Ash suddenly opened his eyes, and the soft whisper from his mouth reached Mewtwo's ears.
They were in a state of unity, so even the slightest sound could be heard by Mewtwo.
Through the Super Thunder skill composed of Mewtwo and Pikachu, Ash finally broke through the external power defense of the two Legendary Birds and caught a glimpse of the two control items inside their bodies.
Just as Ash had thought, the items controlling the two Legendary Birds were inside their bodies. They were small box-like devices, and Ash could sense a tremendous malice emanating from them.
It was that power that tightly controlled the thoughts and morphological changes of the two Legendary Birds. Ash could even sense that there was a terrifying power locked inside the two Legendary Birds, also trapped by that box.
If he hadn't guessed wrong, that should be their—divine position!
After landing, Cynthia had briefly explained the situation regarding the Legendary Birds here. The Legendary Birds on the Orange Islands were beings possessing a divine position; within the Legendary Birds Clan, they were the leaders.
In other words, the Legendary Birds here were not only the strongest in the Clan but also possessed unique divine positions within the Legendary Birds Clan.
Every leader of a Legendary Birds Clan would inherit the divine position passed down through generations. There were many types of powers for divine positions, and the divine positions of the Legendary Birds were Ice, Fire, and Thunder respectively.
Although these three divine positions were not rule-based divine positions, they represented the fundamental powers of the entire world. If these three divine positions were not inherited or disappeared, the rules of the entire world would fall into chaos.
The loss of fundamental rules would make the elements of heaven and earth chaotic, causing the weather to become violent.
The reason why the weather around Shamouti Island was always unpredictable was that the Legendary Birds sometimes failed to control the power of their divine positions, or sometimes used the power of their divine positions to fight, which caused the surrounding weather to become very harsh.
The function of a divine position was not for fighting. Although it was an extremely terrifying power, that power was ultimately meant to maintain the peace of the world. Whether it was controlling the earth, the sea, time, space, life, or death—
These were all natural phenomena between heaven and earth. If the world lacked the concept of time, space, death, etc., how chaotic would the world become?
The divine positions possessed by the Legendary Birds were the same. Ice, Thunder, and Fire represented the basic weather of nature. If these elements were disordered, then wind, rain, hail, volcanic eruptions, etc., would become everyday occurrences.
Therefore, although the divine positions of the Legendary Birds were fundamental, they were also very important existences.
With Moltres and Zapdos being captured by Team Galactic, the divine positions inside them seemed to have been sealed as well. No wonder the weather around Shamouti Island had become so severe. It wasn't just limited to Shamouti Island; it seemed that severe weather had appeared in many places around the world.
Lorelei had received reports from the League, but such situations were generally considered coincidences. Who could associate the severity of the weather with the capture of the Legendary Birds?
Now the truth was revealed. It turned out that the harsh weather really had to do with the Legendary Birds. The huge power Ash felt inside the two Legendary Birds was the divine position. Perhaps Team Galactic had no way to control this power, so they simply sealed it up.
Ash was still wondering why these two Legendary Birds didn't use their divine positions to fight. Although using the divine position would affect the elements of heaven and earth to a certain extent, they were currently in the hands of Team Galactic, and Team Galactic wouldn't think about that much.
It turned out that Team Galactic couldn't use it at all!
If they could use the power of the divine position, even if Mewtwo had performed a MEGA Evolution, it would probably be difficult to deal with these two guys. At that time, they would have to use their final resort.
"It might hurt a little, bear with it." Mewtwo also sensed the things inside the two Legendary Birds along with Ash's perception. She knew that they probably couldn't hear her now, but she still warned them before driving her own Psychic power.
A power that could make heaven and earth tremble surged out from Mewtwo's body and then poured into the bodies of the two Legendary Birds respectively.
Although Moltres now had a dark-type and could be immune to Psychic-type attacks, Mewtwo's Psychic power was not aimed at Moltres, but at the control device inside Moltres.
"Got you." Mewtwo's gaze became sharp, and then she clenched her palms and pulled back violently. Two small black boxes broke out from the bodies of the two Legendary Birds!
Moltres and Zapdos let out a mournful cry, their pupils shrank to the size of pinholes, and finally, their eyes turned white, losing consciousness directly.
At the same time, the abnormal skin colors on Zapdos and Moltres began to return to normal. The flames around Moltres began to turn back to orange-red, and the orange skin of Zapdos also returned to its original golden yellow.
They had returned to their normal Legendary Birds state.
Without Ash needing to say anything, Mewtwo had already driven her Psychic power to crush the two small black boxes into powder. Such evil things that controlled Pokémon naturally could not be left in the world. Regardless of whether Team Galactic had a backup, she would crush the finished products first.
Immediately after, Mewtwo waved her hand, used Confusion to move the two Legendary Birds to her side, and then used Teleport to return to Ash's side.
Ash hurriedly came to the side of Moltres and Zapdos, placed his hands on the two Legendary Birds respectively, and Viridian Power surged out. After a while, Ash breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, they are just injured, nothing else is wrong. Their consciousness has also calmed down. As long as they are given some time to heal, they will return to normal."
It was a blessing in misfortune that the two small black boxes did not cause irreversible damage to Moltres and the others. As for the injuries on Moltres and the others now, that was naturally caused by Mewtwo—
After all, even if they returned to normal, the injuries caused by Mewtwo would not disappear!
To help them find themselves, Ash and Mewtwo could only use a relatively rough method to deal with them. Now that the two Legendary Birds had returned to normal, as long as Mewtwo took him to where Lorelei and the others were, and caught that guy named Charon, this grand event of capturing gods could come to an end.
"Jupiter, you are really not generally useless. Relying on yourself and then being caught by Lorelei and that brat is one thing, but now that you have been assigned two Divine Realm Level legendary Pokémon, you actually managed to make the situation like this. After going back, I will definitely request the Red—no, request the Boss to strip you of your executive position."
Just as Ash was preparing to leave, an indifferent voice came from the sky. Ash was stunned, and then his expression changed drastically as he looked at the sky. He saw Charon with gray-white hair riding a large dark purple bird descending from the sky.
Beside him was a dark red figure, but the figure was completely wrapped in energy, making it impossible to see the figure's appearance clearly. One could only vaguely feel that the figure also looked like a large bird.
"Charon!!" Ash roared at Charon in the sky: "What did you do to Misty and the others!!!"
Charon should have been stopped by Cynthia. When only Jupiter appeared from the submarine just now, Ash already knew that Charon and the others had slipped from the seabed to the direction of the last Legendary Bird, Articuno.
Also, in order not to let Articuno be controlled by Charon, Cynthia, Lorelei, and others went to stop them.
Now that Charon appeared here, didn't that mean Cynthia and the others—
"Them? Although I would like to say that they have been eliminated by me, those guys will probably come over in a while. They are really persistent followers. Even though they have already failed, they still pester me." Charon curled his lips, appearing very disgusted and annoyed by the pestering of Cynthia and the others.
Because of Cynthia's pressure, he had to use the final resort for dealing with Lugia in advance. Although this method was powerful, both time and power were limited, so he could only stop the power output immediately after sweeping away Cynthia with one blow and quickly subduing Articuno.
Immediately after, by relying on the controlled Articuno, he could easily shake off Cynthia and the others.
Actually, if he was given some time, it wouldn't be impossible to wipe out Cynthia and the others with Articuno. Even if it was just controlled, the Divine Realm was the Divine Realm, and it was essentially different from non-Divine Realm.
Cynthia's Garchomp was certainly powerful, but it was still a bit inferior against the Divine Realm Level. However, Cynthia didn't just have Garchomp. Against Team Galactic, she didn't need to talk about the sportsmanship of a Champion; just rushing up together was the right way.
Plus Lorelei, there were two whole teams of Champion-level Pokémon, while Charon only had an Articuno that barely had Divine Realm Level power and was forcibly controlled. If they really fought, it was not certain who would win or lose.
Charon could only think about wiping out Cynthia. It was impossible to really fight Cynthia, which was why he was in such a rush to come back here.
As long as the three Legendary Birds could be gathered, even if the power of the divine position could not be used, the strength of the three Legendary Birds could have a qualitative change.
At that time, whether it was Ash or Cynthia, they would just be worthless chickens and dogs. What kind of trash was that Pokémon called Mewtwo? It could be swept away at will!
After finishing off Ash and Cynthia and the others, he would use the power of the three Legendary Birds to lure out Lugia, and finally take Lugia into his pocket, and then go back to carry out another plan of Team Galactic.
Everything was so perfect—then Charon came over and saw Moltres and Zapdos that had broken free from control.
Don't look at Charon's calm face now, but only he knew how confused he was inside. God damn it, Zapdos and Moltres were taken out! How much time had passed?
When he and Jupiter assimilated just now, the two Legendary Birds were only at a disadvantage, right? How could these two be solved directly in less than five minutes?
Even if it was a Divine Realm Level that couldn't use its full strength, it shouldn't be killed like a chicken!
However, the fact was that in a few minutes, Moltres and Zapdos with Divine Realm Level strength were solved just like that. It was hard to imagine that this was an operation that humans could perform.
The operational level was trash; giving her Divine Realm Level Pokémon was purely a waste. With Jupiter's level, she was still one of the four executives of Team Galactic? Go back and be a grunt to train!
Jupiter, who was scolded by Charon, did not refute, but turned her face to the side. Even she felt very ashamed of the battle results this time. After all, if you say there were no handy Pokémon, Charon left the two strongest Divine Realm Level Pokémon to her.
If you say the opponent was powerful, the one Charon faced was the sinnoh champion and the Kanto Elite, while the one here was just a novice Trainer who had been debuting for less than a year.
In this situation, it was Charon who ran back to help her instead. No matter how much she hated Charon, Jupiter felt extremely ashamed at this moment.
If there was no Charon, and only she was here, this place would have collapsed long ago.
On the other side, Ash breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that Cynthia and the others were fine, and then he focused his gaze on the Pokémon standing on by Charon that looked like Articuno.
This Pokémon was, without a doubt, the last of the three Legendary Birds in the Orange Islands, Articuno.
The situation was very clear now. It had been converted and controlled by Charon using the same method. Although Cynthia and the others were fine, Articuno was in trouble.
The Articuno in the Galar region didn't have the ice-type, but instead had the Psychic-type. This type was actually more troublesome than the ice-type. The good news was that this kind of Articuno couldn't use the divine position.
Besides Articuno, behind Charon was a Pokémon wrapped in energy. Ash used the Eye of Insight to check that Pokémon, but did not get any information. Only a series of question marks appeared in his mind.
This was the first time Ash had seen such a situation.
If it wasn't a Pokémon, then even the most basic information wouldn't be displayed, but if it was a Pokémon, what was going on with that string of question marks?
From that black shadow, Ash felt a familiar power. That was—the Power of Death!
That's right, it was the Power of Death he felt on Little Lugia. He now felt it on that black shadow as well, and it was even more intense than the power on Little Lugia.
"Was that Pokémon created using the power of Yveltal? But why can't I see through it—" Ash whispered in his mouth. Just at this time, Cynthia and the others riding Garchomp and Togekiss finally arrived.
Garchomp carried Cynthia and Serena, while Togekiss carried Lorelei and Misty.
Hearing the movement behind him, Ash hurriedly focused his attention. Seeing that there were no injuries on the women, just a bit dust-covered, the hanging heart finally let go.