Chapter 237: Lushamina's Misconceptions Cleared!

The dark crimson Death Wing ray pierced through the evil surge and struck Hoopa's chest.

Bang!

While Hoopa winced in pain, its huge body swiftly toppled backward, completely crushing the house that had narrowly escaped.

During this process, the Death Wing ray kept shooting out continuously.

Even as Hoopa winced in pain, its level 191 physique still took effect, supporting Hoopa's arm to lift.

A golden ring detached from the tip of the arm.

The enlarged golden ring quickly floated to the chest, right in front of the Death Wing ray.

The blue light curtain at the center of the ring was like a black hole, absorbing all the Death Wing rays without refusal.

"Hold!"

Ash had already made a prediction.

Almost the instant Ash finished speaking,

A ring appeared in the air,

Unlike the ring black hole that absorbs the Death Wing ray, this ring is like the black hole's backside vent.

Within the blue energy light curtain, dark crimson Death Wing rays surged out, shooting straight at Yveltal protected by the held light shield.

Hoopa managed to stand up in this process.

Flying in the air, looking at Yveltal in the white light shield, the released Hoopa revealed an evil expression.

The five free arms stretched out like a thousand-armed Guanyin.

Five rings in succession detached from the ends of the arms and enlarged, while the rings' exits appeared directly inside the held shield.

Hoopa's fists were wrapped in black energy, like wearing sturdy heavy tungsten steel gauntlets, all five fists struck out.

Dimensional Fierce Assault!

A hair's breadth from disaster,

During this process, May snatched the Punishment Pot from her brother Barza's hand, pulled out the stopper, and activated the golden Genesis Power in the Arceus pendant on her chest.

"Come back, Hoopa!"

Ash thought for a moment,

Letting Hoopa briefly experience this feeling isn't bad.

With this experience, giving Hoopa some time to think more will increase the success rate next time.

May successfully retrieved the evil shadow and Hoopa's sealed power.

In the air, Hoopa's size rapidly shrank from 6.5 meters to 0.5 meter, and it fell helplessly.

Bang!

A strong repulsive force flung it away, and the Punishment Pot slipped from May's hand, falling onto the nearby grass.

"Hoopa~"

May ran toward the fallen Hoopa and reached out to catch it.

Ash retrieved Yveltal during this process.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Serena looked left and right, spotted the Punishment Pot bouncing onto the grass, and hurried over to pick it up.

Barza, having come to his senses, quickly spoke up to stop her.

"Wait, don't touch it! Inside is filth that will possess people's minds."

Barza said that he would go look for the Punishment Pot, repeating his speculation that contact with the Punishment Pot would be controlled.

……

Alola Lushamina's bedroom,

Lushamina, wearing sheer fabric, hugged her daughter beside her, sitting against the headboard.

Directly opposite them,

On the huge monitor on the wall appeared the scene of the enlarged Hoopa battling the Yveltal released by Ash.

"Brother Ash really tamed Yveltal~"

Leaning her back against the headboard, her fair-skinned jade arms wrapped around the legs under the blanket, Lilia's eyes were full of admiration and excitement.

In this excitement, even the recent embarrassing encounter was forgotten.

Her gaze toward Ash was full of little stars.

Lushamina had one arm around her 'daughter' Lilia, the other arm propped on her round thigh, supporting her chin as she looked thoughtful.

"So that's how the ring works..."

Lushamina's clever mind instantly grasped the truth of the matter.

It was because of Hoopa's ring that Ash's night raid on Alola occurred, and for a moment Lushamina's last doubt in her heart completely vanished.

In her mind, she felt no ill will toward Ash anymore.

But... just thinking back to that earlier scene, Lushamina felt a burning sensation in front of her body,

For a moment, her legs clenched tightly together.

This strange feeling lasted a long time; the more Lushamina thought about it, the harder it was to restrain the agitation in her heart.

Until the screen showed Hoopa's body shrinking and Ash also retrieving Yveltal,

Lushamina finally couldn't hold back,

"Lilia, you watch first; Mother needs to go relieve herself."

Blushing, Lilia lost in her fantasy didn't notice anything wrong, and instinctively nodded.

"Oh oh, okay, Mother!"

Continue to squint and watch what comes next.

……

Kalos Desert City,

As Serena was stopped from picking up the Punishment Pot,

Figuring out how to take the Punishment Pot away, so it wouldn't again control passing humans to release evil shadows, became a problem.

Just as everyone was at a loss, Clemont's lips curled up.

"Hehehe, when science creates the future, Clemont Engine, engage!!!"

Clemont pulled the control lever,

The mechanical arm on the outside of his backpack instantly extended; at the front of the arm, the hatch opened, and a green rectangular metal rod appeared.

"Named the Magnetic Levitation Crane!"

Yurie helplessly raised a hand to her forehead and rolled her eyes.

"Such a straightforward name."

"This is my masterpiece made using the Pokemon move Electromagnetic Float—please watch."

With Clemont's control,

The green metal rod, like a phone stand, became double-layered, with the outer layer splitting up and down from the center,

Carefully aligning the opened gap with the fallen Punishment Pot,

Drawn by the magnetic force at its center, the Punishment Pot instantly levitated, locked in place by the machine.

"Wow, so amazing!"

"The power of science is truly amazing!"

May, who hadn't seen much of the world, clasped her hands and widened her eyes in astonishment.

Ash added a compliment to Clemont,

"Heh, thanks a lot."

Barza immediately thanked Clemont, then apologized to everyone.

"I'm really sorry for dragging you all in—I'm truly sorry."

"It's fine; compared to that, Hoopa's condition is more important."

Ash pointed at the trembling Hoopa,

He looked up at where Latias was hidden, then glanced at the drones gathering in the sky.

"Latias, use Instant Teleportation to take us away from here."

The group's figures quickly vanished from the camera.

When they reappeared, they were already back at the Desert Oasis Pokemon Center where only Nurse Joy remained.

Once again back here,

Ash had Latias assist Nurse Joy in giving Hoopa a thorough checkup.

He also had Goodra use Rain Dance to refill the pool water Hoopa had previously drained.

In the desert, everything else is manageable, but water remains precious.

Although the desert lacks moisture, using Rain Dance to gather storm clouds is quite difficult,

But Ash's Goodra is now an Elite Four level Pokémon,

But gathering enough clouds to fill the pool is not that hard.

While Nurse Joy treated Hoopa,

Everyone stood guard outside, and Barza also began explaining to them the part of history that Ash knew.

Hoopa, provoked by the people, started as a brat who loved praise, gradually worsened, battling Pokémon and even legendary beasts, and step by step turned into a warmonger.