"Mew?"
At the familiar name Celebi, Mew immediately tilted its head and curiously studied Professor Oak, who stood opposite Qingyu.
Its earlier impression had been right. This old man carried a distinct trace of time-he had definitely encountered Celebi!
Just like Mew, Celebi would only acknowledge pure-hearted humans and Pokémon, willingly appearing before them and sometimes even taking them on a wondrous journey through time.
As it happened, a Celebi lived in the nearby Viridian Forest and was a good friend of Mew's.
Unfortunately, after Mew had asked to go out and play too many times, that old friend had become increasingly reluctant to see it...
Mew hadn't even been able to find Celebi during its previous visit to Viridian Forest.
At that thought, Mew inwardly shook its head.
What a cheapskate!
"Celebi...?"
Professor Oak's second question had also caught Qingyu off guard.
Celebi was classified in the Pokédex as the Time Travel Pokémon.
It was said to possess the power to travel through time. Its abundant life energy also brought tremendous vitality to the forests it inhabited, leading ancient humans to revere it as the god of the forest.
In fact, when Qingyu had produced the first mythology explainer video for "Arceus Genesis," he had also researched this world's records of Celebi.
Although humans held Celebi in great reverence, this exceptionally unusual species of Pokémon rarely seemed to appear before them.
Nearly forty years had passed since the last sighting of Celebi, and the previous witness had been none other than Professor Oak in his younger days...
Was Professor Oak curious because I mentioned Celebi in my video?
Qingyu considered this and began weighing how to answer.
He was certainly very familiar with Celebi. He even knew about an episode from Professor Oak's past that the professor had never