Master Craftsman of the Pokemon World

In the forging room, numerous crafted artifacts and unique items were placed, which had provided Guangtai with a wealth of knowledge! However, Guangtai, who was originally working on various sample items, prematurely ended his work and began to sculpt a "Sculpture of Gratitude".

It turned out that the strange client among the plushies was...

"It's Mewtwo!"

From the moment the other party mentioned the name "Ai", Guangtai knew the true identity of this client. After all, in today's world, there are probably only three "people" who still know this name, but among the three, only one being possesses psychic powers. So, who could it be? So hard to guess...

Of course, it's not hard to guess!

Ai, this was a girl who had a significant impact on Mewtwo in its early years, but more specifically, the Ai that Mewtwo knew was Ai #2, not the real Ai herself.

In the first movie, "Mewtwo Strikes Back", Mewtwo's childhood state was shown. Mewtwo itself was born as the experimental product of a Team Rocket project. In a remote region called Guyana, Team Rocket found a fossil of Mew's eyelash and planned to use this fossil to create the strongest Pokémon.

Thus, Team Rocket found a Dr. Fuji. Dr. Fuji had a daughter named Ai who died young. In order to find a way to revive his daughter, he cooperated with Team Rocket. He replicated Kanto's original partners, namely Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur, hoping to find the essence of Pokémon's resilient life from the techniques of "replication" and "cloning" in order to research super-technology related to "revival".

Dr. Fuji's research was not without results. Long before cloning the three Pokémon and Mewtwo, he had already researched Ai's "consciousness clone" and placed it together with other cloned Pokémon in special culture devices. The ultimate goal of his research was to give the cloned consciousness of his daughter real life.

Ai's cloned consciousness was connected to Mewtwo's consciousness, and in dreams, they met with the other three cloned partners. She told Mewtwo about the world, the sun, the wind, the sunset, the stars, the moon, and "life", making Mewtwo no longer lonely.

In the dream, young Mewtwo saw the consciousnesses of the three original partners gradually disappear, and their bodies also died one after another. Finally, even Ai #2's consciousness disappeared. Mewtwo's spirit had violent fluctuations, and finally, Dr. Fuji injected Mewtwo with a large amount of tranquilizers to calm Mewtwo down, and eventually... gradually forgot this memory.

"With the help of Calyrex's plushie, the deepest wounds in the heart have been gradually healed, so the forgotten memories have returned... It's not so easy to meet the deceased again."

Therefore, in order to soothe the deepest wounds in Mewtwo's heart, Guangtai made an amulet of courage and gave it to it. Speaking of which, this amulet was the first amulet made with the Protective Stone, and its effect was unexpectedly powerful!

Guangtai held the sculpture in his hands, checking its information.

『Craft: [Ancient Statue] (Exquisite) — A mixed style of ancient city and divine capital ruins.』

『Description: A stone statue carved in an ancient style, the figure is a “human girl” named “Ai #2”, using the White Stone of Gratitude. If you express gratitude to the sculpture, you may receive an incredible response.』

『Craft Effect: Echoes of Gratitude — Allows specific people and Pokémon to recall important people and things in their hearts, connecting their hearts to each other, no matter how far apart. Write words of gratitude on the statue to accurately convey your gratitude to this girl. If it is used in conjunction with specific sculptures, supplemented by items made with powerful spiritual power, you can see specific deceased people.』

『Required items for cooperation — Tapu Fini's sculpture, also carved using the White Stone of Gratitude; Spirit Shroud/Ghost Gem.』

Tapu Fini... one of the island guardians of the Alola region, guarding the ruins of the other shore, possessing extraordinary abilities. It has the incredible power to meet with people who are no longer in the world. Whenever it releases mist, it intertwines the present world with the afterlife.

Guangtai stared at the sculpture, trying to express gratitude, but the effect was not good.

Is it because he doesn't have someone he can sincerely thank?

Guangtai pondered for a moment, looked at the Pokémon around him, and smiled slightly, and the doubts in his heart dissipated a lot.

If there is no one he can sincerely thank... then, thank the Pokémon around him!

With this thought, Guangtai expressed his gratitude.

In various rooms of the workshop, the Pokémon, whether working or resting, simultaneously felt a telepathic connection. They heard the voice from Guangtai's heart, but it was hazy and vague.

"Youwu?"

Doublade floated over from the spirit power room next door. It blinked its eyes, very puzzled, not knowing what Guangtai had just done, and then saw the strange girl sculpture.

This statue is made of Gratitude Stone?

Who is it?

Doublade looked at the statue, hearing Guangtai's voice:

"Do you have someone you want to thank? From a long time ago?"

You? Someone to thank?

Doublade waved its ribbons, scratching its hilt, looking at the statue. Although it vaguely recalled some things, it felt that they were not very important. During the ancient kingdom period, it didn't have anyone to play with at all, at most just some Pokémon.

Doublade recalled its former Pokémon companions, flapping its ribbons. It quickly thought of a companion it got along with.

It was a Pokémon of unknown origin. At that time, it had just been brought to the ancient kingdom and given as a treasure from a foreign country to a knight, who was its former master. Every day, it was repetitively training, but the key was that its former master didn't even know a few moves. His teaching was very boring. In that era, people regarded Pokémon as magical beasts, driving them at will.

Sometimes, Doublade felt that it envied its former "tool companions". Although they couldn't speak, at least they wouldn't be driven by humans at will, and they didn't have to do high-intensity training every day.

One night, the exhausted Doublade met a peculiar Pokémon.

It could constantly change its shape and even fly. It always came to find it to play late at night.

It was like a ray of light, illuminating its dull sword life... But unfortunately, they didn't play together for long before the war broke out. The later events were as Guangtai knew.

Haha, the country was destroyed.

"A Pokémon that can transform, Ditto?"

"It can't be Mew."

"Youwu (I don't know!)" Doublade was casual, completely unaware of the true identity of its good partner, just secretly playing together every day.

Guangtai: "You're so careless. Are you referring to the merchandise carried by that traveler with many treasures when you talk about your tool companions? I only heard you mention it once before. Speaking of which, do you remember anything about that traveler?"

Doublade waved its ribbons: "Youwu~"

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That guy's face is quite blurry! But the personality that can be recalled is that he's a bit greedy, after all, he's a merchant! And I'm not familiar with him, he just captured me and treated me as a rare commodity!

But if we're talking about those tool companions, I remember them very clearly! A huge cauldron, exquisite swords, magical jade stones, old bamboo slips...

"Wait?"

Guangtai's expression became a little subtle.

These four things sound a bit familiar!

"Cauldron, Slips, Sword, Jade, aren't these the Treasures of Ruin?" Guangtai said, opening the document he had obtained from Lehe and showing it to Doublade on the computer for a while.

"Youwu?" Doublade widened its eyes!

Hey, wait a minute, aren't these my former "commodity companions"! How come after a thousand years, they've all become legends? And they caused such a big thing as the destruction of a country?

Speaking of which, how did they all come back to life? So these guys aren't inanimate objects, but Pokémon! I kept chatting with them in the merchant's carriage when I was captured! But they never responded to me!

"Maybe they were annoyed by you, so they turned evil... That's also a kind of resentment." Guangtai muttered, then snapped his fingers:

"Speaking of which, I seem to have mentioned Gujian Scorpion, do you remember it? I didn't expect you to know it, it's amazing."

For the Doublade of the past, this could be considered an adventure.

Doublade flipped through the document several times. At first, it had a bold idea, such as releasing the four of them and using them as national combat power, but after seeing some of the legends and the country-destroying incidents, Doublade immediately abandoned this idea.

Let the four of them continue to be sealed! It thinks of them as "acquaintances", but they may not give it a good look!

It's been a thousand years, who still knows who! And they have a history of destroying countries, it's about to assist the new king in creating a new kingdom, don't let them destroy it!

"Is that so, but I really want to see them, and how were those sacred stakes that sealed them made?"

The Treasures of Ruin, like the Legendary Titans, are a great attraction to craftsmen. Seeing them, or scraping some material fragments from their "main bodies", might allow one to create extraordinary items.

"Youwu~" Doublade was very helpless.

Forget it, since the trainer wants to see them, then it can't persuade him anymore!

Doublade abandoned those four Pokémon that had long become strangers and began to reminisce about its playmate Pokémon from the kingdom period, and this matter was just a small interlude for Guangtai.

Guangtai then began to carve Tapu Fini's statue, and asked Doublade to move cloths rich in spiritual power from the ghost room. With the Ghost Stone Slab and Dusknoir's Spirit Shroud, it was much easier to make items with powerful spiritual power.

When the statue was completed, a hazy mist vaguely filled the forging room.