Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice-Chapter 208: Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice []

"Did you think gaining MEGA Evolution would make you my equal?"

Seeing the already massive Gyarados expand even further in size after MEGA Evolution, Giovanni's lips curled slightly beneath his high collar in a mocking sneer, his disdain evident.

"Go!"

Giovanni flicked his hand forward.

Facing the MEGA Gyarados, a Pokémon tens of times its size, the Beedrill showed no sign of fear.

Its twin needles shot forward to attack!

"Crunch it, Gyarados!"

Lance commanded coldly.

The MEGA Gyarados opened its gaping maw, its fangs appearing as if coated in dark, ominous energy, like a weapon infused with sheer destructive force. freeweɓnøvel.com

It bit down with incredible ferocity, creating a sound akin to a sonic boom as its massive fangs collided with such force that even the air itself seemed to explode.

However, the Beedrill executed a swift, zigzag maneuver. The fangs of the MEGA Gyarados grazed just past the Beedrill's wings, narrowly missing.

In the next instant, Beedrill's right needle darted straight toward the vulnerable side of the MEGA Gyarados's neck.

"You useless fool who never learns!" Giovanni sneered coldly.

Indeed, Beedrill's defensive capabilities were limited. To be precise, bug-type Pokémon were naturally lacking in defense.

This was an innate trait that Giovanni could not change.

But that was only relevant if you could land a hit!

Using its extraordinary agility and ghost-like speed, Giovanni and his Beedrill had taken down countless strong opponents.

Including, during that battle at the Indigo Plateau, Lance's ace Dragonite!

"Scald!" Lance barked.

Hearing Lance's command, Giovanni's expression, hidden beneath his hat and collar, grew even more scornful.

Sure, Gyarados had grown larger after MEGA Evolution.

Its attack and defense had increased significantly.

But it was also clear that it had become more cumbersome.

Now, his Beedrill was already at the back of the Gyarados's neck. Did Lance think it could turn around and launch a long-range attack?

Ridiculous.

But what happened next left Giovanni visibly shocked for the first time.

As the Beedrill's needle closed in on its target, the MEGA Gyarados's scales lifted, revealing a series of pores beneath.

At the last possible moment, with the needle mere inches from its throat, scalding hot water erupted from the pores, steaming and hissing as it sprayed out.

The force of the water acted as a counter-thrust, allowing the MEGA Gyarados to suddenly slide several meters to the side, narrowly avoiding the Beedrill's strike.

Not only did the Gyarados evade the attack, but the boiling water also shot directly at the incoming Beedrill.

The Beedrill's eyes widened, and it quickly crossed its twin needles in front of itself to block the attack.

Even so, the force of the water sent it flying several meters back.

"What was that!?" Giovanni frowned deeply.

"After MEGA Evolution, Gyarados can release water-type moves through the pores on its sides," Lance explained coldly. "It can even use that force to achieve brief bursts of flight. In that instant, its speed rivals the sound barrier."

"Now, let me show you something else. Waterfall!"

As soon as Lance finished speaking, the scales on the MEGA Gyarados's sides lifted once again, revealing countless tiny, almost invisible pores.

In the blink of an eye, these pores erupted with a massive surge of energy, like the propulsion systems of a rocket.

Only, instead of fire, it used water.

The Beedrill's compound eyes narrowed. Its wings vibrated with an intense "buzzing" sound as it moved rapidly, leaving behind a series of afterimages.

These weren't double-team clones—just the result of pushing its speed to the absolute limit.

"Futile!"

Lance shouted.

The MEGA Gyarados unleashed another burst of water energy, further expanding the range of its attack.

At this moment, the MEGA Gyarados's size was no longer just tens of times larger than the Beedrill—it seemed to dwarf it by more than a hundredfold!

"Tch. Really? I have to use this just to deal with one of the League's lapdogs?"

Just as everyone thought the battle had been decided, Giovanni let out a sigh.

It was filled with frustration and reluctance, but there was not a trace of fear.

Some of the League reinforcements turned to look at him.

They saw Giovanni unfasten a button at the center of his cloak, revealing the suit he wore beneath.

On the center of his tie was a gleaming Key Stone.

"He has one too!?"

Wallace's face twisted in shock.

Wallace, as the current Hoenn Champion, hadn't yet acquired mastery over MEGA Evolution himself.

Of course, as Champion, the Hoenn League could certainly provide him with a Key Stone and a Mega Stone if needed.

However, the Mega Stone they had found was for a Gyarados.

Wallace did have a Gyarados, but, like Cynthia's Roserade or Milotic, it was only a secondary team member.

After some deliberation, Wallace decided to give the Gyarados Mega Stone to Lance instead.

It just went to show that there were still plenty of kind souls in the Pokémon world.

Now, echoing the scene from earlier when Lance and his Gyarados first achieved MEGA Evolution, Giovanni's Key Stone resonated with his Beedrill.

Bathed in a rainbow glow, the Beedrill took on a completely new form.

Not only did its arms transform into stingers, but so did its legs and even its tail!

In the final, hair's breadth moment before contact, the MEGA Beedrill dodged backward, widening the gap between itself and the MEGA Gyarados.

Lance's eyes filled with shock and rage.

That Beedrill, retreating in reverse, was somehow faster than his MEGA Gyarados!

"Take him out."

Sakaki calmly uttered three words.

The MEGA Beedrill, already far ahead, had deep purple venom dripping from the five stingers on its hands, feet, and tail.

In the next instant, the MEGA Beedrill darted to the side of the MEGA Gyarados with a sharp "C"-shaped maneuver.

Pierce!

This time, the stinger finally sank into the neck of the Gyarados.

The sharp needle punctured flesh, and blood sprayed out, mixing with the venom.

"Gyarados!"

Lance shouted urgently.

"ROAR!!"

The response was an enraged roar from the MEGA Gyarados.

It endured the searing pain in its neck, increasing the water pressure from the other gill.

Its massive body swung sideways, aiming to crush the Beedrill beneath it.

The scene resembled a toppling tank trying to squash a grasshopper on the roadside.

Giovanni's pupils contracted slightly. Without hesitation, he commanded, "Beedrill, retreat!"

A flash of yellow light streaked by as the MEGA Beedrill retreated to a position 100 meters away in the blink of an eye.

With a thunderous crash, the MEGA Gyarados slammed into the ground. A jagged crack extended far into the distance, and water surged out from the ground.

The sheer power of the move was evident.

"A lunatic—both the man and the Pokémon."

Giovanni muttered softly.

Meanwhile, Joker, along with his Shadow Lugia and Umbreon, rushed toward Pryce in the sky.

"Even if he uses ice to stop the bleeding, without immediate treatment, he'll die in half an hour."

This thought surfaced in Joker's mind.

He briefly considered playing for time but quickly dismissed the idea.

Against such a dangerous opponent, it was best to settle things quickly to avoid unnecessary risks.

"Then... Lugia, Dark Weather!"

At Joker's command, the Shadow Lugia beneath him spread its wings wide, channeling its power into the blue and white sky.

In an instant, dark clouds shrouded the skies over the Island, and a sinister black-and-purple downpour began.

This was Shadow Lugia's exclusive move: Dark Weather.

It transformed the weather into a dark aura, enhancing the power of Dark-type moves while causing the life force of non-Dark Pokémon to rapidly decrease over time.

"Not this again!"

Steven, Cynthia, and the others who had already witnessed this move at the Indigo Plateau frowned deeply, instinctively clutching their chests or temples.

They hoped this would ease the overwhelming discomfort surging within them.

The effect wasn't limited to Pokémon—it affected humans too!

And Joker's objective in using this move was clear...

"Cough! Cough!"

Under the influence of the dark aura, Pryce coughed violently.

A mouthful of blood sprayed out, staining the inside of his icy mask.

"Damn it!"

At this point, Pryce could no longer hide his true identity.

He ripped off the bloodied ice mask and flung it away.

"That man is—?!"

When everyone saw Pryce's face, the elite trainers of the Hoenn League below were utterly dumbfounded.

"H-He's... Pryce, the Gym Leader from the Johto region?!"

Glacia exclaimed in disbelief.

As a fellow Ice-type trainer, she had heard of this senior expert, who was said to be among the top three trainers in Johto, alongside Professor Oak and Agatha.

But no one could have imagined that his true identity would be...

Lance was equally stunned.

After all, Kanto and Johto were part of the same League.

From a certain perspective, Pryce was technically his subordinate.

Yet this subordinate turned out to be an SSS-class fugitive on the League's most-wanted list!

The shock this revelation brought to the League was no less than the earlier exposure of Aldous and Altair as traitors.

"An opening!"

At almost the same moment, Joker and Giovanni shouted the same thing.

For Joker, it was about Pryce's Swinub and Delibird.

As Pryce's condition worsened under the dark aura, his Pokémon instinctively tried to shield him.

The Swinub began forming another Ice Giant to shield its trainer from the rain, while the Delibird acted as a bodyguard, covering the Swinub.

But just as they prepared to assist Pryce, Joker's Umbreon suddenly shifted into thunderstorm mode.

A bolt of lightning shot out, grazing the Delibird's right-wing and striking directly at the Swinub and Pryce behind it.

"No!"

Pryce's face twisted in desperation. At the last moment, he shoved the Swinub out of harm's way.

CRACK!

The lightning exploded, igniting between Pryce and the Swinub.

The Swinub was flung away like a ball, crashing into the barren ground below.

As for Pryce... not everyone possessed the superhuman resilience of a protagonist.

At this moment, his side was torn open—a crescent-shaped gash, reminiscent of the wound Whitebeard suffered during the Paramount War at the hands of Akainu.

"Cough! Ugh—waa!"

This time, it wasn't just a simple cough with blood; he spat out a large mouthful.

It felt as if his entire lung had been destroyed.

Meanwhile, Giovanni turned his attention toward Lance.

With its heightened speed and agility in its MEGA form, the MEGA Beedrill flew close to the massive body of the MEGA Gyarados, its sharp stingers aimed directly at Lance's head.

The Gyarados's expression changed dramatically. It instinctively wanted to replicate its previous tactic, using the propulsion of a water jet to chase after the Beedrill.

"You can attack," Giovanni sneered. "That is if you don't mind dragging your trainer into it."

Giovanni's smirk deepened.

He acknowledged the immense power MEGA Gyarados had gained after its evolution, and indeed, its attack range was massive.

But that was precisely the problem—it was too massive, making it easy to accidentally harm its allies.

Just as expected, when MEGA Gyarados heard Giovanni's taunt, its movements hesitated.

And in that brief moment of hesitation, the MEGA Beedrill closed the gap between itself and Lance.

"MEGA Evolution!"

"MEGA Evolution!"

At that moment, a man and woman's shouts echoed.

MEGA Metagross!

MEGA Garchomp!

It was Steven and Cynthia!

Two enormous shadows, not as large as MEGA Gyarados but far larger than the Beedrill, closed in from the left and right, flanking the MEGA Beedrill.

The Beedrill's face darkened.

Left with no choice, the MEGA Beedrill switched attacks, changing from "Poison Sting" to "X-Scissor."

Retreating as it fought, it tried to widen the distance between itself and the two Champion-level MEGA Pokémon.

"Strength in numbers—this is the only redeeming quality the League has right now," Giovanni scoffed.

"Squawk!"

The Delibird let out a frantic cry, its eyes fixated on the gaping bloody wound on its trainer's side. No, it wasn't just a wound anymore—it was a hole!

The Delibird pressed its small hands against the injury, trying to replicate its earlier method of using ice to prevent further damage.

"No... need..."

Coughing violently, Pryce spat out several more mouthfuls of blood after forcing out to speak.

"I respect your strength, but as a person, you're unlikeable."

Joker appeared at this moment, accompanied by his Shadow Lugia and Umbreon.

He waved his hand, signaling for Shadow Lugia to dispel its dark aura.

The Delibird's eyes narrowed with hostility and it prepared to attack, but one glance from its trainer stopped it in its tracks.

Expressionless, Joker stared at Pryce, who was beyond saving.

Yes, he admitted that after fulfilling his wish to travel back in time, Pryce had indeed taken on the responsibility of saving the world, buying the main group time to stop Arceus from destroying it.

But in the beginning, Pryce had shown utter disregard for the lives of others—human or Pokémon alike.

In the original story, when he caused an uproar in the arena, it was nothing short of a miracle that there weren't mass casualties.

At the time, he was preoccupied with capturing Celebi in the Ilex Forest and didn't engage the main group in a crowded arena.

If he had, who knows how many would have died.

And this time was no different.

If Joker hadn't sent Sird and the others to find Hoopa in advance, at least half of Lily of the Valley Island would've been annihilated.

Now, with one-third of his abdomen destroyed, Pryce could no longer speak.

Using the last of his strength, he pulled a Pokéball from his arms.

It was... Lapras, the Pokémon he had named La Glace.

Everything Pryce had done, all the atrocities he committed, were for this Lapras.

"This... this child... is innocent..."

In the final moments of his life, Pryce stammered out his words.

He didn't have the strength to finish his sentence, but Joker understood his meaning.

"...Fine."

Joker knelt on one knee and accepted the Pokéball from his hand.

"Woooo..."

Released from its Pokéball, La Glace lowered its head and pressed its forehead against Pryce's.

It was understood as well. Everything its trainer did was for its sake.

Dialga, who had now recovered, watched the scene with a complicated expression.

That human had wielded power rivaling that of the gods, and yet his ultimate goal... was for something so trivial?

Yes, in the eyes of the God of Time, Pryce's life pursuit was nothing more than a trivial matter.

And Dialga wasn't alone in this thought. If the world knew Pryce's story, many would likely think the same.

Just as people couldn't understand why Obito wanted to destroy the world for the sake of a woman who only saw him as a friend.

At this moment, La Glace, Delibird, and the returning Swinub all began to weep together.

"He's dead," Joker declared.

"How do I put it? It's not as satisfying as I thought it'd be," Will muttered, scratching his head.

For the longest time, Pryce had been his nightmare.

Not only did he know the true identities of the three, but his strength was also absurdly terrifying, and his temperament was unpredictable.

For a long time, whenever Will thought of Pryce, he couldn't sleep at night.

But what puzzled Will was that now, seeing the other person dead, he didn't feel as happy as he thought he would.

"At the very least, his feelings for his Pokémon are admirable, though he never cared about the lives of other Pokémon," Karen said with a pout.

Joker removed the mask from his face.

Since his true identity had already been exposed, it didn't matter if they saw him now.

And when the mask came off, the expressions of Hoenn elites like Steven and Wallace subtly shifted.

"He does look exactly like Dr. Stephen. I guess it's true what they say—brothers are alike," said Winona, who hadn't participated in the Indigo League battle, in a quiet voice.

"It's truly ironic—brothers with the same bloodline walking such opposite paths," Wallace immediately chimed in, agreeing with his ex-girlfriend.

Steven also shook his head and sighed. "But isn't it thanks to him that the hundreds of thousands of people on the Island were spared? It shows that he still had some conscience left."

Cynthia pressed her lips together tightly, staying silent.

What brothers? They're the same person!

Joker took out a Poké Ball and recalled La Glace, then walked up to Dialga.

"Although I know you wouldn't use your power over time unless necessary... could you make an exception this time?"

In the future, when Arceus was about to destroy the world, Dialga, along with his brother, had been beaten to a pulp by their father. Even then, Dialga didn't open the time portal. It wasn't until the situation became completely hopeless—when they were about to be killed by Arceus and the world was truly going to be destroyed—that Dialga reluctantly opened the time portal, allowing Ash and his group to go back to the past to find a way to prevent their father's descent into madness.

To be honest, just helping a Lapras search for his parents over something so trivial would never be enough to make Dialga open the time portal.

But this time...

Dialga hesitated for a long while, but in the end, it opened the time portal.

Fine, fine, fine.

This time, I'll just consider myself unlucky.

That human is dead, so let's quickly deal with this mess and go back to the time dimension to sleep.