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In the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.
Alola region, Aether Paradise artificial island.
Pryce sat in a wheelchair, holding a fishing rod, quietly fishing, while a Swinub slept soundly on his lap.
A Delibird leaned against a reef, sunbathing.
Pryce's face was calm, and as the sunlight fell upon him, his demeanor was no longer as gloomy as it had been in the Johto region.
For Pryce, a life spent with his Pokémon was truly good.
But, as expected... it was still not enough.
Pryce sighed softly; if they could return, he would truly be infinitely satisfied.
But he still didn't know when Mammon would be willing to help him.
Pryce's normally placid eyes looked somewhat dazed at the shimmering sea. Although Mammon had told him to come to Alola to oversee things...
He had actually been here for over half a year, and there was nothing for him to do.
Even if a few scattered Ultra Beasts escaped from Ultra Space, the Alola League could handle it themselves.
Why?
Why did Mammon want him to guard Alola?
Pryce didn't understand, but he knew that, as he was now, he had no right to bargain with Mammon.
Just then, a harsh tearing sound reached Pryce's ears.
Even the Delibird and Swinub were startled awake.
"Hmm?"
Pryce frowned slightly, turning his head towards the source of the sound.
He saw an enormous, spiral-shaped spatial passage open—it was an Ultra Hole!
Pryce recognized it immediately. After all, he had been in Alola for quite some time and had a basic understanding of the situation here.
An Ultra Hole is a spatial passage connecting Ultra Space with the current world.
But... this Ultra Hole was a bit too large, exaggerated even.
Pryce's brows furrowed further, sensing something was amiss. Moreover, the location of this Ultra Hole was Aether Paradise!
Beep beep beep~
Pryce's phone rang in his pocket.
"Hello? It's me." Pryce answered the call.
"Old man! It's bad, a lot of people have come from Ultra Space! They're attacking Aether Paradise!"
A girl's panicked voice came through. Pryce remembered her; her name seemed to be Anabel, an Ultra Space person from Ultra Megalopolis.
However, the native population of Ultra Megalopolis was very small, and almost all of them had been taken in by the Aether Foundation, so they all worked for the Aether Foundation.
Anabel and her colleagues usually investigated ecological auras and were responsible for monitoring Ultra Space.
"A lot of... people?" Pryce was quite surprised.
"Yes! This Ultra Passage is too big, and it opened too quickly, we couldn't react in time, and these people..."
"Old man, please come quickly to support us, their attack is too fierce, the Aether Foundation is almost unable to hold on."
Anabel said anxiously.
Lusamine had said that Pryce was Mammon's last line of defense in Alola; if a powerful enemy appeared, they just needed to contact Pryce.
Although Anabel was skeptical, she simply couldn't understand what strength an elderly man in a wheelchair could possess.
But now, they could only rely on Pryce.
"I understand."
Pryce hung up the phone. The Delibird flew over, grabbed Pryce's wheelchair with its feet, and flapped its wings, flying towards the Aether Foundation.
At this moment, the Aether Foundation was in complete chaos.
A large number of people in black uniforms continuously emerged from the Ultra Hole. The Aether Foundation members resisted valiantly, but under the suppression of strength and numbers, it was difficult to effectively fight back.
"How could this be? Where did these people come from?"
Faba's face was extremely grim. His Hypno had just managed to defeat one black-uniformed member, only for two more to appear, eyeing him with ill intent.
Most importantly... Faba looked at these black-uniformed members; regardless of gender, a large, colorful 'R' was emblazoned on their chests!
This was clearly the Team Rockets symbol!
But the Team Rockets symbol was red, and these people had emerged from Ultra Space.
"Damn it, who exactly are you?"
Faba's strength was decent, but he couldn't contend with the sheer number of opponents.
"Us? Hahaha~ We are Rainbow Rocket, and this world will also be conquered by us!"
The Rainbow Rocket members on the other side laughed wildly.
Rainbow Rocket??
Faba's eyes widened. It really was Team Rockets?
Outside Aether Paradise, Delibird descended from the sky with Pryce.
"This Ultra Hole..."
Pryce looked up at the enormous Ultra Hole above, from which people in black uniforms were continuously falling.
How strange. There were only a few Ultra Space worlds; was there an Ultra Space world like this?
But now was not the time to worry about that.
"Oh? There's an old man here too."
Several Rainbow Rocket grunts noticed the out-of-place Pryce, surprised, but then they grinned menacingly and slowly approached.
"Ha~ Old man, you're out of luck. We..."
"Blizzard."
Pryce couldn't be bothered to listen to their nonsense, giving a calm command.
Whoosh~!
Delibird flapped its wings and flew up, unleashing a fierce Blizzard from its mouth.
Bitingly cold winds mixed with ice and snow surged forth, the massive storm almost obscuring the sky.
Crack crack~
The sound of ice freezing was incessant. Under the terrified and disbelieving gazes of the Rainbow Rocket members, they didn't even have time to escape.
Ice and snow fell in flakes, accumulating a layer on the ground.
When the Blizzard ended, vivid ice sculptures stood, all of them Rainbow Rocket members.
The Blizzard even affected the exit of the giant Ultra Hole, sealing it with ice crystals, and even within the ice crystals were a few Rainbow Rocket members who hadn't yet landed.
"Go in, huh?"
Pryce's eyes flickered slightly, gazing at the colorful 'R' on the chests of the Rainbow Rocket members' uniforms for a long time, just as he was about to head into Aether Paradise.
Suddenly, as if noticing something, Pryce looked up at the sky again.
He saw a scorching red light faintly radiating from the ice crystals, and the previously solid ice crystals began to gradually melt.
Before long, the frost completely melted, and the Ultra Hole exit was once again unobstructed.
Roar~!
A roar came from the Ultra Hole. A giant, fiery red beast emerged from the Ultra Hole, landing heavily on the ground.
Pryce's brows furrowed immediately, because he recognized it.
"Groudon..."
That's right, it was the super-ancient legendary Pokémon, Groudon, from the Hoenn region.
But wasn't Groudon with Giovanni? How could another Groudon appear, and from an Ultra Hole at that?
"Woo~"
Another low, melodious cry came from the Ultra Hole. A giant, whale-like Pokémon flapped its wings and flew out of the Ultra Hole.
"Kyogre."
Pryce's eyes gradually narrowed. This was very wrong.
Kyogre was Mammon's Pokémon; Mammon wouldn't possibly lose Kyogre.
"Hahahaha~ Is this a brand new world? The sun is great, but it would be even better if it were raining."
Arrogant laughter came from Kyogre's back.
Pryce's gaze shifted. It was a burly man wearing a blue bandana.
Pryce's eyes slowly narrowed. Archie!
"Was it you who froze the exit just now?"
A cold voice reached Pryce's ears. Pryce looked ahead. It was a slender middle-aged man in red attire.
Maxie!
Or rather, Rainbow Maxie!
Groudon stood behind Rainbow Maxie, its fierce eyes looking down at Pryce and the Delibird beside him.
Delibird glared back coldly, showing no fear.
"Who exactly are you?"
Pryce already had some ideas, but he still couldn't be sure.
Maxie, who had caught Groudon, Archie, who had caught Kyogre... "Maxie, my name is Maxie." Rainbow Maxie pushed up his glasses and replied calmly.
"Your strength is good. How about joining our Rainbow Rocket?"
"Rainbow Rocket?"
"That's right, our organization possesses the ability to travel through parallel worlds, just as you see before you."
"I see."
Pryce wasn't too surprised. Although traveling through parallel worlds was indeed very bizarre...
After observing for a bit, he had indeed vaguely guessed as much.
"What do you think? Before the others arrive, you'd best make a decision quickly." Rainbow Maxie said calmly.
There are others?
Pryce's eyes flickered slightly.
"Heh~ Maxie, how useless are you, trying to recruit an old man like this? It's truly laughable."
Crude mocking laughter came over. It was Rainbow Archie.
"Muscle-brained idiot."
Rainbow Maxie gave Rainbow Archie a cold glance. Although they were both members of Rainbow Rocket now, they still intensely disliked each other.
If it weren't for Rainbow Giovanni keeping them in check, the two of them would probably have already started fighting.
But even so, small squabbles were inevitable.
Of course, most of the time it was Rainbow Archie provoking. The more reserved Rainbow Maxie, in fact, wasn't very keen on dealing with Rainbow Archie unless he had absolute certainty.
"Hmph~ You skinny monkey, go play somewhere else. Watch how this big shot teaches this old geezer a lesson."
Rainbow Archie snorted, then bared a sinister grin as he looked at Pryce.
"After we take over this place, I absolutely must visit the Hoenn region of this world, hahahaha~ I wonder if this world has a Team Aqua."
Having traveled through several parallel worlds, Archie's greatest desire was to know what the Team Aqua of a parallel world was like.
Unfortunately, the previous parallel worlds had no Team Aqua, and he wondered if this world did.
According to Rainbow Giovanni, this parallel world was very different from the ones they had conquered before.
Well, in Rainbow Giovanni's words, this parallel world was very complete and seemed quite special, so everyone was deployed.
Rainbow Archie couldn't remember the specifics, but in any case, conquering this world was probably going to be quite difficult.
But no big deal.
All that messy stuff, in front of Lord Archie's Kyogre, it was all just fleeting clouds!
"Heh~"
Rainbow Maxie gave a cold laugh, too lazy to bicker with this muscle-brained idiot.
He looked up at the Ultra Hole.
Roar~
A faint, diamond-like glow shimmered, and a giant, four-legged dinosaur-like Pokémon slowly emerged from the Ultra Hole.
And Pryce, who had always shown little emotional fluctuation, finally had a change in expression at this moment.
"Dialga...?!"