"You... are finally here."
Arceus' voice rang out in the hearts of the crowd.
Even though everyone heard it, they all knew who it was spoken to.
So they all looked at Rope in unison.
Rope, however, was very confused, flabbergasted for a moment followed immediately by a frown.
"You knew I was coming?"
Meadow Plate didn't make a sound, just a silent nod.
"I can't just show up in front of them."
Rope had only talked to Meadow Plate twice, but he was already beginning to hate the Plate in front of him...
Riddler gets out of Gotham!
"If you're here waiting for me, you must have something to tell me, so go ahead, be direct."
Rope's tone was still mild, but the words were full of impatience.
Leon and Elder Zarude on the side both wiped a cold sweat from their heads.
Elder Zarude thought to himself, "This one is really powerful! And the Creation God dares to talk in such a way."
"What's more crucial is that Arceus doesn't seem to mind at all..."
The shock in Leon's heart was no less than Elder Zarude's. It was just that the time spent with Rope wasn't too short, so naturally he was a bit more adaptable.
"You don't need to be like that, I'm with Toxic Plate... though I can't reach Toxic Plate now either is all..."
Meadow Plate said in a somewhat grim tone.
Rope's nearly grimaced.
"What are you talking about?"
Rope asked, opening his mouth in confusion. But he also felt like he could snap a big one out of Meadow Plate's mouth.
"The Plates that have come into contact with those humans have become more powerful Plates..."
Meadow Plate muttered to himself as if he hadn't even heard Rope.
"They've all been cut off from us. I don't know what the hell is happening to them now. But I can contact fewer and fewer Plate. We were having a party earlier when we were broken up by a man, leading a very powerful group of Pokémon."
"I'm about to lose control of myself now too. Rope you have to be careful... not every Plate, is trustworthy. ..."
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Somewhere in the underground ruins of the Unova region
"If we count the time, Professor Rope should have found out about a certain person as well, right?"
Ms. Psychic followed the black-robed man's side and pondered for a while before asking.
"I don't know him well..."
The black-robed man continued to speak nonchalantly.
"I do feel that 'you' know him well, don't they all call each other brothers?"
Ms. Psychic's words were tinged with a bit of teasing. It was kind of a rare moment of liveliness.
No one could get through the day comfortably with that much weight on their mind every day.
"'You' know him better don't you? Can't wait to marry him and have children."
The black-robed man's tone of voice was bland and unchanged, but it was dryly topped off.
Ms. Psychic choked on him. For a moment, she couldn't figure out why she was so indisputable.
"Is there no problem on Ghost's end?"
She resumed that cold tone.
"It won't be a problem, that place is more than familiar to her."
"It's because of that that I'm but concerned about her being able to lay her hands on it..."
Ms. Psychic said somewhat helplessly.
"A battle against Spooky Plate would inevitably lead to a riot in the spirit world. There is even a possibility of a wide-open ghost gate. The ones that come out of the spirit world aren't just ghostly Pokémon. those real ghosts are the ones that cause headaches."
As she said this, Ms. Psychic took two steps tighter, looking at the black-robed man in front of her who had suddenly quickened his pace.
Of course she knew that the black-robed man didn't like to hear these things. It was only that they had to do it because of their position. Since they had chosen this path, there would be little choice to speak of in the future.
"We have no choice."
The black-robed man fruitfully said this.
Supernatural thought about it and was originally ready to stop talking. But after thinking about the black-robed man's setup, he still couldn't help but come up with a sentence, "You threw out six Plate doppelgangers that were already under control as bait...what should we do in case we can't get Professor Rope killed?"
The black-robed man shook his head, "If you can't get him killed, you can't get him killed, it's just an idle move. Saves that guy from grabbing me all the time."
"I didn't expect Harumi and Haruki to betray us..."
Ms. Psychic couldn't help but feel a little lost.
"It's normal, Harumi and Haruki are insecure people themselves. The employment relationship between us can't give them a sense of security, Professor Rope does, so it's normal for them to follow Professor Rope."
The black-robed man said lightly, "You know all of this. You've read their hearts haven't you?"
"..."
Ms. Psychic also stopped speaking. Just looked blandly at the man in front of her...
The black-robed man also knew that he had said something he shouldn't have, so he stopped speaking.
The scene then fell into silence once again.
"Prepare yourself. The Earth Plate is in this Earth Vein Ruin now."
The black-robed man watched as an earth-brown bead on his wrist lit up.
"If things go well on Ghost's end, this will be our last piece of Plate..."
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Wallace gulps involuntarily as he sits in the Champion's office looking at the mountain of paperwork in front of him. He finally realized why that Steven guy would want him to hurry up and succeed his position so badly...
If so many documents were piled up together, where would Steven find the time to dig for stones...
Shouldn't he also let Gym Leader Norman practice a bit more, and hurry up to build up his strength, and then come to take over his position...
The secretary on the side could see Wallace's helplessness. So she smiled and said, "Champion Wallace don't worry, it's because Mr. Steven was busy with the matter of handing over to you a few days ago. So there is just so much backlog."
Once he heard that it was a backlog, Wallace also breathed a sigh of relief, at least it seemed like his job shouldn't be that desperate.
So he asked another question in good humor.
"How many days' worth of backlog is this?"
"About two days not too far..."
Wallace: ...
This is not a normal human workload even if it's cut in half. !!!!
Wallace was powerless to hold his forehead, deeply feeling the powerlessness of his personal ability in front of the burden of the entire region. But it's true that these things can't be handed over to those who engage in administration. Otherwise, there would be a situation where trainers would be suppressed.
That would be a grave sin... The trainer tide that had been so hard to raise could not be extinguished so easily.
"Not good, Champion Wallace!"
Sharp footsteps came from outside the door, and then it was a man who rushed in without even saying hello.
"What are you doing! Knock on the door!"
The secretary shouted angrily.
It wasn't that the secretary was unreasonable, but the most important thing for a newly appointed champion was authority. And a champion whose office could be casually broken into would obviously not be a very authoritative champion.
Even Leon, who was labeled as being approachable, and Diantha were just as interested in not having someone just barge in without knocking when they were working.
The man instantly reacted to his mistake even after being heckled. Then immediately apologized to Wallace. Trainers said that there was no red tape between them, but in reality, how could everyone not have their own rules?
Wallace waved his hand. He wasn't a fool, he could tell at a glance if the person in front of him was respectful or not.
It was like all the offenses Rope had taken when he traveled back in the day, and Rope didn't deal with them sometimes because they didn't even need to be dealt with by him. Those who had a heart wouldn't let those who had offended him go. It would be a step down for him to deal with it himself.
"I know you're in a hurry, so hurry up and say it."
The man was also relieved, in fact, everyone knew that champions didn't have small minds. But the worry that should be there still wouldn't be missing at all.
"Pokémon battles have suddenly appeared over at Mt. Pyre. One of them is the Arceus that was mentioned earlier while the opposite side is a trainer with a bat-like, horse-like Pokémon at his side fighting against each other. That person had a Giratina mask on his face."
Wallace knew who this person was as soon as he heard it. Steven had brought Wallace along with him during the meeting at the time. Of course he could hear which Servants of God organization Ms. Ghost this was talking about.
"I'm going to Mt. Pyre right now immediately. who else is over there?"
Wallace put on his coat and then said.
"Elite Phoebe's been on vacation lately, so she's been in Mt. Pyre. Elite Drake should be around too. Be there soon."
"Tell them to stall 'Ghost' and I'll head out immediately."
The man who came to inform and the secretary squared up together and said, "Yes!"
Then the one who came to inform said, "Champion Wallace, Elite Phoebe also asked me to give you special instructions to be quick, there's a possibility that a very large spiritual passageway has been opened on Mt. Pyre..."
Wallace's head exploded at that. He was also an old trainer. He knew more or less about the spirit world, and knew the true horrors inside...
"I see, you guys also transfer the relevant emergency response team over there."
"Yes, champion!"
After saying that, Wallace headed straight towards the door without looking back.
Although he knew that there were priorities, the secretary still couldn't help but sigh.
"I'm afraid this work will have to continue to be backlogged again."
But it seems like this is the norm...
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Rope looked at the Grass Split in front of him, whose body was cracking inch by inch, and a sense of crisis steeply appeared in his heart. Rope subconsciously shouted, "Danger!"
But as said before, the power contained in the flesh of the doppelganger could allow them to use Judgment that the main body had exerted at full strength. And right now, Rope and Leon and all these Pokémon were about to receive Judgment face-first.
That's when Rope suddenly just had 3 words pop into his head.
"Fooled!"
This must be a message that the black-robed man deliberately put out to trick me, just to get me involved in this hunt and then take the opportunity to get me killed.
After all, how could one not die after taking a shot of Judgment head-on?
Then Snow and Vision should have been exposed... or maybe not, anyway, the black-robed man definitely knows that there are undercover agents in Servants of God. I just don't know if all the missions he arranged this time are problematic, or just Malkin.
Leon and Zarude subconsciously went prone. Although they knew that it was useless to lie down, the action of holding the head and crouching in defense could give people a sense of security.
The feeling of having the flame of life in the middle of the storm was difficult to a certain extent...
But of course, Rope wouldn't hang up just like that...
A red crystal suddenly appeared in his hand, and he flicked his finger on it.
The crystal instantly turned into countless small red fragments, and then quickly wrapped Arceus up, like another red light cocoon.
Only if one looked closely, there were small holes on top of this light cocoon.
The crowd only heard a muffled sound, followed by white light like a sharp sword coming out of the small hole, and then rushing straight up into the clouds.
Looking at the scene in front of them, Leon, Rope and Zarude all let out a sigh of relief... it was too scary...
Rope looked at the red cocoon of light in front of him, and that feeling of heartache in his eyes was practically overflowing.
[Name: Isolation Crystal (Legendary Consumable)
Ability: Can isolate any attack below level 10 once
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Rope was going to use it as an engagement ring for Cynthia at her wedding. But it was too big, so he might as well just grind it up and make it into lipstick.
That was indeed Rope's original intention. But it should still be able to be made into lipstick after one use, only it would have to be taken to the main world to be processed...
The Isolation Crystal is not something that can be ground up in the Pokémon world after it's been molded.
Only the Main World has stones that are harder than that. Although the Isolation Crystal itself didn't rely on its hardness to accomplish 'isolation'. But it was indeed hard is all.
It was only when Rope looked at that light cocoon with heartache. But she suddenly realized... a crack appeared on the light cocoon.
Rope's heart immediately jumped...
Luckily, the crack didn't continue to spread, so Rope breathed a sigh of relief...
However, this also made him sense that something was wrong...
Attacks below level ten could be isolated... but now a crack had appeared...
Rope's face gradually settled down, with a few shades of uncertainty...
After a while, the energy in it was released. But before Rope and the others could breathe a sigh of relief, a green stream of light drilled out of that small hole and flew off into the distance.
"Rope, watch out for the other world!"
"Save the main body!"
Meadow Plate's voice resounded in the bottom of Rope's heart, Rope looked at the departing stream of light and knew in his heart that he couldn't stop it, plus these two last words left by Meadow Plate...
"The Riddler is out of Gotham!!!"
Rope mentally said with some chagrin.
The red crystal cocoon fell to the ground. Everyone in the room felt a sense of relief after the robbery...
Leon patted Rope's shoulder rather emotionally and said, "Thanks to you, Rope... I really thought I was going to die just now..."
The Zarude's on the side also had a look of gratitude.
That feeling of death coming just now wasn't false...
It was too terrifying... it was truly a walk before the gates of hell.
Rope shook his head and said, ''It's nothing, if you're going to die, you're going to die. Besides, if you die, how can I explain to the people in Galar. How can I explain to your mom and grandparents and brother? You're the one who followed me out on this errand."
Giving Leon a punch in the chest, he then said, "When I do an errand, I will never shortchange one of my own."
Leon smiled back.
Now the two were really counting their lives as friends.
Rope laughed for a while and walked up to collect the crystal cocoon back. It would be a lie to say that he wasn't heartbroken. But then again, it wasn't that heartbreaking, after all, this thing was left behind at that time just for self-defense. After giving Cynthia the Su Sheng Gold Coin in the first place, Rope didn't give the Isolation Crystal out again.
Otherwise, she would have waited to use that bell herself...Rope would only really feel heartbroken if she used the bell this time...
"What now?"
Leon, of course, could see that this was a trap intended to trap Rope. After escaping from the disaster, Leon and Rope had completely lowered their contempt for Servants of God...
It was a truly awesome organization...
"Go back, then hurry up and get the others to intensify the search and capture of those members we know. By the way, let's pull back the undercover agents. There doesn't seem to be much point in staying where we are."
Rope shook his head, then said rather helplessly.
"Drip Drip Drip Drip Rope!!! there's a matchup between Mt. Pyre in the Hoenn area, it's Servants of God's Ghost, and Spooky Plate. Rotom!!!"
Rotom rushes up to give Rope a heads up.
Rope was instantly in over his head as well. You say that stupid...thing Arceus, not telling his own people the location of his Plate doppelgangers, and not letting the Plate doppelgangers set up a rally. It's just like being broken down one by one, isn't that messing with things?
Rope didn't know the reason for this, but if he was the leader of Arceus, he would have to punish him for his incompetence.
He didn't even give all the information, and then he thought of letting people go to work for you.
This is not Party A!
"I have to go over there!"
"Yeah, let's go!"
Saying that, Rope and Leon were not ambiguous, each released their own Charizard, then flipped onto the dragon and flew directly towards the direction they came from.
Elder Zarude looked at the departing backs of the two, opened his mouth, and extended his hand towards the two as if to retain them. But he didn't say anything and put his hand down...
What is there to say...
A small person...
And in the air, Rope said to Leon, "You go take care of Malkin. I'll have the relevant people in the Sinnoh area hand over to you later. Keep an eye on Koko for me."
Leon also knew the priorities, and knew better what Rope meant by leaving himself behind.
The Hoenn region had its own champions, and there was no point in him going. Staying in Galar and keeping the peace here was Leon's biggest task.
So Leon nodded and patted Charizard's neck, and Charizard growled and flew off towards the side down.
Rope, on the other hand, looked at the beautiful home town in the distance with anger and helplessness in his eyes...
"What is all of this..."
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Hoenn, Mt. Pyre.
A woman with a Giratina mask commanded the two Pokémon at her side as she pummeled towards the Spooky Plate detachment across the room.
The Plates didn't have the kind of ability that could immunize them from the skills of their own lineage. Therefore, they were being beaten back by the two Spooky Pokémon.
There were quite a few people watching from the sidelines, and they were all incredibly unfamiliar with the three Pokémon on the field...
But if Rope had been there, he would have been able to immediately call out the names of the two Pokémon commanded by that woman...
The bat-like Lunai Yara and the legendary Pokémon of Galar's Crown of Snow Plains region, Spirit Specter Horse.
These three Pokémon caused a huge fluctuation of ghostly energy, and on top of Mt. Pyre, the space there began to fluctuate uncontrollably. There were ghostly shadows and gusts of wind, making it extremely eerie and terrifying.
The old couple of Mt. Pyre's frowned tightly. Although they were veteran powerhouses, they didn't know who to help in this scene before them...
More importantly... they were already old, and with their current strength... they just couldn't intervene...
The tanned girl beside them was none other than Phoebe, Hoenn's Elite Four.
Phoebe was frowning as she looked at the communicator in her hand.
"Elite Phoebe, over here as per Champion Wallace's command, you need to stop there immediate mess as much as possible. Help Arceus, preferably if you can catch that 'Ghost'. the Elite Four Drake is nearby and will be there in about 15 minutes or so. champion Wallace will need about half an hour."
The staff member on the other end of the line relayed Wallace's instructions accurately.
Phoebe nodded, but knowing orders was knowing orders...
She looked up at the exaggerated battlefield.
"Is this really a battle that the Elite Four can intervene in?"
Phoebe let out a bitter laugh, "Isn't Mr. Wallace overestimating our battle power..."
But things had come to a head, and it was impossible not to fight.
Phoebe looked up and met the worried eyes of her grandparents.
Phoebe smiled and said, "Don't worry! It's just a little help, there will be reinforcements coming soon."
With that, she pulled out her Pokéball.
"Let's go Dusknoir!!!"
With that, he took Dusknoir's hand, sat on Dusknoir's shoulder, and flew towards the location of the battlefield.
On the battlefield, Ms. Ghost, who had been silently watching there, glared at Phoebe in dissatisfaction. It was quite a bit of hatred.
Then a Banette appeared behind him.
"Go stop them...don't expose yourself."
Banette couldn't help but roll her eyes towards her own master.
How funny, don't expose yourself...do you think people are blind?
But on second thought, I'm afraid not many people would reply to such an outrageous story.
So with a shake of her head, Banette greeted Phoebe.
Ms. Ghost retracted her gaze from Phoebe's body and looked towards the battlefield.Arceus was very powerful, but the one in front of her was only a doppelganger after all.
She looked towards the spatial fluctuation above Mt. Pyre.
A worried look appeared in her eyes, but it instantly transformed into determination.