I run an orphanage in the Pokémon world.

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And that past hidden in the memories of the flower petal stem.

With a loud "boom," all sound ceased. Huayedi opened its eyes, its gaze weary, seemingly still able to recall the horrific scene from thousands of years ago. For those millennia, it had wandered between ruins and memories, trying to find a path to redemption, yet it could never escape the shadow of that bloody history.

Thousands of years ago, exactly how long ago? The flower petal can no longer remember; it only remembers the world has changed, and everything has changed.

Before that time, Flareon's trainer, a king, researched an ultimate weapon and even used a forbidden ultimate weapon in order to save his beloved Flareon and ensure that they could stay together forever.

It was a devastating burst of power that instantly reversed the laws of life, freeing Florito from the shackles of death and granting it eternal life. However, behind this miracle lay the sacrifice of countless Pokémon.

The power of the ultimate weapon did not come from nowhere, but at the cost of the annihilation of countless lives. Flowerleaf witnessed the death of those Pokémon, their life force was stripped away, and their death gave it and the king immortality. When Flowerleaf saw all this, its heart was torn apart by deep pain.

The Pokémon Flarelet is kind, cute, and very obedient, but it is precisely because of this that it cannot accept the actions of its trainer.

It once tried to question its trainer, why it would use such a cruel method to obtain immortality.

But the king remained silent, sitting on the ground in a daze. His eyes held both joy at the reunion and remorse for the sins he had committed. Flower Leaf understood that even if the king regretted it, he could not erase the lives that had been lost. In the end, it chose to leave the king and bear the heavy burden of sin alone, wandering in the wilderness of the Carlos region.

Hua Yedi did not leave for distant lands, but returned to the land ravaged by the ultimate weapon. The place was already desolate, with only ruins and withered flowers and plants remaining. But even the flowers and plants had been robbed of their vitality. This place was like a dead land, like a desert, which was the place Hua Yedi hated the most.

But Flowerleaf still imprisoned itself in this ruin, gazing day after day at the traces that granted it immortality and then robbed it of its life. Whenever the wind blew, it seemed to hear the cries of the Pokémon from back then, to see them fall in the light, and then look at it in despair and fear.

That look kept Hua Yedi awake all night.

Its petals gradually lost their former vibrancy, and its branches and leaves withered, but it could not die. Immortality was no longer a blessing for it, but an eternal torment. It tried to use time to dilute its memories, but every falling petal reminded it of its past sins. It didn't even dare to close its eyes, because its dreams were filled with the eyes of those innocent Pokémon.

They seem to be questioning the flower petals and stems, asking why this is happening.

This kind of pain tormented the flower petal day after day, it was almost dead, but it couldn't die.

Over the long years, Flareon has encountered other trainers and Pokémon. Some people have tried to approach it and comfort it with gentle words, but its pain is too deep to be easily soothed. It refuses to accept any form of redemption and does not want to approach any human.

Then, amidst pain and struggle, the flower bud found a way, and that was here.

In fact, after it left the king and evaded his pursuit, Huayedi wanted to atone for its sins. This is a common path that most people who feel guilty will take, and eventually embark on the process of atonement.

However, in the Carlos region at that time, the ultimate weapon had been buried, and people only had stories passed down by word of mouth. These stories also became legends. During this time, some people tried to find clues about the weapon, but they could not find them and the matter eventually came to nothing.

Unable to find a way to atone for its sins, Fluttershy could only do its best to help the Pokémon of the Kalos region and make amends for its transgressions.

Then, Hua Yedi unexpectedly discovered this place. Although it could only enter this place during four fixed time periods each day, and even if it did enter, it could not stay for long due to the deathly aura here, it still explored this place.

Flowerleaf discovered that this place seemed to be the former testing grounds of the king, where some Pokémon were imprisoned, and there were some unique walls preventing the Pokémon from leaving, but it was too late for it to find out.

"Too late?" Teng Shu looked at Hua Yedi, not quite understanding what she meant, while a hint of pain flashed in Hua Yedi's eyes.

When Huayedi found this place.

These are Pokémon whose life force has been robbed. Because this place is isolated from the world, they have not rotted or turned into bones.

Flower Leaf couldn't bear it. It could see that these Pokémon had been robbed of their life force, just like the Pokémon before. It had worked hard for a long time before finding a way to gather its power and drip it into this place, so that the Pokémon could be 'revived' again.

The flower bud was overjoyed, feeling it had found a way to atone for its sins, but...

"Your ideas failed, they revived, and this strange mechanism was activated." Teng Shu gave a bitter smile. He had just witnessed it all and naturally knew what happened next.

The green light revives the Pokémon, but then the gray fog sweeps back, stealing their life force. This cycle repeats itself, turning revival into torture. Tengshu thinks that most people would probably have a mental breakdown, but these Pokémon are still trying to find a way to redeem themselves.

Hua Yedi's mood grew increasingly sad.

The vine sensed the emotions of the flower petals and discovered more details.

At first, the resurrected Pokémon were very intelligent and had a spirit. However, with each death and rebirth, these Pokémon would become dull and numb for a period of time after being resurrected, and this numbness would become longer and longer.

Flower Leaf also thought about helping them escape, but it didn't even know how it got here. Now, no matter where it went, it would be teleported here every day, which was very strange.

So Flower Leafy can do nothing but desperately and mechanically revive these Pokémon again and again.

Teng Shu paused for a moment.

He sensed Floripod's emotions, but why couldn't he sense the emotions of the other Pokémon? That shouldn't be the case.

Tengshu turned his head and saw that the Pokémon were already wandering around, their eyes vacant and numb, like NPCs in a game. But Tengshu could only sense the emotions on Florifolia, a deep sadness and self-blame, like a vast ocean.

But that's not right.

Although Pokémon are just Pokémon, and only some Pokémon possess extraordinary intelligence, such as intelligence levels close to or even exceeding those of humans, even Pokémon like Slowpoke and Psyduck, which are considered to be spacing out for long periods of time, still have emotions.

Rattata and other Pokémon have more complex emotions, and sometimes their emotions fluctuate greatly depending on what they are thinking.

Tengshu once "saw" the Pokémon arguing during his patrol, and the intense changes in their emotions were simply incredible.

Therefore, Tengshu knew very well that no matter what kind of Pokémon it was, it would have emotions. Even the most sluggish Pokémon would have emotional fluctuations throughout the day, though they were small, he could still detect them.

But now, it can only sense the emotions of the Flower Leaf, but these Pokémon have no emotions at all.

This is very abnormal; it's like...

Teng Shu suddenly realized, "Oh right, how could he have almost forgotten that?"

death.

Death can also cause a Pokémon's emotions to disappear.

After all, it's hard to say what emotions arise after death. While Ghost Pokémon might have some, they are unique in that they exist in a different way. But the Pokémon of this world...

Teng Shu thought of the Greninja. Its complicated eyes and excited appearance didn't seem like it was emotionless at all. So what was going on?

Unable to understand, Tengshu could only attribute it to the "magical power of Pokémon." After all, Tengshu truly couldn't figure it out, and if he couldn't understand it, then there was no need to think about it anymore. In any case, the magical world of Pokémon has its own unique circumstances.

"Have you... considered that these Pokémon are actually dead? Reviving them might actually..." Tengshu said hesitantly to Huayedi.

Hua Yedi's sadness intensified.

It seems to know this too, but it can't just sit idly by.

Teng Shu scratched his head. He thought of the game's plot, where it seemed that Hua Yedi finally found peace after something happened, and then left with the wandering immortal king.

It seems that only after the ultimate weapon reappeared and was stopped did they feel relieved.

Do we have to see the ultimate weapon again and stop that past?

People who regret things always regret why they didn't make a different choice, and Hua Yedi may also regret why she didn't stop the king.

"Thank you for your hard work." Teng Shu stroked Flower Leaf's head. He was certain that Flower Leaf was the beacon Pokémon for this mission.

Chapter 562 Parting and Death

"I never expected that this beacon mission would be related to the main storyline in XY." Teng Shu sat up in bed and rubbed his temples with a headache. He had some thoughts about this, but he really didn't expect it to be related to the main storyline in XY. It was simply outrageous.

Pokémon XY, as the new era in the main Pokémon series, has a relatively unique storyline. In addition to the main story, a side story has been added, namely the story of Florifolia.

Because the flower petals and stems possessed the ability to live forever, Tengshu was very envious when he played with them.

After all, immortality has been something that countless people have dreamed of since ancient times, especially those who are rich, powerful and influential. Teng Shu remembered that before he transmigrated, a certain gambling king was originally in serious trouble, but he managed to prolong his life for a long time by relying on his money, which can only be described as outrageous.

“But I didn’t expect Hua Yedi’s condition…” Teng Shu yawned, and then he suddenly realized that he was not sleepy at all when he woke up this time. In fact, he was full of energy, and that strange feeling of fatigue was gone.

And this time he'll even get to interact with those Pokémon...

Teng Shu thought of something.

If we had to pinpoint the difference between yesterday and today, it would probably be that Fujiki slept in the Kanto region yesterday, but is sleeping in the Carlos region today.

"Could this be the reason?" Teng Shu wondered thoughtfully.

In the Kanto region, he could barely sleep and would become extremely tired. He also possessed some physical illusion abilities, allowing him to pass through certain places without being seen by Pokémon.

However, when sleeping in the Kalos region, although the vine itself will enter, it will be asleep and can be observed by other Pokémon.

It could even be interactive, which would be really interesting.

"This idea is a bit far-fetched, but whether it is or not, I just need to go back and get some sleep tonight." Teng Shu stroked his chin, thinking that his idea was worth trying, since he really didn't have much to do right now.

These past few days have been a team-building activity. Apart from Tengshu, the other Pokémon and Rock had a great time. Tengshu even saw a message from Xiaoxia, who went to an aquarium in Lumiose City and saw many unique Kalos region Pokémon there.

Although Locke had the misfortune of eating the Stargazing Pie, a truly bizarre dish, he still had a lot of fun during that time, which was the main reason why Tengshu planned to organize a team-building activity.

Thinking of this, Teng Shu simply went back to his orphanage and tried it out. As a result, he found that it was actually true.

He would go into the orphanage to sleep, but his body was illusory, and the Pokémon there couldn't see the vine.

Moreover, after getting up, I didn't feel like I had taken a nap; on the contrary, I felt very awake.

"This is quite a setup, but if I want to help Huayedi, what should I do?" Tengshu pondered. In his opinion, helping Huayedi out of this predicament might require him to do something else, such as stopping the ultimate weapon.

However, if we want to activate the ultimate weapon, we have to talk about Vladali, who is a ruthless person who plans to use the ultimate weapon to do these things.

“I’ve even captured Vladali…” Teng Shu was both amused and exasperated. He really hadn’t expected this to happen. After all, before meeting Hua Yedi, Teng Shu hadn’t thought that this mission would be related to Hua Yedi.

However, since it's a beacon mission, Teng Shu intends to resolve it all at once.

"Forget it, let's go think of a solution." Teng Shu sighed and then returned to Miarei City.

After Teng Shu returned, the attic door was pushed open, and a yellow head popped out.

It's Kai.

Holding his laptop, Akai looked around and, finding nothing there, slowly moved out. Then, after looking around again, Akai vanished from the orphanage in an instant.

A new assignment has arrived.

However, this time the commission...

Kai looked at the laptop in his hand, and then the entire Pokémon appeared on the canopy of a tree. Kai calmly sat down, turned on the computer, and checked the task on it once again.

This mission was simple, yet also quite strange.

Please bury me.

The reward offered was 17,356, with both whole and fractional amounts. Kai, a Pokémon who had studied psychology for a while, naturally sensed that there seemed to be something wrong with this mission request. However, since he had accepted the request, Kai naturally had to come and do it.

Following the directions given by the other party, Akai used teleportation repeatedly, and soon arrived at the north side of Evergreen City.

This is a major transportation route connecting Dark Grey City, but it's not where Akai is going. He checked his location and then looked at the map before continuing to run forward. Soon, a small village came into Akai's view.

“?” Akai looked at the village in front of her with curiosity. She had been to some places with Tengshu and had also gone out to carry out missions. She had also been to some human villages, but this village was quite different from the others.

Here.

very quiet.

Akai quietly arrived in the village. The first thing she saw was the house next door. The house looked a bit dilapidated. Although the door was closed, the wooden door was almost completely rotten, and you could easily see into the courtyard.

In the courtyard, weeds grew rampant, and ivy climbed all over a stone table-like object. Kai also saw several small rattatas brazenly strolling around inside.

One, two, three...

Ah Kai passed by house after house, but every house was the same; the whole village was very quiet, so quiet it could be described as deathly still.

Kai glanced at the computer; there was no further news from the client.

'Where is this?' Akai looked around in confusion. She couldn't understand how such a dilapidated place could exist in a human village.

Akai unleashed his superpowers, wanting to find his client as soon as possible. However, after unleashing them, he couldn't sense anything. Helpless, Akai could only walk forward and search house by house.

When they reached the end of the village, Akai finally noticed something unusual.

This is a farmhouse with a vegetable garden and a doghouse next to it, which was probably once used as a place for a Pokémon to live.

But now, there was nothing in the doghouse. Kai's superpower swept across it, and this time, she sensed two things inside, motionless.

Kai paused for a second, then rushed in. The door was smashed open by his superpowers, and Kai saw his client.

An old man, with white hair, was lying on an old-fashioned bed, and beneath him lay a large wolfhound, also lying quietly.

One person and one treasure, lying quietly and silently.

Akai opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a word.

Akai's steps were somewhat heavy.

For some reason, she thought of the past, of when she stood at the window watching her family's vine tree bury the crocodile. The crocodile lay there quietly, without making a sound, and there was an aura about it that sent chills down her spine, as if it were some terrifying enemy, making her instinctively resist it.

At that time, Akai confirmed that the aura that made her feel uncomfortable all over was the aura of death.

Death is the final destination of all life, and living beings fear death, but can only barely survive.

At this moment, the room was filled with such a deathly atmosphere.

Akai floated over, and for the first time, she didn't feel her body trembling, nor did she tremble because of social anxiety.

Ah Kai tentatively touched it.

The old man is dead.

The big wolfhound also died.