chsdbacks Chapter 150 The Keystone and the "Stone Maniac"
Chapter 150 The Keystone and the "Stone Maniac"
Chapter 150 The Keystone and the "Stone Maniac"
"Apart from dealing with meteorites..."
"Everything else at the center of the Green Ridge universe is indeed doing its duty!"
Solans said with utmost sincerity.
But Ze Shu said, "Dr. Solans, isn't the only important task you're in charge of at the Green Ridge Space Center the meteorite? Do all the other tasks you're responsible for combined amount to even one-fifth of the importance of the meteorite task?"
Solans gave a forced, awkward smile:
"But, but..."
He was speechless.
What should we do?!
Solans gradually felt despair.
But Ze Shu suddenly smiled and uttered words that sounded like those of an angel in Solans's ear:
"Actually, I don't necessarily have to investigate Dr. Solans. After all, apart from your greed for meteorites and your collusion with evil organizations, you have indeed made many contributions to the development of meteorites."
"The most advanced equipment is located at the center of the Green Ridge Universe. If your actions are exposed, you will be dismissed and convicted, which will undoubtedly cause a major upheaval in the meteorite world. This would be a devastating loss for Hoenn, known as the 'Land of Meteor Falls.'"
"This is something that the Hoenn League and the meteorite science community are unwilling to accept, and you yourself are probably unwilling to accept it either."
"From this perspective, it's a lose-lose situation."
When it comes to meteorites, Dr. Solans is arguably the most professional expert in the entire Pokémon world.
The event capable of destroying the world is known as the [Episode△] Giant Meteorite Crisis.
It was Dr. Solans who later discovered it using equipment at the Green Ridge Space Center.
Solans listened blankly to Ze Shu's words.
His eyes widened, brimming with excitement, and he said:
"So, what are your thoughts, investigator...?"
"For the sake of the meteorite world's development, for the sake of the Hoenn region's development, you'd rather bear this secret than expose me?"
Ze Shu smiled and nodded:
"right."
Solans excitedly grasped Ze Shu's hand.
Praise poured out of his mouth as if it were free:
"With a strong sense of justice and a willingness to overlook trivialities, you are truly a great investigator!"
"I have never seen such a great investigator as you. The Hoenn League and the meteorite research community will be infinitely glorious because of you!"
These are words of praise.
It made Ze Shu feel a little nauseous.
Dr. Solans, there's no need for you to be so excited...
Ze Shu said, "However, there's a condition."
Lost in happiness, Solans nodded involuntarily and said, "Go on."
Ze Shu smiled and said, "Dr. Solans, I need to take some of your 'collection' for archiving and preservation. You have no objection to that, do you?"
Solans hesitated, "This..."
Sealing and storing the files is essentially the same as "confiscation," isn't it?
Ze Shu said, "It's different. Sealing and preserving is just moving your collection, Dr. Solans's collection, to a new location—from your collection room to my hands for safekeeping. Essentially, it's all your collection."
"Unlike after it was exposed, this collection will not be confiscated and will truly no longer belong to you."
Solans felt a pang of heartache.
but.
Ze Shu's description of "essence"—one that belonged to him and the other that had become no longer his—truly struck a chord with this "meteorite collector," making him feel a little better.
Yeah, it's just "saving" in a different location!
Solans seemed to have found a reason to agree.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, I agree!"
Ze Shu smiled: "It's a pleasure working with you."
Human nature always prefers compromise and moderation.
Jing Ruze said directly that he wanted the meteorite, which Solans would definitely not allow.
However, if Ze Shu advocates removing Solans from his position, cutting off the source of the meteorites, and confiscating his illegally obtained meteorites...
Solans agreed to mediate and promised Zeshu that he could select a few meteorites to store in another location.
Solans looked heartbroken.
"You'd better protect my meteorite."
"Treat him well..."
He seemed to know that the meteorite was his "pledge of allegiance" to Ze Shu.
Ze Shu said, "Yes, I will."
As for this "protection," Deoxys will definitely protect it after he's absorbed his fill. After all, the meteorite has already been modified by radiation, and if it's completely absorbed, the radiation energy can slowly "grow" back.
So after the meteorite was absorbed, it was no different from usual, at most it would just "shrink" for a while.
It's still a long-term business.
Zeshu will definitely protect it.
The worst that could happen to this meteorite is that Zeki would use Deoxys to "push it up and suck it in".
After all, it's a waste not to absorb that energy.
It would be such a waste if it just stayed there full.
Next, Ze Shu and Solans agreed on a "meteorite trading location." Dr. Solans left with a mix of relief and heartache, leaving behind even the equipment he had been using to mine the ore.
Looking at his back.
Ze Shu seemed to remember something and suddenly said:
"Oh, right, there's something I need to remind you of, Dr. Solans. Perhaps you didn't notice it in the badge just now..."
"I'm not actually an investigator for the Hoenn region."
Ze Shu said.
Solans turned around and heard these words, which proved to be true.
Is this person not a Hoenn investigator?
So, in that case...
Does Zeki represent the Hoenn League, or the Greenmots Universe Center?
But so what?
In the end, Dr. Solans still left.
After all, Ze Shu knew for certain that he had "colluded with evil organizations" and "abused his power to monopolize the meteorite."
Furthermore, the identity of an investigator cannot be faked.
Perhaps Ze Shu, as an investigator for the "Outside Alliance," will openly expose...
The Hoenn League will face greater difficulties, and the punishment for him may be even more severe.
"This is a 'meteorite fanatic' whose entire focus is on meteorites," Ze Shu remarked. Xiao Lan chuckled, "Compared to the consequences of the charge of 'colluding with evil organizations,' this Solans is probably more worried about the consequence of losing his meteorite acquisition channels."
"This is a meteorite fanatic who is so 'naive' that he can't distinguish between good and evil, and whose eyes are only on meteorites."
"People like this are most prone to going to extremes."
Little Blue rubbed the Espeon next to her and slowly said, "Look."
Ze Shu shook his head.
After all, he was "coercing" Solans for his own purposes; there was no other reason.
So Dr. Solans was given some time to prepare mentally.
At this moment, he was looking with great interest at the "stone" that Solans had only partially dug out. To be valued so highly by Solans and to have remained here for so long, it must be a very special stone.
The tools that Solans used for digging were also left nearby.
A pickaxe bag containing all sorts of mining tools, including pickaxes, shovels, pickaxes, chisels, and more.
One of the chisels appears to be meticulously chiseling, having already revealed part of the "stone." It is a very small, round, and shiny object with a pattern inside.
However, since the excavation was not yet complete, Ze Shu could only see that the pattern was a spiral forming a sharp angle.
"Anyway, waiting for the league people to arrive and clean up the mess is boring..."
"Why don't we start excavating?"
As Ze Shu thought this, he was about to pick up the chisel to study it.
Although the chisel looked simple, Ze Shu found it difficult to use—just like when he first started piloting the spaceship, since he wasn't familiar with it and had never done this job before.
"Let Komato the soldier dig it up..." Ze Shu suddenly smiled.
But it was also at this moment.
Suddenly, a noise came from the side.
This is the innermost part of the first level of Meteor Falls, and the sound came from the place where people from the lower level came up. Ze Shu turned his head and happened to meet the eyes of the people coming up.
This is a handsome silver-haired man.
He was dressed in simple miner's clothes, and his clothes showed many signs of wear and tear, but that couldn't hide his noble air.
There was also a dog with its nose twitching at its feet.
Although the man was dressed in tattered miner's clothes, Ze Shu felt that he looked familiar.
After all, this person is a household name in Hoenn.
But the man looked completely bewildered.
He stared blankly at the Magma Team members lying sprawled on the ground, interspersed with a few Team Aqua members.
He couldn't help but ask Ze Shu and Xiao Lan, who were still standing:
"What exactly is this place..."
Zeki said calmly, "These Team Magma and Team Aqua members are occupying Meteor Falls and doing things that harm Hoenn."
And they attacked the elderly in Autumn Leaf Town.
"I have defeated these people."
"The alliance has been notified, but they haven't arrived yet."
"Perfect."
"Daigo, champion, you're here."
"You're the one who can clean up this mess."
Daigo: "...—"
No!
How come he was being "directed" from the start without knowing anything about the situation?
"but...."
"You mean these people are Team Lava and Team Ocean?"
Dawumei asked.
Ze Shu studied the chisel without looking up and said, "Yes. You can tell by their uniform attire, right?"
Team Magma and Team Marines are causing trouble...
Daigo couldn't help but believe Sawaki's words to some extent.
But looking at the "household bodies" scattered all over the ground, he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.
Daigo was happily mining in the lower levels when he heard the fighting coming from here, so he came up, but once he got up here... ::
Let him do these troublesome things!
This was a huge headache for Daigo, who was already feeling exhausted and mentally drained from his responsibilities as a champion.
So when he saw Ze Shu studying the chisel, he instinctively didn't want to clean up the mess, but instead went over to him—after all, Ze Shu had just said that he had notified the alliance, and that such a small matter could be handled by the alliance personnel who would arrive later.
After all, being a champion is nothing compared to digging for stones!
Daigo walked curiously to the sawa tree, intending to have a "technical exchange" about digging rocks.
After all, now that everyone has Pokémon, the fact that they can prepare so many sophisticated digging tools and use them to dig themselves clearly shows that they are mining enthusiasts!
But soon, Daigo saw Sawaki frown, put down his chisel, and say directly to the person beside him:
"Koma-dō-kō-tō-kō, come on."
Immediately afterwards, Daigo heard a "clang".
With a flash of dark light, the sharp blade of the soldier with the dagger pierced into the stone.
With several more precise, robotic cuts, the stone was completely excavated without damaging it. In just a few breaths, the stone in front of Ze Shu was completely removed.
They didn't take away a single speck of soil, nor did they damage a single stone.
And the complete appearance of this "stone"...:
And it was truly exposed.
Like the ones Ze Shu had seen before, it was round and glossy, like a delicate glass sphere. But unlike ordinary glass spheres, this stone had a spiral DNA pattern engraved in its center.
"Keystone..."
Daigo was taken aback, but he quickly realized what it was.
He didn't know whether to be amazed by the precise control of the little soldier, who was practically a great helper for mining, or to be amazed that Ze Shu had discovered the precious Key Stone on only the first level of Meteor Falls.
Two or three years ago.
Dr. Blatano from the Carlos region has finally revealed the three key elements of "Mega Evolution": Bonds, Mega Stones, and Key Stones.
Among them, "bonds" are the easiest to achieve.
The "Mega Stone" and "Key Stone" have stumped countless trainers, yet they are also highly sought after.
Dr. Blatano originally stated that these two types of stones only exist in the Kalos region, but trainers in Hoenn have discovered that these two types of stones also exist in Hoenn!
Although even rarer, some people have seen them.
However, because the concept of "super evolution" did not exist at that time, many people overlooked this kind of stone.
Later, Blatano's latest research indicated that Hoenn was the origin of "Mega Evolution," stemming from an ancient Hoenn civilization. However, for some reason, Mega Stones were found to be abundant in Kalos.
Daigo, a "stone fanatic," also collected some of these beautiful stones.
Unfortunately, the Key Stone and Metagross Mega Stone he wanted were not in his inventory, and Mega Stones and Mega Stones are indeed scarce in Hoenn.
Daigo had originally planned to go to Carlos to search for it.
Unexpectedly, it was here that Ze Shu discovered the precious Key Stone.
"No wonder my Kodora has been urging me to come up here ever since; it's because of this Keystone!"
Daigo smiled; he wasn't jealous at all. Seeing Sawaki looking at him, he patted his own Kortoise and explained with a laugh:
"My Kodora has a unique talent for finding ores, making it my great mining partner."
"Congratulations on finding such a precious stone."
"This is an incredibly happy thing for miners everywhere! And for trainers everywhere who are eager for Mega Evolution."
Ze Shu wasn't particularly excited about obtaining the keystone; he simply smiled and replied:
"It's alright. I only have Key Stones, not Mega Stones, so I can't use them."
Furthermore, among Zeju's Pokémon, very few can Mega Evolve—Gengar, Ampharos (which hasn't evolved yet), and Psydextrose.
So Zeqi felt just okay.
Daigo extended his hand and smiled:
"Let's get acquainted. Although you should already know who I am, but... ::"
"My name is Steven, and I'm a trainer who's passionate about collecting rare stones."
Ze Shu shook hands with him:
"Yes, my name is Ze Shu."
"An ordinary trainer who travels around."
Daigo laughed and said, "When you have time, I'll show you my collection of various stones."
Ze Shu also smiled and said, "It's an honor. Do you have any meteorites?"
Daigo replied confidently, "Yes!"
Ze Shu smiled: "Looking forward to it."
But the topic of stones didn't last long.
This place, filled with lava teams and ocean teams' "house bodies," is definitely not a good place to talk about rocks.
Zeki then said, "Daigo, you don't seem to be very surprised by the evil deeds of Team Magma and Team Aqua."
Daigo nodded, and after a long pause, said, "I know that Team Magma and Team Aqua are not ordinary environmental protection organizations, and I know that they are secretly plotting something, but I don't have any substantial evidence."
Zeshu said, "They want to summon the legendary Pokémon, Mermaid and the Flying Pokémon."
Daigo paused, then asked, "Huh?"
Zeshu repeated, "They want to summon the legendary Pokémon Kyogre and Groudon to achieve the goal of either the land completely overtaking the ocean or the ocean completely overtaking the land. And to achieve this goal, naturally, they would cause turmoil in the world and destroy it."
These unexpected pieces of information confirmed Daigo's belief in Hao Shize'er.
He thought that Team Lava and Team Ocean were just a bit obsessed with the land or the sea, but he didn't expect that their ambitions were so great and that their obsessions were so extreme.
"this...."
Is it believable?
Daigo couldn't help but ask.
Ze Shu silently showed off his investigator's badge.
Daigo looked at Sawaki with a surprised expression, then fell silent.
Ze Shu seemed unaffected and continued:
"I've already scouted this place out."
"Their objective here is to find a meteorite rich in natural energy, which can cause the smoke and fire to erupt, thereby reviving Groudon."
"So what you need to do now, Daigo, is to find that Fallen Lips, which is rich in natural energy."
"Hold it tight and prevent Team Lava's plan from succeeding."
Dealing with Team Magma and Team Aqua is not as difficult as dealing with Team Galactic and Team Rocket. If you directly take away the "Summoning" of Fishhead and Flying-Buffalo first, then they will be caught off guard and their plan will fall apart.
Daigo: "..—
How did he feel...?
His championship was "remotely controlled".
But he nodded silently, because Ze Shu's words seemed to make a lot of sense.
With such an "investigator" remotely controlling him, the champion's responsibilities seem much easier; Daigo noticed that the ID Sawaki took out belonged to Sinnoh, and he suddenly felt a little envious of Sinnoh champion Cynthia.
"I will stay here and dig out that lip before the other diggers."
Daigo's eyes gleamed with confidence as he carefully examined his lips.
Ze Shu couldn't help but ask, "Aren't we going to continue blocking Meteor Falls?"
The Lava Team's act of blocking Meteor Falls is banditry.
But the alliance's blockade is a reasonable measure.
Daigo said, "No blockade."
"In fact, it would be more efficient to excavate the 'Fallen Lip' you mentioned if we didn't block it."
Daigo gave him an expression that said, "I know more about mining than you do."
Ze Shu paused for a moment, then said, "What if someone else poachs him?"
Daigo confidently stated, "I will preserve this at any cost, and I believe no miner would refuse."
Ze Shu: "...."
Okay, you're a rich kid, you're impressive.
"Okay..."
"As an 'outsider,' that's all I can remind you of."
Daigo couldn't help but ask, "Are you leaving?"
Ze Shu replied matter-of-factly, "Otherwise what?"
Sawaki didn't believe Daigo couldn't handle something this simple, saying that Daigo was troubled by his responsibilities as champion and constantly thought about resigning to go and get his lips cut. But his sense of responsibility as champion should be quite good.
After all, in the original story, he was able to fight those two for twenty-two days until he died without fleeing.
Solans had already "blackmailed" Daigo and "assigned" him tasks.
What he needs to do now is...:
We're going to soak in the hot springs!
I've heard that the Crimson Lotus Hot Spring is world-famous for its healing properties, especially in Pokémon-themed areas.
The Terrier Dog still has a hidden injury on its hind leg and needs to go to a hot spring for treatment.
Zeshu is gone.
Before leaving, he only said one sentence, as if he wanted to say something but didn't. "Keep an eye on your Devonshire submarines, and be careful not to let them be hijacked."
But Daigo responded confidently, "Our Devonshire submarine uses the best technology; it's unlikely to be hijacked. But thank you for your reminder; I'll have my father keep a close eye on things."
Ze Shu waved helplessly and left.
Daigo watched his retreating figure and suddenly felt reluctant to part with him.