A bright full moon hung high in the sky, and the night curtain was strewn with crystalline starlight.
In an instant, the Alola region had entered night.
Looking at the figure standing above the nine heavens in the video, feeling the ultimate pressure radiating from it—
Everyone's pupils widened to the extreme.
So this was the divine beast that governed the night…
The Moon God, Lunala!
It wasn't releasing even a trace of aura. It merely floated there beneath the night sky, yet even through the screen, everyone could feel its terror.
Across the myriad dimensions, countless eyes were fixed firmly on Lunala in the video.
The moment Lunala appeared, many of them felt as though the skies of their own worlds had dimmed as well.
Of course…
That was only an illusion brought on by Lunala's law-based influence.
In the Naruto world—
"So there really is a god that governs the night… terrifying. Kurama, do you think our world might also have a Moon God? Is that why we have night and starlight?" Naruto asked as he sat cross-legged before the prison bars of the sealing space.
By now, he already knew that the Legendary Pokémon in the ranking videos were Legendary Pokémon from other worlds, not Tailed Beasts.
And after seeing so many terrifying Legendary Pokémon, Naruto no longer feared Kurama at all. His horizons had broadened. After all, in front of true Legendary Pokémon, Kurama was basically a tiny ant.
"How could there be?" Kurama rolled his eyes.
As the strongest of the ten Tailed Beasts split apart from the Ten-Tails, of course it knew the world's secrets.
The moon?
Wasn't that created by Hagoromo and Hamura—the Sage of Six Paths and his brother—using the power of the Rinnegan and Chibaku Tensei?
A Moon God, my ass.
Though there was one thing on the moon—
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, sealed there by those two old men.
In the Pokémon world—
All the Trainers stared at Lunala with wide eyes.
So the Moon God's name was Lunala!!
Another divine beast had just been added to the divine beast encyclopedia.
It was because of its existence that night descended upon the world.
Still, Professor Oak and the others were deeply puzzled.
Why had Lunala emerged from the Ultra Wormhole?
Wasn't it a divine beast of the Pokémon world?
The Island Kahunas of Alola were tense.
It had appeared—
The Moon God.
It seemed the ancient records had been true.
The world falling into eternal night really had been because Lunala and the Sun God withdrew the light cast upon the earth.
Judging by how Tapu Koko and the others looked as if they were facing a great enemy—
Lunala was clearly hostile.
They were extremely uneasy. Since it governed the authority of the night, Lunala was definitely a First-Tier Divine Beast—very possibly one at the very top of that tier.
There was no way Tapu Koko and the others were a match for it.
Could the Alola region be destroyed by Lunala?
Would the world enter eternal night, with no light ever appearing again?
The Trainers of the Alola region were on the verge of breaking down.
Though Eternatus had once slumbered beneath Galar, and in the TOP 3 ranking it had nearly destroyed the entire world—
That disaster could at least be avoided.
As long as no one used Dynamax Bands for Dynamaxing, and Chairman Rose was stopped from collecting Wishing Stars and extracting the energy of the Dynamax beams, Eternatus's rampage could be prevented.
And according to what they knew, Eternatus had already awakened because of the ranking reward.
Many people in Galar had seen it emerge from underground and then leave the region.
But what about Alola?
Lunala clearly meant trouble for them.
Even if they now knew Lunala would appear in the future, there was no way to stop it.
This wasn't like Eternatus being passively awakened.
Lunala had come to Alola of its own accord.
Lunala continued absorbing starlight. In the heavens above, the brilliant moonlight and starlight slowly began to dim.
The video continued—
The four guardian deities stood below it.
They were all staring at Lunala.
Lunala looked down upon them from above.
"Miiwoo~"
The four guardian deities let out long, low cries.
Four guardian deities versus the Moon God.
Four Second-Tier Legendary Pokémon against one First-Tier Divine Beast.
A chilling killing intent filled the air. The atmosphere grew cold and heavy, and the temperature between heaven and earth seemed to drop several degrees in an instant.
A great battle seemed about to erupt at any second.
At the Bell Tower—
Since the ranking rewards had already been distributed, Ho-Oh had awakened as well.
It gazed at the screen, confusion flickering in its eyes.
Was the divine beast ranked at TOP 2 really Lunala?
Impossible.
Lunala's aura didn't feel all that much stronger than its own. What right did it have to be ranked TOP 2?
Could it be that the actual TOP 2 was the divine beast governing the authority of daylight? Or perhaps, like Groudon and Kyogre being tied at tenth place, the two of them were tied at second?
The thought flashed through its mind—
And was immediately rejected.
Though it didn't know who the god governing daylight was, day and night were opposing forces. The authorities they controlled were equal.
There would be no difference in power between them.
That Sun God governing daylight could not possibly be the divine beast ranked at TOP 2 either.
Ho-Oh was certain of it.
The one ranked TOP 2 absolutely would not be either of those two.
Thinking back to the phenomenon shown on the cover—
It suddenly seemed to understand something.
At first, it too had thought that the world's plunge into eternal night was because the Moon God and Sun God had used their authorities to withdraw all moonlight and sunlight from the earth.
But now it seemed that wasn't the case…
Rather—
There was some even more terrifying existence that had devoured their authorities!!!!
As that thought surfaced, even Ho-Oh frightened itself. Its expression grew grim.
The authority of Legendary Pokémon was granted by laws themselves.
How could there possibly be a creature capable of devouring the authority of laws?
Its face darkened. It hoped it was wrong.
Because if a being capable of devouring law-authority truly appeared—
Then the future of the world would descend into utter chaos.
Laws were the foundation that sustained the operation of the world.
If the authority of laws was devoured, the result would be disorder in the laws themselves. The entire world would become a complete mess.
And once a law disappeared—
That loss was irreversible.
These Legendary Pokémon had lived through countless ages. What Ho-Oh could guess—
The other ranked Legendary Pokémon could also guess.
Aside from a certain earthbound fellow who couldn't fly, whose face was full of envy as he watched Lunala and the Alolan guardian deities floating in the sky—
The rest of the ranked Legendary Pokémon had all reached the same conclusion.
Their faces turned solemn.
Would there truly be an existence in the future capable of devouring the authority of laws!?
In the Distortion World, Giratina let out a low growl.
It absolutely would not allow anyone to threaten the world's stability.
Arceus would never create something that endangered the world's balance. So if such a beast that could devour law-authority truly existed, then it either hadn't been created by Arceus—
Or it simply wasn't a lifeform of this world at all.
Its eyes fixed tightly on the Ultra Wormhole.
It had come—
From the other side of the Ultra World.
Giratina suddenly felt extremely irritated.
It had received its ranking reward, and its strength had already risen to a level not inferior to Arceus.
It had been confident that it could stop any crisis that threatened the world.
But…
That divine beast capable of devouring law-authority was absolutely the main figure of TOP 2.
And since it was ranked TOP 2, that meant its strength was above Giratina's.
And once it received its own ranking reward, Giratina still wouldn't be able to beat it.
The Legendary Pokémon had also noticed one key detail—
The aura around Lunala was somewhat unstable.
That meant it had already gone through a battle—
And had sustained significant injuries.
In the video—
The four Alolan guardian deities were still issuing low cries toward Lunala.
The viewers all started to feel that something was off.
In the chat, Trainers voiced their doubts:
[Cynthia]: Lunala seems to be injured.
[Lance]: I-it really does look that way.
[Leon]: Why do I feel like Tapu Koko and the others aren't being hostile toward Lunala?
[Diantha]: Exactly. So it's not just me who feels that. This doesn't seem like a confrontation.
The Island Kahunas of Alola all froze.
Looking more carefully at Lunala and the four guardian deities, they realized that it really didn't seem like a battle stance.
If anything—
It looked more like they were asking it something.
That left them completely bewildered.
What was going on?
[Meowth]: Meow~ The four guardian deities are saying: Lunala, are you alright? You're hurt. Is it serious?
As soon as the user named [Meowth] spoke in the chat—
Everyone was stunned.
Wait, what?
Meowth wasn't that the name of a Pokémon?
They glanced at the speaker's avatar and discovered that it really was a Meowth.
Everyone was dumbstruck.
Holy crap—a Meowth that could talk??
Because up until now, in the chat area, only the ranked Legendary Pokémon had ever spoken. Palkia and Dialga had both shown up before, and had even muted Maxie and Archie.
Everyone had assumed that was some kind of divine beast privilege. After all, Legendary Pokémon all had telepathy, so speaking human language wasn't that strange.
But what the hell was with this Meowth!?
Then again, that could wait.
If this Meowth's translation was correct—
Then that meant Lunala and the four guardian deities knew each other.
They were not enemies!!
"Wuu… wuu…"
Lunala was communicating with the four guardian deities.
"Quick, quick, translate it!"
Someone in the chat urged.
[Meowth]: Lunala says: I'm fine. Be careful. That thing… seems like it's about to come through too!
A chill ran through everyone.
That thing… seems like it's about to come through too?
All eyes immediately locked onto the glowing Ultra Wormhole.
Shrrr—!!
The entire Ultra Wormhole suddenly began trembling violently. The seven-colored light flowing within it shook endlessly.
Tapu Koko and the others let out low growls, their auras erupting together as they tried to suppress the inside of the wormhole.
"Roar~!!"
A roar came from within the Ultra Wormhole.
The combined aura of the four guardian deities was smashed apart.
At the same time, a terrifying presence spread out from the Ultra Wormhole.
The instant they felt that aura—
Everyone, for some reason, felt as though they had been cast into a bottomless abyss where not the slightest light could be seen.
The powerhouses of the anime dimensions were horrified. Their hair stood on end, goosebumps spreading all over their skin.
This was a warning from the body itself, from instinct born of reaching a certain level of power.
Even though they knew they were only watching the video as outside observers—
Their biological instincts screamed at them to turn and run.
Something was there!
Something inside the Ultra Wormhole was about to descend!!
As the fear in their hearts grew stronger and stronger, the hairs on their bodies all stood straight up.
The seven-colored Ultra Wormhole began turning black, as if ink were staining it from within.
It was as though the light within the wormhole was being devoured.
The entire Ultra Wormhole looked like a glowing tube lamp, starting from the far end and slowly going dark, blackness creeping forward bit by bit.
It's coming!!!
It's coming!!!
Everyone's scalps tingled in terror.
In the end, that darkness followed the tunnel all the way to the mouth of the Ultra Wormhole.
An incomparable pressure descended completely.
A creature leaped out from within the Ultra Wormhole.
The instant it appeared, all things lost their brilliance. Every form of light seemed to be absorbed by it.
It was like the incarnation of a black hole, devouring all radiance. No light whatsoever could escape from around it.
Everyone's hearts shook violently.
This was an extremely savage creature.
Its entire body was pitch-black—ultimate blackness itself—and its form seemed composed of crystalline structures like black gemstones. It stood upright.
At the ends of its huge arms were three claws each. On the back of each hand jutted a three-sided crystal prism, fading from white into black. Its arms were long, narrow columns, and each elbow bore a forward-curving hooked crystal.
The only part of it with color—
Was its face.
Seven-colored patches flashed there, like blocks of light shimmering.
Its whole body was angular and sharp.
Its structure looked like a terrifying machine made purely for slaughter.
Not a single part of it was superfluous.
"WOOOH!!"
The instant it appeared—
Tapu Koko and the other three guardian deities acted as if facing a great enemy, roaring at it.
Lunala, too, stared at it with a grave expression.
Seeing that—
Everyone understood.
Everyone understood that Meowth's translation had been correct.
Lunala and Tapu Koko's group were indeed not enemies.
The true enemy was this pitch-black, eerie creature before them!!
Looking at that dark being which was like the embodiment of a black hole, constantly devouring all light—
What was this?
Another Ultra Beast?
[Its name is—Necrozma.]
[A lifeform from the Ultra World.]
[In order to hunt Lunala down, it crossed through the Ultra Wormhole and arrived in the Pokémon world.]
At those words—
Everyone was shocked beyond measure.
Hunt down?!
Which meant—
Lunala, the Moon God who governed the night, was no match for it at all!?
Looking at this creature called Necrozma—
The aura coming off its body was like a black hole, constantly devouring light.
Everyone remembered the phenomenon on the cover, where both day and night were swallowed.
Their scalps went numb.
Necrozma—
Very likely was the true central figure of TOP 2!
They had all guessed it already.
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