My Pokémon Story of Seasons

Chapter 196 A Call Through Time and Space

On the back mountain, the time-space tunnel still emitted an unstable emerald green light.

Two Celebi, Riolu, and Lucario were all guarding this place, not daring to leave for even a moment.

Occasionally, wild Pokémon living nearby would curiously peek in this direction, but as soon as they sensed the residual pressure of Dark Dialga leaking from the space-time tunnel, they would immediately turn around and hop away without looking back.

"La-hua—"

The two Celebi are still trying to take over the time portal, even though they were the ones who opened it, they are now completely unable to control it.

This feeling is like you've gone through all the trouble to buy a house, only to find that the keys are in someone else's hands.

Riolu and Lucario sat back to back, their auras enveloping the entire area like a fine net, constantly monitoring any anomalies in the spacetime tunnel.

"Ooh—"

With the time portal now blocked, Riolu, Celebi, and other Pokémon from the Research Team are all pondering how to return to their original world.

However, just as Tong Hua said, as long as everyone unites, they will have the ability to fight against Dark Dialga!

Just as everyone was deep in thought, familiar footsteps came from down the mountain. Tong Hua came up the mountain with Foam Squirrel and Pickpocket Cat, carrying a basket full of snacks.

"Is it just ahead?" Seven, He Fu, and Professor Shinhara followed behind.

Professor Shinhara appeared quite excited and quickened his pace to walk ahead of Tong Hua.

"Oh, oh, oh! I never thought that at my age, I would have the honor of witnessing such a scene."

Professor Shinhara held a small, exquisite, and strange device in his hand, his eyes fixed on the various readings on it, his excitement overflowing.

"La beep!"

Upon seeing Tong Hua, the green shrub immediately called out happily, then stepped forward and affectionately rubbed its cheek against hers.

The sight of being so close to Mythical Pokémon was something even the two chief rangers, Seven and Heff, envied.

It's important to know that, even in the entire history of the Ranger League, only the current world's strongest leader has ever been able to harness the power of Mythical and Legendary Pokémon.

What surprised the two even more was that, apart from Celebi, every single Pokémon they saw along the way from the ranch was exceptionally well-trained.

Moreover, the deep bond between these Pokémon and Tong Hua can be felt from the way they look at him.

Even words like kinship and family are insufficient to describe this bond.

"Truly amazing—" He Fu exclaimed softly.

"I didn't get a good look around last time I came, but each of your ranches seems to be full of hidden talents."

Seven nodded repeatedly, and when his gaze fell on Riolu and Lucario, he couldn't help but give them a thumbs up.

"By the way, Tong Hua, could you please explain what you just mentioned in more detail?"

Professor Shinhara held the instrument in one hand, looking at the readings, and said to Tong Hua.

So, Tong Hua distributed the snacks to the Pokémon guarding the area, and then recounted how everyone had just fought against Dark Dialga.

He also explained to the Ranger League the origins of Celebi, Ampharos, Grovyle, and Riolu, as well as the whole story.

"Incredible—"

After listening to Tong Hua's account, Professor Shinhara muttered to himself.

"It seems this is no longer just a matter concerning your own timeline." Professor Shinhara's expression turned serious. "If we let things continue like this, it could very well escalate into a catastrophe that threatens both worlds!"

Seven and Hefu also wore solemn expressions, indicating that the situation was much more serious than they had imagined.

"Therefore, let this old man lend you a hand!"

As Professor Shinhara finished speaking, the instrument in his hand suddenly began to transform. The originally small device unfolded into a high-tech computer, just like something out of a science fiction movie.

"Loto!"

"This is the Rotom device, Professor Shinhara's latest invention," He Fu explained to Tong Hua. "It can be easily deployed anytime, anywhere, to establish contact with the top research teams in the entire alliance."

Commonly known as a mobile operations command center.

As Hefu explained, a data stream began to scroll rapidly on the screen of the Rotom device, and several windows opened one after another, one of which displayed the real-time energy readings of the spacetime channel.

"Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!" The two chief rangers couldn't help but facepalm as they watched the professor engrossed in his research.

"Oh no, it seems the professor has entered a state of flow."

"This will take a long time. Why don't we contact headquarters first and send more people over?"

"it is good."

So, while Professor Shinhara was busy with his research, the two chief rangers contacted headquarters.

"Huh?"

Lucario and Riolu huddled next to Professor Shinhara, watching him operate the device with curiosity.

Professor Shinhara was completely absorbed in his own world and had no idea that two Pokémon were surrounding him.

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"Come on, you must all be tired. Thank you for your hard work."

Tong Hua handed the two Celebi desserts from the dessert shop, and the two little ones immediately started eating.

"Wow~" It's as delicious as ever, and it also has the effect of restoring and relieving fatigue.

"Now you don't have to worry anymore, the entire Ranger Alliance is here to help us figure out a solution."

You will definitely go back and save the world.

"Terrifying!" "Meow!"

The foamy squirrel and the pickpocket cat, who were stealing food nearby, chimed in. In their excitement, the foamy squirrel accidentally stepped on the pickpocket cat's tail.

"Meow!" The pickpocket cat jumped up in pain and punched the foam squirrel on the head.

"Screech!" The foam squirrel covered its head in grievance, and the two little ones immediately started wrestling, completely ruining the serious atmosphere from before.

Tong Hua reluctantly separated them: "Alright, alright, stop fooling around—"

After separating the two squabbles, Tong Hua looked at the two Celebi again.

"So what are your plans now?"

If a new spacetime portal is opened, will Dark Dialga still be able to discover it?

"La-hua—" Pink Silavi shook her head in confusion; even she couldn't answer this question.

Even if they fall into darkness and lose their reason, the God of Time is still the God of Time. Given the Celebi and their actions of altering the past and disrupting the timeline, under normal circumstances, this would certainly be treated as a serious crime.

The reason Dark Dialga stopped everyone was very likely because he was acting on instinct.

"There is still a way—" Suddenly, the green Celebi spoke up.

"If we open multiple spacetime channels at the same time, given Dark Dialga's current irrational behavior, he will inevitably have to intercept one of them personally."

"As long as there's a decoy to draw his attention before the key unit carrying the Gears of Time arrives, it should be possible to go back in time and change the history of the Tower of Time's collapse."

"A decoy? No way! This plan is too dangerous!" Tong Hua immediately objected. "Who will be the decoy?"

Isn't that tantamount to suicide?

That's incredibly reckless!

"La-hua!" Pink Celebi nodded in agreement, and she could already tell that Green Celebi clearly wanted to be the bait.

No, you've misunderstood.

The bait I'm talking about that can open a time-space portal isn't just the two of us—

There's something I need to tell you.

Actually, my Gear of Time —

Before Green Silavian could finish speaking, a scream suddenly came from Professor Shinhara's direction not far away!

"Whoa!!!"

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to it, and Tong Hua even launched himself forward, rushing directly to the screaming Riolu.

"What's wrong! What happened?"

Riolu was still screaming, his pupils trembling as if an earthquake had struck, one that only he could feel. "This—" "Ugh—"

Professor Shinhara and Lucario were also surprised. Just now, Riolu and Lucario wanted to touch Professor Shinhara's computer, and the professor let them touch it.

As a result, Riolu screamed like this the moment it touched the computer.

"His condition is very strange—" Lucario said to Tong Hua using his Aura.

Tong Hua, however, quickly realized what was happening: "Wait, you're saying Riolu screamed after touching the computer?"

Tong Hua glanced at Professor Shinhara's computer screen, which displayed a picture of the reading material in the time-space tunnel and a map of the surrounding area.

"I think I understand what's wrong with him." Tong Hua frowned slightly and used the waveguide to sense Riolu's state again.

"It must have been the act of touching the computer that triggered his 'time-space summoning' ability. I wonder what he saw that had such an impact."

After finishing the fairy tale, he raised his hand and gently tapped Riolu on the back of the neck, just like a martial arts master in a kung fu movie.

Riolu stopped screaming instantly and collapsed as if it had fallen asleep.

Meanwhile, within Riolu's consciousness, a nightmarish tragedy was unfolding—