Damian, dressed in all black, slowly walked into the central area. Caitlin, wearing a slim pink dress, followed behind him quietly and elegantly.
He did not pay any attention to Lysandre's side. The moment Lysandre sent Zygarde out to destroy Lumiose City, there was only one possible ending.
A small team like Team Flare could never be a match for Platinum and the others. Not to mention, they had the help of people like Drayton and Kieran.
Hawlucha descended from the sky. Diantha landed beside Damian and Caitlin. Mega Gardevoir also flew over, but it was clearly badly hurt.
Although it had used Protect to block the strongest part of Thousand Waves at first, Mega Gardevoir was still hit and injured by the move after Protect wore off.
"Damian, according to our agreement, please stop this Zygarde."
Diantha said this to Damian. She had clearly understood the situation now. She did not have the power to stop this Zygarde.
"Don't worry, don't worry. I'm just observing first. Diantha, your strength really isn't quite good enough. If you keep going like this, you won't be able to stop Serena's challenge."
Damian teased her. Both his expression and his tone were very relaxed. It was clear he did not take the raging Zygarde seriously at all.
"If Serena can successfully challenge me, I will be more than happy," Diantha said very calmly after hearing this.
She did not care much about the position of Champion. If Serena could stand before her and challenge her, Diantha would actually feel proud and happy.
The only thing that made Diantha hesitate was that Serena was now a member of Team Rocket...
Was it really appropriate to let a Team Rocket High Executive hold the position of Kalos Champion?
"I see." Damian wasn't too surprised.
"Zygarde, the Legendary Pokémon said to monitor the ecosystem... how did it become like this?"
Caitlin looked at Zygarde, which was glowing with a deep red color, and couldn't help but feel very confused.
"Team Flare probably did some cruel experiments on it."
Damian thought for a moment.
"Hate and anger. These two emotions are deeply wrapped around its mind. It has turned into a machine that destroys everything."
Mesprit's body glowed with a faint light. Its telepathic message was filled with deep complexity.
As the god of "Emotion," Mesprit could clearly feel the emotions inside Zygarde's mind.
There was only extreme hatred and anger. Mesprit could not imagine what Team Flare had done to it to make Zygarde end up like this.
"Damian, help it find peace. It is in too much pain."
Mesprit made a request to Damian.
"Okay."
Damian rubbed Mesprit's head and agreed.
Actually, he didn't originally want to deal with this raging Zygarde so quickly. After all, compared to Lysandre, Zygarde was the strongest boss of this event.
Damian had wanted to weaken Zygarde's strength to a certain level. Then, he would let Platinum and the others work together to fight and defeat Zygarde.
Otherwise, the 50% Form of Zygarde was still very strong. With Platinum and the others' current level, they wouldn't be a match for Zygarde even if they fought it as a group.
If he weakened it to a certain point and let Platinum take a trial, that kind of battle would surely help Platinum learn a lot.
But since he received this message from Mesprit, he decided to let it go.
"Mewtwo."
Damian threw out Shadow Mewtwo's Poké Ball.
Shadow Mewtwo floated in mid-air. Light flashed on its body as it Mega Evolved.
"Mewtwo, defeat it."
Damian did not intend to give specific commands. Against an incomplete Zygarde controlled by hatred and anger, it was a simple task for Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y to win.
If it were the Complete Form of Zygarde, he would need to be careful. But Zygarde in this form was not a threat to Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y at all.
Especially since Zygarde was a Dragon and Ground-type Pokémon. As a Dragon/Ground-type, its biggest weakness was a four-times weakness to Ice.
That was right. Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y was not an Ice-type Pokémon, but it knew Ice-type moves.
With Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y's powerful Special Attack, a single Ice Beam would likely leave Zygarde unable to keep fighting.
Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y did not speak. Its eyes, filled with deep purple flames, flashed. A deep purple psychic barrier formed.
Then, Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y shot forward like a cannonball. It slammed heavily into Zygarde's chest.
Zygarde let out an incredibly angry roar of pain. However, it was useless. The violent force of the impact was something Zygarde could not handle at all.
Its entire body fell over. It was pinned firmly to the ground by Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y, which was still holding the psychic barrier.
"So strong!"
Seeing that the powerful Zygarde was pinned to the ground in just one move, Diantha's pupils shrank.
But Diantha also felt a sense of relief in her heart. With Damian here, it seemed everything would be okay.
At this moment, inside Lysandre Labs.
Lysandre's heart was sinking lower and lower. His Pyroar, Honchkrow, and Mienshao had all been defeated. Only one Mega Gyarados was still struggling to hold on.
Was there still a chance? No, there wasn't one at all.
He watched as Mega Gyarados was whipped away by Rosa's Serperior using Leaf Blade. It crashed heavily onto the ground.
The light of forced Mega Evolution reversal shone. This finally took away the last bit of hope Lysandre had left.
"Why..."
Lysandre's pupils shook violently. His mechanical gear was overworking and became overloaded. His red eyewear device opened up.
Lysandre looked at his Gyarados, which had lost the ability to fight and was unconscious. His expression was incredibly heavy and painful.
"Why did it turn out like this..."
Lysandre tried to take a step back, but for some reason, his body was completely weak.
He had failed. He had actually lost to these four young girls. He couldn't even defeat these few girls.
How could his vision, his ideals, and the future he wanted ever come true?
With just one step, Lysandre almost fell to the ground.
Lysandre looked at Serena and the other three. He could see the pity and disappointment in Serena's eyes.
Serena still thought he was wrong. But Lysandre did not think so.
What he could see was a future where foolish humans only thought of themselves, fighting each other even more violently than they did now.
He only hoped the world could become a beautiful place where warmth and happiness were shared...
Was he really wrong?
If he was right, why was he falling here?
The figures of the four girls began to blur in Lysandre's vision for some reason.
He could... no longer see any future.
The four girls did not speak. They only silently watched the man who was kneeling on the ground with an expression of pain and despair.
"He... looks like he is crying..."
Platinum hesitated for a moment. She saw the tears at the corners of Lysandre's eyes.
No matter what, seeing this scene made Platinum feel very conflicted.
Serena remained silent.
"It's because his ideals were destroyed. But his ideals were wrong."
Hilda said in a low voice. Her expression showed a bit of sympathy for Lysandre.
To them, it was a wrong path. But for Lysandre, he truly desired that world.
He had been dreaming this dream all along.
And now, his dream was shattered.
"Let's take all three of them away. Don't think too much about it," Rosa said.
They had already wasted a lot of time here. They didn't know what was happening outside.
However, Damian would surely be able to handle that Zygarde. Rosa was not worried.
After taking all the Poké Balls from Lysandre and the other two, Platinum and the girls went outside Lysandre Labs.
When they saw the scene outside, all four of them were stunned.
Huge, twisted plants were everywhere. They grew out from the ground and went through roads and buildings.
Looking around, the city was already a complete mess.
"This..." Serena was shocked.
"That Zygarde must have done all this. It's so tragic."
Platinum frowned. Although they could feel the vibrations inside the lab, and knew the noise was very loud.
But seeing it with her own eyes was still terrifying.
"But at least it wasn't completely destroyed. Damian must have handled that Zygarde already."
Rosa looked around. She didn't hear any loud battle sounds. This meant Zygarde should have been taken care of.
Otherwise, with the size of that thing, it definitely wouldn't be silent.
"Yeah. Let's go meet up with Drayton and the others first. We need to move Lysandre and the other two," Hilda said.
Lysandre, Malva, and this Alain were all high-ranking members of Team Flare. Damian had said that all Team Flare high-ranks must be taken away and dealt with.
"Okay."
Lumiose Plaza.
"I'm saying, I saved your other half, and you're still hissing at me? Don't you think you're being a bit rude?"
Damian looked at the black-and-green dog-like Pokémon in front of him with a smile.
That's right. This was Zygarde's other core, Z1. Right now, it was in its 10% Form. The one controlled by Team Flare earlier was Z2.
Clearly, Z1 had sensed Z2 going out of control and had rushed to Lumiose City.
The raging Zygarde had been defeated by Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y and lost consciousness. The gathered cells had left, so Z2 had turned back into its planarian-like core form.
Just now, Z1 had suddenly jumped out and even wanted to attack Damian and the others. Then, it was immediately pinned down by Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y's Psychic.
"Nonsense! It was clearly you humans who hurt it!"
Z1 kept struggling, but it was useless. It bared its teeth and hissed at Damian. An angry telepathic message came through.
It had always known that humans were trying to capture it and Z2. But it didn't expect that Z2 had actually fallen into human hands.
"It's not good to judge all humans like that. Do you know who I am?"
Damian raised an eyebrow.
"I don't care who you are. You humans are lowly creatures!"
Z1 was still incredibly angry. It felt even more so after sensing Z2's weak state.
Damian clicked his tongue. Unlike in the anime, Z1 had not met Ash or Bonnie and traveled with them. Naturally, its view of humans was not good.
Especially since Team Flare had done such terrible things to Z2, Z1 certainly wouldn't trust humans.
"Humans like you... humans like you..."
Even though Z1 was controlled by Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y's Psychic, the anger in its heart was actually triggered even more.
A green glow began to shine on Z1's body. From the horizon, streaks of green light flew over quickly, like a beautiful meteor shower.
Power Construct!
This was Zygarde's ability. As a core of Zygarde, Z1 could gather all the scattered Zygarde Cells to combine—50%, 100%!
Especially since Z2 was right beside it. Although Z2 was still unconscious, it didn't matter. It could still combine with Z2 and gather all cells to turn into Zygarde Complete Form.
To do such a thing to its other half... humans... are truly filthy and evil!
Z1 gathered cells crazily. A large number of Zygarde Cells shot toward it.
"Don't be in such a hurry. Why don't you look at this?" Damian raised his hand toward it.
"Lowly human, nothing can wash away your sins. Humans like you should be wiped away..."
Z1, which was in the middle of its transformation, replied with an angry telepathic message. It was already acting on emotion.
It was going to turn into its Complete Form and give humans heavy pain!
Especially this person in front of it. It had seen it—Z2 was the one he hit! Unforgivable!
But...
Zygarde Z1, in the middle of its transformation, saw the golden light in Damian's hand. It saw the Azure Flute in his hand, which held a deep breath of the Origin.
Z1 went silent.
Z1 hesitated for a moment. The green light on its body slowly faded away. It decided not to transform for now.
The reason the human in front of it hit Z2 probably had a reason. It decided to listen to his explanation.
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