"It looks like Zinnia and Steven are having a very hard fight."
Damian reached the closest island. He looked far away to the other side. There, Mega Salamence and Mega Metagross were fighting very hard.
It was clear that Zinnia and Steven were using all their power.
But they were both very good at fighting. It would be hard to see who would win in a short time.
"Champion Steven will definitely beat Zinnia!" Giovanni said in a serious voice.
"Damian, you have Primal Kyogre and Mewtwo. But you cannot change one thing. Team Rocket is an evil group!"
"It should not exist. This world does not accept it! Our Pokémon League will surely destroy Team Rocket!"
Giovanni's deep voice was very strong. He sounded like a person who fights for justice.
Leon and Cynthia both nodded. Leader Giovanni was right!
"'Evil' this, 'evil' that. I am tired of hearing this."
Damian laughed a little.
"You call yourselves good people... you think you are very important. But I will give you some advice."
Damian stepped on his shadow. There was a mean smirk. A Shiny Gengar slowly came out from the dark shadow.
"Do not talk big so easily. It only shows that you are weak."
When they heard this, Giovanni, Leon, and Cynthia looked angry.
Talking big? Are we as arrogant as you? Who is really talking big here?
"In the end, you people are very funny. You spend all day saying things that do not matter. Do you really think you can beat me?"
Damian smiled slowly. He was holding a beautiful stone between two fingers.
"Even without Kyogre, you will not be able to beat me!"
"Gengar!"
The Key Stone flashed with a very bright light. The Shiny Gengar smiled meanly at the three men. Its body was covered in the bright light of evolution.
Very quickly, the light went away. A white Mega Gengar stood with its arms on the ground. Its scary black eyes looked forward.
"Be careful. This Gengar is Damian's first Pokémon. It is very strong!" Giovanni whispered to Leon and Cynthia.
Leon and Cynthia both nodded. They understood that clearly.
"Mewtwo."
Armored Mewtwo slowly walked forward. The purple fire in its eyes started to burn.
"Defeat Damian as fast as possible. I think Groudon cannot wait much longer."
Giovanni looked at the rough sea far away. He could see the red giant monster going up and down in the water. He could also hear Groudon's angry cries.
But Groudon was definitely losing.
Giovanni did not expect this. Damian said the orbs were important for Groudon and Kyogre. But Giovanni did not think the difference between Primal Reversion and the normal form was this big.
These two very old legendary Pokémon should be equal. Now it was a very easy fight for one side. It was really strange.
"Yes! Let us attack together!"
Leon looked serious. He started to attack immediately.
"Charizard! Fire Blast!" Leon shouted to Charizard X.
There was a heavy rainstorm, but Leon used his Charizard's best fire move first. Armored Mewtwo and Mega Gengar were not strong against fire.
And Leon's Charizard was very good at fire attacks!
Charizard X opened its mouth. It made fire and released a hot Fire Blast.
But as soon as the fire left its mouth, the flames became weak very quickly. Finally, the heavy rain stopped the fire completely.
Charizard X had fought many battles with Leon. It stared at the place where the fire disappeared. It was confused.
Where is my fire?
"?!" Leon's eyes became small. "This..."
Cynthia and Giovanni were also shocked and very pale.
"Hahaha~" Damian laughed very much.
Leon's face looked very serious. He looked up at the big rainstorm.
Is it because of this rain?! But how is that possible?
Leon did not think his Charizard was the best in the world. But he knew it was one of the strongest. His Charizard was best at fire attacks!
So, Leon knew when Charizard's fire attacks worked. Usually, fire moves are weaker in the rain.
But the rain stopped a Fire Blast directly? Leon had never seen this before! This was a Fire Blast from his Mega Charizard!
"Oh. I think I forgot to tell you," Damian said. He smiled at the three of them. He looked relaxed.
"The ability of Primal Kyogre is called Primordial Sea. This weather is much stronger than normal rain."
Damian's voice was very casual.
"Normal weather cannot change Primordial Sea. While Primordial Sea is active, nobody can use fire attacks."
Damian smiled widely. This was the power of the Primordial Sea!
The three of them were very shocked. Making fire attacks completely useless? Was there really weather that strong?
"Wait! In LaRousse City, Primal Kyogre's Primordial Sea did not start. It..."
Cynthia suddenly felt something was wrong. In LaRousse City, Kyogre also used Primal Reversion. But after she spoke, she understood the reason.
"It seems you are not completely stupid, Cynthia. Primal Kyogre did not use Primordial Sea in LaRousse City because of the Black Rayquaza's Delta Stream."
As expected, it was because of that Black Rayquaza. Cynthia looked very serious.
"Delta Stream is a very strong weather ability. It is just as strong as Primordial Sea. And Kyogre is not as strong as the Black Rayquaza. So it could not start Primordial Sea."
Damian's voice was very calm. Everyone knew the power of the Black Rayquaza. Primal Kyogre should not be ashamed because it lost the weather battle against it.
"But today, there is no Rayquaza to stop the Primordial Sea. The Primordial Sea can continue forever," Damian said slowly. His words had a deep meaning.
But Leon and the others did not understand what Damian really meant at that time.
"It does not matter if we cannot use fire attacks! We can still fight!"
Leon's face was serious. Charizard X could not use fire moves, so it was limited. But that did not mean they could not fight.
"Charizard! Dragon Rush!" Leon ordered.
Roar!!
The sound of a dragon started. Charizard X moved its wings and flew high into the sky. Blue dragon energy looked like a scary dragon. It moved toward Armored Mewtwo very fast.
It was the dragon move: Dragon Rush!
"Pin Missile!" Giovanni also gave an order quickly.
Mega Beedrill moved its wings and flew. Five stingers glowed with a white light at the same time.
It was the bug move: Pin Missile!
Many Pin Missile beams covered the sky. They shot down and surrounded Armored Mewtwo and Mega Gengar.
Because of its Adaptability ability, Mega Beedrill's Pin Missile was extremely strong!
Armored Mewtwo raised its arm. A purple psychic wall appeared immediately.
The Pin Missiles arrived first. The many beams of Pin Missile hit Armored Mewtwo's psychic wall very hard.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The loud sounds of explosions were very strong. The smoke from the explosions went away quickly because of the heavy rain.
The fire in Mewtwo's eyes flashed many times. Its psychic wall shook. It was getting hard to keep the wall up under the attack.
After three rounds of Pin Missile, Charizard X's Dragon Rush finally hit. It slammed into Armored Mewtwo's wall.
The purple wall and the blue-green dragon hit each other. The scary dragon made no sound. It kept hitting the psychic wall.
Armored Mewtwo kept putting more psychic power into the wall. It tried to fix the shield, but the shield was almost broken. It did not work.
Crack—
With a sound like glass breaking, the Dragon Rush broke the psychic wall.
Mewtwo's eyes were cold. It put psychic energy in its right hand. It held the dragon right in front of its face.
Charizard X's roar was very loud. Because of the big force, Mewtwo was pushed back.
Boom!
With a loud explosion, Charizard X was sent back. Armored Mewtwo also slid backward for some distance. Then it stopped its body.
Now Mewtwo stood up. It looked down at the injury on its right hand. The fire in its eyes flashed many times.
"How is it?" Damian asked Mewtwo with a smile.
"They are strong. In this armor, I think I cannot beat them," Armored Mewtwo answered quietly with a message.
"Of course. They are some of the best trainers in this world."
Damian looked at the Mega Beedrill and Charizard X across from him. Those were the best Pokémon of Giovanni and Leon.
"How interesting. Then I will fight with all my power."
Mewtwo raised its hand. It took the armor off its body. Purple psychic energy filled the area like a bright light.
When they saw this, Leon and Giovanni looked worried.
Cynthia's Mega Garchomp stayed in front of Mega Gengar. Mega Gengar did not care at all. It even wanted to take a small snack and a soda out of its shadow. It wanted to enjoy watching Dark Mewtwo fight the two Pokémon.
As for Groudon...
Glug, glug, glug...
On Steven's side, he was fighting with Zinnia.
But Zinnia was very strong. Even with his best Metagross, he only had a small advantage.
But his Aggron was losing to the opponent's Naganadel. Aggron was too slow. The Naganadel—a special Pokémon from Alola—was very fast and had strong special attacks. Aggron could not hit the opponent and was hit many times.
But Steven knew he could not rush this fight.
However...
Beep, beep, beep...
Steven did not want to answer. But the phone in his pocket kept shaking. He had to take it out and look.
It was the Officer Jenny command center.
Steven looked serious as he answered. But after he listened, he was very shocked.
"You, do you really try to look at other things while fighting me?"
Zinnia saw that Steven was answering the phone during the fight. She felt he was looking down on her, and she became angry.
"Wait! Zinnia, there is something I must do."
Steven did not care about the battle with Zinnia anymore. He quickly sent out his Skarmory and climbed onto it.
He left Mega Metagross to protect him while he left. Steven moved fast toward the place where Leon and the others were.
This meant Mega Metagross would be attacked by Zinnia's Mega Salamence and Naganadel. But he had no choice.
"Hmm?" Damian looked at where the Skarmory was flying from.
"DAMIAN!!"
The Skarmory landed next to Leon and the others. Steven spoke with a very angry voice.
Leon, Cynthia, and Giovanni all looked at Steven. They were confused. Steven was usually a very calm person. But now he was very worried and angry. This meant something very bad happened.
"You look like you are in a bad mood. Teacher Steven, did something happen?"
Damian opened his hands and looked completely innocent.
"Damian! You know what happened! What did you do?!"
Steven tried to stop his strong emotions and shouted at Damian.
Just now, Officer Jenny had called him. Right now, two-thirds of the Hoenn region were having a very big rainstorm!
Especially cities like Lilycove City, Fortree City, and Sootopolis City. These places had rain from the start.
Now, the water in those cities could not go away. Sootopolis City was very famous for its water. Its water paths were very important.
But now, Sootopolis was almost under the water! The water in the city was already at the knees of adults.
If this continued... Sootopolis City would become like "Atlantis"!
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