Mew!
The only Pokémon that could appear on Mt. Silver in the Kanto region at this time, be invisible through cloaking or some other special means, and make Moltres so wary, was Mew.
Team Rocket had been searching for Mew for so many years, even turning her home upside down, but they still couldn't find her, which showed that when she wanted to hide, no one could truly discover her.
But what Aoki couldn't understand was why Mew appeared here. Was she here to save him? Or was she just passing by purely by chance?
Aoki thought it was more likely she was just passing by, after all, he and Mew had no real connection.
"Screech!!!" Moltres shrieked again, expressing its anger.
A weak bug, due to its own momentary carelessness, had made it so embarrassed. As a true legendary Pokémon, Moltres found it difficult to suppress the rage in its heart.
At this critical moment, when it was about to vent its anger, a Pokémon appeared and made it stop.
Does Moltres not care about its reputation?
Alright, I surrender!
When it saw that small, delicate Pokémon, casually flicking its tail, seemingly harmless, Moltres knew its power and promptly surrendered.
With a hint of grievance and more of an angry glare towards Aoki, it reined in the blazing flames on its body, flapped its wings twice, and flew towards the depths of Mt. Silver.
Aoki watched the departing Moltres and let out a long sigh of relief. Finally, that cursed bird was gone.
However, Aoki felt that his business with this Moltres was not over and that they would definitely meet again in the future.
But what he cared about more now was the Pokémon that had not yet appeared but had managed to scare Moltres away. It was highly likely to be Mew, but he hadn't seen it and couldn't be sure.
"Kwe—" Darkrai let out a soft cry, indicating that the Pokémon was flying towards him.
Aoki squinted his eyes, still unable to detect the other party's presence.
But soon, he felt himself enveloped by a warm current. His whole body felt incredibly comfortable. The intermittent stinging pain in his head, which had appeared due to excessive use of psychic power, disappeared. Even his depleted psychic power was rapidly recovering, giving him a feeling of returning to his mother's embrace.
"Woo—" A sound appeared beside Aoki's ear, like a murmur or perhaps an explanation of something.
Hearing this sound, Aoki finally confirmed the identity of this Pokémon; it was undoubtedly Mew.
Although he had never seen the real Mew in this world, Aoki had once come into close contact with Mew through her fur and had heard her voice.
"Mew..." Aoki called out her name.
As expected, after Aoki called out her name, Mew no longer concealed her form. She tumbled in the air, seemingly very happy.
She looked like a small pink cat, with a tail roughly twice her height, an olive-shaped tail tip, and triangular eyes.
This incredibly cute pink Pokémon was the one Team Rocket had always dreamed of, Mew.
It is said that Mew possesses the genetic fragments of all Pokémon, so some believe she is the progenitor of all Pokémon, but these are matters that cannot be verified.
However, because she has the genetic fragments of all Pokémon, she can almost transform into any Pokémon she desires and can use almost all of their skills. Therefore, finding a Mew that is determined to hide is almost impossible. Even a force like Team Rocket, after searching for Mew for so many years, only found a single strand of her fur.
"Ying—" Mew looked at Aoki as if she had found a fun toy, circling him and continuously murmuring softly.
Slowly, Aoki seemed to understand the meaning conveyed by Mew's voice.
She seemed to be saying... Little Tail?
"Little Tail—Little Tail—Little Tail—"
As she continued to call out joyfully, Aoki felt the joy in her heart.
But Aoki was stunned.
Little Tail?
Was she calling him?
Aoki had indeed once been a strand of fur on Mew's tail, but that was a scene he had perceived in the Mew ruins from the Mew fur he obtained and the Mew blood stained on it.
Was that scene not a dream or illusion that had already occurred?
Why would Mew know?
As Aoki pondered, Mew's long, slender tail gently touched his cheek.
Aoki could feel the warmth and softness of Mew's tail.
His psychic power was recovering rapidly.
Normally, with such an excessive use of psychic power, let alone instantaneous recovery, it would be quite good if he could use psychic power again within a week. But with Mew's help, Aoki's psychic power was now instantly restored to its peak, and it even seemed to have improved further.
This was Mew's ability. Even if Ash was reduced to ashes, she could restore him, let alone Aoki's merely depleted psychic power.
With his slightly enhanced psychic power, Aoki wanted to use telepathy to connect with Mew and communicate a bit, to foster some connection. But Mew did not agree to Aoki's telepathy.
Seeing Aoki fully recovered, she prepared to leave.
Her body color became increasingly faint, and she was about to completely disappear into mid-air.
Suddenly, as if she remembered something, her small tail gently swished in the air, and a small spatial rift appeared in front of Aoki.
Immediately after, from this spatial rift, five or six black, special symbols darted out. They varied in appearance, and each had only one eye.
When they saw Aoki, their eyes all lit up in unison, and they shot towards Aoki like lightning, transforming into unique characters that imprinted themselves on his wrist.
These black symbols were the Unown, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
This instantly added six Unown, almost doubling his collection. Aoki originally had eight on his wrist, and now with six more, he had a total of fourteen.
There are only twenty-eight Unown in the entire Pokémon world, and now Aoki had half of them on his wrist.
Seeing all the Unown attached to Aoki's wrist, Mew seemed even happier. She wagged her tail and disappeared into mid-air, leaving only Aoki and his Pokémon in the valley.
But by the time Aoki came back to his senses, Mew was already gone.
After treating the more serious injuries of a few of his Pokémon, he returned them to their Poké Balls, leaving only Slowking and Florges.
When Moltres left, the Shiny Ninetales, having recovered a little stamina, also fled like the wind, afraid that Aoki would cause her trouble.
Just like that, the entire valley suddenly became exceptionally quiet.
Aoki could finally calm down and properly search for the materials he was looking for.