Chapter 735: The Mysterious Crystal Falling from the Sky
Kazuya decided to rush back to the Nebel Plateau overnight because of that beam of light.
With his speed.
Two or three days were enough to return to the Allearth Forest.
Unexpectedly.
On the second night, he saw a brilliance constantly hanging on the horizon—that was a comet that had not yet approached.
The position of this comet was still quite far away; normally, it would be invisible to the human eye.
But Kazuya's eyes were naturally not comparable to ordinary humans.
He could see further away and capture fainter light.
So Kazuya could see this comet earlier than ordinary creatures.
The flight trajectory of this comet was very bizarre.
It didn't fall towards this planet, but it wasn't in a hurry to fly far away either.
Instead, it slowly lingered in that area continuously.
It was just that the distance it was lingering at seemed to be inching closer.
Even Kazuya was seeing such a miraculous comet for the first time.
"Good thing the scale isn't big."
Kazuya wiped nonexistent cold sweat from his forehead.
A comet of this scale.
Even if it fell, it wouldn't cause much of a problem.
So there was no need to worry too much.
Ever since experiencing the world-ending catastrophe in his previous life.
Kazuya almost had cometphobia.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have made AZ rush to add an ability to shatter comets to Magearna.
He watched for a few seconds before setting out on his journey again.
He was very curious.
What was that light that fell from the sky towards the Allearth Forest during the day?
He had a feeling it was no ordinary object.
Coupled with the fact that his journey to find the Plates had temporarily come to a close.
Kazuya decisively hurried back to the Nebel Plateau at full speed.
Early the next morning.
Kazuya returned to the Nebel Plateau.
The first thing that caught his eye was a giant crater that had appeared in the center of the plateau.
"Yo, you're back."
Volcanion's voice rang out immediately.
He could only say.
As expected of the Guardian of the Plateau.
As long as any creature entered the Nebel Plateau, they would immediately be discovered by Volcanion's nonexistent biological radar.
"What's going on with that crater?"
Kazuya turned around, glanced at Volcanion and Magearna, and then pointed at the massive sinkhole in front of them.
He stepped closer to take a look.
He found there was absolutely nothing inside the crater, and he didn't know how it appeared.
Anyway, it didn't look like it was blasted out by Volcanion.
It looked more like it was forcibly smashed out by something.
Kazuya couldn't help but recall the beam of light he saw a few days ago.
"Ah... speaking of that... look over there."
Volcanion gestured in a certain direction.
"...Hmm?"
Kazuya turned his head to look, and then a look of confusion appeared in his eyes.
Underneath the arch tree in the center of the plateau stood a dark purple crystal.
"What is that?"
A question arose in Kazuya's heart.
He reviewed the memories of his past few centuries in his mind.
But he really couldn't find any content related to this crystal.
Not to mention.
This just looked like an ordinary crystal.
There were a ton of crystals of various colors in Kazuya's memories, but he really couldn't find a single one that looked exactly like the one on the Nebel Plateau right now.
"Interesting."
Kazuya grinned.
It had been a long time since he encountered something where he couldn't find a single clue.
"That stone smashed down from the night sky two days ago. It narrowly avoided smashing Snorlax so hard he'd throw up his dinner. I don't know what it is either, I figured I'd wait for you to come back and take a look."
Volcanion grinned, speaking with a hint of smugness, "I knew you'd make a trip back once you saw the light in the sky."
At this moment.
Click, clack—!
The sound of twisting metal plates rang out.
Magearna dropped down from Volcanion's leg and transformed into her mechanical puppet form.
And what surprised Kazuya a bit was.
After Magearna turned into a puppet, she immediately waved at Kazuya, seemingly greeting him.
"You taught her?"
Kazuya turned to look at Volcanion.
He could clearly sense.
The current Magearna still hadn't developed her own consciousness.
So this "greeting" action wasn't Magearna truly wanting to greet him, but merely a set "program".
"Mhm, that's right. I'm teaching this child some behaviors she'll use in her daily life, but she learns rather slowly."
Volcanion nodded.
The gaze He used to look at Magearna already carried a hint of the doting affection of an old father.
Speaking of which.
Volcanion was also over twenty years old.
Mhm.
From the perspective of human age.
He could indeed be a father.
"That's pretty good, just keep teaching her then."
Kazuya nodded.
Anyway, Volcanion didn't have much to do on ordinary days.
Finding something for Him to do wasn't a bad idea.
Moreover.
Kazuya had previously suspected that Magearna had a memory storage system.
Once she developed self-awareness.
She should be able to read these memories recorded now.
Volcanion's teachings might not be useless.
Having said that.
Kazuya slowly walked towards that crystal.
Halfway there.
Diancie came skipping and bouncing over, throwing herself into his arms at once: "Master~ Long time no see~"
"Long time no see, are you having fun playing on the surface?"
"I'm happy every day!"
"That's good."
Kazuya smiled and stroked her small face.
He had to say.
This Diancie was much happier than the Diancie three thousand years later.
The Makima from three thousand years later managed things too strictly, to the point that that Diancie couldn't even come out to play much, and in the end, she had to rely on various electronic devices to become a shut-in who could still be very happy staying at home.
But although the current Diancie hadn't come into contact with electronic devices, Sachima didn't really restrict her freedom, allowing her to play on the surface, as long as she occasionally returned to the underground Diamond Domain to reassure everyone.
"Master, do you want to look at that small stone?"
Diancie pulled Kazuya's skirt hem, staying by his side.
"Mhm."
Kazuya nodded.
As the distance closed in a bit.
He finally saw the specific size of this crystal clearly.
The distance between the two longest ends was probably only a little over forty centimeters.
This was indeed a very small stone.
However...
Kazuya turned his head and glanced at the massive crater he had just walked past.
For such a small stone to smash out such a huge crater, that wasn't an easy feat.
Either it fell from a very, very high place.
Or it inherently carried some kind of special energy.
Kazuya reached out and picked up the crystal that was quietly lying flat on the ground, examining it back and forth in his hands, but he simply couldn't figure anything out.
And what was even more miraculous.
Kazuya found that his Aura and Confusion couldn't penetrate the inside of this crystal at all.
He was very familiar with this feeling.
It wasn't blocked.
It was canceled out.
A dead memory suddenly did a backflip and jumped up, giving Kazuya a fierce slap—that was a matter from his fifth life.
A thousand years prior in his fifth life.
Which was the memory of when Kazuya's consciousness returned to the Unova region a thousand years ago.
At that time, Kazuya, who was studying the Dragon Pulse in the deepest part of the Chargestone Cave, was ambushed and secretly attacked by his disciple Kazan-kun.
Normally speaking.
With Kazuya's Aura perception.
It would basically be as difficult as ascending to heaven for ordinary people to sneak attack him.
After all, just getting close would be perceived by him.
And at that time, Kazuya did indeed perceive Kazan-kun and the people around him. What he failed to perceive were those Psychics who had wrapped themselves in Confusion!
The clash between Confusion and Aura.
Caused the Aura to be canceled out, so Kazuya failed to perceive the existence of those Psychics at that time.
The situation right before his eyes was exactly the same as back then.
This crystal contained an extremely powerful Confusion.
The level of this Confusion was even higher than Kazuya's current level, so he couldn't break through this barrier of Confusion to perceive the situation inside the crystal.
"..."
Kazuya frowned deeply, and various speculations appeared in his mind.
For example...
Could this crystal be some kind of materialized crystal of energy, like a Fire Stone or Thunder Stone? Perhaps it could be called a Psychic Stone?
Or perhaps...
Hidden inside this crystal was actually some kind of powerful Psychic-type item, like the miraculous Plate symbolizing the origin of Psychic power, or the Soul Dew, a soul crystal containing infinite energy?
All kinds of whimsical thoughts appeared in Kazuya's mind.
This instead caused his brain to become chaotic.
Sometimes knowing too much.
Would instead lead one further and further away from the truth.
Perhaps the real answer was actually very simple.
"Master, let me hold it."
Diancie tugged on Kazuya's skirt hem, asking him for the crystal.
The latter tossed it to her, still deep in thought.
"Diancie, don't break or lose this stone."
Kazuya reached out and patted his little disciple's head, giving her an instruction.
He didn't have any clues right now.
He prepared to return to the underground world to ask Florges.
Florges had lived in this world for so long; although her vision of the surface was relatively limited, she might know things related to this kind of crystal.
Before he figured it out.
It was best if nothing happened to this crystal.
"Of course I know that! Master, you worry too much about me! I will take good care of the small stone!"
Diancie pouted her lips, responding with some dissatisfaction.
It seemed Kazuya's lack of trust made the little princess a bit angry.
Watching Diancie skip away.
Kazuya shook his head helplessly, turning around to go tell Volcanion.
"Aren't you planning to stay for a day? It's rare for you to come back, everyone misses you quite a bit, and there are quite a few new faces on the plateau..."
Volcanion kept babbling on endlessly.
The words He said were certainly true, but the more important reason was actually that He missed Kazuya a bit Himself.
After all, it had been a good three years since they last met.
"True, then I'll stay for a while."
Kazuya smiled and nodded after hearing this.
How could he not feel the thoughts in Volcanion's heart?
He might as well stay for a bit.
Time was long.
There was no need to rush for a moment.
Night fell.
After dinner.
Everyone sat together on the grass, looking up at the starry sky.
Looking at the comet in the sky getting brighter and brighter, Kazuya gradually became a bit lost in thought, remembering some things from the past.
"Oh? What is that? The legendary meteor shower?"
Volcanion's voice entered Kazuya's ears, calling back his attention.
"Oh, you guys can already see it. Then it seems the distance of that comet has gotten a bit closer."
Kazuya muttered to himself.
But he didn't notice that when this comet appeared in everyone's field of vision.
The stone in Diancie's arms trembled slightly.
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