Chapter 714: What We Bury Are Countless Futures
Evening.
When he stepped onto the peak of Mt. Haruka with his own two feet once again.
Kazuya couldn't help but take a deep breath.
The biting, freezing air stung his throat a bit, causing him to feel a momentary daze.
Turning his head to look for the silhouettes of that group of people, he could only see the distant sky and white clouds.
"Ooh-hoo! Haha, I didn't expect there to be such beautiful scenery at the top of this damn mountain peak! It makes my strenuous effort of flying while dragging three of you along for so long worth it!"
Volcanion ran past Kazuya as if He were flying, looking like a giant turtle that had lost Its mind.
The boring climbing journey had made this kid a bit crazy.
But he had to admit.
Volcanion's foolish appearance snapped Kazuya out of his daze, making him realize that the companions accompanying him this time were different.
Compared to Diancie who was happily hopping around.
"Hula..."
Floette was already shivering from the cold.
Fortunately, Volcanion is a Fire and Water-type Pokemon. He can raise His body temperature by heating His body internally, turning Himself into a living furnace.
Floette pressed tightly against Volcanion's body, using His body heat to stay warm.
Without Volcanion.
With her physical constitution, she definitely wouldn't be able to stay at this high altitude of thousands of meters for a long time.
"Master~ Come quick~ Floette~ You come too~"
Diancie's voice came from the center of the snowfield at the mountain peak.
Kazuya turned his head to look, only to see Diancie lying on the ground, doing who knows what.
"Hey, hey! What about me!"
Volcanion walked over grumbling and gave the crown on Diancie's head a flick with His finger.
But that was completely meaningless.
Volcanion's body is very hard, but compared to Diancie's large pink diamond, it still falls a bit short.
"Oh, and there's Volcanion too, you come as well."
"Damn it! What is with this perfunctory attitude of yours! You can hop down by yourself later!"
Volcanion kept making noise in Diancie's ear.
But Diancie had no interest in paying attention to Him right now; all her attention was focused on the tree seed in her hands.
"Hm? Isn't this the seed Sachima picked up for you?"
Kazuya glanced at the tree seed Diancie took out.
He remembered Diancie saying at the time that Sachima picked this thing up underground.
Perhaps it was a seed picked up while passing through some underground world.
While feeling a bit strange in his heart, looking at the location here, a possibility also popped up in his mind.
"Mhm!"
Diancie nodded, seeming to have some idea.
She buried the tree seed in her hands into the snow under her feet!
"Huh? Aren't you just asking it to die?"
Volcanion's eyes widened, looking at Diancie in incomprehension.
"Why would it die? I think it can grow up strong!"
Diancie simply didn't understand that much; she just did what she wanted to do.
"No tree can live in this kind of environment, let alone this fragile tree seed."
Volcanion shook His head.
"Hula!"
Floette disagreed with Volcanion's statement.
She felt that the vitality of plants is powerful; even in a world of ice and snow, they can stubbornly survive!
"Is that so? Then try getting off my body?"
Volcanion shot her a glance.
"Hula!"
That's a completely different matter!
Floette hurriedly hugged Volcanion tighter, afraid this guy would throw her off.
"Hey! Kazuya, say something to them."
Volcanion turned His head to look at Kazuya.
In this situation, only Kazuya's words could convince these two little fools.
"...Maybe there really will be a miracle."
Kazuya grinned and turned his head to look into the distance.
The sun was about to set.
Reflecting on the clouds at the horizon, it presented a blood-stained warm color.
It was also a scene like this back then, right?
It's just that.
At that time, there was a tree on this snowfield called the Aurora Plum.
Is it the one Diancie planted?
Kazuya didn't know, but he hoped it was.
If that were the case, it would be too interesting.
The tree seed personally buried by this generation's Diancie, after a lapse of three thousand years, came into the sight of the next generation's Diancie.
And coincidentally.
Both of these times.
Kazuya was there.
"You're going crazy along with them, huh?"
Volcanion sighed helplessly, too lazy to say anymore.
"That's right! What we buried is a miracle!"
Diancie cheered, raising her hands high.
"What we bury are countless futures."
Kazuya pursed his lips and muttered.
This tree.
Will witness countless futures.
Of Kalos.
Of many humans and Pokemon.
Of his.
"Hula?"
"Of course! Just as Kazuya said, if this tree can truly grow smoothly, that will definitely be a miracle."
Volcanion glanced at that little mound of snow.
He didn't sound very optimistic verbally, but a hint of anticipation was hidden in the depths of His eyes.
Everyone wants to see miracles.
Everyone wants to see the impossible happen.
"If it's a miracle, then this place will definitely become the most beautiful scenery!"
Diancie clasped her hands together, her eyes full of little stars, greatly looking forward to that day in the future. "In the future, we must definitely come take a look again! Master, Floette, me, and Volcanion! Everyone together!"
"Oh!"
"Hula!"
Smiles appeared on Volcanion and Floette's faces.
"The most beautiful scenery is always the people by your side."
Kazuya glanced into the distance and reminded the three, "It's getting dark soon. We still have to spend time gathering the mineral materials we saw on the way earlier. Let's head down the mountain as quickly as possible."
"Oh? Can we finally go back? That's great."
Upon hearing this, Volcanion immediately abandoned the beautiful scenery here without the slightest bit of nostalgia.
"Weren't you always looking forward to coming out to play?"
"I never want to come out again! I'm going to be a shut-in from now on! I won't go anywhere except the Nebel Plateau!"
Volcanion yelled with His mouth wide open.
"Hehe."
Kazuya chuckled.
The reason why Volcanion later stayed cooped up on the plateau every day was found.
Just like a person eating bananas fiercely for a period of time, making themselves sick of it, and then not wanting to see another banana for a whole year afterward.
Volcanion's first time out traveling was climbing mountains fiercely. It must have added a unique touch to His concept of traveling, giving Him a boring and tedious stereotype of such things.
On the way back.
Under Volcanion's brute strength, a small amount of mineral materials was easily extracted.
It was an iron-gray crystal with a surface so smooth it could be used as a mirror.
The quantity was extremely small.
So small that even if Kazuya and Volcanion wanted to gather a bit more for a rainy day, they couldn't do it.
When Kazuya came here in his fifth life, he had never seen this kind of crystal.
"It does look quite pretty."
Volcanion scrutinized the crystal in His hand but couldn't figure out anything special about it.
"It also looks very much like the drawing AZ left behind."
Kazuya muttered.
However, whether it was exactly this kind of stone, they still had to test it.
He didn't want to make another trip.
Presumably, Volcanion wouldn't want to either.
A pink glow rose on Kazuya's hand, and then he covered the crystal with his palm.
Waiting for a few seconds, he nodded, "This should be the thing."
Just now, Kazuya used Heal Pulse on this crystal.
Logically speaking.
It should have had absolutely no effect.
Heal Pulse is only effective on injured living creatures; it only consumes Kazuya's energy when it takes effect.
But just now, Kazuya clearly felt that the energy gathered in his palm had decreased.
This definitely couldn't be a situation where he successfully used Heal Pulse on a stone.
The explanation that this stone actively absorbed the energy gathered on Kazuya's hand was much more reasonable.
There are many things in this world that can passively absorb energy.
The stones underfoot.
The large trees nearby.
Even Pokemon themselves.
As long as they are components of nature.
They are all passively receiving the infusion of natural energy.
But things that can actively absorb natural energy...
Kazuya only knew of one Pokemon from the ancient era.
But even for Pokemon from the ancient era.
In fact, most of them also absorb natural energy relying on some medium or unconsciously.
For example, Aerodactyl gnawing on stones, or Garchomp gnawing on the ground.
They don't know that those things contain the natural energy that allows them to Mega Evolve.
Although it is active, it is also unconscious.
Only Kazuya was truly actively and consciously absorbing Dragon-type natural energy.
And now.
This kind of crystal.
Clearly possessing no self-awareness, yet it can actively absorb natural energy and elemental energy.
This situation was truly remarkable, simply one of a kind in the world.
No wonder Jarvis said that the Soul Heart is the true core of the Ultimate Weapon.
Without the Soul Heart.
The Ultimate Weapon fundamentally couldn't actively draw natural energy to fire.
"This little bit, is it enough for that guy to use?"
Volcanion was a bit worried.
He wasn't worried about whether AZ could forge the Soul Heart; He was purely worried that He would have to come climb the mountain again later.
"It should be enough. This thing isn't a one-time consumable; if it fails, it can be recast. If it's not enough, let him go find it elsewhere himself."
Kazuya responded with some uncertainty.
He also didn't understand what exactly mysterious science was, so he couldn't give an accurate answer.
But the field of mysterious science truly could not be ignored.
The cheat code of the Pokemon world - the Ultimate Weapon.
The future super mechanical city - the Azoth Kingdom.
The method to forcibly Mega Evolve ignoring emotional bonds - the Mega Wave.
These were all products of the field of mysterious science; bringing out any single one of them was a great invention enough to shock the whole world.
From this, it can be seen.
Mysterious science cannot be viewed with ordinary forging and science.
Only AZ and the others understood this stuff themselves.
Kazuya was only responsible for bringing back the few remaining mineral materials from this Mt. Haruka.
"Then let's leave?"
"Mhm, let's go. Oh right, let me take you guys to see the ocean."
Kazuya suddenly remembered that this place was very close to the seaside.
With their speed, getting there would only take about an hour or two, which wouldn't delay much time.
"The ocean!"
"Hula!"
Before Volcanion could give a response, the two princesses were already extremely excited!
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