"Holy shit! John's insane!"
"I'm calling it right now, the Masters Eight tournament doesn't need to continue. John's the only possible champion. Anyone disagree? Let them try handling two Legendary Pokemon first!"
"Dude, facts!"
"John, you are my GOD!"
"I'm wondering what expression Chadri has right now..."
Live stream comments flooded the screen in a torrential barrage.
Sky Island, clearly the venue for Magnus versus Lance, was now echoing everywhere with cheers for John's name.
The scheduled time for Magnus and Lance's Masters Eight match had already arrived, but their battle had been forced to conclude because of John's battle broadcast appearing.
Even after officially ending, Magnus and Lance remained standing on the battle arena, waiting for the referee team and World Pokemon League officials' final decision.
Originally, if a normal sanctuary entrance appeared, World Pokemon League officials could have the two Masters relocate to another battle arena to continue. They had emergency protocols for situations when battle arenas became unusable.
However, the person appearing in this broadcast was also a Masters Eight member, but one whose popularity and strength far exceeded the other seven top-tier trainers. Draconia's current Champion, John. That alone would have been fine, John frequently trended on social media.
But now, John's opponents were the ancient Legendary Pokemon, the Ocean God Kyogre and the Continent God Groudon.
Such explosive battle content.
Even if World Pokemon League officials arranged a new battle arena to continue the Masters Eight tournament, no spectators would watch. Not just spectators, the two Masters Eight competitors wouldn't agree either. Because they also wanted to observe this match!
Cornered, World Pokemon League officials could only temporarily postpone Magnus and Lance's Masters Eight bout. It would be rescheduled for tomorrow.
From the challenger seats, also the highest observation positions, Magnus and Lance both stared unblinking at the broadcast of John battling the two Legendary Pokemon.
On the other side of the world, at the Burial Sea Archipelago.
Currently, Chadri sat reclined on a sofa watching a match.
It should have been the former Champion from Draconia, Magnus, versus the universally-feared Dark-type Champion Lance. Now it had transformed into his opponent two days hence, John versus two ancient, still-living Legendary Pokemon Kyogre and Groudon's live broadcast battle.
From the very beginning when John faced Kyogre and Groudon, Chadri thought things looked bad for him. Then came shock when John's Shiny Rayquaza appeared. Then came Zeraora's combo devastated Kyogre. Until finally, after Greninja thrashed Groudon, Chadri sat drenched in cold sweat, tension pulled taut.
He'll win... right?
Chadri used an answer he himself didn't believe to console himself internally.
Rainbow Rocket Headquarters.
After defeating Groudon and Kyogre, John entered the next world.
Inside the world gate was a mountain peak. Atop the mountain stood an altar. A man wearing silver robes with a golden "G" on his chest, blue hair, arms crossed, stood upon the altar.
The man's expression was cold and severe, utterly humorless.
He was Team Galactic's leader, Cyrus.
Cyrus believed human hearts were imperfect objects. Therefore, he utilized the Legendary Pokemon Dialga and Palkia's power to destroy the current world and create a new perfect world without hearts.
Therefore, on this floor, John had to face:
A "heartless" Cyrus, along with the power he'd used to create his new perfect world.
The God of Time and God of Space, one left, one right, floating beside Cyrus.
Upon entering this floor's world, the Shiny Rayquaza beneath John's feet immediately vanished.
One Pokemon could only participate in one battle. Although it hadn't shown much in the previous world, well, thrashing Groudon once indeed didn't count as a major performance for John's Mega Shiny Rayquaza.
"Spear Pillar?" John surveyed his surroundings. The environment felt somewhat familiar.
Yes, that's right. This was Spear Pillar.
Not long ago, John had battled at Spear Pillar during the Hisui era.
Previously, his opponent had been Giratina.
Now, his opponents were Dialga and Palkia.
Though he'd fought these two Legendary Pokemon before, just as the battle reached its most intense moment, it had been forcibly interrupted by Arceus's sudden appearance.
He could finally have a proper, satisfying battle.
John recalled the previous encounter, he'd deployed his main force.
Mega Gardevoir solo-dueled Palkia.
Greninja, Mega Gengar, Urshifu, and Mega Garchomp (Crimson Orb) as well as Mega Metagross cooperated against Dialga.
This time, he was thinking differently.
John decided to respond with a far more aggressive approach.
Walking to the PC terminal at Spear Pillar's entrance, John began selecting Pokemon for this match. Cyrus stood calmly deep within the ruins, watching John operate the computer without any movement.
In the PC system, John carefully selected six Pokemon.
Although selecting six Pokemon, in reality, John only planned to deploy one.
He grabbed the first Pokeball from his waist.
The Pokeball expanded in his hand, gleaming with dark energy, a PokeBall.
John smiled coldly. "Time to show these so-called gods what true power looks like."
He pressed the release button.
"Come out, Gardevoir."