[My... help?] Jirachi blinked in bewilderment.
"Yes." Cheng Tian took out an odd-looking ball with two English letters marked on it.
"GS"
But Jirachi grew even more panicked at the sight of the ball.
[Ah! Stay away! I don't want to go inside a ball!]
Cheng Tian: ...
The little one knew quite a lot and strongly resisted Poké Balls, as though knowing that once inside, getting out would be difficult. The little one was so frightened that tears brimmed in those eyes.
"Don't be scared." Cheng Tian shook the GS Ball in his hand.
"I came to ask you to help grant me a wish."
[Wh-what wish...]
"This Poké Ball is no ordinary ball," Cheng Tian said. "It seems to be connected to a mysterious Pokémon."
"I want to find that mysterious Pokémon. Can you help me?"
Jirachi grew interested upon hearing this, but was still a little afraid to touch the ball.
[Y-you put it on the ground.]
Cheng Tian couldn't help laughing and obligingly set the ball on the ground. "Will this do?"
Jirachi nodded, stretched out two short little hands, and released specks of starlight.
The starlight gathered and connected to the GS Ball. Faintly, a green Pokémon whose true appearance was indistinct appeared above the ball.
Jirachi opened those eyes. [Is this the one?]
Cheng Tian nodded firmly. "Yes, that's the one I'm looking for."
[Hmm... how strange. I can sense it so clearly, but I can't pin it down...] Jirachi rubbed that little chin in distress.
"What's wrong?"
[This Pokémon's presence has been scattered, and I can't trace many of those traces back to their sources. This is very rare. It's as though it can travel through time and space,] Jirachi said. [Traces of its presence, some new and some old, appear in different