Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 564 Chinese New Year
"What are these two Pokémon?"

Qishu looked at the baby bear and Menghuan flying in, his face full of surprise.

Seeing that there was one more person here with Naoki, Baby Bear and Menghuan also looked at Qishu curiously.

"One?"

"miu?"

Zhishu smiled and introduced them to each other: "This is Qishu, my girlfriend. After we get married, Qishu will move to the ranch and live with us."

"This is Dream and Baby Bear, they are..."

At this point, Naoki slapped his head and suddenly remembered that there was something he hadn't told Qishu.

Now that their relationship has come to this point, there is no need to hide the matter of the World Tree.

Realizing this, Zhishu put down the goods in his hand, took Qishu's hand, and said to her: "Come with me, I will take you to a place."

Qishu was stunned for a moment, and seeing the expression on Zhishu's face, she couldn't help but feel curious about that place.

"Baby Bear, Menghuan, come along too! A lot of changes have taken place in the guild since the last time you left!" Naoki said to Menghuan and Baby Bear again.

Dream and Baby Bear have heard about this matter from Mewtwo, but they have not seen with their own eyes how everyone in the expedition team guild enters the maze to explore in an orderly manner.

Now, after hearing what Naoki said, the two Pokémon's hearts were immediately drawn to the World Tree.

"One!"

"miu!"

Naoki let the Pokémon continue playing at home while he and Qishu went out.

A group of Pokémon happily agreed. Seeing this, Naoki took Qishu, followed by Baby Bear and Mew, out of the door and walked towards the entrance of the reverse world.

"Actually, I've been thinking about how to tell you about this recently," Naoki said.

Qi Shu blinked, she had just heard the conversation between Naoki and the two Pokémon, the World Tree, the Expedition Team Guild... it sounded incredible!
At this moment, Naoki suddenly stopped in front of a lake.

"Come on! Jump down!"

Qi Shu immediately opened his eyes wide: "Huh?!"

Naoki smiled and shook his head, "It's not what you think. This is the entrance to the reverse world. If you jump in, you can reach another dimension."

The reverse world...isn't that Giratina's domain?

At this moment, Qi Shu suddenly had an idea. Could it be that Zhi Shu was...

Sure enough, when she followed Naoki into the lake, everything she saw instantly confirmed her guess.

The broken sky island, the deep void, the latitude filled with the breath of destruction, and the Pokémon lying on a sky island full of flowers.

That's... Giratina? !

Even though he had expected it, when the moment really came, Qi Shu was still so shocked that he stood there in a daze, staring blankly at everything in front of him.

Then, an excited expression appeared on her face: "Since Giratina is here, then Naoki you must be..."

Naoki put his finger in front of his lips and made a gesture of silence: "Remember to keep it a secret for me!"

Qishu was so shocked that she couldn't say anything. She had never thought that the true identity of her marriage partner would be so shocking!
"Chief, do they know?" Qishu murmured.

Naoki shook his head: "No, you are the only one who knows in the Padiya Alliance. However, this is not the place I want to show you. Come with me!"

After that, Naoki flew forward, with Qishu following beside him, and Baby Bear and Dream flying in the front.

After rising for a distance, a cave with light suddenly appeared in front of us.

A group of people passed through the cave, and the next second, the surrounding scene changed drastically.

When Qi Shu saw everything in front of him clearly, he was stunned again.

The huge tree canopy blocked out the sun, and the golden sunlight shone through the gaps onto the grass. In front, there were rows of peculiarly shaped buildings.

And in the center of the building, there is a huge "door" floating.

Near the door, all kinds of Pokémon came and went. Some waved goodbye to their companions and entered the door, while others came out of the door carrying large and small bags.

As soon as Mew and Baby Bear appeared, they attracted Mewtwo's attention.

Mewtwo showed up on his own initiative, and after looking at Naoki, he took them to visit the brand new expedition team guild.

Naoki stood beside Qishu and said to her:

"This is the place I want to show you. I call it the Tree of the Beginning of the World, or the World Tree for short."

"World Tree..." Qi Shu murmured. Doesn't that mean that they are now on an extremely huge tree? !
"This is a place where only Pokémon live. It's a paradise that I and Bud Crown created for Pokémon."

Naoki took Qishu's hand and said to her, "Follow me!"

The two began to visit the expedition guild and the surrounding areas.

"As you can see, these buildings in front of you are the Great Warrior Expedition Team Guild formed by Pokémon, and Bear Baby and Mew are the original members. While traveling outside, they will invite friends they make back to join the expedition team."

"The purpose of the expedition team is to help humans and Pokémon in need. Perhaps this matter is so extraordinary that it attracted the attention of Arceus, the God of Creation."

"Not long ago, He recruited everyone in the expedition guild and opened a space-time gate connecting to other worlds. On weekdays, Pokémon will enter it to explore and rescue Pokémon from other worlds."

"This... this is too incredible!" Qi Shu murmured.

Naoki grinned, "Really? Actually, sometimes I find it incredible, but creating a paradise for Pokémon without violence, oppression, and disturbance has been my dream from the beginning."

"What a great dream!" Qishu's eyes sparkled.

Naoki took Qishu to the house that the Pokémon built for him and said to Qishu:
"These are the houses that the Pokémon built for me to thank me. In a few decades, I can move them to the World Tree with my Pokémon and live there forever."

After hearing what Naoki said, Qishu looked at the small house in front of her, and a scene emerged in her mind, where she and Naoki became old men and women with white hair, and lived a peaceful life here with their Pokémon decades later.

Qi Shu's heart felt as sweet as if he had eaten something sweet: "We will all be old by then."

At this moment, Qi Shu made a decision in his heart.

From now on, she will protect the World Tree and the Pokémon on the World Tree together with Naoki!
"Don't worry about getting old. As long as you want to be with me, not even death can separate us," Naoki said.

Hearing this, Qi Shu was slightly stunned: "Huh?"

Naoki asked, "Have you ever heard of the spirit world?"

“The spirit world…” Qi Shu shook his head truthfully.

"As far as I know, when all things in this world die, their souls will leave the bodies and go to the spiritual world. As long as they do not reincarnate, their souls will exist forever," said Naoki.

Hearing this, Qi Shu immediately understood what Naoki meant.

"In this way, we can always keep the electric frog and Guldun company." Naoki said. *
So many things happened this year that many of Naoki's plans were disrupted.

He had originally wanted to take his Pokémon to the ranch in the Alola region to spend the winter this year, but for various reasons, he ended up staying in the Padya region.

But it’s not a big problem. As long as there are Gultun and the strange tree, no matter where it is, it is his home!
After returning from the World Tree, Naoki began to hurriedly prepare today's New Year's Eve dinner.

Because there were so many Pokémon, Naoki and Qishu were busy until the afternoon before they finally finished.

In the evening, heavy snow began to fall outside.

In the heavy snow, Naoki received New Year's greetings from everyone in the town and the nearby ranch. After learning that he was going to get married, Mrs. Dantes specially sewed a new dress for him.

Naoki sat on the sofa, surrounded by Pokémon, and checked the letters sent by the townspeople.

Qi Shu, who was standing by, was also looking at the New Year greetings. She couldn't help but say, "Everyone in the town is doing well!"

Naoki smiled and nodded: "Yes!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside.

Naoki got up to open the door and saw a little boy wearing a furry hat and thick clothes, who looked like a tundra bear, standing outside his door with a basket.

There was a motorcycle lizard following the boy. When he saw the door open, he happily handed over the basket in his hand:

"Mr. Naoki, Happy New Year! This is something my grandfather asked me to give you!"

Naoki recognized the child as Mayor Thomas' grandson. He quickly took the basket and invited him, "It's warm inside, come in!"

However, the boy quickly shook his head and said expectantly, "No, no, my mother is making delicious snacks for me. I have to go back to eat snacks. Goodbye, Mr. Naoki!"

After saying that, the boy rode on the motorcycle lizard, waved goodbye to Naoki, and left the ranch.

Naoki carried the basket in his hand helplessly, as there was a long way to go between the ranch and the town.

In winter, the roads are covered with ice and snow, especially now that it is snowing heavily. Although most Pokémon will stay at home to rest during this season, some Pokémon will attack passers-by because they are hungry and cannot find food.

He was a little worried about the child going back alone, so he asked Babu Tubo to secretly follow and send the child home.

"Bamo!"

Babu Tubo patted his chest, promised that he would definitely send the child home safely, and then quickly followed.

"Whose child is this?" Qishu asked.

Naoki closed the door and replied, "Mayor Thomas's grandson, coming to deliver something."

When he opened the basket, Naoki saw some warm snacks, as well as some of the snacks that Motorlizards liked to eat.

"That child is so cute!" Qishu couldn't help but say.

"We will have it in the future." Naoki said with a smile.

Qi Shu didn't know what he was thinking about and his face turned red, but he didn't deny it.

Child...is she going to be a mother too?
"When the time comes, I'll let him inherit my ranch, and we'll take our Pokémon to live out our retirement on the World Tree." Naoki said, sitting on the sofa.

Qishu said tactfully: "Nowadays, few young people stay in the countryside to be ranchers."

How could that be possible? This was the ranch he had worked so hard to run his entire life!
If he is not here and the children are unwilling to inherit, won't this place be abandoned again?
Naoki felt heartbroken when he thought about the ranch that he and his Pokémon had worked so hard to develop becoming overgrown with weeds.

"Don't worry!" Qi Shu said with a smile, "Who knows in the future! It's too early to think about that kind of thing now!"

Naoki: “…” Never mind, let’s talk about it later!

After opening the letter, it was already evening before I knew it.

The sky outside the window was getting darker and the cold wind was howling, but the room was very warm.

The heat from the lava worms blew along the heating pipes to every corner of the house.

The Eevees were chasing and playing around in the house, Frosty stayed in the kitchen providing Naoki with delicious fresh cream, Frog and Babu Groundhog were exchanging electricity with each other, and Motor Lizard was lying comfortably in front of the fireplace, enjoying the time before dinner.

The martial arts bear master sat upright on the sofa, and Gulerton sat opposite it, squinting his eyes and looking at the Pokémon, wondering what Naoki liked about this Pokémon.

Wudao Master Xiong felt uncomfortable being stared at by Gulden, but luckily Naoki came over with dinner.

"It's time to eat!"

Wudao Master Xiong heaved a sigh of relief and quickly stood up to help Naoki serve the dishes.

Gu Leton: “!!!”

The unyielding Gulden didn't want to fall behind the bear, so he immediately rushed forward and started doing the work.

Naoki had just put the New Year's Eve dinner on the table when he turned around and saw this scene.

"..."

After so many years, Gulden is still the same. At first he was jealous of Motorcycle Lizard, and now he is jealous of Martial Arts Bear Master.

"Okay, stop playing, it's time to eat! After dinner, let's go out and set off the fireworks!"

When they heard the fireworks, a group of Pokémon were immediately attracted.

Can they also be placed by hand?
Naoki nodded: "Of course, if you know fire-type moves, then you only need to use sparks on the fuse to light the fireworks, and then - you can see the fireworks explode in the sky."

"Bamo..." Upon hearing this, Babu Tubo was very embarrassed, because he could not use sparks, nor did he know other fire-attribute moves.

"Since you don't know how to do it, you can ask a Pokémon that can use fire-attribute moves for help!" Naoki said.

"Bamo!" Babu Tubo suddenly had an idea and thought of his good friend the lava worm!

Flareon nodded its head proudly, indicating that yes, it was the Pokémon that Naoki mentioned that could use fire-attribute moves. Pokémon that wanted to set off fireworks could come to it for help!
Jirachi, who came to the ranch to play, immediately thought of Ho-Oh. Ho-Oh is also a fire-attribute Pokémon, and it can definitely help light the fireworks!

But if we go to find the Ho-Oh now, will it be too late? What if they haven't come back yet and Naoki has finished setting off all the fireworks?

Thinking of this, Jirachi worriedly told Naoki: "Naoki, you have to wait until I come back before setting off the fireworks!"

Naoki was a little surprised: "Huh? Where are you going?"

Jirachi replied, "Ho-Oh is a fire-type Pokémon! Jirachi is going to the World Tree to invite Ho-Oh to come over!"

Hearing this, Naoki was shocked.

What?! Isn't it a bit of a waste of talent to let the King of Phoenix use the sacred fire to light the fireworks?!
The strange tree next to him was also very surprised.

Ho-Oh? Isn't that the legendary Pokémon believed in by the people of Johto?!
However, Jirachi happily shook his head and said:

"It's okay! Ho-Oh told Jirachi before that he also likes watching fireworks! So Ho-Oh will definitely be happy!"

(End of this chapter)