My Name of the Spirit Lucario

Next, they went to investigate the surrounding elf tribes.

Due to King Lucario's great reputation, the elves from various elf tribes welcomed this group of Lucarios warmly.

But when the king asked if they had picked up any strange things from the nearby river recently, the expressions on the faces of these elves became very strange, and they hurriedly denied that they had picked up any messy things. But this cover-up was too poor, not to mention Leo, even the other elite Lucarios following behind could see that the elves in front of them were lying.

Some elf tribes even denied it on the surface, while secretly transporting a large number of dark orbs to places where Lucario and others couldn't see them.

However, such actions could not be hidden from Leo and the king's waveguide sensing.

After returning to the kingdom, Leo proposed to break into the elf tribe directly and destroy those dark beads with the power of waves to prevent the elf tribe from continuing to be bewitched by the dark power.

But the king thought for a while, shook his head, and rejected Leo's idea.

"This action is only a temporary solution. Even if we destroy the black beads this time, as long as there is still this dark substance in the river, the elves will be able to collect it again."

This is indeed the truth. Leo and the king discussed it for a long time, but they only came up with two solutions.

The first is to use the purifying effect of wave power to remove the dark matter in the river before it is collected by other Pokémon. But this method is somewhat thankless, because there are more than a thousand branches of water flowing in the grasslands and woods. Even if not every tributary has this dark matter, even if it does not take much effort to purify these things, it will take a lot of "manpower" just to detect the abnormalities in those rivers. Moreover, in theory, only Leo and the King, two Lucarios with royal blood, can use the wave power with a purifying effect, so the "manpower" will be quite stretched.

Then the second method is to go to the waters in the west to find the source of the dark matter and strangle it from the root. But this method also has other problems, because the waters are the territory of the water elves. Although King Lucario enjoys a good reputation in this area, it does not mean that the water elves are willing to open their residences to Lucario for search. Moreover, at the source of the helpless emission of darkness, the elf tribes will probably be the most affected. With the irritability of the elves after being eroded by the dark energy, if you are not careful, you may be attacked by them in groups. This is really dangerous for Lucario, who is not good at water battles.

"No matter what, we still have to go to that body of water. I can't say that we can solve this incident directly, but at least we have to find the source of the problem... But before that, you may have to work hard for a while."

The king patted Leo on the shoulder and made a decision.

That is to train those powerful elite Lucarios to improve their water skills, and strive to be able to stay in the water for a long time and retreat quickly. In this way, when conducting water exploration operations, they can move freely to attack and retreat.

But before the training can produce any results, the King and Leo have to resort to a stupid method first, which is to increase the intensity of inspections on the surrounding rivers and purify dark matter once it is found. Although this will require the two Lucarios to move frequently, it is also the best solution out of desperation.

……

After parting with the king, Leo walked in the palace, thinking in his mind how to dive into the water to find the source of the dark matter.

"I remember what I observed at the time. No matter it was by the water or on the water surface, there was nothing strange. So the source of the dark matter must be in the water. But to dive into that place, you must first be able to stay in the water for a long time. God knows how big and deep that area is. I'm afraid you can't stay in the water for a long time if you hold your breath for a short time..."

Scratching his cheek, Leo tried hard to think about whether there was any way in his memories to significantly increase the time he could hold his breath while diving through special training.

As he walked, he passed by a room.

Suddenly, a throbbing in his heart woke him up from his thoughts.

"This is……"

Leo usually lives in the east side of the palace. Except for the north gate, which he often goes in and out, and the throne room in the south, he spends most of his time outside the palace interacting with the elves of the same race in the kingdom. As for the west side of the palace, he has never been there.

But today, for some reason, I fell into a state of deep thought and wandered aimlessly to a place I had never been to before.

It was a room with an open door. From the scattered footprints at the door, one could tell that there were usually elves guarding here, but the strange thing was that there was no sign of any guards now.

"Forget it, it's better not to go in casually..."

After thinking about it, Leo decided not to go into the room. It wasn't that he was afraid of being mistaken for a thief, but this sneaky approach was really not his style.

But as soon as he took a step away, the throbbing in his heart became more obvious.

That resonance-like feeling seemed to be calling him.

"Just one look... just one look."

Taking a deep breath, Leo couldn't help but let go of his curiosity. He quietly opened the door and entered the secret room.

In the center of the room was an object that made his pupils dilate dramatically.

……

Go back to an earlier time.

The two Lucarios guarding the door of the room were performing their guard duties seriously.

"It will be several days before my shift starts. I really want to go out on an operation with the king."

The active Lucario guard said with anticipation, although the guarding job here is also very important, he would rather go out to the prairie and gallop freely, otherwise his body will soon become stiff.

The other Lucario lowered his head, looking at something, which made the former very curious.

"What are you looking at?"

Lucario, who had been lowering his head, raised his head and showed what he was holding to his companions.

"Look, this color, this light, how beautiful it is."

His tone was intoxicated and his eyes were dazed as he stared at the thumb-sized black bead in his hand.

"Ah, isn't this what the king told us to throw away... But it is indeed beautiful."

Upon seeing the black bead, the tone of the Lucario guards became serious. They were about to scold the other Lucario to throw away the thing, but they never thought that they were also attracted by the black bead. The black light in the center of the bead became deeper and more charming, and the more they yearned for it...

"Come on, I'll take you to where this thing was found, and you can find the same treasure as well."

The two Lucarios just left like that, completely forgetting their guarding duties which they once valued more than their own lives.

After a while, the door of the room was suddenly opened, and a little head poked out from the crack of the door. It looked around, seemed to mutter a few words, and then went back into the room.

……

Oval shape, smooth surface, blue spots.

It was an elf egg.

Moreover, it was an Elf Egg that Leo was quite familiar with.

After all, he was born from this elf egg and came to this elf world.

After seeing this elf egg, the last bit of doubt in the depths of my heart completely disappeared.

Ever since he traveled back to this super ancient era, even though there were many facts to prove it, Leo still had some doubts in his heart: Is this so-called super ancient era the timeline he is in, or the past node corresponding to the space he is in?

Time and space are very mysterious things. If he traveled through to another timeline, then it is possible that Leo did not exist in this timeline, and the development of all things might not be as Leo knew.

Furthermore, if Leo traveled through another parallel dimension, then in this parallel world, perhaps Leo and "Leo" are not the same existence.

But at this moment, standing in front of "his own" elf egg, Leo felt the connection with "its" soul as if he were one, which was enough to confirm it.

The fact that he is who he is and Leo is who Leo is.

Leo wanted to reach out and touch "himself" - he always felt that this was a bit weird, but when his hand reached halfway, he stopped.

"Forget it. I don't know if anything special will happen, so I won't touch it."

"Snoring..."

Just as Leo was about to leave the room quietly, suddenly, a soft snoring sound came into his ears.

Although the sound was not loud, it was particularly harsh in this quiet room.

"…Is it me who is snoring…?"

Blinking his eyes, Leo found it a little hard to believe that the snoring sound was made by the elf egg itself.

But the fact is, the snoring sound did come from the elf egg.

This forced Leo to go forward and see what was going on.

As he got closer, the snoring became clearer and clearer, and Leo could even feel a sense of comfort from the snoring.

"..."

If you get closer, you can see the elf egg more clearly.

And the snoring sound came from the elf egg... No, it came from behind the elf egg!

Along with the snoring sound, there was a ball of emerald green light.

A creature that looked like an onion was lying on the mat under the elf egg, sleeping soundly.

"Uh, Celebi?!"

Leo was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, because this onion-headed elf was the long-lost Celebi!