My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Chapter 172 The Mystery of the Self-Made Gears

"Mew~"

The afternoon sun shone warmly and comfortably on the forest path, and Dianlong walked ahead humming a cheerful tune.

Lucario and Ampharos stood side by side, and after spending more than a week together, the two Pokémon had become inseparable friends.

"Kuku—"

The forest lizard spread its arms wide, greedily inhaling the breath of nature.

He loved it all—the sunshine, the air, and the sound of the wind rustling through the leaves—just as he loved the rabbis, so pure and passionate.

In this bright world, he felt grateful for every little bit of beauty.

"La-hua!" The pink Celebi floated beside him, equally enamored with the natural scenery of the wind swirling through the forest.

Riolu followed behind the two, watching his partner's rare relaxed demeanor with a relieved smile in his eyes.

In their world, the forest lizard is always on edge, playing the role of the most composed and calm member of the group, and it's rare to see him enjoying the moment like this.

"Ooh--"

very nice--"

Before long, the group arrived at a famous scenic spot in the Wind-Swept Forest.

Waterfall and pool.

"Rumble, rumble—"

The waterfall cascades down the cliff like a silver ribbon, refracting a rainbow of colors in the sunlight.

"La-hua!"

Celebi excitedly weaved through the waterfall's spray. The last time she was here, she, along with Sylvanas and Minifu, discovered the cave hidden behind the waterfall.

"What a magnificent view!"

Electric Dragon stood by the pool, deeply captivated by the scene before him.

The forest lizard followed the pink Celebi to the bottom of the waterfall, a place that seemed perfect for training.

"Kuku—"

Right below the waterfall's water column, there is a rock that has been smoothed by the water flow.

Sitting in meditation to counteract the impact of the waterfall would be a great form of training.

"Ooh."

Lucario and Riolu share this view; it's a unique thought process belonging to the battle team, clearly different from the ideas of tourists like Ampharos and Celebi.

Just as the forest lizard and Riolu were about to stand on the boulder, the water, which had been only rippling, suddenly began to bubble violently.

The two Pokémon froze on the spot, staring at the spot where the bubbles were rising most intensely.

"Huh?"

It was only then that Lucario noticed that there was another large creature lurking in the pool.

His ability to conceal his presence was so strong that even she, who possessed the power of wave guidance, almost missed him.

"Momo—"

Emerging from the water was a giant vine that looked somewhat aggrieved.

He slowly rose from the water, water droplets still clinging to his enormous vines, shimmering in the sunlight.

He carefully withdrew his tentacles, which had been scattered in the pool, after Riolu and the Forest Lizard had accidentally stepped on them. "Splash!"

Pink Celebi immediately recognized him. Wasn't this the giant vine who lived in the forest treehouse with Green Celebi's good friend, Mu Mu, and Tong Hua?

Unfortunately, Green Rabbi chose to stay home and watch TV instead of coming along.

Upon hearing her say this, Riolu and Electro Dragon immediately remembered that they seemed to have heard Slimie mention this name a few days ago.

It seems that the giant vine showed her the Time Gear made by the Green Silavi.

The research team had always been very interested in the Time Gears made by Green Celebi, and had even asked Green Celebi for more details.

But the Green Rabbi remained silent on the matter, making it all mysterious, which only fueled everyone's curiosity.

Now that we've encountered a giant vine that has spent a considerable amount of time with Green Celebi and might know the secrets of creating the Gears of Time, why not—

Upon realizing this, the members of the investigation team instantly understood each other without saying a word.

Meanwhile, the giant vine was unaware of the subtle change in the Pokémon's gazes as they looked at him, and gently nodded to them: "Momo—"

Oh, it was you guys! You scared me to death—"

The electric dragon stepped forward, smiling as it greeted the giant vine.

"Hello, I'm Ampharos, the leader of the Pokémon Research Team. It's nice to meet you."

As the guild leader, Dianlong is at least very reliable in terms of social interaction.

Even shy Pokémon like Ventilla can quickly become friends and open up to each other.

A few minutes later, the forest lizard and Riolu sat under the waterfall meditating and training, with Pink Swift watching over them, afraid that they would overexert themselves.

Ampharos and Lucario were soaking in the pool with Vinegar, chatting with each other.

"So that's how it is. You all came from another time and space—"

Giant Vine looked at Electric Dragon with some surprise. He knew that Pink Celebi came from another dimension. But he didn't expect that there were so many travelers from other dimensions.

"Ooh."

"No, I am a Pokémon native to Almia. I've just been asleep for a thousand years; I can't be considered a visitor from another world."

"Yes, yes, yes." The giant vine nodded repeatedly, admitting that it had misspoke.

"Hehe, by the way, Giant Vine, could we also take a look at that Gear of Time?"

Upon hearing the words "Gears of Time," the giant vine visibly wavered for a moment, waving its hands repeatedly.

"No, no! Absolutely not!"

Last time I secretly took it out, I got a severe scolding from the Celebi—

This time, we absolutely cannot make the same mistake again!

Seeing this, the electric dragon quickly reassured him, "Don't be nervous, Giant Vine. We're just curious and want to take a look; we won't take it away."

Lucario added, "We understand that it is important and we will never make things difficult for you."

The giant vine hesitated, looking into everyone's sincere eyes, its tendrils wriggling uneasily: "But Shurabi specifically instructed that we can't show this to anyone else—"

Just then, Pink Celebi flew over and whispered, "If it's Green, I can put in a good word for you!"

After all, we just wanted to take a look—”

The giant vine pondered for a moment, then finally relented: "Momo—"

Well—you can only take a look!

So, some Pokémon left Riolu and Grovyle behind to train at the waterfall, while the others followed the giant vines up the rock walls on both sides of the waterfall and arrived at the area above.

The treehouse where Mumu lives remains the same as before.

The only change is that the small farmland in front of the house is now well-maintained, and there are many more imperfect wooden pieces of furniture inside the treehouse.

Mumu isn't home today; he went to work at Chicory Wood Shop. Acorn Craftsman has taken on a big job these past few days—to make a complete set of custom-made furniture.

Chicory Wood Hall is also doing well, with big orders coming in one after another.

What Acorn didn't know was that he received these orders entirely thanks to Mumu.

The employers who placed orders with him were actually Mumu's friends, introduced by Meimei's father.

Meimei's father has even recently considered collaborating with Acorn Construction to create a powerful partnership between the company and Chico Wood, aiming to achieve the best in both hardware and software aspects.

The giant vine led everyone to the treehouse, and carefully used its vines to retrieve an exquisite wooden box from the small attic at the top of the treehouse.

Upon opening the box, a wooden gear emitting a soft green light lay quietly inside.

"Momo—this is it. You can only look at it once, I'm taking it back."

"etc!"

The electric dragon quickly stopped the giant vine; he hadn't even seen it clearly yet!

Electric Dragon approached for a closer look and discovered that although the wooden gear emitted energy similar to the Gear of Time, it was indeed vastly different from the genuine Gear of Time.

"Mouswoo—"

"Although this is not the Gear of Time, it is very well made—" the electric dragon exclaimed.

"Did Little Green really make this on a whim?"

Pink Celebi was still a little skeptical. After all, she and Green Celebi were practically parallel universe counterparts. There was no reason why she couldn't do what Green Celebi could do.

If that's the case, it would be quite infuriating—

"Huh?" Lucario, who was standing nearby, was about to take a look when the giant vine quickly pulled it back.

"Okay, okay, I really can't watch anymore!"

The giant vine clutched the wooden box tightly to its chest, its tendrils trembling slightly: "Momo—"

"I really can't watch anymore, the shrine will get angry—"

Seeing this, the electric dragon quickly comforted him, "Mew~"

Okay, okay, we won't watch anymore. Giant Vine, thank you so much for sharing this with us.

The giant vine finally breathed a sigh of relief after returning the small wooden box to the small room at the top of the tree canopy.

"In the end, we still don't know how it was made." Pink Celebi was a little disappointed, while Lucario next to him had a thoughtful expression.

"That thing is so strange. I felt a very special waveguide on it—" Lucario rarely showed a puzzled expression. "Everything has waveguides, even a rock or a piece of wood."

However, the waveguide of an inanimate object should be stable, just like the five Gears of Time you possess—

Only living beings possess that kind of waveguide-like ability to breathe. Could this wooden gear be a living being?

'

These words only deepened the confusion between the electric dragon and the pink Celebi.

So the electric dragon struck while the iron was hot and asked the giant vine.

"Giant Vine, do you know when this gear was first made?"

The giant vine shook its head, only remembering that it was a few days before Celebi left Windswept Forest to live in Fairy Tale Ranch.

That day, the rabbi suddenly returned mysteriously carrying a small wooden box and placed it in her room.

That wooden box is the one that now contains the Gears of Time.