Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice-Chapter 223: Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice []

"What is this!?"

Kalos League higher-ups like Diantha and Drasna, who had personally experienced last year's Yveltal resurrection incident, all stared up at the sky in shock.

Above the heavens, beams of green light from all directions in Kalos seemed to sense a summons, descending from the sky, passing through the iron cage, and continuously merging into the blazing-blue core Zygarde burning with fury.

Diantha and the others immediately realized—this was the god of order reclaiming its true power!

Bathed in light green radiance, the blue-core Zygarde inside the cage kept swelling, eventually bursting the iron cage from within.

Rumble—!

But it wasn't over yet. The newly freed blue-core Zygarde unleashed its power again.

The arena—no, half of Lumiose City—shook violently. Deep, bottomless cracks split open in the ground, and massive, black-red withered tree vines crawled out, spreading like the birth of a dark world.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The dark tree rampaged, devouring everything around it, and in an instant, it had already climbed up the spectator stands.

"Charizard! Flamethrower!"

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Red and Blue simultaneously sent out their main Pokémon, trying to stop the blackened vines.

But these two prodigies were still too inexperienced. Though they briefly held back the vines' advance, they were overpowered in less than two seconds.

"Houndoom! MEGA evolve!"

"Slowbro! MEGA evolve!"

From the stands, rainbow lights flashed—just like the MEGA Houndoom and Gardevoir earlier with Malva and Diantha.

MEGA Houndoom and Slowbro fired Flamethrowers and Hydro Pumps from the sides, splitting the vines and attacking the civilians in two.

"Team Rocket!?"

Gary looked at the two figures behind the MEGA Pokémon, shocked.

He recognized them: Joker's subordinates, Karen and the Psychic Fatty!

"Hurry up and scram, you lot are just dragging us down," Karen said coldly.

"Tch—" Blue, with his rebellious nature, curled his lip at this.

But he wasn't stupid. He knew that at their level, neither himself nor Red had any business joining this battle. He grabbed his little brother by the collar and evacuated with the others through the emergency exit.

Just wait, it won't be long before I make all of you look at me differently!

"Gardevoir! Cover everyone's retreat!"

Because she had just used MEGA Evolution against Red, Diantha's Key Stone was out of energy and couldn't MEGA evolve again. But even so, the Kalos Champion did her best to contribute.

[Aaaaaah! Humans!!!]

The blue-core Zygarde in its 50% form roared telepathically, the sound echoing in the hearts of tens of thousands at the scene.

Dark red energy flared from its body, a dangerous aura bursting forth.

"Something's wrong with Zygarde," Drasna said, frowning as she helped several children.

Last year, in Vaniville Town, they'd already seen that the god of order was not friendly to humans.

Maybe it wasn't as vicious as Yveltal, but it wasn't far off.

But still, it shouldn't be going on such a rampage.

No sooner had Drasna finished speaking than the withered vines bursting from the cracks expanded further, crushing the stands and arena walls, and spreading toward the city.

"This is bad!"

Diantha and the Elite Four's faces darkened.

The area was too big—they couldn't stop it!

"Dr. Stephen!"

Diantha turned and called out Stephen's name.

Even though it was embarrassing for a Champion to call on another region's Champion for help, she couldn't care about that now.

Many people looked over at the VIP stand where Stephen was.

Bang!

A deafening sonic boom resounded.

Faced with the giant vines, Bewear clenched its fist and swung.

The vines, which even Champion-level Pokémon struggled to stop, were as brittle as cookies under Bewear's punch.

"Still as powerful as ever!" Blue, dragging Gary as they escaped, couldn't help but marvel at the bear's strength.

Gary looked down at his own Poké Ball, the shiny Stufful his uncle grandpa had given him, and said, "Stufful, if you can ever reach even half—no, a third—of your godmother's strength, I'll have the confidence to become Champion. We have to work hard."

Just as Gary finished, Red suddenly spoke: "No good, the area's too wide!"

The Pallet Town trio saw that Bewear had blocked the vines heading for Stephen.

But even more, vines crashed into the first floor below the VIP stand.

With the base gone, the second-floor VIP stand began to collapse.

MEGA Altaria rushed forward, wrapping Stephen in her wings, the pale pink feathers swelling into a massive cotton ball, shielding her trainer.

"Hoopa!"

Stephen called out.

Little Hoopa heard and was about to slip into Altaria's feathery shield while Malva and Lysandre were distracted.

But just as she floated half a meter, she remembered something and shouted, "Baraz! Come quick!"

No sooner had she reached out her little hands than the floor collapsed.

Malva, Lysandre, and Baraz all fell with the splitting floor.

But Altaria's feathers had already enveloped Hoopa as well.

"Chairman Lysandre! Elite Four Malva!"

Clemont, one of Ash's future companions, called out in shock.

"Chairman, my ass! That lion-headed guy is definitely up to something!" Gary cursed as he escaped.

Roar—!

A giant Pokémon's cry echoed from the ruins.

The next moment, dark purple energy blasted out.

It was Hyper Beam!

A red Gyarados crawled out, body coiling in a circle.

Soon after, Lysandre emerged.

At the last second, he'd called out his ace—this red Gyarados—to block the falling debris.

Malva had her Delphox protect Baraz, keeping him from being crushed.

"Ma-Malva, you..." Baraz, blood streaming from his right arm, looked at his so-called girlfriend, not knowing what to say.

Malva's expression was complicated; finally, she gestured to Delphox.

Delphox used Psychic to float Baraz over to Stephen.

"I forgot about you—did you sleep with that woman—what the—!?"

Seeing Baraz float back, Stephen was about to tease him, but his face changed.

As Baraz floated back, his right arm was injured, and his body was hunched.

As he rose, the Prison Bottle in his arms slipped, about to hit the ground.

It was like grabbing a backpack from the bottom and everything falling out.

There weren't many things that could surprise Stephen, but the Prison Bottle was one of them.

Bewear was about to grab the bottle, but Malva saw the flash of shock on Stephen's face.

And Delphox was closer to Baraz.

Delphox used Psychic to catch the bottle before it hit the ground and handed it to Malva.

"To make the strongest Champion show that expression, this thing must be more than it seems," Malva said, holding the bottle.

Stephen glanced at the still-rampaging Zygarde, then at the Kalos Champion and Elite Four, who couldn't stop the god of order.

"Hoopa-chan, call for backup."

Little Hoopa quickly took off her ring. "Okay, okay! Who should I call?"

"These three." Stephen showed her three photos on his phone.

Hoopa nodded, tossing out three gold rings.

"Come on out!"

At that moment, in Kanto's Celadon Game Corner, Sinnoh's Celestic Town, and Galar's Rose Tower, three gold rings appeared.

"Heh, really now, Stephen..." Giovanni smiled.

"Is it alright, Boss? If Lysandre calls you..." Sird frowned.

Giovanni replied, "Don't worry, the badge as Viridian's Gym Leader is still useful."

In Celestic Town, Cynthia stared at the ring in silence.

"Big Sis, what's that?" her little sister asked.

"Don't touch!" Cynthia snapped, making the little sister pout.

"What are you waiting for? Someone's asking for help," their grandmother urged.

Cynthia rolled her eyes and walked into the ring.

In Rose Tower, Leon waved to Secretary Oleana. "Tell Chairman Rose I'm stepping out."

...Very soon.

The strongest Gym Leader Giovanni, Sinnoh Champion Cynthia, and Galar Champion Leon all stepped out of the rings.

"That berserker down there—deal with it," Stephen said, turning.

"Oh! Leave it to me, Dr. Stephen!" Leon grinned.

Giovanni spun a Poké Ball on his finger. "The god of order, a Ground type? Interesting."

Cynthia pursed her lips, lost in thought.

"Reinforcements are here! We're saved!"

"Go for it, Giovanni! Champion Leon!"

"Hoopa's power is amazing, she called three Champions at once!"

The Lumiose citizens cheered excitedly at the scene.

Even Chairman Goodshow was smiling with relief at HQ.

Just as he'd expected, with Hoopa's power, no disaster was insurmountable—they could call reinforcements anywhere, anytime.

Sigh, but the real problem now is that Chairman Lysandre is definitely up to something.

How should we deal with this?

Standing beside Goodshow, Lance looked unhappy.

What did Stephen mean by this?

Why call Giovanni and Leon, but not him?

Did he think Lance was weaker than them?!

...

Stephen didn't care much after calling for backup, nor did he pay attention to the fight below.

With so many Champions, if they couldn't stop a berserk Zygarde, they might as well jump off a building.

The key was the Prison Bottle.

Stephen sighed and pointed at the strange bottle in Malva's hand.

"Miss Malva, if that thing goes wrong, more than half the city's population could die. You don't want that, do you? Give it to me."

The Ragnarok battle in the original movie barely killed anyone. Frankly, Stephen found that laughable.

Sure, in the end, full-power Hoopa helped evacuate civilians, but the early chaos? Who'd believe nobody died?

Probably because it's aimed at kids—they never show people dying.

Malva's expression changed under her red glasses, her eyes full of struggle.

In the original story, Malva only joined Team Flare because of her feelings for Lysandre.

But in both the games and anime, she was always someone with a conscience.

That's why Stephen tried persuading her instead of brute force.

And also, the Prison Bottle was too fragile.

If it broke, they'd be in big trouble.

"You think I'm tricking you? With our difference in strength, do I need to lie?" Stephen added, seeing Malva still hesitate.

Malva bit her lip, hesitated a few seconds, and finally let go of the bottle.

But just then, Lysandre grabbed the Prison Bottle away.

"Lysandre, you!?" Malva stared in disbelief.

"If this bottle can make Dr. Stephen wary, then we absolutely can't give it to you," Lysandre said with a cold smile.

Even though he had the Cocoon of Destruction and the Tree of Life, he still needed to go to Geosenge Town to activate the ultimate weapon.

Without Hoopa's help, getting from Lumiose to Geosenge under Stephen's nose was impossible.

He thought he was doomed, but the bottle's power surprised even Dr. Stephen.

"...Hoopa, teleport the citizens away," Stephen said, speechless.

He'd given up on reasoning with Lysandre. Now, the only thing he could do was minimize casualties.

In short: I can't be bothered with you. You're not worth it.

"Okay!" Hoopa nodded, tossing a ring to send Baraz away, then flew toward the crowd.

"Let me out! Let me out! Let me out!!"

Just then, the Prison Bottle in Lysandre's hand started leaking dark purple-black energy, and a violent voice echoed from within.

Hoopa, who was about to open a portal, froze and looked back at Stephen.

"Don't worry about it, go! I'll handle this," Stephen called.

Hoopa bit her lip and sped toward the crowd.

The Champions fighting Zygarde all glanced warily at Stephen and Lysandre.

Cynthia: "W-What was that? That creepy feeling just now..."

Leon: "It's just like the Shadow Lugia back then..."

Giovanni: "Hey! Everyone, be careful!"

In the split second, while the Champions were distracted, Zygarde's five tail feathers stood upright, red light bursting from them into thousands of glowing arrows.

It was Zygarde's signature move—Thousand Arrows!

"Houndoom! Heat Wave!"

"Slowbro! Psychic!"

A massive firestorm burst forth, followed by a wave of psychic energy, blocking the bloody arrows.

Boom—!

The attacks clashed for three or four seconds, but Thousand Arrows gained the upper hand, pushing forward.

But for Champions, those few seconds were enough.

"Garchomp! Draco Meteor!"

"Charizard! Air Slash, support!"

Cynthia and Leon's aces attacked from the side, knocking Zygarde flying over twenty meters.

It wasn't enough to defeat a Legendary, but it broke its assault.

"Useless League, getting distracted at a time like this," Karen sneered.

Cynthia and the others were silent—she wasn't wrong.

...

"If I let you out, can you help me escape?" Lysandre asked head lowered, eyeing the bottle.

He could guess what was inside.

Right now, his only hope was the thing in the bottle.

"Let me out!!!" The evil god inside roared.

Lysandre's face darkened.

He had no other choice.

He reached for the bottle's stopper.

"Lysandre, don't!" Malva tried to stop him.

She'd already realized Stephen wasn't lying. Even a hint of killing intent from that thing had terrified her.

To let it out—she couldn't imagine what would happen!

Whooooosh—!

As soon as the stopper came off, endless darkness poured out.

In seconds, the sunny skies over Lumiose were turned black.

Hoopa, about to open a portal, turned to look.

Amidst millions of Lumiose citizens' horror, the blackness above twisted into a humanoid form.

At last, two crimson lights opened in the darkness.

Were those... eyes?

There was no time to think.

The dark power finished gathering—six huge arms spread, displaying its true form to the world.

Unbound Hoopa!

No—

Evil Hoopa!

Hoopa's eyes bulged in shock.

That was... what she looked like a century ago.

And while the world stared at Evil Hoopa, no one noticed Stephen quietly dropping several Poké Balls to the ground.

"Now! Let's go—to Geosenge Town!" Lysandre shouted to Malva.

Before Malva could reply, Lysandre whipped out his phone: "Xerosic, come pick—"

Thud!

Before he could finish, a sharp claw burst from Lysandre's chest.

He stared in shock at the claw through his chest.

With the last of his strength, he turned to look.

It was... Baraz!?

And standing behind him—who else but Joker!?