"Roar!", Groudon nodded wildly, staring at Axel with blazing eyes, afraid that Axel might not take him along.
That incredible feeling just now, once you experienced it, you could never forget it.
Land everywhere, power flowing into his body every single moment.
In that state, who in the world could he, Groudon, not beat?
If he could stay in that feeling permanently, he'd be willing to hang out even with a Muk.
"Then come on," Axel smiled at Groudon and decisively threw out a Poké Ball.
The Poké Ball struck Groudon squarely on the top of the head, bursting into a beam of white light that absorbed him inside.
It fell to the ground, shook three times, with no sign of struggle at all, then flashed with a small firework.
Groudon was captured.
Seeing Groudon actually get taken into a human's Poké Ball, Kyogre beside him had question marks popping up one after another over his head.
Was this really the Groudon he knew?
Weren't they supposed to be fighting over land and sea? How did this guy just run off with a human?
With this guy gone, wouldn't he be able to easily turn all the land into a vast ocean?
Kyogre's eyes grew brighter and brighter, but very quickly, accompanied by a dragon's roar, his expression collapsed.
He suddenly realized that Rayquaza hadn't left yet. All his fantasies just now were pure self-indulgence.
Axel looked at Kyogre and lightly frowned.
Following the normal flow, he should now let Kyogre experience a world full of oceans as well, and then naturally capture him.
But doing that would bring up a problem, a very big problem.
He would need to take out an enormous amount of resources to repair Kyogre's physical defects.
Judging from Little Shark, that amount would be massive, so massive that it might even slow down the overall development of Axel's team.
But if he captured him and then ignored him, that wasn't Axel's style either.
Just as he was struggling with the decision, the sound of roaring waves suddenly came from the distance, instantly drawing everyone's attention.
Axel rose into the air immediately and looked toward the horizon.
He saw enormous waves rising on the sea's surface, with a massive island swaying atop the waves.
Above the island, streams of water and flashes of electricity kept appearing, as if extremely powerful Pokémon were fighting.
Endless gigantic mountain ranges rose out of nowhere, chasing after a huge land jellyfish.
A flash of realization passed through Axel's mind. Just as he was about to figure out who these people were, Lillie's voice suddenly came through.
"Master, that looks like the other two parts of Aether Paradise!"
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In the distant ocean, Maxie and Archie were laughing loudly, commanding enraged Groudon and Kyogre to wreak havoc.
Just moments earlier, after they had been driven off by Rayquaza, people from the Aether Foundation had suddenly rushed out, trying to capture the Kyogre and Groudon in their hands.
At the time, they were so angry they laughed. Even though Kyogre and Groudon were severely injured, they were not something these people could covet.
Looks like the version of themselves in this world was complete trash. Even a second-rate force like the Aether Foundation dared to make a move on them.
Archie and Maxie decisively ordered Kyogre and Groudon to attack. Before long, the island was smashed to pieces, and they even obtained another passage leading to an Ultra Wormhole.
The two exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly.
Their boss, Giovanni, had only been able to connect different space-times and establish Team Rainbow Rocket after gaining the power of Necrozma.
If they could get the support of Necrozma in this space-time, wouldn't they be able to do the same?
"Let's go. First capture Kyogre and Groudon. We'll talk about Necrozma later."
"This time, we really came to the right place!"
The two were laughing loudly, envisioning a wonderful future where their strength skyrocketed, even rivaling Giovanni.
Suddenly, a cold and distorted voice rang out, "You're not going anywhere!"
Lusamine sat on Groudon's shoulder together with Axel, her voice filled with extreme rage as she stared in disbelief at everything before her.
The Aether Paradise she had built with her own hands had been destroyed by these two.
Lusamine grabbed Axel's arm, her entire body trembling.
After Gardevoir had wiped away her obsessions, that blank, paper-like state had gradually faded, and an emotion called "protection" once again filled her heart.
The organization she had personally created to oppose the villains of this world was just gone like that.
Although the Aether Foundation had done many wrong things, those were mistakes in direction made by the higher-ups. They had nothing to do with the people at the bottom.
"Axel, can you... can you give me back those Ultra Beasts of mine? I want to make them pay."
Lillie also seemed to feel her pain and tightly hugged Lusamine's arm.
Axel patted the hand Lusamine was using to grab him, only to find it ice-cold.
It was obvious that after seeing this scene, both Lillie and Lusamine were already on the verge of collapse.
"Please, my mistakes can be made up for. I'll take out everything I have to save Pokémon, to make up for the researchers I've hurt."
"And when they opened unstable passages, they always tried to open them in uninhabited areas, or in places with powerful Trainers. They never killed a single person."
"I know all of this. I can guarantee they're innocent, if you don't believe me."
"I...", As Lusamine spoke anxiously, her face suddenly flushed.
"I can even... even go to your room tonight and explain!"
"I'll handle it," Axel interrupted Lusamine and handed her over to Lillie.
Even if he gave those Ultra Beasts back to Lusamine, there was no way she could defeat these two.
Groudon and Kyogre were on the same level as the Sun and Moon duo.
Axel stood straight on Groudon's shoulder, his gaze falling on Archie and Maxie.
"How much longer before you're automatically sent back?"
Archie and Maxie didn't answer Axel's question. Instead, they frowned and said, "Kid, I didn't expect that Groudon in this world would actually get captured by you."
"If you know what's good for you, hand over Groudon's Poké Ball, or we'll have you all die right here."
"Oh?", Axel nodded lightly, more or less figuring out how much longer these two could stay here.
Long enough to fight Groudon, but not long enough to take Groudon down.
In that case, Axel felt at ease.
Just because they couldn't take down Groudon didn't mean he couldn't take down Groudon and Kyogre.
Axel lightly patted Groudon's neck, "Create a stretch of land. Save the Pokémon and researchers who fell into the water. Don't let them die."
"You're still saving people at a time like this?", Archie and Maxie bared their teeth and laughed, "You really are in a hurry to die!"
"Groudon, Kyogre, attack that Trainer and take Groudon back!"
But before their words even finished, before the Groudon and Kyogre beneath them could move, a rapid, low murmur came from Axel's mouth.
"Rayquaza, go!"
The next instant, the sea surface churned violently, and a pitch-black dragon silhouette burst out from the water.
BOOM!
Wrapped in a purple energy mantle, Rayquaza slammed fiercely into Kyogre, smashing him up into the sky.
Axel grinned at the two stunned men.
"You two, before your space-time trip ends, not a single one of you is getting away!"
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