Outside the Plasma Team's base ruins.
In pursuit of Zekrom's trail, Fang Yuan and his group had already boarded a helicopter.
A single Champion, four Kings, one top-level Museum Owner, one Pioneer Brain, plus an openly recognized Champion Level Trainer Fang Yuan... This combination, had someone suggested they were off to initiate a Legendary Pokémon eradication war, would be believed.
At this moment, their destination.
Northwest of the United Region.
There lies an ancient tower.
No one knows who built this tower in the United Region or when.
But it's said to have many connections with Legendary Dragons.
Dragon Spiral Tower.
As the place where Zekrom had slumbered for a millennium, its Dragon Stone was unearthed by Plasma Team at the White Remains here long ago.
Now, after being awakened, Zekrom still chose to return here, where there once was a Special Dragon Vein, and even now there is a tremendous power underground to accelerate its power restoration.
Initially, the United Dragon God split into three, and Zekrom, as a separated entity, was inherently unstable.
Moreover, after the division, it had a protracted battle with Zekrom.
Neither dragon could defeat the other; they exhausted their power and hadn't fully recovered it even after a thousand years.
It needed to continue its slumber to recover its strength.
"Roar————"
In the sky, just as Zekrom was about to revert to Dragon Stone to enter slumber once more, a roar suddenly came from afar.
Boom!!!
Thunder roared and lightning flashed, turning the entire land black.
Within the immense mass of thunderclouds, a grey-black creature that looked like a mix between a dinosaur and a muscled bipedal western dragon burst forth, sweeping along with the thunder and lightning.
This Pokémon, with a body giving off an impression of being as hard as a statue, had fan-like black wings and powerful forelimbs that made it seem stronger than Zekrom.
It was none other than Zekrom, the Dragon of Ideals from the Three Dragons of the Path!
"Roar!!"
"Roar!!!!!!"
Upon seeing the other, Zekrom hovering above Dragon Spiral Tower was momentarily startled, then immediately roared in response!!!
At the same time, it was extremely puzzled.
This guy, it woke up too?
Logically, it should be like me, not having fully restored its power!
Indeed, just like Zekrom thought, Zekrom hadn't fully recovered its power either.
However, compared to Zekrom, during its long slumber, Zekrom had developed different ideas.
Zekrom wanted to rely on slumber to gradually restore its power.
But Zekrom believed there was hope to quickly regain strength; it wanted to find a Seeker of Truth, assist them in creating an ideal world while using their power to restore and transform itself.
One dragon chose the truthful and sound method of recovery through sleep, while the other placed its hopes on the new ideal.
In the animation, Zekrom had set its sights on Xiaozhi from the start.
As soon as Xiaozhi arrived in Unova, Zekrom couldn't wait to show itself, but perhaps realizing that Xiaozhi had too many backers, after an Electric Shock reset Pikachu to level zero, Zekrom never appeared again... perhaps it got silenced by a group of Legendary Pokémon such as Ho-Oh, Lugia, Rayquaza, etc.
Our painstakingly trained Pikachu, you say reset its level to zero and it's done???
What the truth is, is now unknown...
But now, the two dragons with differing ideals were once again meeting after a long time.
The two looked at each other, their eyes containing Intersecting Flames and Intersecting Lightning.
Their conflict was both significant and insignificant.
After all, thousands of years ago, the two dragons were one.
Even though they took opposing sides behind different heroes after splitting, now that the old Unova has been destroyed by their collective efforts, the conflict between the two dragons has also dissipated along with the old Unova.
Now, it was just their different ideals that made it difficult for them to see eye to eye; it was nowhere near as serious as the rift between Groudon and Kyogre.
"What are you doing here!!" Zekrom bellowed.
"Do you plan to continue your slumber?" Zekrom asked.
Nonsense!
Zekrom didn't want to answer.
The United Dragon God was initially as powerful as Mega Rayquaza or Complete Zygarde, the strongest dragons.
But afterward, due to splitting, its power greatly diminished.
Although three High Legendary Level Dragons of the Path were created,
taken alone, the Black and White Dragons couldn't compare with Pokémon like Groudon and Kyogre, not even in their normal states.
Moreover, after their profound battle, even a thousand years of slumber had not allowed them to fully recover.
Now, their power was at best between ordinary Legendary Level and High Legendary Level.
With only this amount of power left, recovery was of the utmost importance.
"I've decided to place my hopes of regaining strength on a new hero," Zekrom spoke.
"A new hero?"
Zekrom thought of the Plasma Team members who had awakened it earlier.
That green-haired youth did catch its favor.
But unfortunately, he was just a puppet controlled by others for the time being.
Zekrom naturally did not wish for a puppet to become the White Hero, so it brought everything to an end and left.
What it encountered upon waking was a disappointment to Zekrom.
Even after a thousand years, Unova was still full of people who disrespected truth and indulged in their desires.
Is there really any human worthy of being the 'Legendary Hero', who can guide Unova to build a perfect and true world?