A pink beam of energy
pierced through the human wall standing in front of Himeko.
A pure-colored pillar of energy,
carrying an unspeakably terrifying power,
hurtled toward Himeko and Gardevoir at incredible speed under everyone's gaze.
"No!!!"
A cry of despair rang out.
Everyone could already foresee Himeko's tragic end.
She was the most gifted rising newcomer of the entire Great Axia Alliance!
She had risen like a comet.
Was she now going to fall just as quickly, like a shooting star?
If something happened to her,
then not only would the current situation become an unsolvable deadlock,
the Great Axia Alliance would also lose a star of hope.
A heaven-blessed prodigy who could one day surpass Champion-level and reach the ultimate extreme of Pokémon!
What was more,
she still had that utterly unprecedented and unpredictable Pokémon in her hands.
Given enough time,
sooner or later,
they would be able to break through the limits of humans and ordinary Pokémon
and reach the realm of gods!
But now,
all of those beautiful visions had been shattered!
All hope was about to turn to ash in this very moment!
Everyone closed their eyes.
A deep sorrow welled up in their hearts.
They could not bear to watch a young genius with such promise die here.
At the same time, a strong feeling of shared doom rose inside them.
If something happened to Himeko and Gardevoir,
then when facing Genjo and Mew afterward,
what other way would there be to stop them?
"Die!!"
Madness showed in Genjo's eyes.
His expression twisted as he screamed hysterically.
Within that savage look
was a trace of frenzied delight.
As long as Himeko and Gardevoir were eliminated,
all dangerous variables would be resolved.
In the entire Great Axia Alliance,
would there still be anyone capable of threatening him?
His eyes narrowed slightly.
Inside Genjo's mind,
the glorious future blueprint of Team Dark
had already begun to take shape almost instinctively!
Whoosh!!!
A harsh shriek of rushing air and storm winds suddenly rang out.
Within this pink Psychic Terrain,
a powerful yellow storm suddenly erupted.
That sharp and formidable aura sliced through the pink space.
Large swaths of Psychic-type energy were cut apart,
shattering like sheets of glass!
Everyone sensed it at once.
Another overwhelmingly powerful presence had entered the battlefield!
The yellow storm was unbelievably fast.
It was even faster than that pink energy beam!
Before the attack could strike Himeko and Gardevoir,
the yellow storm arrived first.
The razor-sharp spiral tempest braced against that beam of energy.
They clashed for an instant,
and then that pure Psychic-type energy was violently shattered!!!
It blocked it?
The sight that unfolded before everyone
left them utterly dumbfounded.
All of them froze where they stood, faces full of shock.
What!?
What was going on!?
Where had that sudden storm come from?
It had actually neutralized Mew's terrifying attack!
In that instant, every gaze focused in the same direction,
locking onto the storm as it gradually settled.
When the storm stilled,
a never-before-seen armored dragon-humanoid Pokémon
appeared before everyone's eyes!
Golden alloy armor.
Flowing yellow hair.
A dreadful aura surging from its body.
And those eyes, marked with fierce battle lines,
all proclaimed just how powerful and extraordinary this Pokémon was!
At that moment,
Himeko felt the fierce wind brushing past her.
She felt the figure standing in front of her.
Was it him?
Himeko's heart trembled.
She suddenly opened her eyes
and looked at the radiant Pokémon in front of her.
A storm surged through her heart.
It was a completely unfamiliar figure she had never seen before.
And yet, for some reason,
it gave her a deeply familiar feeling.
Was it him?
Himeko froze.
She found it hard to be sure.
This figure
looked nothing like GeoGreymon.
And its aura
was absurdly powerful, far beyond GeoGreymon's.
But—
from this Pokémon,
Himeko still caught that same familiar feeling she had once felt from GeoGreymon!
Could it be...?
Looking at WarGreymon's appearance,
shock immediately surged into Himeko's eyes.
An absurd, unbelievable thought sprouted in her mind.
Could it be...
that he had evolved!?
"Not too late, am I?"
At that moment,
the Pokémon standing in front of Himeko slowly turned around, looked at her, and spoke calmly.
That familiar tone.
That calm, profound gaze.
There was no mistake!
It was absolutely him!
Who else but Shiko
could have burst in to save her at such a critical moment!?
She had never imagined...
that he really would complete his evolution in such a short time!
And that
he would come here immediately afterward!
"I'm fine!"
Warmth flooded Himeko's eyes, and tears instantly blurred her vision.
Her heart was immediately wrapped in an overwhelming sense of happiness.
"Leave the rest to me."
Shiko nodded.
Then he turned back toward Mew.
Within his deep dragon eyes,
an incomparably intense battle spirit began to burn.
Himeko nodded.
With her current eyesight,
she could no longer judge the depth of Shiko's strength at all.
But—
the fact that he had walked out from the depths of Mt. Silver,
the fact that he could face Mew's immense oppressive pressure head-on,
the fact that such a terrifying pressure was overflowing from his body—
all of it meant that he had at the very least stepped into the level of a Third-tier Legendary!!
"What's going on!?"
"Squad Captain Himeko, what exactly is this?"
"You know that Pokémon? I've never seen anything like it!"
"Why can it speak human language? And why is it wearing armor?"
"Can it win? That's a Second-tier Legendary!"
"..."
Himeko retreated back into the group.
The four military ministers and those Elite Four-level trainers from the Military
immediately crowded around her
and fired off a barrage of questions.
WarGreymon's appearance
had completely caught all of them off guard.
Before Himeko could answer,
the battle between Shiko and Mew
began!!
(End of Chapter)
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