Chapter 445: The Aged Salamence
Forrest had spoken with great solemnity, but his grandfather seemed unimpressed.
"Ah, that's an old story from years ago. Your ancestor, he worried about this and that, and what was the result? In the end, he was the one who was gone. If you ask me, I shouldn't have shown you those diaries when you were a child!"
Forrest's grandfather clearly didn't take this matter seriously.
The ancestor they were talking about was one of the seven Champions of the Kubfu Alliance from the same era as Arthur, two hundred years ago: Forrest Sr.!
And the person Forrest Sr. had never been able to forget was Arthur himself.
At that time, Arthur had disappeared without a trace by the sea. His Pokémon were all left behind, but the man was gone!
The scene was full of strange circumstances!
Even more bizarre was that Lugia, who had been battling Arthur at the time, seemed to have anticipated this. It had taken the opportunity to drive out the human army, but it had not harmed a single one of the Pokémon Arthur had left behind, letting them all return safely.
At the time, there had been some gossip within the league about this, but in a rare show of unity, both the moderate and the militant Champions had suppressed all dissenting voices, securing a just posthumous reputation for Arthur.
And they had also given the Pokémon he had left behind the highest level of treatment.
But even so, Forrest Sr. had never been able to forget Arthur.
At that time, he had still held onto a sliver of fantasy, thinking, could Arthur not be dead?
After all, no one had seen a body, right?
All of these doubts, anxieties, and hopes had been written down in his diary.
He had even left a final will: instructing his descendants to continue searching for Arthur's whereabouts, to find this most promising young Champion in the history of the Kubfu Alliance!
Unfortunately, for many years, this final will had been largely ignored.
The reason was that, later, Forrest Sr. himself was gone…
After he and Bianca Sr. had both died in battle, the militant faction had no more Champions. Without a leader, the faction naturally collapsed, and with it, the Forrest family had declined from a top-tier Champion powerhouse to an ordinary military family.
Although the other, more cunning, original four Champions had been benevolent and hadn't made things difficult for Forrest Sr.'s descendants, there was still a fall from grace.
Otherwise, Forrest wouldn't have needed to self-learn the art of postpartum care for Mamoswine to help with the family business…
And Forrest's grandfather was the type of descendant who was rather resentful about it.
"Our ancestor, ah, he worried about too many things in his life. He worried about the league, about his comrades, about that missing new Champion. But he forgot to worry about leaving a stable and comfortable path for his own descendants! And he still had the nerve to order people around in his diary! You, ah, you don't need to put too much thought into it. It's just a diary. Our ancestor also wrote in his diary that he played cards every day when he was young."
"..."
Forrest was a bit speechless.
He had grown up with this, so he could understand his family's feelings.
His grandfather was the resentful type. His parents were the go-with-the-flow type. Neither of them took the things their ancestor had left behind very seriously.
Only he, the grandson, had always believed that his ancestor, Forrest Sr., was a hero!
Forrest greatly admired his ancestor!
Even if this ancestor hadn't actually left the family much of a legacy…
"I still want to confirm. Grandpa, where did you put those diaries? I'll go find them and take a look myself."
"Alright, alright, stop looking! It's a waste of time! Oh, right. Since you're so concerned, why don't you just go ask that dragon? He just so happens to be back recently."
Hearing this, Forrest immediately stood up in excitement.
"Ancestor's Salamence is back?"
His grandfather waved his hand lazily.
"Yeah, he's back again. But he's still not talking to anyone. He's just been lying on that mountain behind the house. If you want to see him, just go up the mountain and look. If it's you, he should be willing to see you."
Forrest Sr.'s ace Pokémon back then had been a Salamence!
Dragon-type Pokémon have long lifespans. This Salamence had lived to this day. Even Forrest's own Salamence was its descendant.
It's just that the ancestor's Salamence's relationship with the Forrest descendants was now very cold.
Forrest could understand why.
But fortunately, the ancestor's Salamence's impression of him had always been quite good.
You could tell from the fact that it had been willing to entrust its offspring to him.
"That's great! I'll go right now!"
Forrest then ran out in a hurry, his usually-squinted eyes even opening a little wider.
Behind him, his grandfather watched his back, shook his head, and muttered to himself with a mixture of relief and disdain.
"Forrest has really grown up… But of all things to chase, why chase after the glory of an ancestor? Hah! What's the use of that! Besides, the diary says that man was the most outstanding genius in the history of the Kubfu Alliance. I think that's a bit biased! Doesn't our Forrest family have geniuses too?!"
Forrest, at this moment, had no idea that he was being compared by his grandfather to the person his ancestor had been obsessed with in his diary.
At this moment, he was just running out of the house as fast as he could, heading for the mountain behind his villa to find that aged Salamence.
After going up the mountain, he released his own Salamence and commanded, "Go find your father."
Soon, he found his target.
The aged Champion's Salamence did not refuse to see him.
Forrest then respectfully inquired, "Senior Dragon, I'd like to ask about the Champion Arthur that my great-grandfather, Forrest Sr., used to mention."
Then, his own Salamence relayed his father's words through their mental link.
"Arthur… he was a true genius, a pure warrior. One of the few humans worthy of my admiration. It's just a shame he fell so early."
Forrest then asked, "Then, Senior Dragon, do you still have an impression of his Pokémon?"
His own Salamence continued to translate.
"Yes. He had only been a Champion for a short time, so he didn't have many Pokémon, but they were all quite strong. That Charizard… we used to spar together often. Hmm, we were probably about 50-50."
Forrest had a feeling that his own Salamence had added a little something in the translation.
But at this moment, he couldn't delve into it.
"Then, Senior Dragon, please take a look at this. Are these his Pokémon from back then?"
Forrest then took out his phone and opened the live broadcast of the current professional league playoffs.
At this moment, it was Specter who had beaten back the Milotic, forcing Serena to use her mid-battle switch. He was now fighting with Serena's second ace, Blastoise.
The aged Salamence watched for a moment and then shook its head.
"Probably not. As far as I remember, that person's Gengar did not possess this form's power."
Forrest was initially a bit disappointed.
But in the next second, the scene on the broadcast changed again.
Specter, in the end, couldn't withstand the bombardment of the two aces and was showing signs of weakening. So Arthur took the opportunity to also use his mid-battle switch and recalled him.
Then, he sent out Old Flame.
The exact same classic matchup as the last time he had faced Serena: Charizard versus Blastoise again.
And this time, the aged Salamence's eyes suddenly widened, and it let out a deafening roar!
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