Pokémon: Reborn as Lucario

Chapter 127: A Thing or Two After the Commotion

"...So, you don't remember what happened at that time either?"

Looking at his friend Norman's bewildered expression, Steven couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache.

After the battle with Registeel ended, the search party found Norman at the site of the city's Pokémon Gym. No, strictly speaking, the former Pokémon Gym, because when the search party arrived at the scene, they were shocked to find that such a large building had abruptly disappeared, leaving only the unconscious Norman on the empty lot.

Due to the severe damage to the buildings in Verdant Leaf City, Norman was also escorted to the city center hospital in Yuanqi City for treatment.

And Norman, who had been in a coma for nearly a week, finally woke up today. Steven, upon learning this news, had rushed over. Unfortunately, no matter how hard Norman tried to remember, he found that he could no longer recall what had happened at that time.

Steven, who was usually calm and carefree, also wore a troubled expression.

Until he saw the belt holding the Poké Balls on the bedside table, and the marks on the Poké Balls.

Steven's brow furrowed.

"Your Pokémon... No, you even used that Pokémon?"

Various sounds of activity echoed throughout the hospital. Steven, seeming to be considerate of something, asked with a bit of concealment.

Reminded by Steven, Norman subconsciously looked at the Poké Ball hanging at the very end of his belt.

Although it was an ordinary red-and-white Poké Ball, the "Pokémon" inside was by no means ordinary.

"If even this Pokémon was used, then it seems..."

Steven and Norman looked at each other, a trace of worry in both their eyes.

…

Several weeks later.

Verdant Leaf City.

The city, after the great battle, had now begun to slowly recover. Most of the severely damaged buildings were either being rebuilt or repaired through the efforts of the construction teams.

"Hmph, hmph, (Pokémon Language) 'scuse me, coming through."

A Machamp carrying huge steel construction beams hurried past on the road. Míng Rìzhào, Rio, and Ruru quickly made way.

The Machamp ran to a building under reconstruction, steadily placed the steel beams in its hands on an empty space, and then hurried back, looking very busy. And the Gurdurr of the construction team quickly dismantled the damaged wreckage of the building and threw it to several Conkeldurr. The latter, in coordination with their trainers, skillfully re-purposed the wreckage, dismantling it into reusable materials. Whenever new steel beams and materials were ready, the Machoke and Timburr waiting on the side would install the materials in the designated positions according to the engineer's instructions.

Just like that, with humans and Pokémon working hand in hand, the originally dilapidated building was being restored to its former state at a flying speed.

"La, la, la, la..."

A large group of spherical Pokémon with flowers blooming on their heads, Jumpluff, flew past Míng Rìzhào happily. Wherever they flew, countless verdant green seeds were scattered on both sides of the road. And on the ground, a group of Buizel, pattering along after the Jumpluff, puffed out their cheeks, spraying left and right, watering those seeds with fresh water.

On an open space a little further away, there were some simply constructed huts. Doctors in white lab coats and their Chansey assistants were treating the injured citizens and Pokémon. Some enthusiastic citizens were carrying many disaster relief supplies, running here and there.

Although the entire city had suffered immense damage, it was gradually recovering its vitality.

The young girl's heart was touched as she watched these scenes.

The three little ones helped the volunteers along the way with a series of tasks within their capabilities, and then, as they walked, they arrived at the original Pokémon Ecological Reserve.

The gigantic Steel God Pillar, Registeel, had appeared here at that time, and had naturally wrecked the entire reserve.

At this time, the security around the reserve's perimeter had been strengthened. In addition to guards equipped with live ammunition, there were also many more trainers accompanied by Pokémon radiating powerful auras. As for why the security was still so strict, it was all because the Steel God Pillar, Registeel, which had fallen back into a deep sleep, was now still being kept watch over inside the reserve. To prevent a repeat of the last time's situation where the Pokémon poacher gang secretly infiltrated and caused destruction, the Pokémon League branch had specially dispatched a number of powerful trainers to help out.

Seeing someone approach, the reserve's guards, without a second word, raised the guns in their hands.

"!"

The three little ones, with guns pointed at them, immediately trembled with fear and turned to leave.

However, it seemed a person in charge recognized the girl and the Pokémon beside her. He signaled the guards to lower their guns, walked out himself, and said amicably, "Hello, your name is Míng Rìzhào, right? Thank you very much for stopping the evil actions of the lawless elements and protecting our city that day."

"No, no, no, it was nothing. It was what I should do."

Míng Rìzhào quickly waved her hands.

"Mr. Norman gave instructions that if it's you, you can enter the reserve. However, please also be careful not to make any strange moves. After all, everyone is still quite tense right now."

"Okay, okay."

After passing the guards' security line, the three little ones walked along the path between the temporary Pokémon enclosures.

The girl did indeed want to go into the reserve to have a look, because she was also quite concerned about the safety of those cute Swablu and their family.

Naturally, Rio and Ruru thought so too; the Pokémon friends they had made at that time—Altaria, Seviper, and that talkative Lairon.

Just as this thought crossed their minds, a loud, hurried cry came from over there.

"(Pokémon Language) Oh my goodness little brother you're finally here I've missed you so much after not seeing you for so long let me tell you that night was really scary a big round thing just like that swoosh became so big can you believe it luckily I dug a big cave at the time and let them all hide in it otherwise it would have been really bad but it's not me bragging brother my hole-digging skills are really something else..."

A stream of gibberish rambled from far to near. Rio didn't even need to guess to know which fellow was coming.

Rio looked back and saw a giant beast covered in silver armor panting as it ran over.

However.

Rio's eyes widened.

"You fellow, how did you... evolve?"

The Lairon that was originally on all fours was now, surprisingly, a bipedal monster Pokémon with two sharp, long horns on its head and a thick, powerful tail swinging behind it—an Aggron.

Facing Rio's surprise, Aggron itself didn't seem to feel much of a change. It scratched its steel-like head with its sharp claw.

"(Pokémon Language) I don't feel much different just standing up now instead of being on all fours but I gotta say the view is much wider standing up look I can see that thing over there in an instant..."

That familiar feeling came again. Rio's ears were buzzing.

"(Pokémon Language) But that other one that also got really big that day was you right little brother can you teach big brother how to get that big..."

"Ahhhhhh—"

Rio covered his ears, on the verge of a breakdown.

"(Pokémon Language) What's wrong little brother are you not feeling well do you want me to find a human to take a look at you..."

Even after evolving into the imposing Aggron, this fellow was still a chatterbox.

Just as he was continuing to ramble on, a crisp voice interjected with a hint of amusement.

"(Pokémon Language) If he rambles at you like this, he can go on for a whole day."

Ruru and Míng Rìzhào, who could understand Pokémon language, had their eyes light up.

"Ah, Altaria!"

Looking up, they saw a large ball of cotton and several small balls of cotton huddled together on a nearby tree. Altaria was smiling as she looked over.

Seeing the cute Swablu again, Míng Rìzhào couldn't help herself and once again took out her phone to take non-stop pictures.

Ruru chatted with Altaria for a while and learned that on the day Registeel had become gigantic, a large group of Pokémon who had sensed something was wrong in advance had already quickly found hiding places. In addition, Registeel's path of advance had avoided their hiding spots, which was how they avoided any Pokémon deaths. Of course, injuries were inevitable, but fortunately, with subsequent treatment from humans, most of the injured Pokémon had also recovered their health.

Rio was bombarded by Aggron's words; Ruru caught up with some familiar Pokémon; Míng Rìzhào took pictures and photos with them continuously. Just like that, the better part of the day passed.

Finally, amidst the farewells of a host of Pokémon, the three little ones left the reserve.

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