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Sinnoh Island.
Veilstone City.
"You—aren't you from space?"
Lucas asked, confused, after hearing Number 1's words.
Number 1: "Space? We did come from space, but by that time we had already left space and arrived on a planet. Just as we were preparing to leave, a hole suddenly appeared in the sky and swallowed us. When we woke up, we were here—one in the far north, one in the far south. That's why we wanted to leave from here, and that's how we ended up meeting you."
Lucas fell silent after listening to Deoxys Number 1.
Are these two Deoxys not from his own timeline? Did they come from another dimension?
Or did they accidentally travel through space from another region to the Sinnoh region?
Deoxys—cosmic virus—space-time hole—my brain is going to melt.
This world always manages to have weird things happen out of the blue—though, thinking about it, it's normal since Arceus can have so many clones—
"Is the place you were in before coming here any different from this one?"
Deoxys Number 1's crystal began to flash, and then some images were transmitted into Lucas's mind in a strange way.
Lucas saw a familiar figure in the images—a blonde woman. Unlike Cynthia, she carried an oppressive aura of someone who had held a high position for a long time, as well as a sense of madness.
Floating behind her was a blue-and-white transparent jellyfish.
Nihilego?!
Lusamine?!
Aether Foundation?!
So they really aren't Pokémon from this timeline.
Lucas looked at the two Deoxys in front of him. No wonder their strength was so weak; it turns out they weren't the Deoxys from our timeline.
Lucas turned to look at Cynthia. "I've figured it out; they aren't Pokémon from our world."
Cynthia frowned slightly.
Flint continued to scratch his head. "We all know that, don't we? Didn't they come from space?"
Lucas nodded. "But not the space from our world."
"What do you mean?"
Flint still didn't understand, but Cynthia spoke up at this moment: "You mean—"
"Yeah, they probably ran over here by accident."
"Then can they go back? Since they aren't Pokémon from our world, or should we just send them back into outer space like this?" Lucian asked, pushing up his glasses.
Flint was confused on the side. Just as he wanted to speak, he was scared into standing obediently by a look from Cynthia.
"I'll try to contact Palkia and see if I can send them back," Lucas said.
Lucian: ————
Flint: ————
Cynthia: ————
Cynthia nodded. "That's fine. Send them back sooner rather than later, otherwise who knows what kind of trouble they'll continue to cause."
Lucas reached out to touch the wooden pendant on his chest. Just as he closed his eyes, the phone in his pocket began to vibrate continuously.
Lucas had to stop what he was doing and take out his phone, only to find a message from Shauntal.
Shauntal: Can you come over here? Fast!
Following that was a video.
Lucas tapped on it and saw a huge airship hovering outside the Unova League building, attacking the League indiscriminately. Many people wearing Team Plasma uniforms were rushing into the League building with their own Pokémon.
What made Lucas's heart skip a beat was an asymmetrical Dragon-type Pokémon flying above the League, continuously breathing icy wind.
Kyurem?
Team Plasma has controlled Kyurem to attack the Unova League?!
But I remember clearly that when Team Plasma attacked the Unova League headquarters building originally, they didn't bring the Forces of Nature? I even specifically beat the Forces of Nature back; I didn't expect them to actually bring Kyurem to attack the Unova League.
Seeing that Lucas's expression was wrong, Cynthia stepped forward, took Lucas's phone, and started watching.
"This is—"
"The Boundary Pokémon, Kyurem, one of the Unova region's Tao Trio, representing emptiness."
"We have to go there now."
Cynthia looked at Lucas. Lucas nodded. Just as he was about to open the reversal channel, he glanced at the two Deoxys, his eyes darted around, and then he walked in front of the two Deoxys.
"I know you guys didn't want to come here either."
Hearing Lucas's words, Number 1 looked up at him. Lucas continued: "You heard our conversation just now; we are preparing to find a way to send you back to where you should be."
Number 1's crystal began to flash.
The meaning translated was: Thank you, you are such a good person.
Lucas grinned. "But—"
Fang paused for a moment and continued, "You also saw how much stuff you destroyed here. The surrounding houses and buildings were all collapsed by you."
Number 2's crystal began to flash.
It was clearly you guys who destroyed the most.
Number 1 slapped it on the head with a big hand. Number 2 switched back to defensive form and didn't move.
"If I just let you leave like this, the owners of the houses you destroyed will definitely not be satisfied. The difference between us humans and you is that we need to convince the masses. Therefore, you must do something to make up for the damage you caused."
Lucas bent down, looking at the two Deoxys in front of him, and said slowly: "And you two, I don't think you want to be stuck here, right?"
Flint: "Listening to this, why does it feel like Lucas is like the villain on TV—"
Lucian also slapped Flint on the head.
Flint blinked, then stood at attention on the spot.
Number 1's crystal flashed: What do you want us to do?
Seeing this, Lucas nodded with satisfaction. "I know you were very unconvinced by being beaten by us just now, but it doesn't matter. Soon you will be able to vent your anger. We are preparing to take you to teach a certain Pokémon that doesn't know the dangers of the society a lesson."
Number 2 changed back to its normal form, and the crystal on its chest began to flash wildly.
Okay, okay.
Seeing that the two Deoxys did not refuse, Lucas let Gothitelle heal them.
Watching Gothitelle walk up, Number 1 couldn't help but shrink its body.
It had learned a lesson about Gothitelle's power; the psychic power contained within that small body was actually not inferior to its own at all.
While Gothitelle was treating the two Deoxys, Cynthia looked at Lucian, Flint, and Maylene, and began to assign tasks.
"Something happened at the Unova League. I will go there with Lucas in a moment. I'll leave the repair work here to you. Calculate the losses, then report to the League and let the League pay to rebuild this place."
Lucian nodded. "Don't worry, I've got this."
Cynthia trusted Lucian's ability to handle things very much.
After arranging the tasks, she looked at Lucas. Lucas recalled Gothitelle and the others into their Poké Balls, turned over, and sat on Latias's back. Seeing this, she also jumped onto Garchomp's back.
Lucas raised his hand to open the reversal channel. Latias took Lucas and flew in first, followed closely by Garchomp and Cynthia.
The two Deoxys saw this, looked at each other, and flew in as well.
Deoxys, the one-day mercenary version, is officially online.
Unova League.
Caitlin was commanding Gothitelle to work with the Dark-type Elite Grimsley to deal with the rampaging Kyurem with difficulty.
Shauntal and Marshal were commanding the rest of the League's personnel to resist Team Plasma's attack.
As for the Unova region's Champion, Alder, he was on his way back to the League headquarters at this time.
Team Plasma's scientist, Colress, stood inside the airship, looking at the changes in the instrument readings in his hand, his face full of fanaticism.
"Yes, yes, Kyurem, this is exactly the strength you should possess."
"Destroy them, Kyurem!"
Colress shouted with a laugh.
Kyurem opened its mouth, and terrifying Ice energy began to gather in its mouth, then spat it towards Shauntal and Grimsley below.
Kyurem's signature move, the Ice-type Glaciate.
The name is cool, but the power is only 65.
However, as the strongest existence among the Tao Trio, as the Ice Beam condensed by Glaciate flew towards Shauntal and Grimsley, everything in its path was frozen by ice.
The special effects were maxed out.
A very reliable figure appeared in front of Shauntal and Grimsley, raised both hands, and a Psychic barrier unfolded, completely blocking Glaciate outside.
The psychic power in Gothitelle's eyes surged out continuously, and the terrifying psychic power made even Deoxys feel afraid.
What kind of monster is this—
Number 1, who had just flown out of the reversal channel, looked at Gothitelle, who hadn't taken a half-step back, and complained again.
"Is that—Caitlin's Gothitelle?"
Grimsley looked at the Gothitelle in front of him and couldn't help but ask.
"No, it's not—"
Shauntal breathed a sigh of relief. "You're finally here."
Colress looked at Gothitelle, who had blocked all of Kyurem's attacks, with an incomprehensible expression on his face.
Where did this Gothitelle pop out from? What is this thing?
After Gothitelle blocked Glaciate, it floated up and looked at Kyurem levelly.
Kyurem was furious when it saw its attack blocked, and immediately gathered energy again, preparing to attack Gothitelle.
In the next second, two cold voices rang out from the air.
"Deoxys, Psyshock!"
"Deoxys, Flash Cannon!"
Number 2 arrived above Kyurem, and powerful psychic power slammed into Kyurem, while Number 1 was behind Kyurem, gathering Flash Cannon and blasting it heavily towards Kyurem.
Kyurem let out a roar, and Ice Beam attacked the two Deoxys.
Cynthia: "Dodge!"
Lucas: "Switch to Defense Form!"
Number 2 transformed into Speed Form to dodge the attack, while Number 1, under Lucas's command, switched to Defense Form to block the attack.
Cynthia's fighting style is flexible and changeable, while Lucas likes to just brute force it if he can, blowing everything up!
Colress looked at Lucas, who was riding on Latias's back in the sky, and Cynthia, who was standing on Garchomp's back.
"Sinnoh Champion Cynthia! Why would she appear here?!"
Colress frowned. Before this operation, he specifically investigated the Champions of various Leagues, including information about the Sinnoh Champion Cynthia. Shouldn't she be staying in the Sinnoh region right now? How could she suddenly appear in the Unova region?
The Unova region and the Sinnoh region are separated by an entire ocean, and even at Garchomp's speed, it would take about a day to fly.
They couldn't possibly have an Anywhere Door, right? To have come through an Anywhere Door?
And those two identical Pokémon.
Why would Deoxys, which should be in outer space, appear here?!
And who is that excessively strong Latias, along with the man riding on its back?!
"So this is Kyurem?"
Cynthia faced Kyurem, observed it for a moment, and then said, "After looking at it for a while, it actually feels quite cool."
"It's cool, sure, but I still prefer twin tails."
Lucas said while sitting on Latias's back.
Latias: ??
What are you talking about?
Cynthia's gaze suddenly turned cold. "Then, should I wear twin tails next time?"
Lucas: "!"
"You misunderstood. I was talking about Reshiram, one of the three Tao Dragons of Unova. I like to call it Twin Tails."
"So you're very familiar with Reshiram?"
"I suppose so. After all, regardless of anything else, I am the Hero of Ideals recognized by its brother."
Although, a substitute version.
Upon hearing Lucas's words, Cynthia nonchalantly changed the subject. "What should we do now?"
She was afraid that if the conversation continued, Lucas would keep bragging more and more outrageously.
"What else can we do? We'll hold off Kyurem and let Shauntal and Caitlin drive back Team Plasma."
Cynthia nodded. Garchomp sensed her intention and accelerated, climbing into the high sky. Cynthia waved her hand. "Deoxys, use Psychic!"
"We're switching to Attack Forme too! Meteor Beam!"
Number Two flew into the sky, transforming into Attack Forme. A powerful Psychic force condensed into a wave and surged toward Kyurem.
Meanwhile, Number One charged up on the spot, boosting its Special Attack.
Lucas threw all his Poké Balls. "Gengar, take them and go help Shauntal and the others take down everyone in Team Plasma."
Gengar flicked its big tongue and charged toward Team Plasma with a wail.
This is the kind of thing I'm most familiar with.
First, sneak attack; second, inflict poison; third, paralyze; fourth, put to sleep.
Wherever Gengar went, Team Plasma members were either knocked out by sneak attacks, poisoned, or paralyzed, losing their ability to battle.
Lilligant, having learned well from Gengar, danced gracefully among the crowd, sending shimmering pollen flying everywhere.
It was even better than its master; wherever it went, both Team Plasma and Unova League members fell into a state of sleep, paralysis, or poisoning.
Gothitelle floated in the air. Whenever there was a straggler, it used its psychic power to gently help them sleep. The Team Plasma members lulled to sleep by Gothitelle all had large lumps on their heads.
As for Ninetales and Lickitung, it was even simpler and more straightforward.
Lickitung's four fists kept chopping the back of the Team Plasma members' necks. Just like in the TV dramas, one chop from Lickitung, and they would pass out.
Lickitung: TV shows are actually useful, wow. I didn't even use much force, and they fainted.
The unconscious Team Plasma members: With your strength... you'd knock us out regardless of where you hit!
Ninetales turned into a juggernaut, rushing back and forth through the crowd. Every time, it would send a group of people flying into the sky, only for them to fall back down.
Grimsley watched as Team Plasma members lost their ability to battle with overwhelming speed, and he fell silent.
"Is there... really any need for us to intervene?"
Shauntal watched Gengar and the others, who were handling these Team Plasma members with too much proficiency. She was silent for a long time before saying, "As expected... when dealing with criminal organizations like this, Gengar and the others are the professionals."
High in the sky.
Latias carried Lucas and dodged Kyurem's attack, and then Number One's Meteor Beam blasted Kyurem away, slamming it heavily into the ground.
Kyurem flew up from the crater, letting out a deafening roar.
Watching the frenzied Kyurem, Lucas's mouth twitched.
In the game, a single +1 Special Attack, super-effective Meteor Beam from a 180 Special Attack Deoxys would be enough to finish off Kyurem twice over!
But now, it feels like it only suffered a minor injury.
This is just too terrifying!
Watching the instrument display garbled code, Colress's expression changed. "Not good, the machine on its neck is damaged. Starting the retrieval plan now. We are moving to the next location."
The airship extended a massive mechanical tentacle, gripping Kyurem tightly, while the electric current on its body continuously stimulated Kyurem.
Kyurem struggled to break free, but the electric current prevented it from escaping, and the power within its body began to pour out uncontrollably.
Bone-chilling energy began to spread everywhere.
The ground beneath Kyurem began to freeze, and it spread continuously in all directions.
In an instant, a large area was frozen; trees, flowers, buildings, and even the Team Plasma members lying on the ground were all frozen solid.
"Don't tell me this is Glaciate!"
Lucas shouted, "Gothitelle, Ninetales, block this power!"
"Deoxys, you guys go help too."
Ninetales leaped, arriving in front of the others. Heat began to pour out from its body, and its entire form was engulfed in flames; orange-red flames and golden flames covered its body.
"Shu!!!"
Ninetales let out a long howl toward the sky, and the terrifying heat melted all the surrounding ice.
Blessed by Entei, Moltres, and Arceus, Ninetales faced this cold air—which could freeze everything—without any fear. The flames on its body firmly blocked the cold air, even pushing it back.
Deoxys Number One in the sky thought: What kind of monsters are the Pokémon he raised?!
Seeing Ninetales evaporate Kyurem's cold air, Colress smashed the instrument in his hand.
"Where did this Ninetales come from?! It can actually block Kyurem's energy!"
Fire and ice intersected, creating water vapor that obscured the view of the surroundings.
Lucas rode on Latias's back, his gaze fixed tightly on the Team Plasma airship behind the water vapor.
Cynthia flew over on Garchomp and stopped beside Lucas.
Lucas saw a person walk out of the airship. He couldn't see what he looked like clearly, but Lucas knew it was Colress.
"Honestly, I'm shocked. Your Pokémon are capable of reaching such a level of strength."
Colress spread his hands, looking at Lucas and Cynthia behind the water vapor. The fog was so thick he could only see their silhouettes. He spoke nonchalantly, "Don't worry. Failing to take the League building was within our plans. Other plans have already been set in motion, and I am now preparing to head to the next location. We have plenty of time ahead of us."
Watching the airship leave, Lucas finally withdrew his gaze, pondering the meaning of what Colress had just said.
"They've retreated."
Cynthia said.
Lucas hummed in acknowledgment, turned his head to look at Cynthia, and grinned. "I told you, with both of us working together, there is no enemy that can withstand us."
Cynthia rolled her eyes at Lucas and had Garchomp fly toward Shauntal and the others.
Lucas followed closely behind.
Getting down from Latias's back, Lucas walked over to Ninetales and gently pulled it into his arms.
Ninetales's limbs went limp, and its massive body pressed against Lucas.
"Shu..."
Looking at the extremely weak Ninetales, Lucas turned to look at Gothitelle.
"Gothitelle."
It's not injured; its internal energy is overdrawn. It just needs to wait for natural recovery.
Gothitelle explained. It understood this situation better than anyone.
During the time it first started traveling with Lucas, it had almost completely exhausted the energy within its body every single time.
Listening to the faint snoring of Ninetales by his ear, Lucas gently groomed the fur on its neck and whispered, "You worked hard, Ninetales."
Returning Ninetales to its Poké Ball, Lucas took a few deep breaths, having almost been crushed to death.
"This time, thanks to you and Cynthia arriving in time."
Shauntal breathed a sigh of relief and said to Lucas.
Caitlin also floated over and said to Lucas somewhat unnaturally, "Thank you."
Grimsley also expressed his gratitude to Lucas and Cynthia.
Marshal walked to Lucas's side and patted his shoulder. "Lucas, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon. Thanks to you this time."
Lucas was still thinking about the meaning of what Colress said earlier. Hearing Marshal's voice, he smiled and nodded.
Cynthia noticed Lucas's state and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I was just thinking about the meaning of what Colress said before leaving."
Lucas said, "He said this was only part of their plan and that they have other plans. I'm wondering what those other plans are and what exactly they want to do by capturing Kyurem."
Kyurem... Zekrom... Reshiram... The three Tao Dragons of Unova, corresponding to Yin, Yang, and the Void. And Kyurem acts as the link between Zekrom and Reshiram. What could they possibly want by capturing it?
Link... White Kyurem... Black Kyurem...
The dna splicers! Fusion!
I get it!
"If you can't figure it out, don't stress over it. When the enemy comes, we'll meet them with our own defense..."
Before Cynthia could finish, she saw Lucas grab Shauntal's shoulders and ask urgently, "Shauntal, do you know where the dna splicers of your Unova region are kept?"
"The dna splicers?"
The Dark-type Elite, Grimsley, spoke up from the side: "I remember they are in the hands of Drayden in Opelucid City."
"Opelucid City..."
Lucas remembered: the frozen Opelucid City.
"Not good, their next target is Opelucid City! Cynthia, let's go."
After saying this, Lucas returned Gengar and the others to their Poké Balls and climbed onto Latias's back.
Cynthia didn't say much and followed Lucas, jumping onto Garchomp's back and flying toward Opelucid City.
Shauntal watched their departing backs and looked at Grimsley and the others. "Caitlin and I will follow them to see what's happening. Grimsley, you and Marshal handle the remaining matters here."
Grimsley and Marshal nodded.
Shauntal and Caitlin then rushed toward Opelucid City.
Inside the airship, Colress and Ghetsis were communicating.
"The plan to attack the League headquarters failed. The Sinnoh League Champion arrived. I am currently heading to Opelucid City."
"Good. Everything is going smoothly on my end. I hope you won't disappoint me on your end either."
"Rest assured."
Colress hung up the communication and said in a deep voice, "Destination: Opelucid City. Let's go!"