Chapter 420: Shaymin’s Secret Garden
It was already half an hour after arriving at the location determined by Mega Gardevoir.
John opened the map, and their current location was Route 130. They had flown over Slateport City, passed through Pacifidlog Town, and finally stopped a few hundred nautical miles south of Sootopolis City.
Strictly speaking, this shouldn’t count as Route 130, after all, this place wasn’t even on the map of the Hoenn Region.
Not far away, the island was still shrouded in mist, and the Liechi Berries looked extremely pleasant.
It was relatively easy for John to find now.
If you thought about it carefully, this island was actually like a mirage. The phantom was on Route 107, but the main body was on Route 130.
John directed Lugia closer.
This time the island didn’t disappear, and John was able to get close to the island, but...
He couldn’t touch it.
John reached out his hand to pluck a Liechi Berry, but his hand simply passed through it.
Everything in front of him was still a normal image, visible but untouchable.
"Gardevoir~ (We have only broken the blockade of spatial power; the temporal power blockade has not been lifted)"
"Garde (The island exists in a different time frame than ours)," Mega Gardevoir explained.
John nodded in understanding.
But that didn’t stop him from exploring the island and knowing what was there in advance.
He rode Lugia to continue wandering around the island.
Soon, John made an amazing discovery in a huge flower field in the very center of the island.
There was a massive flower field in the center of the island, and covering the mountains and plains were legendary-level Pokemon items, Gracidea!
That’s right, it was the item Gracidea that John had obtained from the Chiba Gym in reality, which was related to the legendary Pokemon Shaymin!
"Could they all be legendary-level Pokemon items?" John swallowed hard and guessed. If it was true, it would be too incredible.
The shock that this small island brought to John wasn’t limited to that.
It was probably not accidental that a large number of Gracidea appeared here, because John soon saw the beings related to them.
Shaymin!
Like a hedgehog, it had snow-white fur, a piece of green grass on its back, and a pink flower beside its ear.
The Shaymin that John found was lying lazily in the Gracidea bushes, taking a nap without the slightest sense of alertness.
Suddenly, there was a swift green shadow passing through the bushes at the far end, flying in front of John, grabbing Shaymin and dragging it away.
Shaymin, who had been sleeping soundly, was awakened with a start, its four paws flailing and its expression panicked.
John just watched helplessly as Shaymin was taken away.
"Celebi?" John said in astonishment.
The one who had taken Shaymin away just now was none other than Celebi, known as the Time Travel Pokemon.
"There’s an explanation for where the temporal power on this small island comes from," John thought, reaching out to pat Lugia. "Let’s catch up and see."
Lugia flapped its wings slightly, and its huge body flew forward quickly. In a short time, John realized that since the surrounding flowers, plants, and trees were just images, there was no need to dodge. They could fly straight through at extremely high speed!
Soon, John caught up with Celebi and Shaymin.
Immediately, Celebi flew faster, and Shaymin struggled even harder.
John was stunned for a moment, then thought: If I can see them through time, then is it possible for them to see me through temporal power?
It was normal for the two little ones, Shaymin and Celebi, to be scared when they saw a big guy like Lugia chasing after them.
So Celebi had run away holding Shaymin because it saw him.
John chuckled but decided not to chase them anymore. He patted Lugia on the back, motioning for it to fly up into the sky.
Looking down from a height of several hundred meters, John watched Shaymin and Celebi gradually settle down without being disturbed by him, confirming his guess.
He looked around from high altitude for a while.
John also spotted two more Shaymin and eight Celebi.
It was basically confirmed that this was the habitat of Shaymin and Celebi. Although he didn’t know where the spatial power that blocked this small island came from.
"When I think of a way to release the temporal power, I can come and catch Shaymin and Celebi," John said to himself. He definitely had the idea of raising a few Shaymin.
In his current lineup, only Totem Venusaur was grass-type.
He still had Shaymin’s exclusive legendary-level Pokemon item, Gracidea.
Hmm, it should be different from the Gracidea covering the mountains and plains.
As for Celebi...
"Time travel, this is really an irresistible temptation," John had many places he wanted to go.
For example, if he went to Sinnoh two thousand years ago, that is, Hisui, there were many Pokemon that didn’t exist in this era.
Or maybe the future.
John, who had played Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, knew that many Pokemon had "future" appearances. If he could go to places full of future Pokemon, there would be many Pokemon to catch and raise.
John drooled just thinking about it.
Too bad he hadn’t figured out where Paldea was yet...
Putting away his thoughts, John opened the status panel and returned directly to Ever Grande City, the headquarters of the Hoenn Alliance.
As for this mission involving the unique Shaymin and Celebi island, it would probably have to be put aside for now. However, he could turn in the tasks involving Archer and Proton first.
After turning in the task, John was planning to use the map he’d just gotten to go to the Johto Region and have a look, if the task bar didn’t refresh with new missions.
After flying to Ever Grande City and receiving treatment at the Pokemon Center, John turned in the task to the Alliance.
There were indeed no new tasks refreshed in the task column.
But... John found that both tasks showed signs that they could be completed.
One was about Team Rocket, and one was about Shaymin and Celebi.
Team Rocket’s mission was completed normally, Archer and Proton were captured by him, but the island’s mission could also be completed...
"Is it because the island disappeared from Route 107?" John guessed, and this was the only possibility.
"That’s good." The corners of John’s mouth rose slightly, because he found that the Alliance had already put 2,000 contribution points into his account.
This way, he had collected 3,000 contribution points and could buy legendary-level Pokemon items!