Chapter 476: The Ancient Song at Dusk
About half an hour passed.
The light in the entire underground world had turned dusky yellow.
And Will and Cynthia also arrived at the rendezvous point right on time.
Monet and her group seemed to have suffered some injuries; right now they were standing in the waterway bandaging and treating their wounds.
"You're back? That is?!"
Monet saw Will and the others return.
She didn't even have time to ask about their situation; her attention was completely drawn to Diancie beside them.
"The Mythical Pokémon that can create pink diamonds, Diancie."
The female Ranger beside her exclaimed in shock.
Right.
This is the normal reaction of an ordinary person seeing a Mythical Pokémon.
People like Will and Cynthia have already lost the reaction ordinary people should have.
After all, people like them who raise Mythical Pokémon at home are ultimately still a minority.
"This is the reason why the Carbink ran out from underground, but now the matter has been resolved; the Carbink will retreat."
Will briefly explained the situation.
Monet and the others nodded somewhat blankly, their eyes still unable to leave Diancie.
Didn't expect Will and Cynthia to resolve the matter so smoothly by accident.
On their side, they exerted immense effort to catch the Carbink, but not only failed, they also accidentally barged into the nest of an Archeops clan and were chased and severely beaten.
In the end, it was the passing Carbink who relieved the siege and saved them, but still refused to let the Rangers interfere with what they were doing.
"Big Sister Monet, are there many underground worlds like this in the Kalos region?"
Cynthia remembered what Majima said before and couldn't help asking.
Monet snapped back to her senses.
She hesitated for a moment, pursed her lips, and then nodded:
"Mm, that's right, the underground world in the Kalos region is not just this one. But whichever one is discovered, the news will be immediately blocked by the Pokémon League. Only the higher-ups of the regional Leagues, the directors of the Ranger departments, and freelance Rangers are qualified to know the locations of these underground worlds."
Monet is the director of the Kalos League stationed in Ambrette Town.
So of course she is qualified to know these things.
As for her subordinates beside her right now, hearing this matter they were also somewhat dumbfounded.
"I thought we were the first to discover an underground world."
"Yeah, I was even excitedly thinking we would be recorded in the League's history."
"Big Sister, this matter is something we shouldn't know, right? Is it really okay to tell us?"
The Rangers beside looked at Monet worriedly.
Presumably, the consequences of violating the rules and arbitrarily informing others of confidential matters are quite severe.
"After Rangers discover an underground world, they are qualified to know about this matter. As for Cynthia and Will... you solved a big trouble for us, and also represent Professor Sycamore, so you are also qualified to know."
Monet shook her head nonchalantly.
The reason why she said it now.
Is because it was already time to inform them of this intelligence.
"So underground worlds really exist; Mom and Grandma didn't tell me either."
Cynthia pouted her little mouth.
Will glared at her.
"Cynthia, don't be angry."
Diancie worriedly reached out to hug Cynthia's arm, then gently shook it.
"Wow, her voice is so cute."
"Sounds like a little girl."
"Worthy of being the Pokémon known as 'the most beautiful in the world'."
The few Rangers were once again attracted by Diancie.
"Diancie~"
Cynthia took the opportunity to hug Diancie tightly.
Although hugging Diancie didn't feel very good, being stiff and hard, Cynthia still wanted to hug this pure and cute little princess.
As for the anger just now, it was all pretense.
Will's lack of reaction to Cynthia's words was a symbol.
Cynthia is not some unreasonable girl who likes to make trouble out of nothing.
Monet had already said it before.
News about the underground worlds must be blocked; only a very small number of qualified people can know.
Cynthia is not a member of the Pokémon League, how could she be qualified to know those things?
Even if she knew, she could only stare blankly and couldn't go in; how uncomfortable would it be to have her heart hanging in suspense all day?
Since this is the case.
What's the point of Kaoru and Carolina breaking the rules to tell Cynthia?
To make Blonde-kun worry uselessly all day?
"Cynthia's mother and grandmother are Senior Kaoru and Professor Carolina of the Sinnoh region, right? I must mention,
Currently, the Pokémon League has discovered 12 underground worlds, 8 of which are in the Kalos region."
Monet didn't know Cynthia said those words on purpose, and specifically spoke up to explain for Kaoru and Carolina,
"The existence of underground worlds hasn't been discovered in the Sinnoh region yet; only in the Alabaster Icelands have ancient Pokémon been found appearing. So your mother and grandmother weren't keeping it from you, but they themselves might have never been to an underground world."
This answer didn't exceed Will's expectations.
Majima had already said it.
The number of underground worlds in other regions is much less compared to Kalos.
Since the birth of humanity to this day, even in this Kalos region, only 8 underground worlds have been discovered; then how many can be discovered in other regions?
However, the number 12.
Is much less than Will imagined.
According to Majima, every root of the Sunlight Tree nurtures an underground world.
Then just the underground worlds in this Kalos region alone, there must be at least dozens or even hundreds.
Humans have discovered less than a tenth of them.
According to the technology tree of the Pokémon world...
This is something that shouldn't be.
"Is the Pokémon League deliberately looking for the existence of these underground worlds?"
Will decisively asked the doubt in his heart.
"No, why look for them? Currently, all underground worlds are discovered by accident and protected forcibly. We don't want to disturb the survival of these ancient Pokémon, nor do we want them to return to the surface and disturb that harmonious world."
Monet shook her head, while pointing to the Relicanth in the waterway underfoot,
"Moreover, exploring underground is very difficult; you don't know if a nest of Ground or Rock-type Pokémon survives a meter or two under your feet."
"!"
Will's eyes slightly widened, finding the key point.
That's right.
Whether willing to explore downwards is one thing.
Whether capable of exploring is another.
The technology tree of this world is advanced, that's true.
But beneath the surface of this world also survive a massive number of Pokémon.
Exploring downwards is highly likely to destroy the homes of these Pokémon and consequently attract attacks.
Especially Pokémon like Golem, Onix, Garchomp, and Tyranitar who like to stay inside mountains; the ending of angering them is mostly not very good.
Don't say humans are not Flying-type Pokémon.
Even if they were Flying-type.
An Earthquake underground, can they bear it?
It's not rare in the anime for Ash's group to mistake an Onix or other Pokémon underfoot for the ground.
The difficulty of exploring underground in this world.
Is far from comparable to that of the Blue Planet.
Even the young master of the Devon Corporation like Steven Stone, who combines technology, financial power, strength, and theory in one, has to be very careful when exploring underground.
Not to mention other people.
"The genes of these ancient Pokémon surviving underground are affected by the environment to a degree even greater than the degree of fossil alteration. They can no longer leave the underground world; we humans should try our best not to disturb them."
Monet shook her head, sizing up Diancie,
"This child..."
"Diancie will follow by our side for a period of time next; we plan to take her to play nearby."
Cynthia gently stroked the pink diamond crown on Diancie's head.
Will couldn't help shaking his head seeing her like that.
Girls just like beautiful and gorgeous things like this.
No.
Using the word "girls" is too limited.
Men, women, old, and young probably all can't resist Diancie's charm.
Especially the certain Devon young master who loves stones mentioned just now; seeing Diancie, he might kneel on the spot and propose.
The picture is very beautiful.
Worth imagining.
"Is that so? Then you must be careful, it's best to dress Diancie up a bit, to avoid attracting too much attention. Contact the League immediately if needed."
"Understood."
Will's words were concise.
"Then let's go back."
Monet nodded, turning around planning to leave.
At this time.
Roar~
Ha~
Hiss~
The cries of Pokémon one after another rode the dusky yellow sunlight outside the waterway and shone in.
Those sounds formed a cheerful melody.
But no matter how cheerful the melody was, there was always a trace of sadness in that sound.
Just like a teenager who can go to an internet cafe the moment he comes of age, his heart is full of joy, but looking back a few years later, the moment of coming of age doesn't seem as beautiful as it looked on the surface, and the life waiting for us in the future doesn't seem as relaxed and free as imagined in youth.
"What is this?"
Will's ears twitched, looking outside against the dusky yellow light.
His Aura seemed to turn into a melodic line,
Being affected by this inexplicable melody.
"I have heard Rangers from other places say before, every dusk in the underground world, the Pokémon surviving there will start to sing."
Monet pinched her chin, her index finger lightly tapping her face following the melody.
"Yes, every dusk, the Pokémon surviving in the underground world will start to sing, without exception, even in the Diamond Domain it can be heard; I can even hum it."
Diancie nodded, then put her hands on her chest, swaying her body and softly humming.
"How magical, why do Pokémon of different species sing the same tune?"
Cynthia's eyes were full of curiosity.
She wanted to know the history buried deep behind this piece of music.
Blonde-kun closed her eyes.
Trying hard to memorize the tune and rhythm of this piece of music.
At a certain moment, she suddenly opened her eyes, turning to look at Will:
"Lucario, do you feel this kind of music is a bit like... the Celestic Flute?"
"...Memorize it, Cynthia."
Will was startled.
The Celestic Flute, that is the opening of the Azure Flute.
Then, could this piece of music sung by ancient Pokémon right now be a certain part of the Azure Flute?
"Mm!"
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