Chapter 163 — Your Pride Has Been Shattered

"Stop!!!"

Steven and Wallace, who were about to arrest Sird, saw this scene and acted together instinctively.

Their ace Pokémon, Metagross and Milotic, formed a barrier in front of Beedrill.

If Lance were to die at Giovanni's hands, it would cause a major incident.

Not to mention this happening in Hoenn - they would be held responsible.

At this moment, Mewtwo descended again, standing alongside Beedrill facing off against Metagross and Milotic.

A drop of cold sweat fell down Steven and Wallace's faces.

They knew that in this formation, defeat would be inevitable.

"Move aside,"

Giovanni said coldly:

"Lance is mine. Even Darkrai couldn't stop me!"

"I'm sorry, but we absolutely cannot stand by and watch you attack Lance right in front of us."

Steven, now fully aware of Giovanni's strength, knew there was a gap between them, but even so, he couldn't back down.

"Let's go help too!"

After finally evacuating the last group of citizens, May saw Giovanni and Steven's group in a standoff at the city center and suggested to her father Norman.

"This isn't a battle you can get involved in!"

Norman said sternly:

"Go home right now!"

"No!"

May replied angrily.

Always treating me like a child, I'm stronger than you now, Dad!

[That one called Frieza has a similar aura to mine~chu~]

The "yellow mouse" pointed at Mewtwo in the air, communicating telepathically with Sun Wuming.

Yes, it had learned to give Mewtwo a nickname just like Sun Wuming did.

"Do you want to be friends with it?"

Sun Wuming asked.

Though when he said this, even he didn't believe it.

After all, when Mewtwo was first created by Team Rocket, it was determined to prove that although it was made using Mew's DNA...

But as a clone, its power absolutely surpassed Mew's.

It would fight immediately upon seeing Mew.

Later it was only through Ash's protagonist halo that Mewtwo let go of this obsession and went to seek its own path.

[Yes yes~]

However, after hearing Sun Wuming's words, the "yellow mouse" nodded.

A soft light appeared, returning to its original form, and flew in front of Mewtwo.

[Hello~ I'm Mew, nice to meet you, Frieza~]

Mew floated in front of Mewtwo, waving its tiny hands cutely in greeting.

"Huh!?"

At this moment, Steven, Wallace, May, Nagi and the other Hoenn trainers who had been focusing on Giovanni were all dumbfounded.

This, this is... Mew?

Where did it come from!?

"!?"

And Mewtwo, whose expression had been calm until now, upon seeing Mew, was like a betrayed lover seeing their rival.

Its eyes bloodshot, veins bulging on its head.

[Mew!!!]

Mewtwo roared telepathically, its hands trembling as it formed two huge light purple blades, charging at the pink cat.

Psycho Cut!

"Chu~"

Mew paused, then faced Mewtwo's slashing blades.

Its tiny body moved like flowing water, avoiding Mewtwo's attacks with minimal movement each time.

Rather than fighting, it seemed more like playing hide and seek.

"So, so easily..."

Even the proud Lance couldn't help but show a shocked expression.

That mysterious Pokémon that had completely suppressed his ace Dragonite couldn't even touch Mew!?

This was no surprise, after all during this time, Mew had been dodging Sun Wuming's punches.

Mewtwo's attack speed seemed practically motionless to it.

[Chu~ Why are you so angry? Don't you want to be friends with Mew?]

Mew asked curiously while effortlessly dodging Mewtwo's attacks.

[Shut up!!!]

Mewtwo responded in rage, palms facing each other to form a deep blue energy ball.

Aura Sphere!

"Chu~"

Mew shook its head slightly, this Frieza was really unfriendly.

Then, Mew also put its tiny hands together like flower petals, forming a light blue energy sphere.

The two mirrored each other, making extremely similar movements.

"Is that a Kamehameha?!"

Lisia exclaimed.

After all, she had already seen this move from Sun Wuming and Sai Dou.

Both attacked almost simultaneously.

When they collided, the massive energy burst sent the champion-level Metagross and Milotic flying.

After about two to three seconds of deadlock.

The Aura Sphere was consumed by the Kamehameha, and the remaining impact hit Mewtwo directly, sending it crashing into the shipyard behind, creating a deep crater with a loud "boom".

"Mewtwo!"

Giovanni frowned deeply, quickly having his Crobat take him to Mewtwo's side.

[Frieza, your temper is too bad, you need to fix that, or you'll suffer for it later~]

Mew flew in front of Mewtwo, shaking its head and wagging a finger.

Though rather than friendly advice, it seemed more like deliberate mockery.

[Shut, shut up!]

Mewtwo endured the pain on its body, struggling to climb out of the crater, gritting its teeth:

[I haven't... I haven't lost yet!]

"Stop, Mewtwo."

Giovanni landed and knelt beside Mewtwo, advising:

"Your power hasn't been fully developed yet. I will definitely bring out your potential, and when that time comes, you can fight Mew again."

After saying this, Giovanni couldn't help but glance towards Sun Wuming.

He never expected that man to have actually caught Mew, how terrifying.

Mewtwo gritted its teeth, trying to stand up again.

However, Mew floated in front of it, reaching out its tiny hand to give a light flick to its forehead.

Mewtwo fell back down.

Giovanni sighed quietly and took out a Master Ball to recall Mewtwo.

"Lord Giovanni."

At this moment, Sird suddenly spoke:

"Rather than continue wasting time here, why don't we look for the next target? The target doesn't necessarily have to be limited to Celebi, right?"

Hearing Sird's words, Giovanni also found them reasonable.

He really had wanted to kill Lance just now.

But after the battle, he quickly calmed down.

Indeed, killing Lance wouldn't change anything.

It might even make things worse.

In this situation, he should cut his losses and move on to the next step.

"Mm, let's go."

Giovanni nodded.

Sird smiled at his words, landing beside Giovanni with Darkrai.

Darkrai spread its shadows, preparing to take its new master and Giovanni away.

"You!"

Lance instinctively wanted to stop them.

"Your pride has been shattered, Lance."

Giovanni's body gradually disappeared into the shadows as he coldly laughed at Lance, continuously mocking:

"You're no longer worthy to be my opponent. If you don't want to taste defeat again, don't let me see your face anymore."

After speaking, Giovanni and Sird's bodies completely vanished into the shadows, disappearing.

Lance's eyes were cold, gritting his teeth in anger.

But he had to admit, as Giovanni said, his pride had been completely shattered.

"By the way, what's the deal with that masked person?"

Wallace suddenly remembered another matter and asked.

"I don't know, can't figure out their identity at all,"

Nagi shook her head, indicating complete confusion.

That person disappeared with Celebi, but with such terrifying power, they must report this to headquarters.

"Chu~"

At this time, Mew flew back, lazily lying on Sun Wuming's shoulder:

[That Frieza is so fierce~]

"Mr. Sun, is, is this Mew your Pokémon?"

Seeing this scene, Steven asked in amazement.

"Sort of,"

Since Mew wouldn't go into a ball, Sun Wuming gave an ambiguous answer.

Then he glanced at Lance with a teasing look.

This league champion's reputation would probably plummet from today onwards.

What would happen next was truly something to look forward to.

"Is this really the legendary ancestor of all Pokémon, Mew? It's so cute~"

May also quickly ran up to Sun Wuming, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the pink cat lying on his shoulder, clasping her hands in front of her chest and asking:

"Can I pet it?"

"Mew?"

Seeing May's expression, Mew suddenly remembered Sun Wuming's eyes when it first met him.

Scared, it quickly climbed onto Sun Wuming's head, its face full of rejection.

"How mean..."

May looked disappointed.

Sun Wuming also observed this girl who was about the same age as Serena and the others.

"You're 'May', right?"

Sun Wuming asked.

"Eh? You know me?"

May blinked curiously.

Sun Wuming smiled slightly.

In the anime version, May was basically the strongest female protagonist who traveled with Ash.

Of course, that was in the anime. In terms of games, the strongest should be Hilda.

Unfortunately, she was nerfed badly in the anime.

"May, are you interested in participating in this year's Lily of the Valley Conference in Sinnoh?"

Sun Wuming invited.

Gathering these protagonists from the original story together, Sun Wuming was very interested to see who among them was stronger.

"Sinnoh?"

May scratched her head, "Hmm... I'll think about it. It should be fine if I go, after all I just participated in the Grand Festival last year, trying the League Conference would be nice too."

Sun Wuming smiled faintly: "What do you think about opponents like Jun and Barry?"

May waved her hand, "They're not bad, but not really strong rivals. If I'm serious, I basically won't lose."

Well, it seems the May before him also possessed the potential of a game protagonist.

It feels like among all the chosen ones, only Ash performed the worst.

How sad.

...

...

In Verdanturf City, the closest city to Slateport.

Steven and the other league officials stayed in Slateport to handle the aftermath, while Sun Wuming brought Lisia here to rest.

"Lance actually lost, I can already see what measures Chairman Rose will take when he learns of this..."

In Postwick Town in Galar, Sonia was having a long phone conversation with Sun Wuming, learning about what happened in Slateport City a few hours ago from him.

While Sun Wuming lay on the hotel suite's large bed and laughed:

"Too bad you didn't see Lance's expression after being defeated, wonder if he'll turn dark from this..."

Knock knock knock~

Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock at the door.

Sun Wuming got up to answer while still talking to Sonia.

Then, he froze completely.

Because after opening the door, Lisia standing outside gave a naturally alluring smile, then lifted her robe, revealing the lingerie underneath....