Chapter 727: The Worst-Case Scenario
Kazuya dashed around the Allearth Forest in the dark of night.
But unfortunately.
His training had shifted from this forest to the underground world twelve years ago.
So he was actually not very familiar with the Allearth Forest.
He could only let Volcanion, who frequently patrolled the Allearth Forest, lead the way, exploring those suspicious places one by one.
Kazuya's idea was different from AZ and XY's.
Their idea was that finding Jax was simpler.
Perhaps.
There was also the factor of being somewhat unwilling to seek out the Kalos twin Gods.
But Kazuya felt that finding the twin Gods first and waiting for the rabbit to strike the tree was simpler.
After all.
In his fifth life.
He had personally seen the [Cocoon of Destruction].
Kazuya knew what the Cocoon of Destruction looked like, and also knew what kind of environmental state would appear around it.
In his view.
Finding the Cocoon of Destruction was at least simpler than finding Jax.
He thought about finding the Cocoon of Destruction first, then guarding nearby, waiting for Jax to actively deliver the Soul-Heart to the door, and then subdue him in one fell swoop.
It was just that Kazuya wasn't sure.
If there was still time.
On the way.
"What happens if that guy succeeds?"
Volcanion turned His head and asked.
"I can't estimate either, probably... the Kalos region might be destroyed? It still depends on where that guy plans to shoot the Ultimate Weapon."
Kazuya shook his head, somewhat blankly.
Even AZ and the other creators of the Ultimate Weapon didn't know its power and effects, so how could he know.
"Could that guy's target be Yveltal and Xerneas? If so, wouldn't the entire Allearth Forest suffer?"
Volcanion felt somewhat uneasy.
Wanting to protect the Nebel Plateau, He naturally didn't want the Ultimate Weapon's target to be aimed at this forest.
"It's meaningless for you to consider this now. Even if Jax's target isn't the Allearth Forest, with the power of the Ultimate Weapon, it will definitely affect this place."
"Damn it! As expected, we shouldn't have let that guy AZ build the Ultimate Weapon in the first place! If I had known..."
"Alright, keep your voice down. Your voice is too loud, be careful not to beat the grass and scare the snake."
Kazuya sighed, interrupting the exasperated Volcanion.
Even if He had known earlier.
Volcanion actually couldn't have done anything.
After all, with Floette's relationship in the middle, they couldn't use force against AZ.
Moreover.
The Nebel Plateau could have such a peaceful environment.
It was all thanks to AZ and Floette's relationship.
Volcanion fell silent, having no choice but to continue following behind Kazuya.
Seeing the sky getting brighter and brighter.
But they still hadn't found the Cocoon of Destruction.
Volcanion was already so anxious that steam started spewing from all over His body.
"What do we do? Kazuya? What do we do?"
Volcanion rubbed His head against Kazuya's thigh, clearly somewhat panicked and desperate.
Kazuya didn't answer, looking down in deep thought.
They had already searched the entire surface of the Allearth Forest.
If it wasn't on the surface...
Then it could only be at the bottom of a lake or underground.
Anyway, the Cocoon of Destruction couldn't possibly be suspended in mid-air.
Thinking of this.
Kazuya suddenly recalled the deep pit where he found the Cocoon of Destruction in his fifth life.
"Although they shift their slumbering places every time they sleep, it seems they have never left the Allearth Forest..."
Kazuya muttered in his heart, then sighed.
He decided to go to the place where Yveltal slumbered three thousand years later to take a look.
Maybe this guy was attached to His bed.
Sleeping here for a thousand years, sleeping there for a thousand years, just switching back and forth between these two places.
After making a decision.
Kazuya immediately set off with Volcanion.
Just as they were about to reach their destination.
He suddenly sensed a gaze seemingly staring at him from the sky.
Looking upwards.
He saw a Fletchling-kun staring at Kazuya from high above.
When she saw Kazuya's gaze shift to her, Fletchling-kun was startled and hurriedly flew away.
She never expected.
Separated by a distance of at least a hundred meters.
That Pokémon could keenly detect her gaze.
It was simply terrifying.
"What's wrong?"
Volcanion saw Kazuya stop in his tracks and followed his gaze to look at the sky.
However, Fletchling-kun had already dived into the forest below at this point.
So Volcanion didn't notice anything unusual.
"...It's nothing."
Kazuya was silent for a moment, then shook his head.
He couldn't be sure what was up with that Fletchling-kun just now.
Maybe she was just curiously staring at him?
Anyway, Kazuya didn't sense any hostility from Fletchling-kun.
And the distance was too far.
He couldn't use telepathy to eavesdrop on her thoughts.
But for some reason.
That Fletchling-kun gave him a weird feeling.
It was probably because her gaze was somewhat different from an ordinary stare.
But he couldn't exactly say what it was, after all, the distance was a bit far.
"Then let's keep moving forward?"
"Mhm."
Kazuya nodded, leading Volcanion forward.
He went all the way to the location in his memory.
But what appeared before his eyes was flat ground, where was the deep pit hiding the Cocoon of Destruction?
This made Kazuya frown.
Could it be that the deep pit hasn't been created yet? Was it created in the later three thousand years?
Unwilling to give up, he extended his Confusion power beneath the soil.
But even at the very end.
Kazuya didn't find any underground pits hidden nearby.
Right at this moment.
He remembered the direction that Fletchling-kun had flown away just now.
Looking around.
After some consideration.
Since there was currently no clue about the location of the Cocoon of Destruction, it would be better to follow the abnormality he just felt and explore.
If that Fletchling-kun was constantly hovering above the forest observing the surroundings...
Then perhaps she could provide him with some crucial intelligence.
Groping forward in that direction.
Kazuya didn't find that Fletchling-kun.
But he discovered that beneath the nearby ground, there was actually a massive empty space.
His eyes lit up.
He raised a hand and flickered.
His figure instantly disappeared from the spot.
Leaving only Volcanion standing on the surface with a bewildered and anxious face, spinning around.
The dark underground space was damp and deathly silent.
A faint smell of decay filled the air.
A looming red light came from behind.
Kazuya turned around to look behind him.
The Cocoon of Destruction entered his sight.
Looking like a giant boulder, the Cocoon of Destruction still flashed with a crimson, bloody light, as if it were a beating heart.
"Hasn't he come yet?"
Kazuya muttered, scanning the surroundings.
The environment was too dark.
The naked eye couldn't detect if there were any special traces in the surrounding space.
However...
Kazuya's gaze shifted to the Cocoon of Destruction.
Whether it was telepathy or Aura perception, he could sense a sliver of fury coming from inside the Cocoon of Destruction.
It seemed Yveltal was currently in a state of anger over something.
But because the destruction energy in His body hadn't recovered much.
So even if angry.
He couldn't wake up.
"Looks like he has already been here."
Kazuya frowned, stepped forward, and placed his hand on the Cocoon of Destruction. "Yveltal, calm down a bit, I will deal with that human."
Azure blue Aura light bloomed.
The soothing effect was activated.
Yveltal's anger subsided slightly.
At the same time.
A rough voice full of wild aura entered Kazuya's brain; it was a telepathic transmission from Yveltal: "...Kill him."
"Mhm."
Kazuya responded plainly.
Even if Yveltal didn't say it, he would do so.
It was better to eliminate a guy like Jax.
He just didn't know if his descendant had been born yet, and if there was still a chance to prevent Jarvis's birth.
Kazuya's thoughts.
Yveltal didn't know.
Anyway, seeing Kazuya give Him face like this, and even providing soothing and putting-to-sleep services.
Yveltal's anger gradually subsided, and He fell into silence once again.
He had already remembered Kazuya's Aura signature.
If there was a chance in the future.
Perhaps He could give Kazuya face.
Consider it repaying him for this time.
And right now.
Kazuya disappeared from the spot with a grave expression, and in the next moment, returned to the surface.
"How is it?"
Volcanion hurriedly asked.
"I'm afraid we have to face the worst-case scenario."
Kazuya sighed and raised a hand to massage his brow.
Judging from Yveltal's attitude.
That guy clearly had the destruction energy absorbed by the Soul-Heart, which was why He was so angry.
He just didn't know if he had succeeded with Xerneas yet.
Anyway, Kazuya had already prepared for the worst in his heart.
"Then what do we do now?"
"...You return to the Nebel Plateau immediately and take everyone on the plateau to hide in the underground world."
Kazuya reached out and patted Volcanion's shoulder.
If the Ultimate Weapon fired, where in the Kalos region could survive the disaster?
It was probably only the underground worlds thousands of meters below the surface.
He could only hope that the Ultimate Weapon's power wasn't great enough to completely erase the entire Kalos continent from the world.
At this point.
He didn't dare to hope for too much.
He just hoped that at least Florges, the Pokémon on the plateau, and the Dragon Clan descendants could survive this impending catastrophe.
"What about you?"
"I need to go check a place first, then decide whether to find AZ and the others. In short, the situation is critical, we can't delay a single moment, hurry up and get moving."
After leaving this sentence, Kazuya didn't say anything more and disappeared from the spot with a Teleport.
Based on the memories of his previous life.
The slumbering place of Xerneas three thousand years later.
Was not far from the location of the Cocoon of Destruction three thousand years later.
He still had a bit of an impression.
Kazuya prepared to go over and take a look. If he was lucky, he might run into the Tree of Life and check if Xerneas's life energy had been siphoned.
If he didn't find the Tree of Life.
Or if the life energy had already been siphoned.
Then the last hope could only fall on AZ.
As the saying goes, whoever tied the bell on the tiger must untie it.
If they wanted to find a human in this world who could counter the Soul-Heart.
It must surely be only its core creator, AZ.
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