Mew lay in the baby cradle, smacking its lips.
After the three Giants had completed the task given by Fang Yuan, Mew still felt uneasy.
One day, two days, three days…
In the days that followed, Mew grew more and more restless!
It had been so long since Fang Yuan went to the parallel universe, why hadn't he come back???
Logically speaking, sealing a Hoopa should only take 2 or 3 days.
Could something unexpected have happened?
"Mew!!! (No way!)"
Mew stood up and floated into the air, suddenly feeling a bad premonition.
Fang Yuan wouldn't have faced some accident while sealing Hoopa in the parallel universe and got killed by Hoopa Unbound, right?
Given Hoopa Unbound's mastery of space, even if Fang Yuan had the help of two Celebi to escape, a single slip could spell disaster!
After all, even it couldn't defeat this adversary.
Wait a minute!
After worrying, Mew frowned once again.
Last time Fang Yuan went to Future Space-time to collect the Tablet, it worried just like this, feared Fang Yuan would be killed by Mewtwo.
But as a result, Fang Yuan gave it a "huge surprise," bringing the troublesome Mewtwo to this space-time, and, what's more, the Tablet was still in Mewtwo's possession. It was outrageous and gave Mew a real headache.
The current situation seemed oddly familiar…
"Mew!! (No, no, no!)" Mew shook its head.
Definitely, no accident had happened.
May 29th.
It had been over a week since Fang Yuan went to the parallel universe, and Mew, resting on the baby cradle on the second floor of the research institute, suddenly blinked its eyes with joy that day.
It was the wave motion of space-time!
He had finally come back!!
The spatial fluctuations were coming from the backyard, and Mew immediately flew out.
...
Meanwhile, in the research institute's backyard.
Fang Yuan took a deep breath as he returned to the original space-time.
Kira Pray slept while they had lingered in the past space-time for one more day, doing some things before immediately returning.
"Mew~~~"
At this moment, the two Celebi were still frolicking in the sky, Eevee was dozing on Fang Yuan's shoulder, and Mew, looking past Celebi, saw the unharmed Fang Yuan and Eevee, and smiled.
It seemed like everything was fine…
Wait a second!
Mew's gaze froze, feeling that... Fang Yuan's Aura and Mental Power seemed much stronger?
Compared to before he went to the past space-time, it was like a difference between heaven and earth.
This degree of improvement, even if it spent some cost to help, was absolutely unachievable.
Mew: ???
What had Fang Yuan actually done?
"Mew!"
At this moment, Fang Yuan also saw Mew, and he smiled. As for the changes on Fang Yuan's body, they were of course Eevee's wish.
However, at Fang Yuan's insistent request, the wish was changed slightly. Kira Pray indeed enhanced Fang Yuan's Superpower and Aura, but Fang Yuan firmly refused to let Kira Pray enhance his Life Power.
In Fang Yuan's words, living forever directly was too boring; he didn't want to find himself with a youthful face decades later after getting married and having children, with everyone else around him aged. As for longevity, if he truly didn't want to die in the future and needed it, there were plenty of ways. It wasn't necessary to rush it now.
"Mew~~ (Welcome home!)"
Mewtwo looked at Fang Yuan, tilted its head, temporarily pushing the strange discovery to the back of its mind, and with a smile, turned its attention back to Fang Yuan, Eevee, and the two Celebi.
How did it go, how did it go, how did it go!
Did you get back the Ghost Tablet and the Dark Type Tablet?
Fang Yuan looked at Mewtwo and pondered:
"The situation got a bit complicated. Hoopa, just like you said, got corrupted by evil desires. It nearly caused chaos in that space-time."
Gulp.
Mewtwo swallowed hard, nodding its head. It sounded pretty dangerous. Hoopa Unbound causing havoc could lead directly to space-time collapse. But judging by Fang Yuan's expression, he must have sealed Hoopa, right?
After all, he used the highest-grade Sealing Object! A portion of the power from three Tablets + the enormous Ultra-defeat Space-time Sealing Power, even Hoopa would have to bow down!
"Don't worry, we finally managed to seal Hoopa's evil power," said Fang Yuan as he took out the Punishment Pot and, to Mewtwo's stupefied expression, handed it over to Mewtwo.
"Mew!!!" Mewtwo, shocked, caught the hot Punishment Pot and jumped. What the what, why bring back such a dangerous thing, should have buried it at the bottom of the parallel universe's ocean!
"Leaving it there would be too dangerous. If Hoopa's evil power escaped again, nobody there could stop it. I think it's safest to put it inside the World Tree and have you watch over it," Fang Yuan reasoned.
"This way is the safest, most reliable."
Mewtwo: QAQ Put, put it in the World Tree?!
Mewtwo nearly burst into tears. Such a dangerous thing inside the World Tree?!
But Fang Yuan did make sense, and even Mewtwo couldn't argue. It felt terribly uneasy - this indeed seemed like the best way to handle it... but Mewtwo really worried that if Hoopa broke out one day, it would directly destroy both it and the World Tree.
Well, there it was, the cause of its death and that of the World Tree.
But...
Mewtwo's brows suddenly furrowed, sensing that something was off.
"Mew? (You say you sealed Hoopa's evil power?? What do you mean?!)"
Fang Yuan and Eevee looked kindly at Mewtwo and said, "It's exactly what it sounds like. Didn't you say that Hoopa isn't bad by nature, just influenced by external disturbances? So, we gave Hoopa a chance and only sealed its evil power, not its consciousness and body. And we even made friends with it, bringing it here."
"I believe, one day, it will perfectly control all its powers!"
Mewtwo: ???
"Hoopa, come out and say hi to Mewtwo."
Fang Yuan took out a Poké Ball, and clearly, Little Hoopa had been coaxed into the Poké Ball and brought back with him.
"Hoopa... so sleepy..."
As Fang Yuan spoke, a flash of white light, and the drowsy Little Hoopa came out of the Poké Ball, rubbing its eyes. But it soon woke up.
Because it sensed its powers.
Little Hoopa's eyes widened as it saw Mewtwo in front of it, holding the Punishment Pot with a perplexed and panicked face.
"That's Hoopa's power, give it back to Hoopa!!"
"°.°·(((p(≧□≦)q)))·°.°Mew!!" In an instant, as Hoopa lunged, Mewtwo snapped to action and teleported the Punishment Pot away, then got knocked flying by Little Hoopa, of course, without any harm done.
"Hoopa, did you forget the agreement?!" Fang Yuan looked at Little Hoopa trying to snatch the power again and said with a headache.
"Ah~ Hoopa remembers now," Little Hoopa glanced at the still bewildered Mewtwo and pouted.
At this point, Fang Yuan gave Mewtwo a sly smile and said, "That's the situation. We brought Little Hoopa back, too. But this fella is still obsessed with its powers... I'm telling you, you better keep it safe. Although I've talked it through with it, be careful it doesn't steal them from you, or else this world's going to be destroyed."
"Also, those two Tablets are still with Hoopa. If you want them, you'll have to figure it out for yourself."
Mewtwo: ???
Hoopa: "Want the Tablets, just play with Hoopa, okay?!!!"
Mewtwo: ???
Eevee: ╮(﹀_﹀")╭What harm could Fang Yuan do.
"Mew!!!" Mewtwo looked around and immediately broke down mentally. First Mewtwo, then the troublesome Hoopa Unbound, Fang Yuan must be plotting its death, definitely! It really should fire Fang Yuan, ahhhhh!!