't consider anything else.

Seeing that Aaron and Lucario were still somewhat confused, he directly released the Lucario he had raised.

"I'm also a waveguide user, and I can lend my waveguide to Dream together with you!"

After saying that, he put on the gloves left behind by Aaron and focused intently on demonstrating his abilities as a waveguide user.

With time running out, Aaron didn't have time to think it through and chose to believe the humans that Lucario was willing to believe.

He quickly called upon Dream, hoping it would appear before everyone.

Just as Mew was about to revert to its original form after transforming into its normal form, Talebagos, Jirachi and Marshadow pinned it down.

Hearing the call, Mew appeared in the form of Ho-Oh and came before Aaron.

The four Aura users immediately worked together, matching their respective Auras and sending it to Mew...

Meanwhile, Xia, who had remained silent due to a strange feeling after the spacetime distortion, suddenly realized what the "blind spot" that made her feel uneasy was.

She quietly approached Link and whispered a detail that even he hadn't noticed: "Lin, don't you find it a little strange? Why haven't the Aura Hero's gloves been corroded, weathered, or broken after thousands of years?"

What kind of cloth or leather could have survived to this day in such an environment a thousand years ago?

(End of this chapter)