Watching Natsuhiko fly toward the "Divine Hall of the Sea Floor," the Pokeball slipped from Giovanni's hand.
He summoned his main force Pokémon.
Purple and blue in matching tones, Nidoking and Nidoqueen.
And standing between the two of them, the even more savage and ferocious giant beast, Rhyperior!
Three Elite Trainer Level existences, or even above Elite Trainer Level!
The "Rapid Freeze Beam" fired from Nidoking and Nidoqueen's mouths, and Rhyperior's "Sharp Stone Attack."
Crashed head-on into Landorus, Thundurus, and Tornadus at the very first moment.
The difference could be clearly felt.
Even Giovanni's three Pokémon were still at a disadvantage when facing the Kami Trio.
After all, true Divine Beasts are not something you can beat just by relying on type advantage.
However.
Being at a disadvantage doesn't mean they'll be defeated quickly.
Giovanni had more than enough strength to stall the Kami Trio, especially now that, after being controlled, they had lost their own battle consciousness.
Their Spirit Beast Forms had gained more feral brutality, but lost some intelligence and judgment.
Natsuhiko, sitting on Hydreigon's back, turned his head slightly to look behind him.
Giovanni had rolled up his sleeves and undone his suit buttons.
He'd shed some of his steady demeanor and gained a more sharp, oppressive, overbearing aura.
When the Leader of an Overlord-level organization fights with no restraints, he's actually capable of this level of power.
Facing the Kami Trio alone—your average regional Champion probably doesn't even have that kind of strength.
So this is Giovanni, someone comparable to, or even surpassing, a Champion?
Natsuhiko suppressed the tremor in his heart.
Since Giovanni could hold off the Kami Trio, then all he needed to face were Sato Kenta, "Hunter O," and that guy who'd betrayed Meloetta.
Three people.
One against three.
He could fight!
Seeing Natsuhiko charging toward them, Sato Kenta and the other two weren't particularly flustered.
Though a Hydreigon at Elite Trainer Level was somewhat beyond their expectations.
But Sato Kenta dared to do all this because he had the confidence.
He tossed out a Pokeball.
A Raichu appeared in front of him.
"Raichu!"
This Raichu's face was full of defiance; it glanced back at Sato Kenta with a hint of disdain.
However, it didn't do anything to Sato Kenta; it simply turned its head toward the onrushing Hydreigon, expression turning grave.
This is...
"Tom Rokicki's Raichu!"
Natsuhiko narrowed his eyes and made the judgment instantly.
His palm swept past his waist, several streaks of red light flashed and landed on the platform atop the Divine Hall.
Snorlax, Bewear, Oranguru, Steelix, Audino, and Hatterene.
The six Pokémon he used in his Hunter identity all took the field.
Though his synergy with these Pokémon wasn't great and they hadn't been trained for long, Oranguru's presence made up for part of that.
And also.
Illusion Space!
The "Illusion Space" Oranguru created by fanning its fan covered the entire platform.
"Today, I'm allowing you not to hold back."
Natsuhiko patted Hydreigon's neck.
"Rooaaar——!!"
Hydreigon's eyes lit up instantly.
How long had it been.
How long had it been since it'd been able to go all out in a slaughter ever since Natsuhiko captured it?
It could feel the proud Dragon Type blood within its body boiling again.
"There's only one demand: take down that Raichu for me."
After saying that last sentence.
Natsuhiko leapt.
He jumped down from Hydreigon's back and landed steadily on the platform, standing in the middle of his six Pokémon.
Aside from Raichu and Hydreigon running off to fight their own battle, he was still facing the three men's Pokémon all at once.
From dozens of winding red lights, one Pokémon after another of uneven strength was summoned.
Aside from a few Gym Leader Level Pokémon, most were Elite Candidate Level; at a glance there were at least ten of them.
But they were all Hunters, and everyone knew exactly what kind of state each other's Pokémon were in.
The gap between Natsuhiko and his Pokémon vanished instantly in the comparison.
It even gave him a certain advantage.
Sato Kenta, gripping the "Revealing Mirror," had undergone a complete change in personality.
While he controlled the Kami Trio, he also suffered a considerable backlash.
Seeing Natsuhiko come alone, he immediately drove his Pokémon to attack.
However.
Natsuhiko merely waved his hand lightly and walked unhurriedly toward the stone stele where Meloetta was bound.
That sorrowful, painful cry tugged at Natsuhiko's heartstrings every second.
As for.
Those ten-odd Pokémon on the other side.
Natsuhiko could say without exaggeration that, scattered as they were like loose sand, even if their numbers doubled, they still wouldn't be a match for his six Pokémon, which had completely formed a line-up and system.
Snorlax of the Technique Sea went straight in with "Abdominal Drumming" to bulldoze; against any type of Pokémon it had Techniques that could counter them, especially when facing Sato Kenta's Electric-type Pokémon, basically none could withstand a second hit from "Hundred Thousand Horsepower."
Kapu Bear was even more over-the-top.
With its already exquisite fighting skills, and the speed advantage granted by "Illusion Space," it toyed with three or four Pokémon in the palm of its hand; coupled with its "still-water-deep" calm expression, it left opponents both helpless against it and forced to endure its unprovoked Taunts.
Steelix was the most terrifying of all those who received the reversed speed buff.
What kind of situation would arise from a Steelix with no speed limit at all, whose speed had even become an advantage?
Audino provided "Microsecond Healing" and kept "Illusion Space" up.
Hatterene fully transformed into a long-range Cannon Platform, and with her special "Magic Powder," Pokémon with weaker Special Defense were her first targets.