Rope looked at the teenager in front of him whose costume hadn't changed at all, and a happy smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Red looked at Rope and was just as happy, the last time the two of them met wasn't that long ago, but Rope really had a feeling that it was like a lifetime ago.
It couldn't be helped, he had gone through so much in that time.
From the tablet to the Origin, this search didn't span half of the League. but it did solidly span tens of thousands of years of history.
Rope didn't even know how to restore that truly ancient past.
Just how much mystery remained in the Hisui region?
"What the hell have you been up to lately? You can't be reached by anyone but Cynthia and Daisy."
Red glanced over at Cynthia who was chatting with Yellow over there, and crouched down to whisper in Rope's ear, "Sabrina is the one who's been coming to me for three days looking for your contact information."
Rope was also dumbfounded, then pushed Red away from his side and said, "Fuck off!"
Rope was also helpless, originally Red this guy's words are very little, simply mute like. In fact, in essence, this guy is not only skinny, but also talkative.
Only in front of acquaintances will show this real self. But Rope wasn't proud to be an acquaintance that Red recognized.
Everyone is like that, when you look at him with an idolizing filter, everything he does is deeply meaningful. But when you get really close to him, you realize that sometimes he's just amusing.
"But Rope, I don't think you can leave Sabrina behind. People have at least helped you so much, and for every policy you release, the first to support it will always be the Saffron City and the Saffron City Gym, you can't really think that you don't owe Sabrina something, right?
Red knows Sabrina well, and while he knows Daisy better, it's now clear that among the few people who like Rope and have straight balled him, Sabrina is now and its not dominant.
This made Red, Blue, Akin and the others, who had their minds set on watching Rope's hilarity, feel a little sorry for themselves, and it would be a victory for them if they could pull Sabrina back into the fray again this time.
Rope rolled his eyes, then said seriously, "I'm going to get engaged to Cynthia after the New Year."
Red was startled, then just shook his head with a bitter smile.
"I don't know how many people's hearts you'll break with this decision."
"Is it hard for me to break Cynthia's heart?" Rope shook his head dryly. Still, Cynthia was just in the right place at the right time, and if a different girl had come to comfort Rope with natural kindness at the time, she would have succeeded.
This could only be described as chance and providence.
Red knew exactly what Rope meant and didn't say anything more.
"It's true that among the few of us, you are the most sinful one."
Rope dismissed his words.
"Well, enough about that, ready to meet 'yourself'?"
Rope asked with a light chuckle.
"Frankly, no."
Red laughed bitterly and shook his head. How could such a thing be taken lightly. Honestly, if it weren't for the ample trust in Rope's character, coupled with all that other evidence on display, Red might have been more willing to believe that this was a poorly thought out joke.
That's how it is many times, the reality is even more outrageous than your imagination.
Rope patted him on the shoulder and comforted him.Rope also knew that this kind of thing was really hard to accept. He'd heard Steven say that Phoebe's eyes had welled up with tears when she'd seen the exact same, but more haggard, tired, and cold Ms. Ghost.
They themselves knew more about what they were going through in that state than anyone else.
Rope didn't know what kind of state Red would be in when he saw himself. But thought it should be quite emotional as well.
But Rope wouldn't expect too much. After all, the point right now wasn't for Rope to see Red's jokes. The focus was still on what that guy actually had to say to himself. Rope was still looking forward to hearing from him.
"Let's get going then. And don't take too long."
Rope said without thinking much of anything.
"You guys have a safe trip then."
Cynthia pulled Yellow along with no intention of going up to help. After all, the message Rope and the others had received was for Rope to go alone. Bringing Red would be a bit of a challenge to someone's bottom line. Bringing another family member would be decidedly inappropriate!
Rope and the others nodded and headed towards the forest not far away.
Cynthia glanced at Hoopa beside her and asked, "Hoopa aren't you following?"
Hoopa shook his head, "Not following, but don't worry, I've already marked Rope's body and can pull them both back at any time."
"Then again...I'm afraid there aren't many opponents if any that can make Rope fall away."
Hoopa was still being conservative here, Rope himself felt that there shouldn't be anyone who could make him run away in a hurry right now.
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"You're actually going after Red? It looks like the masterminds among these natives can't really be underestimated either. It's amazing that they were still able to find some clues in such a situation."
The black-skirted woman looked at the image displayed in the crystal ball in front of her and spoke with quite a bit of emotion.
She really didn't expect Red, who had been deceived by herself for such a long time, to actually react to the wrongness of the statue the first moment she saw it, and she blamed herself for the fact that at that time, she was only thinking of fighting Rope, proving her worth, and in the meantime, seeing if she could press this company's newcomer savior down under her own pomegranate skirt.
But now it seemed unlikely.
This guy didn't seem to be the type to get overly horny and lose his mind. It wasn't a bad idea if he really wanted to seduce him, but the price definitely wasn't easy.
So it was better to stay away from him. Everyone would have to meet in the main world in the future without any surprises. It was not cost-effective to toss yourself a genius enemy.
"But the good thing is, my plan is also almost complete, I just don't know when that person will be able to find out the end."
The black-skirted woman spoke to herself.
She actually still felt regretful. After all, her own crossing was not like Rope's, with formalities. Rather, it was an illegal infiltration. Such infiltration was costly. And one couldn't just show up, or one would be finished if caught by the Cultural Affairs Bureau.
The Speaker of the House will protect himself, but I think it's likely that he won't be able to do so. After all, if those guys from the Cultural Affairs Bureau were that easy to convince, they wouldn't be regarded as the number one shit-stirrers in the heavens by many forces.
There were hardly any people who wanted to deal with the people of the Cultural Affairs Bureau.
But the Cultural Affairs Bureau had also become one of the 'orders'. It was impossible to make a denial anymore.
"Then Rope, the time for us to cross paths won't be too far away."
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"You're coming."
"I came."
"You shouldn't have come."
"I came anyway."
Red looked Red in the face, and a classic conversation was flung out, with Rope listening in disbelief, pondering that he hadn't told Red the story of Infernal Affairs either...
Let's just say it was karma.
"It's not against the rules for me to bring you here on your own, is it?"
Rope had a cynical grin on his face. It was like he was laughing at someone's immaturity.
Red of parallel world shook his head and didn't disagree. Apparently he was quite interested in 'himself' as well.
This world's Red was the same, looking at the person in front of him with some curiosity, looking at the scars on his body, and the eyes that looked resolute, but were actually full of cracks.
Only he could realize his own sadness. For some people, the world was like that.
They were used to burying all of their emotions all within themselves, and then silently enduring all of it. Until they can't hold it in, and it bursts out in a brainstorm.
Those who are used to their usual appearance will always pretend to sigh: 'Alas, what a good person, how just a little thing can not stand.'
And then they shamelessly use this as their talking point to praise and criticize with other people.
For this kind of person, the only one who can understand them is themselves.
Honestly, Red didn't even realize at first that he was also such a person...
"This world of yours, it's so nice."
The parallel world's Red looked at his face that still didn't seem to have much experience, and couldn't help but feel a sigh of relief.
There was a saying that Red's experiences were already legendary enough, but in front of a self that had gone through an extinction crisis, those experiences really weren't exciting enough.
So he could only smile.
Red of parallel world looked at Rope again, and said with some doubt, "What exactly is your origin, and why does our world not have your existence?"
Rope shrugged, but also didn't intend to answer this question at all. And he didn't really feel like asking himself that question, really.
As expected, parallel world Red didn't even mean to wait for Rope to answer, he just silently raised his head, looked at the sky, and said with some emotion.
"If I also have a you by my side, is it true that my world won't be destroyed?"
Facing such a question, Rope shook his head and said, "I am not capable of everything. Those who are truly strong want to accomplish things, and without the help of a counterpart power, it's almost impossible to win."
"Not every world, not every country can perform miracles."
Hearing Rope's words, Parallel World's Red gave him a deep look.
"You really do know something."
"I know a lot actually, so what exactly is your message, I think we're here today to sky condition, not to chat with you about your family."
Rope was also nonchalant, his time was valuable.
"I've got Azure Flute on the trail."
Red of parallel world said bashfully.
Rope just nodded and didn't say anything more.
Red of parallel world looked at Rope a bit puzzled, like he was a bit confused as to why Rope was so calm.
"Azure Flute's trail is hard to find yes, but just like you found Azure Flute in your world, naturally I was able to find it as well."
Rope said with a shrug of indifference.
"Don't think of yourself as too special, just like there will always be others in your world even if there is no you."
Red of parallel world fell silent.
"That said, it's a bit awkward for me to call you Red. I'll just call you Red. Call him Aka."
Rope pointed to Aka beside himself and spoke.
Red had wanted to dwell on whether or not his name was a bit feminine, but he quickly stopped talking as well. There was no point in saying anything. After all, Rope had no intention of discussing it at all.
"Suit yourself."
Red didn't say anything either, simply saying yes.
"Surely you didn't come for something as trivial as Azure Flute. Come on, let's get to the point."
Rope spoke decisively. He didn't have that much time to waste with Red right now.
Aka looked at Red with a light smile. After all, they were the ones who knew each other the best, and no matter what lies things told, they could easily spot them.
Red was silent for a moment before speaking, "I saw a statue of an Arceus that looked different from the Arceus I know."
Aka frowned, not reacting for a moment to what Red meant.
Rope, however, raised an eyebrow.
"You saw the idol? A statue of what type? Where did you see it? Is there anyone else nearby?"
Red looked at Rope and frowned, "You sure know about this stuff. Are you looking for these things since you haven't been in a hurry to find me lately?"
Rope doesn't deny it, and looking at a confused Aka, he decides it's best to tell him about some of the things he's been investigating lately.
After ten minutes or so, Rope pulled a bottle of tree juice out of his own backpack and took tons and tons of gulps, then spoke, "That's all that's clear on my end."
He looked at Red and spoke, "Do you have any more valuable information here?"
The corners of Red's mouth twitched slightly before he spoke, "That village is at the bottom of a rather hidden basin in the foothills on the right side of Heaven's Crown Mountain."
"Originally, this village worshipped Arceus. Though now it also worships Arceus. Originally Azure Flute was stored in this small village."
"It was also the first thing that made me feel that this world was different from mine after I came to this world, besides you."
Red lifted one of the cards he had originally used to negotiate with Rope. It couldn't be helped that Rope's information was far too precious than what he had investigated in the past few days.
If he had known that Rope had also been researching these things lately, he wouldn't have used this to negotiate with Rope at all.
Rope nodded, honestly, he was more than pleasantly surprised about this kind of thing. After all, all the information Red had given was precious enough stuff too.
At least the matter of the existence of another village was precious enough.
"So what is it that you want?"
Rope asked with some confusion. He didn't really know exactly what Red wanted in this negotiation and exchange of information.
And Aka was staring at Red, wanting to know his answer.