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

Even though it hasn't reached its peak on its own, now that it's combined with Luo Ke, it has already reached the level of a god.

The two of them, as one entity, could easily call themselves the gods of victory.

If Victini can keep Rocco at his peak, they can go even further at the level of gods.

Regarding this combination, Necrozma felt that although the armor he had transformed into was still useful, it didn't seem to be anything really necessary for Rocco at this stage.

After all, Rocco's opponents weren't those formidable gods.

So the Fairy King's Sword needs to find something else to do, and it probably does too.

With that thought in mind, Necrozma connected her consciousness to the Normal Z-Force carried by Ditto.

Although it is not as well-suited to Ditto as Fairy King's Sword is to dual scabbards, it is knowledgeable and has a good understanding of all the martial arts techniques used on the battlefield during the Age of Kingdoms, so teaching Ditto is definitely not a problem.

In short, both of them had their own plans, and after Victini noticed this, she blinked her big eyes and used her ability to empower others to cooperate with their teaching, allowing Ditto and Dual Blades to experience the moves they were going to learn and the power they would master in the future in more detail.

Thus, without Luo Ke's knowledge, the training model of Luo Ke's team underwent an epic upgrade.

......

29. Rocco's Repayment

Although this exhibition match wasn't a full-fledged one-on-one duel between Eureka and King, which prevented Eureka from becoming the North American champion, it did break her losing streak against King.

Similarly, because many people watched the live broadcast of this match, the spread of Z-Move caused a huge sensation in the world at a speed that neither Tian Sui nor Luo Ke could have imagined.

Mount Raton, Alliance Headquarters.

In a spacious conference room, the five top executives of the League sat around a round table for a private meeting to discuss Z-Moves.

"Z-move... There really are some masters among the common people. These people never showed themselves before we gave them strong support. Now, with their intelligence, they probably guessed something from our actions, which is why they stepped forward."

An elderly man dressed in a white robe with a red dragon pattern sighed, while a blond old man with a large belly and a kind face smiled and spoke up beside him.

"Yes, even with Z-Moves we might not be able to do much in the God Wars, but adding more power is definitely a good thing."

Their words made the other three elderly people nod in agreement.

Even in their old age, some elderly men are two meters tall and muscular, and the relationship between them and the obese elderly men is not good.

The old man in the suit, who always squinted and had a compassionate expression, had a very bad relationship with the old man in the long gown.

Logically speaking, the four of them would often be divided into two factions on certain matters, which would give the old man, who always held a teacup, dressed neatly, and who still exuded a kind of handsomeness and demeanor even in his old age, a headache and put him in a dilemma.

But this time, their opinions were surprisingly unified.

"Promote the Z-Move vigorously!"

"Give us all the support we can!"

"We want to make our stance clear to those who are still hiding, affirm their suspicions, and welcome anyone who wants to help to come and assist."

...

Tian Sui and Luo Ke had guessed something.

Because the alliance provided them with far more than ten times the budget this time, as well as the green light in all aspects, and with such cooperation and communication, their demands were met to the greatest extent.

Tian Sui received the funds she needed, and when she used a portion of those funds to collect energy without limit, the Alliance readily agreed and fully cooperated.

Rocco hoped that Z-Moves could spread more widely to help Necrozma recover, so the League promoted them extensively. At the same time, he also registered all the Z-Crystal mines in mining cities around the world under his name, instantly increasing the amount of Z-Crystals he possessed.

After thinking about this for a moment, Luo Ke contacted Alice.

"Z Pure Crystal, Z Crystal, Chaotic Crystal... and those that are not the best for making any of the three, and whose effects are not as good as gemstones, can be used to make crystal ornaments."

"Alice, you know I'm all alone, and you've always been the ones helping me manage this business."

"As for the mineral business, no one I know is more professional than your Lorraine family, so I plan to entrust all of this business to you."

Upon hearing Rocco's words, both Alice, now the head of the Lorraine family, and Rudolf, who was sitting quietly to the side, pursed their lips, held their breath, and were so overwhelmed by this huge surprise that they lost their ability to think.

Although it was originally out of gratitude to Rocco, Rudolf also felt that giving Rocco the decaying sword would bring the Lorraine family a friendship that would be infinitely rewarding.

But what he didn't expect was that the reward would come so quickly.

What is the concept of the total number of Z crystal mines worldwide?

Even if all the mines controlled by the Lorraine family were combined, and multiplied tenfold or more, it would still fall far short of that amount!

With such a quantity, even just making crystal jewelry could yield a fortune that the Lorraine family would absolutely need to take seriously.

Moreover, Rocco has 'turned waste into treasure' by creating the concepts of Z-Crystals and Z-Gemstones. The professor's Chaos Crystals are also quite popular among some Pokémon trainers.

This is only in terms of interests.

This doesn't even take into account the league's strong support. If this business is done well, it will catch the eye of the league's top management.

And after acquiring a mineral vein in various mining cities, the network of contacts and relationships cultivated around the world...

The returns are enormous.

It was so immense that Rudolf realized that what Rocco truly wanted wasn't the friendship of the Lorraine family, but Alice herself.

Because you can't explain this with just interests, love can be so irrational.

However, Alice's ideas differed from her grandfather's.

After becoming the head of the Lorraine family, although she had time to hone the elves' strength, she didn't have time for traveling around or taking the elves to various places to challenge people.

However, Luo Ke gave the Luo Lin family such an opportunity, so as long as she follows the procedures and runs everything, even if she does nothing else, it will be enough for her to have her own page in the Luo Lin family's genealogy.

Moreover, these businesses are all over the world. When she's dealing with them, she can travel around and her adventures can start all over again!

More than any financial gain, she was grateful that Rocco had used a remarkable method to free her from the position of head of the family.

This allows her to fulfill her responsibilities as head of the household while also doing things she enjoys.

but...

Even though this matter involved Alice's dreams, freedom, and future, she still didn't agree after her initial excitement.

Although she must have felt regret, handing everything over to the Lorraine family was not the most profitable thing for Luo Ke.

She wouldn't think about love.

She understood what Luo Ke meant.

Luo Ke approached her out of friendship, so she would also reject Luo Ke out of friendship.

Rudolf understood Alice's thoughts just by looking into her eyes.

This made him hesitate for a full three seconds before he closed his eyes again and remained silent.

Because he knew that what Alice was doing might not be the most profitable thing for the Lorraine family, but it was the right thing to do.

More than money and connections, the Lorraine family values ​​reputation.

He now lamented his past greed, realizing he was truly getting old, while also feeling proud of Alice.

But perhaps this is just a way of rewarding their reputation.

Just as Alice began to say, "Roco, what you said about the crystal mine's profitability..." Roco's voice interrupted her.

"Ah, I don't want to hear this troublesome stuff. My goal is to become the strongest trainer, and I don't have time to be distracted by things like this. So if you have anything to say to me, let's do it on the field where we compete for the title of strongest. Trainers should talk like trainers."

"Anyway, I'm leaving the business to you. That's all."

Just as Alice had previously used her status as a trainer to shut Roko up, Roko used the same absurd excuse to shut her up as well.

He even hung up the phone.

This caused Alice to become lost in thought for a while, just like Rocco had done before, and she kept it all in her mind, then murmured to the phone that had already been hung up.

"okay, I get it."

......

30. Rocco: Mewtwo was created by her!?

"Something's probably about to happen."

In Tian Sui's research institute, Luo Ke and Tian Sui sat around a table with a plate of salted duck, a plate of smoked fish, a large bowl of lion's head meatballs, a plate of sweet osmanthus taro, and a large bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup.

This dish, paired with freshly baked flatbread and rice, may not be particularly luxurious or refined, but it is very satisfying.

Their elves were also eating around them, while Rocco and Tian Sui ate and talked.

"Yes, the League treats us too well, and they haven't even asked us to do anything. Plus, there are all those new rules the League has introduced... If nothing major is about to happen, the League doesn't need to be in such a hurry to train trainers."

After saying this, Tian Sui picked up the bowl and took a sip of soup, letting the warmth go down his throat and gradually warm his body, dispelling the chill.

"It could be a natural disaster, or it could be a man-made disaster. It's even possible that the Alliance has discovered some of the giant elves from ancient times, or legendary elves, that were described in the murals."

“I learned about the elf named Regigigas from the murals when I was exploring the ruins before.”

"The League must have discovered even more."

Tian Sui spoke casually, and Luo Ke simply nodded without changing his expression when he heard her say that, but his elves had a different reaction.

Upon hearing about the legendary elves, Victini's large eyes gleamed with interest and a fighting spirit.

Ditto continued to imitate Rocco's eating habits as always.

The dual scabbards saw Victini's excitement and felt somewhat helpless.

Upon hearing the description of the giant elf, a subtle yet undeniably sharp glint flashed deep within the Fairy King's Sword's single eye.

Inside Roko's Poké Ball, Necrozma, the only one in his team who didn't eat, remembered Regigigas.

When it was still a glorious god, it waged a war against the giant elves who were the overlords of the earth at the time, in order to lead humanity out of the underground.

It was there that it brought an end to the era of giant beasts.

The king of the Age of Giants was Regigigas.

However, that guy was just stronger. He seemed to have been injured before fighting me, and it took him a long time to gradually activate his body during the battle.

This was enough to suppress those giant spirits, but it was completely inadequate against its own prime.

Thinking of this, Necrozma remembered those three guys again.

Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza.

The three of them are different from Regigigas. If it were a one-on-three situation, could I, in my prime, win?

Necrozma itself was unaware of this, which only made it more emotional about its encounter with Rocco and Victini.

Yes, once those two get a bit stronger, we'll have helpers too!

That's what it was thinking. Meanwhile, Rocco and Tian Sui didn't know anything about Groudon and the others. They had only received benefits from the League and guessed some things, which led them to have different plans for the future.

Rocco felt that the matter of restoring Necrozma's power needed to be taken more seriously.

He remembered that the Pokédex said that Necrozma in its Radiant God form was more powerful than any Legendary Pokémon that had appeared so far—although Arceus was classified as a Mythical Pokémon, Necrozma was from the Sun and Moon era, so this assessment was still quite valuable.

So as long as Necrozma regains her power, whatever happens next shouldn't be a big problem.

It might not even need to be fully restored. Just restoring some of its power to arm itself, combined with Victini and drawing the Fairy King's sword, Rocco felt that it wouldn't be a bad idea to play the role of a dark hero when problems arose.

As he pondered this, he glanced at Tian Sui.

I have my own countermeasures, but Tian Sui must be very anxious.

Just as Luo Ke was wondering whether he should comfort her, Tian Sui spoke up before he could.

"Luo Ke, you must be very anxious thinking about the major event that the alliance has to be on guard against next."

After saying that, Tian Sui revealed a confident smile.

"Don't worry, I am known as a genius by the world, so I have solutions for both natural disasters and the resurgence of legendary elves, which is the research project for which I need funding."

Because of the previous incident where Luo Ke made an excuse and ran away, Tian Sui deliberately chose to bring it up during dinner this time, and did not mention Company Z again.

"That is, the artificial spirit project."

"Using an eyelash—though I don't know what kind of spirit it is, it contains all the genes of spirits—as the core, I spent countless efforts to recreate the pure white hero of my childhood fantasies in the form of a spirit."

Upon hearing Tian Sui mention artificial spirits, Luo Ke could only sigh in admiration, thinking that Tian Sui was indeed a genius, and he didn't immediately understand.

But when he heard this description, he immediately thought of an elf.

Or perhaps it's a mythical beast!