116 Tree of Beginning, Three Pillars

Carr was attacked by Aisha on top of the Mt. Moon Square, and after a disastrous defeat, he fell into the hands of the Cerulean City police.

Of course, as one of Team Rocket's Three Beasts, this guy is undoubtedly a senior cadre.

His minions all stayed in the Cerulean City police station to be interrogated.

Carr himself was transferred to the prison in Indigo Plateau and received the highest treatment for criminals.

Today's Team Rocket is still in a period of revival, naturally not have the guts to openly hijack the prison car.

Carr does not have any close friends within Team Rocket who can risk their lives for him.

So Carr, who was unlucky enough to meet Aisha, became the first of Team Rocket's top cadres to face jail time or even a trial.

"Woo~"

The sound of a soft yet majestic dragon roar resounded through the clouds, a Dragonite flapped its tiny wings, exerting a speed that didn't fit its rounded body, as if it was a fighter jet, swiftly skimming through the sky, dragging invisible and unqualified streaming cloud lines as it flew between the clean white sea of clouds.

"..."

Above the spine of the Dragonite flying prone, Lance stood expressionless.

Perhaps being from the Imperial Dragon Clan had given him some mysterious power.

Even though he was greeted by the gusty winds, Lance's body was covered with nothing but his leathery cape and flowing hairstyle.

"Woo~"

Dragonite chirped back.

After that, it, already a lightweight, also flapped its small wings to lower its flight and landed in front of the gate of the Indigo Plateau's large prison.

"Elite Lance, you're here as well?"

"Uh-huh."

The person in charge of the prison had already been waiting in front of the gate for a long time.

Facing his greeting, Lance leapt down from atop the spine of Dragonite without much familiarity, simply just responding with a flat, nasal voice.

"How did the Carr interrogation go?"

The righteous Dragon Elite Four asked the question that concerned him the most.

This time he had personally traveled to the prison precisely for the purpose of interrogating the unfortunate one of the Team Rocket Three Beasts who had fallen through the cracks himself.

"No..."

"Huh?"

The man in charge spoke out, and Lance looked over at him with a bit of displeasure.

"Uh..."

Facing the oppressive feeling of this Dragon Elite Four, even the person in charge who had managed this largest prison in the Kanto region for twenty years was likewise very sweaty.

A high-ranking trainer was indeed not to be angered.

"That guy took advantage of his disabled condition and kept acting crazy, and he refused to answer any questions we asked."

"What did Sabrina say?"

Learning about the Carr situation, Lance sent out another inquiry.

Sabrina was the Gym Leader of Saffron City in the Kanto region.

The attribute she specialized in personally was superpowers, and she herself was a natural-born psychic person with an unparalleled understanding of the mental side of things.

Sabrina, like Koga and Lt. Surge, has a less than clean resume.

That's why said is now keen on assisting the League in a number of endeavors.

"Gym Leader Sabrina has indicated that there is no problem with Carr's mental state." The head of the prison relayed Sabrina's words and said, "She said that Carr should have something up his sleeve, and that we need to change the way we interrogate him, so that means we've asked Elite Lance to conduct the interrogation himself."

"Hm."

Lance also responded to the person in charge's words still flatly.

His nature itself was the cold type, and he was even a bit less than polite when it came to treating people.

The exception was when it came to Aisha.

"You lead me to Carr."

Lance spoke his plea.

"Yes, yes, please follow me."

The head of the prison was instantly amnestied and walked straight into the building behind him.

Together, the two of them passed through several barriers, went through several identity checks, and after passing through several iron doors, they finally entered an elevator, and after seemingly going underground for some time, they arrived at another unusual area within this one large prison.

This was where the vicious criminals were being held.

Most of them were powerful Pokémon trainers.

"Elite Lance can wait in the interrogation room for a bit while I bring Carr within the interrogation room."

"Good."

Lance watched the head of the prison disappear at the end of the corridor, and entered the airtight to the point of suffocating the interrogation room himself.

A few moments later, Carr, who wore shackles on top of his torso, sat across from him.

"Sword, ice... Ah, it's too cold, it hurts!"

Carr no longer had that arrogant look above the wanted notice.

Nowadays, as if he was a fool, he kept repeating a few words of unknown meaning, and a devastated look covered the top of his already obscene face.

"..."

Lance saw the bottom of Carr at a glance and waved his hand to disperse the guards within the interrogation room.

When Lance and Carr were left within the interrogation room, one of the Team Rocket's Three Beasts finally put away that crazy and comical look and quietly gazed at the Dragon Elite Four.

"You seem to have been waiting for me for a long time?"

"...After all, you are the highly placed Elite Four Lance within the Kanto League."

Carr's voice was filled with hatred, and his eyes were filled with dark color as he looked at Lance.

"The head of the prison isn't powerful enough?" Lance laughed a little and said, "What do you want?"

Lance was in no mood to play dumb with scum.

"Heh."

Carr sneered and said, "I have information on Team Rocket's actions during this time, so if I say so, can I get a life in exchange?"

"...Heh."

This time, the person sneering turned out to be Lance.

He also understood why Carr had originally been pretending to be crazy, but once he saw him, his original form was revealed.

It turned out that he was prepared to trade information for his life.

This guy also knew that he was already guilty of a great crime and definitely couldn't run away from a trial, so he said that he was waiting for the Elite Four level senior personnel to take the information in exchange for his life during the personal interrogation.

"Having said that, can I exchange a life?"

"You haven't figured out the situation..."

Lance also came from a villainous background, with a pattern that was unknown to him, so naturally he couldn't stand the threat of Carr.

"That's why I greatly appreciate Aisha as a child." Lance ignored Carr's expression that had eaten a dead man, and praised the teenager who had caught and brought him back to justice, saying: "He has the strength to kill and be decisive while still being able to hold on to his own bottom line, and even a scum of a guy like you can't cause him to lose his mind and commit a crime, so that's why you still have the life to talk about conditions over here right now, because I'm pretty much the same as he is, we have a bottom line."

Lance spread his hands.

"But it's not like we don't have those without a bottom line on our side."

Carr's expression changed.

Lance ignored him and spoke a name to himself, saying, "Take your old comrade, Sabrina, for example."

"...You!"

"Actually."

Lance interrupted Carr, saying, "If it's true that we can't help you if you keep acting crazy, let's just say that you've been dumbed down by Aisha, and that we're just as well able to guard ourselves against Team Rocket's actions this time around anyway."

Lance revealed a look of disdain like looking at a clown.

"However, since you sent yourself to the door, it would indeed be a waste not to ask for the information you know."

"...What do you want?"

"Give me an honest answer, or I'll arrange for Sabrina to make you talk." Lance was not in the mood to pull any punches or negotiate, and spoke directly to death, saying, "Your choice."

Lance knew very well that Carr was timid.

Now after losing the protection of his Pokémon and Team Rocket as his backing, he would do anything to save his life.

Selling out his old boss was naturally not a problem.

"..."

"You can think about it carefully."

Lance stood up and walked towards the interrogation room door.

"Of course, my patience is limited."

"Fine, I'll tell you..."

"Heh."

Lance's sneer grew a point wider.

He still overestimated Carr's bottom line.

...

After the conclusion of the Gym Challenge, Aisha and Misty each wrote autographs to some of the spectators at the venue.

The duo then slipped out of the Gym's main hall before the crowd's enthusiasm stormed out.

The staff of the Gym then arranged for the audience's departure.

Many of the spectators were still enthusiastically discussing Aisha and his Caterpie as they left - the drastic contrast of bugs metamorphosing into dragons, especially since everyone could see Caterpie everywhere within their original lives, not at all like a cherished Pokémon, was particularly mesmerizing.

There were already people who were ready to head to the Viridian Forest to sweep up Caterpie.

Of course, because Aisha had specifically said out loud that his Caterpie was unique and special before he left, the people who were prepared to go on a rampage in the Viridian Forest to catch Caterpies were ultimately a minority, and the people sanctioned by the Pokémon Ranger were these opportunistic guys.

More people set their eyes on Aisha, the trainer.

There are too many people who have cultivated Caterpie since ancient times, and he is the only one who has cultivated it to such an extent. Whether the core of the problem is Caterpie as a Pokémon, or Aisha as a trainer, there is no need to say more....

After today, the name of Master Breeder is considered to be on top of Aisha's head.

Of course, this was exactly what Aisha expected to happen.

With a good reputation and a big name, he could make money...

The profession of Pokémon Trainer was too money burning.

"What are you going to do after Instructor Ai?"

Walking within the aquarium area of the Cerulean Gym, Misty was a little curious as she asked Aisha about his arrangements afterward.

"Well... Actually, I was originally supposed to hang around within Mt. Moon for a few more days." Aisha pondered for a moment and said, "Combining work and rest, it's not a good thing to rush all the time, and now that I've completed the Cerulean Gym Challenge ahead of schedule, I'm going to stay in Cerulean City for a few days, relaxing by myself along with the little ones, and completing Jasmine's customized Pokéblock on the side."

"Instructor Ai is truly a responsible trainer."

Misty sighed.

There were no false compliments in this sentence.

Misty truly admired Aisha.

He treated Pokémon as his family, not a tool for sparring.

"Aisha."

Misty called out his name properly for the first time and said, "Can you tell me a little bit about why you became a Pokémon trainer?"

"For the love of it."

Aisha smiled back and responded to her question, saying, "Becoming a Pokémon Trainer is my forever dream."

Love.

Dream.

Misty's eyes drifted a bit.

Once upon a time, Red had responded to this question of hers just as well.

Because of love.

Because of dreams.

"I see..."

That's why you guys are so awesome.

"I see."

Misty flashed a smile.

"Come on!"

Cerulean's Basculin grabbed Aisha's arm in a flash, and she pulled him next to her, and after revealing an impeccable mermaid-like smile, she raised her cell phone and "clicked" to capture a group photo.

"OK~"

"Why didn't you ask..."

Aisha rubbed his arm and said, "It's not like I'm not okay with a group photo."

"Under normal circumstances, this type of arrogant statement should not be made by me as a girl... Forget it, you're good looking, don't care about that."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

If they were socializing before, now they were serious friends.

"What's the matter with you two?"

Suddenly, a voice filled with flirtatiousness entered Aisha and Misty's ears.

The duo looked towards the end of the corridor and found Blue gazing at them with a teasing face.

Next to Blue followed Red and Yellow.

"..."

Red didn't say a word.

However, the eyes that looked towards Aisha were filled with hot battle intent.

"..."

Aisha was already used to Red's gaze, so he responded to Red with silence, which really meant that he had learned the essence.

Although it was said that his eyes seemed as if he was ready to slaughter him, however, Aisha also knew that Red had no malice, and that there was only sparring within his mind.

It was good to get used to it.

"Mr. Aisha, hello."

While wearing a grass hat, Yellow greeted politely.

Her quality was a perfect contrast to the silent Red and the teasing Blue.

Aisha also couldn't help but feel the politeness of the four first generation, it was almost as if Yellow was holding up the scene all by herself... I wonder what background Blue belongs to over here?

"Hello, Ms. Yellow, I have admired you for a long time."

Aisha shook hands with Yellow.

"Eh?" Yellow was a bit surprised and said, "Mr. Aisha knows me?"

"Red mentioned your name many times, he said that you are a trainer with a promising future."

"Eh..."

Hearing Aisha's explanation, Yellow also reddened.

It wasn't that Aisha was making it up.

When he had nothing to do he did look for people to chat with before Line, and Red was one of them, and when the two of them once talked about things like special abilities, Red told about Yellow.

"Okay, Instructor Ai~"

Blue hooked Aisha's neck at once this time.

He pulled Aisha over from Misty's side and said, "Hiding is too deep, you actually didn't expose Caterpie's specialties when you were at that research institute of the old man, is it hard to believe that you specifically intended to show it during the live broadcast?"

"It's still the Caterpie itself that's contending..."

Aisha threw the pot all to Caterpie.

Caterpie: "?"

Caterpie showed a confused expression within the Poké ball.

"Oh..."

Hearing Aisha say this, Blue also revealed an expression of understanding - he wasn't believing Aisha's words, he simply understood that Aisha wasn't willing to talk too much over Caterpie's matter, so he said that he immediately and wisely changed the topic, "Instructor Aisha shouldn't have had the pain of playing over at the Cerulean Hall this time. For once, this brother will treat you to watch the water ballet performance of the three Cerulean sisters, that quality I tell you is simply too enough!"

"OK!"

Aisha instantly revealed an expression of "good brother, you understand me".

Blue gave a thumbs up.

Misty: "..."

Why are you only looking at the three Cerulean sisters?

This fourth sister isn't a Cerulean mermaid?

Blue was noncommittal about it.

Misty exposed her nature as a Basculin on the spot.

"Blue, don't toss my guest!"

"No, I feel that the three sisters' water ballet does have a bit of fun..."

Misty told Aisha to shut up.

"No, Blue, we're trainers, a trainer's focus should be on training Pokémon, you're a person whose brain is filled with unhealthy things that I don't recognize."

Aisha decisively jumped back.

Blue: "?"

Of course, Aisha still joyfully followed Blue towards the water park for the afternoon, and watched the water ballet of the three Cerulean sisters in the meantime.

Indeed.

Big, long, and white.

Not bad at all.

"Hey, Misty's base is actually not bad at all, it's mainly because her body is missing quite a bit, and her personality doesn't quite fit a dancer, so that's why she said she became a martial artist."

Blue commented so sharply on the gap between Misty and the three sisters on the stage.

"..."

Red remained silent as always.

"Hmm... Hmm."

Aisha's eyes fluttered, keenly aware of the danger, so to speak wisely not to speak.

"Why aren't you guys talking?"

Blue looked over at the duo.

Red and Aisha tilted their bodies slightly to look behind Blue.

Blue: "?"

A vicious chill invaded Blue's spine.

This feeling was like what it was like when he was wildly pursued by a light bodied cod during his nature expedition to Casseroya Lake in the Paldea region back then.

"..."

Blue turned around and saw a Basculin, although it was not a Veluza, but its level of underworld was not inferior to that of a Veluza.

Misty: "...Blue, you seem to have a bit of a problem with my size?"

Unfortunately, Basculin evolved into a Basculegion.

After that, Blue ascended to heaven.

"Hmph, hmph, ahhhhhhhhhh!"

Misty tied Blue under the big bucket of the water park and poured water on him for an hour. The stinky sound spread throughout the park along with the pouring of cold water.

It was really sad to hear and tearful to see.

Of course, not including Misty, Aisha, and Yellow...

Their laughter was very loud.

Even Red revealed a smile, not resuming the icy look he had just had.

"Aye~"

Close to the evening, Aisha changed into clean clothes in the specialized locker room and sat on top of a bench, resting quietly against the setting sun.

Next to him, Marill and Eevee were playing with each other.

This afternoon, their two little ones were having a lot of fun as well - Charmeleon and shiny Metang naturally couldn't possibly like something like a water park, Rotom could probably create an unsolved crime if he got into the pool, and Caterpie was even more unfeeling about water rides.

"Loo~"

"Boo~ ee~"

After Marill and Eevee got tired of playing, they simply jumped onto the bench and snuggled up next to Aisha on the left and right.

Aisha also reached out and stroked their heads separately, feeling the very different smooth and plush touch.

"Hiss~"

Aisha's technique was gradually becoming more skillful.

RUA Pokémon does have a bit of fun...

Unfortunately, within his own team, Charmeleon was all muscle, shiny Metang was all steel, Rotom was electro-crystalline, and Caterpie was a bug.

Chien-pao is a sword... Well, Aisha now felt that it was fine for it to remain in sword form, and sooner or later, he himself had gathered the Four Treasures of Ruin.

"Eh~"

After wrapping his arms around Marill and Eevee, one on each side, Aisha began to think about the future.

"Flying, Dragon, Water, Fairy, Fire, Steel, Psychic, Electric, Dark, what attributes does my team lack in the future?" Aisha took a slight calculation and said, "Indeed, there is one grass-type Pokémon missing, Sprigatito is good, its own combat power is enough, and it should feel just as good in the hand, but of course, it can't be Rua... when it has evolved into a Meowscarada. Ahem, can't speak to that one."

Marill and Eevee faced each other in Aisha's arms.

"Ralts isn't bad either, although it's true that with Fairy and Psychic Attribute Pokémon within the team, who can say no to a queen though?"

Aisha still couldn't forget about his Gardevoir.

Marill: "..."

Eevee: "..."

"Hey, what are you fantasizing about?"

Aisha was tapped on the shoulder.

"Huh?"

Aisha turned her head and saw Misty in a towel.

For one thing, Misty's figure was already pretty good, and Blue flirted with the fact that her barren figure was only in comparison to the three Cerulean sisters - the problem was that the people who could hang with the three Cerulean sisters in terms of figure were, I'm afraid, probably a character from Azur Lane.

"Nope."

Aisha waved his hand and said, "A batch of fossils came in a while ago, and I'm going to find someone to dispose of them."

"Eh?"

Mentioning fossils, Misty instead became interested and said, "Are there any fossils of Kabuto and Omanyte, you can leave me two!"

"Okay, no problem, after identifying the types of those fossils, I'll have Steven mail you two fossils."

"Okay!"

After that, Misty went to change her clothes.

Aisha, on the other hand, dialed Steven's phone.

"Hey, Instructor Ai, why are you free to call me today?" Steven, who was dressed in a suit, answered Aisha's video within the Devon Co's office and said, "What happened?"

"I seized a batch of Pokémon fossils, suspected to be fossils that can be revived, any interest."

"Buy them all!"

Steven deserved to be Steven, bold and generous.

"By the way, why aren't you out digging?" Aisha inquired with a bit of curiosity.

"There's not much time for digging these days..."

Steven covered his forehead with a great headache.

"Business?"

"No, I'm studying about the Three Pillars."

"Oh... Did you find anything?"

"No." Steven had a sad face and said, "Hah, the habitat of the Three Pillars has absolutely no clues that can be investigated, it's too difficult, if the Three Pillars have plural individuals just like the Three Legendary Beasts and the Three Legendary Birds, then maybe we can start to make a connection."

Aisha was silent for a moment.

"The Three Pillars do have plural individuals, and I know where they are..."

Steven: "..."

After speaking those words, Aisha then saw Steven was first silent for a while, and after that, an expression of franticness and devastation appeared above that handsome face, and it was only after Steven turned the ring he wore on top of his finger out of sparks that he finally calmed down.

"How do you feel?"

"A little shitty, to be honest." Steven held his face and said, "If you knew, why didn't dear Aisha-kun tell me earlier?"

"I forgot."

"Hiss-!!!"

Aisha watched Steven almost draw a breath and hurriedly opened his mouth to explain this, saying, "No, Steven, calm down!"

"Okay, I... calm down."

Steven covered his heart and braced himself.

"There are indeed multiple individual Three Pillars in that place, but they are more like puppets and programs. I am not sure whether they have the ability to communicate." Aisha expressed his worries and concerns, saying: "And, they It was an indiscriminate attack on outsiders. At that time, our main targets were Groudon and Kyogre. We really had no intention of dealing with other enemies. The pair of Galar pillars had no power. Even if we got them, they were not as good as Hoenn's three."

"Oh..."

After hearing Aisha's explanation, Steven's breath went down.

"Of course, if it's true that you can't find the tablet that unlocks the secret of the Three Pillars anyway, it's not like we can't find a little trouble with them..."

Aisha began to think.

Indeed, the unlocking of the Three Pillars was very necessary.

The plot of this world was a bit confusing.

Maybe, Hoopa had a seizure at some point.

"Otherwise, when are you going to take a time out and we'll head over there to look for the Three Pillars?"

"Okay!"

Steven agreed to Aisha's words in a single breath.

All this time looking up information in the office, Steven felt like he was going to get moldy.

This time Aisha admirably knew where the Three Pillars were.

Steven definitely took a trip!

"Are you done with Hoenn?"

"Wallace can shoulder the responsibility of being a champion."

"Indeed."

"He's reliable... Hey!"

"What are you laughing at?"

"Wallace said he regrets being the champion, he's exhausted."

Aisha and Steven burst into heartless laughter.

After that, Steven finally asked that vital question.

"But where is the other pair of Three Pillars?"

"Cameran Palace, Three of Beginning!"

Aisha smiled.

Anyway, Ash was traveling alone now, and the future was the 'Rainbow Hero' route.

Since that's the case, it shouldn't be a problem for himself to take Ash ahead of time to awaken the path of the 'Aura Guardian'...