Chapter 745: Postscript to Volume Seven (Part 2)
If there was a regret medicine in this world.
Volcanion would absolutely never say that sentence to Diancie again.
But it was already too late.
When Volcanion learned that Diancie had died.
He was in extreme agony.
After all, those companions who had accompanied Him from the very beginning had all left one by one.
Kazuya, Floette, Amaura, Luxray, Snorlax, Pangoro...
Everyone was gone.
Now even Diancie was gone.
He was truly the only one left of the original generation of Pokémon.
That night, Volcanion no longer cared about dignity and face.
He howled and cried at the sky.
Even though He was on the Nebel Plateau, He was like a child who had lost his home.
It was also at that time that Volcanion finally understood.
What Kazuya and Oranguru's words back then truly meant.
Fortunately, He still had His precious daughter Magearna by His side, otherwise Volcanion might have followed the old path of other Legendary Pokémon—constantly sleeping in a muddle through the endless river of time.
It was also then that Volcanion realized.
It turned out Kazuya had already anticipated everything.
Whether it was for Him or Diancie, he had arranged everything.
It was just that...
He couldn't help Diancie find Xerneas.
Whenever He thought of this.
Volcanion felt infinite guilt and self-blame in His heart.
Three hundred years later.
A meteorite radiating pink brilliance fell from the sky.
The crash site was located in the eastern part of the Kalos region.
At first, Magearna intended to shoot it down with Fleur Cannon; after all, there was a setting in her underlying code to shoot down comets.
But Volcanion hurriedly stopped her.
A thousand years had passed.
The Millennium Comet should also appear.
So Volcanion mistook that falling meteorite for the Millennium Comet that awakens Jirachi.
It wasn't until that meteorite crashed into the surface of the Kalos continent.
That Volcanion realized He had guessed wrong.
That wasn't the Millennium Comet.
Decades later.
Volcanion remembered this meteorite and went to its crash site to take a look.
He found that the place had already become a human settlement.
Humans called that place [Anistar Village], and the meteorite radiating pink light was called the [Sundial].
Another four hundred years passed.
A star fell from the sky once again.
Because the time hadn't arrived yet.
And having gained some experience over the years.
So Volcanion could be sure that the thing falling from the sky was a comet.
This time.
He didn't stop Magearna from firing Fleur Cannon.
Even though Volcanion didn't know why Kazuya gave her this setting, he must have had his reasons.
So Volcanion let His precious daughter fire the cannon.
Have to admit.
Magearna, having unlocked the hidden power of the Soul-Heart, was still very terrifying.
The power might not match the Ultimate Weapon.
But that single shot was enough to heavily injure most Legendary Pokémon.
The pink beam pierced through the sky.
As if determined to shatter that freezing comet falling from the sky.
Coincidentally, the Sky High Pokémon Rayquaza was passing by, and with a single Dragon Ascent, it completely intercepted the Fleur Cannon, saving that comet.
At the same time.
He also completed the mission He promised His friend.
However.
The powerful shockwave formed by Dragon Ascent and Fleur Cannon.
Still affected the comet's falling trajectory, knocking it toward another region.
That region was called [Unova].
A comet suddenly crashed in the northeastern part of the Unova region, smashing out a zone suitable for human survival in the complex terrain of Unova.
And so.
Humans also built a village around that comet.
Named [Lacunosa Village].
It was just that one night.
Someone saw a terrifying giant beast crawl out of that comet, appearing along with bone-chilling cold and freezing winds.
The next day.
That comet disappeared.
Startling everyone.
Since then.
Lacunosa Village passed down similar legends.
The residents of the village built walls to surround the village, established a rule forbidding going out at night, and encouraged everyone to stay indoors.
Another six hundred years passed.
Within those short few decades.
Two giant rocks radiating rainbow-colored light smashed down from the sky one after another.
And both landed in the Hoenn region.
One smashed deep underground, forming a [Stone Ruin] in later generations, known as the [Legendary Megalith].
The fall of this stone awakened the slumbering Groudon and Kyogre, causing Them to wage a massive battle to fight over the energy within the stone.
Later, it was Rayquaza's appearance that stopped that battle.
Decades later.
The other one smashed into the eastern part of the Hoenn region, smashing out what would later become [Sootopolis City].
As for that meteorite, it was taken to the Meteor Village by the Draconid people, who hadn't yet hidden themselves from the world at that time. The Draconid people called it the [Rainbow Stone].
It was also from that day on.
Rayquaza suddenly realized that the frequency of those rubber men from space attacking seemed to have increased.
A thousand years later.
League Calendar Year 150.
A man wearing a cloak and holding a scepter set foot on the Kalos land and muttered: "I'm back, Azoth."
This person's face was old.
But the posture of his youth was still vaguely visible.
If they met again.
Kazuya would absolutely not mistake him.
This person was not some elderly Azoth Minister Jarvis; it was clearly the elderly Jax!
Back when he helped the Giant Rock and Mountain Field Kingdoms destroy the Eternal Empire.
Jax immediately began searching for the location of the Eternal Heart.
However.
He couldn't find it at all!
No matter how Jax interrogated XY, the latter didn't reveal a single word, and instead, Jax got spat on in the face.
Until the final moment of death, that man finally spoke: "The Eternal Heart has long been destroyed by us."
At that moment.
Jax was in complete despair.
But he didn't give up. Instead, he made up his mind to create a new Eternal Heart.
Because.
During those years, he had thoroughly researched the true value of the Eternal Heart!
That was [Endless Lifespan]!
Because previously, his destructive energy had only collected one-third of the life energy, and his version of the Ultimate Weapon couldn't compare to the Eternal Empire's.
So this led to the firing effect of the Ultimate Weapon that time being incomplete, far from exerting the ultimate utility of the Eternal Heart.
He didn't gain an endless lifespan, and his body didn't undergo any special changes...
His lifespan was merely significantly extended.
Jax had already conducted countless hypothetical researches.
He was certain:
If he had gathered all the life energy and destructive energy before activating the Ultimate Weapon back then...
Then he would have gained an endless lifespan!
Even achieving a transition in life level!
Accomplishing a feat similar to Pokémon evolution!
Therefore.
Jax made up his mind.
He must definitely create another Eternal Heart.
He immediately searched the entire Azoth top to bottom, but completely failed to find the research materials left behind from when the Eternal Heart was created in the past!
It was then that Jax realized.
Those two bastards AZ and XY had actually destroyed all the precious scientific research data!
Despite vomiting blood from anger.
Jarvis still did not give up.
He had confidence in his own talents!
In the long three thousand years since then, Jax wholeheartedly delved into mysterious science, traveling all over the world for this purpose, and inventing countless great inventions.
Capture Bracers, Mega Evolution Waves, Ultimate Weapon - Dragon God Ultimate Version...
But there wasn't a single [Eternal Heart]!!
Jax despaired.
He realized he might never be able to research a second Eternal Heart in his entire life.
Although Jax was brooding over the fact that living an extra three thousand years couldn't compare to AZ, he was able to recognize reality and stay rational.
Jax returned to this land once again.
After several considerations, he thought that perhaps the Eternal Heart hadn't been destroyed, and it was merely XY's deceptive rhetoric.
Perhaps.
There was an element of self-deception in this.
But Jax actually deceived himself correctly!
He returned to Azoth and supported his descendant in taking the position of Azoth's Minister of State, using the convenience of the position to help him investigate.
Fifty years passed in the blink of an eye.
With nothing to show for it.
By then, Jax had somewhat gone insane.
Anyone who saw this man would suspect he had a very severe mental illness.
He then immediately investigated the Nebel Plateau, as that was the favorite place of that Magical Beast Floette beside AZ.
With this investigation...
Jax's mental illness was instantly cured.
It was simply a medical miracle.
The reason for his cure was:
Jax saw Magearna.
One must know.
Jax was a man who participated in the creation of the Eternal Heart.
He wouldn't forget the appearance of the Eternal Heart even in death.
So when he saw the quietly circulating "Soul-Heart" on Magearna's chest, Jax immediately recognized that it was the Eternal Heart he had dreamed of.
And so.
A massive operation aiming to obtain the Soul-Heart was launched once again.
It was just a pity.
At that time, a blondie-kun and a Lucario appeared.
In a world that Kazuya found both familiar and unfamiliar.
A silver-white Pokémon was sitting alone on a withered giant tree.
It was bored to death, fiddling with a toy at its feet, yawning from time to time, and looking around with murky gray eyes, as if on guard against something.
It was very confused.
Confused about many things.
According to its memory, its name should be [Mewtwo (Mew Number Two)] or [Mewtwo].
But...
Who was it exactly?
Merely knowing a name didn't seem to hold any meaning.
Mew...
Who was that?
Were they its parents?
Also.
According to the fragmented pieces left in its memory.
The sky of this world should be blue, and there should be many creatures that looked friendly.
But why.
The sky in its eyes was either gray or black.
The creatures it met either wanted to kill it or stay far away from it.
This completely didn't match its memory.
So.
Was there a problem with this world.
Or was there a problem with itself?
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