That meant that, if things had continued along their original trajectory—
After another ten or so minutes of fighting, VictoryGreymon would have relied on his advantages to gradually wear down Mewtwo's stamina before ultimately securing victory.
However, after Mewtwo completely entered a berserk state, he instead forced himself into his strongest condition.
For a time, his combat power skyrocketed.
As a result, even VictoryGreymon was unable to defeat him within a short period.
However—
That was all there was to it.
After another five or six exchanges, VictoryGreymon had gone from initially struggling to deal with Mewtwo's sudden change to handling him with ease.
He had essentially figured out Mewtwo's entire fighting style.
He had developed his own way of dealing with it.
Now, he could fight calmly and effortlessly.
His extraordinarily powerful innate combat instincts and intuition even allowed him to easily discover openings in Mewtwo's fighting style.
The scales of victory began tipping toward VictoryGreymon once again.
Seeing this, Shiko gave a slight nod.
If things continued developing like this, then after another ten or so minutes—
Once Mewtwo's stamina was completely exhausted—
Victory would ultimately belong to VictoryGreymon.
All Shiko needed to do now was wait.
Of course, Shiko was currently the only person on the entire battlefield who could actually understand what was happening.
Everyone else was completely incapable of following the battle.
Their ordinary eyes could not even capture the figures of the two combatants.
All they could see were two masses of light—one yellow and one white—constantly colliding in the sky, producing earth-shaking explosions.
They had absolutely no idea who currently held the advantage.
The spectators stood up, rose onto their toes, raised their heads, and widened their eyes.
They stared fixedly into the sky.
Yet they still could not obtain any useful information whatsoever.
"What exactly is happening up there right now?"
Inside the VIP suite, someone finally lost patience and asked.
But even after he spoke, nobody could answer him.
The others had no idea what was happening in the battle either.
All their eyes could see were two masses of light repeatedly colliding.
As for who was stronger, who was weaker, who held the advantage, and who was being suppressed—
They knew absolutely nothing.
All they could do was remain where they were and quietly wait.
They would have to see what the final result turned out to be.
Meanwhile—
Inside Team Rocket's ruined base, Giovanni stood before a massive electronic display, staring unblinkingly at the live broadcast.
Even the high-definition cameras were currently incapable of capturing clear images of the combatants.
At most, they could vaguely record two blurred masses of light constantly colliding with each other.
However, as the largest evil organization in the world and the possessor of some of its most advanced technology, Team Rocket naturally had methods beyond simple visual observation.
Even if their eyes could not see what was happening—
Their advanced instruments could still analyze the current state of the battlefield.
"Boss, something seems wrong with the current situation."
A thin scientist wearing glasses and a white lab coat stepped forward.
"What happened?"
Giovanni turned toward him and frowned.
"The latest data from the energy-monitoring equipment shows that Mewtwo's energy output experienced an explosive surge, but it has been continuously declining ever since."
"In other words, during the battle just now, he pushed himself into his strongest state."
"However, even after doing that, he has continued to fall behind."
"If this trend continues—"
"It won't be long before he loses."
"How could that happen?"
The moment the scientist finished speaking, Giovanni could not stop himself from exclaiming.
Was this some kind of joke?
Mewtwo was actually going to lose?
The series of battles Mewtwo had fought earlier had already far exceeded Giovanni's expectations.
Because of that, Mewtwo had reached an almost invincible position in Giovanni's mind.
Giovanni had believed that there was no Pokémon anywhere in the world capable of matching him.
After all, at the beginning of the battle, Mewtwo had indeed displayed an overwhelmingly invincible presence.
And now they were telling him that this seemingly invincible existence—
Was about to suffer his first defeat.
Naturally, Giovanni found that extremely difficult to accept.
Mewtwo was the culmination of humanity's most advanced genetic engineering and biotechnology.
He was also the ultimate weapon into which Giovanni had poured countless hopes and ambitions—
The weapon he intended to use to conquer the world.
Yet now, Mewtwo was about to experience his first defeat right here.
If that really happened, then what was even the point of talking about conquering the world?
Giovanni's ambitions would die before they had even truly begun.
There was no way he could accept that outcome.
However, as the leader of the world's largest evil organization, Giovanni's rationality quickly overcame his emotions.
He understood that no matter how unwilling he was to accept it, reality would not change.
And right now, this was an urgent problem that needed to be solved.
"Do we have a solution?"
Giovanni turned his gaze back toward the massive screen.
He watched the two masses of light constantly colliding and asked in a deep voice.
"We do, Boss."
"What?"
Giovanni could not help letting out a surprised sound.
He had not expected that answer at all.
He had already mentally prepared himself for Mewtwo's defeat.
Yet unexpectedly, the scientists under his command really did have another option.
"What is it?"
Giovanni immediately became excited and asked.
"We can use the newest technology we developed recently."
As the researcher spoke, his fingers rapidly moved across a tablet.
Then he handed it to Giovanni.
"Some time ago, we obtained a special form of energy."
"Because most of the researchers at the base were occupied with Mewtwo's final adjustments at the time, only a small group of personnel was assigned to study this energy."
"These are the results they produced recently."
"After analyzing and testing it, we have temporarily classified this energy as Dynamax power."
"To put it simply, this energy can dramatically increase the size of a Pokémon."
"After becoming larger, the Pokémon's stamina increases tremendously."
"And when the same moves are used in that state, they also undergo certain changes."
"It isn't merely an increase in raw intensity. The fundamental power of the moves themselves also appears to increase."
Giovanni's eyes immediately lit up when he heard this.
Wasn't this exactly what he needed?
The reason Mewtwo was currently at a disadvantage was that his opponent had increased tremendously in size while suffering none of the expected drawbacks.
Instead, VictoryGreymon had been strengthened in practically every respect.
That was precisely what had pushed Mewtwo into a disadvantage.
But if Mewtwo's size could also be increased—
And his stamina, strength, and other capabilities were enhanced enough to match his opponent—
Then Giovanni had absolute confidence that Mewtwo could win this battle.
And when that happened—
Mewtwo would once again become the strongest weapon Giovanni could use to conquer the world.
"How much larger will he become?"
After calming himself down, Giovanni asked the crucial question.
"Approximately ten times larger."
The scientists at the base had carried out rigorous analysis of the data.
Their estimate was relatively precise.
Ten times larger?
Giovanni imagined it in his mind.
If Mewtwo became ten times larger—
His size should become roughly comparable to VictoryGreymon's.
If that happened—
The entire battle could potentially be overturned.
"Then what are you waiting for?! Hurry up and let him use that power!"
(End of Chapter)
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