Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

Outside the Crystal Tower, the real Entei and Suicune sensed the attribute fluctuations coming from inside the tower. Entei's eyes widened, looking somewhat dazed.

Huh? What?

Sensing 'another Entei' inside the tower in the first place was already outrageous enough, not to mention the fact that this matter even made the news. How come there's another one now?

Who is fighting in the Crystal Tower?

Is it 'me' and 'me'?

Then, the 'me' standing next to Suicune... could it be a fake! This thought... is truly strange!

"Woof," even Suicune looked at Entei, then at the Crystal Tower, sensing the three very similar yet subtly different powers and auras, blinking its eyes with curiosity.

It seems this trip wasn't in vain. We actually witnessed such a rare sight. Who knew Entei had two 'brothers'.

"This isn't right, this isn't right." Entei shook its head, its mind filled with strangeness. It decided to figure out what was going on, so it and Suicune jumped onto two of the Crystal Tower's spires, using their psychic powers to carefully sense the situation inside the tower.

Inside the tower, the fake Entei, who used 'Extreme Speed' to break through the crystal floors and instantly bring Xiaomei's spiritual avatar back to her body, simultaneously sensed the real Entei's 'divine power' coming from afar!

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The fake Entei looked up in astonishment, it was covered in wounds, but those injuries were rapidly disappearing.

Power from another 'myself' came from the top of the tower?

What, what is going on here? How many 'me' are there?!

"Daddy!" Xiaomei, who had been frightened by the battle just now, opened her eyes from a half-dreaming state and hugged the fluffy Entei, sobbing. She had been extremely worried just now. That ferocious Pokémon that looked very similar to 'Daddy' almost killed him!

"Xiaomei, I'm fine. As long as you believe in me, I won't be defeated by that Pokémon."

"But it's the same as me, it won't be hurt here. We must move away from here, otherwise they will catch up soon."

The fake Entei originally thought that as long as it stayed by Xiaomei's side, it could protect her and fulfill its responsibility as a father, but it didn't expect that because of an 'enticement of mother' action, so many powerful and strange humans would enter this tower.

"Leave here, where to go? I don't want to leave."

Xiaomei is just an ordinary little girl after all. Although she has a dream of growing up to become a Pokémon Trainer and battling, this dream was shattered before it even fully began. She squeezed the fake Entei's mane tightly, her shoulders shaking as she cried:

"Daddy, let's stay here."

The fake Entei fell into silence.

If Xiaomei wished it, it would stay, because it came here to be Xiaomei's father.

"Xiaomei, listen carefully," at this time, Hanako, who had been released from mind control, said to Xiaomei: "I am not Xiaomei's real mother."

"You can't stay here anymore."

Hanako's release from mind control was beyond Entei's expectations, and as a mother, Hanako was persuading Xiaomei to face reality. However, the frightened little girl was unwilling to accept the current situation. She didn't want to leave here, even though her 'dad' and 'mom' were both trying to persuade her!

Although the meanings of 'leaving' in Entei and Hanako's words were different, both hoped that Xiaomei would step out of here, whether for safety or to unlock the shackles in her heart.

Entei was silent. It should have scolded this woman at this time and told her to shut up immediately, but the grim situation forced it to admit that, regardless of the purpose, leaving here now was the best option, otherwise...

"Entei! Let go of my mom!"

A reckless shout came from the only crystal passage. Xiaozhi and his friends, along with Pikachu, finally arrived at the top floor. Seeing Entei's body, which had not fully recovered, Xiaozhi immediately understood that this 'Entei in the fantasy' seemed to have been defeated below!

"Did you run up here? Since you lost, leave quickly," Xiaozhi waved his hand, while looking at Xiaomei: "Xiaomei, do you remember me? We met in Zhenxin Town!"

"Leave here with us!"

A long time ago, before Xiaozhi embarked on his journey, Xiaomei's father, Dr. Xiuli, once took a photo with Xiaomei, Xiaozhi, Hanako, and Dr. Damu, but for a mentally immature little girl, it only occupied a very small corner of her memory.

"No..." The panicked girl shook her head gently, watching more and more people invade her and her parents' 'private room'. Her dream gradually shattered at this moment, and her expression became more and more aggrieved and angry, finally accompanied by a sharp shout—

"I don't want to!"

Bang! Sharp crystal spikes suddenly appeared on the ground, piercing through all the objects in the room like spears!

The sharp crystal thorns quickly spread to every corner of the crystal room, forming tall and sharp barriers, blocking anyone who wanted to get close to Xiaomei! The crystals outside the house also became more and more swollen, becoming huge! The shattered crystals formed a terrifying phenomenon like a blizzard, blowing everyone off their feet!

Xiaogang, braving the blizzard: "This is bad, this place is Xiaomei's mind turned into reality, it must be the Unknown Totem echoing Xiaomei's heart, she's gone berserk!"

"Mom, over here!" Xiaozhi searched for his mother Hanako's figure in the sharp crystals, and Xiaomei, seeing Hanako moving towards Xiaozhi, was filled with sadness and loss:

"Daddy... Mom, Mom is going to be snatched away by that boy."

Even though Xiaozhi had told her the fact that they had met Xiaomei before, the lonely girl didn't remember anything about Xiaozhi and Hanako at all. She was just acting according to what she believed was the 'truth'. Receiving Xiaomei's instructions, the fake Entei, who was originally trying to protect Xiaomei, roared.

Although it really wanted to say "Leave that woman and leave here"... but now...

"At least here, she is Xiaomei's mother."

Entei: "Do you think you can beat me!"

Xiaozhi: "I won't lose to you, you illusion!"

The optimistic Croconaw landed and started dancing Wani Wani. Under Xiaozhi's command, it suddenly launched a Water Gun!

The fake Entei quickly dodged, but Xiaozhi's words just now...

Ugh! Damn!

Why, whether it was before or now, including that strange young man, and the Pokémon he summoned that was like a monster, were all saying that it was an illusion?!

Ho-Oh, Entei, Burnt Tower, Pokaen, Dad, Mom, daughter, ruins, murals, Unknown Totem... all kinds of memories and thoughts converged and twisted in the fake Entei's mind. It roared fiercely, perhaps unable to withstand such stimulation any longer, it condensed all its power and launched a Flamethrower!

The raging flames directly knocked Croconaw away, and Xiaozhi originally planned to continue the battle with Cyndaquil, but Entei directly used 'Extreme Speed'!

The huge force directly knocked the Poké Ball away, and even pinned Xiaozhi, who was a super rookie, to the ground!

"Having seen my power, do you still dare to say that I am an illusion!"

"Xiaozhi!"

As helpers, Xiaoxia and Xiaogang certainly wouldn't stand idly by. They also threw out their Pokémon. The fake Entei avoided the attacks and then used 'Extreme Speed' continuously!

One hit each!

Compared to that monster below, these trainers' Pokémon were very weak. It didn't say anything more and pounced on Xiaozhi again!

"Pika...chu!"

Pikachu's Thunderbolt didn't cause any damage to Entei's body at all, and the fake Entei used a maximum power Blast Burn!

The fierce flames pierced through the Crystal Tower. In a critical moment, Xiaozhi hugged Pikachu and tried to block the attack, but was directly blown off the Crystal Tower by the explosive shockwave of the flames!

Below was a chasm hundreds of meters deep. Once he fell, even Xiaozhi, who had a super physique, would be in danger.

However, an orange-red figure suddenly appeared!

"Roar!"

Xiaozhi's Charizard came to the rescue from Charizard Valley, because it saw this 'disaster' on the TV program, so it came to help, and fiercely started a battle with Entei!

"The situation is developing in an uncontrollable direction."

Suicune and the real Entei, standing on the top of the tower, watched the battle. That Rainbow Hero rode Charizard through the spikes of the Crystal Tower, engaging in a fierce battle with the illusory Entei. However, that Entei's stamina was infinite. As a manifestation of mental power, it had no possibility of losing when fighting ordinary Pokémon.

Of course, only when fighting ordinary Pokémon.

"It's indeed the same as me." The real Entei lowered its head, its eyes moving with the battle between the two sides.

That 'illusory Entei' had already been defeated once by a certain Pokémon below, which meant that as long as the power was strong enough, it could also put it in a difficult situation. The remaining thing... just needed to stabilize the girl's mind.

"I thought you would treat this as a trial for the Rainbow Hero."

"That's not my job." Suicune smiled, its gaze moving to the damaged part of the Crystal Tower: "Look, that Pokémon is... one of the sources calling you?"

Entei turned its head, and even from a great distance, it could see the 'abnormal Entei' appearing at the empty crystal window!

"Roar!"

Pokaen directly crashed through the passage of the Crystal Tower, shaking off all the crystal debris above its head. With a headbutt, all the crystal spikes in front of it were shattered!

"Hmph!" Pokaen crushed those crystals, Guangtai followed, with Doublade floating beside him, and trapped in the crystals...

Was the Team Rocket?

"How did you get trapped here?"

In the original story, they should have saved Xiaozhi's life after coming up and then remained invisible throughout the whole thing.

"Because..."

"The timing of coming up was wrong."

"Haha..."

The Team Rocket trio were stuck in the gaps of the crystals in strange poses. They were only able to escape after Pokaen destroyed the crystals, and they all breathed a sigh of relief in unison!

"We're saved! (X3)!"

"That girl suddenly went berserk, and we were trapped by the crystals as soon as we came up." Meowth gestured wildly, explaining in detail. Koga turned his head and saw Amy surrounded by crystals. Even Ash's mother, Delia, was trying to comfort her: "Think about your real mom and dad..."

But for Amy in front of us, it didn't seem to help at all.

Ah, damn it.

Koga smacked his head.

Perhaps it was because I shattered this girl's "dream," causing her not to enjoy the pleasure of summoning Crystal Pokémon to battle. Because she didn't fulfill her dream and was constantly questioned, her heart became even more withdrawn than in the original story!

So, it's my fault?

"Well, let's appease her then."

Koga had a solution for this situation. Granted, the child's heart was very withdrawn, but compared to Mewtwo, who was persecuted by humans and eventually became a philosophical master, was the little girl's heart more difficult to deal with than Mewtwo's?

Children need comfort, guidance, and then, to understand everything in front of them.

"Aegislash."

Koga commanded, "Psychic Blade."

"Yowu ~" Aegislash's eyes emitted a powerful psychic beam. Instantly, dense and sharp psychic threads filled the entire area. The solid and sharp crystals were easily cut apart, the cuts smooth and flat, as bright as a mirror!

Large amounts of the severed heart crystals fell. Blaze snorted. In its opinion, it would be easier to shatter these crystals with its horns, with just a light bump! As for that girl, whether she could survive depended entirely on herself. Who cared?

"That's an ancient idea. The era of the strong preying on the weak is different from modern times."

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Koga walked towards the trembling Amy, who was completely dumbfounded at this moment.

The spikes that were created were easily cut open. The beautiful and solid crystals couldn't stop the strange man in front of her, which made Amy even more afraid. And the greater her mood swings, the more thoroughly the power of the Unown in a certain hall was released!

Bang bang bang bang!

Uncontrollable large columnar spikes kept popping out of the ground. The power of the Unown was completely released and caused a runaway phenomenon!

"Amy! Don't touch her!"

Fake Entei, who was fighting outside, witnessed all of this. It also discovered that "Blaze" had arrived at the top floor. Immediately, it swatted away Charizard with a claw, and then used the crystal spikes extending from the outside of the tower as a springboard to go back and rescue its "daughter"!

But a fierce blue and white flame suddenly fell from the sky!

Boom!

The flames formed a wall of fire, burning quietly, as if it had life. The flames were melting the crystal walls, and standing in front of Fake Entei was the real Entei of the Legendary Beasts!

The move just now was Sacred Fire!

"You are... me?"

Fake Entei clearly saw the "Entei" in front of him this time, but the real Entei of the Legendary Beasts didn't have any anger. It just looked at Fake Entei calmly, and a kind of sadness gradually appeared in its eyes.

"A phantom in the imagination... what needs to be done now is not fighting. The power of the Unown has gone out of control. Once the power is released, even they themselves can't control it. If this continues, the crystal phenomenon will quickly spread from the grassland until it spreads to distant towns."

"The damage they cause is immeasurable."

"What exactly are you! What exactly are you..." However, Fake Entei had fallen into mental turmoil. It would never admit that it was just a figment of imagination, even if the real Entei had come before it, and even shouted angrily:

"I am Entei!"

"Is that so? It seems that only power can make you understand the current situation. The girl's mental shock has also caused you anxiety and pain." The flames of life surged on the real Entei's body. That was the sacred fire that could revive the dying, a gift from Ho-Oh, combined with its own power to produce a change!

The two Entei began a one-on-one contest. Ash, riding on Charizard, watched this extraordinary development dumbfounded. At this moment, the originally frantically proliferating crystal spikes suddenly... slowed down!

Inside the tower.

A comical big-headed doll had already appeared in Amy's originally frightened hands.

When the Calyrex doll was forcibly stuffed into her hand, the fear-filled heart immediately calmed down.

The fear was dissipating, and the girl could clearly see the people in front of her again.

Afterwards, she was blankly put on an orange-yellow amulet by Koga.

Amulet of Courage.

Both of these items have the effect of calming the mind, eliminating negative emotions, stimulating positive emotions, and resolving psychological obstacles.

"The power of the mind is a power that can be truly seen. Although you are still young, you have triggered such an exaggerated phenomenon. In this regard, you may have the talent to be a psychic."

Koga placed his hand on Amy's head, and mental amplification was slowly released, calming the uneasy and fearful soul. And Aegislash's side also emitted a faint wave, which was Aura.

Aura is with me. Aegislash didn't forget the magic spell Koga taught it, and was muttering silently.

"Everyone is a partner. Life meets life, and then something new will be born. If you go on a trip, where do you want to go?"

"During the journey, you will meet many new people, new Pokémon, fight them, interact with them, and become partners. Your real father and mother are still alive. They will meet you soon. I won't lie to a child."

Amy blinked her eyes. She subconsciously grasped the Amulet of Courage on her neck. When Koga spoke to her, she clearly didn't know the person in front of her, but a sense of confidence, a warm feeling, burst out from the amulet, and even her heart was infected.

So, let's muster up the courage!

Children cannot understand escape. They just don't want to admit the current cruel reality, so they choose to weave beautiful dreams for themselves. And when they wake up from their dreams and finally cast a glance at the future, the real and heavy scene will definitely leave a deep impression in their hearts.

Next, it's time to choose. Is it to continue indulging in beautiful dreams, or to muster up the courage and move towards a new tomorrow?

"I'm sorry."

Amy realized something. The amulet and the doll gradually resolved the negative parts of her emotions. When the child truly realized all of this, it was the moment called "growth."

Next, it was Delia's turn as the temporary mother. She hugged the crying Amy, gently patted the girl's back, and comforted her with the gentlest tone, making this girl, who was finally willing to face reality, gradually become stronger.

And Ash, Misty, and Brock also came to Amy's side. At this time, the battle outside the tower also came to an end.

Because Amy mustered up her courage and dispelled the fear and darkness in her heart, the combat power of Fake Entei, as a figment of imagination, dropped sharply. It was forced by the real Entei to a corner of the Crystal Tower, and the wounds accumulated on its body no longer healed quickly.

But Fake Entei also lost the desire to fight at the same time.

"I lost..." Fake Entei sensed the change in Amy's heart. That courage also affected it, and in the battle with the real Entei, along with Amy's recovery of her own reality, it also began to realize its identity.

So it turned out that it was really just a phantom, a figment of imagination with only power, born as a father.

How could this be, how could it... be like this!

"Is the battle over?"

A blue figure fell lightly from another tower. It was a Pokémon that Fake Entei had never seen before. Entei nodded to it: "This is another member of the Legendary Beasts, Suicune."

"We, the three Legendary Beasts, were born with the grace of Lord Ho-Oh. We were once burned to death in a fire. It was Lord Ho-Oh who resurrected us and gave us a noble mission. In a sense, our determination to protect Lord Ho-Oh is the same as your determination to protect your daughter."

"So, for your daughter's sake, let's stop the Unown's rampage together, otherwise, she will be in danger! And so will this land!"

"Roar!"

A huge roar came from the damaged part of the tower. Blaze leaped down from the tower, shaking the ground with dust. It walked out of the smoke with might and a low roar, looking down at the embarrassed Fake Entei in front of it.

Hmph! You're the guy who was defeated below and ran away halfway. Are you going to taste defeat again here?

In our era, Pokémon like you would attract the attention of predators, and then they would gather in large numbers, bringing you the most intense siege!

"Um... you are?" The real Entei had wanted to ask for a long time. There were three "Entei" in front of him!

The real Entei, the phantom Entei, the paradoxical Entei!

Suicune looked at the three Entei gathering together. Even it, who was usually indifferent, couldn't help but reveal a narrow smile.

This is truly a rare scene! Ah, it's a pity that Raikou and Lord Ho-Oh can't see it. I really want them to see it too!

"You and the phantom me have similar powers... but I feel that you are real, why is that?"

Entei asked, "I heard your roar before, like a dream. You and I... no, you and us, what is the relationship?"

"Are those relics about 'Entei' that appeared in the Johto region related to you? We are so similar..."

Ah... the three of us can form a new "Entei Squad", become sworn partners?

Fake Entei didn't speak, just stared silently at Blaze.

It had wanted to know the answer to this question for a long time.

"Roar!" Blaze glanced at the real Entei. The feeling this Entei gave it was completely different - um, if Fake Entei's roar was like a nightmare that couldn't be woken up from, then the existence of the real Entei was probably "another me in the world", like an Easter egg in a dream?

So, let me introduce myself, I am the Fire Dragon from ancient times! Humans call me... Blaze!

"Roar!"

Without further ado, let us stop this endless journey of nightmares!