After expl the ranaoki had a good grasp of the yout. As he hurried back with the Cyclizar, he remembered that the old mayor had left some things for him iility room behind the house.

  Naoki rouhe wooden house and arrived at the utility room. Opening the door, he found various tools ly pced on a rge box: a hammer, a sickle, a hoe, a watering , an axe, a bag of crop seeds ed in red cloth, and a brown book titled "Ranch Handbook."

  Most of the tools were made of iron and looked brand new, likely purchased by the kind old mayor as a gift. Naoki felt a surge of gratitude; he was indeed short on cash at the moment.

  After st the tools, Naoki picked up the bag of seeds. Information about them immediately appeared in his mind.

  [Turnip Seeds: A spring crop that typically takes three months to mature, but in this world, it only takes about a month to harvest. Very suitable for novice ranchers. If cared for by Grass-type Pokémon, its growth cycle be shortened even further.]

  "Wow," Naoki was surprised. "It grows that fast?"

  He searched his memories for information aually found something relevant.

  The world was like this: crops grew quickly and had short cycles.

  This was why food shes were rare here.

  "No wohe Pokémon world feels like a utopia..." Naoki thought to himself.

  Humans didn't have to worry about food, and the existence of Pokémoly increased productivity, allowing young people to travel freely and pursue their dreams.

  However, Naoki also learned from the inal owner's memories that not all crops grew so rapidly. Some had extremely long growth cycles and only matured once a season.

  Naoki nodded silently, then picked up the book and ope to the first page. It tained information on how to pnt and cultivate crops. Each page featured a different crop, with detailed instrus on soil preparation, pnting times, fertilization, watering cycles, and more.

  After flipping through it a few times, Naoki carefully put the book away ahe utility room with the Cyclizar.

  Opposite the utility room was a cave. Naoki ventured inside and found that the space within wasn't very rge.

  From the inal owner's childhood memories, he learhat this cave served turposes.

  One was to grow mushrooms. The dark and humid enviro erfeushroom cultivation.

  The other was to house Woobat. The Woobat raised here would go out after su, fing for food and bringing back various berries and fruits for the rancher.

  This incredible Pokémon was a natural gourmand.

  It could emit 200,000 Hz ultrasound from its ears to locate ripe fruit to satisfy its hunger. It would therasound waves to knock down the fruit, carefully seleg only the ripest oo eat.

  "Iing," Naoki thought.

  After uanding the purpose of the cave, Naoki didn't linger.

  He returo the front with his tools, surveyed the weed-ied farmnd, and prepared to start small, clearing a patch to pnt turnips.

  Seeing his as, the Cyclizar eagerly volunteered to help, chirping, "Groo!"

  It swung its tail, and with a powerful thud, a rock shattered as if struck by a sledgehammer.

  Naoki was dumbfounded.

  He looked down at the hammer in his hand and the rock he had struggled to break, momentarily speechless.

  The Cyclizar seemed delighted to be useful.

  Naoki sighed with a mix of amusement and relief. "Alright the's work together!"

  "Groo!"

  ....

  Meanwhile, in the tral Paldea region, a basiled amidst t, steep mountains housed a mysterious area known as "Area Zero."

  Beh this area y a modern, advanced boratory.

  In the deepest part of the b, Professor Olim, a Pokémon researcher specializing in the legends of Paldea, and her husband, Professor Turo, gazed excitedly at the tall, enigmatic mae before them.

  "The time mae is finally plete!" excimed Professor Olim, who wore a white coat and a neckce adorned with a animal teeth.

  "Finally, I see the Pokémon from the future and the past mentioned in the Scarlet Book!" Professor Turo was equally thrilled.

  The couple had spent years in the depths of Area Zero, dug their research. One focused on the a past, the other oure. With the unique properties of Area Zero, they had finally developed this device.

  It could teleport Poké Balls and capture Pokémon from different timelines, bringing them to the present.

  "Let's try it now! I want to see Pokémon from different eras with my own eyes!" Professor Olim decred.

  Professor Turo nodded, a hint of tenderness crossing his face as he asked, "Isn't Arveh birthday ing up soon?"

  "Perfect timing!" Olim hummed. "This time I bring baon from various eras for Arven to befriend."

  "Let's get started!" Turo echoed his wife's enthusiasm.

  He took a deep breath, imagining Arven's rea to seeing those Pokémon. The child had always loved Pokémon. If he saw Pokémon from the future and the past, he would surely be overjoyed, right?

  Parents couldn't help but love their children. e to think of it, they hadn't been back to spend time with Arven in a while. This was a good opportunity to return home and take some time off to be with their son.

  Lost in thought, Professor Turo and his wife activated the time mae using an ID code.

  "Buzz!"

  With a strange hum, the time mae silently sprang to life.

  The space around the boratory ed and twisted. The walls shimmered like mirrors, emitting rhythmic red and purple lights.

  The two professors stared ily at the mae, both excited and nervous.

  Soon, the rhythmic hum slowed down.

  Then, a dazzling red light fshed from the ter of the time mae.

  Tension filled the air.

  As the light faded, a Pokémon they had never seen before materialized beh the mae.

  It was a mysterious Pokémon, tall and robust, standing on two legs.

  Its body was scarlet, with white markings on its face, abdomen, thick legs, and tail. A thin, long tendril resembling a dragon's whisker extended from its head, with a cluster ht blue-purple feathers beh it, giving it a domineering and fmboyant appearance.

  Its golden eyes gred fiercely at the two humans before it.

  Success!

  Professor Olim and Professor Turo were relieved to see the Pokémon.

  Finally! Their efforts had paid off!

  "Let's get it into a Poké Ball first!" Professor Turo said calmly.

  Professor Olim nodded, raised her hand, and threre-prepared Poké Ball at the Pokémon.

  However, the moment the Pokémon saw the Poké Ball, its golden eyes narrowed.

  It let out an unintelligible roar and casually swatted the Poké Ball away with its right paw.

  The professors sensed hostility from the creature.

  Their expressions tightened, and they were about to release their own Pokémon.

  But then, the mysterious Pokémon from the past suddenly turs head and looked around, as if firming something.

  Soon, it seemed to have found its answer.

  In the sed, an unreadable emotion flickered in the Pokémon's eyes. It suddenly sprang forward, ign the two professors, and dashed out of the boratory.

  It was so fast that it was gone before Professor Olim and Professor Turo could react.

  Then, it looked upward, the feathers on its head extending and transf into wing-like structures, and it soared into the sky.

  How many years had it been waiting?

  Koraidon couldn't remember anymore.

  The expression on that person's face, when it fell into the time mae, fshed through its mind.

  Worry, ay, panid the arm reag out to grab it.

  That day, it was still a Cyclizar.

  That day, it had fallen into a time mae and traveled back to aimes. There, it was transformed by an unknown forto its current form.