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Outside the Hoenn map, a small island covered with Liechi Berries and shrouded in white mist appeared right before Chris.
This time, Chris didn't wait for Lugia to arrive with great fanfare. Instead, he sent Zoroark from a distance to activate its illusion ability.
Relying on Latias's Surf, they approached the coast.
"Ta," Chris snapped his fingers, and Gardevoir emerged from her Poké Ball, holding the Adamant Crystal in her hand.
The power of time was released.
The island that had been difficult to set foot on before was like a veil being lifted, now clearly displayed before Chris.
He stretched out his foot and stepped onto solid ground.
"Scout the entire island with your Psychic power," Chris ordered Gardevoir. "Stay hidden—don't let them sense you."
Gardevoir immediately completed her MEGA Evolution. A faint purple Psychic energy spread from her body's surface, like smoke and mist. The Psychic power that was already difficult to observe with the naked eye became even more concealed.
Soon, Gardevoir completed the information gathering and condensed it into Chris's mind.
The internal layout of the island wasn't complicated—it was just an ordinary island. What really caught Chris's attention was the number of Shaymin and Celebi on the island, along with the "Gracidea flowers" that were everywhere. These were legendary Pokémon items.
"Thirty-five Shaymin... seventy-eight Celebi?"
The number of Pokémon that appeared in Chris's mind was somewhat unbelievable.
Wasn't this number too exaggerated?
Although he couldn't quite remember how many Shaymin and Celebi he had encountered here last time, there definitely hadn't been this many!
In his memory, the number of both Pokémon species shouldn't have exceeded single digits.
Why had there been such a sudden surge now!
Even if they had been reproducing since he left, they couldn't have multiplied this quickly!
"Let's go take a look," Chris said.
Chris walked inside with Mega Gardevoir and Zoroark.
He had barely taken two steps when a small emerald green figure suddenly flew from the far side.
"Who are you? Why do you carry the aura of a god on your body?"
The voice appeared in his mind at the same time.
Chris took a closer look and saw that it was a Celebi.
It was looking at Chris and his group curiously, and finally its eyes kept wandering around Mega Gardevoir.
Chris was initially shocked. His Zoroark's illusion had actually been detected?
And in Mega Gardevoir's Psychic detection, there had been no trace of the Celebi now before him, which meant that it was either not weaker than Mega Gardevoir in terms of mental power, or it had other means to sense and block psychic abilities.
But Chris was soon relieved when he saw the level displayed above Celebi's head.
LV98
This level...
Some of the legendary Pokémon Chris had encountered weren't even at this high a level.
He knew that when a Pokémon reached level 90, the gap between each level became huge. This LV98 Celebi must be considered a "king" among its tribe.
No wonder it could block Mega Gardevoir's Psychic detection.
As for the "aura of a god" it mentioned...
Chris snapped his fingers, and Zoroark immediately lifted its illusion. Since they had been discovered, there was no need to hide anymore.
"You're talking about this, right?"
Mega Gardevoir took out the Adamant Crystal.
Apart from Arceus, who created the world, and Dialga, who controlled time, Chris really couldn't think of anyone else who would be qualified to be called a "god" by the Celebi family.
Upon seeing the Adamant Crystal in Mega Gardevoir's hand, Celebi's two huge eyes visibly lit up, and it happily circled around Mega Gardevoir. To be more precise, it circled around the Adamant Crystal.
"Are you messengers of the god?" Celebi asked, tilting its head.
It could clearly sense that Mega Gardevoir carried Dialga's aura. The human beside her and the somewhat fierce-looking Pokémon also had extremely ancient auras about them.
They might very well be messengers of the god!
Chris was stunned. Dialga had messengers?
"You must be!" Before Chris could answer, Celebi had already completed its own logical conclusion and nodded seriously. Its flying speed became even more cheerful.
"Who are you?" Suddenly, another figure flew over from a distance.
It was a Shaymin in its "Sky Forme," which looked like a white puppy with a pair of small wings on both sides of its head, allowing it to fly freely in midair.
It was looking at Chris warily.
"He's a messenger of the god!" Celebi answered for Chris.
"Messenger of the god?" Shaymin was a little confused, but soon saw the Adamant Orb in Mega Gardevoir's hand. After looking at Chris carefully, it turned to Celebi and urged, "My friends are all here. Let's go back quickly—the Thanksgiving celebration is about to begin!"
"Yeah!" Celebi nodded repeatedly, then grabbed Chris's hand and pulled him forward. "Let the messenger of the god come along too to witness the Shaymin's thanksgiving!"
Chris was dragged by Celebi toward the center of the island in a daze.
Mega Gardevoir didn't detect any malice from Celebi, nor did she see any warning signals from Chris, so she didn't stop them and followed behind with Zoroark.
Passing through a woodland, Chris was led by Celebi and Shaymin to a vast flower garden.
It was the garden that Chris had once seen before, filled with "Gracidea flowers" blooming all across the mountains and plains.
In the past, Mega Gardevoir hadn't been able to use her Psychic power to determine whether these Gracidea flowers were legendary items.
Now, standing among the Gracidea flowers, Chris could clearly feel the surging energy around him with his physical body alone. Although it was impossible to say that all the thousands of Gracidea flowers scattered across the mountains were legendary items, Chris was certain that at least hundreds of Gracidea flowers had reached the level of legendary items.
Now, there were hundreds of Shaymin in their Land Forme, looking like little hedgehogs, having fun in the Gracidea garden. They scurried back and forth like gusts of wind blowing through the grassland in waves, while hundreds of Celebi flew freely in the air. The scene was incredibly lively.
"The number is even more than what was detected just now!" Chris was shocked.
"Here it comes!" Celebi's voice sounded in Chris's mind.
In an instant, brilliant light from the east descended from the sky above the small island.
A sound like Christmas bells rang out from the dazzling light.
"Ding-a-ling~"