Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 539 A World Without You (Part )

White mist surged around, and even the ground was covered with a layer of mist, which submerged Naoki's calves.

Everything around disappeared, leaving only a vast expanse of white between heaven and earth.

Naoki stood there with a frown, thinking calmly.

First of all, it must be Tapu Finfin's power that creates the fog. Its fog can create illusions and confuse intruders...

But the problem is that Tapu Fin-Fin’s performance in the anime is not that exaggerated!
Or does the Tapu Fin in the anime hide its true strength, or is its power far more than that?

Especially the light gate in front.

Is that also the power of Tapu Fin-Fin?
Naoki frowned in thought. The scene before him seemed to have exceeded his expectations, so what about Leton?
Thinking of this, Naoki subconsciously reached out and touched the pocket around his waist.

There were originally Poké Balls for Mount Goat and Dragonite placed there, but at this moment, the pocket was empty. Both Dragonite and Mount Goat were gone.

Naoki's heart tightened, Dragonite and his mount goat also disappeared... What on earth was going on?

"Is this the illusion that Tapu Finfin created for me?"

"Is that door the place of punishment for Tapu Fin-Fin? What's inside it?"

Several questions arose in Naoki's mind.

After pondering for a moment, Naoki turned around and ran in the opposite direction, trying to find the end of the fog.

However, after he ran for more than ten minutes, everything around him remained the same, without any change, as if he had returned to the starting point.

I'm stuck in a maze!

Naoki looked forward, panting.

The strange light still stood in the surging white mist, as if waiting for him to enter.

"I'm trapped..."

Naoki frowned slightly. He took out the Rotom phone and tried to contact the outside world, but found that even the Rotom phone was gone.

It seemed that Tapu Fin-Fin was determined to get him into that door.

"Forget it, there is no other way now, let's go in and take a look!"

If Naoki remembers correctly, in the anime, Tapu Fin-Fin was also angry because of Kachi's behavior of destroying the land.

But it did not hurt Kachi, but gave Kachi a test.

After Kawhi finished, he successfully calmed down Tapu Fin-Fin's anger and rescued Satoshi and the others.

Is this also a test from Tapu Fin-Fin?
After completing this, we can rescue the trapped Gulertons, right?

Thinking of this, Naoki made up his mind and stepped into the door of light.

In a modern city with flashing neon lights, in a towering office building, Naoki suddenly woke up from his sleep.

"Did you fall asleep by accident?"

I glanced at the time and found that it was already half past ten in the evening.

Naoki rubbed his sore eyes, thinking that he really shouldn't have worked overtime until late at night in the company for that little overtime pay.

He was the only one left in the huge office building.

Colleagues are really something, they didn't even call him when they got home...

Forget it, it’s time for him to pack up and go back!
Naoki got up, packed his things, took his cell phone, went downstairs, and took the last subway back to his rental house.

There were not many people on the subway late at night. It was pitch black outside the window, and a tired face was reflected in the window.

Naoki stared at himself in the glass in a daze. Suddenly, he had a feeling that he seemed to have forgotten something very important...

I can’t remember…

Naoki shook his head. Was he too tired recently?
The company recently developed a new game project, the name of the game is [Cooking Master], it is a garbage game that deceives people into spending money under the name of food.

He happened to be in charge of this project.

Thinking of his job, Naoki instinctively thought of the setting of this game.

[Cooking Master] is a development-type game in which the player possesses magical abilities.

The dishes they make can provide the characters with a variety of attributes and benefits, as well as other strange and magical abilities.

The extent and quality of the gain are related to the level of the food made by the player. Like most garbage games, the food levels there range from F- to SSS.

The level of the dish is closely related to the rarity and quality of the ingredients, as well as the player's cooking skills.

Of course, most of the rare ingredients and cooking recipes have to be obtained through lottery.

"I must be too tired recently. I'm still thinking about work after get off work..." Naoki shook his head, getting rid of these messy thoughts.

It happened that the subway arrived at the station at this time. Naoki got off the train and returned to the rental house. After washing up, he lay on the bed and played his favorite Pokémon Zhu on the switch.

Looking at the cute and handsome Pokémon on the screen, Naoki couldn't help but smile.

How great it would be if Pokémon really existed in this world!
Naoki sighed, turned on the camping function, started to bathe his Gul'don and other Pokémon, and then made sandwiches together.

Only after all the Pokémon were washed clean did Naoki prepare to do today's business.

The main storyline has ended. He had just tamed a bear apprentice not long ago. Now he has to go to Ziqin Town and buy props for the bear apprentice's evolution at the auction in the Ziqin Market.

However, when he was teleported to Ziqin Town and rode Gulden all the way into the Ziqin Market, the feeling of "forgotten something" suddenly became stronger.

Naoki froze in place.

Is it an illusion?

*
In Ziqin Town, Gulden, who was only two months old, opened his eyes from his sleep.

Its mother, the motorcycle lizard with a loving face, was looking at it tenderly.

Gu Leton stared at his mother blankly, as if he had not woken up yet.

The mother motorcycle lizard looked at her child in confusion: "Gaao?"

Oh! Its child must be having a nightmare!
The mother motorcycle lizard suddenly realized, and then gently rubbed her child's head, using this method to calm its emotions.

Gulerton leaned on his mother's arms and said to her, "Gaao..." (I had a very long dream...)
In the dream, there was a ranch and a person. It was given to that human by its mother's friend, the human named Mayor Thomas. It lived with him on the ranch and met many friends.

They live a happy life together.

"Gaao?" However, the mother motorcycle lizard could not understand what her child was saying.

It knew nothing and thought that the little motorcycle lizard must have had a terrible nightmare and had not woken up yet.

The mother motorcycle lizard stretched out her claws and gently stroked the child's head to comfort it. Gu Leton couldn't help but think, maybe it was just a dream?
Young Gulden closed his eyes, leaned peacefully in his mother's arms, and prepared to take a nap.

Time flies, and Lewton is now one year old.

A lot of things happened this year, such as a new town hall was built in the town, and the neighbor next door gave birth to two lovely babies.

But all that had nothing to do with Gul'ton. It always stayed with its mother, living and playing with other Pokémon adopted by Mayor Thomas, and was very happy every day.

During this period, Gulden heard Mayor Thomas talk about the ranch of his dreams.

It was deserted all year round. There were no big trees in its dreams, nor so many companions.

Later, it was bought by a wealthy tycoon, who planned to build a luxurious villa full of pastoral scenery.

Gu Leton secretly went there to take a look. He saw the luxurious villa and the humans in the villa who were dressed very upper-classly. He thought to himself, was it just a dream?
When Lewton was one and a half years old, Mayor Thomas gave it to a young trainer as a partner.

The incident happened when Mayor Thomas, who was on a field survey, was unfortunately attacked by a wild Pokémon and was saved by a passing Pokémon trainer.

Mayor Thomas invited the other party to his home.

After learning that the trainer was from another region and wanted to capture a Pokémon unique to the Padia region, Mayor Thomas happily gave Gulden to the trainer.

Gulden was very happy about this because he could also have a trainer!
Thinking of what his mother said, that he would meet his trainer in the future and live with him for the rest of his life, Leton was very much looking forward to it.

It walked up to the human with bright eyes and shouted happily to him: "Gaao!"

The human also leaned down and stretched out his hand towards it with a smile on his face.

"Motor Lizard, please take care of me from now on!"

Looking at the familiar smile on the other person's face, Gulden was suddenly stunned, and a terrifying thought emerged in his mind.

No, it shouldn't be like this!
It seems that it has forgotten a very important person. It wants to find that person and return to that person!

*
There is a very tall and big tree growing in the forest. This tree is much taller than the other trees. Many Pokémon like to come here to play on weekdays.

Bu Bo is one of them.

Its favorite thing is to sleep in this place.

While basking in the sun and taking a nap, the sunlight can warm up its fur, so that when it goes to sleep at night, it can stay warm all night long!

Thinking of this, Bu Bo closed his eyes leisurely and soon fell asleep.

Bu Bo had a dream. In the dream, he was locked in a cave. When he finally escaped from the cave, he suddenly began to fall rapidly downwards.

The sudden feeling of weightlessness made Bu Bo subconsciously open his eyes, and then he was horrified to find that he was thrown down along with the stone by a stone-dropping bird!
"Bamo!"

Bu Bo let out a cry of terror, and closed his eyes in fear, waiting for death to come.

However, the imagined pain did not come. With a splash, Bu Bo fell into a small river.

Realizing that he did not fall to his death, Bu Bo was very relieved. He hurriedly climbed to the shore. Water kept dripping from his fur. Bu Bo looked up at the blue sky and felt that he had lost all his strength.

When he recovered some of his strength, Bu Bo found himself in a completely unfamiliar place.

This seemed to be a place where humans once lived, but for some reason it has been abandoned, with weeds growing on the ground and a mess everywhere.

A wild Pokémon passed by, and Bubo carefully hid.

It hid until late at night, and Bu Bo felt hungry after not eating for a long time.

It took it a lot of effort before it found a few grains of grain seeds in an abandoned barn.

Bu Bo, who had barely filled his stomach, was exhausted all over. With his fur covered in dirt, he curled up in a corner and fell asleep.

This kind of life lasted for a long, long time.

Being timid by nature, Bu Bo only dared to go out to look for food at night. Although he gradually became familiar with the deserted pasture, there was no food in the deserted pasture, so Bu Bo did not dare to go outside.

It once went to a forest in search of fruit, but was bullied and driven away by the wild Pokémon guarding the fruit tree.

From then on, Bu Bo never dared to leave the pasture and go to other places. He could only rely on some wild fruits and wild crops growing on the pasture for food.

Being bullied by wild Pokémon, and having no time to take care of my fur in order to find food...

In the end, the entire Pokémon Bud became thin, small, and lifeless.

Bu Bo would often climb onto the roof of the dilapidated wooden house and overlook the entire ranch.

Sometimes it misses home, its parents, and its past life of sleeping in the sun. Sometimes it can't help but wonder what this ranch was like in the past.
Will there be a variety of crops growing there, and orchards filled with big, plump fruits?
Bubble will also sometimes focus on bird Pokémon that fly overhead.

It thought, if only it could fly, then it could fly back home to see its parents.

In this way, time passes slowly.

Suddenly one day, a group of people came to the ranch.

They drove large machines to flatten the place. Bu Bo wanted to stop them, but he was too weak and could only watch as those people razed the place to the ground.

Bu Bo was very sad because now he would lose his home and would have to wander around other places again.

However, at this moment, a human trainer passing by discovered it.

The human sent it to the Pokémon Center, and after being treated by Miss Joy, the weak Bubble recovered its strength.

The girl couldn't bear to see how skinny and small it was, so she volunteered to Miss Joy to send the little buddy to a place suitable for it!

Bubble was sent back to the ecological park of a doctor's research institute by the human, where he had endless food and lived a peaceful life like other Pokémon in the institute.

But in his dreams at midnight, Bu Bo would always dream of that ranch.

It saw the prosperous ranch, the lush crops growing in the fields, the flourishing orchards, and a figure beside the farmland, smiling and waving at it.

In his sleep, Bu Bo shed tears.

*
Outside the foggy world, Arceus quietly observed the development of that human and those Pokémon in a world without each other.

After the initial fear, Tapu Finfin on the side also focused his attention on those illusions.

Suddenly, it heard the Pokémon next to it who called himself the God of Creation speak.

Arceus looked at the illusion experienced by the Pokémon named Gulden, with a hint of surprise and amazement in his tone.

"Even if I blocked the relevant memories, do you still remember it? The obsession of that Pokémon is so deep, it's incredible!"

"Fin fin..."

Tapu Finfin made a weak sound, indicating that it was also surprised.

Arceus did not respond. He turned his gaze to the remaining two Pokémon and continued to observe their illusions.

(End of this chapter)