Chapter 1: The Legendary Review Descends!

Johto.

Silver Town.

The annual Silver Conference was held as scheduled.

Countless Trainers who had collected eight Badges flocked to the event.

Among them was a youth wearing a blue short-sleeved jacket and a red-and-white baseball cap.

On the youth's shoulder, a small and cute Electric Mouse looked around left and right.

Beside the youth stood a girl of similar age dressed in extremely revealing attire, and a dark-skinned youth with squinted eyes.

The girl had a slender waist and beautiful legs; her yellow sleeveless crop top and denim hotpants that reached her upper thighs showcased her figure to perfection.

She placed her jade hand on her forehead to block the sun overhead.

Her other hand held a Pokémon that resembled a cracked eggshell.

"Ash, there are so many competitors at this Silver Conference. Won't you end up in the Top Sixteen again?"

"Come on, Misty, don't say such discouraging things. My goal this time is the Championship."

The girl, whom Ash called Misty, let out a light laugh.

As partners who had traveled together since the Kanto region, they naturally knew Ash's strength very well.

Ash possessed immense talent, but unfortunately, his travel time had been too short.

As a result, his talent had not yet been fully realized, and he had only reached the Top Sixteen at the previous Indigo Conference.

If Ash's Trainer level had been high enough back then to command Charizard,

perhaps Ash's ranking would have been higher, and he certainly wouldn't have fallen at the Top Sixteen.

"Ash, winning the Championship is indeed difficult for you, but your results this time will definitely be far better than at the Indigo Conference."

Brock, the dark-skinned youth, comforted Ash.

"Don't worry. Pikachu and I will go all out this time. The Championship belongs to me, Ash."

Ash clenched his right fist and regained his spirits.

"Pika-pi~"

Pikachu on his shoulder also raised its small hand in agreement, though whether it truly meant it depended on its mood.

"What a hot-blooded fool." Misty waved her jade hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

"Let's go. Hurry up and register, then we can go back and rest. This weather is killing me."

Saying this, Misty pulled Ash's hand and walked toward the registration site nearby.

"Gently, Misty. That hurts."

"Stop whining~ I want to go back and swim!"

The two figures walked further away until they disappeared into the crowd.

Brock tightened his backpack, his squinted eyes filled with envy.

"Ah, running under the sunset... that is my lost youth. Where is the partner who will accompany me through my entire youth? Nurse Joy, come quickly and save this lost heart of a young man."

Upon hearing Brock's words, the passersby silently moved away from him.

Their eyes were filled with disdain. Pervert!

"Ding~"

At that moment.

A mechanical electronic voice echoed from the sky.

Immediately, a tremor like a roaring mountain and surging sea swept across the entire world.

On the Silver Mountains, a crimson-haired youth meditating opened his eyes.

Another challenger who didn't know his place?

He slowly stood up and walked out of the meditation cave.

However, the expected challenger did not appear.

Instead, the arrogant Pokémon of the past had gathered together.

Following their gaze,

he saw a massive light screen stretching across the sky.

The crimson-haired youth's pupils contracted. What is this thing!

Silver Town.

Ash, being pulled by Misty, was also attracted by the sudden commotion.

"Has Team Rocket come again?" Stopping, Ash looked around, trying to find the familiar trio.

But everyone around him was staring straight up at the sky.

"What's going on?" Ash muttered, looking up as well.

The originally azure sky was now obscured by a massive light screen.

"!"

"What on earth is happening!"

This scene was not limited to the area near the Silver Mountains.

Light screens had appeared in every region where life existed!

Even before the Legendary Pokémon, this indescribable light screen had appeared!

The sky! The ozone layer!

Rayquaza, while sleeping, sensed a strange power. The moment it opened its eyes, that light screen came into view!

What is this thing!

Almost simultaneously, the notoriously irritable Rayquaza launched an attack against the light curtain without a word of explanation!

A multicolored beam gathered in its fang-filled mouth, and the Dragon Pulse was on the verge of release!

The next moment!

The beam transformed into a giant dragon and surged toward the light curtain!

Something unexpected happened to Rayquaza!

The Dragon Pulse, which had never failed before, vanished into thin air just before touching the light curtain!

Not only that, but Rayquaza felt the surging energy within its body become uncontrollable!

Even the "Authority: Sky" granted by the Creator God could not be used!

It was not dissipation, but a seal!

Authority and power have both been sealed within their bodies!

Even the power of the Creator God has been sealed!

Whose handiwork is this?

Groudon slumbering in the volcano, Kyogre in the deep sea!

They too were awakened by the power of the light screen, yet they are helpless against it!

With their power sealed, they can only rage impotently!

Venting their discontent wildly!

The same thing happened not only in the Hoenn region!

Sinnoh! The Reverse World! The Dimensional Realm!

Giratina, the ruler of the three worlds! Dialga! Palkia!

They too stared warily at the light screen before them!

Their power has been sealed!

Such incidents are endless!

The Kanto League...

The Hoenn League...

The Sinnoh League...

Leagues across the world are also racked with worry trying to crack this suddenly appearing light screen.

"Steven, is there any progress?"

The silver-haired man stopped his hands and let out a long sigh.

"No. With current means, we cannot crack even a fraction of the light screen. Even Porygon cannot enter it."

A suffocating atmosphere spread.

Unfathomable! Unknowable! Unenterable!

"Look! The light screen is changing!"

Steven immediately looked up!

Indeed, rows of text had appeared on the previously unchanging light screen!

As the text appeared, a majestic voice resonated throughout the world from within the light screen.

[The Legend of Trainers Countdown Begins]

[The broadcast will be carried out worldwide]

[There will be prize quizzes and Q&A during the broadcast]

[Only those who answer correctly will receive corresponding rewards]

[This episode's countdown broadcast is "The Champion's Journey of the Legendary Teenager"]

[Broadcast loading complete. Trainers of Elite level and above will gain the right to send danmaku (Note: The Chosen Ones will also receive equal rights)]

[Only those who gain the right to send danmaku can participate in the quizzes and Q&A]

As the voice fell, the text on the light screen vanished as well.

The next moment, the previously calm light screen emitted countless brilliant beams.

The beams fell like meteors.

Silver Town.

Brock, who had just arrived beside Ash and Misty, hadn't even had time to catch his breath when the beams in the sky fell straight toward the three of them!

In an instant.

The light filled their eyes.

Brock's squinted eyes opened to their widest state in his life; perhaps they too wanted to see this final moment and take in the world's last scenery.

The light fell.

The pain the three had imagined did not come.

Instead, a warm current filled their entire bodies.

And a stream of information flashed through their minds.

They had been judged by the light screen as Chosen Ones capable of sending danmaku.

After being struck by the beams.

A small mini light screen appeared before the three of them.

They could send danmaku through this mini light screen before them.

As for the method of sending, they simply needed to materialize text from their minds to send it directly.

Besides Ash and the others, every chosen person across the world had a similar mini light screen appear beside them.

[Ash: Hello, hello, is anyone there?]