"Grooo—!!"
Kyogre floated on the sea surface, quietly watching the ancient giants before it, a hint of wariness showing in its eyes.
As a super-ancient legendary Pokémon, it naturally knew the power of these ancient giants.
The previous exchange had indeed proven this point.
Admittedly, it wasn't afraid of these so-called ancient giants. Even if all of them combined, they couldn't possibly be its match.
Unless their "creator" Regigigas appeared, they alone... weren't enough.
But the problem was...
Defeating them wouldn't be easy, and the consumption would definitely not be small, nor would the time required be short.
And more importantly, those humans!
Kyogre's gaze fell on Steven, Wallace and the others standing beside the ancient giants, as well as the Pokémon following at their sides. Each of these Pokémon wasn't weak either.
Originally, the ancient giants met once every few hundred or thousand years, acting like wooden dolls, unable to cooperate and only knowing how to charge forward. But under that person's command, these ancient giants actually started cooperating, becoming even more troublesome.
This gave Kyogre a headache.
As a super-ancient legendary Pokémon, although Kyogre was violent, that didn't mean it had no brains.
In fact, in Kyogre's own view, it was much smarter than that brawn-over-brains brute Groudon.
Spending too much time here would be disadvantageous for seizing that powerful energy with great benefits.
Expending too much energy and stamina would also be disadvantageous for battling that brute Groudon.
Of course.
In Kyogre's view, these were actually "minor problems."
What puzzled it was...
"Grooo..."
Kyogre's gaze lifted, looking past Steven and the others, past the ancient giants, toward the distant sky.
It could sense it.
Its old rival Groudon was fighting humans and had even undergone Primal Reversion, activating "Desolate Land."
Besides itself and Rayquaza, there was actually someone who could make that brute Groudon use its full power?
For Kyogre, this was definitely a good opportunity.
While Groudon was being worn down, while Groudon was being ganged up on—beat the crap out of it!
"Regi!!"
Regieleki, crackling with lightning, stepped forward and roared, one hand transforming into thousands of golden lightning whips.
Having Regieleki deal with the Ground-type Groudon might not be very effective, but against the Water-type Kyogre... it was the main force among the ancient giants this time!
"Eleki—!!"
Regieleki used ancient language to convey its meaning to Kyogre.
[My master said! If you want to find Groudon, this path is blocked!!]
"Grooo..."
Kyogre's fish eyes looked at Regieleki, anger rising beneath its seemingly calm gaze.
Who's your master? You think I'll detour just because you say so?
"Regi!!"
[My master also said! If you want to fight! Then fight!]
While conveying the message, Regieleki was also thinking to itself.
That's what Master Johan said, right?
Seems like it...
Anyway.
That's roughly the meaning!
Mm!
"Eleki!!"
[Come on!]
As loyal ancient giants, they would fulfill their duties, vowing to protect what they were ordered to protect unto death—they were the most loyal guardians.
As long as there were orders, even if they fought to the death, they would never retreat a single step!
Kyogre: "..."
Pop pop pop—
Kyogre blew a few bubbles.
Is this the tone for negotiation?
Even more arrogant than me!
But it also sensed the ancient giants' determination.
Fighting these guys to the death here would waste too much time and energy.
Otherwise... should it flee first?
Kyogre pondered secretly.
After all, it was just a slight detour. There was no need to fight these guys to the death—it was meaningless...
Kyogre's heart began to lean toward retreat.
As the saying goes: the soft fear the hard, the hard fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don't want to live.
No need, no need, not worth it, not worth it... Kyogre comforted itself mentally, took a deep look at the ancient giants and Steven's group, then dove underwater.
The sea surface churned with turbulent waves. Kyogre finally changed direction under Steven and Wallace's watchful gaze, attempting to bypass them to find Groudon!
"Success!"
Seeing Kyogre's departure direction, Wallace let out a long sigh of relief. Not caring about maintaining his composure anymore, he plopped down on the ground.
Kyogre had taken the detour!
The plan's implementation was successful!
"No," Steven took off his suit jacket and loosened his tie again, saying gravely: "Kyogre just bypassed us, but it will definitely cause more destruction along the way..."
With that, he leaped onto Metagross's back.
"Steven, you..." Wallace was stunned by his actions.
"I need to ensure it meets Groudon at the planned location!" Steven's lips were somewhat pale as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Wallace's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at him.
Wallace knew best how difficult the previous clash had been. Compared to him, Steven was definitely the one under the most pressure, expending the most energy, mental strength, and stamina.
Commanding four Regis and Metagross simultaneously, making them coordinate reasonably and smoothly—this was definitely a huge drain on Steven.
"You stay and help Sootopolis City deal with the waves and disasters caused by Kyogre's departure. I'll follow!" Steven lightly patted Metagross, then took the four Regis and chased after Kyogre.
Wallace opened his mouth, watching that departing figure, admiration appearing in his eyes.
This sense of responsibility and duty...
"Hey!"
Wallace supported himself on his knees and shakily stood up, then threw out a Poké Ball.
"Gyarados!"
"Roar—!!"
"Wallace!"
Seeing Wallace about to jump on Gyarados and chase after them together, Flannery quickly called out to stop him.
But before Flannery could speak, Wallace turned back and smiled: "Flannery, behind us is all of Hoenn."
After saying this, he said to his master Adam: "Master, I'll leave Sootopolis City to you and Flannery!"
Hoenn wasn't Steven's alone, and it shouldn't be left to him alone!
Johan, Steven...
And me, Wallace!
"Salamence, Double-Edge!!"
Buzz—
Mega Evolution energy erupted once again. The flying Salamence was completely enveloped in Mega Evolution energy, and what emerged from the brilliant evolution light was Mega Salamence!
Elite Four Drake's support had finally arrived!
However, when Salamence used Double-Edge earlier, it was covered in milky white energy, but after Mega Evolution, what enveloped Mega Salamence was sharp light blue energy, like sky-colored energy.
Aerilate!
Mega Salamence's ability was "Aerilate"—all Normal-type moves would become Flying-type and receive a certain degree of power boost!
Similar to abilities like Fairy-type's Pixilate, Ice-type's Refrigerate, Electric-type's Galvanize, etc.
"Roar—!!"
With the "Aerilate" boost, Mega Salamence's speed suddenly increased, charging straight toward the rock spire that Primal Groudon had raised.
Bang!!!
The massive lava rock spire broke under the tremendous impact!
Watching the blood-red wings flash past like crescents, Johan couldn't help but smack his lips.
So brave.
Just keep flying in front of Groudon—the more you fly around... the more you fly around, mm.
"Johan!"
Drake laughed heartily as he stood at the ship's bow, the old man leaping directly from the ship onto the small piece of land created by Mega Tyranitar where Johan stood.
"Old man, watch your safety," Johan said.
Drake swept his robes aside. Although he was getting on in years, his bronze chest still showed distinct muscle definition.
"Men of the sea never grow old!"
Johan nodded. "Alright."
Then he took out his phone. "Glacia, you heard that. I suggest binding Elite Four Drake to his position permanently!"
"Heard it," came Glacia's emotionless voice through the phone.
"You brat!" Seeing this, Drake's eyes widened, immediately getting agitated.
"Old man, business first!"
"Hmph!" Elite Four Drake snorted angrily and immediately called out: "Salamence, Hyper Voice!"
"Roar—!!"
Mega Salamence roared, sound waves immediately causing ripples centered on Primal Groudon to appear on the sea surface, spreading outward.
Loud mouth...
Primal Groudon slowly raised its head, looking at Mega Salamence in the sky, indescribable anger flashing in its eyes.
"Roar—"
So you're the one who can fly, huh? And with Aerilate too?
Immediately, Primal Groudon went all out, lifting its foot to stomp the ground fiercely while roaring viciously.
Rumble rumble—
The sea floor suddenly cracked, and massive rock spires like cliffs, wrapped in scalding lava, instantly shot up from the ground like sharp swords piercing the clouds.
Precipice Blades!
Terrifying impact force, incredibly scalding temperatures, piercing speed at the extreme...
"Roar!!"
Mega Salamence's eyes widened as its abdomen was struck by Precipice Blades, crying out in pain.
"Salamence!"
Drake hadn't expected Precipice Blades to have such fast attack speed, and was there no distance limit?
Mega Salamence was clearly quite far from Primal Groudon.
Seeing this scene, Terastallized Mega Tyranitar's expression showed slight emotion.
This move...
Having just crunched down an Earth Plate fragment, Tyranitar felt... this move was interesting and quite aggressive too.
Stone Edge?
If that was the case...
Terastallized Mega Tyranitar lowered its head in thought.
Johan, who also witnessed this scene, twitched his mouth.
I told you the more you fly around, the higher Primal Groudon's aggro would get, right?
Didn't you see that when we were holding back Primal Groudon earlier, our Dragonite didn't fly at all?
As for why the Ground-type move Precipice Blades could hit the Flying-type Mega Salamence...
This was normal.
Rayquaza was also Dragon and Flying-type, but it still had to dodge Groudon's Precipice Blades.
Was this reasonable?
Very reasonable.
But complaints aside, they were on the same side now.
"Help out!"
Johan called without hesitation.
"Gengar, Phantom Force!"
"Ka-kaah~!"
Gengar grinned, its crimson tongue licking its lips as its form seemed to melt, slowly disappearing into the shadows on the ground.
As Gengar sank in, that shadow visibly expanded and spread at an incredible rate. In just moments, like ink dropped on rice paper, it had stained a large area of the sea.
The thick Ghost-type energy made Primal Groudon feel somewhat uncomfortable.
What move was this?
Drake was quite surprised.
He was from the same generation as Agatha from Kanto, and the two had even battled more than once when they were young. If not for Oak protecting her...
But regardless, Drake quite acknowledged Agatha's "Ghost Legion."
But even Agatha's Gengar couldn't perform such a move, right?
Splash—
Mega Salamence, struck by Precipice Blades, fell into the black "seawater" and was instantly swallowed.
But in the next moment, Mega Salamence emerged from beside Johan's feet.
Hm?
Seeing the suddenly appearing Mega Salamence, Drake was even more surprised.
Space?
"Roar..."
Mega Salamence shook its head vigorously twice, the severe pain in its abdomen making it grimace.
Almost—just a little more and it would have been pierced through.
"Roar!!"
Primal Groudon wouldn't stop its actions because of Johan and the others. Since they dared to block it, then destroy them all—use them all to fill the sea!
"Dragonite!"
"Draaa—!!"
Getting Johan's command, Dragonite excitedly shot into the sky, showing no fear despite witnessing Mega Salamence's encounter with Precipice Blades.
Try to hit me first!
Outrage activated!
Boom!!
Dragonite charging skyward was immediately enveloped in dark red violent airflow, its entire aura and state becoming incredibly savage.
But with Johan's aura soothing and the skillful experience accumulated from multiple uses, the violence in Dragonite's eyes instantly faded, replaced by calm clarity in its bloodshot pupils.
"Roar!!"
Another flying one!
Primal Groudon was furious beyond measure.
The previous one was at least acceptable—its wings were big enough—but Dragonite...
Why could you fly with such a big body and such tiny wings?
Boom!!
Terrifying Precipice Blades instantly shot up from the ground.
"Dragonite, Extreme Speed!"
Whoosh—
Dragonite in the sky immediately became a white streak, dodging the Precipice Blades' impact at incredible speed.
Luck, definitely luck!
Primal Groudon's golden eyes stared fixedly at the rapidly moving Dragonite, using Precipice Blades again.
Rumble rumble—
"Dragonite!" Johan waved his hand grandly. "Dragon Rush!"
"Draaa—!!"
The rapidly flying Dragonite was enveloped in blue-purple dragon energy, which then became blue-purple airflow in its rapid flight. But when its speed reached the extreme...
Outside the blue-purple airflow, a layer of light cyan appeared, that airflow also wrapping around Dragonite to form an arrow shape.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Terrifying lava spires shot up one after another, but none could hit Dragonite, or rather, none could keep up with Dragonite's speed.
When Primal Groudon saw Dragonite charging straight like a sharp arrow, it unconsciously froze.
"Roar..."
This is...
Boom!!!
The straight arrow struck hard against that mountain-like red-gold figure!
Thunder-like roaring exploded continuously, the entire sea surface rolled up terrifying waves, constantly churning, crashing, and colliding, blooming into spray.
Under the massive impact, Primal Groudon let out a muffled groan, then... its steps staggered backward twice before finally sitting down on the lava land it had created.
Bang!!
The ground crumbled, waves surged, dust mixed with lava and seawater—a shocking sight.
The trainers and news workers on the aircraft all opened their mouths wide.
"Holy shit..."
Someone unconsciously swallowed and cursed.
Primal Groudon... got knocked down?!
Primal Groudon, sitting on the ground, gently touched its undamaged chest. It hurt a bit, but...
Its current expression was so bewildered and clear.
Was that Rayquaza just now? Dragonite? Caterpie?
Honestly.
Primal Groudon was truly caught off guard by Dragonite's attack.
Just moments ago, it almost thought Rayquaza had suddenly appeared without any warning.
Now coming to its senses...
It immediately felt both embarrassed and annoyed.
Actually knocked down by an ordinary Pokémon?
At the same time, Primal Groudon was also somewhat puzzled.
Ninetales, Gengar, Dragonite...
This human's Pokémon—why did each one seem to carry traces of other legendary Pokémon's aura?
Were these all "ordinary" Pokémon?
"Roar!"
Primal Groudon slammed the lava ground, shaking its massive body and standing up with earth-shaking tremors, wanting to find Dragonite but unable to locate it in the sky.
Dragonite had already returned to Johan's side, also withdrawing from Outrage state, holding its reddened head and grimacing.
"Draaa..."
So hard...
Dragonite marveled at Primal Groudon's defensive power.
But fortunately, it didn't hit me.
Johan stuffed a handful of energy cubes into Dragonite's hands, then placed his hand on its arm. Aura!
"Draaa~(ˊˋ)"
Dragonite comfortably squinted, gently flapping its wings.
So comfortable...
Drake, who had witnessed the entire process, finally recovered from his shock.
Johan's Dragonite... knocked down Primal Groudon?
That was truly physical and realistic "knockdown."
"Was that Dragon Rush?" Drake couldn't help asking.
Johan shrugged at Drake: "Old man, didn't you hear me call it? If it wasn't Dragon Rush, what else could it be?"
Drake turned to look at the similarly recovering Mega Salamence. Mega Salamence's wings trembled, its expression suddenly changing.
"Roar!"
Don't look at me! If that was Dragon Rush, I'll eat your ship!
Primal Groudon rubbed its chest, grimacing as it stood up.
That didn't count!
Just now it looked too much like Rayquaza and caught it by surprise!
"Here it comes!" Drake called out in a low voice, taking out a Poké Ball.
"Roar!!"
A surging flame like a volcanic eruption mixed with red-hot lava gushed forth.
Fire Blast!
Changed moves?
"Urshifu, Armarouge!" Johan called.
At the same time, the aura power in his body surged rapidly.
Aura, infuse!!
"Garruu zzZ"
Urshifu, which had been standing quietly to the side with closed eyes, suddenly moved, letting out a low roar and assuming a seemingly ordinary fighting stance.
Splash splash—
Without any extra movements, the seawater around them began to surge.
The seawater seemed to be under Urshifu's control.
Clang!!
Urshifu's eyes suddenly opened!
Its body seemed to emit the sound of taut zither strings, like a drawn bow string's low trembling.
As it threw a punch—
Break!!
The ground beneath Urshifu trembled as it threw its punch. The water flow seemed to take the shape of a fist, carrying unstoppable momentum as it surged forward.
The sea waves on both sides rose like broken barriers, and in the depressed seawater was Urshifu's punch.
"Garruu!!"
Boom!!
Urshifu's incomparable punch combined the flowing continuity of Surging Strikes with the ferocity of Wicked Blow.
Colliding with Primal Groudon's Fire Blast!
At the same time.
Armarouge, whose entire body was wreathed in flames, had red-gold fire swaying around it. When its arms came together to form a golden cannon barrel, the flames around its body instantly extinguished.
All flames, all heat, concentrated in the cannon barrel.
Condensed but not released!
Buzz buzz buzz—
Inside Armarouge's golden cannon barrel, flames and aura intertwined, gradually changing the barrel from gold to red.
Hiss—
Water vapor couldn't even approach the barrel before instantly vaporizing into white mist and disappearing.
Crack crack crack!
Fine cracks appeared on Armarouge's red armor, with signs of growing larger.
That's enough.
"Armor Cannon, fire!"
Boom—
Blinding light burst from the cannon mouth. Armarouge's feet gripped the ground firmly but still uncontrollably flew backward at high speed, carving two deep, charred furrows in the ground!
But following Urshifu's punch, Armarouge's Armor Cannon also collided with Primal Groudon's Fire Blast!
Boom!!!
Violent waves surged again. Primal Groudon's Fire Blast scattered into sparks that finally fell into the ocean.
Meanwhile, Urshifu's punch and Armarouge's Armor Cannon had long since vanished without a trace.
Still blocked it!
Johan breathed a slight sigh of relief, patting his chest to catch his breath, feeling exhausted.
He had already released Tyranitar's Terastallization and Mega Evolution.
Honestly, this was his first attempt at combining Mega Evolution with Terastallization. Whether it was because Tyranitar was too compatible with Terastallization or some other reason, the consumption was... somewhat less than he'd imagined.
But even so, it was still far more draining than pure Mega Evolution.
If it were someone else, a different Pokémon... Johan felt not everyone was qualified to attempt simultaneous Mega Evolution and Terastallization. Maybe a super rookie could.
Additionally.
Heavily consuming aura also left him with considerable temporary aftereffects.
As for the mental and physical exhaustion from commanding battles... let's not even talk about that.
No wonder people could actually exhaust themselves to death commanding Pokémon battles.
Steven commanding the three Regis to fight the Hoenn duo for 22 days before dying of exhaustion in the special manga made sense.
Drake, standing behind Johan and watching him almost single-handedly block Primal Groudon's attack, nodded with satisfaction.
Remarkable young talent.
With such power in Hoenn... he could rest easy.
"You rest for a bit. Leave the next part to this old man temporarily," Drake said.
"Old man, you..." Johan was stunned.
Drake cracked his neck and patted his arms.
"Nothing much to say. If I go all out, I should last about half an hour."
With that, he shrugged his shoulders, letting his wide captain's coat fall, revealing a body comparable to Master Roshi's.
"Tsk..." Johan clicked his tongue.
Elite Four Drake threw out Poké Balls, summoning his "Dragon Guard."
"Speaking of which..."
Drake suddenly turned his head and asked:
"Where are your legendary Pokémon friends?"
Although from the beginning they indeed hadn't counted Johan's so-called "legendary Pokémon friends" in this operation's battle calculations, saying they had no expectations would be false.
Of course, Drake was just asking, slightly lightening the current mood and atmosphere. He could sense Johan's fatigue too.
"Oh, them..." Johan pressed his temples, feeling like there was a vicious creature inside violently throbbing.
"The 'delivery service' isn't home, so they... had flight delays."
Delivery service?
Flights?
What was all this about?
Phew—
Johan exhaled again, his expression slightly relaxed as he said:
"But old man, you're too late. This battle... might not have a chance for you to continue performing."
Hm?
Drake, who was just preparing to go all out, was stunned.
What did that mean?
Grooo—
Suddenly.
In the distance, two black and white dots appeared in the sky, transmitting melodious cries accompanied by crimson that dyed the sky and lightning-flashing blue plasma.
Johan grinned.
Finally arrived.
Giratina's "running away from home" and staying away for so long made many of his "reinforcements" have to come on their own, which was quite inconvenient.
"After this is over, I need to ask Giratina what it's been up to. Abandoning home like this?"
Fortunately, Johan and his little ones had all grown up somewhat. If not comparable to Champions, at least when facing a single legendary Pokémon, persisting for a while wasn't a problem.
It was just that facing Primal Groudon, equivalent to a Mega Evolved first-tier legendary, put relatively more pressure on them.
"They're here."
"Roar..."
Two more flying ones...
Primal Groudon narrowed its eyes, withdrawing its previously surging energy and immediately looking toward the approaching black and white dragons.
From such a distance, Primal Groudon sensed threat from them!
By feeling, was it Truth and Ideals?!
Primal Groudon had an impression of them. These two could be considered... among the most "friendly" legendary Pokémon toward humans. As long as they acknowledged a trainer, they would follow forever.
But when did Truth and Ideals start following the same trainer?
"Grooo—!!"
White dragon Reshiram spread its snowy wings, bringing cyan flames across the sky.
"Roar—!!"
Black dragon Zekrom's turbine spun at high speed, blue lightning wrapping around its entire body, causing its speed to suddenly surge!
Hmph!!
Primal Groudon snorted white vapor from its nose, clenching both fists.
Even facing two legendary Pokémon, when had it ever been afraid?!
But the next moment.
A massive black hole suddenly flew out from behind it—a surprise attack Primal Groudon hadn't anticipated.
Looking back.
It was a cold-faced Darkrai!
"Mere Groudon..." Darkrai's expression was "disdainful" as it glanced at Primal Groudon sideways.
I've even shattered Arceus before—still afraid of you, mere Groudon?
Another one...
Groudon's heart sank.
It could sense that although Darkrai wasn't as threatening as the black and white dragons, that didn't mean it posed no threat.
But even so!!
"Roar!!"
You probably don't know which "reckless" my "Groudon's recklessness" refers to, huh?
Thud thud thud thud—
The entire sea exploded as massive lava-like spikes pierced through.
Isn't it just three legendary Pokémon?
I'll show you how to fight!
Boom!!!!
The vast sea surface rolled up endless waves.
But they quickly evaporated and disappeared under the multi-party energy.
Drake and the trainers and news workers on surrounding aircraft all watched the scene in shock.
What were they seeing?
Legendary Pokémon VS legendary Pokémon!
No, it was legendary Pokémon ganging up on a legendary Pokémon!
Was this Johan's power?
Legendary Pokémon as helpers?
"Damn! The current's too strong—electronic equipment is failing!" The news workers suddenly realized their filming equipment wasn't working.
"Thank goodness we got footage of the black and white dragons appearing earlier..."
"Old man, stop watching and fight!"
Johan advanced on ice with Ninetales' accompaniment.
"Oh, oh, oh, right."
Elite Four Drake came to his senses, looking at Johan with a somewhat complex expression before mounting Mega Salamence to command his Pokémon in coordinated battle!
"Roar!!!"
Primal Groudon roared continuously while fighting and retreating, actually being forced out of the current sea area.
But Primal Groudon was truly strong, enduring the siege of the twin dragons, Darkrai, plus Gengar and the others while still having strength to resist.
But no problem.
We have a "power bank."
"Victini!"
"Vii~(＾＿－)"
Out of energy?
Here's infinite energy!
Mm, energized now!
Primal Groudon's heart was bitter, but it wouldn't say... no, it couldn't take it anymore.
"Roar!!!"
What exactly do you want?!!
"So you can talk," Johan raised his hand, and the surrounding legendary Pokémon and Pokémon all temporarily stopped their actions. "Earlier you didn't respond to me, so I thought you couldn't speak."
Primal Groudon: "..."
"Come on, fight, Groudon."
Fight?
Groudon felt like there was a breath stuck in its chest, stuffy and uncomfortable.
Its golden eyes surveyed the surroundings.
Who would have thought this "little thing" was so strong and could call so many legendary Pokémon?
Legendary Pokémon aside, his individual Pokémon were all quite strong. Perhaps they couldn't deal main damage, but...
Like Tyranitar and Ninetales—as long as they seized its weather control, even for just a few seconds, it was enough to make it suffer.
"Darkrai?" Darkrai crossed its arms, tilting its head up at a forty-five-degree angle as black mist swirled around it, showing some melancholy: "Back when we ganged up on Arceus, Johan only called about a dozen legendary Pokémon... mm, like them, just about a dozen."
Primal Groudon: "(ω)!!!!"
A dozen?
That's all?
Ganging up on Arceus?
You guys?
This human?!
Primal Groudon looked at the "tiny" Johan, shock uncontrollable in its eyes.
Was this human that ruthless?
"Hey, don't listen to its bragging," Johan waved his hand.
Bragging...
Primal Groudon breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"It was just... about eight or nine."
Primal Groudon: "..."
"Alright." Johan clapped his hands, jumping onto Reshiram's back and unconsciously grabbing the twin tails as they flew up to eye level with Primal Groudon.
Mm, much more comfortable for the neck.
"Groudon, shall we negotiate?" Johan suggested.
Negotiate?
The pride in Primal Groudon's heart surged again as it looked at Johan disdainfully.
"Roar?"
Negotiate? Although you're not bad, but negotiating...
"Oh." Johan nodded. "That works too."
He patted Reshiram's neck, slowly retreating under Primal Groudon's wary gaze while muttering quietly:
"We don't need to fight it to the death right now. When Kyogre comes, we'll help Kyogre..."
"Roar!"
Wait a minute!
Hearing "Kyogre," Primal Groudon suddenly jolted.
It could lose to anyone, be beaten by anyone, but it absolutely couldn't lose to Kyogre!
Johan's face showed a smile tinged with mockery.
Thud—
Landing.
"This is..." Drake looked at Groudon, which had released its Primal Reversion and was sitting at the edge of its lava land looking ready for action.
"Negotiated," Johan gently stroked the white fur on Reshiram's neck. The texture was really good, second only to Cynthia's.
Reshiram glanced at him with annoyance but didn't dodge.
"Negotiated?"
"When it fights Kyogre later, we'll help it," Johan said.
"Help it?" Drake was stunned.
So the result was still fighting?
"It's fine." Johan pressed down with his hand, signaling the old man to stay calm. "Later, whoever takes the lead, we'll help the other one beat them up. Just maintain balance."
Drake looked at Johan and unconsciously stepped backward.
"Hm? Old man, you..."
"Stay away from you to prevent being sold out while happily counting money for you."
Johan: "..."
"TYRA."
Tyranitar walked up to Groudon, showing no fear in its eyes, even taking out some diamonds to ask if Groudon wanted any.
"Roar!!"
Groudon snorted hot white vapor from its nose, looking like it didn't want to bother with Tyranitar.
But Tyranitar just continued talking to itself:
"TYRA..."
I learned your "Lava Burst" move from earlier. Don't know if I got it right...
"Roar?!"
Groudon's eyes widened.
Lava Burst? You're the one with Lava Burst! Your whole family—
Swoosh—
Several pairs of eyes looked over.
Tyranitar clapped its hands and blew on its palms twice.
"TYRA..."
I'll try it out. See what I got wrong.
With that, its expression suddenly became serious, a surging Ground-type energy appearing around its body.
There was Tyranitar's own energy, and also... remnant energy from the Earth Plate fragment that hadn't been completely digested.
Stone Edge!
Thud thud thud—
Sharp rock columns shot up from the ground one after another.
Wrong!
Groudon, squinting, rumbled as it stood up, looking at those rising rock spikes with traces of lava flowing on them in disbelief!
What the hell!
Groudon looked at Tyranitar, the surprise in its eyes impossible to suppress.
Really what the hell.
This was just... learned by observation?
Seeming to notice the commotion here, Johan said cheerfully:
"Very normal. Our young... tyrant is just like that. Next time I'll introduce you to Garchomp—it has a lot of experience in this area."
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