"Yes, my great ancestor. Your Xiao Qingzi."
Ye Xingchen did not argue. After all, these were all people and things from a thousand years ago.
The breeze wandered through the forest, and birds sang on the branches.
Ye Xingchen brought Jirachi to a cemetery.
The Gastly were sweeping the ground, with the occasional pair slacking off and sleeping off to the side.
Neat rows of gravestones stood on the green grass. Almost everything connected to Ye Qing could be found here.
His wife, his children, every generation of his descendants, and the Pokémon they had owned.
Arriving before Ye Qing's gravestone, Jirachi gently stroked his photograph, no longer able to hold back its tears.
"Xiao Qingzi, you said you would wait for me. We promised!"
Ye Xingchen stood alone to the side, watching the crying Jirachi, unsure what to do for the moment.
"Don't cry, Jirachi. Master didn't lie to you."
Diancie and Gengar approached from afar, accompanied by a green Pokémon with a garlic-bulb-shaped head.
"Huh?"
Jirachi looked back, not knowing what Diancie meant.
"That's... Celebi!"
Ye Xingchen raised a finger, trembling as he pointed at the Pokémon behind Diancie.
Ever since the unprecedented battle between Legendary Pokémon a thousand years ago, god-tier Pokémon had lived in seclusion for many years. Even the Legendary Pokémon that guarded nations had all but vanished.
Yet now, after seeing these Legendary and Mythical Pokémon one after another, Ye Xingchen was so excited that he nearly fainted.
Diancie explained with a smile, "Celebi can travel through time and space. With the comet's power, I believe we'll definitely be able to travel back a thousand years.
"And at that time, Master was still alive!"
"Bi!"
Celebi nodded happily. Traveling through time and space was as easy as could be!
"Travel back a thousand years?