Pokémon: Starting with a Bound Entry System

Chapter 474: I'm Very Serious About Raising Them

"You're awake? You woke up much later than I did..."

Linna said placidly.

"Hmm?"

Hikaru glanced at the time. They had entered the illusion in the morning, and it was now midnight. This meant that time in the illusion was different from reality.

"Is that so?"

Rubbing his head, Hikaru came to his senses and checked his body.

His Aura Force had indeed improved.

In the moment of "death," he had indeed discovered some applications of the illusion.

"Gardevoir?"

Seeing Hikaru wake up, Gardevoir immediately crowded around him.

"Don't get so close, Gardevoir." Hikaru pushed it away, stood up, and moved around. After feeling that his body was intact, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Apart from being a little hungry.

"Gardevoir..."

Gardevoir glanced at Linna beside them and ultimately decided to give Hikaru this face, not making a fuss and obediently walking over to Charizard's side.

Charizard looked as if it were still in a bit of a daze.

Linna stroked Zoroark's fur and asked placidly, "Has your Aura improved?"

"A little bit."

Hikaru stretched his waist.

After gathering all his Aura Force to block that Beedrill's attack at the end, its recovery speed had exceeded his imagination.

It had even directly surpassed the Aura Force he possessed in the illusion.

And this surpassed portion was the potential he had stimulated by pushing his Aura Force in the illusion.

In other words, to push his Aura Force in the illusion, he had to deviate from his original storyline and then experience various life-and-death crises.

But before that, he had to raise his Aura Force to as high a level as possible, because that way, the degree of improvement would be greater.

That would make "dying" meaningful....

"The next illusion will be tomorrow, how about it?" Linna asked softly.

Hikaru nodded, "Sure."

Now that he knew the method, there was no need to rush. There was still some time before the selection tournament. He might as well focus on improving his Aura Force in March and see if he could raise it to the top level!

As for now...

He needed to fill his stomach first. After spending a day in the illusion, his stomach was already growling.

He was craving some clear noodle soup.

He skillfully took out simple cooking utensils from his dimensional backpack, which was just a frying pan, then summoned Charizard and had it control the heat. Hikaru asked roughly how many people were eating.

The final result was that all the Pokémon wanted to eat...

Even Linna, after smelling the aroma, asked for a portion. Later, finding it delicious, she asked for another portion for Zoroark.

Hikaru didn't mind.

After all, he still needed her Zoroark's help during this time.

When he was dying at the last moment of the illusion, Hikaru had thought, if he died, what would happen to the Ralts and Charmander in the illusion?

Unknowingly, he had become the emotional anchor for so many Pokémon.

If he were to disappear, he didn't know how sad they would be...

Just like Liangyue's Lucario. Hikaru found it hard to see any desire in it...

This was very frightening.

If it weren't for Liangyue's dying wish for Lucario to protect the Qinling Mountains, perhaps Lucario would have lost the will to live...

After eating, Linna recalled her Zoroark and returned to her own tent.

Hikaru helped Gardevoir clean up the mess. The other Pokémon had all gone into the training house.

He thought about the events in the illusion again and couldn't help but ask, "Gardevoir, if one day you couldn't see me anymore, what would happen?"

Gardevoir's psychic power faltered for a moment, and the bowls and chopsticks suspended in the air trembled, but they quickly returned to normal.

Now, it was at least an Elite Four-level Pokémon, and its mental fortitude was not weak.

Hikaru was just asking.

"Gardevoir..." (How could that be? We are all still here, how could you possibly disappear?)

Gardevoir quickly tidied things up, then flew to Hikaru's side. "Gardevoir..." (Did something happen in the illusion?)

"Mmm."

Facing Gardevoir, Hikaru had nothing to hide. He briefly described what had happened in the illusion.

"Gardevoir?"

"So that Ralts was the you from back then. Tell me, what would you do if you couldn't see me anymore in the future?"

Hikaru had originally wanted to ask Charizard as well, but thinking about Charizard's personality, he decided against it.

He then felt that this question might be a bit too cruel.

"..."

"Gardevoir." Gardevoir began to think seriously.

"Gardevoir..." (When I was a Ralts... at that time, I thought the Pokéblocks you made were delicious, and also... I felt a sense of security, I guess?)

"Gardevoir..." (Thinking about it now, I was completely lured by you with just one Pokéblock...)

Gardevoir looked at him faintly.

It was hungry back then. How would it know that its identity, when converted to the human world, was considered a very good Pokémon?

At that time, it only felt that Hikaru gave it food, so it followed him.

But if it had been any other trainer, they might have been wide-eyed with excitement, initiated a battle for capture, and then forcibly taken it back.

For the Ralts of that time, that would have been a considerable blow.

"Gardevoir..." (Based on what you said, the Ralts in the illusion is so pitiful. Without you, there would be no tasty food. It would probably have to wander again, maybe find a new trainer, but it would definitely be impossible to find a trainer as good as you.)

"...Am I that good?" Hikaru was at a loss for whether to laugh or cry.

Logically speaking, Gardevoir had seen many trainers.

"Gardevoir." (Are you doubting my judgment?)

Its white dress spread out on the ground, and Gardevoir casually sat down beside Hikaru.

Hikaru didn't dare to talk back, only saying with some emotion, "Ralts is fine. The most pitiful one is still Charmander. It had clearly seen hope. I don't know if it will fall back into depression."

Whether in reality or in the illusion, seeing Charmander in that state pained his heart.

"Gardevoir!" (Then be nicer to them in the illusion!)

"Uh... I'm very serious about raising them..."

"Gardevoir." (Forget it. I'm going back to rest. I'll leave the rest to you.)

Gardevoir ignored him and floated into Hikaru's Poké Ball on its own.

Leaving Hikaru alone, dazed on the spot.

Not exactly dazed, because a thought had emerged in his mind.

Perhaps in the illusion, it's not just me participating, but the two of them are also participating?

In the training house.

After glancing at the sleeping Pokémon, Gardevoir teleported in front of the still-pondering Charizard. "Gardevoir...."

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