Pokémon: Did you play Pokémon today?

Chapter 389 "That teamwork! So cool! No wonder he's the Galar Champion!"

"Oh shit--!!!"

Qibana's roar echoed throughout the live stream, making him so angry that he almost threw his game controller away.

"How many Stands does this guy have?! Do he think Stands are free?!"

"Calm down, Chibana!"

Dan Di also frowned, but he quickly forced himself to calm down.

"Let's go to the ancestral hall! His true form can't be too far from us; it should be there! There must be a reason why he's been holding us back for so long!"

"Dan Di is still very reliable; his analysis is well-reasoned and supported by evidence!"

"Hahaha, that's hilarious! Kibana's mental state has collapsed! One of the two pillars of the Galarian region has completely broken down!"

Masked Man: You didn't expect that, did you? It's an ice sculpture! Surprised? Excited?

"How many ice sculptures does this guy actually have? Did he buy them from the wholesale market?"

"No! If this is a stand-in, then where is the real him?!"

"That's not important. What's important is—how is the shrine brigade doing now!"

Just then.

The ancestral hall not far away burst forth with dazzling light!

The light shot into the sky, pierced through the rain curtain, and illuminated the entire oak forest!

"not good!"

The three of them rushed toward the ancestral hall at the same time.

The moment they arrived at the ancestral hall, they witnessed the scene they least wanted to see.

The masked man stood in front of the ancestral hall, holding a gold and silver ball in his hand.

Above the ancestral hall, a green figure is slowly emerging.

Time Rabbi!

It had just emerged from the spacetime rift and hadn't even had a chance to see the world clearly when it was enveloped by that golden and silver light!

Little Silver: No—!

Silver roared and charged forward, with Crocodile close behind!

But it's too late.

The masked man tossed the gold and silver balls in his hand gently.

The shrub let out a mournful cry and was sucked into the ball.

Masked Man: Finally—here it comes?

The masked man slowly turned around, looked at the three people who had arrived, and spoke calmly.

Masked Man: Unfortunately, you've arrived—a little too late.

He raised the gold and silver balls in his hand and shook them gently.

"Masked Man: Now, it's time for you to witness true power."

He raised his other hand and casually tossed out two more Poké Balls as if they were trash.

Two enormous figures, powerful enough to crush space, suddenly appeared behind him!

A streak of seven-colored light tore through the rain curtain, and the air itself was scorched and distorted the moment the enormous wings burning with sacred flames unfolded.

Meanwhile, another elegant figure in silver-white rose from the waves, its deep eyes like the deep sea, and its wings flapped to create a whirlwind.

Ho-Oh!

Lugia!

Two legendary Pokémon floated in mid-air, their eyes vacant, completely controlled by the masked man and reduced to puppets!

However, the masked man was too lazy to command them, and too lazy to care about Chibana and Dante anymore, and turned back to face the shrine on his own.

In the ancestral hall, a spatial rift is slowly opening.

That is a passage to the past.

The masked man raised the gold and silver orbs in his hand, and Celebi's power surged from them, connecting with the crack.

He's leaving!

"Ho-Oh and Lugia!!! This is absolutely outrageous! We're doomed!"

"Ho-Oh and Lugia are under control, Celebi has been captured, and Masked Man is about to succeed! He can now rule the Johto region! What is he trying to do?!"

"Chibanada Silver, can three people really withstand two legendary Pokémon? Ho-Oh uses Sacred Flame, and Lugia uses Cyclone—I don't even dare to think about how to dodge!"

"We have to stop them even if we can't! We can't just stand by and watch the Celebi get taken away!"

"This plot made my heart race! My blood pressure skyrocketed!"

"Who exactly is this Masked Man?! How can he control Ho-Oh and Lugia? I feel like he's even more powerful than Boss Giovanni!"

Both Chibana and Dante looked rather grim upon seeing this.

Phoenix King.

They had attempted it twice before, and both times ended in crushing defeat.

Now, Lugia, the god of ocean currents, has also been added. Although we haven't battled it, as a legendary Pokémon that can be compared to Ho-Oh, how weak can it be?

This is desperate.

Ciban gritted his teeth; he simply refused to believe it!

"Dragonite! Show some courage! Stop him with lightning speed!"

Dragonite roared and transformed into a golden streak of light, rushing towards the masked man once more!

Dan Di gave the orders simultaneously, without the slightest hesitation!

"Charizard! Unleash your most powerful Flamethrower! Cover Dragonite!"

The fire-breathing dragon flapped its wings and soared into the sky, took a deep breath, and suddenly spewed out an extremely intense pillar of flame!

Without saying a word, Little Silver charged straight at the crocodile!

The three attacked simultaneously at the masked man!

The masked man simply raised his hand slightly, without even turning around.

Phoenix King let out a deep cry, and its seven-colored wings suddenly spread out!

A seven-colored barrier blocked all the attacks!

"Tsk, getting in the way at a time like this!"

Cibana was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

Despite being controlled, Ho-Oh's strength remained undiminished; in fact, due to the lack of self-awareness and hesitation, it became even more decisive in its attacks!

They simply couldn't break through that barrier.

Inside the ancestral hall, the emerald green light grew ever brighter.

The masked man slowly walked towards the crack and disappeared into it.

"Masked Man: ————It's over."

The phoenix gently flapped its wings.

The sacred fire swept in!

Lugia moved too.

A cyclone attack followed closely behind!

"Dragonite, use Tornado! Keep your distance! Don't take it head-on!"

Kibana gritted his teeth, directing his Dragonite to weave through the gaps between Sacred Fire and Cyclone attacks.

Dan Di's condition is slightly better, but not by much.

"Charizard, use smoke screen for cover! Then look for an opportunity to use Dragon Claw!"

Charizard used the smoke screen to its advantage and swooped down, its claws gathering in an attempt to ambush Lugia!

But Ho-Oh seemed completely unaffected by the smoke screen, and its Sacred Flame swept across once more, precisely locking onto Charizard's location!

"Charizard! Get out of the way!"

Charizard abruptly turned its body, but the flames still grazed its hind legs, and its stamina bar instantly dropped significantly!

"It's over! It's completely over! Two legendary Pokémon attacked together, how could we possibly win?"

"The level difference is too great. Ho-Oh is level 90, and Lugia is also level 90. How are we supposed to compete?"

"I refuse to accept this! Why?! I was so close to the final step! This difficulty is outrageous! This game is garbage! You old scoundrel, come out and take your punishment!"

"The parts ahead aren't mandatory, you can skip them, right?"

"Go around him? The masked man has already entered the time rift; if we don't stop him, the mission will fail!"

"But we simply can't win! Even Kibana and Leon combined couldn't defeat a single Ho-Oh, and now they're attacking together? Isn't that just suicide?"

The live stream was filled with groans and complaints.

Cibana scratched his hair in frustration, his face growing increasingly grim.

"Emperor Dan, this can't go on!"

While directing Dragonite to use its electromagnetic waves to interfere with Lugia, he shouted into the voice channel, "Our attacks can't even break through its defenses! Ho-Oh can recover all its damage with a single Recover! Lugia's Cyclone attack has a huge range; there's nowhere to dodge!"

"I know."

The Emperor Dan's voice was steady, but beneath that steadiness lay a sense of gravity.

"But we can't back down. If the masked man completely changes the past, all our previous efforts will be in vain, and we'll have to start all over again."

"But "6"

Just as Kibana was about to say something, Dragonite was grazed by another cyclone attack, and its stamina bar dropped a bit.

He hurriedly had Dragonite use Roost to recover, but just as Dragonite landed, Ho-Oh's Divine Flame struck again!

"Dragonite! Get out of the way!"

That's too late.

Dragonite has just used Roost and is in a stunned state, unable to move at all.

The seven-colored flame was about to engulf the Dragonite.

"Charizard! Protect!"

Dan-di's command was given in time.

Charizard transformed into a streak of crimson light, suddenly blocking Dragonite's path. Its wings spread, and a deep blue barrier instantly opened up!

boom!

The sacred fire struck the barrier, bursting forth with dazzling light.

The barrier trembled violently, but ultimately managed to block the attack.

Charizard was panting, its stamina mostly depleted.

"Dan-di! The eternal god!"

"That teamwork! So cool! No wonder he's the Galar Champion!"

"But this can't go on! Can we hold out once, or even ten times?"

"The two legendary Pokémon have virtually unlimited stamina, but Raihana and Leon's Pokémon will be the first to run out of steam!"

"This—this is truly a desperate situation—"

Thanks.

Chibana breathed a sigh of relief, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

"But you're right, this can't go on—damn it, how was this game designed? Do we really have to start over?"

He couldn't help but complain.

"We were just one step away! The masked man had already entered the rift. If we just followed him in, we could—"

"But we're stuck here, unable to get in, and unable to fight back—"

The more Cibana talked, the more frustrated he became.

"The sunk cost is too high. Everything has to be started from scratch, which will take so many hours!"

The comments section also started to complain.

"Indeed, the difficulty curve is too steep. I've never had this much difficulty when fighting in gyms before."

"The strength of legendary Pokémon is in a completely different dimension from other Pokémon."

"Did the author, Saltyfish Old Thief, never intend for players to complete this part of the story?"

"Could this be a plot device where the character has to fail to trigger the next part?"

"But if he fails, wouldn't the masked man succeed? Wouldn't the world change? Would this game still have a happy ending?"

"What kind of garbage game is this?! The difficulty level is ridiculously high, who could possibly play it?"

"Refund! RMN! Refund!"

Amidst the chorus of pessimism, Emperor Dan frowned.

No—that's not right.

"The problem now is that Ho-Oh and Lugia are under our control, and we have no means to counter them."

"But control—control—"

He recalled the scenes from before, analyzing every detail.

impossible.

A game cannot be designed with no chance of winning.

There must be something they've overlooked.

Even an average player should theoretically have a slight chance of winning.

Otherwise, this game wouldn't be "difficult," but rather "malicious."

That's not Teacher Xianyu's style.

How is the masked man able to control two legendary Pokémon?

Even if the Masked Man's Pokémon are ridiculously strong, it's impossible for him to defeat Ho-Oh on his own in such a short time!

They witnessed Ho-Oh's power firsthand during the battle at Bell Tower!

Also, why did the masked man take out the silver feather at the Bell Tower?

A thread slowly connected in Dan Di's mind.

Could it be that the Masked Man was able to defeat Ho-Oh because—

He controlled Lugia with the Silver Wings, and then used Lugia's power to quickly defeat Ho-Oh.

What about the reverse?

If it had Ho-Oh's iridescent feathers—

"feather----"

He muttered to himself.

"Feathers are key to controlling Ho-Oh and Lugia!"

Cibana was taken aback.

"Feathers? You mean the rainbow feathers and the silver feathers?"

"right."

Dan Di's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"The reason why Masked Man was able to defeat Ho-Oh so quickly was not because of his own strength."

"Although his Delibird and Boar are indeed outrageous, it is still unlikely that he can defeat Ho-Oh in a head-on battle in a short period of time."

"He was able to succeed because he used the Silver Feather, which is Lugia's feather and possesses Lugia's power."

"The masked man may have used the silver feather to temporarily control or influence Lugia, making Lugia help him attack Ho-Oh."

"The infighting between two legendary Pokémon, coupled with the masked man's sneak attack, is why Ho-Oh was defeated so quickly."

As soon as this speculation was uttered, both Qibana and the comments section were stunned.

"Wait a minute—that makes sense! It completely makes perfect sense!"

"Silver Feather controls Lugia, and Lugia helps fight Ho-Oh—that logic makes sense!"

"So the Masked Man didn't defeat Ho-Oh alone; it was two against one! Despicable!"

"So that means feathers really can affect legendary Pokémon?"

"No way, no way, this actually matches up? The interconnected plot is giving me the creeps!"

"Take note, Cibaner! This is what tactical analysis looks like!"

Cibana couldn't help but swallow.

"So you mean—"

Dante continued his reasoning.

"So, thinking about it the other way around, since the feather can control legendary Pokémon, could it—remove the control?"

His gaze fell on the Phoenix King, which was shrouded in dark red light in mid-air.

"Chibana, do you still have a rainbow feather in your backpack?"

"what?"

Qibana subconsciously opened his backpack, where the feather radiating seven-colored light lay quietly in his inventory.

"You mean—use this?"

"Give it a try."

Dan Di's tone was confident.

"Since the Masked Man can control Lugia with the Silver Feather, maybe we can also awaken Ho-Oh with the Rainbow Feather."

"Ho-Oh is the embodiment of the rainbow, a legendary Pokémon that brings happiness to humans. It should not be controlled like this."

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"The rainbow-colored feather is a token it gave to humanity, a symbol of entanglement. Perhaps this feather can awaken its consciousness and allow it to break free from control!"

Cibanar hesitated for a moment.

Ho-Oh is attacking them relentlessly right now; approaching with the Rainbow Feather would be tantamount to suicide.

But Dan Di makes a good point.

This may be the only breakthrough.

"Damn it, I'll give it my all! If it doesn't work out, I'll just start over!"

He gritted his teeth and manipulated Ah Xiang to take out the Rainbow Feather from his backpack.

Seven-colored lights shone brightly in the downpour.

Although faint, it was exceptionally noticeable.

Just as the rainbow feather was taken out, Ho-Oh in mid-air suddenly paused.

Those empty eyes seemed to regain a sliver of focus.

It slowly turned its head and looked at the feather in Qibana's hand.

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