Chapter 647: The Curtain Falls, Reactions from All Sides

Standing beside Lei Guan Wang, Luo Mu was seeing a shiny Rayquaza from above for the first time.

In his arms, he held Teraclaw, who was slightly drained from condensing crystals for defense.

At Luo Mu's call, Flower Ring Ring also left its Poké Ball.

Clutching a flower named "Eternal Flower," it shook the floral wreath on its body, raining down pink energy and floral scent to heal Luxray, whose injuries were not light but who was still standing.

Luxray's injuries were lighter than the shiny Rayquaza's, for it was the victor.

But the healing must continue, after all, the shiny Rayquaza's recovery speed would only be faster than that of the Hoenn Rayquaza.

Luo Mu also knew the situation with Mega Swampert and Mimikyu through the real-time broadcast of the hint system.

He had already reminded Mimikyu that it only needed to delay Deoxys's actions and prevent it from interfering with his own plans.

And Mega Swampert and he had achieved victory through surprise, weakening the Hoenn Rayquaza.

Even if the Hoenn Rayquaza's recovery speed was fast, as soon as Deoxys No. 1 noticed the commotion caused by the "resurrection" of Deoxys No. 2, it would rush over there immediately.

With two Deoxys and a Mimikyu in good condition over there, the Hoenn Rayquaza, whose status had already been lowered by Mega Swampert, probably couldn't withstand the siege for long.

Knowing that due to the gap in power, it might not be able to take them down for now.

At that time, the Hoenn Rayquaza would naturally retreat.

These were Luo Mu's initial estimates, but reality left him somewhat stunned.

The Hoenn Rayquaza ran away on its own?

Noticing the text floating in his eyes, Luo Mu's expression was quite strange.

Has the Hoenn Rayquaza changed its nature? It hasn't even been beaten yet, so why did it run away on its own?

A bit hard to understand.

"And, you've had enough."

"From just now until now, how many special effects have you switched? Do you know you're annoying my eyes?"

As if having reached the limit of patience, Luo Mu complained in his mind.

Since he and Luxray brought down the shiny Rayquaza, the hint system had been like it was having a seizure, playing various flower and firework special effects in Luo Mu's eyes one after another, really annoying his eyes.

【Nyah-nyah-nyah, I'm happy, I feel like it!】

The hint system was so happy; it usually just occasionally pointed the way or chatted.

But the hopeful host went ahead and got stronger on his own; who could refuse the thrill of winning by lying down?

Actually, Luo Mu could probably guess why the hint system was happily acting like a cheerful Husky.

After all, when that guy suddenly appeared and bound itself at the very beginning, it wanted to urge him to go out traveling and continue getting stronger.

Now that he and Luxray successfully brought down the shiny Rayquaza, its excitement was normal.

But Luo Mu was not as optimistic as the hint system.

He knew very well that his current self still had a long way to go from that so-called "strongest."

In fact, bringing down the shiny Rayquaza today, besides his own strength, was also the result of relying partly on strategy, calculation, assistance from other forces, and even an understanding of the shiny Rayquaza's psychology.

His own solid strength, and Luxray's efforts over the past half year, were indeed the main factors.

But all the electricity stored by the green block robots on guard, Terastallization, Z-Moves, and the shiny Rayquaza's arrogant mindset. If any one of these was missing, the outcome might have been different.

Luo Mu would be happy, but he would not become arrogant and swollen because of it.

Not to mention, just like last time, the shiny Rayquaza never Mega Evolved from start to finish.

Once the opponent Mega Evolves, the power gap will form a chasm again.

A minute had already passed since the shiny Rayquaza was brought down.

Luo Mu finally could bear to shift most of his attention to the shiny Rayquaza.

He could notice that, just like the Hoenn Rayquaza that had already run away on the other side, the shiny Rayquaza looked severely injured, but as long as no one interfered or suppressed it, after a while, it would be able to recover its mobility and part of its combat power.

This was a Pokémon bearing the name of legend; even though Luxray brought it down, in this aspect, Luxray was completely unable to compare with it.

"How does the taste of falling from the sky feel?" Luo Mu asked without any malice.

Well, perhaps it did carry a bit, after all, it was the shiny Rayquaza's sudden intrusion that caused him to lose a large patch of brain cells today.

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The shiny Rayquaza made no sound, only staring at Luo Mu, as if wanting to firmly remember his appearance.

The shiny Rayquaza and Luo Mu had met a total of three times.

The first time, it was just flying freely in the sky, looking for small meteors it could prey on.

Out of some curiosity, it approached a plane that was flying, and then made eye contact with Luo Mu, who happened to be looking out the window.

At that time, it probably couldn't imagine that this human who made eye contact with it would, in the future, together with Luxray, whom it had crushed during their second meeting, bring it down from the sky.

Fate is truly unpredictable.

While the shiny Rayquaza sighed, there was still no sign on its face of any intention to submit.

Even if Luo Mu took out the single Master Ball in his hand, shouted "Good chance," and threw it at the temporarily somewhat weak shiny Rayquaza to capture it.

The shiny Rayquaza would not give him any good look.

Not listening and turning to fly away directly were basic moves; the possibility of it developing into a situation of life and death was not non-existent either.

The shiny Rayquaza did not believe it had been completely defeated.

It admitted it was led around by the nose by the dirty-minded Luo Mu, who exploited its arrogant psychology.

But Luxray's victory in the recent clash also relied on a large amount of external force; this could not make it acknowledge the result.

Not to mention that as long as it ate enough meteors, the shiny Rayquaza could reactivate the "Emperor Organ" and complete its Mega Evolution.

At that time, it could rub Luxray and Lei Guan Wang into the ground.

This was the shiny Rayquaza's thought; it would never bow its head.

So from the very beginning, throwing a ball at the shiny Rayquaza was never a good choice.

Luo Mu was also acutely aware of this, so he hadn't done anything superfluous whatsoever.

The only things capable of gaining the recognition of such a proud Dragon Deity as the Shiny Rayquaza were likely either defeating its Mega-Evolved form in a direct battle or forging a deep bond with it.

Seeing the Shiny Rayquaza staring fixedly at him, Luo Mu instructed the Comfey to continue healing the Luxray while he stepped over the rubble and crouched before the Shiny Rayquaza.

"Let's negotiate a deal."

"I believe you've already noticed that another of your kind has left this city."

"I won't beat around the bush; I hope you will leave this city as well, and as the price, if you wish to seek revenge in the future, you may come find me anytime."

Without waiting for the Shiny Rayquaza to respond, Luo Mu paused briefly before continuing to speak on his own.

"Of course, if you are still unwilling to leave just yet, I can accompany you in continuing this fight."

"I know your stamina is recovering, but the Luxray here has the Comfey healing it; even if it cannot unleash an attack as powerful as the one just now, holding you off until Lei Guan Wang arrives is no problem."

"By then, you might lose even more face."

The Shiny Rayquaza detested being threatened; in the past, even if it meant mutual destruction, it would have fiercely bitten a chunk of flesh from its opponent.

But this time, it inexplicably felt a certain desire arise.

It wanted to crush the Luxray head-on with even greater power and wash away the stain of defeat upon its body.

It would rightfully use its strength to inform Luo Mu: "I, Rayquaza, am forever the 'sky' that you can never reach."

Once this thought was born, it took root and sprouted in the Shiny Rayquaza's heart, growing wildly.

After a moment of silence, the Shiny Rayquaza, having recovered a bit of strength, lifted the upper half of its body from the rubble.

"Roaaar—"

It would remember this humiliation and return it twofold next time.

The Shiny Rayquaza disdained using telepathy with humans.

Even so, Luo Mu could largely understand what it intended to convey.

It was issuing a threat to him.

However, the fact that the Shiny Rayquaza made such a choice still made him breathe a slight sigh of relief.

Although he could call the Oranguru and then summon Lei Guan Wang.

If necessary, he could also use the Silver Wing to call Lugia, who should be near the Hoenn seas.

But in that case, the entire Lavaridge Town would probably not be saved.

The Shiny Rayquaza had come specifically for him; if possible, Luo Mu hoped not to cause this city's destruction because of himself, which was also the reason he chose to step forward this time.

This outcome was likely the best ending he could strive for under the current circumstances.

Moments later, the Shiny Rayquaza, having regained its ability to fly, did not raise its head and roar but instead took off quietly.

Before departing, the Shiny Rayquaza took one last deep look at Luo Mu and the Luxray.

The next time, which would be their fourth meeting.

It would tell Luo Mu and the Luxray in its strongest form that their little cleverness was utterly useless in the face of absolute power!

Quickly withdrawing its gaze, the Shiny Rayquaza lingered no longer, flying toward the far end of the sky.

It had firmly memorized the auras of Luo Mu and the Luxray; henceforth, no matter where on the planet they might be, it could find them.

". Phew, it's finally gone."

Having finally sent away this uninvited guest, the Shiny Rayquaza, in a relatively peaceful manner, Luo Mu's tightly strained mind finally relaxed.

Exhaustion surged into his brain like a tide; gazing at the circle of ruins around him caused by the moves of the Luxray and the Shiny Rayquaza, Luo Mu sighed deeply from the bottom of his heart.

"Sigh, what kind of mess is this?"

He had come for a proper vacation, incidentally invited to tour Lavaridge Town as a high-tech city, yet ended up forced into fighting two Rayquaza.

To prevent the disaster from expanding further, he even made a "three-year promise" (crossed out), an agreement to fight again, with the Shiny Rayquaza.

Judging by the unconvinced look on the Shiny Rayquaza's face as it left.

By that time, he and the Luxray would probably be fighting a Mega Rayquaza, wouldn't they?

Eh?

Me fighting a Mega Rayquaza?

For real?

Hoenn Region, Mossdeep City.

On the screen hanging in the center of the Mossdeep Space Center lobby.

A female hostess with her hair pinned up, wearing exquisite yet not gaudy makeup, stated calmly, "Above is the complete report on this Lavaridge Town incident."

"Finally, please allow me, on behalf of all the staff of the Hoenn Television Station, to extend the highest respect to the hero who saved the entire Lavaridge Town single-handedly, Mr. Luo Mu."

The female hostess bowed her head slightly, and the image of the news report on the television froze at that instant.

Hearing Hearing Nimo, Shinji, and Shizuka, who had just finished touring the Mossdeep Space Center, stared intently at the television screen, unable to recover their composure for a long time.

At this moment, their hearts were completely filled with shock.

"So incredibly amazing!"

Shizuka's face flushed red; having completely lost the ability to organize her language, she could only repeat these few words continuously.

When she was studying at the Joy Academy, she had once been roommates with a Joy from the Hoenn Region.

That person had told her myths and legends of the Hoenn Region more than once.

Precisely because of this, Shizuka understood all too well what kind of existence Rayquaza was.

In ancient times, Rayquaza had even been able to single-handedly quell the dispute between the Creator of the Land and the Creator of the Sea.

Yet such an existence had been stopped alone by Teacher Luo Mu, and two of them at that!

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Shinji remained silent and said nothing, but from the flickering in his eyes, one could see just how unsettled his state of mind was.

By all rights, Hearing Hearing Nimo should have been so excited she was running wild, yet at this moment, she was unusually quiet.

She was completely immersed in the thrill of realizing, "So when Teacher fought me, he didn't even use one-tenth of his strength."

The gap was truly immense, but... she also wanted to become as strong as her Teacher!

Only now did Hearing Hearing Nimo realize that the gap she perceived between herself and Luo Mu was merely what she believed it to be!

At the same time.

What the three of them failed to notice was that a man wearing sunglasses with short, light-blue hair had also been standing there for quite some time.

This man was none other than the young noble Wallace, who had recently stepped down and planned not to serve as the Hoenn League Champion for the next few months.

Since Devon Corporation had some collaborations with the Mossdeep Space Center, his father, Mr. Stone, had dragged him out of his cave today and forcibly required him to come here to discuss the partnership.

Wallace was extremely reluctant, but his father stated that Wallace's home was right here, and no matter what, Wallace had to make this trip today.

Otherwise, he would go to the Hoenn League President and Wallace, forcing Wallace to resume his role as League Champion and preventing him from going to dig for stones.

One could tell just by looking at Wallace standing there how effective this threat was.

Although he had already stepped down, Wallace's own authority had actually changed very little.

He knew the specific circumstances far better than the average person.

Precisely because of this, he was far more shocked than most people.

The incident in Lavaridge Town was not simply about two Rayquaza.

A Pokémon from outer space, Deoxys, had also appeared among them.

Professor Cozmo had already reported the relevant situation and requested the Hoenn League to conceal Deoxys's existence to prevent anyone from setting their sights on them.

Therefore, only a very few people knew that Luo Mu, alone, had stopped not just two Rayquaza, but also a Deoxys that had attracted the two Rayquaza and caused the chaos in Lavaridge Town.

He was just one person, yet he had held back three Legendary Pokémon.

Even Wallace himself admitted he could not accomplish such a feat.

Before stepping into the elevator heading to the top floor of the Mossdeep Space Center.

Wallace, pausing to wait, subconsciously uttered the same sigh his good friend Wallace had spoken when calling him last night.

"You're so strong it makes one want to challenge you."

(End of Chapter)