Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 454 The Haunting Continues
Is it possible that prehistoric elves were completely clueless when asked questions?

After emerging from the Poké Ball, this time the Thunder Drum did not attack rashly. Link and Fennekin also indicated that they had no hostile intentions and were simply resolving a haunted incident.

Due to the current special circumstances, they can only ask the Thunder Drum to remain in this era for the time being, and wait until time and space return to stability and stop causing time distortions as usual, before having Talebagos send it back to its own era.

Meng Lei Gu responded with an attitude of "you're right, so you're right," and, completely baffled by the current situation, it was too lazy to even think about it.

This casual style really helped a lot.

However, when Link asked about its era and prehistoric life, he discovered that Thunder Drum was surprisingly ignorant, its life consisting mainly of foraging and fighting, and it knew little about anything else.

“Bagogo”.

Talebages wholeheartedly agreed; in their time, who had the energy to pay attention to other things?

"Sigh, even knowing only its dietary habits, the climate of that era, and the environment is still valuable."

Although Thunder Drum knew nothing about it, Link still managed to get a lot of information out of it and, after reaching an agreement with it, sent it to the research institute in Pallet Town.

To be honest, he really wanted to find a Ditto to leave behind a seed, and try to breed a population of Thunder Drum in modern times.

However, fearing that it would end up like the fossil Pokémon Bite Dragon, they had no choice but to give up.

The genetic technology that Polygon had stored on the new island did have a good chance of creating identical clones, but the problem was that this was somewhat unethical...

Link's love of knowledge did not extend to the point of neglecting humanity.

Now that the Thunder Drum has been sent to the Ooki Research Institute, it's time for them to leave Mt. Raibou.

When they returned to Enju City, they found that there were significantly more people during the day.

However, a large portion of them are trainers who wander the streets after learning that the former champion has been spotted there, and they will issue a challenge the moment they see Link.

At first, he accepted the challenge with great interest, but he soon got tired of it. In the end, with the help of the fire fox, he disappeared and disguised himself, thus becoming just another ordinary person.

"Should we go to the Bell Tower first, or do we visit the Bell Tower again?"

They hadn't fully explored the ruins last night and weren't sure if the ghosts of the other two members of the Phoenix Guard would appear there.

"Fu?"

Ghosts probably don't appear during the day.

That makes sense. Eventually, Link brought the Fire Fox to the Enju Dance Grounds to watch the unique Enju dance used for religious ceremonies.

Girls in kimonos, accompanied by Eevee, dance gracefully on stage. The mysterious and solemn dance is said to have been passed down for thousands of years and is a traditional program that the citizens of Oenju have watched since childhood.

Link and the Fire Fox, who occasionally participate in the Grand Contest, watched intently, finding this art form of humans and elves dancing together particularly novel.

They were quite certain that if these people participated in the Grand Contest, they would certainly be some kind of formidable opponent.

"After the Sinnoh faith spread to the Johto region, it merged with the local beliefs to some extent, and the use of dance to worship the gods became a unique culture."

"It is said that after performing a traditional dance in a specific place, one can even summon the gods. It is unknown whether this is the effect of the moves or some kind of ability or ritual."

Supernatural forces do exist in this world, but what is the principle behind using dance to summon them?

"Fu~"

The Fiery Fox nodded. If the trainer said "it is said," then it must be true. In other words, the dance at the Vermilion Dance Arena really can summon gods. Well then, it should reluctantly learn a trick.

In this way, the dances it mastered included both rain-seeking dances and sacrificial dances. The dance performances continued until noon. After the performances ended, the fire fox had barely learned to dance, but whether it would actually work was still unknown.

Humans and Pokémon came to the park for a picnic and also watched the trainers battle.

During this period, trainers who received beginner Pokémon have already challenged one or two gyms, and their teams have basically assembled a 3v3 singles lineup, which looks quite impressive in battles.

In particular, in recent years, Crimson and others have set an example, and the newcomers are no longer mindlessly using four attacks of their own type like they did a few years ago. They have also begun to consider variations in moves and the balance of their lineups, which is truly gratifying.

Just as Link was watching the battle with satisfaction, Professor Oak, who was far away in Kanto, called.

"Kolin, what exactly is the spirit you sent? Its genes are very similar to Raikou's."

The person on the other end of the phone sounded very excited, clearly thrilled by the newly discovered mysterious creature: "Could it be an evolved form of Raikou, or a subspecies from another region?"

"Hmm, Kobayashi is currently in Johto, right? How could there be a subspecies of Raikou there?"

Dr. Yamanashi was also on the other end of the phone, and he was more inclined to believe that the two had an evolutionary relationship.

He was quite shocked by his belief that the legendary Pokémon had reached perfection and stopped evolving, and began to doubt his own theory.

But Link disagreed: "Humans and bananas are quite similar in genes, don't overthink it. So far, there shouldn't be any mammalian elves that have evolved into reptiles."

There's none?
……

That doesn't seem to be the case.

Dr. Yamanashi on the other end of the phone also fell into deep thought: "Really not... Egg is a plant, right? It evolved into a dragon."

"Don't get confused, Professor Oak." Professor Oak was the first to react, not misled by the tactic of changing the subject. "Krillin, what Pokémon did you send?"

"I call it Thunder Drum. It is speculated that it is an elf that lived on this planet a very long time ago, before humans appeared. For more details, you might have to ask Porygon?"

The Porygon in the Pokédex flashed, revealing a large X.

"There is no specific data on rare paradoxes in the database, so it is presumed that the AI ​​had no contact with it during its lifetime."

Link shrugged; he knew nothing about it.

Professor Oak, though puzzled, grasped the gist of it: "So, this is a prehistoric spirit that Talebagos summoned from ancient times to the present?"

"Hey!"

"Well, last night's ghost story was a bit unusual, so this is the only thing I can do."

After a pause, Link subconsciously thought of Ash: "Speaking of which, is Ash currently traveling in the Sinnoh region?"

"That's right. He challenged the Johto and Hoenn Leagues the previous two years, so this year he's going to challenge the Sinnoh League."

Even though he had received a definite answer from the doctor, Link's expression darkened considerably.

This means that this year is indeed close to the end of the world...

"That's settled then. I'll go check out the Burnt Tower again tonight. Maybe I can find other similar Pokémon. Doctors can look forward to the Ancient Species of Entei and Suicune."

That night, when Link and the Fire Fox arrived at the Burnt Tower, they discovered that the haunting was indeed far from over...

(End of this chapter)