The Pokémon Trainer Elite Academy, commonly known as PES, is the most famous and authoritative trainer training academy in the All Pokémon League. Located in the Red Zone, close to the city center, it is a dream temple for countless career-minded trainers.

This world-renowned school has produced many excellent trainers, and many active investigators have studied at PES. However, PES is also known for its difficulty in the entrance exam, and it is difficult for ordinary young trainers to get admission even if they are squeezed out.

PES does not prohibit outsiders from visiting, so it is easy for Saya to walk into the campus. The sound of a battle seemed to come from the training ground not far away, and Xiao Ya thought about it, and instead of going to watch the battle of the future elites out of her curiosity, she walked into the main building according to the original plan and found her goal in a large lecture hall.

Professor Blackwater Grinding, a graduate of the School of History at Rainbow Public University, has been teaching history-related subjects at PES for more than 40 years. The 80-year-old professor is very friendly and his lectures are lively and interesting, and students from other schools often come to PES specifically to listen to his lectures.

The back door of the lecture hall was not closed, and Xiao Ye quietly slipped to the last row - the students of PES were all dressed in neat suits and school uniforms, and there were many people sitting in the back rows who were dressed in the same casual clothes as Xiao Ye, and they were obviously all students from other schools.

A public class such as world history is not usually very popular at the Trainer Training Academy, but Professor Blackwater's class is the complete opposite, and the young students listen to it with relish, and from time to time burst into cheerful laughter. Xiao Ye saw the girl in regular clothes in front of her side staring at the students who were giggling and interacting with the professor, revealing a look of envy that could not hide it, and once again deeply felt the supremacy of PES in the minds of trainers.

After class, Xiao Ye didn't immediately go to talk to Professor Blackwater. It wasn't until the gray-haired old man patiently answered the students' questions one by one and left the classroom with the folders that she followed.

Professor Blackwater is old, so naturally he has much less teaching tasks than younger teachers. He slipped up to the top floor as usual and sat by the window and drank tea leisurely.

This tea room is also very popular among students, and Professor Blackwater often chats with students passing by. However, this time, when he heard the question from the child, he couldn't help but straighten up.

The person sitting next to him was not wearing the uniform of any school, and he looked very young, more like a trainer who had just set off on a trip than a PES student with more or less years of travel experience. She asked the question in a respectful, even polite manner that a PES student would not have treated him with such caution. If it weren't for the fact that the content of the topic was really sensitive, Professor Blackwater, who was a good teacher, was actually happy to solve the puzzles of this little guy.

"Determination Lake Flood and Three Holy Mushrooms...... Well, I do seem to have said something like that. What do you want to know about this history?" said the old man, with his characteristic kind smile, took a sip of his teacup, and said slowly.

Xiao Ye replied softly, "Excuse me, what did you mean by the 'disaster of five hundred years ago'?"

The old man fell silent for a long time.

The questioner sensed Professor Blackwater's embarrassment in time, and was hesitating to withdraw the question, when the old man suddenly spoke, "You just said that you saw these things from a bookmark, didn't you?"

"Yes. Xiao Ye nodded.

"Is the handwriting on that bookmark so messy that you can't read it at all?"

“...... Yes. ”

Professor Blackwater was satisfied to see the calm and steady girl with her eyes widened slightly, and couldn't help laughing, "I knew that only that kid would write these contents casually on a bookmark and forget to take them out of the book." ”

Xiao Ye looked at the old man who was taking care of himself, and he was a little confused for a while. To put it this way...... Does Professor Blackwater know whose bookmark it is?

Thinking of the mysterious letter, Sayo felt that she should ask about the identity of the bookmark's owner. However, as if sensing her doubts, Professor Blackwater spoke with a smile first, "Well, I need to protect my students' privacy, so I won't expose that kid's identity first." As for your question......"

Seeing that the purple-haired girl's gaze immediately focused, Professor Blackwater sighed, "I'm sorry, I also want to answer your question, but that matter can't be talked about casually." He pointed to the top of his head, "The upper authorities have been pressing this for hundreds of years." It's not good to keep the truth out of sight, but stability is more important to a country than anything else. I'll tell you and the secret like this, if someone finds out, I can barely fool the old man, I'm afraid you'll be unlucky. ”

The air was silent for a moment. The old man slowly poured himself a second cup of tea, "It's good that you little ones are curious, but it's a little too dangerous to investigate this matter. Why don't you ......."

In the middle of his sentence, he suddenly retracted, his eyes drawn to the news playing on a hanging screen beside him.

Hearing Professor Blackwater's exclamation of "oh", Xiao Ye also turned his head to look. The picture displayed on the screen was a little too familiar, which made Xiao Ye stunned for a moment.

“...... At present, the bomb left in the abandoned platform has been safely defused, and the engineering team has urgently moved in to start the repair work of the platform, which is expected to be completed within three days. The wild Pokémon that used to live on the platform have also found a new place to live......"

With the introduction of the reporter, the picture cut to the scene - it was the abandoned platform found by Xiaoye and his party last day.

"That's really ...... What do you say? Professor Blackwater sighed softly.

“......？”

"This platform has a lot of origins. The old man lowered his voice, not knowing whether he was talking to Xiao Ye or talking to himself, "After the catastrophe of that summer, the people of the Quartz Plateau began to fear that they would be the next to be attacked, and immediately dug a lot of bomb shelters underground. Thankfully, these bomb shelters didn't really come in handy, otherwise our capital wouldn't be what it is now. ”

Xiao Ye was stunned, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration. The broken information in the mind is automatically connected together, forming a bright road to the truth.

Sensing that the girl next to him suddenly stood up, Professor Blackwater tilted his head, "Hmm, are you leaving?"

"Yes. Thank you for your advice, I have benefited a lot. Xiao Ye bowed respectfully to the old man, and his tone was so sincere that he felt a little dazed. However, after making eye contact with those light purple eyes, the old professor was keenly aware of something.

He smiled knowingly.

Young man...... It's also good to be inquisitive, isn't it?

After saying goodbye to Professor Blackwater, Xiao Ye almost rushed out of the campus of PES.

She knew what she had to do—Professor Blackwater's casual self-talk had given her a crucial clue. The abandoned platform was originally a bomb shelter dug 500 years ago, and it was built "after the end of the great cataclysm of that summer" – most likely the end of the Eclipse Rebellion. And Xiao Ye, who has been to the abandoned platform in person, knows that there is a commemorative plaque at the entrance that records the historical background of the abandoned platform.

Including the year of construction of the old bomb shelter.

If we can find out when the bomb shelter was built, the summer of a few months back would be the time of the Eclipse Rebellion. The National Library of the Union is known for its complete collection of materials, and it is said that even old documents dating back nearly 1,000 years have been preserved. After locking down the year and month of the Eclipse Rebellion, you can find some clues by simply going to the library and looking at the newspapers and magazines of the time.

It's like a game that has been stuck for a long time and suddenly gets an important item.,The next investigation progressed so smoothly that Xiao Ye was a little unaccustomed to it.。 A cordon has already been set up near the abandoned platform, but this can't stop the ghost stone who can be invisible. It sneaked inside, pinpointed the plaque that had been discarded in the corner waiting to be destroyed, and took it off the platform and handed it to its trainer.

The erosion of time has blurred the self above, but Xiao Ye still finds the information she needs.

[The bomb shelter was completed in the spring of 512 in the Elven calendar]

Then, the time of the Eclipse Rebellion is the summer of 511 in the Elven calendar.

After writing "May to August of 511 in the Elven calendar" on his notepad, Xiao Ye finally felt some light of dawn. She didn't procrastinate any longer, didn't even bother to eat lunch, and plunged headlong into the newspaper and magazine section of the National Library of the Union.

Five hundred years ago, the country that ruled the Quartz Plateau was not called the Pokémon League, and the customs of the people at that time were completely different from today. However, the castle-like building of the Hall of Champions did exist as a library at that time, and the newspapers and magazines of the time have been preserved relatively intact.

There were very few people in the newspaper and magazine section, and many of the old pages had a thin layer of dust on them. Xiao Ye began to flip through the newspaper of May 1, 511 A.D., and carefully read every detail. When she flipped through the July issue, she noticed something unusual—the newspapers before and after were clearly well preserved, but only the mid-to-late July newspaper was missing a single page, as if a lot of content had been missing.

She understood what that meant.

So, Xiao Ye went through every corner of the newspapers and magazines more and more carefully. Even if the Coalition were to destroy all the reports related to the Eclipse Rebellion in order to cover up the public, there is a high risk that there will be omissions in sifting through such a large amount of information, especially some of the lace tabloids that are most likely to slip through the net. And this time Xiao Ye had a rare good luck -

As the sun was about to set, she found the information she was looking for in the corner of a newspaper called the Mishima Daily. It was just a small text message, but it still shocked Sayo.

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On July 19, 511 in the Elven calendar, the conflict between the Ice God Family and the Thunder God Family intensified, and finally a large-scale exchange of fire broke out on Red Lotus Island. The guardian beasts of the two races fought fiercely in the sky above. Subsequently, the Vulcan family of the Southern Isles appeared on the battlefield with the Flame Bird to try to mediate the battle. However, the contradictions between the Ice and Thunder God had already reached an irreconcilable level, and the strong intervention of the Fire God did not stop the battle, but instead caused his own belly and back to be hosted.

At noon, the eclipse begins, and a monster with pitch-black wings appears from the black sun, in the same form as the abyssal demon that appeared in the legendary Glorious Age. They appeared on the battlefield in a steady stream, mercilessly killing all living things, and Red Lotus Island became a hell of life.

At around seventeen o'clock in the afternoon, three emissaries of the lake from the distant Sinnoh continent appeared on Red Lotus Island. They let out a call that spread throughout the world, and a few minutes later, the Phoenix King appeared on Red Lotus Island, spitting out sacred flames and burning all the monsters on the island. Subsequently, the battered three clans withdrew their troops at the same time, and the battle came to an end.

According to the front-line reporter of our agency, the messenger of the lake who called for the Phoenix King was suspected to have been guided to Red Lotus Island by a man with black hair and golden eyes. The man only revealed his name in the interview, "Tatsu Casser", and disappeared shortly after the Phoenix King appeared.

The above is the latest battle report on the front line of Red Lotus Island.

——Mishima Daily, No. 59, 7th Edition

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Small Theatre:

System Hint: Rarity SSS-level Hidden Story [Eclipse of the Sun: A Disaster Spanning 500 Years] has been completed. It's gratifying to see that you've been immersed in urban legends for days and still haven't forgotten to follow the main story.

Sayo: If I hadn't been immersed in urban legends, I wouldn't have been able to find the bomb shelter plaque, which is an important mission item. Speaking of which, I finally completed the rare task, are there any rewards?

System Prompt: Congratulations to the player for receiving the reward [Satisfied Curiosity].

Night: ......

System Prompt: The rarity SSSSSSS Hidden Story [Millennium Legend: The Truth of History] has been opened, and the goal of the mission is to explore the historical truth that has been lost for thousands of years. This quest is closely related to the completion of the main story, so please take it seriously.

Night: ...... Let me ask, how many S's can there be at most?

System prompt: one hundred.

Night: ............

System Prompt: Lie to you.

Night: ..................