Time passed, and five days went by in the blink of an eye.
During that time, the power within Chen Shi had not stopped growing. He grew stronger at a terrifying pace every day.
Perhaps "growing" was not quite accurate. "Gaining control" would have been more fitting.
That power had always been there; he simply could not fully control it yet.
As of today, his Psychic power alone had already surpassed Jirachi's, putting him roughly on par with a mid-stage Second-Class Deity.
Meanwhile, Chen Shi continued following the Legendary Pokémon around to purify Shadow Pokémon. Not only did this speed up their efforts to reclaim Kanto, but it also helped him gain control of that power faster.
Yet even after working in shifts around the clock for five days, they had not cleared even a tenth of Kanto.
Chen Shi had been too optimistic before, thinking five days would more or less do the job.
He had never imagined there would be so many Shadow Pokémon. Forget five days-even fifty might not be enough.
That day, atop Eternatus's back, Chen Shi plopped down with enormous dark circles under his eyes and waved a hand.
"I can't. I can't do this anymore."
"I need rest!"
Eternatus stopped what he was doing. Without saying much, he flew Chen Shi down to the ground and landed.
A mere five days was nothing to him.
Chen Shi flew down from Eternatus's back, leaned against a tree, and sighed.
"I'm leaving the rest to you. I'm planning to head back today."
"Today?" Eternatus nodded. "Then just go find Celebi. The great Arceus gave Celebi the coordinates before leaving."
"Really?"
Chen Shi looked a little surprised, then said with relief, "So he does have a conscience after all."
Eternatus did not dare respond to that. After