"What's going on? The screen image suddenly disappeared."
The man on the airship questioned loudly.
His subordinate's fingers fluttered quickly across the keyboard, "I've found it, Boss Koutai, it was destroyed by a man commanding his Pokémon."
After saying that, he projected the final video onto the screen.
Koutai watched the events on the screen; Zoroark had transformed into Entei and was rushing towards Crown City when a Ninetales, completely enveloped in flames, suddenly appeared and slammed into it.
After Zoroark dodged, it continued to charge forward.
Koutai looked at the man appearing in the video.
The man stared coldly at the camera, and then his lips moved.
"Gothitelle."
The video ended there.
What happened? Was he looking at me?
This thought suddenly surfaced in Koutai's heart.
Then his head throbbed, and images flashed before his eyes.
The figures of five people flashed by—Pikachu, Piplup, and a familiar figure standing right in front of him, stopping him.
Just as he wanted to keep watching, static flashed and the scene suddenly switched to another image.
In this scene, there was only one person, sitting on the back of a massive Ninetales, looking coldly at Entei, Raikou, and Suicune—
"Ah—!"
Koutai's eyes stung, and then he felt his eye sockets grow moist; he reached out to touch them and found his face covered in tears.
That person—
That person is the one from the screen just now—
What's going on?! He clearly wasn't in these images, how did he suddenly appear?!
Koutai couldn't help but panic in his heart.
"Boss Koutai, what do we do now?"
Koutai was pulled back to his senses by his subordinate's voice, and he stabilized his state.
"Ignore him, proceed according to plan. Send out more cameras, and have the ones that weren't destroyed fly higher, right into the city."
"Yes."
Several more drone cameras flew out from the airship, heading towards Crown City.
The residents of Crown City knew nothing of these events; at this moment, Crown City was welcoming a new, energetic day.
"Mom, look!"
A young girl shouted to a woman who was watering flowers with a Tangrowth.
The woman looked back and saw her daughter with her hair in twin tails, holding up a flag.
"Today, the Holy Sky Fighters will definitely win the championship of this Pokémon Baccer match!"
Just as the woman was about to speak, she saw her daughter run off.
The woman sighed helplessly, then turned back to continue watering the flowers in the garden.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew past, and a green figure flashed before her eyes; she looked closely and realized it was the figure the city had been longing for day and night.
"That person—Cele... bi?!"
The woman murmured to herself. Watching Celebi's disappearing back, she suddenly grabbed Tangrowth's vines, swung them, and tossed Tangrowth into the bed of a tricycle; she then jumped onto the tricycle herself and pedaled furiously.
The tricycle moved forward at an unbelievable speed.
Reaching a street, the tricycle made a stylish drift; she jumped off and rushed toward a man who had just stepped out of his house.
"Good morning, Mrs. Domo."
The man, with a Mightyena, saw Mrs. Domo running toward him and greeted her with a smile.
"Mr. Joe, now is not the time for that."
Mrs. Domo stopped and stared intently at Mr. Joe, "Do you know who I just saw?"
"Celebi—"
"After twenty years, Celebi has finally returned."
Mr. Joe's eyes widened upon hearing Mrs. Domo's words, "Really?"
Mrs. Domo nodded firmly, and the Tangrowth beside her also testified for her.
"Great, that's wonderful news. Come on, let's go find Celebi together."
"Ngh," on a deserted street, Zoroark jumped down, clutching its left shoulder.
Its shoulder had been injured by a Flamethrower last night and was currently throbbing with pain.
"Go, transform into Entei, Suicune, and Raikou and turn the city upside down!"
Koutai's voice echoed in its ears. Zoroark gritted its teeth and slammed its hands onto the ground, creating powerful shockwaves.
At this moment, in a tree, three figures were lying low—figures very familiar to both Lucas and Ash.
"A Pokémon I've never seen before."
"It's my first time seeing it too, wobb."
"It looks very strong."
Jessie and the others were talking in the tree.
They saw the shockwaves thrown by Zoroark completely destroy the surroundings, and the three of them were blown away along with it.
"We're blasting off again—!"
—
Zoroark leapt onto the rooftops, running quickly, then transformed into Suicune and began sprinting through the streets.
"This is—"
"It's Suicune, meow."
"I didn't expect it to appear before us just like that."
While Jessie and the others were still talking, the Suicune Zoroark had transformed into was already rampaging through the city, carrying waves of water behind it.
Pedestrians on the street began to flee in succession.
The young girl from before saw people running back and was wondering what happened when she saw a Suicune run past her.
"Sui—Suicune?"
She looked back and found a huge wave surging toward her.
She hurriedly climbed up a streetlamp.
The cameras followed behind Zoroark.
"Have Camera 1 keep following Suicune, and Camera 2 film the situation with the pedestrians."
"Received."
Koutai said quickly while looking at the video being sent back on the screen.
"Then combine the videos and alter them slightly."
The two video clips were combined; through their manipulation, it appeared as though wherever Zoroark passed, everything was destroyed.
Koutai's voice kept echoing in Zoroark's mind.
Thus, it continuously transformed into Suicune, Raikou, and Entei, using illusions to create panic throughout Crown City.
Meanwhile, on a distant body of water, a white Suicune gazed in the direction of Crown City.
Atop a mountain peak, a Raikou also gazed in the direction of Crown City.
On a cliffside, an Entei began leaping across various valleys.
The three Legendary Beasts began rushing toward Crown City.
Seeing the panic Zoroark was causing in Crown City, Koutai was delighted, "Excellent, just like that. Next is the apology video."
As Crown City fell into chaos, a figure appeared on every electronic screen in the city.
"Everyone, I am sorry to announce this news. The Entei, Suicune, and Raikou I brought to participate in the Baccer match are rampaging through the city because they are being controlled by an evil Pokémon, Zoroark. I am deeply sorry for putting you all in danger."
The Raikou Zoroark had transformed into reached the clock tower at the highest point of the city, and the sky began to fill with thunderclouds.
"We are currently preparing a recovery plan. Residents, please temporarily evacuate Crown City and head outside for safety."
The residents of Crown City began running toward the outskirts.
And in the crowd, the Team Rocket trio wore smiles of successful plotting.
Officer Jenny of Crown City was directing operations outside the city and had blocked all entrances to Crown City, allowing only exits and no entry.
Ash and his friends arrived just then, only to find that the place had already been sealed off.