"Dodo knows electronic fortune-telling. He said that although there's no giant meteorite crisis, the person who left those murals was no ordinary person. Perhaps an unknown ancient tribe wanted to convey something to the outside world."
Gugi?!!!
I don't know electronic fortune-telling!
"I see," Lisia murmured. "Just what you'd expect from a Pokémon put together by Professor Akihabara, blending technology with a sacrificial civilization."
Professor Akihabara had made major contributions to the development of the Pokémon storage and transfer system. In the anime, he had even led its development as one of its principal researchers.
Lisia's family was on good terms with Professor Birch, who was well known in the Hoenn Region, so naturally she knew of Professor Akihabara too.
"Actually, there's nothing concrete yet. After hearing what Dodo said, I just thought it was worth investigating, so I wanted to take a look inside Meteor Falls. That's all."
To be honest, that really was Shen Qi's plan.
A clue about the Draconids had actually appeared in the ordinary worldline. Rather than wandering aimlessly around the Stone Forest District every day, he might as well head into Meteor Falls and look for that village: Meteor Village.
"Wait!"
"What is it?"
"I'm coming too."
Shen Qi fell silent for a moment. "You think we're going shopping? This whole thing might turn out to be a false alarm."
"I'm one of the Sootopolitans. I've never heard of another tribe in the Hoenn Region that's proficient in ancient sacrificial symbols. I have to look into it."
Chapter 379: I'll Go with You, Sir
"Let's both calm down."
Shen Qi had said he wanted to go to Meteor Falls, and Lisia had immediately offered to come along. Neither of them was being calm enough.
Over the ages, every inch of the outskirts of Meteor