Chapter 351: Return to Your Side
"Ti-ne~"
A sound like a child's cry suddenly rang out, echoing inside the dim tower.
"Riolu!"
Cynthia's eyes became panicked, reaching out to hug the fluffy little dog in front of her.
The environment was dark.
The road was narrow.
If some monsters jumped out, where could they run?
"It's okay, cry of a Pokémon."
Will shook his head, looking around.
Although he couldn't see the other party.
But he could sense the other party's Aura.
'Ghost-type Pokémon?'
Will muttered in his heart.
Ghost-type Pokémon can pass through walls and hide in shadows at will; visually making humans unable to see them is relatively easy to achieve.
"Oh, what a naughty Pokémon, hiding in the dark to scare people."
Hearing this, Cynthia relaxed a bit.
Will frowned.
The cry just now didn't seem to be scaring people.
A bit strange.
The voice was mixed with joy.
Seemed to be calling him.
"Riolu, I'm rested; let's continue?"
"Mm."
Will recovered and nodded.
The two little ones continued forward.
This time they only walked for ten minutes before arriving at a new area.
That was a wide corridor.
The entire corridor was a hundred meters long and five meters wide. One meter from both ends of the corridor, some tall stone pillars that hadn't collapsed yet stood.
Most importantly.
At the end of the corridor came the sound of breeze and rustling leaves.
"Riolu, there seems to be a forest ahead; where have we come to? How can there be a forest inside this tower?"
"Don't know; just go and see."
Will wasn't clear about the situation either, pulling Cynthia forward.
Walking in the corridor.
Don't know if it was Will's illusion.
He felt his steps becoming lighter and lighter, as if his soul was about to float out.
On the other hand, Cynthia beside him.
Seemed not to notice anything unusual.
He frowned tightly, having a premonition in his heart, stopping abruptly.
"What's wrong?"
"Go back."
Will turned around without a word, pulling Cynthia towards the direction they came from.
Cynthia was somewhat reluctant, but she followed obediently beside Will.
What Yoko said before made her consider a lot.
She should consider Riolu's wishes more.
Instead of imposing her will on him.
Only in this way.
Could she make Riolu like her inextricably.
Cynthia wasn't someone who liked to boast; since she said it, she had to work hard to achieve it.
Will could feel Cynthia's mood.
He also hesitated in his heart.
But...
He felt as long as he stepped out of that corridor, some accident would happen.
This intuition was baseless.
If Will mastered Psychic powers, it could be attributed to him foreseeing the future.
But he didn't have this ability.
Aura Power didn't have this function either.
'Strange.'
Will stopped again after walking a few steps.
He found that no matter which direction he walked, that feeling would become stronger and stronger; only when standing still would that feeling stop abruptly.
"Riolu?"
"...Cynthia."
Will turned to look at the exit of the corridor, his eyes flickering.
"Hm?"
"If I suddenly disappear, you let Garchomp fly you out of Dragonspiral Tower. Don't hesitate."
"Don't look back."
Will turned around again.
This time the direction was the exit of the corridor.
The direction the breeze came from.
He discovered it.
No matter which direction he walked, that feeling would come.
Since that's the case, why not satisfy Cynthia's wish and take her to the end to see what kind of scenery is there.
"Riolu, why would you suddenly disappear?"
Cynthia held Will's hand tightly, some worry appearing in her eyes, tone firm,
"You won't disappear; I'm holding you, I will always hold you."
Will turned to look at her, smiled, and said softly,
"Mm, but if I really disappear, you have to do as I say."
"Then will you come back to find me?"
"I will."
Will grinned; he looked up at the faded bow on Cynthia's head.
Clearly bought her a new, better-looking, more expensive one.
But whenever it came to the day of challenging a Gym battle, she would wear this first bow Will gave her.
That was a very precious thing for Cynthia.
Its significance was no less than Ash's hat.
"No matter what happens, no matter how long passes, I will return to this world, return to this time... return to your side."
Will tightened his grip on Cynthia's small hand.
Although his relationship with her might not be that good yet.
But promises made by men must be fulfilled resolutely.
Since he promised to accompany Cynthia to challenge the League and research mythology.
Then he must do it.
"Mm, me too! No matter what happens, no matter how long passes, I will always wait for you to find me. If Riolu gets lost, then you stay where you are and wait for me; I will find you!"
Cynthia quickened her pace by two steps, walking to Will's side.
Her gaze was fervent and sincere.
This gaze made Will completely sure.
The reason he couldn't evolve wasn't Cynthia's problem, but his own problem.
Her liking for him was enough, even surplus.
The problem lay with himself.
In the time of a few sentences.
Will and Cynthia unknowingly walked to the end of the corridor.
Hand in hand, they stepped out of the corridor.
Looking up.
Was a pitch-black sky.
This is the top of Dragonspiral Tower, but cannot be reached by flying.
Can only enter from the bottom of the tower and go up step by step.
It is a place only the "Chosen One" can reach after passing through the maze...
The Grey Ruins.
What came into view was a triangular dilapidated high platform surrounded by forest.
On the high platform, nine black iron pillars stood, arranged in a circular shape.
"Wow! Is this a relic left from thousands of years ago? Looks like a building similar to an altar."
Cynthia's eyes lit up, pulling Will and rushing towards the high platform.
Stepping on the stairs to the high platform.
That feeling in Will's heart was already stuck in his throat.
Climbing onto the high platform.
Surrounded by nine black iron pillars in the middle were one black and one white giant stone.
Could also be called giant eggs.
"Dark Stone... Light Stone..."
Will looked at those two giant stones and muttered.
The incarnations of the Black Dragon Zekrom and White Dragon Reshiram after their physical bodies were destroyed, could also be said to be their appearance when sleeping.
Two dragons.
Actually both sleeping in this Dragonspiral Tower!
Just as the voice fell.
The two giant stones burst out with incomparably dazzling light.
This light was comparable to the light of evolution, almost illuminating the entire dark night.
Will's eyes hurt, tears stimulated by the light.
But he still tried hard to open his eyes to look around, then fell into a daze.
Colorful iridescent light appeared in the black sky.
The next moment.
Will only felt his brain received a violent impact, body falling forward, consciousness gradually sinking.
Before completely fainting.
Three voices appeared in his ears.
"Ti-ne!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
Hmm... When Will opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on a bare mountain, with nothing around.
"Transmigrated as expected."
Will sighed, not very surprised.
When that feeling surged up before, he had already sensed it.
From the moment he turned back and found that feeling still hadn't disappeared, he knew there was no escape.
At that moment.
Will suddenly looked past it.
What hasn't he experienced?
Transmigration is transmigration; where there is a way to go, there must be a way to return.
He will find a way to return, return to Cynthia's side.
There is a time difference between people, but no distinction of fast or slow.
Transmigration won't change the time difference between Will and Cynthia.
They are both in their own time zones, no lateness, no leaving early; the destiny that should come will always come.
The two people who should meet will eventually walk together no matter how many times they separate.
Will looked around.
Not even a Pokémon could be seen on the bare mountain.
Looking far away, it was either forest or grassland.
He didn't know which time point he transmigrated to, nor which place he transmigrated to.
Simply.
Will began to sort out what he saw and heard last before transmigration.
"Those three voices before should be related to transmigration. The first voice is hard to say; the latter two roars must be Black and White Dragons..."
"The first one is more vigorous, should be Zekrom; the other sharper one is Reshiram."
"To go back might require relying on the power of these three Pokémon. Have to find a way to find the owner of the first voice. But since it appeared in Dragonspiral Tower, must be related to Black and White Dragons, not urgent."
"And the iridescent light in the sky at the end..."
"What is that? Does the awakening of Black and White Dragons induce such celestial phenomena?"
Will sat on the ground, frowning and thinking.
Thump.
Thump.
"Scraggy!"
"Scraggy."
Just as Will was thinking, heavy footsteps and strange cries came from not far away.
Will turned to look, his expression instantly becoming weird.
A 2.5-meter Druddigon was actually chased and beaten by three Scraggy only 1.2 meters tall.
Those three Scraggy followed behind Druddigon, occasionally rushing up to butt Druddigon's big butt with their round heads.
Every time scaring Druddigon as if Scraggy were going to eat him alive.
Seeing Druddigon like this, the three Scraggy laughed out of breath.
They didn't want to eat Druddigon either.
Creatures like Druddigon aren't on Scraggy's menu.
Scraggy and the others were purely playing.
And the toy was this silly big guy.
Too shameful for dragons...
Will looked speechlessly; he was a Dragonite in his second life, really angry seeing Druddigon's cowardly bear-like appearance.
"Wait, this Druddigon... wouldn't be the one in Chargestone Cave?"
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