When Nobuhide rushed to his office at the sound of the noise, he could only see a tall, humanoid Pokémon with six arms wrapped in black mist staring up at the ruins and roaring in the sky with blood-red eyes.
At his feet, Sara was lying there, dead or alive, with only a cork in his hand and six rings scattered around it.
Nobuhide felt a rush of hot blood rush to his heart, and a strong sense of suffocation filled him. He was now repeating a sentence over and over in his head.
[What the hell is happening here?!]
Coincidentally, not far away, in the Pokémon Hunter's' camp, Rope, who had already released the electric shock, also looked confused. He didn't see Nobuhide's expression at the moment, otherwise he would have noticed that their expressions were surprisingly the same.
Both were three parts confused, two parts puzzled, four parts dumbfounded, and one part angry in a fan chart.
The micro-communicator in Rope's ear came Lance's startled and angry questioning, "Rope! What's going on! Why didn't you hurry up and tell us if something went wrong with the plan!"
Rope opened his mouth, unsure of what to say.
"Say something!"
Lance's tone was one of exasperation, a good plan had just been ruined, and ahead of schedule! It made a huge difference to their previous preparations, and it was important to realize that the Pokémon Contests performance venue was only a small fraction of what it was now. If they were given a day, they were sure to attract half of Pewter City to watch. But now...
"You may not believe me when I tell you," Rope said, calming down and organizing his words as quickly as he could at his urging, "Our plan was executed perfectly, and while it went a little bit wrong but it didn't essentially beat the bushes..."
"Then tell me what's going on here in front of us!"
"I've thought about it... since there's no problem on our side, maybe it's the opposite side's plan that's gone awry..."
Lance: ...
Rope: ...
Good guy, this is the first time we've seen this kind of thing in all our lives ...
Big brother can't be a bit more strict! The Kanto League is being coerced! Can you be more reliable with such a big plan?
This was the first time Rope and Lance hated their
"Anyway, let's not worry about that right now, I feel that this is fishy, Hoopa Unbound's activity pattern doesn't match my speculation, the second half of the plan has to be revised. How many people do you need for the evacuation on your end?" Rope asked, rubbing his brow with a distressed expression.
"I can only give you Cynthia, Red, and Diantha on my end. The rest of us will have to be involved in the emergency evacuation and fending off panicked Pokémon from storming the city..." That was a feeble statement from Lance.
As far as Rope's speculation was concerned, they had to face at least seven Legendary Pokémon together with Hoopa itself, and the only ones that could be given here were the three champions... They were strong, but not strong enough compared to the ones in Rope's head, or rather, compared to the Legendary Pokémon in Rope's memories. Compared to the Legendary Pokémon of Rope's memories, the group of Legendary Pokémon here was much scarier.
Red once told Rope that he did defeat Mewtwo, and he did subdue him, but Mewtwo was not at the full strength at that time, and it was only when six Pokémon took turns that he defeated Mewtwo. This resulted in Mewtwo not fully recognizing him in terms of strength. So Red still released Mewtwo.
Now Red has naturally improved a lot compared to back then, but in Red's opinion, it is impossible for Mewtwo to stay put, so now he is allowed to go up against Mewtwo again, and the winner is still unknown.
So, three champions plus a Rope...
Even if they didn't have to be defeated, dragging them down was a task that could be considered impossible.
Rope frowned at that, then said, "There's no time to delay, every second is precious now, let's get Cynthia and the others over here. Bring little Hoopa with you, that little guy can call in a pretty strong assist as well."
"Okay... be safe."
"...Will do."
After saying that, there was a click on the communicator as it hung up. Then Rope breathed a long sigh of relief and took the Charmander and Growlithe's Pokéball that was handed over by one of the big men on the side.
Rope then put his hand, into his chest...
At his chest was a ball of flame, and he had kept a Pokéball in his chest cavity since the beginning. of course, this trick couldn't be used often. For one thing, elemental transformation was physically demanding. Secondly, stuffing something into one's own body is very embarrassing. ...
The Pokéball with fireproof material plus the temperature of the flames that Rope could control could indeed use his body to carry things. But it's a feeling Rope definitely doesn't want to experience a second time...
After all, he's a man, it's better to tuck it away...
Then Rope opens the Pokéball, and Entei comes out of it.
That's right, Rope took Entei, or rather, temporarily took Entei.
That's his backhand, how could Rope go deep into the enemy camp and not have his security in place? So he requested (foloed) Entei into Pokéball to keep him safe for the time being.
As for completely taking him in, one could only say that there might be a chance, after all, Entei wasn't repulsed by Rope, and one could even say that he was already considered a friend with a good relationship.
Rope said solemnly to Entei, "Let Ho-Oh participate in the war and hold out for a while."
Entei nodded, its heart heavy as well. Then he raised his head, and came a Sacred Fire towards the sky.This was the signal it had agreed upon with the other two Sacred Beasts and Ho-Oh.
War, in the end, could not be avoided.
"The most crucial thing right now, is to find the Prison Bottle, whether that pot is intact or broken right now as long as it's found, it can be fixed."
Rope rolled over and sat on Entei's back, Entei then immediately headed towards the originally agreed upon place.
And at that moment Rope was thinking about something else.
This time when Hoopa Unbound appeared, the flow didn't seem to be consistent with the theater version that Rope remembered. The original Hoopa Unbound was to devour Hoopa's will and take over Hoopa's body before venting its anger.
That's why Rope brought Hoopa in and kept him away.
It also takes time for Unbound to find its own body, and helping Hoopa fend off unbound buys more time.
But now Hoopa Unbound seemed to show up straight away. With no intention at all of seeking Hoopa's original body, he had already begun to wreak havoc as a way of removing the nearly 100 years of anger that had been imprisoned in that cup within himself.
[Is this the tactic of which guy named Nobuhide?]
Rope mused.
[It shouldn't be, this guy's plan should have failed. And it's that very breeding base that Hoopa is ravaging right now.]
Rope told Nobuo about the possibility of an attack on the Pokémon Daycare, and asked him to keep still and naturally give all the staff a vacation tomorrow. Pokémon have their own instincts to avoid evil, plus Hoopa's anger wasn't directed at Pokémon, so all the Pokémon living there didn't need to worry too much.
It was just that in order to keep the commotion as small as possible, so Nobuo was going to come in at the end of the afternoon with a short notice, like a big shot was coming to pick out a Pokémon for his kid or something like that, and then tell everyone to shun it, which was still kind of normal for this kind of thing to happen.
Only over no, it's only noon now as well.
[So... is there someone else behind this thing?]
Rope pondered, rushing to the battlefield.