Pokémon: Did you play Pokémon today?

Chapter 390 "Now that you mention it, he does resemble a younger version of Uncle Liu..."

"It works!"

Qibana's eyes lit up, and he immediately manipulated A Xiang to raise the feather.

"Ho-Oh! Look here! These are your feathers! Do you remember them?"

Ho-Oh did not respond, but the attack stopped.

It hovered in mid-air, its dark red light fluctuating violently, as if it were fighting against some kind of force.

Upon seeing this, Lugia immediately let out a cry and unleashed a vortex attack towards Zibana!

"Charizard! Stop it! Hold it!"

Emperor Dan immediately gave orders.

The Charizard was already poised to attack, flapping its wings to meet the attack!

It crossed its arms, and all its energy surged wildly in front of it, condensing into a semi-transparent energy shield!

The cyclone attack and the barrier collided violently!

The energy storm exploded, and the shockwave turned the surrounding rain into mist!

The Charizard was propelled backward several meters by the enormous impact, its arms trembling, but it held firm to the line of defense!

"Hurry! Keep going! Don't worry about anything else!"

"Dan Di shouted."

Kibana took a deep breath and controlled Hibiki to run towards Ho-Oh.

"Ho-Oh! Wake up!"

He raised the rainbow-colored feather high.

"You are the Rainbow God! The Pokémon that brings hope to the world! You should not be controlled! You—"

"Wake up, you bastard!!!"

Responding to his call, the rainbow feathers shone with ever greater brilliance.

The light seemed to have a life of its own, flowing from the feathers and slowly drifting towards the Phoenix King.

The dark red light on Phoenix King's body began to tremble violently. It let out a painful cry, and its wings flapped wildly, stirring up a storm.

But the seven-colored light resolutely approached and finally touched its body.

Buzz—

An invisible ripple spread outwards.

The dark red light shattered and dissipated in the rain.

Phoenix King's eyes regained their luster.

It lowered its head and looked at Qibana, at the rainbow feather.

A look of confusion flashed in his eyes, followed by understanding, and finally anger.

It suddenly turned its head and looked at Lugia on the other side.

Lugia was still shrouded in dark red light, his eyes vacant, preparing to launch his next attack.

Phoenix King let out a deafening cry!

Seven-colored flames erupted from its body, and with a flap of its wings, it pounced on Lugia!

Two legendary Pokémon clash once again in mid-air!

"Holy crap! It worked! It really worked! Phoenix King betrayed us! Pill Emperor is awesome! How did he even think of that?!"

"Chibana: I'll handle the recklessness, Dan will handle the strategy. Makes sense!"

"So the game's premise is that feathers can awaken controlled legendary Pokémon? If there's a silver feather, could it also awaken Lugia?"

"Definitely! The Masked Man used the Silver Feather to control Lugia; using it in reverse will break the control!"

"So the more you collect beforehand, the easier it becomes in the end! If you have both feathers, wouldn't Ho-Oh and Lugia both be able to betray you!?"

"This plot design is incredibly intricate! From the moment we obtained the Rainbow Feather from the Burnt Tower, it was all foreshadowing this moment? This is true game design!"

"It's terrifying to think about—so there's no real dead end in this game, it just depends on whether you explored it properly beforehand—|"

"Teacher Salty Fish, I was wrong! It was wrong of me to insult you just now! I shouldn't have been so rude! I'm sorry!!!"

The live chat exploded with excitement.

The feed was flooded with messages, making it almost impossible to see any individual message.

Qibana also breathed a sigh of relief and wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead.

"Phew—you were right—I almost thought we were going to crash."

"It's not a guess, it's deduction."

Dan Di smiled, his tone becoming slightly more relaxed, but his gaze remained fixed on the battle in the sky.

"Because Mr. Salty Fish never designs unsolvable levels; he leaves us clues, we just didn't notice them before."

"Fine, fine, you're the champion, you get to decide."

Ciban rolled his eyes, but couldn't help but grin.

In the air, the tide of battle had turned.

Lugia is still powerful, but with Ho-Oh's help, it is no longer invincible.

The two legendary Pokémon were already evenly matched, and now in a one-on-one battle, they were evenly matched.

The holy fire and the cyclone attacks collided repeatedly, dyeing the sky a mixture of rainbows and deep blue.

Just then, Xiao Yin walked over.

Although his crocodile and Manuel were covered in wounds, they still stayed by his side, their eyes burning with an indomitable fighting spirit.

"Little Silver: Leave this to me."

He looked at Lugia in the air with a determined gaze.

"Little Silver: You guys go after Masked Man. Celebi's power won't last much longer; the rift is about to close—"

"Xiao Yin: We absolutely must not let him change his past."

"What?!"

Cibana was somewhat skeptical.

"You alone? You think you can stop Lugia?!"

"Little Silver: Even if we can't stop it—we'll still stop it!"

"Little Silver: But if we don't stop them, Celebi really won't be able to come back!"

Silver spoke with absolute certainty as he threw out all the Poké Balls.

The light flashed repeatedly.

Crossbat, Crowhead, Kingdra, Gyarados.

The entire team took to the field.

Although their levels are not as high as Ho-Oh and Lugia, the six Pokémon working together, with Ho-Oh's assistance, should be able to hold off Lugia for a while.

Little Silver: Let's go!

He roared and commanded the crocodile to charge at Lugia once again!

The crocodile roared and clung tightly to Lugia's wing!

No matter how frantically Lugia shook it, it just wouldn't let go!

"Little Silver is awesome!!!"

"Mighty Crocodile is awesome!!!"

"To stand up to Lugia for a friend—what kind of divine friendship is this?!"

"Little Silver! My godson! You've grown up!"

"Charge! Kibanadante! Don't let Little Silver down!"

Dante and Chibana nodded simultaneously.

"I'll leave this to you."

Without further hesitation, the two controlled their characters and rushed towards the spatial rift in front of the ancestral hall.

The crack had shrunk to just enough for one person to pass through, and the light at the edges was flickering constantly, clearly indicating that it was extremely unstable.

They jumped in, one after the other.

The image distorted, spun, and blurred.

After passing through a long tunnel, we were surrounded by bizarre colors and fragmented images.

Finally, everything returned to calm.

They appeared on a glacier.

A biting wind howled past, swirling up tiny ice crystals.

The sky was grayish-white, with thick, low-hanging clouds that looked like they could bring snow at any moment.

Looking around, all that could be seen was a vast expanse of white ice, with towering icebergs in the distance, gleaming with a bluish luster in the dim light.

"here it is----"

Qibana controlled his character to look around, but there was no one in sight.

"Where is the masked man?"

"The other side of the time rift should be some point in the past."

Dan Di quickly analyzed, "The masked man came in before us; he's probably already gone to find what he wants to change."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's find it!"

The two controlled their characters to run on the glacier.

The ice surface was slippery, and the surroundings were deathly silent, with only the mournful sound of the wind.

"This atmosphere—it's giving me goosebumps."

"What exactly does the masked man want to change? I'm so anxious!"

"Don't rush, explore slowly, this kind of map must have a storyline."

After searching for about five minutes, they finally spotted a lone figure on a relatively flat ice field.

He was a young man.

He was wearing slightly outdated mountaineering clothes and was squatting on the ice, with two dragons following him.

The two lacrosse were smaller than ordinary lacrosse and looked quite young.

They lay docilely beside the young man, emitting soft chirps, and occasionally nuzzling his arm with their heads.

The young man was organizing supplies in his backpack with practiced ease, clearly an experienced wilderness trainer.

"That is—"

Cibana frowned, a strange sense of familiarity welling up inside him.

"Why does he look so familiar?"

Dan Di also narrowed his eyes, carefully examining the young man on the screen.

They do look familiar, but I can't quite place who they are.

"Who's this? A new NPC? He's so handsome!"

"With two Lapras—could it be—a Lapras trainer? Are there still people who specialize in Lapras these days?"

"Wait, his profile—I feel like... he looks a bit like..."

"Who does it look like? Tell me already, stop keeping me in suspense!"

"I'm not sure—but he kind of looks like the curator from Kaji Town—"

"Uncle Liu?! That can't be! Isn't Uncle Liu an old man? This young man looks to be only in his early twenties!"

"But it really does look a bit like it! Especially the shape of the nose, and that—that feeling, you know?"

"Now that you mention it, he does seem a bit like a younger version of Uncle Liu —"

Just as the comments section was filled with speculation, an unexpected incident occurred.

The young man seemed to want to lead the two dragons across a crevice in the ice field.

The crevice wasn't very wide, about two or three meters, but for a large dragon like Lapras, it required careful passage.

The young man first stepped onto the ice to test it out, and after feeling that it was stable enough, he turned around and waved to Chenglong to follow.

The first dragon stepped onto it.

The young man watched it nervously, muttering something under his breath, probably as encouragement.

suddenly.

The ice surface made a slight cracking sound.

The young man's expression changed drastically, and he abruptly raised his hand, trying to make Chenglong retreat.

But it was too late.

Crack! The ice surface shattered completely!

The dragon let out a terrified cry, and its huge body instantly lost its support and fell into the crevice!

"No-!!!"

The young man's roar shattered the silence.

He instinctively wanted to rush over and pull him up, but the second dragon saw its companion fall and, in a moment of desperation, also stepped onto the ice to try and save him!

Click—

The second piece of ice also broke!

Two dragons, one in front of the other, plunged into the bottomless ice crevice amidst the young man's heart-wrenching screams.

The young man's legs gave way, and he collapsed onto the cold ice, his face deathly pale.

He lunged to the edge of the crevice and shouted down, but only the howling wind answered him.

There's nothing left.

Just then, a small figure peeked out from his scattered backpack.

It was a baby dragon that had just hatched from its egg.

It was only the size of a palm, with wet eyes, looking around blankly, not understanding what was happening.

It let out a weak cry, as if searching for its relatives.

The young man turned his head and saw it.

At that moment, his expression completely broke down.

He trembled as he picked up the little dragon and held it tightly in his arms.

With her head down, she buried her face in the little dragon's wet head, her shoulders trembling violently.

His voice choked with sobs, broken and intermittent, filled with endless regret.

"I'm sorry—I'm so sorry—it's all my fault—"

"I shouldn't have brought you here—I shouldn't have been so confident—I thought I could—I thought—I'm sorry—"

"I'm sorry—really—I'm so sorry—"

He apologized again and again, tears silently streaming down his face, dripping onto the wet head of the little dragon in his arms.

But Little Dragon knew nothing.

It just cried sadly, looking at the crack.

At this moment, the entire live stream room fell into an unprecedented silence.

Then, the comments section exploded.

"Holy crap—this plot—my heart is broken—"

"Wait, if this young man really is Uncle Liu, then was his later transformation due to this accident?"

"Very likely! He lost an important Pokémon, and his personality became withdrawn and cold —"

"Having lost two Lapras, leaving only this little one—how painful that must have been for him—"

"I cried, I really cried! Why did this have to happen?! You old scoundrel, come out here! I promise I won't kill you!"

"Young Liu Bo, a spirited trainer, with his two beloved Lapras—and then—"

"this----"

Qibana felt uneasy watching this, and his voice clearly carried a suppressed emotion.

"Should we go help?"

He wanted to move forward as soon as he controlled the character.

"etc."

Dan Di's voice suddenly rang out, stopping him.

"What if we went back now and changed the past—what would happen?"

He raised a serious question.

The voice was deep and muffled.

"That young man was clearly a trainer of this era. He suffered an accident and lost two Lapras. This is history."

"If we intervene and save those two dragons, then history will be changed."

"Changing the past will cause a time paradox, and may even lead to chaos in the current game world, forcing a restart."

""

The viewers in the live chat also realized the seriousness of the problem, and the debate escalated instantly.

"Dan is right. The biggest taboo in time travel is altering the past; that's basic common sense!"

"But if we don't save them, those two Lapras are doomed! Are we just going to watch them die?!"

"But what if we save him? What would happen to the game world now? If Uncle Liu hadn't lost Lapras when he was young, would he still be the Uncle Liu we know today?"

"So if we save Lapras, the Gym Leader of Kaji Town might not be Prudential anymore. In a more serious scenario, the entire Johto region's storyline might have to be rewritten!"

"What kind of moral dilemma is this! To save or not to save?!"

"This isn't a moral dilemma, it's a paradoxical dilemma! If we save them, the timeline might collapse and start over; if we don't save them, we're just watching a tragedy unfold!"

"Damn, this game is too cruel—"

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