Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 618: The Boy on Laplace
A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

With the addition of Kyurem, the originally peaceful chat group of mythical beasts suddenly exploded.

The internet celebrity Giratina asked the first question.

[Giratina: A new Pokémon has arrived? ]

[Ho-Oh: Welcome to join us, Kyurem. ]

Unlike the friendly, gentle and kind Phoenix King, the arrogant God of Earth and God of the Sea did not speak.

Kyurem, who was still ignorant of this human creation, secretly observed the scene on the screen.

"What does this mean?" it couldn't help but ask out loud.

Rotom in the phone introduced: "This is the group chat Rotom created by Naoki! All the members in this group chat are legendary Pokémon Rotom like you!"

Ok? !

Kyurem was shocked. How did Naoki manage to have so many legendary Pokémon?
Giratina was very upset when this "newcomer" didn't respond.

It was just about to criticize this rude guy, but then it saw the message sent by Naoki.

[King Wing: Kyurem has just received the Rotom phone and doesn't know how to use it yet. He is slowly getting familiar with it. Please forgive me for the delay in replying to messages. ]

Upon seeing this message, the curse that Giratina was about to say was immediately blocked in his mouth.

That's all! If that's the case, then the great and powerful Giratina won't bother with this guy!

Seeing that the group had returned to its previous harmonious state, Naoki put down the Rotom phone and walked into the room to check on Xiaoshu.

Xiaoshu has woken up and is crying loudly in the arms of her sister Ai Guanshi. At first glance, her personality seems to be very similar to her mother.

"Love~"

The younger sister Ai Guanshi greeted Naoki softly.

Naoki reached out and took the little tree from its arms and put it into his own arms.

Seeing that the person had suddenly changed, Xiao Shu immediately started to sob and burst into tears.

Naoki: "..."

My sister Ai Guanshi was standing by and covering her mouth with her hands and laughing.

Naoki shook his arms and quickly began to coax the child.

"Ahhh, dear little tree, I'm your daddy!"

As if hearing a familiar voice, the little tree looked over with its big round eyes.

I don’t know if she recognized him or was just feeling comfortable from being rocked, but she actually stopped crying and gradually quieted down.

Naoki immediately felt relieved. It seemed that the baby still recognized him as its father!
Gu Leton watched the scene with a smile on his face.

"Ah gah~"

"Gulden, do you want to hug the little tree?" Naoki asked.

Gu Leton shuddered, and then asked expectantly: "Ah, huh?"

"Of course, come on, give it a try!"

As he spoke, Naoki taught Gulden the technique of holding a child, and then gently placed the little tree in his arms.

"Ah geez..."

Gu Leton's movements were extremely gentle, as if he was afraid of hurting the child.

What’s surprising is that when facing Gulden, Xiaoshu didn’t cry!
This time, not only Naoki, but even his younger sister Ai Guanshi was very surprised.

"Love!"

Soon, Naoki came back to his senses. He saw Xiaoshu looking at Gulerton with a pair of bright black eyes, and he said:
"Xiaoshu, this is Gulerton, daddy's Pokémon friend!"

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

At this moment, the Arceus cell phone that Naoki had placed on his body suddenly rang with a reminder sound.

Naoki was slightly stunned, and several Pokémon nearby also turned their eyes to him.

"It should be the expedition guild's business. Let me take a look."

But Naoki didn't feel that way, because he had never heard this prompt sound before.

As he spoke, Naoki took out his Arceus phone, and the moment he opened the screen, he saw a new prompt appear on it.

[Important notice: Characters from other worlds have arrived at the World Tree! ]

[Character identity: Liu Bo, from the special world, was originally trapped in the time gap, and was later rescued by Farfetch'd, who brought him back to the World Tree for treatment. ]

Wait! What did he see? Liu Bo from the special?

Naoki's heart was instantly filled with alarm bells, because Liu Bo in the special episode was actually the ultimate leader of Team Rocket, the Masked Man. In order to achieve a certain goal, he not only kidnapped many children from all over the world, but also captured two legendary Pokémon, Ho-Oh and Lugia.

His strength is extremely strong. The little piglet that was just ordinary in the hands of other trainers has even reached the level of a legendary Pokémon in his hands!

Such a dangerous villain has now come to his world tree...

Oh no! The Pokémon on the World Tree are in danger!

Naoki said quickly: "I have to go to the World Tree. Sister, I'll leave the little tree to you to take care of!"

"Aiya!" Seeing Naoki's anxious look, although his sister Ai Guanshi didn't know what happened, she still nodded and took Xiaoshu from Gulton's arms.

Naoki rode Gulden directly out of the door. On the way, he flipped through the adventures of Farfetch'd, trying to find out how it was related to Liu Bo.

Soon, Naoki found the answer.

[Flying Onion Ducky accidentally entered the T01 world from the Mysterious Labyrinth, where it met three Lapras, one of which was called Laplis, one was called Lapros, and the other was called Hyoga.]

[Laplace asked Farfetch'd to help them find a human. Farfetch'd accepted the request and eventually found the injured Liu Bo in the cracks of time and brought him back to the World Tree for treatment.]

Looking at these records, Naoki was slightly stunned.

Although he had not watched many Pokémon special episodes, he knew some content related to Liu Bo.

When Liu Bo was young, he lost his two beloved Pokémon, Lapras, in an accident. This incident dealt him such a heavy blow that he could not get over it.

Later, Liu Bo heard the legend of Celebi and wanted to capture Celebi and let it take him back to the past to save Laplace.

To this end, he devised an evil long-term plan...

Kidnapping children and training them to be his minions, inheriting the remnants of Team Rocket, and using masks to control others, all for the purpose of capturing Celebi.

In the end, Liu Bo succeeded. He made a GS ball that could capture time and caught Celebi to travel through time.

But in the process, he was interrupted by the protagonist of the special episode, Akin. Akin's Pokémon broke Liu Bo's GS Ball, freed Celebi, and caused Liu Bo to drift aimlessly in the time rift.

However, in the end, Liu Bo still drifted to the time stream when the two Laplaces died, and the child Binghe of the two Laplaces in his arms flew over to reunite with his parents.

Liu Bo also came to his senses and disappeared in the crack of time with tears in his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, Gulden had entered the reverse world.

At the same time, in the expedition guild at the top of the World Tree.

An old man in his fifties with a head full of white hair was looking at the orderly scene in front of him with shock.

"What on earth is going on here?" Liu Bo couldn't help but murmur. This was a place with only Pokémon, and the Pokémon here actually formed a small society like humans, with an orderly division of labor and running this strange organization in an orderly manner.

Even though he was once a masked man, he had never heard of such a thing...

"Am I getting senile and irritable?" Uncle Liu suspected that he was dreaming.

"Gah!"

Hearing the cry of a Pokémon beside him, Liu Bo lowered his head and looked at the strange Farfetch'd that brought him here.

Well... let's call it Onion Duck.

Because this Greater Onion Duck is very different from the Greater Onion Duck he had seen before.

In terms of size alone, it is twice the size of ordinary Onion Ducks. Its body is also exceptionally strong, and its eyes are extremely sharp, especially the super thick onion it carries on its shoulder.

Seeing that the human's attention was on him, Farfetch'd nodded, walked forward a few steps, then stopped and looked back at the other person.

"Gah!"

Liu Bo was slightly stunned: "Are you asking me to catch up?"

Green Onion Duck nodded.

"It's incredible... If that guy Da Mu were here, he would definitely be shocked." Liu Bo murmured.

His wish has now been fulfilled. He has seen the two Laplaces again. Now Liu Bo can be said to have no regrets.

He seemed to have become the boy again who rode on Laplace's back to travel across the ocean.

Now, facing this novel scene, Liu Bo couldn't help but feel curious.

So he raised his foot and followed.

Led by the Farfetch'd, he came to a facility that looked like a hospital.

A Happiny wearing a nurse's hat is treating some injured Pokémon with medicine.

Seeing them coming, Happiny finished treating the injured Pokémon and walked towards them.

Then, Liu Bo saw Happiny and Farfetch'd talking about something.

Then, Happiny turned his eyes to him and took out a bottle of "Moo Moo Milk" and some berries from the medical box.

"Does this Pokémon want to heal me?" Liu Bo's face was full of disbelief.

"lucky~"

Happiny handed over the medicine gently.

Liu Bo subconsciously reached out to take it. He had been drifting in the cracks of time for too long, and his stomach was already empty.

He drank the bottle of fresh milk, and as the bottle of milk went down his throat, a magical scene happened.

All the injuries and coldness in his body were dispelled, and his whole body became warm, as if he had regained vitality.

"This is……"

Liu Bo looked down at his hands in disbelief.

What about that fresh milk?
This was the scene that Naoki and Guldun saw when they arrived at the World Tree.

Liu Bo, with a head full of white hair and a hunched back, stood in the Pokémon Hospital, looking down at his hands, his face full of shock and disbelief.

Naoki: "..."

He felt relieved.

Worry makes one confused. Now Uncle Liu has really come to his senses.

At this moment, Liu Bo in the hospital keenly noticed the sound of human footsteps.

"Who?"

He turned around suddenly, and the next second, he saw a tall young man and a Pokémon he had never seen before walking towards him.

Liu Bo was stunned.

Seeing Naoki, Happiny, who had evolved from Chansey, greeted him happily, and Farfetch'd also ran over.

"Thank you for your hard work, Farfetch'd!" Naoki touched Farfetch'd's head, then looked up at Liu Bo.

Seeing this and the reactions of those Pokémon, even the dullest person could understand that these Pokémon had a very close relationship with this human, not to mention Liu Bo, who once ruled Team Rocket.

Is this the ecological park in the man's backyard? This guess emerged in his mind.

Looking at the man opposite him, Uncle Liu pondered for a moment and then spoke politely first.

"My name is Liu Bo. I accidentally came here due to some accident. Sorry to bother you, sir."

"I know you." Naoki looked at the visitor from another world and spoke.

Liu Bo was slightly startled: "Oh?"

Naoki smiled and said, "Liu Bo, the owner of Kaji Gym, the masked man, and the leader of Team Rocket, made a plan to capture Celebi in order to save the two Lapras who died in the early years..."

Listening to these words, Liu Bo's brows gradually frowned. How did this person know so much? !
Is he also a member of Team Rocket? No, it's impossible... This world doesn't seem to be the same world he was in before.

Seeing Liu Bo's look, Naoki said, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Liu Bo. I have heard stories about you. This is not the world you are familiar with, but another world."

Liu Bo secretly thought that he was right. He shook his head and said softly, "Those are all things of the past."

Now his wish has been fulfilled, and he is just an old man lost in the cracks of time.

Moreover, without Celebi, he might never be able to return to the original world.

That afternoon, Naoki entertained the legendary villain Liu Bo in the coffee shop of the expedition guild.

The afternoon sun was very warm, shining through the window of the coffee shop onto Liu Bo's face.

Liu Bo had a kind face, just like an ordinary old man. He slowly told Naoki the story of him and the two Laplaces.

"...Later, I named them Laplis and Laprus. When I was young, I often rode on their backs and played. It was a very happy time."

A nostalgic smile appeared on Liu Bo's face, and he seemed to be immersed in memories.

"At that time, Oak, Orange, and Steel gave me a nickname, the boy on Laplace's back."

Later, when he lost Laplace and others, those friends composed "The Boy on Laplace's Back" into a song to encourage him.

It’s a pity that he was in a trance at that time and didn’t wake up. He also drifted away from those friends.

"Ugh……"

Liu Bo let out a slow sigh.

Naoki listened quietly, and at the end, he couldn't help but ask:

"Did you see Laplis and Laprous last?"

Liu Bo hummed, nodded gently in the warm sunshine, and said nostalgically: "They are still the same!"

"I have no regrets in my life." Liu Bo paused, and then said, "The only thing I feel sorry for is those children I captured... But there is no other way. I just want to see Laplis and Laplius. If I can still go back, I want to say sorry to those children, even though it may be too late..."

Liu Bo didn't know why he said so much to this man. Maybe it was because he had been feeling depressed for a long time, or maybe it was because of the warm and gentle feeling that the other person brought to him.

(End of this chapter)