Giovanni, currently in Sinnoh, had black lines all over his face.
'If you want to see so badly, just teleport over and take him yourself!'
'For you, it's just the blink of an eye, isn't it?'
But Giovanni didn't dare to argue with Lott. He could only obediently turn on the live stream and point the camera at Goh, who was being held in his Crobat's mouth.
Seeing Goh, who had withered into a skeleton, whose stench could almost be smelled through the screen, with only one breath left-
The old veterans who had experienced battlefields were fine, as they were used to it-
But some ordinary people without special powers, and young girls who grew up in greenhouses, were all startled.
'He was really in a miserable state.'
[Gintoki: Whoa! You scared Gin-san! I thought it was a mummy!]
[Xia Dou: Wow, so pitiful... just because he offended Lott-san's girlfriend, he was tortured like this...]
[Donquixote Doflamingo: Fufufu~ The kid upstairs is too inexperienced. If you'd seen the deeds of the Celestial Dragons, you'd think Lott is too gentle.]
[Charles Goodshow: @Lance @Diancie @Steven @Diantha, What are you all doing!? Stop Giovanni!]
Charles Goodshow @'ed the champions of the various leagues in a string.
'What are you all just watching for?'
'You can't seriously want to give the wish-granting opportunity to Giovanni for free!?'
"It's too late!"
Steven, currently in Oreburgh City hundreds of miles away from Floaroma Meadow, quickly sent out his Shiny Metagross flying towards the target location.
He shouldn't have come here to look at stones.
"Zekrom!"
Suddenly, N shouted loudly.
Zekrom soaring in the night sky, wrapped in golden voltage, its body covered to form a giant lightning ball, charged downward!
Bolt Strike!
"So that's the Hero of Truth of this generation?!"
The people of the Unova region had their expressions changed dramatically.
Anyone from Unova had heard of the legend of the Tao Dragons.
Every child also hoped to be chosen to become the Hero of Truth or Ideals.
In Unova's history, there had been precedents of Unova League Champions becoming heroes.
But this time, no one understood if Zekrom had drunk too much or what, actually choosing a crime boss as its representative.
"Oh~ I almost forgot about you."
Giovanni looked up at Zekrom charging towards him from above.
He decisively took a Master Ball from the inner pocket of his black suit and threw it.
The Master Ball opened its lid by itself in mid-air.
Before the Pokémon inside even appeared, pale purple wave energy surged out like a tide-
Transforming into an invisible net that covered the falling lightning ball and stopped its advance.
Psychic!
The Psychic energy was like an invisible hand, squeezing Zekrom tighter and tighter like a sparrow.
At that moment, the Pokémon that had jumped out of Giovanni's Poké Ball finally revealed its true form-
Mewtwo!
Lance, who was riding on his Dragonite's back, rushing towards Floaroma Town at high speed, had his expression changed drastically.
'It's that one!'
The reason he let Giovanni escape last time was because of this Pokémon!
The Mewtwo on the scene narrowed its eyes fiercely.
It increased its power output to the limit.
The psychic energy squeezed Zekrom, pushing it far away.
It crashed through who knows how many trees before barely stopping.
N cried out in shock: "Zekrom!"
The corner of Reshiram's mouth, standing behind Lott, curled up harder to suppress than an AK-47. It couldn't help but post a comment:
[If you're bad, practice more!]
Oh, that message wasn't sent by it, as it used telepathy to have Erina send it for it.
"I don't have time to waste on you."
Giovanni couldn't be bothered to waste another second on N.
He called out his Beedrill, whose strength was second only to Mewtwo in his team.
Beedrill extended the stinger on its right hand through the back collar of Goh's clothes and lifted him up.
Crobat hooked its feet onto Giovanni's shoulders, while Mewtwo acted as a bodyguard by his side.
He prepared to head to Kitakami in this formation to deliver the goods.
"Charizard! Flamethrower!"
However, the moment Giovanni took off, before he had flown half a mile-
A shout rang out.
Giovanni and the three Pokémon he had sent out simultaneously looked up.
A massive pillar of fire was already descending.
Mewtwo raised its hand and used [Protect], blocking the flames with an energy shield.
As the flames dissipated, the destructive force hovering above, and the man riding on its back.
It was none other than the Galar League Champion, Diancie!
"Another troublesome fellow has arrived."
Giovanni said displeased.
Rose, far away in Galar, showed a satisfied smile. "Good, Diancie, snatch that kid over."
But before either Diancie or Giovanni could make a move-
Suddenly, both their expressions changed drastically.
They simultaneously retreated quickly backward, leaving the spectators in the group utterly bewildered.
'What's wrong with them?'
But the next second, the group members knew the answer.
Several irregular, zigzagging silver beams of light swept over the spot where Diancie and Giovanni had just been, landing in an instant on the flower field that had already turned into a sea of fire.
Instantly, the flower field became a frozen world!
Whether it was the flames, the flowers, the corpses of the Team Plasma grunts on the ground, or even the distant sea-
All were frozen into a bluish-white color!
[Paul: Th-The sea... was frozen...]
[Gary: That was... Ice Beam, right?]
[Lorelei: That range... As an Ice-type trainer, I feel ashamed. Could it be Kyurem, the Ice Dragon, has arrived?]
'But that Ice Beam... its power was just too terrifying!'
Not to mention the hundreds of millions of ordinary trainers watching the live stream, including people like Ash, Gary, and Paul-
Even Diancie, who was at the peak champion level, and Giovanni, who had one foot over the master-level threshold, were stunned.
'Is... is this really Ice Beam?'
Giovanni, Diancie, and the others on the scene turned to look in the direction from which that Ice Beam was fired.
The camera also shifted with Giovanni's perspective.
Lott, who had arrived at Loyalty Plaza, couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh upon seeing the newcomer. "Oh~ An unexpected participant has arrived."
Soaring high in the sky, confronting Diancie's Charizard and Giovanni's Mewtwo-
Was a Delibird with an aloof expression.
That's right, the one that, while not exactly common, is definitely not considered rare, almost never seen in high-level battles, and generally used as a messenger pigeon… Delibird!
Lorelei, who was riding on her Lapras also heading towards Floaroma Town, was dumbfounded.
As an Ice-type trainer, no one understood the power of that earlier Ice Beam better than her.
'I thought Kyurem had arrived.'
'B-But you're telling me that Ice Beam, with power comparable to a Legendary Pokémon, was fired by a Delibird!?'
And on the Delibird's back, a figure cloaked in black robes, with gray-white long hair, wearing an ice-made ghost mask, spoke to Giovanni in a hoarse voice through the mask:
"Hand that boy over to me."
"It seems there are masters hidden in this world that even I, Giovanni, was unaware of. But it appears even those who have stepped into the master level have desires."
Giovanni gave a signal to his Beedrill, instructing it to move Goh to the very back of the formation, then sneered at the Masked Man.
"But do you think that's possible?"
Giovanni himself was half a step into the master level, so he could determine that this masked individual was a genuine master-level trainer.
'This was not a good place to stay!'
Thinking this, Giovanni and Beedrill simultaneously placed their hands on Mewtwo's shoulders.
"Don't even think about it!"
The Masked Man instantly saw through Giovanni's intention.
The Delibird beneath him waved its pitifully short right wing-
Yet it unleashed a super slash comparable to Mihawk's from the Planet Pirate.
Air Slash!
"Eeeeeeaaaaah-"
Goh's scream echoed through the night sky.
A leg fell from high above onto the frozen flower field.