Chapter 816: You Had a Trainer, and Achieved Bond Phenomenon
At first glance, Kazuya understood.
This kid.
To this day, is he still chopping down trees?!
Even Kazuya had to admire Greninja's dedication to the greater good in this regard.
Without a single cent of salary.
He had spent a hundred and fifty years lonely chopping down trees just for the ecological balance of Kalos.
Even in this dangerous New Magical Beast Era, the other party still hadn't given up this job.
"Who are you?"
Mewtwo's vigilant voice rang out.
Psychic power is not like Aura; it cannot sense a creature's good or evil.
And merely hearing the other party's thoughts isn't enough to judge if they are good or bad.
So facing the suddenly appearing Greninja.
Mewtwo was so startled His fur almost stood on end.
Because the aura on this guy was simply too strong.
So strong that before seeing the other party, Mewtwo didn't even sense his existence, as if he was outside His perception range one second and right in front of Him the next.
If He hadn't realized the other party wasn't a magical beast.
Mewtwo might have instinctively attacked by now.
"Kouka..."
Greninja swept his gaze over the several Pokémon, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Darkrai and Mewtwo.
The intense contrast made Greninja feel strange.
Coupled with Dragonite and Skitty.
This was a completely nonsensical combination that felt totally out of place.
He couldn't even imagine how these few Pokémon managed to get together.
Generally speaking.
For completely different Pokémon to live together, they either have a special history or a shared bond.
Therefore.
Could these four Pokémon have shared the same Trainer in the past?
Greninja speculated inwardly.
He ran over here purely passing by, and coincidentally saw dark vines breeding here, so he prepared to come over and conveniently chop them down.
He hadn't expected.
To encounter four surviving Pokémon who looked to be in very poor condition.
Over the years, Greninja hadn't been without communication with other Pokémon, but the four in front of him were clearly not the type living in shelters.
These four Pokémon...
Were his type.
Facing such Pokémon, Greninja truly didn't know how to interact for a moment.
Just then.
That Darkrai spoke up, drawing the attention of the four Pokémon.
"No need to be nervous. I know him."
Kazuya casually used Heal Pulse to treat the wound on his shoulder.
Psychic power was indeed much stronger than Aura in terms of healing. Perhaps only Viridian Power could suppress psychic power in this field.
As for his injuries...
Most places weren't a big problem, except for this shoulder.
Pierced by Giratina's fangs.
This kind of injury couldn't be healed in a day or two.
"..."
Greninja tilted his head in confusion.
He hadn't shown his face to the public in a hundred and fifty years, and he hadn't seen this Darkrai during the Great Darkness incident either.
So where did this "knowing" come from?
Compared to Greninja's confusion.
The other Pokémon had no time to care about that.
Hearing Kazuya's words, they immediately stopped paying attention to Greninja.
Normally, they might have asked a few more questions, feeling somewhat interested, but right now, the pain from the shadow energy corruption made it hard for them to focus.
"Ash's Greninja, you performed quite brilliantly in that Kalos League over a hundred years ago."
Kazuya glanced at Greninja and smiled at him.
In fact.
Not just in the anime in the past.
Even after arriving in the Pokémon world, he would pay attention to the tournaments Ash participated in.
Whether it was the first world.
Or the second world.
He basically watched Ash's matches with Cynthia or Lorelei, and then offered a few critiques.
Even.
The Ash of the second world had once brought Greninja to challenge them.
"Ash... I didn't expect to hear this name from someone else's mouth nowadays."
Hearing this familiar name, Greninja lowered his head nostalgically.
He walked over slowly.
Raised a hand, formed a Water Shuriken, cut down the dark vines beside Kazuya, and then sat cross-legged.
Kazuya glanced at this aloof frog.
Rather than saying Greninja wanted to sit down and chat with Kazuya.
It was more accurate to say.
He was "standing guard" for everyone.
Right now, Kazuya and his party were severely injured and suffering from shadow energy corruption, their combat power drastically reduced. If they encountered slightly stronger magical beasts, they would probably have to flee miserably, and they might not even be able to escape.
But with Greninja guarding them on the side, they didn't need to worry.
Greninja was very strong.
This was unquestionable.
As early as over a hundred years ago, when he was still by Ash's side.
Ash and the Bond Evolved Greninja were able to make the Kalos Champion of that time, Diantha, and her Gardevoir feel some pressure.
Of course.
That was only in the anime.
In reality, the gap would naturally be huge.
At least it wasn't a gap Ash and Greninja could close with less than a year of travel experience.
However.
Since he could be chosen by Zygarde.
It meant that Greninja's strength and potential at that time had already been recognized by the supreme god of Kalos, so there was no need to question it too much.
Anyway, with Greninja guarding them on the side, the pressure on Kazuya's side instantly lessened a lot.
"It seems you are wondering why we are so heavily injured?"
Sensing the Aura beside him, Kazuya brought it up.
"If your situation is inconvenient to speak of, I won't pry."
Greninja shook his head.
He was just slightly curious.
After all, these four Pokémon were all quite strong. Those capable of injuring them were either Demon Gods or a tide of magical beasts; neither was common.
"It's nothing. We ran into Giratina and Zygarde."
Kazuya said casually.
The pain of the shadow energy corruption was indeed unbearable.
Couldn't he see that Dragonite and the others couldn't even speak anymore?
But for Kazuya...
He could bear it.
Throughout his eight lifetimes, he had suffered many injuries more painful than the corruption of shadow energy.
For example.
Being crushed by a space-time rift in his fifth life.
Or.
Being frozen by an extraterrestrial comet in his sixth life until ice shards formed in his blood.
In comparison.
The corruption of shadow energy was alright.
"Giratina?! That guy is in Kalos?!"
Greninja's eyes widened slightly, a bit surprised.
He rarely saw other Demon Gods on this land, not even seeing much of Xerneas and Yveltal, the two native gods.
He even suspected these Demon Gods had left the Kalos region.
Only Zygarde had a strong presence.
Greninja often encountered Its scattered Cells while clearing dark vines.
"Yes."
Kazuya nodded gently.
"..."
Greninja's eyelids drooped slightly, and his expression became serious.
He couldn't help but guess Giratina's purpose for coming here.
However.
No matter how he thought about it.
He definitely couldn't guess that Giratina's target was the Darkrai beside him.
"By the way, I have something to ask you."
"What is it?"
"What exactly are these black vines for? It feels like they have no effect even if left alone. Why do you keep clearing them?"
"...You can see them?"
Facing Kazuya's confusion, Greninja was stunned for a moment before his eyes gradually widened.
As an insider.
He naturally understood how difficult it was to see these dark vines.
Even those humans with special abilities couldn't see these dark vines.
Not even Xerneas and Yveltal, the two native gods, could see them.
If it weren't so.
Zygarde wouldn't have sought him and Ash out over a hundred years ago.
He was the only Pokémon Zygarde had met during the League Era who could see the dark vines.
"Mm, I can see them."
Kazuya nodded.
He didn't know why he could see them either.
He guessed it was because he simultaneously cultivated Aura and psychic powers. With both his five senses and six consciousnesses, as well as his mental perception, far surpassing those of the vast majority of Pokémon, he was able to see them.
"You had a Trainer."
Greninja spoke again, as a statement, not a question.
At the same time.
He turned his head to look at the other Pokémon, feeling that he had guessed right just now.
These four Pokémon must have shared the same Trainer in the past, which was why they could gather together.
"Mm."
Kazuya nodded.
Not only did he have a Trainer, but more than one.
He had.
Liese, Lorelei, Cynthia.
If you stretched the definition a bit.
Then Granny Sora, Lorelei's mom, could also be considered his Trainers.
Kazuya had followed Granny Sora for ten years.
And after Lorelei got married, he followed her mom for decades.
So it wasn't wrong to call those two his Trainers as well.
"You and your Trainer achieved 'Bond Phenomenon'? Very few people have heard of this term, but you should know what I'm talking about."
Greninja glanced at Kazuya, his eyes full of weirdness.
A Darkrai's Bond Phenomenon?
Too bizarre.
He couldn't imagine it at all.
Just what kind of divine being could achieve Bond Phenomenon with a "God of Nightmares"?
There had never been a similar record in known human history, and he himself had never heard any related rumors from Zygarde.
Kazuya didn't notice Greninja's confusion.
He fell into reminiscence because of Greninja's words.
Kazuya might have had many Trainers.
But the only one he achieved Bond Phenomenon with was her.
The Cynthia of the second world.
"Yes."
Kazuya nodded gently, a smile appearing on his face.
Bond Phenomenon.
A special evolution method achieved by combining the heart power of the Trainer and the Pokémon.
It happened twice in total.
Once when he was still a Lucario.
His Bond Phenomenon turned him into the appearance of a Shiny Mega Lucario, and his golden fur, modeled after Cynthia's, looked awe-inspiring.
The other time was when he was reborn as a Charizard.
Through the item "Cynthia's Heart," he achieved Mega Evolution across time and space, allowing him to prematurely evolve into Mega Charizard X before he even achieved Primal Reversion.
However.
He couldn't achieve Bond Phenomenon in this life.
He didn't know if it was because the two worlds were too far apart, or because Darkrai didn't have a Primal Reversion form...
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