Chapter 264: N's Message
The video call ended. Ryan sprawled out on the sofa, exclaiming, "Ah, I'm exhausted! Pretending to be the final boss was so tiring!"
Meloetta covered her mouth and chuckled, saying, "Then why did you pretend to be the final boss? And if they didn't agree, were you really going to dismantle the League?"
That's right, Meloetta could speak now, not through telepathy, but like Meowth from Team Rocket, she could speak directly. But this was normal, since Meloetta's origin was sound. She couldn't speak before simply because she was too lazy to learn. After following Ryan, she began to slowly learn human language. And with the support of her sound origin, her learning progress was very fast. Unlike Lillie's Manaphy, who could only say Lillie and Ryan's names now.
Ryan shook his finger, gently stroking Zeraora, and said, "The League will definitely agree. After all, they still want to maintain their position as the world's governing body. Besides, one is to form an alliance, and the other is to be dismantled. Even a fool would choose that. Not to mention those shrewd officials; none of them are easy to deal with."
"But, Ryan, do you have any clues about that being?" Meloetta asked.
Ryan shook his head and said, "No. But I'm definitely related to Arceus. After all, according to the inscription on the plates, the only being capable of defeating Arceus is that shadowy figure. And the words in the photo Blue gave me, I always felt they pointed to Arceus. If Arceus's origin is creation, then the shadowy figure's origin is probably destruction, which is the opposite of Arceus. Arceus definitely knows the inside story, and the surviving legendary Pokémon know it too, but they don't want to tell us. They just think we don't have enough strength to solve the problem. When our strength is enough to easily defeat Arceus, everything should be fine."
Thinking about being able to easily defeat Arceus, the Pokémon were mesmerized, fantasizing about that scene.
In the endless dark space, Arceus sneezed several times in a row: A cold? Wait a minute, I'm the Original One! How could I catch a cold? It must be that young one talking about me.
Thinking of that young trainer, Arceus smiled and murmured, "I hope you collect all my plates soon, so my power will fully return. Only then can I defeat that being; that day isn't too far off!"
A week later, Lance reluctantly signed the alliance agreement and stamped it with the League's official seal.
"I really don't want to ally with someone like you," Lance said, handing the agreement to Ryan.
"Same here," Ryan smiled, "but it's unavoidable. You guys work on that thing quickly, and try to improve it."
"Uh. We don't even know what that shadowy figure is yet, why are you in such a hurry?" Lance said helplessly.
"Can you guarantee it won't come at any time?" Ryan said, "The faster it's completed, the more prepared we'll be. I've already told you about the suspect. The weakener must be improved, ideally portable, and its power must be high! The research facility's location has been chosen; send your researchers there immediately, and our personnel will be sent as well."
Lance nodded and then left with the alliance agreement.
Ryan watched Lance's disappearing figure, sighed, and said, "Hopefully it will be useful."
Ryan's goal was to replicate the weakener from Megalo Tower and improve upon it. Having witnessed the power of such a device, how could Ryan not be interested? Although he didn't yet know what that enormous being was, Ryan shared his theories about the Pokémon based on the available clues with the League, allowing them to make targeted preparations.
"Let's slowly train our strength from now on!" Ryan said, turning to his Pokémon.
The Pokémon also shouted in unison. Although that powerful being threatened the world, no matter how anxious they were, life had to go on. If they couldn't think of a solution, they would raise their strength to the point where they could ignore the problem, and then all problems would cease to be problems!
Just as Ryan was diligently training his Pokémon, a major event occurred in the Unova region. Team Plasma conquered the entire Unova region within a week! The combination of N—one human and two Pokémon, Zekrom and Genesect—directly defeated the League's top leadership, including the Elite Four and the Champion, removing them from power in the Unova region, completely breaking away from the League's control!
By the time Ryan received this news, it had been three months since the alliance with the League had been signed. Upon hearing that N had defeated the entire Unova League with just two Pokémon, Zekrom and Genesect, Ryan exclaimed, "Impressive!"
While amazed by N's performance, Ryan knew that the day of their decisive battle had arrived!
However, looking at the four dragons before him, Ryan was somewhat troubled. These four dragons were White Kyurem, Kyurem, Reshiram, and Zekrom.
N and Ryan had agreed that Zekrom and Reshiram would fight, but Reshiram had already fused with Kyurem, becoming White Kyurem, and he had three more of them. If they went like this, wouldn't a four-on-one fight be unfair?
But thinking of N's shocked expression, Ryan chuckled, finding it quite amusing!
"So, don't blame me for being cruel, N. I have no choice. Besides, Reshiram has become White Kyurem, so it's not breaking our agreement. You're the one who wanted to fight Reshiram!" Ryan thought, stroking his chin.
Touching the beard that had grown on his chin, Ryan felt nostalgic: he had been in the Pokémon world for over three years, almost four!
He was also about to celebrate his current body's seventeenth birthday, and he had gradually forgotten about Earth, slowly adapting to life here.
However, Ryan smiled carefree; his life now was far better than before. Power in hand, his love by his side—wasn't this the life he had always dreamed of?
He mounted White Kyurem, and Lillie came over, saying, "I'll go too. After all, those Team Plasma members will definitely bother you. I'll stop them!"
Seeing Lillie's confident gaze, Ryan nodded and smiled, "Come on, let's go meet N!"
He then extended his hand to Lillie. With Togekiss's help, Lillie also landed on White Kyurem. The other Kyurem and dragons transformed into small forms and flew into Ryan's hand.
White Kyurem's tail instantly emitted a large amount of heat, followed by propulsion that launched it directly into the sky. White Kyurem glanced at the direction, then increased its speed again, hurtling towards the Unova region!
(End of Chapter)
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