Chapter 167 — You've lived seventy-six years in vain!

As a DNA Pokémon Deoxys from outer space, it's considered an alien species to the planet of Pokémon.

In the eyes of the Rayquaza clan, who are the guardians of the sky, it's undoubtedly a target that must be eliminated.

In the original work, there were many scenes of battles between Rayquaza and Deoxys.

But Rayquaza usually won easily.

Sun Wuming still remembered how in the game version, the protagonist May put on a space suit and went to space, commanding MEGA Rayquaza to defeat Deoxys with one perfect shot.

However, this one before them...

Sun Wuming looked up at the battle, his expression somewhat peculiar.

At this moment, that Rayquaza had flown back up into the sky, continuously firing Dragon Pulse at Deoxys.

While the opponent had transformed into Speed Forme, constantly dodging.

Each of Rayquaza's attacks precisely hit the high-rise buildings of LaRousse City.

Turning the entire city into chaos.

Another skyscraper's ceiling was cut in half by Rayquaza's Dragon Pulse, the upper half of the building falling like a mountain.

"Metagross!"

Steven threw his Poké Ball.

His ace Metagross soared up, its four sturdy metal arms firmly supporting the falling building.

"Meta!"

Metagross showed pain on its face, but gritted its teeth and after holding on for several seconds, used all its strength to throw the building towards the sea at the city's outskirts.

"ROAR!"

At this point, Rayquaza was clearly enraged.

Damn you, you squirming little bug!

Just then, a dark purple energy ball came whistling through the air, hitting the enraged Rayquaza's cheek, creating a "BOOM" explosion.

As the dark purple energy's light slowly dispersed, it revealed... a second Deoxys!

"An-another one? What, what is this!?"

Luluna exclaimed in disbelief.

She didn't recognize Deoxys, but anything that could fight Rayquaza to this extent was undoubtedly legendary.

To see two legendary Pokémon of the same species at once!?

"Seems there are two of them..."

Sun Wuming pondered while stroking his chin.

The original movie indeed had two Deoxys.

The way to tell them apart was that one had a blue crystal on its chest, while the other had a green one.

And Rayquaza couldn't even beat the blue one, which was considered a disgraceful defeat for the Rayquaza clan.

Fortunately, later in the XY arc a MEGA Rayquaza appeared that could instantly defeat Champion-level Steven and beat Primal Kyogre and Groudon.

Later in the Hoopa arc during the battle of the gods, a black Rayquaza single-handedly held off four top-tier legendary Pokémon and remained undefeated.

That finally restored the Rayquaza clan's honor.

Meanwhile, the humiliated Rayquaza also burst out from the smoke.

If it was merely irritated before, now it was absolutely furious - if it had Saiyan blood, it would probably go Super Saiyan right now.

To make me, the great Rayquaza, lose face in front of so many humans!

"ROAR!!!"

The angry dragon's roar echoed throughout LaRousse City's sky.

A golden energy ball rapidly formed in Rayquaza's mouth.

"It's Draco Meteor!"

Steven cried out in panic.

He didn't know if this attack would take out those two mysterious unknown Pokémon.

But he knew LaRousse City would surely meet the same fate as Canalave City!

"Rayquaza! Please calm your anger! There are many innocent people in this city!"

Steven spread his arms and shouted at Rayquaza with all his might.

But he didn't have the power to connect with it, and even if he did, Rayquaza was too enraged to listen now.

"Wuming, should we help?"

Luluna tugged at Sun Wuming's sleeve and asked.

Sun Wuming was conflicted about which side to help.

Thinking back, Deoxys was a neutral Pokémon.

Although in the game it tried to crash into Earth in its Meteor Forme, thankfully the protagonist and MEGA Rayquaza stopped it.

But in the movie version it showed no hostility towards humans - the two Deoxys were turned to stone by Rayquaza and separated, coming to this city to look for their partner.

It was mainly Rayquaza that kept pursuing them.

After all, in their clan's view, all Deoxys must die.

"Let's try to calm Rayquaza down."

Sun Wuming decided after some thought.

Although aesthetically he preferred Rayquaza,

These two Deoxys hadn't really done anything wrong, while Rayquaza had single-handedly reduced the city to ruins.

"Who wants to go?"

Sun Wuming asked.

The Pokémon in the Poké Balls - Zekrom, Diancie, Pangoro and others - all prepared to come out.

However, the yellow mouse resting on Sun Wuming's shoulder was the first to fly forward.

"Mew~"

As the yellow mouse leaped up, its body glowed with dazzling white light, transforming into a pink cat.

Mew!

"Mew mew!"

Flying between Rayquaza and the two Deoxys, Mew raised its right paw, its fingertip gleaming with golden light.

"Roar?"

"Hiss?"

Both sides - Rayquaza and the two Deoxys - were startled at the same time.

In the next instant, Mew's finger drew a basketball-sized golden ring in the air.

"Mew!"

Mew called out softly as the golden energy ring shot towards Rayquaza.

Golden Shining Super Chocolate Ring!

Before Rayquaza could react, the golden ring rapidly expanded, clamping around its neck like a collar.

"Rooooar!"

With its throat constricted, Rayquaza naturally couldn't fire Draco Meteor anymore, and even its roar became strange.

Rayquaza's two short claws kept scratching at the energy ring, its face showing increasing pain.

"Mew mew~"

Mew flew in front of Rayquaza's face, bobbing its head - to the sky dragon, this dead cat's expression was absolutely infuriating.

"To think it could with just one move..."

Steven and some LaRousse City citizens who hadn't managed to evacuate watched in amazement from below.

"Mr. Sun, don't, don't be too harsh, it is after all Hoenn's guardian deity..."

Steven suddenly came to his senses and reminded Sun Wuming with an awkward expression.

Hearing this, Sun Wuming made a gesture to Mew.

Seeing this, Mew used its psychic power to slam Rayquaza from the air to the ground, and removed the chocolate ring.

"ROAR!! (I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!)"

Just freed from the restraint and barely able to breathe, Rayquaza tried to fly up again despite the pain in its neck.

"Can't you calm down?"

Sun Wuming's large hand came down, pinning Rayquaza to the ground by its spine as if swatting a mosquito.

Although he had seen even more shocking scenes in Desert City, this still thoroughly frightened Steven.

BANG!

Just as it was about to take off, Rayquaza was slammed face-first into the ground, turning its head to look at this human with wide, shocked eyes.

Sun Wuming didn't like wasting words, unless it was physical.

Then Sun Wuming looked up at the two Deoxys in the sky and called out:

"You two, explain the situation to this protection money collector."

The two Deoxys looked at each other, slowly descending in front of Rayquaza.

Rage flared again in Rayquaza's eyes, but it couldn't move due to Sun Wuming's hand holding it down.

The two Deoxys then used their psychic powers to convey to Rayquaza that they hadn't come with ill intent, but only wished to live on this beautiful planet.

But Rayquaza was still unhappy - their clan's hatred for Deoxys was like Yveltal's hatred for Xerneas.

It was ingrained in their bones, unchangeable.

"That's enough, isn't it?"

Sun Wuming couldn't help but mock:

"You disgrace to the Rayquaza clan, you can't even beat one Deoxys, let alone two, just accept defeat this time."

Then, with his right hand pressing down on Rayquaza, Sun Wuming waved his left hand at the two Deoxys:

"You two can go, but remember your promise - no causing trouble."

The two Deoxys looked at each other, then nodded to Sun Wuming and made a buzzing sound like a propeller starting up, before quickly turning to leave.

[They said 'Thank you, we'll repay you someday'~]

Mew translated.

"I don't think there's anything I need them to repay me for..."

Sun Wuming shrugged and said.

Although these two Deoxys had peak second-tier god level power, Sun Wuming really couldn't think of anything he would need their help with.

"ROAR! ROAR!"

At this point, Rayquaza was like an angry cat with bristled fur, roaring and yelling at Sun Wuming.

Mew translated again:

[It says 'Who's a disgrace to the clan? This dragon is only seventy-six years old, not grown up yet. In a hundred years, I'll definitely hang those freaks up and beat them'~]

Sun Wuming: "..."

He couldn't help but recall a classic line from the ghost channels of his previous life -

You've lived seventy-six years in vain!

Well, seventy-six years was very young for a legendary Pokémon with nearly infinite lifespan.

Compared to human standards, it was basically at infant level, no wonder it couldn't beat those two Deoxys.

But even so, that doesn't change the fact that you lowered the prestige of the entire Rayquaza clan in the original work...

"Dragon God, are you alright?!"

Just then, a girl's worried cry rang out.

Everyone looked up to see an athletic figure jump down from a Salamence's back and land in front of Rayquaza.

That blue uniform was... Team Aqua!?

"You're the girl who attacked my father and Wallace yesterday!?"

Steven exclaimed in shock.

Indeed, this girl was the one who had attacked Zigfried Oak and defeated Wallace on the cruise ship yesterday.

Even this Salamence was exactly the same!

But...

Steven looked at the girl's outfit... Team Aqua uniform?

What, what's going on?

Wasn't she wearing a Team Magma uniform yesterday?

Did she switch teams in just one day?

Shigana...

Sun Wuming said the girl's name in his mind.

Sinnoh had a Shirona and Shina, and now Hoenn had a Shigana.

Couldn't you all pick names that don't sound so similar?

Don't you know it's easy to get confused?

Shigana looked at Steven with hatred in her eyes, then turned to Rayquaza and said:

"Dragon God, my name is Shigana. Do you remember Shiogana? She was my sister who sacrificed herself to help you seven years ago. Now, as the new generation inheritor of the People of the Meteor, I hope to gain your acknowledgment!"

Facing Rayquaza, Shigana openly stated her purpose.

Since that incident seven years ago, Rayquaza had given up on choosing humans as partners.

And Shigana's deepest wish was to become the new 1.6th generation inheritor - in other words, Rayquaza's partner - just like her deceased sister Shiogana.

And also... to get revenge on Zigfried Oak!

Behind her, Steven's face turned pale.

So what Sun Wuming said earlier was true.

It really was his father who had...

"Roar..."

However, faced with Shigana's sincere gaze, Rayquaza only gave a low growl, then cast a meaningful glance at Sun Wuming.

Then it slowly rose into the sky, disappearing into the clouds.

"Please wait, Dragon God! Dragon God!"

Shigana called out anxiously.

Sun Wuming helped explain:

"That guy says you've got the wrong dragon - the Rayquaza from seven years ago was its father, and it's not interested in finding a partner."

"Fa-father?"

Shigana was stunned, then bit her lip and prepared to leave.

"Hey, girl, what are you planning to do next?"

Sun Wuming asked with an attitude of watching the show.

"I won't give up."

Shigana said through gritted teeth, jumping back onto Salamence's back.

"Hey, wait!"

Steven tried to stop her, he still had many things he wanted to ask.

"Son of Zigfried, you all wait..."