Chapter 738: Jirachi's Guardian
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Volcanion was stunned.
He stared blankly at Kazuya, His mind completely empty for a long, long time.
It was a true blank, as if His brain had crashed.
He wasn't thinking of anything at all.
Kazuya's telepathy couldn't sense a single thought.
"When did you secretly have a child behind our backs?! And you didn't even bring her to show us! Kazuya! You're simply not human! You are too bad at handling things! You haven't treated us as friends at all!"
Volcanion snapped back to reality and flew into a furious rage.
Spit flew everywhere, showing He was truly angry.
"...I was never human to begin with."
Kazuya raised a hand to push away Volcanion's large head, then explained, "Did you forget? I'm not a creature of this era. To me, my daughter was born three hundred years ago in my memories, and moreover, she disappeared over two hundred years ago."
Mhm.
That's right.
From the time he hugged Sprigatito in his third life.
To Kazuya, it had already been over three hundred years.
"Is that so? I see. I thought you were intentionally hiding it from us... 0.o?"
"Wait, that's not right! Then isn't this situation very bad! She's been missing for over two hundred years!!"
"And that's over two hundred years in your memory. With your fragmented memories, your daughter has probably been missing for tens of millions of years!"
Volcanion suddenly realized the situation was wrong and hurriedly yelled at Kazuya.
"Don't make such a fuss. Aren't I trying to find a way to locate her right now?"
Kazuya helplessly pinched His mouth, manually muting Him.
If he could find her.
Why wouldn't he take action?
Wasn't it because finding Meowscarada wasn't easy?
But now.
An opportunity to potentially find her had appeared before his eyes.
So Kazuya immediately took action.
"I see. So that's why you need to borrow Jirachi's power? Indeed, with the abilities of the three of us, we have no way to help find someone. But don't worry, I will still assist you with all my strength."
Volcanion nodded.
Now He completely understood Kazuya's reason for sending Jirachi home.
Since that was the case.
Then He would definitely ensure Jirachi's journey was absolutely safe.
Kazuya's child was His child!
He would definitely help Kazuya find his child!
Volcanion nodded to Himself, having firmly made up His mind.
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Hearing Volcanion's inner thoughts, Kazuya was instantly a bit speechless.
Meowscarada was his child alone.
Moreover.
The parents acknowledged by Meowscarada...
Besides him.
There should only be Sora, probably seen as a grandmother.
"Hey, hey, what kind of Pokémon is your daughter? Tell me about her."
Volcanion curiously bumped Kazuya with His shoulder.
"Umm... she's like a cat, very cute, and the fur on her body is very soft. She is a Grass and Dark-type Pokémon."
Kazuya looked up, thought for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
"Oh~ A cat~ I can imagine it."
Volcanion grinned in amusement.
He had already imagined the appearance of that cat in His mind.
Kazuya turned and gave Him a strange look.
He somehow felt that the cat Volcanion was imagining had some discrepancy with the Big Cat in his own memory.
Kazuya made a comparison.
And then felt...
Mhm.
There's no difference.
His own Big Cat is just that cute.
The current Volcanion still couldn't understand.
In the eyes of an old father, there would be a small filter when viewing his daughter's appearance.
The impact of this filter was roughly equivalent to the distance between the index finger and thumb when making an OK gesture.
"And then? How is your daughter's strength? If you aren't by her side, can she protect herself?"
Volcanion followed up with a worried question.
As an uncle, He was still quite concerned about the niece He had never met.
"Emmm, it should be fine. When I parted ways with that child, her combat power was already about the same as yours now. Under most circumstances, there shouldn't be any problems."
Kazuya pinched his chin and thought for a moment, then gave an answer.
He couldn't be certain how long after his third life's death Meowscarada disappeared, so he couldn't make an accurate guess about her combat power at the time of her disappearance.
"Huh?"
Volcanion froze for a few seconds.
He now had doubts about the cute cat Kazuya mentioned.
A cute cat.
Could possess such powerful strength?
Wait!
Suddenly Volcanion thought of Jirachi, Diancie, and Magearna.
These three babies were also quite cute.
Instantly.
Volcanion felt relieved again.
As expected.
Kazuya's daughter must be a cute cat.
"Don't worry. Although that child is a bit of a crybaby, willful, and clingy... she's also quite smart. I believe nothing bad will happen to her."
Kazuya smiled confidently, raising his hand and waving it casually. "If any dark and evil forces want to lay a hand on her, they would mostly be digging their own graves and will only bring about their own destruction."
He truly believed this.
The Meowscarada clan was an inherently intelligent species, possessing extremely high IQ and superb acting skills right from birth.
Trying to deceive or scheme against them was truly not easy.
Especially since Kazuya's Big Cat was different from ordinary Meowscarada.
Big Cat was a child raised in a human nest. She understood humans very well and had a thinking pattern similar to humans.
In Kazuya's view.
Meowscarada's disappearance.
Was highly likely her own choice.
There was a small probability that some accident occurred, such as falling into a space-time wormhole or something.
There was almost no possibility that she was schemed against by other creatures.
"Oh~ You really have confidence in her. I'm looking forward to meeting her more and more."
"Hehe, she's a bit mischievous; you might even get bullied."
"Damn it, don't underestimate me!"
"We'll know when the time comes."
The two chatted as they moved forward.
At the same time, they constantly kept an eye on Diancie and Jirachi's movements.
It wasn't that they were terrified of them being attacked.
In this current era.
Across the entire Kalos continent, apart from Zygarde, there were very few creatures that could gain an advantage against five Champion-level Pokémon.
Even though they were all in incomplete forms right now.
They were still Gods after all.
They were simply afraid that these two would play too wildly and end up getting lost.
Just at this moment.
A very conspicuous Pokémon appeared near Diancie and Jirachi.
"Hey, Kazuya, that thing."
Volcanion immediately noticed the other party, His brows furrowing.
The arms looped on His back detached, pointing at the Pokémon tens of meters away.
As long as Kazuya confirmed it was an enemy.
He would launch an attack immediately.
"There's no hostility. That's a Ghost-type Pokémon called Dusknoir. It seems... it seems to be Jirachi's guardian?"
Kazuya fixed his eyes on the four-meter-tall Dusknoir.
He used his Aura perception and Confusion perception to probe the other party's emotions and intentions.
And finally confirmed the Pokémon's identity.
It was probably a guardian who ran out of the Pokémon Village to look for Jirachi.
The Jirachi in the movie also had its own guardian, an Absol bearing the name of Disaster Pokémon.
"Kia..."
Dusknoir floated in front of Diancie and Jirachi, quietly staring at the two little ones with its single red eye.
"Who are you! Don't come closer!"
Diancie stretched out her arms, protecting Jirachi behind her.
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Dusknoir glanced at her without reacting at all.
Its gaze shifted behind Diancie.
"Hm?"
Jirachi poked half its head out from behind Diancie.
After seeing Dusknoir's appearance clearly.
Star-kun immediately showed an expression of joy, flying out from behind Diancie and throwing itself at Dusknoir.
"Kia."
Dusknoir narrowed its eyes and embraced Jirachi.
Diancie watched in a daze, not yet realizing what was going on.
"Diancie, this is my good friend, Dusknoir; Dusknoir, this is Diancie, also my good friend."
Jirachi pulled Dusknoir in front of Diancie.
And then grabbed their hands, pulling them together.
This was considered an introduction.
"And then, over here are Kazuya and Volcanion, also good friends!"
Jirachi flew over again and hovered above Kazuya and Volcanion's heads.
To the pure-hearted Jirachi.
The standard for becoming good friends was very low.
It could be said that as long as they had played together, they were all considered good friends.
"Hello."
Kazuya nodded at Dusknoir, showing a gratified smile.
Compared to that Absol in the movie.
This Dusknoir looked much more reliable.
One must know.
Absol launched an attack on Satoshi and his group right away.
It didn't even ask about the relationship between Jirachi and Satoshi's group; it just arbitrarily assumed that Satoshi's group had taken away Jirachi, who was still in the crystal at the time.
Dusknoir was much calmer.
With such a guardian.
Even if Jirachi was a bit naive, it probably wouldn't encounter any major problems.
At least it wouldn't end up being captured and used by humans to create the Earth Monster Groudon like in the movie.
Moreover.
Dusknoir's strength wasn't weak.
Judging by Kazuya's eyesight, this Dusknoir's strength was roughly in the middle tier of the Elite Four level, which was already an extremely powerful standard in the wild.
More importantly.
Ghost-type Pokémon generally had very long lifespans.
The lifespan of an Elite Four-level Dusknoir was counted in tens of thousands of years; it could constantly stay by Jirachi's side.
To Jirachi, who slept for a millennium at a time.
Dusknoir was a family member it could see every time it woke up.
Of course.
The appearance of this Dusknoir right now.
Saved Kazuya and the others a lot of time on their journey.
"If this guy is here, then we don't have to spend more time looking for that Pokémon Village, right?"
Volcanion turned to look at Kazuya beside Him.
"Mhm, that's right. It went even smoother than I imagined. Next, we just have to wait for that comet to get close, and then let Jirachi open its True Eye to absorb the comet's energy."
Kazuya nodded.
He looked up at the faintly discernible Millennium Comet in the sky.
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