Crown City.
At this moment, the entire sky above Crown City was covered in dark clouds. The low, gloomy haze made people feel uneasy. Everyone in the city was packing their luggage and rushing out.
"Hey! You up there, come down!"
Gary was flying through the sky on Garchomp. As soon as he arrived near the outskirts of Crown City, he heard a voice from below through a megaphone.
He looked down and saw Officer Jenny shouting at him.
After Kodai announced the evacuation notice, the police station in Crown City naturally had to cooperate with the evacuation of the citizens. The entire city had already been blocked off.
Gary felt a headache coming on. He still had a travel restriction order on him, so for now, it was better not to clash with Officer Jenny. He had Garchomp land on the ground.
As soon as he landed, Officer Jenny came over and asked, "Don't you know Crown City is sealed off right now? What are you doing trying to enter?"
"I came here from the Kanto Region to visit Crown City. Is there a problem?" Gary asked back calmly.
"From Kanto?"
Officer Jenny looked at Garchomp with a strange expression. Someone from Kanto owning a Garchomp was rather unusual.
"Do you have anything that can prove your identity?"
Gary had no choice but to take out his Pokédex and hand it over.
Officer Jenny opened it and checked. It did contain Gary's identity information, along with verification from Professor Oak and Professor Rowan.
"I believe your identity, but there is an emergency in Crown City. You can't go in for now," Officer Jenny said.
"Alright, I understand."
Gary didn't argue with her. There were many ways to enter Crown City, so there was no need to force his way through Officer Jenny.
After getting his Pokédex back, Gary left the area guarded by the police and went to check elsewhere.
Basically, all the normal entrances were guarded by police officers. Some side roads had no guards, but they were covered by surveillance cameras.
"It looks like I'll have to act at night again," Gary muttered.
He wasn't in a hurry. It was still early before Kodai found the Time Ripple.
Night fell.
Gary came to an unattended entrance. There were no guards there, but there were plenty of surveillance cameras along the passage.
"Magnezone, change the magnetic field around here and disable all the cameras," Gary said, throwing out a Poké Ball.
"Zone."
Magnezone adjusted the surrounding magnetic field. The functioning cameras instantly failed, and the monitors in the security room were filled with static.
"Let's go."
"Vui."
Gary and Eevee quickly rushed through the passage, with Magnezone floating behind them. Only after they had passed did Magnezone restore the magnetic field, causing the cameras to return to normal.
The security guards in the monitoring room were confused for a moment, but when they saw that the passage was empty and normal again, they didn't pay much attention. After all, Crown City's equipment was relatively old. Once Kodai captured the Legendary Beasts, he would probably replace the city's surveillance systems anyway.
After entering Crown City, Gary wasn't in a rush to find Celebi.
The key was that he couldn't find Celebi right now.
"Let's check the strength of the Legendary Beasts first."
Gary's targets this time were the three Legendary Beasts and Celebi.
Because Zoroark had disguised itself as Raikou, it had angered the Legendary Beasts of the Sinnoh Region, causing them to come after Zoroark.
In terms of strength, although Zoroark was no match for all three Legendary Beasts, it seemed able to hold its own against one of them. That meant the level of Crown City's Legendary Beasts shouldn't be too high.
With his current strength, Gary felt he should be able to subdue them.
"Zapdos, let's head to the bay."
Gary recalled Magnezone and released Zapdos as transportation, then flew toward the bay of the old city.
Boom!!
As soon as they arrived near the bay, they saw a cluster of flames shoot from the pier toward a seaplane on the water, instantly detonating it.
"It's started."
Gary immediately realized that this attack was Entei's move. That meant the Legendary Beasts had arrived in Crown City and begun attacking Zoroark.
He had arrived just in time.
"Zapdos!"
Zapdos gave a warning cry.
Gary looked down and saw the three Legendary Beasts.
[Lv.65 Raikou / Legendary]
[Lv.65 Suicune / Legendary]
[Lv.65 Entei / Legendary]
Only Level 65.
Gary knew that the shiny Legendary Beasts in Sinnoh would be weaker than the ones in the Johto Region, but he hadn't expected all three to be only Level 65. That was lower than expected.
At this time, the three Legendary Beasts were standing side by side on the shore, staring at the burning seaplane, waiting to see whether Zoroark had been dealt with. None of them noticed Zapdos in the sky.
"Zoroark!"
At that moment, the water below surged, and a black-and-red figure burst out from beneath the surface.
It was Zoroark.
Zoroark rushed toward Suicune, but the three Legendary Beasts reacted faster and scattered instantly, causing Zoroark's attack to miss.
"Awoo!"
Suicune immediately counterattacked, spitting out a sharp blade of wind.
Zoroark did not dodge. It crossed its arms and endured the attack directly.
[Lv.60 Zoroark ♀ / Champion-tier]
Zoroark's level was not low. It was only five levels below the Legendary Beasts. No wonder it could deal with them for so long.
"Raikou!"
"Awoo!"
"Awoo!"
The three Legendary Beasts were furious.
"So these are the real Legendary Beasts."
"What should we do? The Legendary Beasts seem to have misunderstood Zoroark."
Joe and Tammy, who knew the truth, were hiding in the woods and secretly observing. They also wanted to help Zoroark, but they didn't dare go forward, afraid they would be caught in the battle.
"You three are bullying a mother and child. Don't you feel ashamed?"
At that moment, a voice came from above.
The three Legendary Beasts, who had been hostile toward Zoroark, immediately raised their heads. A golden figure descended from the sky, and a person stood on Zapdos's back.
"Zoroark..."
Zoroark looked at Gary warily.
Because of Grings Kodai, it no longer trusted humans. Even though Gary seemed to be on its side, it still couldn't trust him. Right now, all it wanted was to find its child, Zorua.
Gary jumped down from Zapdos's back and said, "Zoroark, go find your child. Leave these three to me."
Zoroark was surprised, but it didn't think too much. It immediately ran toward the city.
Seeing this, the three Legendary Beasts prepared to chase after it.
"Zapdos!"
Zapdos instantly released three bolts of lightning, blocking the three Legendary Beasts' path.
"Awoo!"
Raikou roared at Zapdos, as if trying to tell it about Zoroark's crimes.
"Zapdos!"
Zapdos didn't care. It believed in Gary. Gary would never attack the Legendary Beasts for no reason.
"I said I'll deal with this. Didn't you hear me?"
As soon as Gary finished speaking, he threw out two Poké Balls.
Flash!
[Lv.74 Blastoise / Legendary]
[Lv.71 Tyranitar / Legendary]