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Hundreds of thousands of people who had been transferred from Lily of the Valley Island to the Arche Valley held their breath, not daring to exhale too loudly.
The timid ones cowered in the corners of the village, trembling, while the braver ones rely swallowed nervously, watching the two opposing groups locked in confrontation.
"Infernape!"
"Gallade!"
Two Elite-level Pokémon erged from their Poké Balls, released by Flint and Lucian, who had just recovered from being frozen in ice.
To be honest, the two of them were still unclear about the situation.
But upon seeing their colleagues Bertha and Aaron in a standoff with others—and noticing the striking "R" insignia on the uniforms of Sird, Carr, and Orm—they didn't need to ask any questions to know what to do.
Just as the situation was about to erupt into conflict, Sird suddenly spoke: "Forget it."
"Huh?"
Carr's jaw dropped dramatically.
Sird gestured for Darkrai to return and said calmly, "The King's orders were to transfer the people from Lily of the Valley Island. There was no instruction to take this little one."
Carr's face twisted into an expression of disbelief: "Are you serious?"
Such a valuable Pokemon, just letting it go?
"The most important task right now is to assist the King."
As she spoke, Sird walked toward a golden ring. When half of her body was already swallowed by the chaos within, she suddenly turned around with a sinister grin:
"Of course, Carr, if you think you can handle this alone, feel free to go ahead. Orm, are you going with him?"
Orm didn't hesitate and walked toward another golden ring. "Naturally, I follow the King and the Boss' orders."
Seeing the two of them leave one after another, Carr spat on the ground and muttered, "Just you wait," before stepping into the final golden ring.
It was unclear whether his words were aid at Sird and Orm, or the group of League elites present.
"Hoopa!"
The newly freed Hoopa lunged into ray's arms.
"You scared to death, Hoopa! Are you okay?"
ray held Hoopa tightly, still shaken.
"Yeah, it's just that the portal was open for too long. Hoopa's tired~"
Hoopa rubbed its eyes, then its stomach. "Hoopa's also hungry."
ray let out a sigh of relief and then forced a smile. "I'll take you out for donuts later. You can eat as many as you want."
"ray, Hoopa, are you okay?"
Baraz rushed over, asking with concern.
"Why are you only here now!?"
ray snapped at him, annoyed.
But deep down, she knew very well that even if her brother had been there earlier, he wouldn't have been able to do anything.
Although the siblings had inherited the sa Arceus-derived powers as their great-grandfather, their abilities were nothing compared to his, who could seal Legendary Pokémon.
ray was rely venting her frustration.
"Excuse , who exactly is this child...?"
At this mont, Bertha couldn't help but step forward.
Aaron, along with countless others around them, all looked curiously at the little one in ray's arms.
Was it her power that brought everyone from Sinnoh to this place?
The fact that she could transfer so many people at once...
For a mont, the tens of thousands of people gazed at Hoopa with curiosity and gratitude, but also greed and desire.
"Can we entrust this Hoopa to the protection of the Kalos League?"
At this mont, Malva finally spoke up.
The mont these words left her mouth, everyone turned their attention to the Fire-type Elite of the Kalos Alliance.
Flint, who also used Fire-types, had already been briefed by Aaron on the sequence of events. Hearing Malva's suggestion, he nodded in agreent and said:
"That does make sense. The Team Rockets are aware of this little one's existence. It would be better to let the League protect her than to leave her here."
After all, sothing similar had already happened in the Sinnoh League.
When they learned about the existence of the Jewel of Life, didn't they move Sheena and the Jewel to Lily of the Valley Island?
"Baraz, what do you think?"
Seeing ray hesitate, Malva imdiately turned her attention to Baraz.
"Th-this does, uh, make so sense..."
Under Malva's gaze, Baraz stamred.
ray rolled her eyes in annoyance.
Her earlier outburst wasn't just due to the upheaval in her holand or dissatisfaction with her brother, the village leader, for being absent. It was also because she couldn't stand Baraz's sycophantic behavior.
After gaining Baraz's support, Malva turned her gaze back to ray. "Little ray, what do you think?"
Who are you calling 'little'?
ray retorted internally. After two seconds of silence, she coldly replied:
"Elite Malva, it doesn't seem like you can protect Hoopa?"
The mont these words were spoken, at least ten thousand people collectively gasped.
Was she being that blunt?
...
Above the frozen waters surrounding Lily of the Valley Island:
"Watch out!"
Winona suddenly shouted from her seat by the window.
Looking out through the window, they could see Lily of the Valley Island trembling slightly below. Waves of swirling black-and-white energy erupted outward, shattering the ice over the sea.
But before long, Frost Breath swept across the area, forming new layers of ice.
One of the shockwaves, however, was heading straight for the plane.
Boom!
A deafening explosion echoed.
In Winona's wide-open eyes, the plane was caught in the blast, and flas surged into the sky.
The plane is going to crash!
Seeing this, Drake acted without hesitation, pulling open the cabin door and shouting against the chaotic turbulence:
"No choice! Summon your flying Pokémon and get out of here!"
With that, Drake was the first to leap out, tossing a Poké Ball mid-air to release his Salance.
Following him, Lance summoned his Dragonite, while Steven deployed his tagross, trailing close behind.
"It reached this far..."
Winona couldn't believe her eyes.
They were still several miles away from the island!
Thud—!
At the center of the battlefield, the god of ti staggered, dropping to one knee.
Although Joker's intervention had prevented him from taking the full brunt of Pryce's double Blizzard, he was still completely struck by the Blizzard from the Delibird.
The relentless cold was sapping his strength, leaving him in a dire state.
"Shadow Lugia, Hurricane! Umbreon, Sacred Fire!
As soon as the Umbreon Joker summoned appeared in a flash of white light, it transford into Entei, releasing golden flas from its mouth.
These flas were identical to the sacred fire of Ho-Oh, the master of the three legendary beasts.
Shadow Lugia followed up with Hurricane, amplifying the flas' intensity.
This was the most powerful fire-type move Joker's current team could muster.
In the next instant, the Ice Giant created by the Swinub suddenly extended two additional arms, taking on a four-ard form resembling Machamp.
But that wasn't all.
Two of the arms quickly raised massive shields, combining them to block the fiery hurricane.
"Stephen, if you want my life, it won't be that easy!"
Pryce sneered coldly, his voice booming.
The mont he spoke, Cynthia's expression below changed drastically.
Her suspicions... were correct!?
"You bastard!"
Hearing Pryce call out the real na, Karen couldn't help but curse.
A single bead of cold sweat slid down Will's face as he glanced downward and chuckled nervously:
"Well... the silver lining is that there's only one outsider here to witness this."
"What about if you count ?"
A sudden mocking voice rang out.
Still reeling from the revelation of Joker's true identity, Cynthia instinctively turned her head.
She saw a man draped in a pure black cloak, with his face concealed beneath a raised collar and a low-tilted gentleman's hat, walking calmly past her.
The leader of Team Rocket!?
Underneath his icy mask, Pryce's face shifted slightly, but he scoffed:
"Fine, whatever cards you've got, play them all now!"
The mont Stephen appeared, Pryce had already anticipated Giovanni's arrival.
Fighting both of them at once would be an imnse challenge—he needed to be cautious.
Giovanni's lips curled ever so slightly behind his high collar.
"No need to worry. I've already played my card."
Pryce froze for a mont, but before he could process the words, he suddenly heard a crisp crack from the ice shield.
The ice shield was lting?
No, that wasn't it!
Even if it were lting, it shouldn't make that kind of sound!
At that mont, the fiery hurricane unleashed by Shadow Lugia and Umbreon finally dissipated.
The Ice Shield's strength had been reduced by more than 70%.
It hadn't been completely breached... not yet.
Swinub imdiately prepared to channel more ice energy to reinforce it, but...
As the flas dispersed, Pryce's expression suddenly changed.
Because standing before the now-thin ice shield was a Pokémon he had never seen before!
A mysterious Pokémon, entirely black, with gold-red magma-like highlights at the tips of its tail and shoulder spikes. Its humanoid body was feline-like in its head structure, bearing traits of many cat-like Pokémon.
At this mont, its right fist was poised for a punch.
Without a doubt, the sharp cracking sound he'd heard earlier had been its doing.
"Aura Sphere."
Giovanni's voice was calm as he uttered those two words.
Dark wtwo raised its left hand, its palm glowing as a massive blue energy sphere rapidly ford.
A colossal Aura Sphere!
Crack!
This ti, the sound was unmistakable. A clear, sharp cracking echoed across the battlefield.
Within monts, the cracks spread like wildfire, triggering a chain reaction that caused the entire Ice Giant to shatter at high speed.
Finally, with a resounding smash, even the ice layer protecting Pryce in the ice cockpit was obliterated.
"Now!"
Giovanni smirked, pulling his right hand from his pocket and flicking it sharply.
A pale yellow flash streaked forward at blinding speed.
"Damn it!"
Pryce cursed under his breath.
The Swinub in his arms attempted to control the shattered ice to grab the assailant with massive hands.
However, the attacker was too agile, swiftly evading the icy grips with a zigzagging "Z"-shaped movent.
Under the sunlight, the sharp stingers glead with a deadly chill, locking directly onto Pryce's throat.
"Chirp!?"
The Delibird, which had originally planned to deliver the final blow to Dialga, imdiately turned back in a panic and flew back swiftly.
Its speed burst to the limit as it unleashed an Aerial Ace attack.
Mid-flight, the pale yellow blur was struck, causing its stinger to veer off course and hit Pryce's abdon instead.
"Ugh—ahhh!"
Pryce let out a heart-wrenching scream of pain.
The pale yellow blur, like a falling teor, crashed to the ground.
With a loud "boom," it landed beside Giovanni on the barren ground, creating a pit half a ter deep.
As expected, it was Beedrill!
"Well done."
Giovanni crouched down and used his Viridian Force to heal Beedrill.
"Did you finish him off?"
Joker, standing atop Shadow Lugia, asked.
Giovanni, communicating telepathically with Beedrill through the Viridian Force, shook his head. "The last strike missed."
"That's troubleso. The sa move won't work twice on a master-class trainer," Joker said, frowning.
The corners of Giovanni's mouth lifted beneath his collar. "It doesn't matter. His lung has been pierced, which ans..."
"Huff... huff... ugh..."
Pryce was gasping heavily to ease the pain, but after taking two deep breaths, the sharp pain from the wound forced him to stop.
The agony radiating from his lungs made every deep breath tug at the wound. Unable to take deep breaths, speaking was out of the question.
"Ugh..."
Suddenly, Dark wtwo clutched its chest and let out a heavy groan before falling from the sky due to loss of balance.
Shadow Lugia imdiately extended its wing to catch it.
As a fellow Dark-type, Dark wtwo could almost be considered its... child?
"You've done well. Go back and rest now," Giovanni said to Dark wtwo.
Dark wtwo nodded weakly, its eyes flashing with a montary blue glow before disappearing.
Teleportation!
Giovanni explained, "Dark wtwo hasn't fully recovered to its peak condition. Forcing itself to act under the combined attacks of your Shadow Lugia and Super Umbreon could only last for so long."
The earlier combination attack by Shadow Lugia and Super Umbreon was a feint—just a ploy to weaken Pryce's Ice Shield defense.
Then, at the mont when Pryce's defenses were at their weakest, Dark wtwo used its Teleportation to move from the Kanto region into the flas and deliver a fatal blow.
This plan had been simulated several tis by Joker and Giovanni.
"Ha... ha... ha..."
Pryce continued panting, while the Delibird quickly used ice to freeze his wound, preventing it from worsening.
This allowed him to take deeper breaths, though speaking was still a struggle.
"Very good. Now, all we need to do is focus our attacks on the trainer. The Delibird and the Swinub won't be able to perform at their best," Giovanni said confidently, certain of his impending victory.
Although the Delibird and Swinub still had the strength to fight, with their trainer injured, as long as they targeted Pryce, those two master-class Pokémon would undoubtedly be distracted!
"You..."
Cynthia was about to speak when she suddenly felt a tightness around her throat and her right hand being restrained from behind.
Turning her gaze slightly to the left, she saw it was Karen!
"Stephen, this one has overheard things they shouldn't have," Rika said to Joker. "What should we do? Should I..."
"Stop!"
At that mont, a voice shouted angrily from a distance.
Everyone turned to look.
Lance, Steven, Wallace... a group of league elites, primarily the Hoenn League's top trainers, had arrived.
"Release Miss Cynthia!"
Riding on the back of a massive Skarmory, carrying Glacia with her, Winona pointed at Karen and shouted.
"What's going on here? No, before that, we need to figure out how to save Champion Cynthia," Steven muttered to himself, quickly analyzing the situation in his mind.
"You're here too? Perfect. Allow to send you off with my new power!"
For the first ti, Lance didn't focus his attention on Joker. His bloodshot eyes glared at Giovanni with rage.
It was this scum who had hard his Dragonite!
"Joker."
Karen turned to Joker again, her tone changing as more outsiders arrived.
"...Let her go," Joker said after a brief mont of thought.
Karen was surprised. "Huh?"
Will added, "Are you sure about this?"
"Yes, release her," Joker said with a nod.
Although reluctant, Karen slowly released her grip. As she let go, she gave Cynthia a shove, pushing her forward.
"Miss Cynthia!"
Winona imdiately hugged Cynthia and supported her, asking, "Are you alright?"
"Cough cough~"
Cynthia coughed twice, her gaze complex and filled with emotion as she looked at the man opposite her. "I'm... fine..."
Joker, with his back to the League reinforcents, turned toward Pryce and said, "Our primary target now is the Masked Man. He must not leave this island alive."
"That's right."
At that mont, a strange, androgynous voice chid in.
Sird appeared, accompanied by a foolishly grinning Orm and Carr who looked incredibly displeased. With a cheerful smile, Sird said, "How about it, mbers of the League? Would you consider teaming up with Team Rocket? After all, this is an SSS-level fugitive, and he's stirred up such a huge ss. Surely you'd like to get rid of him too, right?"
"This..."
Hearing this, Steven and the others hesitated.
To be fair, Sird's suggestion did make so sense.
"What a joke!"
Before rational figures like Steven or Wallace could respond, Lance erupted in anger.
"The Masked Man is evil! And Team Rocket is also evil!! They're both vermin and naturally, we should wipe them out all at once!!"
To be honest, if Giovanni weren't present, Lance might not have outright agreed with Sird's proposal but would likely have chosen to stand by and watch.
However, Giovanni's presence changed everything.
"Take him down! Gyarados!"
Without waiting for the others to respond, Lance imdiately sent out his current main ace Pokémon, which had replaced his iconic Dragonite.
The massive Gyarados roared furiously as it glared at its target as if declaring, "I will avenge my brothers!"
"Sigh..."
Giovanni exhaled deeply. "A brainless brat."
"Are you sure you're okay, old man?"
Joker, still facing away from Giovanni, spoke up. "After all, wtwo can't fight anymore."
In truth, Dark wtwo's condition had not yet fully recovered, and its participation in this battle had been forced.
After all, the opponent was the only living Master-level trainer of this era. Taking so risks was unavoidable.
Fortunately, the plan had succeeded.
But now, Dark wtwo was also out of action.
"A brat driven by anger like him is too easy to deal with. You just focus on sending that old fossil to the afterlife."
Giovanni chuckled faintly.
"You're pretty confident, aren't you?"
Lance's lips curled into a smile filled with killing intent as he rolled up his sleeve.
Revealed on his wrist was a bracer embedded with a Key Stone!
Giovanni's eyes flickered slightly.
In the next second, Lance placed his left index finger on the Key Stone.
Instantly, rainbow-colored light erupted simultaneously from Lance's Key Stone and Gyarados's body.
It was just like the performance battle in Alola, where Steven's tagross and Diantha's Gardevoir had showcased their ga Evolutions.
"So it's Gyarados, huh..."
Joker thought to himself.
In his past life, while playing the Let's Go gas, Lance indeed used ga Evolution.
However, his ga Pokémon back then was Charizard X.
To be honest, the dragon-like Charizard X better matched Lance's aesthetic.
But given Lance's current situation, ga Gyarados was the more logical choice.
After all, Charizard was only a second-string Pokémon in Lance's team, while Gyarados was second only to his forr ace, Dragonite.
Now, with the added power of ga Evolution, ga Gyarados could rival or even surpass his forr ace.
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