"Steven... why do you need to come here again... I'm about to finish my mission and withdraw. On the contrary, it is precisely because you people are blocking me that I can't get away, and the Spirit Realm passageway is about to open..."
Ms. Ghost said so, and that spatial fluctuation over there was also getting bigger and bigger.
Steven heard her words, but his face did not change at all.
"The vicinity of Mt. Pyre is already sparsely inhabited. We have already sent people to remove all the populace that can't fight when we conducted this battle. All even if the spirit world passage is open here and a hundred ghosts are marching at night today, we are sure to beat them back."
Steven said on this side, and Metagross's attack on the other side didn't lose any weight at all.
Although Steven couldn't recognize what exactly that villainous Pokémon was, his Metagross didn't have to be weaker than his opponent's either. It looked like it was even better in terms of sparring experience.
"What exactly are you? With such strength, why did you join Servants of God... What exactly is the purpose of your Servants of God, you have not harmed the ordinary people of the League. Nor have you ever harmed the interests of the League...only that time you helped the remnants of Team Rocket, but you haven't done much else since then."
"What exactly are your intentions? Why can't we have a proper conversation?"
Steven had always been very suspicious. He trusted Rope, of course.Rope had been a good friend to him for a long time, but he had always felt that the fight shouldn't have broken out so easily.
If people were immortalizing each other, then there had to be a reason...
And this reason Rope only used such perfunctory words as 'the other party is extremely dangerous'. If he didn't have extreme trust in Rope, he would have opened his mouth to question it.
"Heh, didn't Rope tell you guys?"
Ms. Ghost sneered before asking.
"But yeah, even Rope shouldn't have found out our true identity and real purpose..."
Ms. Ghost spoke as if she was admonishing, and as if she was talking to herself.
Steven's brows were furrowed, but his heart had some initial understanding...
Looks like Rope... really isn't an alarmist...
"Steven, there's no need to hesitate... we're bound to be no friends to each other. there's no problem with Rope making the decision to be immortal with the rest of us."
Ms. Ghost looked at Steven with a hint of determination in her tone.
"You guys! Either defeat us or! Be destroyed by us!"
Even though she was wearing a mask. Everyone could always hear a madness in those words.
Phoebe looked at the woman who was confronting Steven, and a hint of sympathy surfaced in her heart.
She seemed to feel that Ms. Ghost's sadness and anger, and even had an urge to comfort her.
Phoebe shrugged it off and thought to herself, "How can I pity her if she hadn't come looking for trouble today, I'd still be eating Grandma's cooking and enjoying my vacation!"
Phoebe was still a little girl, and it was natural for her to have some little girl temper.
But whenever Phoebe looked at the woman who seemed to be a little crazy, she would always have this inexplicable pity.
Steven saw this and knew that Rope's judgment was probably correct. Moreover, this woman in front of him... or Servants of God should have some kind of unavoidable suffering...
But...it didn't make sense that the people of their League would have to pay back those hardships!
"Metagross! Psychic!"
Steven certainly wasn't going to go easy on this guy anymore. At the end of the day, being able to ask these two words was the limit of Steven. These people spreading their wildness in the Hoenn region...they really didn't put him in his eyes at all!
A man of clay still has some fire in him. Not to mention Steven, the current chairman of the Devon Corporation and the young master of the Stone family...
Ms. Ghost smiled at Steven's renewed desire to fight, and even attacked more aggressively.
"Just what I wanted."
Ms. Ghost didn't pay much attention to the battlefield in front of her, and after glancing at the Spirit World Channel, she looked at the battlefield of the gods over there.
Lunala and Spectrier were still at a disadvantage...
Arceus' Plate doppelganger was getting stronger and stronger.
Ms. Ghost didn't rush, but instead let out a light laugh.
When the defeat is finalized, we can withdraw...
What a loser...just like back then.
Ms. Ghost wanted to spit, but couldn't because of the mask on her face. All she could do was twist her mask in a hateful manner.
Steven stepped up his offense, and Marshadow had a hard time defending himself. After all, although he had always been Ho-Oh Rainbow Hero's examination officer. But his actual combat power was still quite a bit less compared to these top champions who could go toe-to-toe with a First-level God.
And that trainer behind himself had all but no intention of commanding him.
Of course even if she commanded, Marshadow wouldn't necessarily listen.
Who seems to have nothing to do with rushing you...it's not like it's your father. If you want to command, command, or don't command, don't command.
The rest of the battle continued, Norman and Phoebe were fighting against Banette, they could see the Mega Stone on Banette, so they were very careful with Banette who wasn't at her full strength.
Drake, the Dragon Elite Four, faced the powerful Dusknoir head-on, and his opponent was clearly not putting forth his best effort, as if he was throwing in the towel.
Drake's brow was furrowed. Drake's brows were furrowed. His opponent seemed to be familiar with his own fighting style. And his fighting spirit wasn't strong...
While the scene was gradually turning white-hot, a mighty dragon roar spread throughout the entire battlefield.
It also reached the ears of Winona and Wallace, who were not far from the battlefield.
At the first moment they heard the dragon's roar, the Tropical Dragons on their hips nearly spaced out. It almost threw them off. Of course, this tropical dragon of Winona's wasn't some temporary capture. Rather, it was one of her main Pokémon.
So before Winona could open her mouth to comfort them, the Tropical Dragon had calmed itself down. Then against the pressure, he accelerated towards the direction of the battlefield. He was genuinely afraid that he would stop and then he would be suppressed by the aura and never dare to move forward again.
Winona's face was grim as she said with some concern, "This roar... the might is a bit too strong, I don't know if it's a foe or a friend."
Wallace shook his head and said, "It should be a rescue. The odds are that Rope is the one who messed things up."
"How do you know?"
Winona asked, a little puzzled.
"Just a hunch. I always had a feeling Rope wouldn't miss this one."
At that, Wallace paused.
"My intuition also tells me...that the implications of this event are only going to be more frightening than I expected..."
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Rope naturally kept his word. When he said it would be a while, it was definitely only a while.
But it still felt like the world was a fucking marvelous place as he sat on Rayquaza's body overlooking the battlefield...
The Moon God of the Alola region, the big bat-like Lunala, and Spectrier, the king's horse of the Galar region's Crowned Snowfield.
The Alola region is still shit-free, and Galar is even more harmonious. But the gods of these two places have betrayed? The same as Darkrai and Deoxys at the time?
The Darkrai were a community, and the Deoxys were cosmic visitors. But even leaving Lunala aside, Spectrier is definitely the original god of the Pokémon world.
The native, black radish-loving kind.
He betrayed?
And when Rope saw the Pokémon that confronted Steven's Metagross, he was literally left with a feeling of disintegration...this was another of Ho-Oh's subordinate gods!
A messenger of Ho-Oh!
Marshadow, you! What! In! The! Fuck!
Sharing the same confusion as Rope was Rayquaza.
He let out an angry dragon whistle.
Then, the eyes of the whole battlefield gathered towards this side, and Rope didn't panic, he just stood on Rayquaza's big head, overlooking everything here.
Steven was relieved to see Rope's arrival. Really speaking, at this distance Rayquaza flew even faster than Palkia's teleportation.
Assuming, of course, that Palkia hadn't come to Mt. Pyre.
Arceus' Spooky Plate doppelganger gave Rope a somewhat disgruntled look. But then he whirled around and frowned slightly in confusion.
Why would he himself feel dissatisfied with Rope?
He wasn't sure himself, so he simply didn't think about it, and continued to attack towards Lunala and Spectrier. And one move was more powerful than the other.
He became more and more unrestrained. And yet the more he didn't care where his power came from.
Rope looks at the sight of the smoking gun but with a frown on his face...
Did Arceus' Plate doppelganger have this kind of strength?
But looking at Ms. Ghost standing over there, Rope's eyes just snapped.
"Rayquaza, go help Arceus' Plate bilocation to finish the battle in a hurry. I feel that something is not right."
Rayquaza nodded at Rope's words. On one side, a circle floated out from Hoopa's side, then expanded to a size that could accommodate Rope.
Rope and Hoopa straddled it. Then appeared in the center of the battlefield. Rayquaza, who was at the edge of the battlefield, also roared angrily, then turned into a green stream of light and rushed towards Lunala.
"Hoopa, you go and stabilize the spirit world passage. Your spatial attainments can do it."
Seeing Rope's serious face, Hoopa didn't draw a gag and nodded before passing through the circle and reaching the vicinity of the Spirit Realm Channel himself.
The spatial fluctuations here were exaggerated. It was no longer just the Spirit World's strange movements triggered by the great battle of the Ghost-type Legendary Pokémon over here. I'm afraid that there were also those Pokémon in the Spirit World that were contributing to the fluctuations.
But stabilizing space is just...a piece of cake. When it came to spatial abilities, even the God of Space, Hoopa, wasn't afraid of him.
Rope, on the other hand, looked towards the woman with the Giratina mask.
The woman also looked towards Rope, who appeared on the battlefield as a divine warrior, a person she had heard of long ago, but had never dealt with.
Steven saw Rope's arrival and finally let out a sigh of relief.
Just as he wanted to say something to Rope, he felt a strong wind coming from the back of his head.
He subconsciously tilted his head and prepared to dodge. But in the end, he was one step too late.
While he was waiting for the pain to hit him, he realized that he didn't feel any pain at all...
Could it be that he died too quickly?
As a result, Rope's bitchy voice came from his ears at this moment.
"Steven why don't you hurry up and run away, I'm tired of blocking for you here, okay!"
Raising his head, he saw Rope's flames lingering around his body, spreading towards his back.
Steven turned around to find that the Marshadow was already solidly blocked by the barrier that the flames had solidified into. The barrier also had chains wrapped around the guy's legs.
After this period of fighting, Steven also realized that, don't look at this little thing's punches are not big and its legs are not long, but when it comes down to it, its fighting skills are really well practiced.
Of course, Steven is not a fool, have been Rope reminded still standing there, this is not their own looking for death?
So he hurriedly took a step in Rope's direction. Then Metagross also quickly flew to Steven's side, and first gave a very apologetic yelp, as if apologizing for his poor escort.
Then it was sticking close to Steven's side, not daring to take a light step away.
"Marshadow, Ghost-type with a fighting Pokémon, very powerful, even capable of autonomous Z-move... why not use it... doesn't Steven deserve it?"
Rope smirked and said something that made Steven very unhappy.
Marshadow didn't even bother to give a bit of extra expression on his face, so he simply assumed a fighting stance.
But he's still in Rope's bonds...
Rope doesn't care about this guy either. Although she wanted to know why this guy betrayed Ho-Oh, and did so without a word. But...
As long as that woman is captured, all these questions can be answered...
When Rope looked at Ms. Ghost, a stern look flashed in his eyes.
The moment Rope's mind moved, the Banette and the Dusknoir flew to Ms. Ghost's side and took up a protective stance.
Now they weren't trying to stall with those guys.
This was someone they hadn't seen before. It was also true that he harbored ill will towards his master.
Rope looked at the might of the two Pokémon, but nodded.
"Very strong...these must be your own Pokémon. It really isn't weaker than those Legendary Pokémon at all."
That sounded very much like a compliment. But paired with the somewhat sneering smile on Rope's face. It was clearly an unintentional taunt.
Steven also shook his head, although these two Pokémon were strong, Steven's trump card was still a few steps away in comparison.
But even though he hadn't experienced a big event, he also knew that the probability of those Tier 1 Gods couldn't be completely defeated by a single Champion Pokémon.
That's why the gods fighting here...
And without much of a reaction, Ms. Ghost turned her head to look at the battlefield of Legendary Pokémon behind her once more, seeing the current state of affairs with Lunala being pressed to the ground and rubbed by Rayquaza. and Spectrier being given a good beating by Arceus with a few moments of helplessness, but also a few moments of satisfaction.
"You're Rope, aren't you...your name is still heard often in the organization."
Ms. Ghost's tone sounded devoid of sadness. Like she didn't hear Rope's mockery of her.
"Oh~ As much as it's tempting to say it's a million times an honor, I also know...I can't drag this out with you."
Rope's face was still pleasant during the first half of the sentence, but by the second half his face was cold as ice.
"Steven, stop Dusknoir."
With that, he himself removed Entei's Pokéball from his own waist.
Entei appeared and let out a horrifying roar before flames sprang up on his body and condensed into armor and wings.
Immediately, Steven intended to join Entei in separating Dusknoir and Banette respectively, creating space for Rope to capture the woman.
"Entei! Capture that woman back."
Just as Steven was about to hear Rope's orders and move with Entei...
But he realized that the orders Entei received and the orders he received seemed to be a bit different...?
Steven looked at Rope in front of him in disbelief...
Entei is arresting people, what are you doing?
Before he could ask, Rope turned into a ball of flame and charged towards Banette.
This scene startled everyone present.
Luckily, everyone was not slow to react and rushed up to help.
Steven was beating up Dusknoir, and Entei was beating up Ms. Ghost, who could only command one Mismagius.
Mismagius was weaker than Dusknoir and Banette. That's why it's being beaten by Entei's.
As for the other side... Banette was a bit dizzy for a moment from Rope's flames...
No, he thought at first that Rope was stupid to come up and fight him. But on second thought, it's true that such a thing isn't without precedent. You've got, for example, Ms. Incredible and Caitlin and Bruno and so on, all of these people can go over the top with Pokémon. And Ms. Psychic and Caitlin have been able to go toe-to-toe with Elite Four level and even Champion level Pokémon.
It looked like this professor, who he had never heard of before, was afraid that he was the same person as these two.
But he also really didn't expect Rope to be this strong.
Just a ball of fire hit him, and he felt like his body was going to burn. The energy in his body also suddenly decreased by a fraction down.
Banette only felt a sharp pain all over his body, and almost screamed out in agony.
However, what prevented him from screaming was not his strong will, but a small ball of fire that lunged towards his mouth.
He ducked and dodged, then glanced silently toward Rope.
And then the death cry...
Rope's forefinger was filled with small fireballs like bubbles. There were already hundreds of little fireballs floating around Rope's side. The long, straight fingers now seemed to Banette to be no less than Garchomp's arm blades...
Both were things that could put a psyche on a person. The sheer magnitude of the noise on this side of the room also drew the eyes of the others, Ms. Ghost even widening her eyes in disbelief.
Of course it was true that she couldn't see clearly with her mask on.
But from the sudden pause in her form, her shock could be seen...
She had always thought that Rope's own strength was similar to that of a superpower, but now it seemed...
The reason why Rope's power was so strong was of course because of Chimchar's evolution. She didn't realize that Chimchar's evolution into Monferno would give Rope such a huge increase.
Now Rope by himself can hang with Alder's team of Pokémon.
Ahem, a little less respect for the old man.
So this one Banette...gross.
And sure enough just as Rope flicked his finger towards Banette and thousands of little fireballs flew towards Banette, Banette had a feeling that he should be dead for the day...
Of course Rope wouldn't be so cruel. A few moments later, the fireballs dissipate, and Banette is covered in wounds, but judging by the slightly trembling corners of his mouth, the guy is still alive.
Rope shrugged slightly, then looked over to Metagross and Dusknoir, who had also excepted the results.
Steven noticed Rope's gaze and let out a rather uncharacteristic sigh of relief.
Hell, he knew how distraught he'd been when he'd heard about the problems over here. Of course he still had to remain calm. After all, everyone was waiting for him to take command.
That was one of the reasons why he insisted on resigning as champion...it was too tiring...just too tiring...
But it was good to know that one wasn't without dependents anymore...speaking of which, all of them champions should have a similar mindset.
Usually carrying the rise and fall of the entire region on their backs, once something goes wrong they can only squeeze themselves to death.
Now there's a Rope, and when something big happens, the first thing on everyone's mind is to look for Rope to give them some ideas.
It wasn't that they didn't have ideas of their own, and Rope really wasn't some character that couldn't do without. It's just that it's always hard to rely on everyone after they have a last resort to rely on.
Rope patted Steven's shoulder and said, "Don't wander off, it's over."
Steven then raised his head to check around. Sure enough, the battle between the gods ended like destruction after Rayquaza joined in.
And over here they had come up with a result.
Entei had Mismagius in his claws, flames brewing in his mouth, and was facing Ms. Ghost.
Rope steps forward slowly. With a smile on his face. Walks up to her, ready to take the mask off.
Just then, Ms. Ghost suddenly spoke out, "My purpose has been accomplished."
As soon as she spoke, Arceus immediately ran towards the sky as if he had realized something. The crowd frowned but finally looked at Rope.
Rope shrugged and said, "You don't really think I want to stop you guys from reaching the first stage, do you?"
Everyone in the room was shocked.
"You three guys hiding is the biggest threat to me, okay? The second stage of you guys are supposed to be getting Plate together. Though I don't know if it's planning to extract energy or what, it's always going to show up on its own."
"That's what I'm planning to do while I'm taking advantage of this before I wipe out the three of you in one fell swoop. To put an end to the trouble. Then I can get a promotion and a raise, marry a rich white woman, and go to the peak of my life."
Rope had a light smile on his face.Ms. Ghost was however looking at him with some surprise...
She didn't expect Rope to even guess the second step...
"Now then, there is only one of my biggest doubts..."
Rope smiled and pressed his hand on the mask. ms. Ghost subconsciously intended to open his hand, but ended up with her own hand knocking Rope's wrist into a ball of flame.
"And just who are you guys? Knowing your identities solves all my problems."
And with that he removed his mask.
Everyone in the room's face changed instantly.
"Phoebe?!!!"