He knows Pokémon better than me.

Xiao Zhi suddenly snapped out of his daze and looked at the woman eating ice cream next to him with a blank expression.

Wait a minute, what does that mean?
He immediately became wary; this woman was indeed no ordinary person.

"Miss Wusi, do you know the whereabouts of my friends? Hikari, and Full Moon, and the young lady is none other than Plantina!"

There seems to be another person, but who was it again?

Wu Si nodded, his tone suddenly becoming much sharper.

"Your friends have all chosen the time and space they want to go to."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi thought to himself that she hadn't disappeared without a reason, so was it related to the woman in front of him?

"Choose the time and space you want to go to?"

He looked at the noblewoman in front of him with suspicion. Could she possibly possess such an ability as a humanoid divine beast?

However, if they could really travel through time, without a doubt, Full Moon and Miss would want to go back to their hometown, the Sinnoh region, to see what was going on, since their friends and family were there.

But Xiaoguang is originally from this world, so there shouldn't be a "spacetime he wants to go to", right?

Seemingly sensing Ash's doubt, Wusi added:

"Oh, that little girl named Xiaoguang is an exception; she was chosen."

"Chosen? Chosen by whom?"

Wusi did not respond to Xiaozhi's question. He put the ice cream paper bowl aside, and out of nowhere, he pulled out a 15x10cm grayish-white stone slab from a large pocket in his arms.

The stone slab has notches on all four sides, a cross pattern in the center of the surface, and a small rhombus at each of the four corners connected by diagonal lines.

It's less like a stone slab and more like the cover of a book.
"This is... the Slate of Arceus?"

Ash blinked. He had collected quite a few Arceus Slabs of different colors and attributes before, but none of them were the same as the one in front of him.

Moreover, his stone slabs were all solid colors, without any strange patterns.

It does have a similar taste, but it's not quite the same.

"As expected, you are also someone who is destined to meet the Great Lord Sinnoh. This is called the Legendary Stone Tablet, and it is different from any other stone tablet you have seen before."

Wu Si smiled, held the stone slab in his hands, and looked at Xiao Zhi again, asking:

"So, have you decided which timeline you want to go to next?"

Xiao Zhi didn't answer immediately; he was full of questions.

"Who exactly are you, and what is the purpose of this stone slab?"

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Where did Xiaoguang go?

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"Are you the legendary Arceus?!"

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However, no matter what question Ash asked, Wu Si would just smile faintly and remain silent, waiting for the player to confirm the option before proceeding with the next step, just like a human-machine interaction.

Xiao Zhi stroked his chin and pondered, "Could this woman really have such a peculiar ability?"
At that time, rabbis, Dialga, and the like could all be laid off!
But Hikari and the others have indeed disappeared.
After a short while, Xiao Zhi made up his mind and said in a deep voice:
"If I could really choose, I would go to the timeline where Hikaru is!!"

He doesn't need to worry about Full Moon and the young lady at all, but it's hard to say about Hikaru.

Although Dawn is now definitely among the elite trainers with considerable strength, Wusi's earlier statement that only Dawn was "chosen" still left him somewhat worried.
"What an interesting choice!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Si smiled, and the legendary stone tablet in his hand began to tremble inexplicably. The four rhombuses at the corners turned green, as if they had transformed into emerald green jade.

The central cross pattern is tinged with dark gold and extends outwards, forming a structure resembling a hollowed-out cross skeleton.

The entire stone slab shimmered with a dazzling white light.

"This is... Arceus?"

Ash looked surprised. He had seen a "shortcut" Arceus clone in the Kalos region. The color and structure changes on the stone slab at this moment looked very much like the cross skeleton inlaid on Arceus's waist.

He quickly looked to the side; the ice cream truck owner was still watching them.

To his surprise, time and space around him seemed to have completely frozen, and the air was covered with a gray-white filter. The boss stared blankly at this place, motionless.

In the entire space-time continuum, it seemed that only he and Wusi were still able to move.

Even Pikachu and Zoroark on its shoulders seemed to have turned into gray-white stone statues.

"Pickup!!"

However, the next moment, Pikachu cried out and shuddered, forcibly regaining its mobility.

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Wu Si was stunned for a moment. What was the background of this electric mouse? It could even break through the time-stop state of the Sinnoh Grandmaster?
But none of this matters anymore.

Swoosh!

A beam of light suddenly shot out from the stone slab, creating an opening resembling a teleportation portal two meters in front of it.

As the portal took shape, a scene appeared in the middle that seemed to be a beach.
And a familiar scent wafted towards me.

"This is... Xicui District?!"

Xiao Zhi recognized it at a glance; it smelled exactly like Ming Yao!
He looked at Wusi with a face full of surprise. Could this woman really be Arceus?!

In other words, Xiaoguang was chosen to go to the "Xicui area"?!

"It is said that the Greenland region is a dangerous place, where the wild Pokémon are fierce and brutal, and will attack or even kill humans."

"It is said that the fiery beasts there will forcibly drag human girls away, take them back to their caves, and perform special rituals on them."

In an instant, Ash recalled Doraemon's earlier words and broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, he chose this one; I can't bear to imagine what it would be like if Xiao Guang were dragged away by a fiery beast.

I don't know how long it will be before I can come back after I go in.
"Never mind, let's get in first and then come back, Zoroark."

Ash used his backhand to retrieve Zoroark, which was stuck in "time stop," back into the Poké Ball, and then took Pikachu directly into the Time Gate.

He's already traveled through many different time periods, so one more won't make a difference.
Perfect timing, he'd been wanting to visit the Xicui area for a while now.

Outside the door, Wu Si secretly observed Xiao Zhi's changing expression and gradually revealed a look of surprise.

Other people would feel nervous and apprehensive in this situation, right?
However, all she saw on Xiaozhi's face was "excitement".

"What an interesting young man!"

Wu Si chuckled softly and, carrying the stone slab in his hand, stepped into the portal as well.

Swoosh!

After a short while, the portal to the Xicui area slowly disappeared, as if nothing had ever happened.

The world around him regained its color, and the ice cream truck owner, now mobile again, looked around curiously, scratching his head in confusion:
"Huh? That pretty customer and the young man were just talking over there. How did they suddenly disappear?" (End of Chapter)