When Eddie arrived at the Blue Bird Orphanage, Director Eleanor and Eli were not at home, only a few children were at home.
The two older ones, Max and Oliver, were doing their summer homework in the house, Diana was sitting in the yard holding Lucas in his arms, daydreaming, while Arthor was digging earthworms on the ground with Daisy.
Seeing Eddie come in, Arthor and Daisy hurriedly dropped the small wooden sticks they were using to dig earthworms and ran to his side.
"Brother Eddie, you're here. You haven't come to see us for several days!" Arthor complained dissatisfiedly.
Daisy also looked at Eddie with eager eyes.
"I'm here." Eddie touched Arthor's and Daisy's heads and said, "Look what I brought you?" Eddie shook the bag of snacks in his hand.
"Wow, it's delicious!" Arthor cheered.
Daisy also became happy and smiling.
"You're not angry now, are you?" Eddie handed the bag to Arthor and said, "Give it to everyone."
Arthor hurriedly dragged a big bag of snacks and ran into the house holding Daisy's hand. Eddie walked into the yard, took Lucas from Diana's arms, and said to him, "Diana, you should go and eat with everyone. I will just watch over Lucas."
"Well, thank you Eddie." Diana nodded obediently, then walked quickly into the house, fearing that if she was a step slower, the delicious food would be eaten by everyone.
Several children were sharing snacks in the house, while Eddie was holding Lucas in his arms to enjoy the cool under the shade of a tree in the yard. Lucas was very well-behaved, lying quietly in Eddie's arms without making any noise, only his pair of watery eyes were looking around restlessly.
At this moment, a shout suddenly came from outside the door.
"Anyone? Express delivery!"
Upon hearing this, Eddie immediately picked up Lucas and walked out.
When the courier saw someone coming out, he asked, "Is Eddie here? There's a package for him!"
"I am Eddie."
Eddie guessed that it might be something sent by Teacher Omura's friend.
The courier nodded and took out a box from the Space Backpack behind him and said, "Okay, please show me your ID."
After showing his identity proof, Eddie successfully got the package. He looked at the sender and it turned out to be Teacher Omura's friend.
But when he looked at the box in his hand, he felt that it didn't look like something that could hold any plants. Wouldn't the plants die if they were put in it?
Back in the yard, Eddie couldn't wait to open the box, only to see a letter and a lotus-shaped crystal inside.
Hmm? Where is the rare plant? Why is it a piece of white transparent crystal?
Eddie picked up the crystal in confusion, but he didn't know where he touched accidentally. The petals of the crystal lotus that were originally stacked together began to slowly open.
"Is it so high-tech?" Eddie couldn't help but exclaim.
Just as he finished his words, a blue-white light was projected from the center of the crystal, and then a light curtain appeared in front of him. On the light curtain, two Pokémon were seen fighting, a Charizard and a gigantic Arbok.
The footage is only a dozen seconds long, but the content is extremely shocking.
The Charizard inside opened its mouth and spit out a stream of Flamethrower to burn Arbok, but Arbok raised its tail and hit Charizard's neck hard, causing Charizard's head to tilt, and the flames sprayed elsewhere.
Arbok took the opportunity to flexibly wrap itself around Charizard, using its slender and strong body to wrap around Charizard's wings, neck, belly and tail, making Charizard unable to move at all.
Charizard tried to struggle, but it seemed that it was not as strong as Arbok. In the end, Eddie only saw its head tilt, and then it fell straight down.
Charizard's neck was actually broken by Arbok, it was so horrible!
Although the footage was only a dozen seconds long, Eddie was stunned for a long time after watching it. It was the first time he had seen such a fierce battle, or it would be more accurate to say "fighting".
Although it is just a video, it does not affect the shocking degree of the scene at all.
When Eddie came to his senses, he was very curious about why Teacher Omura's friend gave him a recorded video of a crystal lotus, so he picked up the letter in the box.
The envelope contained a description of the crystal lotus. Eddie didn't expect that the crystal lotus was actually a plant, although it had been made into a specimen.
The real name of the Crystal Lotus is the Flower of Time. It is a plant unique to a strange place in the Kanto region. It is said that the mythical Pokémon Mew and the World's Beginning Tree that protects it live in that strange place.
The Flower of Time is a derivative of the World's Beginning Tree. Although it looks and feels like crystal, it is indeed a real plant.
This special plant has a characteristic, which is that it records and preserves everything that has happened around it.
In other words, the scene that Eddie just saw was something that actually happened, but he didn't know how much time had passed.
Most of the Flowers of Time will wither after playing the recorded images once, but the one that Eddie just saw is special. In addition, it was made into a specimen using special means, so the images inside can be played indefinitely.
The dangerous place where the World's Beginning Tree is located is extremely dangerous, as can be seen from the video Eddie just watched, so the number of Flowers of Time brought out is not large, and most of them are used for research.
This Flower of Time of Teacher Omura's friend was given to him by an old senior in the Kanto region when he was invited to do research in the Kanto region many years ago. He has kept it carefully at home.
This time, when he heard that Eddie needed a rare plant, he reluctantly sent the Flower of Time over.
Although this Flower of Time has lost its vitality, it is still suitable as a gift for an elder who loves plants.
After reading the contents of the letter, Eddie realized the preciousness of the Flower of Time. He immediately called Teacher Omura to express his gratitude to Teacher Omura and his friends.
But Teacher Omura told Eddie not to worry about it. He saved two lives and now it is just a Flower of Time, which is nothing.
Eddie knew that although Teacher Omura said so, the Flower of Time was indeed a favorite of his friend. Now that it was given to him, his friend might be reluctant to part with it.
Eddie thought silently in his heart that he would definitely repay the other party for this great favor if he had the chance in the future.
It's such a headache, he's repaying favors with favors!
But this is how life is. Either you owe me a favor, or I owe you a favor. Anyway, just pay it back slowly.
After putting away the Flower of Time, Eddie stayed in the Blue Bird Orphanage for a while, and only returned to Mystic Mountain after Director Eleanor came back.