ebonymovies Chapter 582 - 582: 580
Chapter 582 - 582: 580
In the Pokémon Adventures world, the Sinjoh Ruins were originally built by the ancestors of Sinnoh and Johto, but at some unknown point, they had become a separate dimension, a place that could no longer be shown on any map.And once the Sinjoh Ruins were destroyed, the destruction would even drag both Johto and Sinnoh down with them, wiping out both regions together. In other words, they had gone from an ordinary temple to a time bomb.
Hikaru thought silently to himself.
The original Sinjoh was merely sealed behind the "wall of snow," but now it had become a node capable of collapsing the world. The time-space of the Pokémon Adventures world really was too fragile.
But perhaps there was a reason for that.
Before the Sinjoh Ruins arc occurred, the Sinnoh region did not have the three dragons of time and space at all. In other words, the three dragons who appeared later in the Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum arc were actually the three beings created during the Sinjoh Ruins arc.
Then came the question: where had the original three dragons responsible for protecting this world gone?
There were clearly corresponding ancient texts recording them, yet no traces of them could be found.
Combined with the suffering that this world's Arceus had once endured, maybe those three had already...
"Ken! Ryo! Harry!"
Giovanni looked at the three squad leaders Leaf had woken up. Although his breathing was weak, he still seemed to have made a certain decision, his expression utterly grave.
"You are to act as if your defeat just now, and the appearance of these two people, never happened!"
"I am going to Sinjoh now. Do not let anyone approach this forest or Celebi! Even if you have to stake your lives on it, drive away every enemy!"
The three squad leaders still had no idea what was going on, but of course they would obey Giovanni's orders unconditionally.
"Y-yes, sir!"
"Giovanni from different worlds seems to have a slightly different aura." Leaf watched Giovanni give his orders and recalled the Giovanni she had once fought.
"At first, he was extremely proud and looked down on everyone. But after suffering repeated defeats, he changed. Still, he's a little different from this world's Giovanni."
Giovanni pressed down the brim of his hat. "Repeated defeats? I see. You said you are also a Trainer from Pallet Town. Does that mean I have failed more than once in other worlds?"
"A girl who looks nearly identical to Blue from Pallet Town... Could it be that you won the championship at the Indigo League?"
Leaf was surprised. "Huh? How do you know that? Though I'm the former Champion."
Giovanni snorted. "Parallel time-spaces were merely information I happened to find while investigating the legendary herb. Similar yet different people may exist in different worlds. Come to think of it, I once experienced a strange headache."
"During that headache, I saw an eerie hallucination. I thought it was nothing more than a nightmare. But now, it may have been a projection of memories from a parallel world."
"That enormous, wicked will... Perhaps I wasn't the only one who saw that kind of dream."
Hikaru's gaze shifted slightly. "Oh? You actually dreamed of Rainbow Giovanni?"
Come to think of it, an alternate-world Team Rocket trio had also appeared in the anime. They possessed unique technology and were true elites rather than gag characters. It seemed they had been designed with Team Rainbow Rocket as a prototype.
Hikaru said, "A Giovanni who defeated Red in a desperate situation, abandoned his son Silver, discarded everything, and began acting for the sake of maximum profit, establishing a powerful organization that spanned time and space..."
Giovanni said, "He was actually able to defeat Red? But that man is the winner. From your words, I can tell that there should only be one parallel world where I achieved victory. No matter which world it is, my defeat is the more likely outcome. Heh."
His expression was rather subtle, as if he had become very interested in that Rainbow Giovanni.
Of course, deep down, that was not what he was truly thinking.
Sure enough, even if it was the same "me," different worlds would have different ambitions, and the motivation for founding Team Rocket would also be different.
Though he said that he had "long since abandoned any such thing as kindness," still...
A person could not deceive their own heart.
If not for Silver, why would he have struggled until now? Sure enough, even if they were the same person, their ways of thinking could differ drastically.
Giovanni stopped thinking about the versions of himself in other worlds and nodded to young Lance.
"Please lead the way."
"Is your body all right...?" Although young Lance urgently needed powerful combatants on his side, Giovanni had just been defeated in Ilex Forest, which seemed to have worsened his exhaustion.
Giovanni shook his head.
It was exactly the same reason he had agreed to young Lance's request.
The end of the world had nothing to do with him. The reason he was going there was because his son, Silver, was fighting there with his life on the line!
"As a father, how could I watch my son fall into danger?"
When young Lance heard that answer, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
It was precisely because of that that this powerful fighter could be brought onto their side. Even if he said he did not care, his body was very...
"Even if your mouth says you don't care, your body is honest."
"Kindness still exists in you, doesn't it? This world's version of you really is different from the versions in other worlds."
"In that case, I'll record you both within the vortex in my heart as well."
The shadows of young Lance and Giovanni appeared in Hikaru's heart. This confirmed to Hikaru that powerful figures from the Pokémon Adventures world could also be pulled into the Battle Reverie.
In the future, perhaps he would be able to see amusing situations like "me fighting myself" inside the tower!
"You said record...? What did you do...?" Young Lance and Giovanni turned to look at Hikaru, but there was no more time to waste. Young Lance did not think too much about it. "You should both get on Dragonite too. We'll fly there in one go!"
Hikaru waved his hand. "Your Dragonite is very large, but we also have a Pokémon that can use Extreme Speed. Four people riding one dragon would still be a little cramped!"
"In that case, shift gears. Prepare for takeoff."
"Genesect!"
Hikaru pulled Leaf onto Genesect. The steel giant insect activated its power and rushed into the sky at tremendous speed!
Even young Lance and Dragonite were shocked.
"What incredible speed!" He had Giovanni climb onto Dragonite, but even when young Lance's Dragonite gave it everything it had, it could not overtake Genesect's flight speed. It could only trail behind, which made the usually hot-tempered Dragonite feel stifled.
When had it ever been this slow? Or rather, when had someone ever beaten it in flying speed?!
That Pokémon was a type it had never seen before. What was its origin?
"Of course."
Hikaru turned his head slightly from ahead and looked at the Dragonite struggling to fly behind them. "You were seriously injured before, so you still haven't fully recovered. In terms of speed, we definitely have the advantage."
"Moreover, although it's said that you can circle the planet in about sixteen hours, even with that kind of speed, you're still innately limited when using Extreme Speed."
"There's a fairly large gap between a Speed base stat of 80 and a Speed base stat of 99! Changes in Speed also affect who acts first when using priority moves. In high-speed flight, this is how it manifests."
"When competing against an opponent who also has Extreme Speed, the side with higher Speed moves first!"
"Of course, move priority does not necessarily represent the order in which moves are used. In a few cases, even if a move has priority, it can be suppressed by certain specific moves, delaying when it acts."
Dragonite froze for a long while, staring blankly at the steel giant insect flying at high speed ahead. It had never imagined that this time, it really had become a "Slow Dragon."
All it could do was eat the exhaust from behind!
"Oh! What a detailed explanation of priority!" Leaf held down her hat to keep it from being blown away by the wind, while also looking at the Genesect beneath her feet.
"I've never seen this Pokémon either! A purple steel body. Could it be Bug and Steel type?"
Bug and Steel had a quadruple weakness to Fire, but among type combinations, it was one of the best. And in the Johto region, there were two Bug/Steel Pokémon: Forretress and Scizor. That familiar purple shell immediately made Leaf think of Forretress.
Hikaru said, "There are quite a few Bug/Steel Pokémon. Unova has Escavalier, and Sinnoh has Wormadam in its Trash Cloak."
"You are investigating Pokémon and ecology across various regions, so I'll send the information on these Pokémon to your Pokédex. I'll also send part of the information on the gods we're about to investigate."
Beep. Pokédex card!
Leaf immediately began studying the contents on the Pokédex. And with Extreme Speed's rapid flight, reaching the Sinjoh Ruins from Ilex Forest took almost no time at all.
Because...
In the Pokémon Adventures world, the entrance to the Sinjoh Ruins was in the Ruins of Alph, not far from Ilex Forest!
And after the door to the alternate dimension opened, it remained open the whole time. Later, even the Team Rocket grunts who gathered all the medicinal herbs could come over and take a stroll around. It was practically like a public restroom.
Then again, perhaps it was hard to say whether the alpaca of this world had deliberately opened it that way, just to let the reinforcements enter later so it could wipe them all out at once.
Among the four known alpacas...
The alpaca from a thousand years ago could be called the legendary king of love. The substitute alpaca had a divinity far greater than its humanity. The Mystery Dungeon world's alpaca was an absolutely neutral slacker, while the Pokémon Adventures world's alpaca was...
Chaotic neutral, a murderous alpaca full of hatred!
Ecruteak Gym? Blow it up! Ruins of Alph? Blow it up!
Sinjoh Ruins? Blow it up! Team Rocket? Blow them up!
Gold? He really worked hard, so blow him up with Judgment!
If it wasn't the humanity and world I loved, then all of it could perish!
Young Lance said, "This is the gate to another dimension! The Sinjoh Ruins. This is my first time coming here as well. It is said that one can only enter these Sinjoh Ruins by staying near Arceus!"
Giovanni said, "...It's cold. And what exactly is going to happen here?"
As the light shifted, the ruined and destroyed Ruins of Alph vanished. In their place stood an ancient temple where snow fell year-round and the climate was bitterly cold.
From the outside, the small temple was actually neither tall nor large, no more than two stories at most. But the space inside the temple was unimaginably vast.
Hikaru said, "Although the world is different, the Sinjoh Ruins are still exactly the same."
"The broken pillars in front of the ruins are like spears, one after another. This also shows that the Sinjoh Ruins and the Sinnoh temple share the same architectural style."
Leaf said, "So this is where a god resides?"
Hikaru's Pokédex recorded information on the three Legendary Pokémon, but not Arceus, because that portion of the information was in Cynthia's paper materials, and Hikaru had asked Cynthia not to decipher it.
At least not until Team Galactic had been destroyed.
Hikaru said, "When you report the investigation records from later to Professor Oak, make sure you explain carefully that this part of the information is currently being held by Sinnoh mythologist Cynthia, and it cannot be made public before Team Galactic in the Sinnoh region is destroyed."
"But for you, this is a good opportunity to increase your investigative experience. An investigator who has investigated a god can calmly handle any kind of mental attack afterward. Maybe you might even earn some kind of blessing."
There was a searching look in Leaf's eyes. "I'm looking forward to it... But isn't traveling through time already something worth writing at length about?"
Hikaru said, "No, Professor Oak was once carried through time and space by Celebi too. So for Professor Oak, traveling through time might actually feel rather familiar."
Leaf was greatly surprised. This was the first time she had heard that Professor Oak had ever experienced something like that.
Hikaru said, "But I think once Professor Oak learns about the confidentiality requirement, he probably won't say anything. After all, he often goes to live in Sinnoh's Eterna City and investigate the local ecology."
"For Professor Oak, he might have gone to Sinnoh more times than he's gone to Johto."
Professor Oak would appear in multiple locations in the Sinnoh region, such as Eterna City, Sandgem Town, Seabreak Path, and Pal Park.
Meanwhile, in HeartGold and SoulSilver, he only stayed around Pallet Town. That was why one could say he visited Sinnoh more frequently than Johto. But that was normal too.
After all, Professor Rowan had once stayed in Kanto as well. Those two old men were not only research partners, but old friends.
"As for what is going to happen here, we'll see it with our own eyes very soon."
In the original plot, Pryce had explained things to them. Now, however, Hikaru explained in detail.
"The god will create legends upon the stage!"
"The legend that governs time: Dialga."
"The legend that governs space: Palkia."
"The legend that governs antimatter: Giratina."
"You Team Rocket members came to these Sinjoh Ruins in order to obtain the power of Arceus and the three dragons. Deep within the ruins is the Stage of Light left behind by the ancient people to enshrine Arceus, also called the Mystri Stage."
"In this world, when Arceus opens its heart, the road to the Sinjoh Ruins opens. The place where it awakened was Sinnoh's Spear Pillar, atop Mount Coronet, at the end of the long stairway leading to the sky and the light."
"Mr. Giovanni, in order to complete the ritual of worship, Team Rocket's Archer did not hesitate to personally risk danger. He reached the end of the heavens and brought Arceus down to the mortal world. After the god descended to earth, it began searching for the Plates it had once lost."
"During the conflict between the Pokédex holders and the Four Generals of Team Rocket, all sixteen Plates were gathered. They believed that as long as they possessed the Plates, they could make the Creator obey their every command. And once Team Rocket obtained both the god and the three dragons, they would be unstoppable."
Giovanni's expression was extremely serious as he said, "However, just as young Lance said, if all that is completed, this region will collapse. Correct?"
In the manga, Giovanni and young Lance were, of course, acquainted. After all, they had fought head-on in the Yellow arc and exchanged insults.
The famous scene of "Beedrill solo-killing the Dragon Master" came from this world.
Because of that, in many people's minds, Beedrill was one of Giovanni's representative Pokémon. Although anime Giovanni, Rainbow Giovanni, and game Giovanni did not have this Pokémon, the battle between Pokémon Adventures Giovanni, Yellow, and Lance had left far too deep an impression.
The group entered the temple. The moment they stepped through the gate, they heard the fierce sounds of battle from within, as well as someone's loud sobbing cries.
"In this world's past..."
As Hikaru walked, Leaf recorded everything, writing all of it down, while young Lance and Giovanni followed behind them and listened silently.
"It is said that there was once an age when god and humanity could understand one another's hearts."
"But later, that relationship was destroyed."
"To obtain Arceus's tremendous power, humans extracted the 'source' that allowed it to freely control its type, removed it from its body, and shaped it into Plates."
"Thus, its relationship with humanity began to deteriorate. It lost its power and fell into a deep despair."
"It was precisely because of that despair that god had no choice but to remain in the heavens and enter a deep sleep."
"And now, in order to obtain all of god's power, the Four Generals of Team Rocket found a way to make god appear once more upon the earth."
"However, they were far too arrogant."
"Even the weakest god is not something ordinary people can control. A god does not die. Even the great being that can be defeated is nothing more than a trivial avatar."
"Arceus came here not because the Four Generals of Team Rocket controlled it. It came here by its own will."
"It had to come here, and in the era about to arrive, it had to choose between two options."
"Destruction or survival. There can only be one answer. After repeatedly experiencing humanity's betrayal and control, it has lost all hope and made its decision: it will destroy every human in this world!"
"Kill every human, leaving not a single one alive!"
This world's Arceus's experience was actually a little like the Holy Lord, especially the part where its source was removed and made into Plates. It was practically the same as how the Twelve Talismans were created!
Hikaru patted the Spiky-eared Pichu on his shoulder. The little Pichu was still stuck in a confused state of "I crossed time again? Where is this now?" But through Hikaru's mental link, the Spiky-eared Pichu finally figured out one thing.
At the very least, Hikaru was not a bad person, and the god before it was not the legendary king of love it knew.
That hatred and pain, as well as that vast murderous intent, made the Spiky-eared Pichu tremble slightly. And right in front of them, a man disguised as Giovanni appeared. He seemed to be trying to sneak away!
He was one of the humans who had caused the god's anger.
So now, this strange craftsman who had brought it across time was giving it an order!
Fight side by side? With a human? It had never tried such a thing before!
In the past, there had only been humans enslaving magical beasts. No phrase like "fighting side by side" had ever appeared. But the Pokémon called Victini, who had defeated it, also patted it on the body.
Don't worry. You don't need to worry about anything!
If you want to open your heart and meet new companions, now is the best chance!
Although this encounter was entirely accidental... how about trying, just a little, to listen to instructions and battle as a partner?
"Pichu!"
Spiky-eared Pichu nodded.
Its cheeks erupted with intense electricity, and it leaped suddenly.
Wrapped in powerful electric current, it charged out with incredible ferocity!
The little Pichu carried a Zap Plate with it, so the power of all its Electric-type moves would increase by 1.2 times!
Hikaru said, "Spike, use Volt Tackle!"
The mysterious man said, "Ngh, uwaaaah!"
Leaf said, "Oh, it's super effective!"
The man before them crackled with electricity and black smoke, then collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Spiky-eared Pichu turned around and looked at Hikaru in confusion.
What was "Spike"?
Hikaru said, "Mm, because calling you Pichu or Spiky-eared Pichu doesn't feel quite right. If I call you Little P, that feels too plain, so Spike it is."
"Or Sparky?"
Spiky-eared Pichu twitched its jagged ear.
Mm. It really did look different from other Pichu. It had been that way since a thousand years ago!
Fine. Call me whatever you like. Though this is the first time someone has ever given me a name.
That was what Spiky-eared Pichu thought.
But this feeling... wasn't bad!
No one had ever called it that before. Having a name seemed to represent some extraordinary meaning in human society.
From strangers to familiarity. Perhaps... we can get to know each other too!
Leaf said, "Should I say the physical constitution of humans in this world is strong or weak? They can clearly withstand Pokémon attacks, but they seem completely defenseless against certain specific attacks. Pichu's electricity can really beat someone up like this?"
The girl shook her head, indicating that she did not understand.
The man lying on the ground, whose face had been "blasted open," was Petrel, one of Team Rocket's Four Generals!
"Petrel is Team Rocket's master of disguise. He considers himself a good person, and although he is a Team Rocket executive, he occasionally leaks some very important information."
"And in this world, Petrel's disguise technique could be called almost divine."
"Using only the Makeup Kit on his body, he can completely transform into another face, even another person, within two seconds. Come to think of it, that no longer counts as a special technique. That's basically a superpower, isn't it?"
Petrel, electrocuted and sprawled on the floor with half his face blown open, stared in terror at the four people walking into the Sinjoh Ruins.
Two of them he did not know.
One was young Lance, whom he had "defeated."
And the last one was...
"B-Boss Giovanni! You..."
"Petrel, were you planning to disguise yourself as me and escape from here?"
Giovanni looked down at him from above, then looked at young Lance. "The fact that you were defeated by him is truly unbelievable."
Young Lance shook his head slightly.
"Because he transformed into a girl from the same hometown as me, a girl with the same power, someone who would shake my resolve."
This part of the plot was the root of how young Lance was humiliated and defeated by the Four Generals during the Sinjoh Ruins arc. In theory, someone with Champion-level strength like him should not have lost to opponents on the Four Generals' level.
But considering that Champions in Pokémon Adventures were basically all suppressed by villains, among the many Champions, most of the manga Champions had more losses than victories.
And the reason young Lance was defeated was precisely because Petrel transformed into Yellow while fighting him.
"Hmph. Yellow, is it..."
Giovanni had once fought side by side with Yellow. He understood that girl's personal charisma quite well. She truly was someone capable of shaking young Lance, and even Giovanni himself.
The three of them were born in the same hometown, came from the same city, and possessed similar powers.
The sounds of attack here also caused the Four Generals of Team Rocket, who were witnessing the terrifying event ahead, to turn around.
Proton said, "What was that sound?!"
Ariana said, "Petrel is gone! Who... Who's there?!"
Team Rocket's Four Generals were named Archer, Ariana, Proton, and Petrel. Their names all came from spaceflight, rockets, and missiles.
Archer came from the Apollo program. He was the executive most loyal to Giovanni, and he had also appeared in FireRed and LeafGreen, with pale cyan hair.
Ariana came from the Athena launch vehicle series. She had red hair and looked like a noblewoman, so some people suspected she was Silver's mother, but that had never been confirmed.
Proton came from the Lance surface-to-surface missile. Although his name was somewhat subtle, he had a cruel personality and wore a hat.
Petrel came from the Lambda launch vehicle. All the Pokémon he used were Koffing. He had purple hair and a sleazy face.
"Have you forgotten what I look like?"
Giovanni removed his hat and looked at the two terrified executives.
Along with the cries of "Boss Giovanni," Silver, who was on the stage fighting against Arceus and the three dragons of time and space, turned back in shock as well!
Ever since the FireRed and LeafGreen arc ended, Silver had settled Giovanni in a secret cabin and intended to find a way to cure his father. But one day, Giovanni had vanished without a trace, and Silver had not seen him for a very long time.
Likewise, Gold and Kris were also greatly shocked and turned back.
"Th-that's Lance, and he's Silver's father?"
"That's the person Silver has been searching for all this time, and he's also Team Rocket's leader! That really is shocking. But, but..."
Gold looked at Hikaru and Leaf.
"People I don't know, and a girl who looks a lot like Blue!"
"Big sis Blue?"
"You've got the wrong person, the wrong person." Leaf helplessly lifted the brim of her hat. "No, if you look closely, shouldn't there still be some differences?"
"Those three have already been born? There's no helping it, then. I had just heard some important information too."
Young Lance said, "The three Pokémon that were created seem about to break into a fierce battle. They were clearly only just created, yet they are hostile toward each other...?"
Hikaru said, "Even if they are three legends that were only just created, they carry ancient memories. Giratina has always been filled with hostility as it glares at Dialga and Palkia, because in this world, those two Pokémon once banished Giratina, who had tried to destroy this world, into the reverse world."
"Dialga and Palkia's vigilance and sense of mission, as well as Giratina's long-standing resentment, are deeply imprinted in every corner of one another's minds and bodies."
At a time like this, should he imitate old man Pryce and say, "You don't even know this, yet you dare try to control them? How shallow."
However, Hikaru was better at taking action himself!
So the Great Sword of Instant abruptly left its sheath. Archer, gritting his teeth and looking horrified, probably never expected that as the leader of the Four Generals, there would come a day when someone would use a weapon to knock him down directly!
"Uwaah!"
Archer was struck by the sword, and the enormous impact of the Sword of Instant sent him flying!
"The people in this world clearly can't withstand electric shocks, but when they're hit by a great sword, it only scrapes the skin. Although their internal organs might have been shaken, there's no bleeding and no wound cut open. How strange. Is this some kind of setting mechanic?"
"Leaf, you handle the dragon of the antimatter world, Giratina. That thing is Dragon and Ghost type. For a Champion like you, it should be easy to take down!"
"The three legends that appeared on the Stage of Light were created with powerful authorities and powers, but their actual level is only Level 1!"
Although this level setting did not exist in Pokémon Adventures, because these three dragons had been created directly by the alpaca through Unown, as if assembling pixels, and had not experienced the egg stage of the "mysterious orb."
But the three dragons in their newborn state were certainly not as strong as those in other worlds. The Legendary Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures world were all very weak apart from the alpaca!
Young Lance and Giovanni nodded to each other. "Then we'll deal with the dragons of time and space!"
"No, there's no need for that much trouble."
Behind Hikaru, the enormous phantoms of three dragons suddenly emerged.
"What happens next absolutely cannot be spoken of. You are to pretend you saw nothing and heard nothing. This never happened!"
The three giant dragons roared. Before they began battling, they first used powerful lightning, fire, and water to knock out all the Four Generals!
At the same time, Victini, still invisible, confiscated the Makeup Kit from the unconscious Petrel!
Interesting things belong to us now!
And at that instant, Hikaru heard Arceus's voice.
The alpaca with a heart full of murderous intent seemed to have recognized Hikaru's origin, and it angrily rebuked the actions he was preparing to take.
Why would you help the humans of this world? They are guilty beyond redemption and must suffer divine punishment! Can you not feel the hatred in my heart?
You who crossed distant time-spaces and were brought here by Celebi... You have never experienced my suffering, so how could you know my choice is wrong? To slaughter every person here, leaving not a single one alive. You... intend to use tools from another world to suppress my creations?
You, and "you all"... Do you love humanity that much?!
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