Chapter 458: The Anomaly of the Flame Plate
To be honest, Hikaru didn't really think it was Hoopa.
The reason was simple:
Hoopa in its confined form wasn't that strong.
He had seen the photo just now, and he had even used his [Eye of Investigation] on it.
This skill was magical; it could see all the information about a Pokémon even through photos or television.
[Pokémon: Hoopa (Confined)]
[Ability: Magician]
[Gender: Genderless]
[Talent: Major Legendary]
[Level: 70]
[Moves: Confusion, Clear Smog, Destiny Bond, Trick, Astonish, Light Screen, Skill Swap, Wonder Room...]
A level 70 Hoopa, Hikaru felt, didn't have the ability to evade both his and Mew's Aura detection.
Of course, this was also just a guess.
But given Mew's personality, it would only worry for a moment before quickly putting the matter aside to play games.
Hikaru, on the other hand, returned to his temporary base at the Tree of Beginning—a tent.
He suddenly thought that if an ordinary human were to approach this tree, the tree would trigger its protection mechanism. Not to mention the three legendary titans, even the tree itself would create yellow, illusory Pokémon.
This would serve as a warning to Mew that its home was being burgled, telling it to hurry back and stop playing outside.
But in his conversation with Mew, this was never mentioned.
Did that mean the intruder had evaded the senses of both the Tree of Beginning and the three titans?
Was this something Hoopa could do?
Shaking his head to clear the wild thoughts, Hikaru didn't dwell on it further.
Arceus wanted him to collect its Plates, and the system also wanted him to collect Plates.
Their goals were aligned.
Was it a common crisis?
A sense of urgency inexplicably arose in Hikaru's heart.
The Psychic Plate was with the Mu family. Although it was only half, it meant he now knew the location of five Plates.
Among them, he had the complete Flame and Normal Plates, and half of the Fighting Plate.
The Dragon Plate was with the Ye family.
What surprised Hikaru was that some specific Plates seemed to have special effects.
The Dragon Plate allowed one to master the Dragon Force.
The Psychic Plate allowed one to master psychic powers.
This had nothing to do with Pokémon; it allowed humans to directly master the extraordinary energy from the Plates!
Then what about the Fighting or Flame Plates?
Hikaru took out the Fighting Plate. The semi-circular plate had the Fighting-type symbol on it. He covered it with his Aura, letting it flow, but he didn't sense anything unusual.
"Is the method wrong?"
He recalled the method of using Aura to guide the Dragon Force from the Plate at the Ye family's "secret base," but he quickly shook his head. "It's not that the method is wrong, it's that this plate is incomplete!"
Thinking of this, Hikaru went to the training house and took the Flame Plate from Charizard.
This was a complete Plate.
Hikaru once again used the same method to cover it with his Aura. In his senses, it was as if a raging fire was flowing on the plate, a scorching, burning sensation assailing him.
So that's how it is!
Hikaru's eyes lit up!
Having guided the energy from the Dragon Plate once before, guiding the energy from this Plate again was as easy as flipping his hand.
But after moving just a tiny spark...
The illusory flame began to appear on his hand, growing larger and more ferocious. In just a few breaths, the flame had completely covered Hikaru's field of vision.
"It's so big!"
Hikaru exclaimed, hurriedly stopping the transfer of fire from the Plate.
But the fire was fanned by the wind, and by now, it had already covered a distance of several hundred meters.
Rustle, rustle.
The Tree of Beginning sounded an alarm; it sensed that someone was messing around on it.
Most of the Pokémon on the Tree of Beginning noticed the anomaly and cried out in panic.
Hikaru quickly summoned Charizard. "Charizard, eat these flames!"
"Roar?"
Prompted by his Aura, Charizard didn't waste any time. It flew into the sky, opened its mouth, and the raging flames were instantly sucked into its mouth like a vacuum cleaner.
But as it absorbed the flames, its belly began to swell rapidly. At this rate, Charizard's stomach would probably burst before it finished absorbing them.
Right now, its expression was already becoming pained.
"Are you kidding me?!"
Hikaru was astonished, but his hands didn't stop moving at all.
He summoned Latias. "Fleeting Moment!"
Energy fluctuations, only this skill could work now.
"Nyuun!"
The red skill given by the system began to exert its power at this moment.
Under the flow of psychic energy, the flames in the sky began to dissipate rapidly, but this disappearance met with resistance.
The flame seemed to be compressed, slowly shrinking until it became a tiny spark.
But within Latias's [Fleeting Moment], this spark could not be eliminated.
This feeling...
It seemed that it and [Fleeting Moment] were energies of the same level.
Hikaru wanted to guide this spark back to the Plate.
The Plate attracted it, but the Latias in the sky also seemed to attract it. The spark was constantly stretched in the air, and finally, it split in two, one half surging towards the Plate, the other half towards Latias.
"Huh?"
Hikaru was suddenly alarmed. He had just witnessed the power of this flame. If this spark rushed towards Latias, he had no idea what would happen.
He used his Aura at full power, held the Plate high, and desperately tried to increase the attraction between them. "Damn it, get back here!"
At this moment, Hikaru wished he could just jump up. The already split spark showed signs of splitting again, turning into another half. One half was absorbed back.
The other half surged towards Latias's body.
"Nyuun?"
Latias looked at Hikaru's strange movements below with some curiosity, and the spark, unseen by her, entered her body.
"Hah... hah..."
This time, he had used almost all of his Aura at once. Hikaru felt as if he were drenched, and his eyelids were as heavy as lead.
He fought against the discomfort. "Both of you, come down."
Charizard had eaten the flames, and Latias's body had been struck by the spark. Hikaru needed to immediately sense what changes had occurred inside them.
"Roar..." (So full... this flame tastes good.) Charizard flew down, looking as if it were drunk.
Hikaru's [Eye of Investigation] first landed on it.
[Pokémon: Charizard]
[Ability: Solar Power (Life Force)]
[Gender: Male]
[Talent: Minor Legendary]
[Level: 63]
[Moves: Thunder Punch, Fire Spin, Flamethrower, Scary Face, Ember, Karate Chop, Dragon Dance, Dragon Rush, Sunny Day...]
[Description: A Fire-type Pokémon acknowledged by Arceus! Has ingested an excessive amount of energy, currently digesting..]
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