Chapter 472 473: Marshadow
"Dang, did you hear? Someone actually ran into Entei! Their Pokémon got blown away in a single exchange!"
"I saw Raikou during last night's rain! It was unbelievably cool!"
"Raikou, Entei, and according to the League, Suicune too... Do you think Ho-Oh is about to pass through this area?"
May 15th.
The internet was flooded with discussion.
Meanwhile...
Raikou, Suicune, and Entei were all thoroughly confused.
According to the Rainbow Trial...
By now, the human chosen by the Rainbow Wing should have already set out under Marshadow's guidance.
So why...
Was he still comfortably staying at home without the slightest intention of leaving?
What in the world was Marshadow doing?
The three Legendary Pokémon were becoming increasingly anxious.
Ho-Oh's route had always been fixed.
If this human never departed...
Wouldn't he completely miss Ho-Oh?
As worried as they were...
Marshadow had no solution either.
No matter how brightly the Rainbow Wing glowed inside the Storage Ball...
Or how much it trembled in protest...
The human simply ignored it.
Marshadow had even considered another approach.
Perhaps...
This human simply didn't know the legend of the Rainbow Wing.
If that was the case...
It could enter his dreams and personally tell him to begin the Rainbow Trial.
Unfortunately...
Its first attempt ended in complete failure.
It couldn't even enter.
The human's spiritual strength was terrifyingly powerful.
And his Pokémon...
That Serperior's Aura was simply absurd.
Marshadow had only slipped out of the shadows for a brief moment one night...
Yet it immediately felt as though someone had locked onto its presence.
If it made another move...
Every Pokémon inside the Day Care would awaken instantly.
Marshadow had no confidence whatsoever in suppressing that many...
Ridiculously powerful Pokémon.
So...
Unable to do anything else...
It simply remained hidden inside Lin Feng's shadow, silently watching him every day.
Watching him prepare countless exquisite dishes.
Watching him personally serve every Pokémon.
This couldn't continue forever.
Finally...
At noon that day...
Marshadow could no longer endure it.
...
The weather was bright and pleasant.
As usual, Lin Feng carried tray after tray of freshly prepared meals into the dining room.
The room was already packed with dozens of Pokémon.
Any Pokémon that normally needed a larger body had eaten one of Lin Feng's newly developed temporary Transformation Energy Cubes.
For the next hour...
Their size could be freely reduced.
Twenty Pidgeot bounced around the room like oversized chickens.
They chirped noisily, excitedly discussing the morning's deliveries.
One proudly puffed out its chest while boasting that it had completed both the fastest and the longest delivery.
Milotic and Primarina floated peacefully inside the large water tank.
Gardevoir, wearing a neat apron, gracefully distributed each Pokémon's personalized meal.
Happiny rolled its precious egg back and forth across the floor.
It was still testing whether it had become perfectly round enough for evolution.
The moment Lin Feng called,
"Time to eat."
It immediately hugged the egg tightly and hurried over with tiny steps.
Blaziken.
Alolan Ninetales.
Eevee.
They had already been waiting impatiently.
Dragonite, Salamence, and Hisuian Goodra had all shrunk themselves before slowly walking downstairs.
Butterfree fluttered inside and flew straight toward its favorite honey bowl.
Ever since evolving, fresh grass had long since lost its appeal.
Now it adored Lin Feng's special Hundred-Flower Honey.
The Indeedee siblings busily carried meals over to the Alcremie that weren't very mobile.
Tsareena and Steenee remained close to their little companion as always.
And countless other Pokémon...
Before long...
The entire room echoed with cheerful laughter and happy chatter.
...
Nothing happened suddenly.
In fact...
Ever since Lin Feng had quietly informed Serperior that another Pokémon was secretly hiding inside the house...
Serperior had kept its Aura spread across the entire room every moment of every day.
Halfway through lunch...
Serperior suddenly froze.
Its crystalline eyes lifted toward the second floor.
Following its gaze...
Everyone watched as a glowing Storage Ball slowly floated downstairs.
Inside it...
Was the Rainbow Wing.
As the Poké Ball descended...
The shadow beside it gradually twisted and rose.
Marshadow.
Its amber eyes faded into smoky gray.
Its floating body resembled a living shadow as it silently drifted down from upstairs.
In the end...
It couldn't hold back any longer.
It had chosen to reveal itself.
Pokémon: Marshadow
Gender: Genderless
Ability: Technician
Potential: Divine
Individual Values: HP (31), Attack (31), Special Attack (31), Defense (31), Special Defense (31), Speed (31)
Level: 99
Moves: Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Rest, Rock Slide, Substitute, Snore, Assurance...
Friendship: 0
Happiness: -20
Marshadow's sudden appearance instantly put the room on edge.
Pokémon like Pidgeot, Dragonite, and Salamence, who had known nothing about the hidden guest, immediately took to the air.
However...
After sensing Lin Feng's Aura...
They slowly settled back down.
Even so...
Their eyes remained filled with vigilance.
"Marsha..."
Seeing that the human before it showed absolutely no surprise...
Marshadow finally understood.
So...
This human hadn't failed to notice the Rainbow Wing.
He had been deliberately pretending not to.
Ever since Lin Feng obtained the Rainbow Wing...
Marshadow had awakened.
It had secretly followed him all the way from the Tree of Beginning back to the Day Care.
It had personally watched him use one of Xerneas's antlers...
And one of Rayquaza's scales...
To brew wine.
Although it didn't recognize Xerneas's antler...
The divine radiance flowing from it made one thing obvious.
It belonged to a being on the same level as Lord Ho-Oh.
At that point...
Everything became easy to guess.
The reason this human ignored Ho-Oh's summons...
Was probably because...
He intended to use the Rainbow Wing...
To make wine as well.
But...
But!
This was the sacred artifact Lord Ho-Oh used to select the Rainbow Hero!
How could he dare?!
Marshadow had already been irritated by how long Lin Feng kept delaying the trial.
Now that it had reached this conclusion...
Its anger exploded.
"Marsha!"
The instant it appeared...
Its Happiness value plunged to -20.
The overwhelming hostility immediately made every Pokémon in the room even more alert.
"Gardevoir!"
Gardevoir instantly floated beside Lin Feng.
Powerful psychic energy surged around her body.
It looked as though she was ready to start a battle at the slightest provocation.
Yet...
At that exact moment...
Lin Feng calmly took out...
A freshly prepared dish.
The instant Marshadow saw it...
Its eyes widened in stunned disbelief.
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