"Diancie doesn't always know her own strength. Don't take it to heart."
Damian walked slowly toward the Galarian Moltres, which was unable to get back up, his face wearing a friendly smile.
Mega Diancie floated beside Damian, also "kindly" staring at the Galarian Moltres, the butterfly light sword in her hand gleaming.
"So now, Moltres, are you willing to become my partner?"
Damian lowered his head slightly and looked at the Galarian Moltres.
The Galarian Moltres felt like this human was threatening it!
Because when this human spoke, the tip of Mega Diancie's sword was pointed dead straight at its forehead.
Wasn't that just a threat?
"You can think it over carefully. If you agree, I'll train you properly, and you'll get stronger too in the future."
Damian ignored it and kept smiling at the Galarian Moltres, his tone sounding more like a discussion.
"I really hope you'll give me an answer that I can be satisfied with."
Humans, you've gone too far in bullying me!
In a fit of rage, the Galarian Moltres—
"Chiu!"
"Good. Wise choice. Then come on in."
Humans, you've gone too far in bullying me!
In a fit of rage, the Galarian Moltres—
"Chiu!"
"Good. Wise choice. Then come on in."
Damian nodded at once when he heard that, took out a Ultra Ball, and threw it at the Galarian Moltres.
That's right, the Galarian Moltres agreed. It felt like it had drifted through half a lifetime without ever meeting a true powerful trainer, but now it had found one.
Mega Diancie moved the butterfly light sword away, and the Galarian Moltres finally let out a sigh of relief.
Then it shot Mega Diancie a fierce glare in secret.
Damn it! But there was nothing it could do now. This Diancie was just too damn strong.
Fine, I'll endure it for now!
Just wait until I get stronger. Then we'll see whether I don't ride on you and take a dump!
"Today's luck is seriously something else."
Looking at the Ultra Ball in his hand containing the Galarian Moltres, Damian's lips curled up.
His luck really was good. He hadn't expected to run into a gathering of Galar's Legendary bird Pokémon the moment he arrived, and it was perfect for bagging all of them.
Damian turned around and saw that Caitlin and Serena were still in battle. On Caitlin's side, Mega Metagross was already beating down the Galarian Articuno.
Serena's battle was a bit tense, though. Even if Blacephalon was immune to Fighting-type moves, Galarian Zapdos, even as a wild one, wasn't the kind of Pokémon that only fought with Fighting-type moves.
Galarian Zapdos was ferocious, not stupid.
After trying it once and finding that Fighting-type moves didn't work on Blacephalon, it had switched moves.
"Mr. Damian~ congratulations."
Seeing that Damian had completed the capture, Dawn immediately trotted over and happily congratulated him.
"Thanks, Dawn. Did you let Serena have the chance?"
Damian ruffled Dawn's little head, and Dawn immediately shut her eyes a little shyly.
Ever since the matter with Akari had been made public, Damian had grown even more affectionate toward Dawn, often giving her intimate little gestures.
But Dawn didn't resist it. In fact, she enjoyed it a lot.
At first, she'd been a little conflicted about what kind of attitude she should take with Damian, but slowly growing closer like this, naturally and step by step, was actually something she really liked.
If she had to take the initiative herself, Dawn really was a little too thin-skinned for that.
"Nope, we played a little game, and Serena won."
Dawn quickly explained.
"I see. That's fine, too. Next, we'll just go look for the Legendary giants. The Legendary giants sealed in the Crown Tundra are no ordinary Pokémon either." Damian nodded.
"Mm~!" Dawn's ending tone was adorable, as if she were being spoiled.
The two of them watched Caitlin and Serena's capture battle. Neither of them worried that Caitlin and Serena would fail.
As for Caitlin, there was no need to say more. Serena's battle was a little neck-and-neck, but in the end, Galarian Zapdos was a wild one.
Beating Galarian Zapdos was only a matter of time.
"If I remember right, Regidrago and the others were sealed in the Split-Decision Ruins."
Damian recalled it, though quite a bit of time had passed. He remembered that both Regidrago and Regieleki were sealed inside the Split-Decision Ruins.
In the game, to enter the Split-Decision Ruins, you first had to catch the three Legendary Titans: Regirock, Regice, and Registeel.
And inside the Split-Decision Ruins, you could only choose one of the two, Regieleki or Regidrago.
But in the real world, there naturally wasn't any such "rule." As long as you could find the location of the Split-Decision Ruins, that was enough.
"I think it was to the east."
Damian opened the Crown Tundra map that Peonia had kindly given him, and his gaze finally settled on the far eastern edge.
It was indeed east. So the next goal was clear.
After waiting for a while, Caitlin successfully caught the Galarian Articuno, gaining another powerful comrade.
As for Serena, she also managed to catch the Galarian Zapdos without too much trouble.
The girl was so excited holding the Poké Ball with Galarian Zapdos inside that she finally had a Legendary Pokémon of her own, giving her the confidence to face Dawn and the others head-on.
"Congratulations, Serena. Make sure you train Zapdos well. It can become the ace of your team."
Damian smiled and congratulated Serena.
"Thank you, thank you so much, Mr. Damian."
Serena blinked her bright eyes and bowed very formally to Damian.
She knew very well that Mr. Damian had taken great care of her. Otherwise, he had no reason to keep her by his side.
And he had also given her the chance to catch Galarian Zapdos. Although she'd won that chance from Dawn, if Damian had caught Galarian Zapdos himself and kept it at the Tree of Beginning Park to raise it?
In the end, it was still Damian who had given her this opportunity.
Ever since joining Team Rocket, Mr. Damian had really treated her very well.
Serena didn't even know how she should repay him.
"This was your own hard work. No need to thank me."
Damian chuckled.
"Alright, then let's rest a bit before moving on. The next destination is already set."
The four of them rested under a large tree for half an hour, then headed toward the location of the Split-Decision Ruins.
The Split-Decision Ruins were at the far eastern end of the Crown Tundra, at the end of the Three-Point Pass.
With Reshiram as their ride, the four of them traveled quickly and soon reached the location of the Split-Decision Ruins.
"Huh? Mr. Damian, the main doors of the ruins are actually open."
Dawn looked at the wide-open ruin doors with some surprise.
"Looks like we've run into an adventurer. Let's go in and take a look."
Damian narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the footprints near the entrance. They should have been left just recently.
That meant the person had not been in the ruins for very long.
Recalling Reshiram, Damian led the four of them into the ruins.
The interior of the Split-Decision Ruins wasn't small. It was about the same as other normal ruins, old and desolate inside.
At the center was a raised platform, reachable directly by the stairs. On the platform, a girl was currently studying the stone statues in the middle of the ruins, deep in thought.
"Huh? There are other people here?"
Hearing footsteps, the girl turned around and looked at Damian and the others with surprise.
And once Damian saw her clearly, his brows lifted slightly.
The girl had smooth chestnut-colored short hair, wore a green Scottish-style flat cap, and had on a pink dress. Her rounded, soft-looking legs were exposed in the air, and over the dress she wore a gray hooded cardigan.
Her face was pure and adorable, and her eyes were bright as she curiously looked at the four of them.
Damian recognized her at a glance. She was the female protagonist of Sword and Shield, Gloria!
The girl chosen by Zacian in the original story!
Hmm. But in this world, even Zacian's Rusted Sword had been taken by him, so she and Zacian were probably destined to miss each other.
"She's such an adorable girl."
Dawn was also surprised as she looked at the chestnut-haired girl, never expecting an adventurer who had gone deep into the Crown Tundra to be such a young-looking girl.
After all, the Crown Tundra area really was pretty dangerous. The wild Pokémon here were all high level, and there were also quite a few energy points. A wild Pokémon in an energy point could very possibly be stimulated by the Dynamax energy from the energy point and thus Dynamax.
"Hello, I'm Gloria from Postwick. I'm currently on a Gym Challenge adventure."
Gloria clearly had a pretty friendly personality, and she took the initiative to introduce herself to Damian and the others.
"Hello, I'm Damian from Kanto. They're my friends."
Damian returned a kind, sunny smile and introduced the three girls, Caitlin included.
"Damian? That name sounds familiar."
Gloria tilted her head in confusion at that, but very quickly, her eyes lit up.
"Oh, right! You're that Damian from Team Rocket, aren't you? I've watched your interview video!"
Gloria remembered, and she spoke to Damian with sparkling eyes, her tone a little excited.
"I didn't expect you'd seen that interview. Yes, I'm Team Rocket's boss, Damian."
Damian chuckled softly.
"You're seriously amazing! I was so excited back then. I'm one of your fans, and my friends worship you too."
The distance between them instantly shrank a lot. Gloria really hadn't expected to run into that "celebrity" she liked in the Galar Region.
After all, Damian's interviews really did have a very uplifting tone, especially that "Bible" line about changing the world. It had already spread far and wide online.
That gave Damian a lot more fans.
And the friend Gloria was talking about was Hop, who had set out on his journey the same day as her.
Yeah, Hop really liked Damian. According to Hop himself, aside from his older brother Leon, Damian was the person he worshipped most.
"Thanks for the support."
Damian's smile was still very friendly.
The two of them chatted briefly. Of course, mostly it was Gloria doing the talking. She was very interested in Team Rocket, and Damian patiently and politely answered her.
Because Damian was really interested in Gloria.
"Gloria, how did you end up at these ruins?"
Damian asked curiously.
"Oh~ because I've already challenged all the Gyms, and the Champion Cup hasn't started yet, so I figured I'd come to the Crown Tundra for some special training."
Gloria blinked. Actually, she had already been planning to leave the Crown Tundra in the next few days, and after that, she planned to go to the Isle of Armor to visit senior Mustard.
Because Champion Leon told her that senior Mustard was looking for a suitable Trainer for his Kubfu offspring.
Leon thought Gloria was the right choice. As for his little brother Hop?
Leon was looking forward to Hop becoming his rival in the future, but what was worth noting was that Leon felt that compared with Gloria...
To put it tactfully, there was still a gap at the moment.
Leon really thought Hop probably still couldn't pass Master Mustard's test right now.
That's right, Leon was actually Mustard's student too, except that by now, Leon had long since surpassed the master.
Leon was very optimistic about Gloria, this junior, and he also felt that Gloria should be able to earn Mustard's approval and take Kubfu away.
Just thinking about Gloria challenging him in the future with an Urshifu made Leon feel that would definitely be a thrilling battle!
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