Outside Silver Town, within a small, secluded woodland, Lucas slowly walked out from among the trees, an expression of deep contemplation on his face—one that was rarely seen on him.
"Parallel worlds…?"
Lucas's brows knit slightly as he softly murmured the term under his breath.
He had always known that the Pokémon world was not a singular, isolated existence, that there were so-called parallel worlds beyond it. Yet no matter how he imagined it, he had never expected that there would truly be another "compatriot" like himself, someone just like him, who had also appeared in the Pokémon world.
"Lucas~"
Just then, two petite and lovely figures jogged over, calling out to him.
"Why did you come all the way out here? Uncle's been looking for you."
Running up in front of him, Green rolled her eyes at Lucas with mild annoyance.
The match had just ended, and Lucas had successfully replaced Lance as the number one in the world. They were all genuinely happy for him. They had been preparing to properly congratulate him, only to find that this guy had quietly slipped away and run off to Silver Town again.
"Ah~ I ran into a 'friend.' The arena wasn't a good place to talk, so we came here to chat," Lucas said with a light laugh, setting his thoughts aside.
As for that person named Silas, he had no intention of mentioning him to anyone else for now—after all…
It was truly something profound.
As for what he and that young man named Silas had talked about—
Back in the woods.
"So, you travel between worlds just to look for fun?" Lucas asked, his expression slightly strange as he looked at the gentle yet extraordinary Silas standing before him.
"Ah~ You'll probably get it soon too, fellow transmigrator. Over on my side, there's really nothing interesting left. Every day I'm just like a salted fish basking in the sun," Silas said helplessly, spreading his hands, making it clear that he wasn't some kind of twisted person who enjoyed invading other worlds.
"What about Team Rainbow Rocket?" Lucas's eyes flickered slightly. If there truly were many parallel worlds, then Team Rainbow Rocket must certainly exist as well.
"Team Rainbow Rocket, huh… emmm…" Silas rubbed his chin.
"Back when I was still growing stronger, Rainbow Giovanni came to my world. You could say we had a bit of a… prior grievance."
"And then?" Lucas raised an eyebrow.
"And then? Well, Rainbow Archie works for me now. The other Rainbow Rocket executives are all settled into villas on my side, enjoying retirement. As for Rainbow Giovanni, he even tricked the llama from his world over—now it's sealed beneath the sea."
Silas spoke innocently. Really, Rainbow Giovanni had been bold—bringing Arceus to invade his world, as if he weren't afraid of angering that world's creator god.
"So, you wiped out Team Rainbow Rocket entirely. No wonder you can freely travel through parallel worlds," Lucas said in a daze.
He had been guarding against Team Rainbow Rocket all this time, only to find that they had already been completely annihilated by this "compatriot."
And since Silas had wiped out Team Rainbow Rocket, it was hardly strange that he had obtained their secret for traversing parallel worlds.
"I saw you deal with the llama earlier too. You've already earned its friendship now, right?" Silas's wine-red eyes looked toward Lucas.
Just as Lucas could sense the power of Arceus within Silas, Silas could likewise sense that same power within Lucas.
"That's right." Lucas nodded.
It seemed this fellow transmigrator had already been paying attention to him for some time.
"Now then~ I don't know if it'll work, but I really do have a bold idea," Silas said slowly, an utterly harmless smile appearing on his handsome face.
As his thoughts returned to the present, Lucas's eyes flickered slightly.
"Borrowing Arceus's power to open a spatial passage to Earth… is that really feasible?"
Lucas pondered the possibility. If all the Pokémon parallel worlds were like rooms separated by different walls, yet still existing within the same house—
Then Earth, his previous world, would be an entirely different house.
Breaking through walls to move between rooms might not be too difficult for those who commanded top-tier legendary Pokémon, so long as there was a method.
But stepping out of one house and entering another? That was no simple matter at all.
Whether it could even be done was itself uncertain.
Lucas didn't know how he had crossed into this world, but thinking about it made it clear—crossing worlds was never something easy.
According to Silas, he had already traveled through more than a dozen parallel worlds, yet the first transmigrator "compatriot" he had ever encountered was Lucas alone.
As for whether Silas harbored deeper intentions, Lucas would not so easily believe him at face value.
That man was certainly not simple. Lucas could even sense that Silas's strength was absolutely greater than his own at present—perhaps already at the level of a master trainer like Pryce.
But in a world where all bustle is for profit and all strife is for gain, what benefit would there be in deceiving him?
In truth, there was none. Just as Silas had said, he had already reached the peak in his own world—so much so that even life itself had become dull.
Lucas could understand that feeling well. Silas said Lucas would soon experience that same boredom, but in reality, Lucas had already begun to feel it.
"Still… if it really is possible, it would indeed be quite interesting."
Lucas's eyes gleamed faintly. To be honest, he wasn't opposed to Silas's proposal.
If a spatial passage between the Pokémon world and Earth could truly be opened, allowing travel back and forth between the two, that would be an absolute benefit to Lucas.
He could even bring Pokémon into Earth, triggering a Pokémon-version spiritual revival, fostering Pokémon culture there.
But all of that hinged on whether Silas's plan could succeed.
And moreover…
Even if the passage could be opened, whether it would truly connect to the Earth they once knew was still uncertain.
Silas had already returned to his own world to prepare. After all, this matter was extremely difficult and would undoubtedly require Arceus's assistance.
Even a single Arceus couldn't achieve something of this magnitude, and two Arceus would still struggle.
Thus, Silas had said he would travel to other parallel worlds as well, to see if he could gain the support of more "llamas"…
Yes—if ten or twenty fully powered Arceus worked together, maybe it really could succeed…
But whether there were even that many llamas to begin with was another question entirely!
Lucas felt that finding so many Arceus and gaining their help would take who knew how many years.
Silas's appearance and lengthy conversation with Lucas also carried the hope that Lucas would join him in searching for llamas to assist.
"That guy's imagination really is something else, tsk tsk~"
Silas's appearance was merely a small interlude. And as Lucas's battle with Lance concluded, the news of Lucas ascending to World Championship No.1 spread rapidly across the globe.
The name "World's Strongest Trainer, Lucas Blackthorn" was etched deeply into everyone's memory.
Even though he wasn't a regional Champion or an Elite Four, Lucas's record had already proven his overwhelming strength.
Night fell. Inside a large private room of a hotel in Silver Town.
"Cheers~"
Numerous wine glasses clinked together.
Lance, Steven, Wallace, Cynthia, Iris, Red, Blue, and others were all present.
It could be said that this single room gathered nearly half of the world's top trainers.
"Congratulations, Lucas. You defeated Champion Lance and claimed victory. I'm afraid for quite some time, all the talk will be about you," Iris said teasingly, glancing at the calm-faced Lance.
Though rumors said Champion Lance wasn't easy to get along with, he didn't seem nearly as bad as the stories claimed.
After all, he had just been defeated today, yet he remained completely composed.
(End of Chapter)
TN: There are like 11 chapters remaining of this novel. It had like 3000 chapters in Faloo and I'm trying to commission an update for it but the uploader has been ignoring me after the initial conversation so this novel will probably end and go in hiatus. I'll continue it if I ever get more chapters since I really like the author's work but after the 11 chapters the translation for this novel will end.