Chapter 136: Rayquaza Descends! Go Ask Mamen!

"Yes, we ran into Mamen and Cattleya in LaRousse City."

Cynthia and Nemona received a call from Steven.

"What is he doing in LaRousse City?"

Steven was very puzzled; LaRousse City was just a high-tech city with little fame, and other than the Battle Tower, it had no other special features.

Steven was very confused, but he felt that with Mamen's personality, it was impossible for him to be there without a purpose.

Mamen had always been quite purposeful in his actions.

"I'm not sure. He said he was just here to look around, but I don't think it's that simple."

"Hmm, Champion Cynthia, you two should head back to Sootopolis City first. Professor Sycamore from Kalos sent over a batch of Mega Stones; you should come back and take a look."

"I will arrange for Officer Jenny in LaRousse City to be on high alert."

Steven thought for a moment and said this to Cynthia and the other.

Even now that he had discovered Mamen's movements, Steven did not dare to act rashly; the strength displayed by Armored Mewtwo last time made him very wary.

They must have Mega Evolution! As long as they, the Champions, mastered Mega Evolution, they would have the power to fight.

"Alright." Cynthia nodded in agreement.

But Nemona, standing beside Cynthia, was suddenly stunned, her eyes widening as she gazed at the sky.

"Senior! Look at the sky!" Nemona exclaimed.

Hearing this, Cynthia looked up, a rare expression of astonishment appearing on her face.

They saw a massive green dragon descending from the sky, its aura imposing and its approach fierce.

"Rayquaza!"

Cynthia immediately recognized one of the legendary super-ancient Pokémon.

This was none other than the Sky Dragon of Hoenn legend, Rayquaza!

But how could Rayquaza appear here? It couldn't be without a reason, right?

"What?"

Steven on the phone was puzzled.

"Champion Steven, Rayquaza has suddenly descended; it is now above LaRousse City." Cynthia frowned; she did not think it was a good thing for a legendary Pokémon to suddenly appear above a human city.

One must know that most of these legendary Pokémon were either in deep slumber or living in seclusion deep in the wild.

Rayquaza's sudden arrival must have a reason.

"What?!"

Steven was shocked.

"It really came."

Mamen looked at the green dragon descending from the sky and was not too surprised.

For Deoxys Forme 2 to release its psychic power so blatantly was an absolute provocation to Rayquaza!

After all, in Rayquaza's eyes, Deoxys was an invader from space, and one that had intruded upon its territory without regarding it at all.

"..."

Deoxys also noticed the appearance of Rayquaza; its closed eyes opened, and what came into view was that dragon of astonishing power charging toward it at high speed.

"Roar~!!"

Rayquaza's draconic roar resounded through the sky, and pure Dragon-type energy condensed in its mouth.

A Dragon-type Dragon Pulse!

The eyeball of Deoxys Forme 2 rotated eerily, and an intense sense of crisis instantly swept through its entire body.

It abandoned its psychic sensing and immediately retreated, taking flight.

Boom!

A powerful beam of dragon light tore through the air, aimed directly at Deoxys.

Deoxys dodged immediately; its speed was not slow, and since it was already prepared, it could naturally avoid it.

The dodged Dragon Pulse struck a house on the ground heavily, and the powerful Dragon Pulse exploded.

The violent blast and the fire rising into the sky echoed each other, and the entire two-story villa was annihilated in the flames.

In an instant, shrill alarms rang out across the city, and pedestrians on the street not far from the explosion site hurriedly fled in panic.

Rayquaza clearly did not care about this at all; its movements did not stop for a second, and it twisted its dragon body to pursue Deoxys again.

The dragon light in its mouth was fired at Deoxys frantically as if it cost nothing, and Deoxys had no choice but to dodge continuously.

It did not understand why Rayquaza was attacking it so fiercely and relentlessly, but this Forme 2, which had a gentler temperament than Forme 1, still did not fight back immediately.

Instead, it used the crystal on its chest to release a signal of peace to Rayquaza, yet this Rayquaza clearly did not want to pay any attention to it.

"So fierce~"

Mamen watched the aggressively attacking Rayquaza and couldn't help but sigh.

Was this Rayquaza truly short-tempered, or was this the standard "exterminate" attitude Rayquaza had toward such powerful space visitors?

Mamen did not intervene directly; in fact, given Deoxys's strength, unless it was particularly careless, it would be very difficult for this Rayquaza, which could not Mega Evolve, to "kill" Deoxys Forme 2.

Mamen and Armored Mewtwo rushed toward the direction of Cattleya and Lillie; the two women had sent Mamen a message the moment the explosion sounded.

At this moment, they were standing on a training field; compared to being near high-rise buildings, this open space was clearly safer.

After all, if Rayquaza's Dragon Pulse went astray, the buildings would not be able to withstand the attack and would be directly shattered and collapsed.

"Cattleya, Lillie, are you two alright?"

Mamen arrived beside the two women and asked them.

"We're fine, but Mr. Mamen, what is that?"

Lillie's small face was full of worry as she looked at Rayquaza and Deoxys battling in the sky.

That's right, Deoxys had already begun to fight back; otherwise, it couldn't just keep taking hits without retaliating, and Rayquaza really hadn't held back at all.

"Rayquaza and Deoxys; they are both legendary Pokémon."

Mamen briefly introduced the conflict between Rayquaza and Deoxys—no, it would be better to call it Rayquaza's one-sided hostility toward Deoxys.

"Rayquaza is a bit too overbearing." Cattleya hit the nail on the head.

At least listen to whether Deoxys had any intention of invading; to unilaterally press the other party to death just made her truly witness the overbearing nature of Dragon-type Pokémon.

Lillie also found it very hard to comment; she didn't know how to describe her current view of Rayquaza.

At this moment in the sky, Rayquaza's Dragon Pulse was dodged again, and Deoxys, having switched to Speed Forme, slammed a Zen Headbutt fiercely into Rayquaza's chest.

Rayquaza roared in anger, its body knocked down by Deoxys, crashing heavily into a building.

The building could not bear the weight, twisted, and collapsed, with smoke and dust rising into the sky.

Deoxys Forme 2 hovered in the air, looking down, its form slowly changing back to Normal Forme.

"Roar~!"

The next moment, before the smoke and dust had dispersed, Rayquaza's roar resounded through the sky again; Rayquaza flew out of the smoke at high speed, and another Dragon Pulse was fired.

The pure Dragon Pulse was fast; Deoxys dodged immediately, but it was still a fraction too slow, and its left shoulder was blasted apart by the Dragon Pulse.

Deoxys let out a muffled grunt and immediately retreated at high speed; under Recover, the missing left shoulder quickly returned to normal.

And Rayquaza was already roaring and charging again.

This time, Deoxys Forme 2 did not retreat but actively met the charge; even with its gentle personality, it could still get angry!

The two high-level legendaries launched a fierce battle.

Below, the city, innocently caught in the crossfire, naturally suffered, but fortunately, LaRousse City did not have many people to begin with.

"Due to an unknown Pokémon battle, please evacuate the city quickly and in an orderly manner! Do not panic!"

"Repeat! Due to an unknown Pokémon battle..."

The city's broadcast was playing Officer Jenny's calm voice like this.

Cynthia and Nemona were also helping to guide the evacuation of the citizens.

"How could something like this happen? How could Rayquaza start fighting that Pokémon?"

Nemona was very puzzled as she watched the fierce battle between the two Pokémon in the sky from afar.

The most critical thing was that the legendary Rayquaza was actually unable to defeat that unknown Pokémon.

"And... it's just too strong."

Nemona clicked her tongue in wonder; she had always heard myths and stories about legendary Pokémon from other regions, but she had never taken them seriously.

But now that she had witnessed the destructive power of Rayquaza and that Pokémon with her own eyes, even if it was just the aftermath, this city probably couldn't withstand their thrashing.

She wondered if Paldea had such powerful legendary Pokémon? She didn't seem to have heard of any; perhaps there were some in the Great Crater of Paldea?

Nemona's thoughts drifted; although she wasn't born in Paldea, she still felt a sense of belonging to it; she had moved to Paldea when she was eight, after all.

But she didn't seem to have heard of any legendary stories in Paldea similar to Rayquaza...

Not only did Paldea not have any, but it seemed Galar didn't either? (PS: Nemona's father is the boss of the Rotom Phone company, and the Rotom Phone first appeared in the Galar region. This is the setting for Nemona's birthplace. As for why Galar has no legendary Pokémon stories, those who know, know; the Sword Dog and Shield Dog even had their species changed by "stories.")

"Could this be your doing? Mamen!"

Cynthia's mood was rather heavy; looking at the city that had become a mess because of the battle, she subconsciously thought of Mamen.

After all, it was just too suspicious; Rayquaza had descended for no reason, and where did that mysterious Pokémon battling Rayquaza come from?

And since Mamen just happened to be in this city, it was no wonder Cynthia would associate it with him.

"Nemona."

"I'm here, what is it, Senior?"

"We're going to find Mamen!"

"Huh?"

Nemo was stunned, but seeing the serious look on Cynthia's face, Nemo nodded.

Find Mamen? Cynthia wouldn't think that Mamen did this, would she?

Nemo thought about it for a moment, but she felt that shouldn't be the case, right? Did Mamen have such great ability?

"Even if it wasn't caused by Mamen, we still have to ask him to intervene; otherwise, if this city continues like this, it will truly be beyond saving."

Cynthia's expression was firm. Steven and the others were already rushing toward LaRousse City, but that was setting aside whether they could make it in time.

Even if Steven and the others arrived, could they stop Rayquaza and that mysterious Pokémon?

Cynthia felt that would be very difficult.

But perhaps, Mamen would have a way!

Although asking someone from an evil organization for help was a bit absurd, Cynthia felt that in the face of a city's safety, this was nothing.

(End of chapter)