Master Kidnapper Nihilego

Celebi's eyes shone brightly, its fur gleamed, and its body temperature was slightly higher than usual...

As Mark sensed this, he looked toward the little Mew not far away.

The latter looked perfectly normal, playing with Jirachi and Hoopa using the same detective pipes from "Detective Pikachu." Clearly, Mew had not secretly pranked Celebi by feeding it stimulants.

Mark said, "It looks like it has something to do with your recent growth in strength, which has made you more energetic. In that case, we should increase the amount of Time-Space Grand Summoning training you do each day!"

"Labi~!"

Celebi nodded vigorously.

Mark checked the time. "Alright, it's about time. Let's end the Dream Cultivation World and head back to the past!"

Bzz—

With a strange hum, this round of daily Combat Training came to an end.

Behind Clear Stream Gym, Red Fire stood blankly in place. Only after quite a while did he realize something, his pupils dilating as his body began to tremble nonstop.

"It... it... it's over...?"

Red Fire scanned his surroundings with a shudder, suddenly realized something, and rolled five meters away before reaching for the bottle of Memory Potion in the bag beside him.

Although his body kept shaking, Red Fire swiftly unscrewed the bottle cap.

In the Dream Cultivation World, his Memory Potion could recover once every other day, but most of the time, that elusive George would unscrew it and pour it out.

Over more than a full year in the Dream Cultivation World, he had only drunk the Memory Potion twice.

Glug, glug...

Red Fire summoned his Virtual AR Panel, activated the hypnosis assistance function, and immediately poured the Memory Potion into his mouth.

As he lost his memories and fell asleep, Red Fire's body stopped trembling, and a relaxed, liberated smile appeared