Chapter 248: Dark currents surge, the evil organization's move!

What Ash found regrettable was,

Since the battle was evenly matched, even to the point of being a one-sided fight for the side of justice,

There was no need for Arceus to come to the rescue,

The result was……

Ash stayed up all night, watching the skies until dawn the next day, but Arceus never appeared.

That night, Ash's side was calm,

But looking at the world, after it was confirmed that Ash could control the divine beasts, it became even more turbulent, with dark currents surging.

To sum it up in one sentence,

Ash can do it, so why can't they?

……

While Ash was being urged by Barza and May to stay and go play in Genesis Valley, secretly training the four differently colored legendary dragons, and at the same time spending carefree, joyous days and nights with Serena, Tierno, and Nana.

Within a few days,

disturbances of considerable scale occurred one after another around the world.

First, the ancient Sinnoh region fired the first shot in the craze for legendary Pokémon.

The remnants of Team Galactic, led by their evil scientist leader, the Underworld King, gathered a band of fanatics at the Snowpeak Shrine,

intending to control the slumbering giant capable of dragging the earth, which lay there,

Regigigas!

However, though the idea was splendid, the advanced equipment the Underworld King brought had absolutely no effect on Regigigas.

They couldn't even win in battle,

Not only did they fail to catch Regigigas, they became a laughingstock, being chased all over the place.

The hardest part to swallow was that, to survive, the Underworld King voluntarily reported himself to the police.

They hoped Cynthia would arrest him and take him back.

Upon hearing the news, Cynthia, concerned for the safety of Snowpeak City's residents, immediately set out.

Bringing Darkrai, who was well versed in sleep tactics,

and her ace Garchomp, Cynthia successfully restrained the enraged Regigigas.

And under the eternal control tactic,

She spent an entire day, plus nearly ten thousand Poké Balls, finally capturing the Holy Pillar King.

As soon as she succeeded in capturing it, Cynthia went to a nearby hotel to catch up on sleep.

One day later,

Ash learned of what had happened here, and couldn't help but find it amusing,

Such a scene immediately reminded him of the déjà vu from playing games in his previous life.

Worried that the Holy Pillar King might one day break free from its Poké Ball, Ash gave Cynthia a Master Ball directly.

Anyway, money to Ash now is just an endless string of numbers; even if producing a Master Ball were extremely costly, he would feel no burden.

Therefore,

Ash received a kiss from Cynthia as payment, though it wasn't real—just a picture from the internet.

But there's always a chance to make it real, right?

……

With the Underworld King captured, he became a laughingstock among the evil forces,

yet it also thoroughly stirred the minds of these wrongdoers, and for a time the legendary Pokémon of various regions could not rest.

In the Galar region,

Luoz i looked at the compiled intelligence in his hand, secretly clenched his fists, and gazed at his secretary.

"Produce a large batch of energy storage devices, speed up energy collection at the power center—I want to stockpile in advance the energy for the next thirty years.

Also inform Champion Dan di not to leave Galar recently, and to always be ready for a battle against a powerful legendary Pokémon."

The underground energy center in Gongguan City imprisons Eternatus, serving as the source of Galar's Gigantamax energy,

This is a secret that Luoz i has never told anyone else,

Luoz i has always used it as a charging station,

Nowadays, news of humans capturing legendary Pokémon is rampant and widespread,

plus Ash and Cynthia have indeed captured top-tier divine beasts,

which has seriously stimulated Luoz i.

In the end he decided to go all in,

risking the chance that Eternatus would awaken and escape, he finally forcibly squeezed and weakened a wave of Eternatus to pave the way for Dan di to capture Eternatus.

……

In the Kalos region,

Fu la da li Research Institute,

Reading the recent rumors online, Fu la da li lightly tapped his fingers on the desk, a hint of ease flashing across his brow.

Indeed,

If Mega Evolution energy is insufficient, why not turn our attention to legendary Pokémon?

In the ancient chronicles,

King AZ, by sacrificing a vast amount of life energy, successfully activated the ultimate weapon.

Nowadays, however, it's different from the past,

With technological assistance, perhaps there's no need to slaughter ordinary Pokemon en masse.

Just need to capture one legendary beast to provide sufficient energy.

Thinking about this,

Flare opened the all‑communication device,

Light surged and covered the transparent crystal; Flare's finger slid, quickly turning to Palkia's name.

"You said last time which legendaries Ash has captured?"

Palkia, while being a member of the Kalos Elite Four, is also a host with many information channels.

More importantly, she was present that day.

She merely livestreamed the battle of the gods from afar.

Furthermore, Flare could contact her because, besides her obvious Elite Four status,

she is also Flare's partner.

Because Flare aspires to beautiful things, the idea of creating a beautiful new world attracted her.

In Miare City, inside a spacious luxurious villa.

The pink‑haired Fire Elite Four member Palkia swayed her wine glass, lost in reverie.

"I only saw that six‑armed giant Giratina being destroyed from afar, and then Xerneas left……

If I'm not mistaken, the black Rayquaza, Kyurem, Reshiram, and Zekrom either left beforehand or were captured by Ash."

The words fell, and seeing the phone already disconnected at some point,

Palkia's mouth twitched slightly,

"Hanging up before someone finishes speaking—that's not beautiful at all."

On Flare's side,

After receiving the news, he immediately ordered the Flare Squad to move out.

Compared to the elusive Giratina,

the flight‑restricted Xerneas, whose movements are limited, is most suitable for capture,

and the authority of the life god Xerneas also best matches Flare's demands.

"Keep a close watch on the holographic projection device; do not miss any clue about Xerneas, list it as the top‑priority execution order."

Xerneas has just finished a fierce battle; its condition is surely poor,

Flare's thought is to strike while the enemy is weak,

As for the holographic projection device, it's a product Flare launched to replace phones, enabling real‑time video calls.

Its advertising slogan is to capture the scenery along the way,

Naturally, as a product released by the Flare Squad, how could it really be that simple,

The Flare Squad's true purpose is actually to collect photos or videos of ordinary trainers' travels through the backstage, thereby confirming the location of Mega Evolution stones and some rare Pokemon, facilitating looting.

……

Kanto region,

Team Rocket naturally also took action.

Nanbo Boshi, the one dispatched to find Mewtwo's whereabouts, finally got news.

Zhen Niao projected the information source onto a huge monitor,

Inside, Nanbo Boshi's figure appeared instantly, though at this moment his clothes were disheveled and his face bruised, looking especially miserable.

"Boss, I finally understand, hahaha!

Earlier, I and my subordinates had a segment of memory erased; now I finally understand, it's Mewtwo! Mewtwo is definitely near Sai Luo Island."