Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice-Chapter 163: Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice []

"Ha ha! This is exhilarating!"

Inside the protective barrier, Will laughed triumphantly. "Two years ago, we had to sneak in here like cowards. Now, we can barge in openly—it feels so good!"

If given the choice, who would want to be an assassin when they could be a berserker?

"Don't get careless. They haven't shown their trump card yet. Also, catch someone so we can interrogate them."

Stephen glanced at Will and said.

"Tsk~ Got it!"

Will snapped his fingers.

From behind him, his Exeggutor emerged and used its psychic powers to control Vazil, as if an invisible hand was pulling him toward Stephen and Will.

"Damn it! Use the power of darkness!"

Vazil, who was being dragged helplessly toward Joker as if caught by a gravitational pull, shouted in panic.

In an instant, Joker, Will, and the glasses-wearing Vazil all saw the same thing:

Around them, nearly a hundred Shadow Pokémon erupted with flame-like dark energy on their bodies.

It appeared—the power of darkness!

Boom!

The originally spectacular bombardment of attacks became even more devastating, their power increasing by multiple levels.

The protective barrier created by Suicune began to crack like glass hit by a rock.

"Scatter," Joker said coldly.

Immediately, two Poké Balls on Joker and Will's waists opened by themselves.

Latios and Xatu emerged, grabbing their respective trainers by the shoulders and flying upward in opposite directions.

Almost in the next moment, the enhanced combination attack from the army of Shadow Pokémon shattered the protective barrier.

The resulting shockwave swept out with such force that the ground in the area couldn't withstand it and collapsed entirely!

"Whoa!"

Many Shadow Pokémon and their trainers were caught off guard and fell along with the collapsing ground.

Joker and Will, being carried by Latios and Xatu, looked down and noticed something unexpected.

Beneath the gym was a massive research facility, strikingly similar to the secret base Giovanni had built beneath the Viridian Gym.

"Hmm!?"

Joker's eyes narrowed.

Latios seemed to understand Joker's thoughts. It opened its mouth and unleashed a Dragon Pulse, cutting through the debris from the collapse as it glided swiftly downward.

Joker stretched out his arms and, with one in each hand, caught two young girls who were about to be crushed by the falling debris. He then flew back into the air.

"Joker-sama!?"

The girl in Joker's left arm, Mary, exclaimed in shock and joy.

"Froslass! Ice Shard!"

Down below, the temporarily freed Vazil sent out a new Pokémon.

The Froslass that emerged from the Poké Ball unleashed a chill, creating numerous cone-shaped ice shards in midair. These ice shards, like a Gatling gun, were fired toward Joker and Will in the sky.

One of the Poké Balls on Joker's waist opened by itself.

Umbreon emerged.

When Latios had carried Joker upward earlier, Umbreon had already returned to its ball. In Joker's team, knowing when to come out and when to retreat was a basic skill.

Umbreon's muscles were taut like steel, and at close range, one could even see its veins.

The ice shards struck its body, but it remained completely unfazed, immovable as a mountain!

"Skarmory! Flash Cannon!"

"Crobat! Air Slash!"

"Pelipper! Hydro Pump!"

Taking advantage of the moment Umbreon was fending off the ice shards, other Shadow members ordered their flying Pokémon to ascend and launch a variety of colorful ranged attacks, completely covering the sky above Joker and Latios.

"You lot, even with your enhancements, what can you do?"

As Joker's words fell, Umbreon, having just blocked a wave of attacks, began to emit a dazzling electrical glow.

To the disbelief of the hundred or so Shadow members present, Umbreon transformed into Raikou.

"Thunder."

Joker uttered the command calmly.

Raikou's roar merged into the clouds above.

In the next instant, a hammer of lightning descended from the center of the night sky.

Before the long-range attacks could even reach Joker and Latios, the lightning struck the Shadow members and their flying Pokémon from above with brutal precision.

"Oh, oh, oh! It became Raikou! Quick, record this—oh wait, my phone was confiscated..."

Watching the scene with shining eyes, Iono was itching to record it, her vlogger instincts kicking in. However, when she reached into her pocket, she realized her phone had been taken away when she was captured by the Shadows.

She sulked in disappointment...

"Sacred Fire."

Joker issued another command.

Raikou's body ignited with flames as it transformed into Entei.

Opening its massive jaws, it unleashed a wave of orange-red flames, resembling the sacred fire of its master, Ho-Oh. The resulting inferno illuminated the night sky.

The police squad led by Officer Jenny, who had just arrived at the gym entrance, stared upward, dumbfounded.

What kind of Pokémon attack could cover such a massive area?

This one move alone would decimate at least 80% of the Shadow members below.

At least, that's what both Iono and Mary, who were still novices, thought.

But then, a faint light-blue glow emerged below.

A massive, dome-shaped protective barrier covered the entire backyard of the Olvine Gym.

It was the move Protect!

"The area outside the barrier is in ruins, but there's no way it can withstand Joker's Entei's Sacred Fire," Will confidently declared.

This wasn't some level 1 Caterpie trying to block a level 100 Rayquaza's Dragon Ascent in a game.

While Protect was nearly perfect as a defensive move, if the power gap was too large, it could still be easily shattered.

The Sacred Fire surged downward.

In an instant, the backyard of the Olivine Gym turned into a fiery mountain, with the gym itself catching fire as well. Even the police squad, who had just arrived in their vehicles, dared not approach.

Seconds later, the Sacred Fire dissipated.

The Olivine Gym was almost entirely reduced to its structural supports.

However, the light-blue dome-shaped barrier in the backyard remained completely unaffected!

"Impossible!"

Will's eyes nearly popped out of his mask.

Mary and Iono, who were being held by Joker, looked equally shocked.

Even Latios, who was holding Joker's shoulders and acting as a glider, had its pupils contract sharply.

Because standing at the center of the barrier was a Pokémon identical to itself!

Latios!

That's right, it was another Latios!

But unlike the one above Joker, this Latios was engulfed in dark energy.

Even without a special mask or glasses, its dark aura was visible to the naked eye!

Standing beside that Latios was none other than Altair!

"Haha!"

Joker couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Two years later, and the power of darkness has strengthened again, hasn't it?"

Joker could feel it emanating from that Latios. Unlike other Dark Pokémon, this one was different. Not only could he see the dark aura on its body without needing specialized glasses, but its strength was also on an entirely different level than the previous Dark Pokémon he'd encountered.

"But doesn't this also drain the Pokémon's vitality even more severely?" Joker asked again.

Altair avoided answering Joker's question, simply responding calmly:

"You're here to rescue those two girls, right? Since you've already succeeded, why not end it here?"

Joker's eyes narrowed slightly behind his mask as he carefully observed Altair. Just as he had anticipated, this guy hadn't killed Mary and Iono.

At that moment, a series of water jets doused the flames behind the group, which were consuming the gym. Several Blastoise and Feraligatr smashed through the remaining load-bearing walls of the gym, followed by a large group of police officers arriving on the scene.

"Is anyone injured!?"

The leader of the Olivine City police force, Officer Jenny, shouted anxiously.

Then she saw Altair and Joker confronting each other in the backyard.

"This..."

Officer Jenny was stunned.

This was practically a reenactment of the attack on the Olivine Gym two years ago.

"Joker! You're attacking a League gym for the second time!?" Officer Jenny glared at Joker furiously.

A nearby officer shouted, "Mr. Altair, we're here to help you—huh? Mr. Altair, what's wrong with your Latios...?"

Altair ignored the approaching police officers and simply raised his head to look at the night sky.

"It's about time, isn't it?"

About time?

Everyone on the scene froze when they heard his words.

Vroom, vroom, vroom—!

Suddenly, the deafening roar of engines echoed through the night sky over Olivine City.

No... it was already the next morning. The first rays of sunlight had broken through the clouds.

However, the sunlight lasted less than two seconds before it was blocked by a new shadow.

Everyone looked up.

What they saw was a massive flying object soaring in the sky, blotting out the sunlight.

"Is that... a blimp?"

Officer Jenny's jaw dropped in shock.

When the blimp hovered over the Olivine Gym, the hatch at its bottom slowly opened.

Its meaning was obvious.

"Elite Four Aldous!?"

Many police officers below simultaneously shouted the name of the man standing at the hatch. With his hands clasped behind his back, he exuded a chilling, deadly aura.

It was none other than Aldous, one of the Elite Four of the Indigo League!

"Elite Four Aldous! Joker has attacked Mr. Altair's gym again. You're here to help too, right?"

Though it was unclear why Aldous was flaunting such a conspicuous blimp, the police, who were also part of the League, instinctively turned to him for assistance.

After all, not long ago, Joker had escaped a large-scale siege by many top trainers in the Hoenn region. The police and Altair alone were unlikely to be enough.

However, Aldous, with his cold, expressionless face, completely ignored them.

He merely nodded toward his younger brother, Altair.

Altair mounted the Latios, its body now shrouded in dark flames, and flew toward the massive blimp in the sky. Vazil followed closely behind, riding his Gengar with Levitate. Other Shadow members disguised as gym staff also mounted their Flying-type Pokémon and headed for the blimp.

Officer Jenny and her team were left utterly confused, their faces blank.

They had no idea what was happening.

Joker had attacked the Olivine Gym for the second time, and as League police officers, their duty was naturally to apprehend him.

But now, Altair, the victim, had just left?

And Aldous, one of the Elite Four, was completely ignoring the situation?

At this moment, the entire police force felt like they had been possessed by a confused, clueless state of mind.

"We should leave too," Joker said.

"Aren't we going to stop them?" Iono pointed at the blimp, now a speck in the distance.

"To be honest, I'm curious to see what they'll do next," Joker replied. Though he knew the overall plot as a traveler, his knowledge was limited to events from Ash's era. The Shadow organization, which operated before Ash's time, was one he was genuinely curious about. How much chaos could they create?

"Then let's at least inform Officer Jenny and her team!" Iono suggested, pointing at the still-stunned officers. "The Shadow group definitely won't be up to anything good. We can use them to notify the League."

"No way!"

Before Joker could respond, Mary pouted and objected.

"They just said they wanted to catch Joker, didn't they? Let them suffer a bit!"

Mary was already annoyed with how the League had downplayed Joker's positive actions in the media. Seeing that Officer Jenny had immediately tried to arrest Joker without understanding the situation only made her angrier.

Why should they give them any information? Let them figure it out themselves.

If Officer Jenny knew what Mary was thinking, she would have been speechless.

I'm a League police officer. On one side, we have a wanted criminal. On the other, we have a highly reputable gym trainer. If you were me, whose side would you take?

Joker smiled slightly but said nothing. He waved his hand, signaling everyone to leave.

The police didn't try to stop them. They knew with certainty that they couldn't.

...

Meanwhile, at the Indigo Stadium.

The quarterfinals of the tournament were underway.

Riiiip!

A tearing sound, like fabric being ripped, echoed across the battlefield.

Under the watchful eyes of millions of spectators in the stadium and watching on television, an Incineroar had clawed a massive mark across a Tyranitar's chest!

On the big screen, all six Poké Ball icons next to the portrait of the eliminated trainer, Lily, dimmed. This meant all six of her Pokémon had been defeated.

On the other side, next to the portrait of her opponent, Karen, only one Poké Ball icon was lit—the one for Incineroar.

This meant Karen had only used her Incineroar in the entire battle. The other five Pokémon on her team hadn't even been sent out.

In the audience:

Ash gulped. "So... so scary... Miss Morgan..."

Gary: "That Incineroar is incredibly well-trained. It has almost no weaknesses."

Blue: "Come on! Is there seriously no one in this tournament who can take down even one of her Pokémon? How are we supposed to save face for Kanto?"

Red: "..."

["The Tyranitar is unable to battle. Incineroar wins!"]

Even the referee looked a little numb as he raised the flag to signal the result.

["Since all six of Lily's Pokémon have lost their ability to battle, the winner who advances to the next ro—"]

"Enough!"

Before the referee could finish the announcement, the voice was abruptly interrupted by a harsh rebuke from Karen.

If Stephen were here, she might have managed to rein in her temper.

But Stephen wasn't, and he had gone out to rescue two young girls.

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Karen, already in a bad mood, now had even more fuel added to the fire.

"Do I seriously have to waste time fighting two more of these boring battles?"

As she spoke, Karen pointed toward the two competitors waiting in the contestant passageway, preparing to enter the quarterfinal match: Clair and another trainer named William.

"Both of you, get in here. I'll take care of you all at once. After that, Aldous is next."

The audience, both on-site and watching on TV, nearly lost it.

Holy crap, is she for real?

In the contestant passageway, William, who looked a bit timid, was momentarily stunned by Karen's overwhelming presence and didn't dare speak.

But Clair wasn't afraid of her.

As a descendant of the Dragon Clan Master and the future Leader of the Blackthorn Gym, how could a proud daughter of heaven like her be intimidated by mere words?

"You're unbelievably arrogant!" Clair said, stepping forward with a frown.

"Not as arrogant as your cousin," Karen replied, crossing her arms and sneering.

"Honestly, I've always wondered what he's so full of himself about. Hasn't he never beaten Joker? What a pathetic loser..."

Holy crap!

This time, it wasn't just the general audience who were stunned. Even the elites of various regions—like Bruno in the VIP section, Cynthia watching the match on TV, and Steven—were utterly shocked.

Everyone knew that constantly losing to Joker was Lance's greatest sore spot.

Saying it in private or typing it online was one thing. But to say it in front of the entire world?!

"You're asking for it!"

Clair, who had barely managed to maintain her composure, instantly snapped.

"Oh no," Clair's best friend Liza, watching from Charicific Valley in Johto, internally screamed.

Sure enough, in the next second, Clair pulled out the whip she carried with her and lashed it toward Karen.

Anyone who knew Clair knew one thing:

She was an extreme brother-complex.

If you insulted her, she might tolerate it. But insult Lance? She'd go all out to kill you!

Clair had entered this tournament to gain publicity and prepare for inheriting the position of Gym Leader.

But honestly, the real reason she came was to witness her cousin Lance claim the championship.

Wait, no—actually, for Clair, seeing Lance win the championship was the main reason. Promoting herself was just an afterthought.

One of the Poké Balls on Karen's waist suddenly popped open.

Her Kubfu jumped out, catching the incoming whip in its hand.

"Oh, is that how it is? Do you want to fight? Incineroar!"

Karen gestured with a hooked finger, eager to release her pent-up frustration.

"Kingdra!" Clair threw out her own Poké Ball in response.

When Karen saw that Clair had sent out a Kingdra, her expression grew even fiercer.

Fire and water clashed, creating loud hissing sounds and generating thick clouds of steam.

After two seconds of stalemate, it became clear to everyone that Flamethrower was overpowering Hydro Pump.

But Karen didn't have the patience to wait a few more seconds.

"Darkest Lariat!"

Incineroar took a step forward, its right arm slightly bent as dark energy erupted from it.

In the blink of an eye, Incineroar shot forward like a missile.

It grabbed Kingdra by the neck and slammed it into the ground with brutal force.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Dr. Stephen's partner is ridiculously strong!"

Bruno, who had been lifting dumbbells while watching the match, slammed them down as he stood up. "Lance, control your cousin already!"

Lance, realizing things couldn't continue like this, walked to the balcony, preparing to step in and stop this farce.

Meanwhile, Agatha muttered, "Quickly call Aldous. I don't know what happened between him and that girl, but without him, that girl won't stop..."

"People of the Pokémon League!"

At that moment, a booming voice echoed across the Indigo Plateau.

The sound, broadcast through countless cameras, reached the ears of people all over the Pokémon world.

Many photographers instinctively turned their cameras toward the source of the voice.

It was coming from the western skies above the Indigo Plateau.

A massive airship was flying toward them.

On the side of the airship was an enormous logo.

It was... the symbol of Team Shadow!