Greatest Pokémon Trainer

Dreamy stared at Victini with eager eyes.

Victini likewise gazed back at Dreamy, who looked utterly infatuated.

Scared-ing

"Mew~~~" Dreamy greeted Victini.

It could feel that Victini possessed a special ability that even it envied.

Infinite energy!

Even Dream, known for its perfect transformations, couldn't fully replicate this ability.

Although Dream could transform into Victini and even use V Flame and Flame Charge, Victini's unique Species Ability was beyond its replication scope.

Dream could also transform into the Temporal and Spatial dragons, and use moves like Space-Time Roar and Aerial Ace, but it couldn't traverse time or create parallel spaces.

That was a limitation of transformation.

Some exclusive powers are simply beyond what Dream's transformations can replicate.

Dream could sense that Victini's potential was immense, even greater than that of the Lake Trio created by Arceus.

"Veeeh..." Victini cautiously responded.

"Mew~~~!!" Victini's response made Dream very happy.

Afterward, Dream turned its gaze to Fang Yuan.

It had an expression that read "I knew I hadn't misjudged you."

It was unexpected for Fang Yuan to have found Victini and even become friends with it.

Darkrai was one thing—its power wasn't that terrifying—but Victini's abilities opened up infinite possibilities in Dream's mind.

"Mew~~~~ (Would you like to become a Guardian of the World Tree?)" Little Dream asked Fang Yuan.

It was very serious...

The previous plan, because of Victini's appearance, might be able to start earlier.

"World Tree Guardi..."

"Wait a minute... to become a Guardian of the World Tree, don't you have to pass the test of the World Tree??"

Fang Yuan was startled by Dream's huge leap of logic.

Initially, Dream had made it clear that only when he was strong enough to pass the World Tree's test could he become its Guardian and learn the truth of the world.

But now so soon after, Dream had changed its tune.

"Mew~~!" Dream scratched its head, embarrassed, and laid it all out on the table—it was simply lusting after Victini's abilities.

Anyway, you, Fang Yuan, are not too bad, so you might as well settle for being a Guardian.

As for power... it will increase over time; it's bound to get there eventually.

Eevee, Dragonite, Smartphone Rotom: This...

Felt like this Dreamy was just as reckless and unreliable as Fang Yuan.

Victini: emmm

Darkrai: So, what exactly are you all talking about? I don't understand a word.

.........

Next, Fang Yuan began to take good care of Dreamy.

Rare Tree Fruits, Energy Blocks, Fang Yuan brought out a bunch of random stuff.

"Mew~~~" After eating its fill and drinking plenty, Dreamy lay on the sofa, patting its belly contentedly.

And Fang Yuan, meanwhile, started to ask his own questions.

"Dreamy, during this time I heard something. It seems like in a few years, many special Pokémon will come to this planet... They will cause some major disasters to the planet. Is this why you've set up the test of the World Tree?"

"The purpose of seeking a Guardian of the World Tree should be to find reliable Trainers to deal with the disaster, right?"

After agreeing to become a Guardian of the World Tree, Fang Yuan quickly asked.

In his speculation, what Dreamy was worried about must be closely linked to the Purple Dispelling Prophecy.

"Mew??"

Suddenly hearing Fang Yuan say this, Dreamy paused, confused, and started to ponder.

"Mew! (No, that's not it.)"

Afterward, Dreamy shook its head.

While it was indeed somewhat related, the connection wasn't that strong.

In its view, the arrival of Legendary Pokémon was not a major disaster at all.

Apart from a few Pokémon like Groudon and Kyogre sometimes squabbling over Natural Energy, the presence of Legendary Pokémon rather served to maintain the ecological stability of the planet.

For example, Yveltal seizing the lives of humans and Pokémon was purely because the number of living beings had exceeded the planet's capacity.

It might be a disaster for humans and Pokémon, but for the long-term development of the planet, it might not be a disaster.

Moreover, even if some Pokémon excessively use their powers, soon other Legendary Pokémon would come to restrain them, like Zhenyas, which would check Yveltal's power.

So the arrival of Legendary Pokémon wasn't something Dreamy was particularly worried about.

Because only in very few circumstances would they cause real disasters.

Most of the time, they are executing their own functions.

What it cared about was not the arrival of Legendary Pokémon and such.

Instead, Dreamy believed that after those guys arrived, the benefits would outweigh the drawbacks.

Provided that those two fools in Hoenn don't engage in meaningless battles.

"So it's not the Purple Dispelling Prophecy…"

After voicing his long-held doubts and receiving Dreamy's answer, Fang Yuan was suddenly taken aback.

What Master ZI Wan and The Pokémon Alliance were concerned about was not the same thing Dreamy was worried about.

"Was I overthinking it?"

Fang Yuan quickly realized that Dreamy was thinking from the perspective of Pokémon and the world, while he himself was thinking from a human perspective.

The difference in perception between the two was inevitable.

"So, what is it that you're concerned about...?"

"Mew~~!"

Just as Fang Yuan asked this, Dreamy's expression became serious.

The arrival of the Legendary Pokémon, for some regions on Earth, indeed spelled disaster.

Dream did not deny this fact.

But there was an even greater disaster looming, one that would have far worse impacts.

This disaster could potentially affect all life on Earth.

"What?"

"Mew〜 (A collapse of spacetime.)"

Dream quickly mentioned a term.

The Pokémon World was suffering from a collapse of spacetime for various reasons.

It led to the entire world shattering into pieces.

If it weren't for Arceus and the concerted efforts of Dialga and Palkia, allowing the world to exist in the form of a secret location, all of the Pokémon would have already gone extinct.

However, even with the integration of the secret location and Earth, the problem persisted.

With the fusion of the secret location, Earth's space became increasingly unstable, which could lead to a reappearance of "spacetime collapse" on Earth.

The disaster that would ensue was incomparable to any that the Legendary Pokémon might bring.

"Damn." Fang Yuan stood stunned upon hearing this.

Any way he looked at it, any disaster that befell Earth seemed to be Arceus' fault.

"So what do we do?" Fang Yuan asked.

"Mew..." Dream wore a troubled expression; it was quite simple, really—if only we could awaken Arceus, there would be no problem at all.

Only Arceus could resolve the collapse of spacetime.

By then, the stability of spacetime would be restored...

Unfortunately, Arceus had already lost most of its power in a prior event and fallen into slumber.

"So, do you need a Trainer's help to awaken Arceus?"

"How do we do that?"

Only Arceus can resolve spacetime collapse? That reminded Fang Yuan of the Temporal and Spatial dragons in the Super Demon God Hoopa movie, which were portrayed as underwhelming, embarrassing!

"Mew~!! (Help it recover its power!)"

It had fled the World Tree Mystical Realm a month ago, and immediately after escaping, it had heard of Fang Yuan's renown, knowing he had become incredibly powerful.

Yet, Dream did not seek Fang Yuan right away.

Instead, it traveled around Earth and found the Lake Trio—Emuritto, Azelf, and Uxie—who were direct subordinates of Arceus, to understand the current situation.

Only afterward did it come looking for Fang Yuan and Eevee.

From Emuritto, Dream learned that Fang Yuan's gain of power was purely accidental.

Fang Yuan's Wave Guide was originally just an ordinary Emotional Synchronization Superpower, and the fact that he could develop it to this extent was indeed entirely his own achievement.

This made Dream even more optimistic about Fang Yuan.

It was convinced that Fang Yuan was the future Guardian of the World Tree.

Initially, it had made an agreement with Fang Yuan—if he could pass the test of the World Tree, he would become its Guardian.

However, when it arrived at Fang Yuan's research institute, Dream found that in just one year, Fang Yuan's strength had undergone earth-shaking changes.

He had not only gained the friendship of Darkrai but also that of Victini.

With this, the challenge of the World Tree Mystical Realm became somewhat superfluous for Fang Yuan.

Instead, it became clear that Dream needed Fang Yuan's current strength even more.

"Mew〜 (In the process of saving another Pokémon World, Arceus lost all its power, which scattered in the form of tablets across various locations. If we help it recover all the tablets, Arceus can awaken.)"

"Tablets... Are you referring to the ones representing various attributes?" Fang Yuan immediately understood.

The myths recount that at the dawn of the universe, fragments coalesced into tablets.

These tablets were the source of Arceus' power.

An Arceus with the tablets and one without were fundamentally different creatures.

It was indeed them.

However,

"Finding the tablets doesn't seem like such a tough task that a Trainer's help would be necessary..." Fang Yuan wondered.

He didn't think that locating the tablets would be any challenge for Dream.

"Mew..." Dream shook its head.

It wasn't that simple.

Due to the influence of the Temporal and Spatial dragons, an error occurred in the scattering process of the tablets.

The vast majority of the tablets were not in this spacetime but in parallel dimensions.

Therefore, to collect all the tablets, one would need to rely on the power of the Temporal and Spatial dragons or Celebi to travel to parallel dimensions to find them.

Now, as the Temporal and Spatial dragons were also in slumber, they could only depend on Celebi.

However, Celebi's power was limited and incomparable to that of the Temporal and Spatial dragons, so traveling through parallel dimensions was quite challenging.

It was virtually impossible for it to cross over, let alone the fact that it couldn't stray too far from the World Tree.

Even for Fang Yuan and his group, crossing over would be difficult and lead to severe energy exhaustion.

But...

"Mew~ (With Victini, there should be no problem.)"

Using Victini to restore Celebi's energy would help Fang Yuan travel through different dimensions to search for the tablets.

This was also why Dream, upon seeing Fang Yuan gain Victini's friendship, immediately decided to appoint him as the Guardian of the World Tree.

With this, the plan to locate the tablets could be greatly accelerated, and the chances of finding them all were much better.

Although there was still a considerable amount of time before the spacetime collapse on Earth, obtaining all the tablets ahead of time was naturally the best outcome.

"I..."

Fang Yuan was flustered.

Now parallel dimensions were involved too.

Celebi had the ability to time travel, which Fang Yuan knew, as in the storyline, Celebi had taken Xiaozhi through time on more than one occasion.

Once in the movies and another time in the Sun and Moon series.

Fang Yuan also knew about the Temporal and Spatial dragons' ability to travel through time; in the movies, Xiaozhi relied on them to go back to the past and save Arceus.

But Fang Yuan had never expected Dream to have him undertake time travel as well.