[Pokémon] After defeating the Unova Alliance, I decided to travel to Hoenn

“The king controls the great rock and gives light to the people.”

"Do you mean to light up this room? What do you think, Miss Mei?"

"I think so too." Speaking of lighting up, I touched the elf ball on my waist, "Come out, Hamsuke."

"Ugh!"

"Mr. Daigo, can you let this child try?"

"Of course. Please."

The sentry mouse was directed to stand in the center of the room. In order to reduce the impact of the flash on the eyes, Mr. Daigo and I stood in the corner of the room facing the wall.

"Please, Hamsuke, stand in the middle of the room and use Flash to the best of your ability."

After the dazzling light, the surrounding walls did not change. Instead, the ground under our feet began to tilt diagonally towards us, and a hole gradually appeared in the corner of the wall.

I held on to the wall and barely stood firm, but the sentry rat standing in the center of the room had slipped into the hole because it had no support.

"Ugh!"

"Hamsuke! Mr. Daigo, I'm going down first."

After saying that, I lowered my center of gravity and prepared to slide towards the hole. Considering the timid character of Sentinel Mouse, and the fact that I have never used him in a Pokémon battle, he must have been frightened by such an unexpected incident.

"Wait a minute." My arm was grabbed, and Mr. Daigo pulled me up. "I'll go down first, and you follow me. Don't be nervous, the sentry mouse will be fine."

Behind the cave is a slide, which is not very long, and quickly reaches the next room. The sentry mouse was shivering in the corner.

"Hamsuke, it's okay, come here." Worried about him suddenly approaching, I chose to stand there and wait for him to come.

"No."

Hearing my voice, he rushed over quickly. The strong recoil almost made me fall, but luckily I was caught by the hand beside him in time.

There is no time to say thank you, the most important thing now is to appease the sentry rat. I supported the sentry mouse's body so that he could find a more secure position in my arms. Then he used a free hand to stroke his head and said to him in the gentlest voice possible: "Good boy, it's okay. I will protect you."

Gradually, the sentry mouse's body stopped trembling, and its explosive tail relaxed.

"Hmm..." The sentry mouse raised its head from my arms and then lowered it, not daring to look into my eyes.

"It's okay, you did a great job just now."

After making sure that the Sentry Mouse had calmed down, I put him back into the Poké Ball and thanked the man next to me, "Thank you just now, Mr. Daigo."

"The sentry mouse is fine. Miss Yayi is not injured."

"Yes, no problem at all. But Mr. Daigo, this seems to be the last room."

The final mural ends with the death of the king. After building the altar, the king obtained the mysterious boulder. Under the light of the boulder, Groudon and Kyogre changed their forms. Using the power of the boulder, the kingdom maintained peace for decades.

However, after the death of the king, Groudon and Kyogre began to compete for the power of the boulder. After a desperate battle, they fell into a deep sleep and the boulder disappeared. As for the country established by the king, it has completely fallen apart now.

It is really a sad story for a country to go from backwardness to prosperity and then to decline.

"What a hard-working king."

"Why do Miss Yai think so?" Mr. Daigo looked at me with raised eyebrows as if he heard something interesting.

"From the beginning to the end of the story, he went on a journey alone to solve the problem. One person took on all the pressure, so that after his death, no one had the ability to control the overall situation. Maybe the king died of overwork."

Hmm, what on earth am I talking about? Just based on the murals, I can make wild guesses and sympathies. Just judging from the fact that he can control two mythical beasts at the same time, there is no doubt that this is a great king. "Sorry, just think I'm talking nonsense. It's probably because the artist was lazy that he only painted the king."

"No, Miss Yayi's point of view is very interesting."

Without further discussion on this issue, I remembered Mr. Daigo’s purpose of coming to the ruins.

"Speaking of which, did Mr. Daigo find the stone he wanted?"

"About this," Mr. Daigo faced me, put one hand on his chest, and bent down slightly, "First of all, I want to apologize to you, Miss Mei. In fact, the purpose of my trip was the boulder depicted in the mural. I'm sorry to have said anything to you before. You’re hiding something.”

"No, no, you are exaggerating." Faced with this situation, I was a little at a loss. Although I felt that the man in front of me was no ordinary mountain man when we met, I didn't expect that he would confess to me and even apologize so formally.

"As you can see, the boulder possesses mysterious powers that can be extremely dangerous if seized by someone with malicious intentions."

"You don't need to explain, I understand. And Mr. Daigo took good care of me along the way, so there is no problem at all."

Perhaps my answer was too straightforward, but Mr. Daigo couldn't help but laugh, "That's really...Thank you, Ms. Mei."

"Mr. Daigo, I have a question about the boulder. Why did Groudon and Kyogre change their shapes after touching the boulder?" After asking, I suddenly realized that this was a secret that could not be told, so I quickly added, "Ah, if it's not convenient to tell, you don't have to tell me."

"It doesn't matter. I don't think Miss Yayi is a bad person." The man's expression remained normal. It seemed that my question did not cross the line.

Not a bad guy, though. . . This sentence sounds so familiar, I always feel like I’m being ridiculed.

"As you can see, the boulder has the power to strengthen Pokémon and is likely the source of mega evolution."

Mega evolution, I actually heard this word from my friends, but I have never played the series after Black and White 2, and I haven’t watched the anime for a long time. So I don’t know much about this new system.

"Mr. Daigo, what is the mega evolution?"

"According to research, Pokémon has another evolutionary stage, but even if it evolves, it will return to its original appearance. This is mega evolution."

I have never heard of this kind of thing in Hezhong.

"So can all Pokémon mega evolve?"

"This is still being studied, but the abilities of Pokémon after mega evolution have been greatly improved. The form changes of Groudon and Kyogre are also likely to be related to this power."

"It's really a magical power."

Under the light of the boulder, Groudon and Kyogre in the mural have clearer lines on their bodies and their body shapes have also changed.

Mega evolution, I think I want to try it too.

Looking at the boulder in the mural again, I suddenly discovered that there were words written on the boulder. Unexpectedly, the clues this time were left here. We who are accustomed to looking for clues at the end of the mural ignored this information.

"Mr. Daigo, please look here." I immediately shared this discovery with Mr. Daigo, and then translated the above text.

"Offer the key to the boulder."