Master Craftsman of the Pokémon World Chapter 374 374

This is Mr. Steel's secret scroll from the Special (Pokémon Adventures) continuity!

Ahem! In the normal ga/ani worlds, Mr. Steel doesn't have this thing—only the Special-version Mr. Steel owns this hidden scroll.

In the manga's story, the scroll was stolen by the Masked Man disguised as Pryce, and in the end it seems to have been tossed into a temporal rift together with Pryce.

"This is… quite the incredible gift!"

Celebi can freely adjust the tiline and thereby travel through ti and space; theoretically, that makes Celebi one of the very few Pokémon—aside from the space-ti dragons—that can shuttle through the multiverse.

Speaking of which, Pryce in the Special continuity is also a master craftsman: hand-threading feathers, weaving nets by hand—the guy's needlework is ridiculously amazing.

Mm, and among all versions of Pryce, that one is the shortest in stature, too.

Co to think of it, I've been invited by Pryce to an ice-sculpture exhibition at the end of the year. Thankfully, the Pryce of this world is a normal person and not a raving lunatic.

"Thank you, Celebi."

"Bii!" Celebi hugged the Ti Flute with shining eyes. Hearing Hikaru's gratitude, it puffed out its little chest in pride.

I, the Trash King of Ti!

Specialty: picking up ownerless treasures!

It really wanted to play a bit longer, but we still have a life to save.

So it fluttered its wings, pondered for a mont about how to say goodbye, then suddenly flew over to pat Hikaru on the head—and whoosh, it vanished.

"Uh… did it just put so kind of buff on ?"

Hikaru could feel Celebi's power lingering on his body!

[Acquired: Call of the Forest (Celebi's Partner).]

[Description: If you hear the call of the forest, don't move around—that's Celebi's voice.]

[Effect: Celebi left a coordinate on you. Borrowing Celebi's power, you can call your Celebi to co to you from any world.]

"I get it—a forced 'Return to Base' buff!"

As long as he calls Celebi, he won't get lost in space-ti. It's not very useful right now…

…but it should co in handy later!

"However, if it takes nearly a month to reach Celebi's movie episode, isn't that a bit late? Maybe only I, at this exact mont, can craft the Ti Flute—so it hopped along the tiline to ask for the item."

Suppressing his curiosity about other worlds, Hikaru put away the Special-continuity exclusive item.

Then he set about forging the Red Chain.

Chunks of teorite were taken out one after another. The Dream Ball opened; Larvesta's eyes lit up, all ready to roll up its sleeves and get to work—only to be halted by Entei's voice.

"Your flas might not be enough—let join in."

Majestic Entei—though only a projection within the Crystal Tower—nevertheless possessed the sa might as the true Entei. That sacred fire is likewise a gift from Ho-Oh, capable of burning away all matter in the world!

Hummm—The Light Stone flared with brilliant radiance as well, gathering the great spiritual energy around them!

It would serve as part of the forge's fla source, burning in concert with Entei and Larvesta to slt these teors from beyond the sky!

And so, azure flas billowed fiercely from the Light Stone!

That was Reshiram's signature move: Blue Flare!

"Ancient alchemy—ti to show your power!"

Use Reshiram's alchemy to extract the vast natural energy hidden within!

Boom!

Heat waves churned, smoke roiled, the teorites' energy surged. Crimson light burst outward from the dark cavern!

Rumble—

Far away at the horizon, a light spanned the mountains. Flying across the sky was a Pokémon whose form resembled a mix between humanoid and feline—its body silvery white, with purple eyes, tail, and abdon!

"Escaped… Now where should I go next?"

"Those people are still chasing …"

It crossed the mountain range. This prival wilderness and living, breathing nature would be a perfect refuge. Many Pokémon lived here, and even an artificial lifeform like itself could be accepted.

Thus, it arrived at the mouth of a cavern.

So bird Pokémon flapped down one after another.

They chirped to the newcor about the uniqueness of this place.

"This is a sacred site—an unbelievable yet empty Hollow of the Heart. Here, you can slowly recover your strength… If you hide here, you'll be fine…"

[Mythic Craftworks: Red Chain ×2!]

[Description: A mythic tool. Said to be connected to the legendary Pokémon who gave birth to the Sinnoh region.]

[Because these Red Chains are forged from teorites, their toughness can't compare to the genuine article—they're easier to break from the outside.]

[If you cannot fully bind Dialga or Palkia, the chains will explode due to the opponent's overwhelming power. If you have two Red Chains, you can face the vast might of space-ti without fear.]

[The chains harbor the power of the Creator. If you embed a chain's jewel into a Pokémon's head, it will heed your command.]

[Combine the chain's jewel with Origin Ore to forge a special "Origin Ball."]

[Effect: Control/bind Dialga and Palkia, and open an extradinsional gate to summon the space-ti dragons into the current world—but you must do it at specific, designated locations for the summoning to succeed.]

[Gained: Aura of Ti!]

[Description: You successfully forged a mythic craftwork; the power of ti now opens to you! By expending a vast amount of ntal energy, you can unleash a Ti Aura once to traverse ti, et space-ti wayfarers, and repair temporal misalignnts. You can travel to certain special destinations; your "Space-Ti Explorer" class restriction is lifted!]

[You can now wield the power of the Adamant Crystal / Lustrous Globe!]

"Success."

Just as expected from the description.

If you only have one chain, the twin dragons of space-ti aren't actually afraid of you. The probable result is the Hisui-era outco—one full-power flex and you're blown to smithereens.

But if you've got two chains, those two will have to kneel and beg big bro to show rcy.

"Pouring everything into forging only one would be a waste of materials. If we're doing it, we're doing two. And now… hmm?"

Hikaru felt the imnse energy within the Red Chains and wondered if teorites, too, owe their power to Arceus?

『Larvesta / Entei / Reshiram have completed an important task and gained experience and growth.』

『Synchronized Knowledge Unlocked: Shining Spark—All powers of fire and light increase by 30%. You can freely control fla temperature. Objects tempered by the Shining Fire gain a refined property: stronger hardness and improved adaptability to energy.』

『Larvesta learned Safeguard!』

『Entei learned Smokescreen!』

『Reshiram learned Heat Crash!』

Just then, a surge of overwhelming psychic force shot in from the entrance of the Hollow of the Heart!

Vmm—

Fairy-light flared, blocking the incoming psychic blow. Iron Valiant handed the Soul-Heart to Genesect; she drew her light-blades and stood in front of Hikaru.

At the cave mouth appeared a figure Hikaru knew all too well.

"wtwo? What are you doing here—are you done with—"

"No… which wtwo are you?!"

Hikaru realized that the wtwo he knew would never open with Psychic as a greeting, and the strength of Iron Valiant's defense had clearly exceeded this wtwo's expectations.

Sure enough, a graceful feminine voice rang out.

"Who are you, and why are you in this sacred place? What is that thing with such trendous power?"

wtwo's eyes gathered psychic power. She glanced at the three "steel constructs" before her, and unpleasant mories surfaced.

Artificial Pokémon…

Humans modifying and fusing Pokémon at will—just as they once did to her.

How awful. As machines, are they being driven as re tools by humans? Could this human be hiding here to conduct so kind of evil research?

But wtwo's brow subtly furrowed.

Even as she thought so, the thoughts rising from these Pokémon's hearts did not match…

[Unknown enemy—eliminate imdiately! I'll handle it.]

"Gah-no! (Anyone who threatens my allies—be repelled!)"

"Ah—launching an attack so suddenly? What a dangerous lifeform!"

The three "modified Pokémon" before her—no, that "Steel Heart" doesn't count as a Pokémon, but the other two were undeniably united in purpose.

It was shocking: such different existences, yet by her judgnt they'd already issued a counterattack command.

And there weren't just these two in the cavern!

"Rrroar! Who goes there!"

Entei's roar could have triggered a volcanic eruption. Larvesta crouched on Entei's brow, huffing flas with fierce bravado—bug pretending to be a lion!

"-la!"

Iron Valiant flashed her light-blades. She had been built as a supre battler as well; even facing a powerhouse like wtwo, she didn't retreat or waver in the slightest.

"Hold up—you've got the wrong idea," Hikaru patted Iron Valiant on the head. She obediently sheathed her blades and stepped back, which only deepened wtwo's puzzlent.

wtwo: "Are you a reford mad researcher or sothing?"

Hikaru: "What are you even talking about? I've never had a job like that."

At that mont, Riolu sprinted out from the back of the cavern. It used Extre Speed, dashed into a shallow pool, and stared warily at the powerful newcor!

I only went in to grasp a bit of Inner Focus—why did a boss spawn out here all of a sudden?!

"Woof! (You okay?!)"

Riolu set its fists in a martial opening stance!

Seeing Riolu, wtwo's expression flickered, then eased.

"A human followed by a Riolu… then you are not an evildoer."

"So easy to talk to—your presence says more than a thousand words," Hikaru crouched to ruffle the blue pup.

This is because Riolu possesses a peculiar power to read hearts. It recognizes and follows those of good nature, and detests those of evil intent. It can perceive the feelings of people and Pokémon—and the forms of nature—through the wave called Aura.

Thus, even wtwo knows: a human acknowledged by Riolu is not malicious.

Hikaru put away the chains. "Seeing you here really gave a scare. I didn't expect you to be 'created' so soon!"

wtwo, puzzled: "What do you an…? Also, I never introduced myself, yet you knew I am 'wtwo'?"

"You're a Psychic-type!"

"Of course!" Hikaru raised a finger. "Although I didn't expect to et you here… your appearance ans you're Individual No. 2."

That weighty designation made wtwo instantly realize sothing.

From Hikaru's perspective, this wtwo showing up was truly unexpected.

This softly-spoken, feminine-voiced wtwo is the one from Movie 16, "Genesect and the Legend Awakened."

Because she isn't the "Revenge of wtwo" individual, people often think she's a wtwo from a parallel world—but so also argue she coexists with the original wtwo in the sa world as Individual 2.

Since she self-describes as feminine and has a completely different voice—and is gentler by nature, even refusing to kill—people also call her the Goddess wtwo.

Unlike the first wtwo, one difference is that she can ga Evolve on her own!

As for why Ash didn't recognize her as "wtwo"… well, Ash has lost his mories so many tis that it's not surprising.

"You look exhausted," Hikaru observed her condition.

"Want to take a rest?"

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