Above Melemele Island in the Alola region, the air trembled violently, the clouds scattering apart.
Ripples like waves spread through the sky.
Then, all of a sudden, light appeared overhead.
It began as a single point, then slowly spread outward, growing brighter and brighter.
This light did not seem to be shining from the sky itself.
If the sky were compared to a two-sided mirror, then this dazzling radiance was shining from the other side of the mirror.
As the light grew ever more brilliant—
Crack, crack—
The sky split like shattered glass, white fissures appearing one after another.
Light poured out through those cracks.
Then, with a sudden surge, the cracks were forced open completely, forming a great hole of light.
Seven-colored radiance flowed around its edges, making it look mysterious and extraordinary.
At first, everyone thought it was simply a hole of light.
But when they looked closely, they realized—
This was the entrance to a passage!!
Through the opening, they could see countless streams of light within, forming a tunnel-like corridor rooted in the void, eerily similar to the spacetime passages in science fiction, leading to who knew where.
Like a wormhole—
Connecting to another world.
"W-What… what exactly is that?"
The people of Alola stared nervously at the light hole.
How could they not be nervous?
This incident was happening in Alola, after all.
And just moments earlier, the Island Kahunas had searched through ancient texts and discovered something major—
Something related to the TOP 2 cover.
On that cover, the sun and moon were devoured, and the world fell into endless darkness.
After realizing that the main setting of the TOP 2 video was the Alola region, they searched through the old records—
And truly found something.
The Manalo Festival!!
It was a traditional event in Alola, a grand celebration held once every year.
That tradition had been maintained from a very, very distant past all the way to the present day.
But as it had been passed down over time, even the Island Kahunas no longer knew what the Manalo Festival was actually celebrating.
They only knew that their ancestors had always held it every year.
And that it was the most important day in all of Alola.
The Island Kahunas searched through ancient records and eventually found a parchment within a volume excavated from some ruins.
Only then did they learn the true origin of the Manalo Festival.
Long ago, it should not have been called the Manalo Festival.
It should have been called the Manalo Rite.
Just one word different—
Yet the meaning was completely different.
A rite meant sacrifice.
A festival meant celebration.
Legend said…
A very, very long time ago, the Alola region once experienced a total solar eclipse and a total lunar eclipse.
That's right—
Those two celestial phenomena appeared over Alola at the same time.
After that…
For several consecutive days, the Alola region was shrouded in endless darkness.
There was no day.
There was no night.
All of Alola fell into panic.
They believed they had angered the Sun God and the Moon God, and that was why those gods had withdrawn the light they cast upon the world.
To beg forgiveness from the Sun God and the Moon God—
The people of the entire Alola region prayed to the sky that had lost both the sun and the moon.
And sure enough—
After lasting several days, the darkness vanished.
Light returned to the world once more.
That day became known as the Manalo Rite.
Every year on that day, rituals would be held to thank the Sun God and the Moon God for their gift of light to the world.
As time passed—
By the modern era, the Manalo Rite had gradually evolved into a festival.
When the Island Kahunas learned all this from the ancient texts—
Their scalps tingled.
There was too much implied by it all.
The world had once fallen into utter darkness.
There truly were a Sun God and a Moon God.
But…
The light hole that appeared in the sky in the video—
There was no mention of that in the ancient records.
They had no idea what it was.
What they did know, however, was that the Legendary Pokémon who governed day and night were very likely in the Alola region.
Had it truly been the case, countless years ago, that the Sun God and Moon God were angered, and so withdrew the light they bestowed upon the earth?
Their hearts were filled with doubt.
"W-What is that thing?"
"Why did such a weird light hole suddenly appear in the sky?"
Everyone felt an eerie chill.
Could that light hole lead to some kind of subspace?
Compared to everyone else's confusion—
On Aether Paradise, things were different.
Besides the four great islands, Alola also had an artificial island.
The Alola science organization, the Aether Foundation, was headquartered there, and the artificial island itself had been built by them.
At the Aether Foundation's headquarters stood a beautiful woman with long golden hair and a graceful figure.
She was the founder of the Aether Foundation—
Lusamine.
Her eyes locked tightly onto the light hole in the video as she forced the words out through clenched teeth:
"The Ultra Wormhole!!"
For five whole years, she had tried every possible method, yet had never been able to open the Ultra Wormhole again.
And now, in the ranking video, she had seen it once more.
She and her husband Mohn were both Pokémon researchers.
Five years ago, the couple discovered something in an ancient ruin.
Records of something called the Ultra Wormhole.
The ruins stated that the Ultra Wormhole connected to a strange world, one where mysterious Pokémon might live.
They were said to be extremely powerful, and their structure and origin differed greatly from all known Pokémon.
If they could truly confirm the existence of the Ultra Wormhole, and confirm that a strange world lay beyond it, inhabited by unusual Pokémon—
Then the two of them believed the discovery would shake the entire world.
And in the field of Pokémon research, they would gain a position of enormous importance.
So—
The two of them began researching the Ultra Wormhole.
During that research, they really did succeed in opening it.
And her husband was sucked into the Ultra Wormhole—
Never to return.
She wanted to open the Ultra Wormhole again and bring back her missing husband.
For five full years, she had exhausted every possible method—
And still failed to open it a second time.
Now she stared at the Ultra Wormhole in the video.
How had this one been opened?
Her eyes filled with endless longing.
Two possibilities arose in her mind.
One—
In the future, she herself might finally discover the method to open the Ultra Wormhole.
Two—
It might have been her husband, opening the Ultra Wormhole from the other side!
She stared so hard she didn't even dare blink, hope rising endlessly within her.
But the next moment—
Her pupils shrank to pinpoints.
In the video, a terrifying pressure descended.
Two thick, muscular red arms emerged from within the Ultra Wormhole, gripping its edges.
Then, with brute force, something forced its way out from the corridor inside.
It was a crimson Pokémon, standing upright, its muscles grotesquely swollen to an exaggerated degree.
Thin wings like those of a mosquito grew from its back, and its nose was a long sharp proboscis.
Its entire appearance—
Was like a humanoid mosquito.
It crawled out of the Ultra Wormhole and stood suspended in the air, looking down at the world beneath its feet.
Lusamine's beautiful eyes trembled in shock.
So it wasn't that she had opened the Ultra Wormhole in the future—
And it wasn't her husband opening it from the other side either.
Rather—
The Pokémon living in the world beyond the Ultra Wormhole had opened it themselves!!
Seeing that strange Pokémon, it was exactly as the ancient ruins had described.
The other side of the Ultra Wormhole really did contain completely different Pokémon!
Everyone in the Pokémon world was stunned at the sight of the bizarre creature emerging from the hole of light.
What exactly was this Ultra Wormhole?
And what was that humanoid mosquito?
A Pokémon!?
No one had ever seen anything like it before.
Could this be the divine beast that was about to take center stage in TOP 2!?
But it didn't quite seem like it.
Compared to the previous eight ranked Legendary Pokémon, its pressure felt… ordinary.
For some reason, Professor Oak found the creature very strange.
It felt unlike any Pokémon he had ever studied.
Though Pokémon came in all kinds of forms, their body structures still shared certain common traits.
But with this giant humanoid mosquito—
He could find no such commonality at all.
Its entire style felt out of place.
As though it did not belong in this world.
Professor Oak himself couldn't explain why he felt this way.
[This hole of light is called an Ultra Wormhole.]
[It connects two worlds.]
[Through the Ultra Wormhole, one can travel to the Ultra World.]
[In the Ultra World, there also live Pokémon.]
[They are known as—]
[Ultra Beasts.]
[The creature that emerged from the Ultra Wormhole is one such Ultra Beast.]
[Its name is—Buzzwole.]
[Type: Bug / Fighting]
Hearing Rin Aokawa's magnetic narration, everyone's mouths fell open into wide O-shapes, overcome with disbelief.
The Ultra Wormhole could lead to another world???
That humanoid mosquito was a Pokémon from another world, known as an Ultra Beast?
Professor Oak finally understood why he couldn't find the shared structural traits of ordinary Pokémon in Buzzwole.
Because it wasn't a Pokémon of the Pokémon world at all!!
Screee—
Another sound came from within the Ultra Wormhole.
Another creature emerged.
A translucent jellyfish floated out, swaying through the air, with the figure of an ethereal young girl.
[Ultra Beast: Nihilego]
[Type: Rock / Poison]
Immediately after that, the Ultra Wormhole stirred again and again.
This time—
Five more Ultra Beasts emerged in succession.
The first was completely white, looking much like a cockroach.
[Ultra Beast: Pheromosa]
The second resembled a black utility pole, with a white mass like an afro atop its head, and black thick cables for limbs.
[Ultra Beast: Xurkitree]
[Type: Electric]
The third looked like a humanoid creature folded from paper.
[Ultra Beast: Kartana]
[Type: Grass / Steel]
The fourth resembled a rocket launcher, with bamboo-like arms on either side of its body.
[Ultra Beast: Celesteela]
[Type: Steel / Flying]
The fifth resembled a black pumpkin-like sphere, with a bloated belly and a gaping maw on its stomach.
[Ultra Beast: Guzzlord]
[Type: Dark / Dragon]
Including Buzzwole and Nihilego—
A total of seven Ultra Beasts floated across the sky.
A terrible pressure spread through heaven and earth.
Divine beast-level!
These were absolutely existences on the level of Legendary Pokémon!
So these were the divine beast-like beings of the Ultra World!?
[The levels of these Ultra Beasts are all Third-Tier Legendary Pokémon.]
[In the Ultra World, they are very common.]
Everyone's pupils contracted violently once more.
Holy crap—
Divine beast-level beings were common in the Ultra World!?
Just how terrifying was that world!?
[The seven Ultra Beasts that came through the Ultra Wormhole into the real world began wreaking havoc across the Alola region.]
[In an instant, mountains and rivers shattered, forests were destroyed.]
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Great explosions erupted across the land.
The destructive power brought by seven divine beast-level Ultra Beasts was unimaginable.
Though the Island Kahunas and the wild Pokémon of Alola tried to protect their homes—
Under the pressure of Legendary Pokémon, they could not fight at all.
The only thing that shocked everyone—
Was Ash.
In the video, Ash commanded Pikachu and actually managed to hold Buzzwole back.
All that could be said was—
As expected of Ash.
As expected of Pikachu!!
But that changed nothing.
Even if one of them was being held back—
There were still six more.
[The seven Ultra Beasts rampaging in Alola awakened the guardian deities of the four islands.]
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In the video—
Tapu Koko.
Tapu Lele.
Tapu Bulu.
Tapu Fini.
The four guardian deities of Alola appeared.
Four guardian deities versus seven Ultra Beasts.
A divine beast battle began.
A terrifying aura spread across Alola's skies, pressure and energy shockwaves rolling outward.
Energy thickened in the air, and countless aurora-like lights appeared, dreamlike and unreal.
[The four guardian deities of Alola are all Second-Tier Legendary Pokémon.]
[The seven Ultra Beasts are no match for them.]
Everyone watched as the seven Ultra Beasts were quickly defeated.
It was a complete rout.
Under the assault of the four guardian deities, they lost consciousness one after another, their bodies crashing heavily from the sky.
Hoooo…
The viewers from the Alola region let out a long breath.
They had held the line.
The guardian deities were amazing.
Seeing seven Third-Tier Legendary Pokémon crushed by four Second-Tier Legendary Pokémon, the many Pokémon researchers of the Pokémon world had strange glints in their eyes.
Sure enough—
Once one reached the level of Legendary Pokémon, the differences between tiers were immense.
Before Second-Tier Legendary Pokémon, Third-Tier Legendary Pokémon didn't even have the ability to resist.
"W-Wait, it doesn't look like it's over yet… look at Tapu Koko and the others' expressions…"
Everyone looked back at the screen.
After dealing with the seven Ultra Beasts, the expressions of the four guardian deities only grew heavier.
It was as if they had sensed something.
They stared fixedly at the Ultra Wormhole.
"No way!!"
"Damn it, even four Second-Tier Legendary Pokémon look this serious!"
"Waaah, I'm getting scared…"
The Alolan viewers wailed in the chat.
That was exactly right.
Those seven Ultra Beasts seemed like they had only been the overture.
Dong—!
The Ultra Wormhole trembled lightly, and then the entrance abruptly expanded.
Those with premium membership on the Dimension Platform, who were experiencing the video immersively, felt it the most strongly.
Looking at the suddenly enlarged Ultra Wormhole, though no aura or pressure had yet leaked out and there were no other changes besides its growth—
Everyone had the same feeling.
Something else was about to emerge from within it!
"It's coming," Son Goku said in the Dragon Ball world, his brows lifting.
The Ultra Wormhole trembled.
A figure began to descend from it.
The instant it appeared—
Dong—!!!
The next moment—
It was as if…
The sky darkened.
So abrupt there wasn't even the slightest transition.
One second earlier it had still been broad daylight.
In less than the blink of an eye—
Night fell.
At the exact moment that figure emerged—
It was as though a black curtain had been hung across the sky.
That curtain began to draw shut, bit by bit devouring the day into darkness.
The heavens filled with countless stars, the night sky brilliant, innumerable lights glittering overhead.
Though it was clearly noon—
It now looked like night.
A silver full moon hung high in the heavens.
Everyone stared fixedly at the figure that had emerged from the Ultra Wormhole.
It floated high above.
And the instant it appeared—
It became the visual center of the entire world.
All the stars in the sky poured their radiance toward it.
Before it, every star seemed dim.
The Pokémon resembled a bat, with a golden lunar disc set along the edges of its wings.
Its chest was translucent, as though a miniature universe had been compressed within it.
For some reason, looking at it felt like standing before a vast galaxy-filled night sky.
[This is the being known as the "one who beckons the moon."]
[It governs the authority of the night, and is also called…]
[The Moon God.]
[Its name is—Lunala.]
[It is because of its existence that the world has night.]
As the narration sounded—
Everyone's eyes widened to their limits.
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