Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile!

Chapter 253 The blackened Lugia absorbs Team Rocket's Galactic Team!

Pokémon like Moltres and Articuno are called legendary Pokémon because they have stats far exceeding those of ordinary Pokémon and are extremely rare. Among legendary Pokémon, those with divine authority are called gods.

Lugia, the sea god, is a deity belonging to the Johto region.

He and Ho-Oh are beings of the same level, and together they are known as the Gold and Silver Gods of the Johto region.

However, due to a certain incident, Ho-Oh became utterly disillusioned with humanity and has never appeared before them again. To this day, it has been hundreds of years since Ho-Oh has been seen.

While Lugia doesn't appear in front of the world as infrequently as Ho-Oh, it still doesn't appear that often either; at most, it's only slightly more frequent than Ho-Oh.

Lugia's divine authority is the ocean currents, but because he dwells in the sea year-round and can control the direction of the ocean's flow, he is called the god of the sea, although he actually has no water attribute.

Every region has its own inhabiting deities, except for Kanto...

This information was given to Ash by the experts in the group. Ash was stunned when he learned that Kanto didn't have its own legendary Pokémon. What, is Kanto so lacking in prestige? Other regions usually have two or more legendary Pokémon, but Kanto doesn't have any?

If we're talking about legendary Pokémon belonging to Kanto, then it's probably only the artificial Mewtwo. Who would have thought that Kanto's flagship Pokémon was created by Team Rocket...

The power possessed by gods is extremely terrifying, and having a divine position means that one's strength has reached at least the divine realm level.

Not all divine beasts can reach the divine realm, but divine beasts with divine authority are definitely at the divine realm level.

For Pokémon like Moltres, it is extremely difficult for a god-level being to emerge from their race. Apart from race leaders with divine authority, it is practically impossible for one to appear.

However, if it were a top-tier legendary Pokémon like Lugia or Rayquaza, there would still be two or three Divine Realm level Pokémon in the group.

This is the advantage that comes with race; it's an innate talent.

Even newborns of their kind could probably possess strength at the Dojo level or higher, and it wouldn't be long before they became Champions. Advancing before reaching the God Realm level would be as easy as eating and drinking.

What is Cynthia saying now... that she wants him to protect Lugia? Ash is seriously doubting whether there's something wrong with his ears, otherwise how could he hear the Champion talking nonsense?

“Um, Miss Cynthia, are you sure you’re not mistaken? You want us to protect Lugia, the god of the sea? If Lugia just blew on us, we’d probably be blown a hundred and eight thousand miles away. It’s more like the other way around.” Even Brock, who was usually not very serious in front of Cynthia, had to become serious at this moment.

Asking them to protect the god of the sea is nothing short of a fantasy.

"Indeed, I made a mistake. To be precise, it's not the god of the sea, but just Lugia."

Hearing the first part, Xiao Gang and the others breathed a slight sigh of relief, but after hearing the next sentence, the three of them were dumbfounded again. What's the difference between the God of the Sea and Lugia?

Cynthia finally stopped keeping everyone in suspense. She took out a black and gold Poké Ball, walked to the center of the living room, and opened it in front of everyone.

A creature, entirely black and resembling a bird spirit, appeared before them.

Its wings resemble a pair of large hands, and behind it are small, dark blue tail fins. Even though its overall color is black, it cannot hide the fact that this elf looks adorable.

However, Ash and his friends' expressions changed drastically upon seeing this Pokémon. It was cute, as it was, but this shouldn't be what the Pokémon looked like. Because, aside from its color, this Pokémon looked exactly like Lugia, the sea god!

However, Lugia's size should be larger than Pidgeot's, or even nearly twice the size of Pidgeot. But Lugia's current size can only be described as tiny, basically only the size of Pidgeotto, which is far too small compared to the real Lugia.

And the color of its appearance is different, is this really Lugia?

“No doubt about it, this is Lugia, just in its infancy. And look at its condition, Ash, come here.” Cynthia beckoned to Ash, who was already preparing to go and check on it, and in one swift step, he arrived in front of the baby Lugia.

Cynthia didn't care about Ash's body that was about to press against her, but instead looked with Ash at the little Lugia that seemed to be not moving on the ground.

Ash placed his hand on Lugia, closed his eyes, and let the power of Viridian and the power of Aura flow into his body. Almost the instant the two powers entered, his Aura was repelled, while the power of Viridian entered smoothly.

However, the power of Tokiwa seemed to be transformed by some kind of force the moment it entered.

Ash's expression hardened, and the aura within his body roared out, directly shattering the meager resistance that was so strong against him.

The Aura successfully entered Lugia's body, effectively blocking the forces that coveted the power of Viridian.

A moment later, Ash opened his eyes and withdrew his hand from Lugia.

“Within Lugia’s body, there is a power that is constantly eroding its evil attribute. This power has already converted Lugia’s psychic type, and now Lugia’s attribute has become evil and flying. But this power is still constantly eroding Lugia’s life force. If it is left unattended, Lugia may be in mortal danger.”

Cynthia looked slightly surprised: "You managed to figure out everything in one go? Is this the power of your two abilities?"

"It's alright. The Aura determines the attribute of the power within Lugia, while the Viridian Power checks the condition inside Lugia. Then we can get the result right away," Ash said, scratching his head a little embarrassedly.

While the battle itself didn't surprise Cynthia, these unexpected events continued to astound her.

However, such surprise is actually meaningless; what's more important now is to stabilize Lugia's condition. "Do you have a solution?" Cynthia's beautiful eyes shone with hope. Originally, she only wanted Ash to keep Lugia safe while she went to the ancient ruins outside to look for a way to restore Lugia.

But Ash later displayed the amazing power of Viridian, which gave Cynthia a glimmer of hope. Perhaps the power of Viridian could help Lugia recover?
"We'll have to try to find out. I need to recover my strength first, get back to my peak condition, at least by tomorrow morning," Ash said somewhat uncertainly.

Whether it will succeed or not is another matter, but at least we have to wait until his strength is restored.

He suffered considerable damage in the previous battle. Although he seems fine now, if someone else had suffered the same injuries, they would be lucky to even stand up or stay awake.

Even with his recovery ability, it will take at least until tomorrow for him to fully recover. So for safety's sake, let's postpone any experiments until tomorrow. Little Lugia's physical condition is already bad enough. If the experiments worsen it, then we'll be in big trouble.

"By the way, what's the deal with this little Lugia? Why is it with you, Miss Cynthia?" After finalizing the arrangements for tomorrow, Misty couldn't help but ask this question out of curiosity.

Why does Cynthia have a baby Lugia in her hand? And do the sea gods even have races? They've never heard of this before!

Cynthia took out the black and gold Poké Ball and put Lugia back in, then sighed and said, "The whole Lugia thing was a coincidence, and it's actually related to Team Rocket..."

Upon hearing this, the three exchanged bewildered glances. The Rockets were already on their last legs, how could they possibly have the ability to turn Lugia into this mess?
After everyone sat down on the sofa, Cynthia explained the whole story to them.

The story begins with Cynthia's journey to Kanto. On her way, she passed through the Orange Islands and stumbled upon Team Galactic's trail. She secretly investigated and was surprised to discover that Team Galactic was planning to capture Lugia, the sea god of Johto.

They couldn't find Lugia, but they somehow acquired a baby Lugia. According to Cynthia's intelligence, this baby Lugia is very likely the child of the current Sea God. Team Galactic plans to use this baby Lugia as bait to lure out the real Sea God.

Putting aside where those guys got their courage, the fact that they were able to capture the child of the sea god is already amazing enough. Is the child of the sea god so easy to capture?
Cynthia followed Team Galactic all the way to their base, and then actually discovered the existence of Lugia!
The people from Team Galactic weren't exaggerating. Whether this little Lugia is the child of the Sea God or not is unknown, but it is definitely a member of the Lugia race. Even if it's not the son of the Sea God, the fact that it's a Lugia is enough to make the Sea God take action.

In the end, as expected, Cynthia single-handedly wiped out Team Galactic at that base and rescued Lugia.

However, Lugia somehow managed to turn his body completely black, and even after being rescued, his face remained contorted with pain, making him look like he was suffering greatly.

Cynthia questioned several high-ranking members of Team Galactic at the base, but they all said they didn't know anything about Lugia; it was the work of a new professor who had joined Team Galactic.

As for where the doctor went... he happened to be outside when the Galactic Team base was invaded. In addition, he had the surveillance footage of the entire base. If he didn't come back after a while, it meant he saw what was happening inside the base and had already run away.

Cynthia waited there for a long time but couldn't find the so-called doctor. In the end, she could only bring Lugia to the Kanto League. As for the Team Galactic members she had wiped out, she notified the officials of the Kanto and Johto Leagues, and they were arrested.

After bringing Lugia back to the Kanto League, the League brought in the best doctors and medical equipment they could find to treat Lugia, but to no avail, not even in relieving Lugia's symptoms.

They could only watch helplessly as little Lugia's life slipped away.

Ultimately, the League found an emergency solution: the Poké Ball.

The Johto League found the Steel Master in Azalea Town and asked him to create a talisman that could stabilize Lugia's life force and suppress the strange Dark-type power within Lugia, based on Lugia's condition.

Under the Poké Ball created by the Steel Master, Lugia's condition finally stabilized, but this couldn't continue indefinitely; they needed to find a solution.

Therefore, the Kanto Alliance and the Johto Alliance decided to entrust Little Lugia to Cynthia for safekeeping, since Cynthia had brought it back, while they would send people to the Orange Islands to search for the whereabouts of the Sea God.

Since Little Lugia appeared in the Orange Islands, the Sea God might also be there. If we can find the Sea God and explain the situation, Little Lugia might be saved.

In addition, the identity of the doctor from Team Galactic has also been investigated. The doctor was not originally a member of Team Galactic. His original organization was... Team Rocket!

"So, Lugia's condition is because of the professor who left Team Rocket?" After hearing the whole story, Ash and the others finally understood why Cynthia said that this matter was related to Team Rocket.

The professor from Team Galactic was actually a member of Team Rocket who escaped, and Team Galactic just happened to capture Lugia... Isn't that a bit too much of a coincidence?

"By the way, what kind of team is Team Galactic? Is it an evil organization in Kanto? I don't think I've ever heard of that name before," Brock said, frowning slightly and looking thoughtful.

He had been thinking for a long time but couldn't figure out where Team Galactic came from. The most famous evil organization in Kanto was Team Rocket. Apart from Team Rocket, the other evil organizations were simply not worth mentioning.

The name "Galaxy Team" sounds so imposing, it doesn't sound like a minor team at all. Where did it come from?

"They are the most notorious evil organization in the Sinnoh region. Their leader is still unknown, and they are extremely secretive. Even the Sinnoh League knows very little about them. They are an organization that is completely opposite to Team Rocket's high profile."

"However, this organization is no smaller than Team Rocket. They have a presence all over the world. The disbandment of Team Rocket in the Kanto region seems to have benefited them. Team Galactic is constantly absorbing members who left Team Rocket, and the organization is becoming even stronger."

Upon hearing this, Ash and his two friends exchanged bewildered glances. It sounded like... their decision to disband Team Rocket had actually made another evil organization grow stronger.

Moreover, this is an even more low-profile and uncontrollable organization than the Rockets.

It seems they... meant well but did something wrong!

(End of this chapter)