However, having said that, I've now successfully entered the Legendary Realm myself, and in the short term, it seems like I don't have any great pursuit left.
Even, after awakening Arceus, the arrival and rampage of the high-level and even top-level Legendary Pokémon will no longer be a threat, and Earth will thoroughly enter the Spirit Era, initiating the fourth wave of Trainer influx. With the threat of the secret locations gone, it will be a completely peaceful era... relatively speaking.
Peace is good, forget it, I'll think about it later, it's too early to worry about it now.
"Bwoo—"
At this moment, Eevee, having caused a ruckus, ran out of the Cosmic Battleship. Just now, it had joined Victini, Hoopa, and others in using VR equipment to simulate a cosmic battle scenario with Rayquaza, which was quite exhilarating.
The difficulty of the game's encounter had them doubting if Groudon and Kyogre, the two brothers, could actually defeat the real Rayquaza when the time came.
"Eevee," Fang Yuan called out to Eevee, and Eevee came to a screeching halt with its big eyes gazing at Fang Yuan.
"Pack up, we're going home in a bit."
"(`･ω･´)ゞBwoo!" Eevee saluted, indicating it would comply!
...
It has been nearly seven years since Fang Yuan became a Trainer, and although Fang Yuan didn't have a strong sense of the passage of time, feeling as if he had just prepared for the Little Phoenix King Cup with Eevee yesterday, the changes in the city told him a lot of time had passed—Pingcheng had changed too much.
Fang Yuan still remembered how Tiny, Dr. Oak's grandson, initially dreamed of becoming a Pokémon Master and making Pallet Town renowned worldwide.
Pallet Town, though somewhat famous due to Dr. Oak, had not reached worldwide fame, and to other Trainers from different regions, it was still seen as a rural area; thus, Tiny's dream wasn't unusual. Undoubtedly, an excellent Trainer is capable of driving the development of a city.
Since Fang Yuan won the title of World Champion, Pingcheng has undergone rapid development in a mere three years, with its prosperity in Su province second only to the provincial capital. The influx of a massive amount of resources has also brought the educational level of Trainers here up to national first-class standards.
After Fang Yuan and his parents returned home, Father Fang and Mother Fang naturally didn't understand guardians or legends, nor did they have any concept of them. Fang Yuan didn't talk much about these either. During dinner, they mostly chatted about some trivial things around them.
For instance, there were his two schoolmates who were part of the same Pingcheng new stars initiative as Fang Yuan—Liu Le and Lin Jing.
Liu Le became completely relaxed after passing the Professional Trainer exam and chose to return home to inherit the family business, expanding the family's food industry further. Of course, he also rode on Fang Yuan's coattails a bit; the chubby Liu Le's food business got a major boost from Fang Yuan's Energy Blocks trend and took off right away.
Another, Lin Jing, became an International Criminal Police and joined the UB Countermeasures Headquarters, brightening her career prospects.
UB Countermeasures Headquarters, a unit established by the International Criminal Police Organization for dealing with the Ultra Beasts that might invade Earth in the future, is currently headed by the returning veteran International Policewoman and Island King, Mora.
However, opposing Ultra Beasts is not a safe task, and Fang Yuan planned to help his old classmates once the Ultra Beasts officially invaded, by transferring Hoopa, the Brilliant God, there. That would make everything safe...
Besides, the Professional Trainers like Yang Han and Zhuang Xin, who were initially responsible for the Pingcheng Stars program, both got promotions; the former went to work in the provincial capital, while the latter became the President of the Ping City Trainer Association. Even the teachers at Pingcheng No.1 Middle School had better career prospects. For example, Teacher Li of the Psychology Club and Breeder who took Fang Yuan and the little Magnemite to the Electric Plains for evolution had long been invited by Fang Yuan to join the company he founded, taking on related Breeder positions and advancing his breeding knowledge. The goal of this uncle, whose daughter was still in elementary school, was to train her to become an excellent Breeder like Fang Yuan.
As for why he chose Breeder over Researcher or Trainer... those who know, know.
As Fang Yuan chatted with his parents, he reminisced a lot, and Eevee, sitting beside him, seemed to understand and kept nodding its head.
"Bwoo bwoo!"
It too felt sentimental about the changes here.
The change it felt most acutely was the change in internet speed.
Bwoo bwooing aside, who knows how many times it had suffered from lags while cozied up at home or in the school classroom browsing on its phone!
"We Still Don't Know If Eevee Trained So Hard Because It Wanted to Experience Better Internet Speeds to Play Games in the City".
Life is tough, Eevee sighed.
...
At night, unable to stand the endless queries from his parents about whether he had a love interest, Fang Yuan and the others slipped out.
For a bustling city, the streets at night were not too deserted, especially since it wasn't very late yet.
Originally, Fang Yuan and Eevee wanted to visit Pingcheng No.1 Middle School, but when they stood outside the school, they found that the internal environment had completely changed from what they remembered.
It had been expanded and rebuilt countless times.
Inside the school, it seemed that evening self-study had just ended a short while ago.
Fang Yuan looked at the time; it was half-past ten. However, even this late, under the moonlight, New Trainers and their Pokémon were still practicing on the playground.
"Bwoo! (It's so cold; when will students and Pokémon stand up!)" Eevee expressed its indignation, as if remembering its own oppression during childhood by Fang Yuan.
"Stop shivering, let's go."