Xingtetsu: You are not included in Elio's script!

Chapter 797

"I...amn't I dead?" She subconsciously touched her body, but her fingertips went straight through.

"What...is going on?"

Xing looked at her, tears finally falling, "Sister Xingmei, you are back."

Lin Yu stood aside, looking at the transparent figure, and the stone in his heart that was heavy with hesitation seemed to finally be lighter.

This is only a temporary reunion, but it is enough.

It was enough to show her that they had not been in vain in her sacrifice.

It was enough to let her know that the bond with the town had never been severed.

"It was Xiadie who saved you... temporarily." He stepped aside, allowing her to see the purple figure standing at the edge of the ruins. "She can call back the souls of the dead, allowing you to temporarily escape the cycle of reincarnation."

Lin Yu began to explain what had just happened.

The mayor's betrayal, the Star Track Council's conspiracy, the sudden attack by the Tianxing City trainers and dragons, how he fought back, and how he found her body in the scorched earth.

When talking about how he had missed the opportunity to heal because of hesitation, Lin Yu's voice paused, and a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes.

“I’m sorry, I…”

"I don't blame you." My sister shook her head gently, and an understanding smile appeared on her transparent face.

"I know you didn't mean it. If it were me, I would be afraid that my impulsiveness would ruin everything."

She turned her gaze towards the trainer who was tied up in the distance, and then towards the people who were busy burying the dead in the ruins.

There was a hint of melancholy in his tone, "Are they...all okay?"

"Most people..." Feng Jin said, "We have buried all the bodies we could find near the center of town. I heard that's the safest place in town."

My sister was silent for a moment, and then her shadow floated up gently and flew towards the center.

"I'll go see them." Her voice came from afar, gentle, "When I come back, I have something to tell you."

Watching her figure disappear behind the charred shadows of the trees, Lin Yu turned and walked towards Xia Die.

A faint purple light circulated around her body, as if she had just completed a long ceremony, and there was a hint of imperceptible fatigue on her face.

"I didn't expect you to have this ability." Lin Yu stood beside her, "Being able to call back souls from the Styx is beyond my comprehension."

Xia Die turned her head, with a faint light still remaining in her pupils.

"I'm already connected to the boundary between life and death, so it's not surprising that I can temporarily pry open a crack in the Styx." She paused, then added, "But every summoning comes at a price. Every moment my soul stays in this world consumes my mental energy."

Lin Yu's heart skipped a beat, and an idea that he almost didn't dare to hope for came to his mind.

He looked at Xia Die, his voice tense, "Then... can you revive her? Let her truly come back alive and come back here?"

Xia Die was silent.

She looked in the direction her sister had left, and after a long while she slowly spoke, her voice filled with an unquestionable certainty, "Yes."

Lin Yu's breathing suddenly stopped.

But Xia Die's next words were like a bucket of cold water that extinguished his hope.

"But it requires a great price." Her eyes fell on Lin Yu, with seriousness, "Resurrecting the dead is equivalent to forcibly reversing the trajectory of reincarnation."

"At the very least, you'll have to sacrifice an equivalent amount of life energy. At the worst... you'll be trapped on the banks of the River Styx for eternity, guided by the summoner's soul, to bear the punishment of reincarnation for her."

She sighed softly, and the faint light around her dimmed a little. "I just pulled her back from the Styx, which was already the limit. Her soul is already weak. Forcibly giving her a body will only cause her to completely dissipate in the tearing of the two laws, leaving her with no chance of reincarnation."

Lin Yu's shoulders slumped slightly.

He should have thought of it earlier. The boundary between life and death is not so easy to cross.

It's a miracle that Xiadie can achieve this.

"She can stay in the mortal world for a maximum of three hours."

"Just talk to her properly."

"Some goodbyes need to be said properly to be considered a real closure."

Lin Yu nodded.

Perhaps, this is enough.

At least there was a chance to say goodbye.

At least, she could see that the town would be alright.

Three hours passed like quicksand through fingers.

"That's great," she smiled and turned to look at Lin Yu, "even the trees know how to live well."

Lin Yu didn't say anything, but just watched her shadow becoming fainter and fainter, so faint that he could see the frame of the wooden house being rebuilt behind her.

Saifeier and the others have already started clearing the rubble. Feng Jin controls the airflow to move broken wood. Even the tied-up trainers are ordered to help move stones. Their grunting looks are a bit funny.

"Don't frown all the time." His sister floated in front of him and tried to pat his shoulder, but her hand went straight through.

She was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Look, I'm almost becoming popular."

"Remember what I said."

"Pokémon aren't tools, they're friends. Also... since the people from Tianxing City found this place and slaughtered us, they definitely want more than just the star core. You should be careful."

"Yeah." Lin Yu nodded, his Adam's apple moving, "We will."

The elder sister looked at Xing again and said, "Miss March Seven, you must learn how to use the Poké Ball well. Don't scare the Pokémon away next time."

My sister smiled and said nothing more. She just floated to the tree and stared at the newly sprouted buds in a daze.

Lin Yu stood there, but the words just now echoed repeatedly in his mind.

"Kill us."

These four words are too glaring.

Would an ordinary resident who runs a bakery and bakes starberry pies every day use such a heavy word as "massacre"?

There was no ordinary fear in her tone, but rather an almost calm scrutiny, as if she was stating something that had been expected.

Before, he was so scared of seeing a rhino, but he was still saying not to hurt Pokémon...

What is the true identity of this sister?

The mayor said this before he died.

She "knew something she shouldn't have known" and said she "wanted to tell you that night"

But the next day, the dragons came and slaughtered the entire town.

The timing was too coincidental, so coincidental that it seemed as if someone was deliberately stopping her from speaking.

But just now, she clearly had the chance to say it.

Xiadie brought her soul back, and there she was, right in front of them, but she said nothing.

He simply gave them instructions about Pokémon, told them to be careful of Tianxing City, looked at the graves of the residents buried under the trees, and then left quietly.

What is she hiding? Or, what is she protecting?

"Lin Yu?" San Yueqi's voice brought him back to his senses. "What are you thinking about? She seems...to be leaving."

Lin Yu looked up and saw that she was becoming fainter and fainter, and her transparent body was almost blending into the morning light.

She turned around and glanced at everyone one last time, with a faint smile on her lips, as if to say, "Don't ask any more questions."

Then it completely turned into spots of light and dissipated in the wind.

Xia Die, who was not far away, groaned and her body swayed.

As soon as Saifeier handed over the wooden rack, he quickly supported her and prevented her from falling to the ground.

"I can't hold on any longer..." Xia Die's face was pale, and her forehead was covered in sweat. "Her soul was already weak. Forcing herself to stay in the mortal world for so long has already exceeded my own rules... Now she's really going back."

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