Chapter 166: That's the Trouble Your Ancestor Caused
Seeing Suicune's reaction, Arthur was exasperated, Specter snickered, and Little Eevee felt very wronged.
"Woo woo?"
It asked Arthur through their mental link: Master, Master, why does this goddess-like big sister suddenly seem to dislike me?
Arthur found it difficult to answer for a moment.
"There are... very complicated historical reasons for this."
Actually, his true inner thought was: This is all the trouble your ancestor caused back in the day!
Arthur's relationship with Suicune shouldn't have been this bad originally.
Although he had disciplined Suicune, it was by defeating her fair and square on the battlefield.
As for ganging up? If a trainer doesn't let their Pokémon gang up, are they even a trainer?
Crucially, he had also spared this Suicune's life afterward.
Otherwise, Suicune would have been replaced long ago.
Legendary Pokémon never truly perish. When one generation of a Legendary Pokémon dies, as long as the planet's environment hasn't collapsed, a new one will soon be nurtured and born.
This was also why the wars between humans and Legendary Pokémon back then never reached a definitive conclusion.
Both sides could only fight for living space; neither could completely annihilate the other.
However, the replacement of a Legendary Pokémon only inherits its abilities, not its memories or emotions. For an individual, death is true death; the next generation has no blood ties to oneself.
So, for this generation of Suicune, Arthur had indeed saved her life back then.
This was enough to offset the grievances from the battlefield.
The real root of why their relationship had deteriorated to this point actually lay with Leafeon…
Suicune resembles a Qilin, its overall form still close to that of canines, and she is also the only female among the Three Legendary Beasts.
Back then, when Leafeon first saw Suicune, it was also influenced by the planet's laws and developed a sense of admiration for her.
However, unlike Specter and the others, it didn't resist this feeling.
Instead, it became utterly infatuated!
So much so that now, upon seeing another Eevee in Arthur's arms, Suicune even used a transformation technique on the spot!
She abandoned her original Legendary Pokémon form and turned into an elegant lady wearing a blue and white dress, with white ribbons fluttering around her.
This wasn't difficult for a Legendary Pokémon; many of them knew such little tricks.
This wasn't to cater to so-called human aesthetics…
It was solely to avoid Eevee's aesthetic preferences!
It was embarrassing to talk about, but Suicune was genuinely scared…
Back then, after Arthur's Leafeon, along with everyone else, had defeated Suicune on the battlefield, it had relentlessly pursued her in a courtship that could only be described as frantic!
If Arthur hadn't kept an eye on it from time to time, Leafeon would have been just one small step away from making an outstanding contribution to the historic question of "whether reproductive isolation exists between Legendary Pokémon and regular Pokémon"...
As for the size difference? That was nothing to Leafeon! He often "drove" big "vehicles" like Ninetales and Delphox, his "driving skills" very adept!
Arthur even suspected that Suicune's drastic change in temperament over the subsequent years was very likely related to his Leafeon…
"We can talk, but first, get this Eevee out of my sight!"
Even in her human form, Suicune insisted.
"Pfft!"
Specter, at the side, finally couldn't hold back his laughter.
He had never had a good impression of Legendary Pokémon; this was probably the first time he genuinely felt from the bottom of his heart: That Eevee was damn incredible!
It got to the point where Arthur had to intervene, tapping Specter and giving him a warning glare.
This time, they were here to ask for a favor, and it was thanks to Celebi building bridges for them, so they couldn't mess around.
Helpless, Arthur had to place Little Eevee on Little Lapras's back and instruct Little Lapras to take it to play elsewhere for a while.
Little Eevee still felt quite wronged, not knowing what it had done wrong.
Arthur could only pat its head and comfort it softly, "It's not your fault. The goddess-like big sister doesn't dislike you, she just… she just doesn't like Eevees very much."
That statement was, in fact, true.
Arthur didn't know at this time that Suicune had long ago established a rule within a hundred-mile radius of this Jun Tian Peak: Eevees of any type were forbidden to approach! Especially Grass-types – they were to be killed on sight!
After sending Little Eevee off to play elsewhere, and with Celebi's chirping persuasion, Suicune finally calmed down, regained her dignified composure, and asked peacefully.
"You came to find me, what is it about?"
Arthur watched this, marveling. The Suicune in his memory was clearly an arrogant woman, aggressive as fire, valiant as an empress. After being reborn, when he first heard that Suicune had a gentle temperament and was the most popular Legendary Pokémon in the human world, he had been full of disbelief.
Seeing her today, it seemed that what he had heard was not untrue.
He wondered just how large a shadow his Leafeon had cast on her heart back then…
"I want to ask you for a favor, regarding this Gengar and this Mismagius."
He then explained his plan.
To put it simply: he was asking Suicune to come forward as a witness to prove that Specter and Mismagius were wild Pokémon from Mt. Moon.
After the Great Reconciliation, humans had promised not to interfere with the operation of conservation areas, which also meant that humans often had very limited knowledge of the internal situations of these nature reserves.
In reality, there were no ghosts in Mt. Moon.
But it didn't matter; humans didn't know anyway, and they had no way to verify it.
As long as the Legendary Pokémon here said there were, then there were, even if there weren't!
The idea was perfect, but after listening to Arthur, Suicune immediately rolled her eyes.
"Why should I help you? Do you think I can't tell? This Gengar is the one you had back then, right? You think I won't recognize him just because you deliberately don't call his name now?
Do you really think I don't know how many 'good deeds' he has done over these many years?
Why was Articuno's secret nest on the glacier blown up one hundred and seventy years ago?
Who was behind the chosen warrior of Ho-Oh suddenly rebelling one hundred and fifty years ago, vowing to slaughter Legendary Pokémon?
What happened one hundred and twenty years ago when Princess Diancie suddenly and bizarrely underwent a generational change?
And thirty years ago, why did the Sinnoh League and Giratina, the Pluto Dragon, suddenly clash at the border?
Shouldn't this 'wild' Gengar by your side properly explain these many incidents?"
Hearing this, Arthur turned his head and glanced at Specter.
Unexpectedly, Specter coughed with feigned modesty and replied via telepathy.
"In the past, I did indeed achieve some insignificant accomplishments."
"Smack!"
Arthur slapped him on the forehead.
"Read the room, idiot! She's not praising you!"
Of course, Arthur wasn't really angry; it was more for Suicune's benefit.
"Gengar… Specter won't do it anymore. I'll keep an eye on him. I hope you can trust me this one time. If you have any conditions, feel free to state them."
Celebi was also by her side, tugging at the fluttering ribbons behind Suicune, cooing while saying, "Good sister, just help him out, please~"
Suicune knew at a glance that this Little Onion Head must have taken a kickback.
"What did he bribe you with? To make you speak up for him like this?"
"Nothing much…"
"Tell me honestly, and I might consider it."
"He promised to let me spend as much as I want on next month's mobile game ~ I'm about to complete my Pokédex in the newly released Pokémon-GO!"
"Smack!"
Suicune couldn't help but mimic Arthur's move, raising her hand and slapping Celebi on the head.
How did we Legendary Pokémon end up with such a little goofball…
However, after sighing, she looked at Arthur again.
"Let's just consider this repaying you for not killing me back then. I'll help with this, but I have conditions."
"Okay, name them!" Arthur said firmly.
As long as she was willing to help, everything else was negotiable!
(End of Chapter)
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