Chapter 454: Serperior
A strand of golden hair.
With his [Eidetic Memory] ability, Hikaru immediately thought of the Flower of Time he had seen before.
Hikaru had asked Mew about the growth of this thing.
The answer it gave was: "It's a derivative of the Tree of Beginning. I don't know why it grows, it records some things, and then withers at certain times."
It sounded very mysterious, as if the tree showed it to whomever it wanted.
Hikaru looked at this strand of hair and immediately had Mew take him to the Flower of Time he'd seen before.
A spiral-shaped rock flower was closed where it grew, with vein-like patterns on it that looked like blood vessels.
It seemed this flower had not yet withered.
"Speaking of which, haven't you looked at the contents of these flowers?"
He touched the flower, and the scene on it immediately appeared, like a reflection.
The content hadn't changed at all; it was still the blonde woman with a well-defined figure, dressed in a stealth suit, followed by a Mismagius.
"...Flowers like this grow every year, how could I possibly look at every single one? Some flowers just record the very boring daily lives of some Pokémon..."
Mew said with some embarrassment.
Such a thing had appeared in its domain, yet it hadn't discovered anything.
"Is it this woman?"
Mew asked curiously, looking at the scene reflected by the Flower of Time.
Hikaru nodded. "If there are no surprises, it should be her. This is the second time. It seems she really has some plans for this Tree of Beginning..."
Mew became anxious. "Who is this, who is this... Hikaru, ahhh, it's so annoying! It's like this again. Tell me, why are you humans always so fixated on this tree!"
The ability to evade its detection and arrive here made it feel a little flustered.
"You've lived for so long and you're so strong. It's just one human, what are you panicking about?"
Hikaru took out his phone. After thinking about it, he had reported this matter to Lance before.
He had said he would investigate. It had been so long, surely there should be some results by now?
"What should I do, what should I do?"
Mew's anxiety forced Hikaru to send a message to Lance.
There was no signal in the Qinling Mountains right now.
The message would be sent as soon as he had a signal.
"Don't run around for the next few days. It's impossible for someone to appear at the Tree of Beginning right under your nose, right?"
Hikaru offered some comfort.
At the same time, he was trying to figure out what kind of Pokémon could allow a human to appear at the Tree of Beginning and disappear from it within half an hour...
Such a Pokémon, aside from a Legendary, was really hard to imagine...
"But I want to go out and play."
Mew flew around leisurely, saying with some grievance, then asked curiously, "Hikaru, what are you doing here?"
Hikaru rubbed his nose. "I'll probably be staying here for a few days. The main thing is I want to meet that Serperior. See if it's willing to come with me!"
"Mew?"
Mew was startled at first, then immediately tossed its previous worries aside, its eyes shining. "Great! Then lend me your phone to play~ I also want to listen to stories!"
"Okay, okay."
"What a quick change of heart..."
Hikaru handed his phone to Mew and watched it fly happily towards the center of the Tree of Beginning, rubbing his forehead.
He didn't know why Mew, despite having lived so long, still had the disposition of a child.
He turned his gaze to the Flower of Time. Under his watch, the flower actually began to slowly wither, eventually turning into rock dust and dissipating on the Tree of Beginning.
It was as if it wanted to tell this matter to Hikaru.
Its purpose had been served.
Hikaru thought for a while and decided to go to Serperior's location first.
Then he would go to Aura Town outside and ask Lance what was going on.
"Let's see how Serperior is doing."
Lugia was playing in the trees and Latias was recuperating, so Hikaru called out Charizard.
"Roar?"
Charizard was a bit puzzled. This kind of flying task usually didn't fall to it.
"I'm counting on you, Charizard."
Patting its belly, Hikaru jumped onto its back without hesitation.
"Roar..."
Charizard snorted a breath of air and flew towards the sky.
"Want to try battling Serperior?"
In the sky, Hikaru asked.
He had originally wanted Latias to do it, but now that Latias was recovering, this task inevitably fell to Charizard.
With Mega Evolution and a type advantage, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?
"Roar!" (Yes!)
The flame on Charizard's tail flared up.
"Alright, let's give it a try."
Hikaru immediately unleashed the full extent of his Aura and began a blanket search for Serperior's location, and he found it very quickly.
...
By a river below a waterfall, a green, elegant Serperior with a collar-like decoration, white on the inside and green on the outside, was drinking water.
After raising its head, a trace of doubt appeared in Serperior's red eyes, which quickly turned into vigilance.
A powerful Pokémon was approaching it.
When it looked up, it discovered this Pokémon—Charizard.
"Long time no see, Serperior."
Hikaru jumped off Charizard and greeted it, trying his best to appear friendly.
He hadn't had much contact with this Serperior either.
"Sii."
Seeing that it was Hikaru, Serperior's cautious attitude relaxed. It bent down to drink some more water, then gracefully slithered over, finally stopping less than twenty meters from Hikaru.
This distance indicated that it wasn't opposed to Hikaru's approach.
Generally, the stronger a wild Pokémon is, the more vigilant it is.
"I won't beat around the bush, Serperior. I came here this time with the intention of catching you!"
A Poké Ball appeared in Hikaru's hand. "I wonder if our agreement still stands?"
"Roar!"
Charizard let out a roar from behind, its eyes flashing with excitement.
"Sii?"
Serperior looked at the Charizard behind Hikaru and was stunned for a moment.
How long had it been since this human left the forest, and the Pokémon behind him was already so strong?
Although its energy level was still lower than its own, seeing the white flames on this Charizard, it couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.
"Sii!" (Come!)
With a single nod, Hikaru understood its meaning.
He couldn't help but start to feel fired up.
The current Serperior was almost at the Champion level!
[Pokémon: Serperior]
[Ability: Contrary]
[Gender: Female]
[Talent: Champion]
[Level: 75]
[Moves: Vine Whip, Bind, Leer, Growth, Grass Mixer, Leech Seed, Mega Drain, Leaf Storm...]
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