Reshiram's Guess

"What the hell?"

Lysandre looked at the distant night sky with surprise.

The clouds over there had already disappeared, as if they had been swept away by something.

Lysandre had seen it clearly before, it was clearly a terrifying to the extreme flight attribute move, sweeping away the clouds in the night sky in one fell swoop.

At that moment, the clear night sky was filled with stars.

Between the bright stars, the bright white jade disk was emitting a glistening light.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Lysandre himself wouldn't have thought that underneath such a beautiful, quiet night, there was a silent battle going on.

"Who's fighting who?"

The lion-like man frowned, he had never seen such a move before.

"Could it be...? Uhh!" With a flash of light, he suddenly remembered that among the two legendary Pokémon he was after, there was a Pokémon with the Flying attribute.

Could it be it?

But, according to the legend, after that battle, the Pokémon that represents calamity and destruction should have fallen into a deep sleep.

"Tsk."

Unable to figure it out, Lysandre smacked his lips grimly.

He was furious that such an existence had been hidden under his nose for so long.

"Send an elite unit to check it out." Lysandre pulled out his communicator and gave the order, saying, "Dispatch the highest level of combatants without fail, and then, prepare the vehicles... forget it, prepare the plane, I'll go check it out myself!"

"Yes!"

came the response on the comm.

Lysandre lowered his hand and stared gloomily at the distant sky.

"It's... who?"

Lysandre wasn't the only one who was upset by the Caterpie's rampage.

Team Flare wasn't the only "special organization" stationed in Lumiose City.

In a newly opened cafe on the south side of the street, Matori, dressed in a standard OL uniform with black silk feet and a pair of high-heeled shoes, was frowning and staring at the bright moon in the sky.

She raised her hand to wipe the sweat and held her eyes.

"Guh."

Matori gulped.

A move with such destructive power was something she had only seen under the hands of the Second Generation Mewtwo.

She didn't realize... Today, she saw the same level of power in Lumiose City.

Matori is the senior officer that Giovanni sent to manage the Kalos area earlier.

She was in charge for almost a month before Giovanni lost touch for a while and issued new orders.

["Former Team Rocket is disbanded, the old crew forms the new Team Rainbow Rocket, renounces all criminal activity, and focuses on white business."]

Matori was puzzled.

You know, we were doing fine in our old business, why would we want to switch to a new one?

But Matori couldn't question Giovanni's decisions.

There was no doubt in her mind that Mr. Giovanni was an all-powerful man.

So, despite her doubts, Matori did her best to do her job, with the belief that "Giovanni must have a good reason for doing this".

Luckily, Team Rocket had a lot of business in the white world, so it wasn't like starting from scratch.

It worked for a while, but it paid off.

Although suppressed by the local organization Team Flare, Team Rocket's roots ran deep... With Matori pulling in some resources, the white voice of Team Rocket has finally gained a foothold in Lumiose City.

Tonight, however, there was a change.

There was a battle outside of Lumiose City that was clearly out of the ordinary.

Matori, who had been with Team Rocket for many years, was sensitive enough to recognize the keywords "gang fight" and "special plan".

Because that's what they do at Team Rocket.

She suspected that Team Flare was behind it...

It was fine if no one was making trouble, but if Team Flare was, the Kalos branch of Team Rocket was going to be taken to task by these people.

"No, we have to contact Giovanni!"

Realizing the potential danger, Matori immediately dialed Giovanni's number.

A few moments later, the phone was answered.

Giovanni's steady voice reached Matori's ears.

"What is it, Matori?"

"Uh..." Matori froze.

Having followed Giovanni for so long, she knew her boss's personality.

She clearly sensed that Giovanni's tone had some unusual flavors.

However, there was no time for Matori to speculate on his thoughts.

She succinctly stated her concerns and what she had seen tonight.

"Boss, what should we do?" Matori was worried.

"..."

After listening to his story, Giovanni was silent for a while on the other side of the phone.

Vaguely, Matori heard a sigh.

A sigh full of tiredness.

"B-Boss?"

"Nothing."

Giovanni checked with Matori and said, "The seminar was held in Lumiose City, wasn't it?"

"Yes."

Matori answered Giovanni's words honestly, saying, "Our people also got into that seminar, and there were a lot of people at the seminar, and our people saw people from Team Galactic in the Sinnoh area, and people from the Aether Foundation in the Alola area, and these people have some Unova with us... By the way, Aisha was there too, he seems to have followed Professor Oak ."

"Oh, I see."

"You said that unusual attack was the move of a Flying-type Pokémon, right?" Giovanni's voice revealed a clear color.

"Yes."

"Then, don't worry about it, it's not Team Flare's, and he won't deal with you, so don't worry about it."

"Uh... I see." Matori was still puzzled, but since Giovanni had said so, she didn't care.

She wasn't a combatant.

"By the way."

As if Giovanni had remembered something, a smirk appeared between his words.

"Find out when Instructor Ai is staying and send him something for me."

"Huh?"

...

In the morning, outside the Caitlin's villa, Instructor Ai was deep in thought with Matori in front of him.

"What do you mean by that?"

"This is what Boss Giovanni asked me to bring to you... Ai, Cadre Ai." Matori trembled against the package she was holding.

She was a little afraid to look at Aisha.

After all, when Giovanni was planning how to deal with this teenager in front of her, she, Matori, was present for the whole time, and she also gave a lot of advice.

If Aisha knew about this... If Aisha found out that this guy couldn't even take down Second Generation Mewtwo, Matori felt like she could start a defeat CG.

"Hiss..."

Looking at the sensual beauty in front of him, Instructor Ai covered his forehead with a bit of a headache.

He took the package in Matori's hand, and immediately opened it in front of her, and took out a high-level Team Rocket uniform.

It was a stylish suit with a nice overall design, but with an R printed on the corner.

"Hiss!"

After seeing the style of the suit clearly, Instructor Ai immediately sucked in a breath of cold air.

He shoved the suit back into Matori's arms and hurriedly took a few steps back to distance himself from her.

"What do you two want, I'm a good citizen, don't you dare try to throw dirt on me!"

"It's..." Matori laughed at Instructor Ai's reaction.

"Don't pretend, Admin."

Matori gave an "I get it" look.

You can't reveal your identity as an officer, right?

I understand.

Matori folded up his uniform and put it in his satchel.

Then, he pulled out a special ID and handed it to Instructor Ai with a respectful look on his face.

"Instructor Ai, this is the card I printed overnight, take it."

"..."

Looking at his own avatar and name printed on the card, Aisha fell into deep thought.

So, Giovanni's really going to put his name on Team Rainbow Rocket?

He didn't even ask me if I wanted to!

As expected of Giovanni... Giovanni's got a knack for buying and selling.

"Hey."

Aisha sighed.

Team Rainbow Rocket's initiative was his own.

If he refused, it would be a bit wrong.

"Okay."

Instructor Ai reluctantly took the satchel containing his uniform and this ID from Matori.

He'd have to report this to Lance later, lest he think he was a double agent...

"And, Admin, this is our Team Rocket... No, Team Rainbow Rocket's base in Lumiose City. You can come by when you're free."

Matori handed Instructor Ai the brochure for the Rocket Cafe.

Instructor Ai couldn't help but be impressed with their naming skills.

Is he afraid that people won't know that this is Team Rainbow Rocket's place?

Oh... If you want to make a name for yourself, you can name your store that way.

Matori's got some sense.

"Do you have anything else?" Instructor Ai squinted at the OL glasses girl in front of him.

Yes, the black silk is nice.

But the hairstyle's so clichéd, it's no wonder the trio called her Melon Peel Eyes.

"No, no..."

Matori shook her head, and then, very smartly, said goodbye to Aisha.

"Ad-Admin goodbye!"

"Bye."

At that moment, Matori was like being pardoned.

She ran away without a trace.

Looking at her back, Instructor Ai sighed.

He was about to turn around and go back to the villa when he saw Caterpie poking its head out of the garden.

Instructor Ai changed his expression to "Come on, let's see what you want to say" and walked towards Caterpie.

"Tell me, what did you do last night?"

Giovanni could also guess that last night's attack was the work of Instructor Ai.

As Caterpie's trainer, how could Instructor Ai, who had been practicing Dragon Ascend with Caterpie for a long time, not recognize it?

Instructor Ai wasn't mad at Caterpie for going out behind his back.

He's just a bit scared... What kind of opponent could Caterpie use Dragon Ascend against?

What if Caterpie gets hurt?

"Mee!"

Caterpie has returned to its gentle and docile self in front of Instructor Ai.

Its voice was no longer the dragon's roar when facing Zygarde 10%, but a soft voice.

When he saw this, Instructor Ai couldn't speak the words of reprimand that had risen in his throat.

What can he do?

His own child... what else can he do but spoil him?

"Mee~"

Caterpie gave Instructor Ai a mysterious smile.

Hey, guess what?

I caught you a Pokémon!

"Mee!"

Caterpie dragged a fainting green vortex out from behind its back.

"Uh?"

[Huh?]

Seeing the vortex worm, Instructor Ai and Reshiram let out a voice of confusion and surprise together.

"You..."

[This?]

Reshiram's shadow appeared beside Instructor Ai.

The beautiful White Dragon approached the Caterpie with an astonished look on its face, looking at the Caterpie with a look as if it had seen a ghost.

"You caught it?"

Aisha crouched down, his pupils quaking as he looked at the vortex bug, Zygarde Core.

"Mee." Caterpie raised its head proudly.

How was it?

Was it good?

"Yeah, yeah..."

Suppressing his inner turmoil, Instructor Ai gulped and gave the Caterpie a thumbs-up.

This...

Instructor Ai was all too familiar with what this Zygarde Core could do.

The third First-level Legendary Pokémon in the Kalos region is positioned similarly to Rayquaza's Zygarde in the Hoenn region, and its body consists of a core and cells.

Zygarde's Cores and Cells are located throughout the Kalos and Alola regions.

The Cores and Cells do not have the ability to fight individually, but once they are gathered, they can be utilized as Zygarde.

Cells are more numerous than cores, and can become a part of the brain, or a "body" that has the power to fight.

Cells have no will and always follow the instructions of the core, while the core, which exists only in small numbers, has its own will and is capable of acting on its own... In battle, it becomes the brain and collects cells to form Zygarde.

The green vortex bug with the blue hexagonal pattern in front of us is obviously one of Zygarde's cores!

Caterpie had gone out and brought back the prototype of a First-level Legendary Pokémon.

Yes, a prototype.

With the core in hand, it's only a matter of time before we collect the cells and complete Zygarde...

Although a 100% Forme Zygarde doesn't normally appear, it's a symbol of order.

However, even a 50% Forme Zygarde has the power to take on a First-level Legendary Pokémon!

"It's..."

Instructor Ai was almost overwhelmed with excitement.

Although it was difficult to complete Zygarde, there was something to look forward to.

Besides, without the 50% Forme Zygarde, the 10% Forme Zygarde is still a good fighting force.

When Instructor Ai first arrived in the Kalos region, he coveted the power of the three Kalos gods.

However, because the intelligent Zygarde cores were so hard to find, he didn't act on them.

Unexpectedly, Caterpie found a core and brought it back.

"Hmm."

Instructor Ai looked at the core's body again and again.

Well, it's covered in wounds. Apparently, Caterpie grabbed it by force.

It's... It doesn't matter!

As long as it's here.

As long as this thing stays with me, I'll always be able to convince it to follow me.

Even if the core doesn't like you.

Even if the Core doesn't like you, you don't have a bad fighter, so the lack of an incomplete Zygarde isn't a big deal.

As long as it's not a 100% Forme, it doesn't matter to Instructor Ai if it's there or not.

Of course, it would be nice to have it.

"You're really doing a great job..."

Aisha stroked Caterpie's head.

Caterpie arched in his hand happily.

After fishing for so long, Caterpie suddenly gave Instructor Ai a surprise.

This also made Instructor Ai think about whether he had neglected Caterpie too much during this period of time.

This...

Why don't you let Caterpie play Indigo Plateau Conference?

"Hmm..."

Rubbing his chin, Instructor Ai had a dangerous thought.

[Hero... Normally, it's better not to collect Zygarde cells.]

Reshiram's admonition reached Instructor Ai's ears.

"Uh, I see."

Aisha recognized Reshiram's admonition.

He knew that Zygarde was the defender of the Kalos region's ecosystem.

Instructor Ai wouldn't have abused its power if he hadn't been faced with a necessary situation.

"And..."

Aisha looked at the Caterpie a bit helplessly.

"This Core seems to have entered a dormant state, Caterpie you hit it too hard!"

[10% Zygarde is still not as powerful as Caterpie, especially Caterpie's Dragon Ascend is not something it can withstand.]

Reshiram's exclamatory voice reached Aisha and Caterpie's ears.

[It's amazing that a Caterpie is actually on the path to becoming a god... I never thought I'd be able to witness something like this.]

"Mee~" Caterpie inevitably showed a look of embarrassment.

Its intention was to help Instructor Ai recruit.

It didn't realize that the target had been knocked dormant by its own blows, so it didn't know when it would wake up.

"It's okay."

Instructor Ai gave Caterpie a reassuring look.

"If it's dormant, we'll keep it, if it's not, we'll keep it, and with so many freeloaders around, one more isn't too many."

Reshiram averted its eyes in embarrassment.

It was indeed a freeloader.

Except for the time when it first woke up, when it followed Instructor Ai to beat up N and Zekrom, it hadn't done anything else.

Back in New Island, Instructor Ai's Pokémon was Rayquaza, not itself.

[I'm going to have to find a chance to show off, or else I'm going to become a freeloader.]

Reshiram sighed .

Caterpie was a dog...

That said, its maneuvers inspired Reshiram.

Although they hadn't known each other for long, Reshiram had been following Instructor Ai around for a while.

It always felt that its White Hero was in a hurry...

Reshiram didn't know what he was anxious about.

But, Instructor Ai was always very passionate about the power of Legendary Pokémon.

Legendary Pokémon and Mythical Pokémon.

He wasn't like one of those evil organization bosses, who planned to take the power of the Legendary Pokémon and expand the oceans, expand the land, or create the world he wanted... he was simply pursuing the power of the gods, as if something was chasing him and he was preparing for battle.

Seems like Caterpie realized this, and that's why he went to retrieve this Zygarde Core.

It's trying to solve its trainer's problems.

Reshiram doesn't know who Aisha's imaginary enemy is.

However, the strength of the opponent can be deduced from Aisha's attitude.

How strong is Aisha today?

How much power can he unleash?

Reshiram, Rayquaza, and Hoenn's Three Legendary Pillars, and Chien-Pao are his core power.

He holds the Orbs that manipulates Groudon and Kyogre.

The four Swordsmen of Unova are his mentors and friends, and the two Mewtwos, one owns him a favor and the other is his child.

There's Mew, and Victini, the top abductor.

No exaggeration...

If Aisha wanted to be a bad guy, the world would fall into an abyss.

There's no one in the world who can fight him.

So... What's his hurry?

Who's chasing him, making him fight so hard to grow his army?

[...]

Reshiram thought of a terrible possibility.

The White Dragon's pupils shrank.

Even if it was a remote possibility.

However, it was the only possibility now...

Hiss!

How did he get into trouble with that guy?

Reshiram couldn't figure it out.

But...

Since it was the White Hero it recognized, the Truth Dragon had no reason to back down.

Recruitment, well, Unova has a lot of Second-level Legendary Pokémon and Phantom Pokémon, too!

If it's a big deal, it'll take Instructor Ai with it to make friends.

[Hm...]

Having made up his mind, Reshiram's shadow disappeared.

In the next moment, Cynthia came out of the villa.

She was still dressed in a white lab coat, and her every move was full of the intellectual beauty of a scholar.

"Do you still have work today?"

Aisha asked with a smile.

Cynthia shook her head helplessly and said: "Well, I don't hesitate to have such a good stage, I can't let go of the opportunity."

"Business is important."

"Caitlin said she didn't want to go today, that child has always been sleepy, two days ago is probably exhausted."

Cynthia glanced at Caitlin's bedroom window.

She then looked at Aisha and said, "What are Instructor Ai's plans for today?"

"I'm not going to go to the seminar again... what I had to do yesterday is done... At the end of the day, I'm not really a researcher, and if I don't accompany Caitlin, I'll be bored if I stay over there."

Aisha looked towards Lumiose City's landmark, the Prism Tower, which was emitting a brilliant white light.

"I'm going to challenge Lumiose Gym."