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

"Our Legion-style trainers have been passed down from ancient times to the present day, and the long passage of time has proven the correctness of our path."

"The team is more important than the individual; this is an immutable rule."

Laurent remembered it clearly; it was the day he inherited a portion of his legion from his teacher, the last lesson his teacher gave him.

His teacher was the one who adopted him and raised him, so he respected his teacher very much and remembered every lesson of the teacher very clearly, without missing a single detail.

This last lesson left the deepest impression on him because he knew when he saw his teacher that day that it would be the last time he would see him...

He always remembered that when his teacher said those words to him, his eyes lacked their usual confidence, and his tone was heavy and solemn, like a believer reciting the doctrines of God.

At the time, he didn't understand the teacher's tone and was simply overwhelmed by his own sadness.

After that, he never doubted his teacher's words, even though every Pokémon he captured would slowly grow stronger with training, and he never touched the limit of their potential.

The fact that the league defined his threat as being at the elite level made him regard his teacher's words as divine pronouncements.

The team is more important than the individual.

No matter how strong an individual is, there are limits.

but...

"...He's too strong."

Laurent lay helplessly on the ground. Despite not being seriously injured, everything that had happened before left him without the strength to get up.

Upon reaching this high vantage point, he used the observation equipment inside his mask to see, from afar, the scene of Eureka defeating all of his leader elves.

He knew he had lost this battle.

With the loss of his leaders and the chaos among the other elves, he lost absolute control over the legion.

However, he refused to admit defeat.

Because the elves surrounding him were his personal guard, powerful and well-rounded, more than capable of protecting him. Meanwhile, on the battlefield, so many elves, in the chaos and having lost their leader, began to run rampant and flee, greatly impacting the ecology of this elf community. Eureka, the Elite Four member, wouldn't stand idly by.

Therefore, he could have taken this opportunity to escape and then rebuild his army using the power of his personal guards.

And sooner or later he will exact revenge for today's defeat!

but...

He met a man named Rocco.

Eureka failed to refute his point of view, but Rocco crushed him with a few punches!

His personal guards were clearly elves, but when they fought together, they couldn't even hold off the man for ten seconds. The man merely flickered, and then his elves collapsed completely.

The shockwave from Luo Ke's punch alone propelled him more than ten meters, leaving him lying on the ground, questioning his existence.

Before challenging Eureka, the strongest Pokémon he had ever encountered was no match for any of Eureka's Pokémon. However, after meeting Roko, he found himself feeling that Eureka's Pokémon were inferior to Roko, a human!

Even if his personal guards were a hundred times or a thousand times larger, they would be nothing more than a matter that Luo Ke could easily deal with by spending some time on them.

How many of them would be useful to this man?

How many ants...or rather, mites would it take to kill Wailord?

"Even teams have their limits."

"The number of elves is not infinite."

“Powerful spirits are even harder to tame and train. Teacher... you're wrong, we're wrong, we've been wrong all along.”

Laurent kept muttering these things, but Roco ignored them. He had already noticed that on Eureka's side, the elves who had lost their leader were starting to flee in all directions.

Eureka was currently directing her six Pokémon, controlling their escape routes to prevent them from affecting the ecology of the Pokémon settlement.

So Rocco grabbed Laurent, whose eyes were vacant, and after thinking for a moment, he also took Chloe, who had been unconscious for a while, and jumped down from the height towards Eureka's location!

...

The battle between Eureka and Laurent's army was a major event.

At least the wild elves living in this elf-gathering area must have noticed it.

As a result, many ethnic groups that originally lived nearby moved away, and their migration to other ethnic groups' settlements sparked numerous conflicts.

It can be said that due to the chain reaction of this battle, this gathering place of elves has sprung up everywhere and become a chaotic mess!

If Eureka loses control and allows the trained elves of the Laurent Legion to split into different groups and begin to roam freely, it will have a huge impact on the local ecosystem.

Many of the elves who originally lived here will be affected.

Although 'life will find its own way,' Eureka doesn't want the neighborhood to become like that because of her battle.

She has already contacted the people at the Los Angeles branch. As long as she can control these elves, the Alliance will take care of them and stabilize the ecology of this elf gathering place.

This is also part of the league's work.

Suppressing these spirits was more troublesome for Eureka than fighting them, which is why she spent so much time setting up so many wind tunnels at the beginning of the battle.

Otherwise, these elves would run around in all directions, and Eureka would have a hard time controlling them.

Even with these air ducts, controlling them is very troublesome. It's fine for a short time, but problems easily arise over time.

However, Eureka knew that a short time would be enough.

The alliance members are far away and it would take time to mobilize them, so they won't arrive quickly. But she has a strong reinforcement nearby that can arrive in a short time!

That is, Luo Ke.

Just as Rocco believed that Eureka could defeat the Laurent Legion, even if Eureka could imagine that someone was targeting Rocco, she still believed that Rocco could protect his Ditto!

As long as Luo Ke comes, everything will be alright!

That's what she was thinking, and Luo Ke did see through her thoughts, which is why he rushed towards her location.

But in reality, Eureka and Rocco weren't the only ones nearby who had the ability to do something.

Not far from the battlefield, the air distorted slightly, and then a small figure broke free of invisibility and appeared on a tree trunk.

With its sapphire-like eyes squinted together, its entire body golden, and a 'V' shape formed by red fur on its head—it was the target Roco was looking for, Victini!

'Tini...'

It is the 'resident' here, so it feels it should do something.

However, not long after its birth, less than twenty years, it was still a child in terms of divine beasts and mythical beasts. It was very playful and did not have a good grasp of its own power.

It is impossible to solve a problem by force alone.

Then it can only do what it has done in the past when it helped other elves: use its special ability to generate power within its body, and then share that power with other beings, so that those who have gained power and are protected by victory can solve the problem!

Given the severity of the current problem, Victini wants to find a strong 'partner'.

So it immediately looked at Eureka's Altaria.

Victini had seen Eureka's Altaria when she was catching Ditto and the others in this area before. Altaria was Eureka's trump card and, in Victini's perception, Eureka's strongest Pokémon.

So that's it...

Just as Victini made its decision, flew away from the tree trunk, and entered stealth mode, before it could actually start its operation, a figure faster than the wind darted right past it!

Victini was blown around and tumbled several times in the air, its eyes turning into vortex shapes as it swayed in mid-air before finally recovering after a while.

Then it opened its mouth, revealing its little tiger teeth, and looked in the direction the figure had gone with great dissatisfaction.

'Tinnitini!'

I was so angry that I glared at him!

But it was in that one glance that Bictini saw Rocco!

Luo Ke's strength needs to be sensed before he makes a move.

For example, humans and the Fiery Sparrows at the summer camp would have a hard time perceiving just how powerful Rocco really was.

But compared to Ditto, who can learn about other cellular structures by 'seeing', and Eureka's Altaria, Rocco's strength is already quite evident!

Victini is, after all, a mythical beast. Even though it was born not long ago, even though it is very playful, and even though it cannot exert much power at present, it still has its own unique and wondrous aspects.

For example, right now, it immediately recognized that Luo Ke was the strongest being it had ever seen!

Incredibly powerful!

'Tini~!'

With her earlier dissatisfaction completely gone, Victini happily chased after Rocco.

Without a doubt, it chose Rocco!

......

23. The Poké Ball is not some kind of dark magic item.

"Reinforcements have arrived."

Yurika, who had been watching the entire battlefield from the sky, turned her gaze to Roko the moment he emerged from the forest.

The corners of her mouth also curved slightly upwards.

As her emotions shifted, Togekiss noticed Roko immediately, and then its voice relayed to Eureka's other Pokémon.

'Kiss—'

Having received its warning, the other Pokémon that were suppressing the Pokémon groups checked the situation with each other. Then, Swans stopped moving and continued to suppress the Pokémon in the water. Brave Eagle and Swellow also remained still.

The fastest of them all, the Arrowhawk, seemed to have received some kind of message. It instantly retracted its wings and flew away from its original position like an arrow, confidently handing over the part it was responsible for suppressing to others.

It arrived in front of Luo Ke immediately and lowered its head, indicating that Luo Ke should jump onto it.

Roco hadn't seen it so clearly from a distance before, but now that he was closer, he discovered that Eureka's Arrowhawk was different from the data given in the game's encyclopedia.

This crimson bird was even larger than Eureka's Altaria, and its height was estimated to be over five meters. When it spread its wings, it would cast a huge shadow on the ground. Just by looking at it, you could tell that it was no ordinary bird!

Having had the experience of riding the Tanabata Bluebird before, Rocco easily grabbed Laurent and Chloe and jumped onto its back. Then, the huge Arrow Eagle spread its wings and burst into extremely fast speed in an instant, leaping directly into the air and arriving at Eureka's side!

Luo Ke felt very comfortable with this speed.

Kro, who has not yet woken up, has no objection to this, except that his body has become a little colder.

Laurent, who had been awake the whole time, had already experienced being grabbed by Luo Ke and sprinted at high speed. Now, after this incident, his face was extremely pale and his features were somewhat distorted.

The sense of emptiness he felt before, with his worldview shattered and everything seemingly meaningless, was completely gone from him now.

Before Luo Ke could even offer him a word of comfort, he was already pulled back to reality.

Rocco was very satisfied with this, and lifted him up with one hand, shaking him at Eureka.

"This guy is the trainer of this elf army, Laurent—with him around, even if he can't directly suppress these chaotic elves below, he should be able to do something."

"Ah."

Yurika responded, and behind her, Pokkis's eyes lit up. Rocco felt an invisible force acting on Laurent and Crow, so he let go of their hands.

Then, under Togekiss's powerful mental energy, the two floated up. Laurent was sent to Altaria, while Kroo came to Togekiss's side.

'base--'

When facing Kro, Togekiss let out a cry, and then its power gathered into emerald droplets that continuously merged into Kro's body.

Under the healing effect of the water droplets, Kro's hands and feet recovered at a visible speed, and his body began to regain some warmth.

This is the effect of the technique called Life Drop when used on humans.

The effectiveness of these techniques in treating humans is a core reason for the advanced level of medical care in the world.

But Rocco paid no attention to this; his gaze immediately fell upon Laurent when he was sent to Eureka's place.

As for the reason...

"You, go and defeat them."

"what?"

Roco watched as Yurika pointed her little hand downwards and then uttered a mysterious statement. Although it was simple for him to understand, he still took on the role of translator when he saw Laurent's bewildered expression and his astonished gesture of pointing at himself.

"It means you need to stop the spirits you can still control."

"By the way, where did you hide all the Poké Balls? If you had their Poké Balls, you should have been able to collect them, right?"

The first sentence is Eureka's opinion, while the second sentence is Rocco's own thought.

He had no idea how Poké Balls were made in this world, or what the underlying principles were. His impression of Poké Balls was still based on the dark analyses he'd seen online in his previous life.