Pokémon, you're not allowed to expel me from human form!

Although she was interested, she still took out her phone to indicate that she wanted to exchange contact information with Luo Ke.

Rocco, who had always understood what Eureka was saying, understood it again this time, but he was still somewhat incredulous.

So he took out his phone and asked Eureka a question.

"You're also interested in this kind of spirit, aren't you? And since none of us have found it yet, haven't you thought about competing with me fairly?"

Upon hearing Rocco's words, Eureka, after successfully exchanging contact information with him, held her phone in both hands, tilted her head slightly, and clearly did not understand.

"Isn't this your goal?"

Seeing her like this, Luo Ke had a whole bunch of reasons in his mind, but he couldn't say a word at this moment.

But Yurika's words, "Isn't that wrong?" kept echoing in his ears.

Honestly, if you help someone find a spirit and they proactively provide you with information, it's morally correct not to compete with them even if you like them.

Can...

The environment in which Rocco grew up and the education he received from various sources did not support his belief that this was 'correct'.

People grab anything they see, even if it's unethical, they can just say—"Human nature is most vulnerable to temptation."

Or they might use phrases like "there's no right or wrong in the adult world" or "you're too naive, naivety is a mistake" to justify immoral behavior.

In Rocco's view, this is what is 'correct' or what should happen.

People who suffer losses because they do good deeds or believe in rules and morality are ridiculed and insulted. Luo Ke originally lived in a world where such things could happen.

That's why he was confused by Eureka's ideas.

But thinking about it now, yes.

In the past life, the mistake wasn't made by the naive people, but by the not-so-naive world.

Thus, Luo Ke felt even more convinced of the beauty of this dreamlike world.

Before he transmigrated, no matter how sweet Yurika's words were, Rocco wouldn't have believed her one bit. But in this world—rather than questioning her, Rocco wanted to believe her first.

......

18. Why did you provoke him?

Yurika trusted Rocco's abilities, so since they were going to search for Victini together, she decided to separate from him.

Neither she nor the Qixi Bluebird felt that Luo Ke would be in danger in this area.

With Rocco's strength, even if Ditto were released, he would be more than capable of protecting it.

However, since they had split up, Laurent and Cloth were not going to wait any longer.

"I was originally thinking of having your legion rush in and create chaos to separate the two of them, but now it seems we don't need to go through all that trouble. We can just take action directly!"

Kro put his hands into the large pockets of his researcher's suit and stood there looking down at everything below.

"Laurent, wait until they are a little further apart, then you can make your move against the Sky Queen."

"I don't need you to defeat her, just delay her for an hour... no, half an hour, and then I'll come to you with the hostages."

Although Kro was somewhat confident in Laurent's strength, he felt that his side could achieve victory faster and more easily than defeating the Sky Queen.

"I have no objection to a rational plan."

Laurent said this, and then one of them moved closer to Eureka.

However, before he completely disappeared from Kroo's sight, he left behind this sentence.

"But if you come too late, I may have already defeated her."

Upon hearing Laurent's words, Chloe, who was watching him leave, shook his head slightly.

"I didn't expect him to be so motivated. But he might actually be able to do it, after all, his Pokémon sea is not only large in number but also of decent quality, plus his command ability—if he's not a threat to the Elite Four level, the Alliance wouldn't have offered him a bounty of 100 million Alliance coins."

"Although the Sky Queen is the strongest Uranus of this generation, she shouldn't be much stronger than the other Uranus, right?"

"Well, the uncertainty here is still too high."

I'll try my best on this side.

...

After separating from Roko, Eureka and Altaria set off in the opposite direction from Roko.

Unlike Roko, whose individual combat power is extremely terrifying, even though Eureka is the strongest Elite Four member, she always releases a Pokémon and keeps it by her side in this kind of wild area.

However, when it comes to searching...

"Come out."

"Once we find that elf, I'll let Luo Ke know."

Eureka took out five more Poké Balls and released all six Pokémon she had brought with her on this trip!

Besides Eureka's starter Pokémon Altaria, her other main Pokémon are Swan, Braviary, Talonflame, Swellow, and Togekiss!

Her team, in the eyes of Pokémon players, would be considered somewhat inadequate in terms of strength.

While most of these Pokémon are usable, having them all together makes it difficult to understand your strategy beyond just knowing you're going to use Tailwind.

And in this real world... well, it's actually quite unconventional.

This world has coexisted with Pokémon for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, so many tactics, although nominally called Grass-type or Fire-type tactics, may actually involve one or more Pokémon of other types.

There are even quite a few cases where the core element is a spirit of another attribute.

In such a situation, it is rare among powerful trainers to deliberately pursue having all the Pokémon in their main team have a common attribute.

Just like the Earth Emperor that Eureka is planning to challenge, he has this title, but his ace is a Tyranitar!

Rocks plus evil!

There are no Ground-type characters at all!

Therefore, the fact that Eureka's entire team consisted of Flying-type trainers was something that many trainers didn't understand when she first debuted.

Even the top players didn't know what tactics Yurika was going to use.

Then they were utterly crushed by Eureka in the King of Kings tournament!

To win with a team like this is a testament to their strength!

However, given the nature of the team, Eureka has never lacked challengers since her debut.

'roar--!'

After Eureka released all the elves, a roar erupted from the forest, followed by the sound of synchronized footsteps from all directions!

This isn't a special move; it's just that there are simply too many Pokémon!

So just the sight of them running together made the earth tremble!

It was as if the whole world feared their power!

After noticing this, Altaria, under the cover of the other five Pokémon, carried Eureka on its back, and then the six of them flew into the air together!

At this moment, a ground force of thousands of elves emerged from all directions!

Meanwhile, thousands of Flying-type Pokémon surrounded this place from a distance in the sky!

Just by seeing this number, Eureka and her elves knew that this could not possibly be a spontaneous act by the surrounding elves!

The sudden appearance of such a huge number of them around must mean someone transported them here using Poké Balls!

That is to say...

"Legion-style trainer".

As Eureka spoke, a synthesized voice rang out from every elf surrounding them!

"That's right, Sky Queen—unlike your childish fighting games, this is our full power!"

"We are war, we are natural disaster, we are legions!"

...

On the other side, Roc stopped slowly, and after letting out a soft sigh, took out a Poké Ball and put Ditto away.

“Come out. You’ve been approaching me ever since I parted ways with Eureka. Now that so many of you have gathered and Eureka has gone far away, there’s no need for you to hide anymore.”

That's right.

Shortly after parting ways with Eureka, Rocco noticed someone entering his sensory range.

At first, he had some doubts about Eureka, but as more and more people entered his field of vision, his doubts were dispelled.

After all, he had just told Yurika about Bictini. If she had betrayed him, it would be possible to mobilize a few people to follow him, but it would be unrealistic to suddenly conjure up nearly a thousand people.

Mobilizing manpower takes time.

and...

Since her Tanabata could sense her strength, she should know that these restless guys couldn't take her down!

So......

"Who are you?"

As Rocco turned around, Kro emerged from behind him with those soldiers-like figures, who slowly surrounded him. Each of them was accompanied by an elf, and they were carrying what appeared to be firearms.

Only Chloe had her hands in her pockets, carrying nothing.

He was the only one who answered Luo Ke's question.

"The people who came to arrest you—you can only blame your bad luck."

“We are looking for a mysterious elf here, and you and the Sky Queen will be here soon.”

"We are determined to get the elf that can generate huge energy out of thin air and can transmit that energy. So you are going to be in trouble."

Upon hearing this person reveal Victini's abilities, Rocco's face lit up with a relaxed smile.

He hadn't expected this unexpected gain.

Since they're also searching, and have mobilized so many people, taking them down should give me plenty of clues about Bictini, right?

That's what he thought.

When Kro saw Rocco smile, he slowly backed away, and then the soldiers around him carried their weapons and began to advance towards Rocco.

At this point, Kro continued to speak.

“Hey, I know that since the Sky Queen let you act alone, it means that you must have something about you that she can trust.”

"I think she probably put her non-main Pokémon, or even several main Pokémon, on you. But sir, I'm sorry, although trainers can talk with their Pokémon, the adult world is not just about Pokémon."

Hearing what Kro said, Roco saw so many weapons aimed at him, but instead of being afraid, his smile became even wider!

His brows furrowed together, the corners of his mouth turned up to the extreme, and his features became somewhat distorted in this exaggerated smile, ultimately... forming a face more terrifying than a devil!

......

19. Gods among men

Running away is not cowardice.

Anyone who frequently gets into group fights will know this saying.

Even if you are a fighting expert, when facing an enemy dozens of times your size, your best tactic is to turn around and run, and then use factors such as detours, terrain, and speed to divide the enemy and defeat them one by one while they are chasing you.

One could say that taking on multiple opponents is the art of division.

And escaping is a necessary part of it.

Luo Ke had intermittently practiced martial arts before, so of course he knew about this.

but...

Facing enemies a hundred or even a thousand times larger than himself, Luo Ke did not run away, but instead took steps toward them.

"...Do it!"

Although Kro didn't know what Roc was relying on, as he looked at Roc's ferocious face and retreated, a sense of unease rose in his heart.

Fear urged him on, compelling him to issue the order.