Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 588 Changing History (6000 words long chapter)
The ancient and modern Pokémon worlds are very different in some ways.

For example, people here have not yet fully regarded Pokémon as friends, family, and partners.

Although some people live with some gentle Pokémon, it is mostly a tamed relationship.

That is, tame Pokémon and let them help transport goods, work, make fire, weave cloth, etc.

The name for Pokémon here also remains in the distant past.

They call Pokémon "monsters".

As for how Naoki knew...

Because the residents looked at Gulden with fear in their eyes and were whispering to each other.

"It's a monster!"

"It looks so scary..."

"Is that human a beast user?"

"Beast Master?" Qi Shu keenly heard this title, and she asked with interest: "Is that what the people in this place call Pokémon Trainers?"

"That should be the case." Naoki replied.

At this moment, they were like small boats sailing on the water. The crowds around them were like the river. When they saw them, they immediately began to retreat to both sides, leaving a path in the middle.

"In this era, humans still call Pokémon monsters," said Naoki.

In fact, the phenomenon of humans training Pokémon and fighting together did not only appear in modern times.

This phenomenon has existed for a long time in the past.

These people are also called beast masters and wave messengers. They often travel around the world with Pokémon. When they meet humans in need of help, they will help them together with Pokémon.

"Magic Beast... that doesn't sound like the image of Pokémon at all," Qi Shu muttered.

"Ah gah." Gulden agreed completely.

Naoki: "..."

Seeing the scene of one person and one Pokémon, he twitched his mouth and thought that Gulden was not as cute as it looked, and there was still a big gap between different Pokémon.

For some Pokémon, it is completely fine to call them "monsters".

For example, the three-headed evil dragon, the evil food king, and Wujitana.

But in the eyes of Qishu, who has received modern education since childhood, all Pokémon in the world are partners who can live with humans.

After a quick stroll, the two found a restaurant to have dinner.

When the waiter in the restaurant saw that it was the Beast Master, his attitude immediately became very respectful, which made Naoki a little uncomfortable.

He felt in his pocket and took out a golden bead that Zhen Yifa had picked up from the wild that morning, and asked the waiter if he could exchange it for a meal.

The waiter then called the restaurant owner.

The boss was a plump man. When he saw Naoki, he immediately stepped forward and said:

"Master Monster Master, as long as you are willing to help our shop, we can prepare a sumptuous dinner for you for free!"

Naoki raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

The boss smiled bitterly and said, "It's like this. Not long ago, a terrible monster broke into the garbage incineration room of our store. It occupied that place and wouldn't let anyone get close. If anyone got close, they would be attacked by it. As a result, many of the leftovers in the store couldn't be processed in time..."

"Take me to see it." Naoki immediately became interested.

Led by the boss, they soon came to the alley behind the restaurant. At the end of the alley there was a brick house, from which a foul smell wafted.

"That's the place." said the boss, pointing there.

Naoki covered his mouth and nose, went forward and took a look, and unexpectedly saw a Pokémon in the garbage dump that looked like a garbage dump.

Is that...Dust Mountain?

Seeing someone coming, the dust mountain thought they were coming to compete with it for food, and quickly released a purple smoke from its body.

The smoke began to spread rapidly in the dark and damp alley.

Menghuan and Baby Bear immediately covered their mouths and noses with a look of disgust.

The boss said in horror: "Be careful, the fumes are poisonous!"

"Meng Meng, stop it!" Naoki said.

"miu!"

A blue light suddenly flashed in Dreamy's eyes, and a huge super power burst out from its body, carrying the purple smoke inside.

Immediately afterwards, Dust Mountain's body was controlled by telekinesis and flew out of the garbage dump, and it immediately became panicked.

"Are there any leftovers or other garbage?" Naoki asked, turning around.

The boss was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly: "Yes, yes!"

"Go get it." Naoki said.

Although the boss was puzzled, he quickly did as he was told.

The Beast Master holds a very high status among ordinary people like them.

After the boss left, Qi Shu looked at Naoki's actions and immediately guessed his plan.

"You're thinking……"

Naoki nodded: "Pokémon like Dust Mountain will not attack people at will. It is very likely that it regards the boss and others as enemies who are trying to steal its food, so it has been guarding this place to prevent others from approaching."

For Dust Mountain, the garbage dump is its own five-star restaurant.

Naoki steps forward and attempts to communicate with Dust Mountain using Tokiwa's power.

"Dust Mountain, please calm down. We have no ill intentions and we will not compete with you for these delicacies."

Sensing the warm power surging into its body, the dust mountain calmed down.

It lowered its head and looked over in confusion.

Naoki signaled to Menghuan to put it down, and at this moment, the boss came running over with a waiter.

The waiter pushed a wooden cart with various kitchen waste piled in buckets on it.

"Put this garbage in the dump," Naoki said.

"Ah?" The boss and the waiter were stunned.

"Don't worry, it won't attack you." Naoki said.

The two of them took a look at the monster that seemed to have calmed down, then they mustered up their courage and tremblingly dumped the garbage in.

Seeing the fresh garbage, Dust Mountain's eyes lit up brightly.

"Eat them, these are all yours, and no one will snatch them from you," said Naoki.

Dust Mountain swooped into the garbage dump and began to devour it.

The two bosses stared at the scene in amazement.

"It's all right now. This treasure... this monster specializes in eating garbage. The reason it attacked you is because it thinks you are its enemy who is trying to steal its garbage."

After a pause, Naoki continued, "It has understood this matter. From now on, you can send all the garbage here. It is a monster that specializes in eating garbage."

The two bosses were stunned after hearing what they heard. The brave waiter stepped forward tentatively, and found that the monster did not attack him again.

"That's amazing!" The waiter was inexplicably excited: "If this happens, then we don't have to burn garbage anymore, right?"

"If nothing goes wrong, yes." Naoki nodded.

Hearing this, the boss finally felt relieved. He looked over gratefully and said:

"Thank you very much, Master Beastmaster. I have given the order. The kitchen is preparing dinner for you. Please wait a moment."

Naoki grinned: "Thank you very much!"

At the end of the day, the restaurant gained a professional garbage disposal and they got a bunch of sumptuous dinners.

In the restaurant, Gulden's mouth was full of oil, and Menghuan and Baby Bear were also very happy.

Zhishu and Qishu looked at the Pokémon in front of them with a smile, and Qishu couldn't help but say:

"It feels like the trainer's status in this place is really different!"

Naoki nodded and said, "After all, most people in this place are ordinary people. Few people would think of catching Pokémon and commanding them to fight. In everyone's eyes, Pokémon is probably a very scary creature, right?"

And the "Beast Master" who can control Pokémon will naturally be very powerful in the eyes of humans of this era.

At this time, the two guests at the next table suddenly talked about something that Naoki was concerned about.

"Hey, have you heard? The armies of the two princes had a fierce battle on the plains of Pompeii not long ago!"

"What was the result? Who won?"

"I don't know. I heard the losses were very heavy. The plains of Pompeii were rivers of blood and there were corpses everywhere!"

"What about the two princes? Wait! They won't attack the royal city, right?"

"I don't know. They haven't sent any news yet. They won't attack the royal city...right? I heard that the two princes were afraid of scaring the old king, so they deliberately avoided the royal city. They wanted to have a fair fight, and the winner would inherit the throne."

"Alas, now it seems that I don't know. The two princes have gone crazy... I don't know when they will attack the royal city."

War? Naoki was slightly stunned. Has the war between the two princes chosen by Reshiram and Zekrom already begun?
Reality and ideal...

If nothing unexpected happens, history will probably repeat itself.

The two princes were both injured. Reshiram and Zekrom consumed a lot of their vitality and turned into stone again. The dragon vein energy was in chaos, the earth was destroyed, and the entire kingdom of the people of the earth would be destroyed.

Until the old king and Victini once again controlled the Sword of Earth to suppress the dragon vein.

This thing was destined to happen.

"What's wrong?" Qi Shu noticed Naoki's expression and there was some worry on his face.

"It's okay. Are you full? Let's go back to the castle!"

"Okay, let's go back!" Qishu was full. She helped Gulden wipe the oil off his mouth and then stood up.

The two said goodbye to the restaurant owner and returned to the castle together.

The castle was still so quiet, with only the old king and a few old women who took care of his daily life.

At night, when Naoki was sitting on the bed helping Gulliver sharpen his claws and combing the hair of Dream and Baby Bear, there was a sudden knock on the door.

He was a little surprised, and when he opened the door, he saw Victini appear outside. "Victini?"

Dreamy and Baby Bear also flew forward.

Victini looked at the few people, feeling a little depressed.

“Nini…”

"What's wrong? Are you unhappy to see the person you want to see again?" Naoki asked puzzled.

"Nini!" Victini shook his head vigorously.

Of course not! It's just... it's just a little sad, because the old king now has it with him, and they haven't experienced that yet.

Through the power of Tokiwa, Naoki quickly understood what Victini meant.

Well, that is a problem...

As Victini from the future returns to the past, there will be two Victinis existing in this time and space at the same time.

And the Victini and the old king in the past had not experienced that incident personally... So, for Victini, the current old king is not its old king.

Time paradox, parallel universe...it’s very complicated just to think about it.

"One thing..."

"miu..."

Baby Bear and Mew look at Victini who is in a depressed mood and they feel sad for him.

Baby Bear asked: "What do you plan to do next?"
Hearing this, Victini raised his head and slowly swept his eyes over the people in front of him, and then seemed to have made a great decision.

"Nini!"

It had just told its past self to stay with the old king. Now, it wanted to stop all this and stop the two princes from destroying the dragon vein.

In this way, the old king can be protected!

Hearing this, Naoki couldn't help but stand there in a daze.

Changing the past...means modifying the future.

He had experienced this once before. During the Arceus incident, Satoshi and his friends went back to the past and changed the past, causing the future to be corrected as well.

But the question is, if the past is changed, what about the future Victini?
"If you do that, the future will be affected. You, who existed in the previous timeline, will most likely be affected by the butterfly effect and disappear." Naoki frowned.

Hearing this result, Menghuan and Baby Bear also became terrified.

Gulden's expression on the side also became particularly solemn.

"Ah geez..."

Naoki didn't know much about time, but thinking of the grandfather paradox and time paradox that Dr. Olin had told him in the past, Victini might...

However, Victini's attitude was firm.

“Nini…Nini!”

It was very happy to see the old king again, and that was enough. Next, it didn't want to see the old king lose his life because of that incident, so it wanted to stop that from happening!

Victini looked at Naoki, Baby Bear, and Dream in front of him almost pleadingly: "Nini..."

For a while, several people were silent.

Dream and Baby Bear were a little at a loss, and finally turned their eyes to Naoki.

"Have you really thought it through?" Naoki asked.

"Nini!" Victini nodded seriously.

Naoki sighed and said, "Okay, I promise you."

Since this is Victini's wish, let them help it fulfill it!
Menghuan and Baby Bear were so sad that they were about to cry.

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Naoki thought carefully and then comforted them:
"Don't be so nervous. The future is uncertain. In addition to that result, there is another possibility. That is, Victini will not disappear, and it will have an extra memory of the past in its mind."

Just like Arceus in the past, after Xiaozhi changed the past history, He suddenly remembered Xiaozhi.

“Nini…” Victini smiled, as if he was using this method to comfort his two good friends, Dream and Bear Baby: “Nini!”

Then, it looked at Naoki again: "Nini~!"

"You're welcome." Naoki smiled and patted Victini's little head: "Get some rest tonight. Tomorrow, we will go together to stop the fight between the two princes."

"Nini!" Victini nodded vigorously and looked at Naoki in front of him with gratitude.

The enemies are Reshiram and Zekrom. Naoki is a little worried about fighting two legendary Pokémon at the same time.

So after the strange tree and several Pokémon fell asleep, Naoki quietly brought Gulden to the terrace of the castle.

"Are you confident?" Naoki asked.

Gu Leton nodded seriously: "Ah gah!"

It is now a very powerful Pokémon and will definitely be able to protect Naoki!
A long, long time ago, when Gulden was still a motor lizard, it had always dreamed of being like Gulden, so it has been chasing after Gulden.

Until now, it has finally become Gulton and has the power to protect Naoki.

Even if everyone is not here now and it is the only Pokémon, it can definitely protect Naoki!
Therefore, Lewton was very confident.

"Very good, no matter what the black dragon or the white dragon is, just fight it and it's over!"

With Victini here, even if Zekrom and Reshiram join forces, they still have the strength to fight.

After all, Victini is a Pokémon that brings victory, and it is said that a Trainer with Victini will win any battle.

It's because it can generate infinite energy in its body, and Victini can distribute the energy to anything it touches.

"Ah gah!"

*
The next morning, Naoki asked Qishu, Baby Bear and Mew to stay in the castle, while he took Gulton and Victini to find the old king and asked him to stop the two princes.

The old king on the throne was slightly stunned. He looked at the man below with old and cloudy eyes and said:
"They have already been chosen by two giant dragons. Those two dragons possess unparalleled wisdom and strength. Even Victini is no match for them."

Even so, are you still going?
The old king did not ask this question, but his eyes revealed this meaning.

Naoki nodded and looked at Victini beside him:

"If we allow them to continue, the energy of the dragon veins will be chaotic, the earth will be destroyed, and the entire country of the people of the earth will be destroyed."

Hearing this, the old king opened his eyes wide.

"Will the people of the earth be exterminated?"

"I don't know. I only know that in this war, the people of the earth suffered heavy casualties. This land will become desolate, and the remaining people of the earth will be scattered all over the world."

Hearing this, the old king's wrinkled hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

What is the difference between this outcome and the destruction of a country?
But he was too old and no longer had the strength to stop his two grown-up sons who had their own opinions.

The old king was silent, and the huge throne hall was extremely quiet.

After a long time, a sad sigh came from the throne. The old king opened his eyes and looked at Victini beside Naoki.

"If the war is stopped, Victini won't be so lonely in the future, right?"

"Nini..." Victini muttered.

The old king looked at Naoki and said, "Victini has great power in his body. He will share the power with your beast. I'll leave everything to you."

"Nini!" Victini nodded seriously. It must save the old king!
"Where are the two princes?" Naoki asked.

"Their army is gathered in the Pompeii Plain east of the castle. You can meet them there." The old king paused and looked at Victini beside Naoki.

He called Victini over, reached out his hand, touched its head, and said to it, "Victini, I asked someone to prepare some cookies for you. Go fill your stomach before starting the battle!"

"Nini~!"

The old king looked at Victini beside him and said, "I'll ask you to go with it."

"Nini!"

The two Victini left obediently.

Suddenly, only Naoki, Gulden and the old king were left in the hall.

Under Naoki's gaze, the old king slowly spoke:

"Victini has a very long life. I don't have much time left. After I die, Victini will probably have to live alone for another thousand years."

"Dear traveler from the future! I, an old man, want to ask you for a favor."

"You said it." Naoki said.

"In the future, I hope you can find Victini and take care of it for me. That way, Victini won't be lonely anymore, right?"

*
The sky was bright and the sun was shining brightly.

Naoki rode on Guerton and took Victini eastward towards the Pompeii Plain.

On the terrace of the castle, the old king and Victini looked up in the direction they had left, unable to calm down for a long time.

"Nini?" Victini on the side was a little confused. It could also go over to help. In this way, their chances of winning would be greater.

But the old king just stopped it, which made Victini very puzzled.

"I know my two sons. Once they decide on something, they will never look back."

"If what that person said is true, the energy of the dragon vein will be chaotic and the earth will be destroyed. At that time, I'm afraid... So we have to stay here to prevent that from happening."

"Nini!" Victini suddenly became flustered.

But if you do that, you will lose your life!

The old king gently touched Victini's head and said, "It's okay. I'm already very old."

He lowered his head and looked out at the town below the castle with Victini.

Golden sunlight sprinkled on the town. A housewife carrying a basket of vegetables opened the door and walked out. A little boy was lying on the second-floor window, waving goodbye to his mother.

Innocent children chasing and playing in the town, young people full of hope, wives waiting for their husbands to return, workers building the city walls...

There, his people lived.

"If we fail, we will never see this beautiful scene again." The old king said slowly.

"Nini..." Victini seemed to understand what he said. At this moment, he understood what the old king meant.

(End of this chapter)