Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

They had a premonition.

The blue flames did not dissipate, but were instead being compressed!

A trainer squatted on the ground, exclaiming in despair, "How is this possible...? Those were flames that covered the entire area of ​​Tokyo! How could they compress such a huge number of flames? Are you kidding me?!"

The blue flames continued to shrink until they were no longer visible to the naked eye to anyone outside Tokyo.

The dark night sky brightened.

However, what illuminated the night sky was not the yet-to-rise sun, but a massive nuclear explosion cloud rising in the direction of the Aokigahara Forest!

"Baka yarou!" "Masaka!" "Yamero!"

Shocked, everyone blurted out their native languages, abandoning all equipment and fleeing for their lives without hesitation.

Just kidding, if they wait for the shockwave from the nuclear explosion cloud to arrive, they'll all be dead!

However, it seemed that some invisible force was restraining the shockwave coming from behind the nuclear explosion cloud. People who had run several miles away realized this, and after some hesitation, some of the braver people even chose to run back.

The Snake Garden Dreamya team was one of them. After returning to the scene, they found that apart from the chaos caused by too many people fleeing in panic, the surroundings were exactly the same as when they left.

They knew they had made the right bet.

The photographers started going through previous footage, and just then they turned on the camera, clearly recording the scene after they left.

The machine faithfully recorded everything from the disappearance of the wall of fire to the appearance of the nuclear explosion cloud and what followed.

Until, in the footage after the nuclear cloud disappeared, the photographer captured a white dot floating in the sky. After zooming in... a white figure with a somewhat blurry outline, but undoubtedly a Pokémon, appeared in the camera.

Sheyuan Yumeya and the photographer exchanged a glance, then exclaimed in surprise, their eyes wide: "Headline... News!"

.......

On the morning of December 24, 2023.

The blue flames that had been burning Tokyo suddenly dissipated, and the search and rescue team then entered the city.

It was discovered that the entire city of Tokyo showed almost no signs of damage, as if time had stopped at the moment Tokyo lost contact with the outside world.

After investigation and analysis, the only difference was that the headquarters of the Crescent Moon Church next to Meiji University was razed to the ground, and on the same day, two mosaic bodies that had fallen from the top of Tokyo Tower were found at the foot of the tower.

Genetic analysis revealed the victim to be Bishop Aoi Sawaki of the Crescent Moon Church, and a foreign woman of unknown identity.

At the same time, the ecological environment of Aokigahara Forest has been severely damaged, with most of the vegetation completely disappearing.

The culprit is believed to be a blurry white Pokémon silhouette in the sky over Tokyo, captured by a team of journalists by chance.

The Sakura Kingdom Alliance Cabinet has not yet responded to this, and after a day of rest, TV Tokyo resumed broadcasting anime.

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Chapter 654 A Brand New Crescent Wing

December 12th, Christmas.

Tokyo, which should have been immersed in the festive atmosphere, was instead very solemn. Not only did it need to arrest a large number of former Crescent Moon Church followers who surrendered themselves, but it also had to deal with various major problems.

For some reason, these former members of the Crescent Moon Church showed no desire whatsoever when they turned themselves in, as if they had entered a monastery and remained calm, almost as if they were possessed.

The incident has been officially confirmed by the Sakura Kingdom League as being the work of a legendary Pokémon, but the Sakura Kingdom League has not revealed the identity of that Pokémon.

The chaos in Tokyo is likely to last a long time, but somewhere in Minato Ward, a heated discussion is underway.

"So, none of you have any recollection of what happened back then?"

Li Luoyan, who had traveled a long way to rescue the person, was in a real bind. It was one thing for Su Hao and the other contestants not to know, but Liao Xingchen even said he had no recollection of it either!?

Su Hao, looking completely innocent, nodded in agreement, while Liao Xingchen, sitting obediently on the sofa, winked and made faces at Li Luoyan.

The meaning was simple: tell Li Luoyan to stop asking and that they could talk about it privately later.

To be honest, Liao Xingchen felt a bit ashamed about this, not only because he hadn't touched the Rainbow Feather, but also because he had called Marcia into Su Hao's shadow and caused the whole thing to go wrong. By the time he woke up, it was all over.

Even though he wanted to extract some information from Marshall, who was definitely not asleep, the other party looked at him with an expression as if he were looking at a flying bird, which hurt Liao Xingchen.

Knowing his colleagues' personalities well, Li Luoyan could only wave his hand helplessly, dismissing Su Hao and the others, before asking with a serious expression, "Even you've been out of contact for so long, what exactly happened in Tokyo?"

Liao Xingchen gave a wry smile and recounted the whole story.

..........................

After leaving the room, Xiao Zijian asked in bewilderment, "So, what's the status of the selection competition now? Do we still count as winners?"

To be honest, he's still a little dazed. After all, a whole day has passed in the blink of an eye. Anyone would be confused in that situation.

Jin Lin said, "I really don't know, but you can tell what happened in Tokyo that day just from the news online."

As soon as she finished speaking, she opened the tablet she was carrying, and a bunch of viral news stories appeared on the screen.

No.1 [Missing in Tokyo]

No. 2 [Is the blue flame burning Tokyo an illusion or real?]

No. 3 [A fleeting glimpse of a white Pokémon in the Tokyo sky after the nuclear explosion clouds]

The more they looked, the more confused they became. Cheng Liming asked in bewilderment, "We were burned by blue flames?"

Bai Linglong said calmly, "There's also a nuclear cloud... I feel like it's the power of a legendary Pokémon."

The group got more and more excited as they chatted, and Su Hao just listened to their various guesses from the side.

Finally, it even went so far as to depict aliens invading Tokyo, with local guardian deities appearing to stop them, and so on...

Su, a witness to the event, couldn't hold back any longer as she listened. Finally, she said she felt unwell and went back to her room.

Once the door was closed, Su Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief; acting along with them was exhausting.

It would be easier to let him and Reshiram fight Full Moon and Aoi Sawaki again.

Thinking of the two dead men, Su Hao sighed and said to the three little ones in the room, "It's finally over. Can you tell me what state Cresselia is in now?"

As if in response to Su Hao's words, three Pokémon, shrunk to their original size, flew out from under the hotel blankets.

The three Pokémon are Reshiram, Latias, and Latios.

Having completed everything, they shrunk their bodies according to the location provided by Su Hao and secretly returned to the room to wait for Su Hao's return.

Perhaps it's because they've shrunk in size, but both Reshiram and the two Aquamarine gods have a slightly childish voice, which makes Su Hao shamefully adorable.

Latios slowly enveloped the entire room with his mental energy, and after confirming that there were no problems, he took out a feather that emitted a moon-like glow.

He said heavily, "Let's consider it as sealing Cresselia's original essence, which should have dissipated, into the Crescent Feather like a drop of water from the heart. We can also sense that Cresselia will have the opportunity to be reborn based on the Crescent Feather."

"However, this method at best only shortens the rebirth time of Cresselia, which has disappeared into the world and whose rebirth time is unknown."

Su Hao took the Crescent Feather and looked up at it.

【Crescent Feather: A feather that radiates a moonlit glow, said to possess the power to dispel nightmares. A Pokémon that has tragically passed away will use this feather as a foundation to be reborn over time.】

"Even the start date for new students is uncertain...?"

Su Hao frowned. If he could get the exact time of Cresselia's rebirth, he could have Celebi take the New Moon Feather back to the past, and perhaps the new Cresselia would be born in the next second.

However, the uncertainty of the birth time left him at a loss.

The uncertain timing meant that Su Hao could not accurately schedule the Hourab campaign for the corresponding time.

If Cresselia were to revive too early, before Su Hao knew, its reborn form would likely suffer another fatal attack. If it were too late, Su Hao didn't know if he would even live to see it.

Su Hao rubbed his temples, his brows furrowed: "This is difficult."

The only female Pokémon present, Latias, came over and comforted it, saying, "At least it can shorten its regeneration time. That's all we can do now."

Su Hao had no choice but to accept it. He sighed and exchanged a necklace from the system to fix the Crescent Feather on it, and then temporarily wore it close to his body.

Until a way to accurately determine Cresselia's rebirth time is found, this is the only option for now.

After calming himself down, Su Hao looked at Reshiram, who had remained silent like a knight, and asked, "Reshiram, how are you feeling now? Have you recovered to your prime?"

Reshiram flew onto Su Hao's right shoulder and said in a childish voice, "When I was resurrected, I only had about 70% of my full strength. However, after burning those things, I only used a small portion of the energy to send Cresselia away. The rest of the energy helped me recover to my full strength."

Finally hearing some good news, Su Hao's lips curled up: "It seems that all the things that Manyue and Aoi Sawaki have been planning for so long have actually benefited us."

Reshiram nodded, as if remembering something, and reminded him, "The inspectors of the Rainbow Trial should be coming to see you soon, probably about the Grass-type Pokémon you're trying to catch."

"That's just right."

Su Hao smiled; he also happened to have something to discuss with Marcia.

He was very interested in how Marshadow obtained his exclusive Z-Move; perhaps Marshadow knew the locations of the four island gods.

If all goes well, Diancie's domineering aura and radiant power, and even her long-stalled super evolution, will finally be realized!

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Chapter 655 Primitive Man Mutation

Su Hao chatted with the three dragon gods for a while, and then let Latias and Latios meet with Milotic. The two gods of Aqua and Santiago then said that they were worried about the Infinite Realm and that they planned to return first.

Su Hao understood their thoughts.

Once bitten, twice shy; having been invaded before, it's understandable that they would worry about the safety of the Infinite Secret Realm.

Thus, with Milotic bidding them a reluctant farewell, Latias and Latios entered stealth mode and flew off toward the Infinite Secret Sea.