DNA Splicers

Opelucid City, Unova region.

Inside the Opelucid Gym, two stone dragons stood opposite each other in the high and wide space, flying in a lifelike posture, with rounded eyes, sharp claws and flowing whiskers, and the scales all over the body of the dragons were carved with complex and exquisite lines and textures, like two real divine dragons ready to fly in the sky, full of mysterious and overbearing majesty.

The old man dressed in a folkloric costume with hair that looked like Pyroar's sideburns and was boldly blown up stood under these two long dragons carved out of stone and tsked in wonder.

"What grandeur."

"As befits the leader of the Village of Dragons, Drayden, the decor of your Opelucid Gym is truly to my liking!" With those words, Alder gave a few big, boozy laughs.

The string of Poké balls hanging on his chest swayed along with his movements.

Just as N disliked using Poké ball to catch Pokémon, Alder had his own unique way of handling Poké ball.

He strung six unshrunken Poké ball on a string and hung it above his neck in a big sting all day long.

Combined with the fact that this guy had nothing better to do than to intercept new trainers passing by on top of cliffs in various places and perform free-falls, there were many people who thought that this champion of the Unova region was more of a primitive man who came out of the mountains than Drayden and the others.

"It's nice of you to like it."

Drayden walked over to Alder and with a show of hands, responded to the other man's compliments on his gym furnishings.

"Alder, I want to trouble you about something."

"What?"

Facing Drayden's open and honest request without a hint of beating around the bush, Alder also directly inquired about the content of his matter.

Alder didn't like that kind of literal, beating around the bush style of communication.

This was also the reason why this champion didn't sit in an office and wandered between the wilderness and the city all day long.

He still preferred dealing with straightforward trainers over those issues above the official world.

"Investigate someone for me."

"Who?"

"Aisha."

"Oh..."

Upon hearing that name, Alder did show a thoughtful expression above his old face.

His rough fingers rubbed his equally rough chin, and his eyes drifted into the darkness above the Gym as if he was trying to remember something.

"What is it?"

Drayden trailed off.

He himself had invited Alder over here because Alder was the League Champion of the Unova region, and had more or less investigative access to information about trainers in other regions.

Then, now looking at Alder like this, he seemed to know Aisha as well...

"I've heard that name before."

Alder's right hand clenched his fist and knocked it on the palm of his left hand, showing a mocking expression of "How come you don't even know about this, a bumpkin", which made Drayden speechless for a while.

"The famous Instructor Ai, who doesn't know!" Alder read out some well-known information and said, "In recent days, he has suddenly become a popular genius trainer on the internet, specializing in all kinds of Pokémon versus Pokémon tactics, and in the past two days, he even released a research report, which has the tendency to develop towards the researcher field."

"Aye..."

Alder spread his hands, his expression a bit sighing.

"Truly, heroes are made out of boys, and the Dayan region really has a lot of talents, never having the problem of not having a green or yellow generation."

This was rather Alder's sincere words.

He was truly envious of the Dayan region that had so many talented people.

What was his own situation, Alder naturally knew.

Ever since his ace Pokémon Volcarona passed away, his strength had never reached its peak, and two years ago, he had even been mercilessly defeated by a green-haired kid with a Zekrom, and the impact of that battle on Alder's mindset was even more serious.

Alder had already thought of stepping down.

However, none of the Elite Four of Unova region can carry the banner of the championship.

The juniors were again yet to grow up.

"Ugh."

Alder shook his head and sighed, speaking of his heart's tiredness.

The Unova region was now in a situation where the youth were not enough to make a difference, so he, an old man who had no desire to hold the position of champion, still had to hold on to the position.

The Dayan region was different.

Dayan Champion is not too old now, the following Elite Four are all good hands. The first Dayan Elite Four, Summer, is not simple.

Now that there was an all-round trainer like Aisha who could be called a ghost trainer, the future could almost be said to be bright.

"...You know that's not what I'm asking."

Drayden looked at the offline old friend with a helpless expression.

Alder could really be a master at pretending to be confused.

Aisha's question, however, was a matter of great importance, and Drayden had to ask Alder to provide himself with information about this teenager.

"...What exactly is going on?"

Alder was also hearing the seriousness in Drayden's words.

His expression changed as he said, "What did that kid do?"

"Can it make you so nervous?"

"Hey..."

Drayden then sighed.

"I didn't want to say anything, but I'm afraid I can't say anything now." Drayden met Alder's probing gaze and said, "The Dark Stone sealed by Dragonspiral Tower and the Light Stone sealed by Sword of the Vale have all disappeared, and the mayor of Eindoak Town, although a bit vague, still told I was told that Reshiram has recognized this generation's White Hero, and the borderlands of Icirrus City are also showing signs of a large battle, so the initial speculation is that White Hero and Black Hero fought a battle."

He finished the information he knew in one breath.

Alder, on the other hand, froze.

A moment later, this old man revealed a bitter smile, shook his head, and said, "I'm such an irresponsible champion, such an important matter has happened in the Unova region, yet I didn't know about the specific matter from your side until today."

"The league said they tried to contact you, but couldn't."

"Yah, because I left my cell phone at home." Alder scratched his head with an "I know it's wrong, but I don't always change" smile.

Drayden sighed again.

He rubbed his brow, feeling his blood pressure come up a bit.

"So..."

Alder, on the other hand, took the initiative to talk about business at this time, saying, "You're suspecting that Aisha kid to be one of the Black and White Heros of this generation?"

"It was a suspicion before."

Drayden spread his hands and said, "Now it's a certainty."

"Oh?"

"Just how much you underestimate our Village of Dragons' intelligence network."

Drayden was speechless.

"You tell me."

"The residents of Eindoak Town basically all witnessed the appearance of Reshiram that day, so it's a nail-biting, irrefutable fact that White Hero appeared, and, on that day, Aisha happened to travel to Eindoak Town and visit the Sword of the Vale. "Drayden paused, and then told another thing, saying: "And, the international police said that N appeared around Icirrus City before that, and was suspected to have traveled to Dragonspiral Tower... You know, that man was the last generation of Black Hero, and it wouldn't be a surprise if he acquired Zekrom's approval twice in a row."

"N..."

Silently reciting the name, Alder's expression was a bit hard to read.

This person, he couldn't be more familiar with.

The Ideal Dragon's thunder that covered the sky and shattered the canopy was still fresh in Alder's mind nowadays, even after a gap of two years.

"Are you preparing to support White Hero?"

Alder hit the nail on the head with Drayden's thoughts.

"Right."

Drayden kind of graciously admitted it.

"N that guy is the king of Waiting Team Plasma." Drayden frowned, obviously very annoyed with these despicable guys from Waiting Team Plasma who were practicing misdeeds under the banner of liberation, and even his tone rushed a few points, saying, "Although it is said that the international police said that N will no longer be in contact with the people from Waiting Team Plasma for the past two years, nevertheless, I really can't believe that this guy really chose to to give up on his darkness, I don't dare to bet on it."

"Hmm."

Alder also understood Drayden's concern.

N was, after all, also a Black Hero holding a First-level Legendary Pokémon.

It was too risky to bet on him being a good guy.

And...

"That kid is too extreme." Alder scratched his head.

What N had said to himself after defeating him two years ago was something Alder would sort of never forget.

That was simply a paranoid person, or a paranoid person with abilities.

Such a guy was too scary.

"Then, it's true that Aisha, who is more like a normal person in every aspect, can still communicate." Alder gave a sarcastic smile.

"Indeed."

Drayden and Alder reached a consensus.

No more than that, Aisha was a normal person.

Anyone who could be invited by Elesa to be a guest on top of an event was more or less someone with a better nature and character, better than N anyway.

"Okay..."

Scratching his head, Alder agreed to Drayden's request.

Although it was said that he really didn't want to go back within the League and face those problems above officialdom.

However, his own Unova's Duo Dragons had been awakened, and the Black and White Heroes were now wandering around with these two terrifying First-level Legendary Pokémon, so as a Champion, Alder needed to take care of it after all.

He was just lazy, not really irresponsible.

"I'll look into that kid's file for you, by the way... find a few people who are close to him and ask specifically how the kid's character is."

"Thanks, Alder."

Drayden thanked Alder.

"By the way, that little girl of yours from the Village of Dragons, how's she doing these days?" Alder asked a mouthful about Iris.

He felt that the little girl was interesting and talented enough.

If she really grew up, she might be able to replace herself in picking up the slack.

"That Iris kid has been working harder lately."

Drayden didn't explicitly say so, but just casually mentioned it.

"Oh... good thing."

Alder waved his hand and walked towards the door.

"I'll be off then."

"Okay."

"But the Dragon of yin yang ended up with Dayan's trainer." After walking out of the Opelucid Gym, Alder had a thoughtful expression on his face and muttered to himself, saying, "It's kinda funny."

Within the Gym, Drayden, on the other hand, turns over a conical object.

"Finally, it's time to hand it over."

That was clearly the DNA Splicers.

...

Kanto region, Fuchsia city.

It was still the same woods, this side was very close to the outskirts of the city, and the trees grew without restraint, so even the residents of Fuchsia City who were used to this kind of environment seldom wandered into this place, so it was only natural that the woods became a place for Aisha to exercise her Pokémon.

"Bee~"

[Hero, we're ready to power up.]

Victini floated next to Caterpie, and Reshiram's silhouette appeared behind Aisha.

"Hmm."

Aisha glanced at Caterpie.

Caterpie happened to look over at this time as well.

One person and one pet tacitly revealed a smile, and both of their eyes were filled with trust in each other.

Now that the matter had come to this, there was naturally no need to say any unnecessary words.

"Start."

"Bee~"

[Good.]

Accompanied by Aisha's command, Victini's small palm scattered golden light points, which poured into the Caterpie's body.

At this moment, Aisha also clearly saw that the Caterpie's muscles, which had originally developed to the level of a monster, had become a few points stronger at this time, leaving no doubt that even if this Caterpie didn't utilize any moves, and even if it only relied on brute force to attack, its power would still not be small.

"Hoo!"

At the same time, a blue-colored flame emerged before Reshiram's silhouette.

The temperature of that flame distorted the air, terrifying to the extreme.

It floated towards the Caterpie.

In the face of this blue-colored flame that was enough to destroy everything, the Caterpie was undaunted and unafraid.

Just kidding!

It was a Pokémon that had once faced Groudon and Kyugre in battle and defeated them one after another.

The magma flowing from Groudon's Precipice Blades wasn't just for show, the small volcano that that flightless thing had created on the coastline of Lilycove City wasn't any weaker than this green flame, and Primal Kyugre was even more of a heavyweight, with a terrifyingly strong Origin Pulse.

Caterpie had seen such a great world.

How could a single flame make it fearful?

"Whew!"

The blue flame turned into a curtain of fire that quickly washed over the Caterpie's body.

"..."

Enduring the burning of the flames, Caterpie did not lose its temper over it.

Though it was true that Reshiram's blue flame, the temperature was very high.

"Why is it a bit like refining the body like a novel?"

Next to him, Aisha watched Reshiram's maneuver and spat out.

[You're overthinking it, Hero.]

Reshiram's azure eyes looked at Aisha with a helpless face.

[It wasn't that it exercised the Caterpie's body, Victini and I just used our own divine power to stimulate the Caterpie's body as a way to activate the power latent within its body.]

"I see."

Suddenly, Aisha remembered something and said, "Then... can the divine power of all Legendary Pokémon be manipulated like this to stimulate the Caterpie's evolution?"

[By definition, yes... anyway, divine power is just pure power, and it doesn't have any effect if it's a Legendary or Mythical Pokémon that voluntarily dedicates its divine power to it].

"I see."

Aisha revealed a smile of understanding.

To talk about divine beasts that could voluntarily give Caterpie divine power... There were quite a few on his side.

"Unfortunately, we only discovered this recently."

Aisha's voice was a bit helpless as she said, "If you were the one who discovered this problem back in Unova region, Reshiram, we could have asked the three Swords of Justice for help."

[That's not what it means.]

Reshiram corrected Aisha's mistake.

"What?"

[Caterpie's status are too high.]

Reshiram's tone was tinted with a touch of emotion as it said: [I also didn't expect that a Caterpie would actually have a huge potential comparable to a First-level Legendary Pokémon, or a high-level First-level Legendary Pokémon.]

[Second-level Legendary Pokémon's divine power won't be of much help to its evolution.]

"Huh?"

Aisha was a bit disappointed.

He was still ready to take a milking bite of Caterpie with Chien-Pao and Three Pillars.

[I'm a First-level Legendary Pokémon, and Victini is considered a very special type even when placed within the ranks of Mythical Pokémon, so that means that our Divine Powers have a not-so-subtle role to play].

Reshiram explained again.

"I see..."

"Mee."

Aisha sighed.

Caterpie, on the other hand, didn't care much.

[Hero, you don't have to be disappointed.]

Reshiram, on the other hand, spoke out to relieve Aisha at this time, saying: [In terms of effect alone, the Caterpie has received the divine power of both Victini and I. Its potential is already fully activated, and while having the help of the other gods is certainly a good thing, it's not so bad without it...]

[Besides...]

Reshiram paused, looking at Aisha and Caterpie with a smirk.

"What's wrong?"

[Besides, I can see that even without Victini and my help, this child is just as not that far away from evolving...]

"Uh..."

Aisha froze.

Reshiram's words rang through him like a thunderclap.

Then, Aisha twisted his head to look at Caterpie.

Caterpie was also staring at him with unblinking eyes earlier.

"Yeah!"

"Mee!"

Aisha and Caterpie wrapped their arms around each other with happy faces.

Instructor Ai even happily hugged Caterpie and spun around a few times.

"Eh?"

Suddenly, Aisha's smile was tinted with some other colors.

When they first met, the Caterpie was clearly not even twenty centimeters tall... now it had grown even taller than him.

Not to mention that when it evolved into Rayquaza, it was even more imposing.

"Mee~"

Caterpie's cry reached Aisha's ears.

Aisha knew what it meant.

It wanted to say that it wasn't far from fulfilling its agreement with him and becoming a powerful Pokémon.

"Heh~"

Aisha gave a smile.

"Idiot."

You've already become strong long ago, from the time you broke the Sword of Damocles hanging over our heads and crushed Groudon and the Primal Kyugre, you've been an incomparably powerful Pokémon.

[What a great relationship, worthy of being partners from the very beginning].

Reshiram's tone was a bit sour.

"Bee~"

Victini, on the other hand, waved its small hand and stroked the White's Dragon's head.

[You child.]

The White Dragon looked up with a helpless face.

"Bee~"

Victini is still smiling, just like Aisha who is holding the green caterpillar now.