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

It was sleeping too soundly.

So even when the meteorite started falling towards the ground, it only made its eyelids twitch, and didn't immediately wake it up.

On the contrary, it was on the ground, in Baping City, on a high place in the Habsburg district.

Rocco, who was hiding here, and Victini, who was perched on his head, opened their eyes together.

Charging complete!

......

71. A shooting star flying backwards

Luo Ke felt he was in good shape.

The power of Victini accumulated within him, filling his entire body with energy.

'Tini~'

Bictini was also very happy, her big eyes sparkling.

Although it had known for a long time that Roco was very strong, until today it had never had a concrete concept of Roco's strength.

And now it knows.

Judging from its innate understanding as a mythical beast, Roco in its extreme state possesses a power unlike that of humans and elves—the power of a god!

However, Rocco himself does not have any energy, so he usually displays the various wonders of this 'miraculous body'.

Coincidentally—it has energy.

However, due to the limitations of its physical properties, many of its moves, after unleashing tremendous power, would backfire and injure itself, thus preventing it from converting all the enormous energy it generates into actual combat power.

so...

Victini jumped onto Rocco's shoulder, pointing its little paws at the night sky, as if aiming at the falling meteorite, or as if it had victory firmly in its grasp.

It and Luo Ke are the perfect partners!

As long as the two of them are together, even the gods cannot take away their victory!

As Bictini's little paws moved, Rocco's gaze also turned to the night sky.

Their charging took quite a while, so the city of Baping had already become lively. At this moment, the clouds in the sky were illuminated by a fiery red glow, and the huge, terrifying meteorite was visible to the naked eye.

'Well!'

The Ditto remained attached to Rocco.

It had felt disappointed before because it couldn't fight alongside Roco, but now it felt just as it had thought—it was also Roco's spirit, it was also a member of the team, and no matter what happened, they would face it together!

This made it unwilling to get off Rocco's body, but instead it shrank its body and stopped wrapping around Rocco's fists that it would use to attack, instead covering Rocco's face and neck.

Try to retain a position without interfering with Rocco.

Luo Ke noticed its contraction and spoke with a smile.

"Don't do that, Ditto. Even with just one mask, you're still very useful. I'm a trainer, after all, and can't carry items like Pokémon, but you're different, so..."

As Rocco spoke, he took out the Z-Moon he had found at the professor's house from his backpack and gave it to Ditto, swapping it for the original Thump Helmet.

'Well!'

Loko's actions made Ditto very happy, and it changed its face to a smiling one.

With his other hand, Rocco took out a regular gem, just like the fire gem he had first seen the shopkeeper demonstrate at the market, and gave it to Victini.

Because the power amplification of this gem relies on the power contained within it, Rocco can draw upon the power of this item when needed through Victini.

After doing all that, Rocco spoke to the scabbard that he had put back into the Poké Ball.

"Single sword sheath, a rare opportunity. Victini and I will be going all out from here on out. So when we've exhausted our strength and are briefly fatigued, if we fall from a great height, we'll have to rely on your spiritual power to carry us down."

As he said this, Luo Ke began to bend down, kneeling, while fixing his gaze on the falling meteorite.

"Although falling directly from the sky won't kill you, it still hurts quite a bit, and falling into the water would be troublesome too—so I'm leaving the rest to you, Single Sword Sheath!"

After saying this, Luo Ke began to exert force with his front foot, and then followed with his back foot before his body completely left the ground!

'Tini!'

At that moment, Victini's eyes lit up, and he constructed a defensive move under Rocco's feet.

With Rocco's two kicks, the protective shield constructed by Victini shattered on the spot, and Rocco leaped into the air, flying upwards against the falling meteorite!

Everything is so just right.

The force of the impact was just enough to shatter the two feet that were guarding it, and just enough to propel it to the meteorite. Not a single bit was wasted.

Then next—they will use all the power they have accumulated to hit their target with perfect accuracy!

Now that the Alliance knows about the meteorite fall in Baping City, countless people are naturally paying attention to it, watching the sky turn red with their naked eyes or on screens.

Eureka hadn't arrived yet, so although the trainers organized by the League branch and the Lorraine family were in place, they were just waiting.

We await the arrival of a hero who can turn things around and save everyone.

The sky was incredibly clear and empty at that moment because of the falling meteorite, so those watching from there would certainly not miss any changes in the sky.

So they saw it...

I saw a white light fly upwards against the current!

That is the power of Z-pure crystal.

The Z-Crystal carried by Ditto fully unleashed its energy under the resonance of Roco, and was attracted by the power of Roco's moves.

The power of the technique and the power of the pure crystal merged and sublimated, ultimately resulting in a qualitative change.

The ordinary gems carried by Victini were also activated, adding three more points of power to the transformed moves.

At this moment, enveloped by these forces, Luo Ke was like a shooting star flying in reverse, or like the sun rising at dawn.

Falling meteorites set the night sky ablaze, while shooting stars illuminated the earth.

With the naked eye, people could no longer see anything beyond the light, but with the Alliance's equipment, they were still able to spot a figure within the intense light.

It was a humanoid black shadow with wildly flying hair and a mask-like covering its face, obscuring any features or details. The only thing that could be seen was a bright red glint in its eyes.

From the shadow's shoulder, another object emitting red light rose up, leaving a red ribbon in mid-air that resembled a cape or a scarf.

The moment the equipment captured this image, Luo Ke arrived in front of the meteorite.

"This mere meteorite, shatter it!"

Although, according to the game, the Normal-type Z-Move should be called 'Ultimate Invincible Impact', Rocco clenched his fist and unleashed it with all his might at the meteor!

boom!

The immense force roared like a heavy cannon firing.

The terrifying energy seeped into the meteorite as Rocco's right fist collided with it, causing cracks to spread across its body and tearing it apart in the sky.

This all-out attack was directed forward relentlessly, without the slightest retreat, and it wouldn't allow anything to pass through it. Under such circumstances, the shattered meteorites didn't scatter downwards, but instead were ejected high into the sky, where, under the erosion of gravity and impact, they transformed into streaks of fiery passion and falling meteors!

Rocco's fist carried him forward until he encountered something inside the meteorite.

It was a completely shrunken black crystal with many sharp edges, and its texture looked quite unusual.

At the moment of collision, both Rocco and Victini clearly sensed that this thing was alive!

Furthermore, it has nothing in common with the other parts of the meteorite. Considering that the doctor said the meteorite has always been in one place in space, Rocco and Victini felt that it was like a floating cage, and the crystal was the prisoner trapped in it!

However, they had no time to react. The black crystal was struck by the enormous impact, and a wisp of consciousness within it began to awaken, immediately sensing Luo Ke's presence.

But towards Luo Ke, who had punched it, this sliver of consciousness harbored no malice whatsoever; on the contrary, it felt a strange sense of familiarity. This was because it sensed an immense amount of 'light' emanating from Luo Ke!

Under these circumstances, this sliver of consciousness detected the surrounding situation and finally locked onto the empty Poké Balls on Roco's waist.

A wisp of power within it opened a Poké Ball, and under a beam of red light, the black crystal burrowed directly into Rocco's Poké Ball, falling silent once more.

don't go!

This scene made Victini frown, while Roco, through its texture and shape, as well as the connection between this meteorite and Z-Crystal, thought of a spirit.

The Radiant God, or rather—Necrozma!

But now is not the time to worry about that. Since the opponent has entered his Poké Ball and is not making any moves, Roco continues to push upwards with the force of the punch.

The massive meteorite finally crumbled and burned under his power!

When the white light illuminating the earth went out and the reddened sky cooled, people found nothing in the sky above Baping City.

But they knew one thing clearly.

That is...

"saved!"

"The meteorite has been shattered, and the crisis has been averted!"

......

72. The Age of God is About to Return

The resolution of the meteorite crisis caused a great sensation in Baping City.

After all, being woken up in the middle of the night by the Alliance and suddenly told that a natural disaster is about to break out can easily put a lot of pressure on a person.

So the more tense they were before, the louder their cheers are now.

In addition, because the alliance needed to take the masses to safety, a large number of people gathered together, so when the cheers became one, a celebration of surviving the disaster began.

Even Alice smiled and brought the Lorraine family members to join in.

The league also announced the news at this time.

The meteorite didn't disappear suddenly, nor was it something the Alliance did; a mysterious entity accomplished it.

Along with releasing the news, the league also released the footage that was captured on camera.

After seeing the dark shadow radiate light and illuminate the earth, no one knows who first gave it that name, but people spontaneously began to call it the "Dark Hero"!

Amid cheers and celebrations, the dark-skinned hero was elevated to a divine status.

What about the hero himself?

After Luo Ke shattered the meteorite, the power he had used up still carried him across the sky, away from the area of ​​Baping City, and finally stopped above a forest.

In this quiet, dark, and deserted place, the hero silently fell to the earth.

The sword sheath was ready to emerge, but at that very moment, a shadow streaked across the sky.

'scare--!'

It was a bluebird.

The plane flew directly below Rocco, catching the falling Rocco on its back.

Sensing someone's arrival, the sword sheath immediately became alert, but after confirming the situation, it ultimately decided against doing anything unromantic.

Not only it, but after seeing who it was, Victini also sat on the cloud-like soft back of the Altaria and felt completely at ease.

Ditto also faded from Rocco's face and flowed to Victini's side, where it nestled against Rocco's waist.

And the only person who could make them do this is Eureka!

At this moment, Yurika cupped Roko's head in her hands and gently placed it on her bare legs. Then she reached out and gently stroked Roko's messy hair.

Her fragrance wafted into Luo Ke's nostrils, and her light white dress accentuated the girl's perfect curves; everything seemed so beautiful.

But more than anything else, Rocco's attention was drawn to Eureka's voice.

"You did a great job, but don't do that again, it's too dangerous."

Yurika, whose thinking is much faster than normal and often causes problems with language and logic, expressed her meaning with exceptional clarity this time.

This means that she wanted to say this before, and she still wants to say this now. Throughout her rapid thought process, she has always wanted to say this.

Besides that, she had no other thoughts whatsoever; all she could see and think about was Luo Ke's somewhat tired face.

"I'm very strong. As long as you send me a message, I will rush to your side no matter how far away you are."

"Best friends, we can fight together."