"Next, the target of the Plasma Destroyer will be the Dragon Spiral Tower."
"According to intelligence, Zekrom should have returned to that location."
As the door to the Energy Room opened, Kuiqisi, who was equally attentive to the exterior, entered. He looked at the Violent Dragon in the suppressant fluid and spoke coldly to Akroma.
"Yes."
Akroma pushed his glasses up his nose again, having long anticipated this day.
Although he had no interest in the ambitions of the Plasma Team, currently, only the Plasma Team could support his research that the outside world wouldn't accept.
This partnership was the most satisfying one for Akroma to date.
"However, before we return, perhaps we can capture the rat that's infiltrated the Plasma Destroyer."
Data streamed across Akroma's glasses as he began to speak slowly.
...
The intruder was N.
After learning of the Plasma Team's new plans from Asura, another of the Seven Wise Men, N disregarded his injuries and immediately came to dissuade his foster father.
"Not correcting one's mistake is a mistake in itself"—Asura's favorite saying and in N's eyes, it perfectly suited the current Plasma Team.
Thundurus.
A legendary Ice Dragon from the myths known to harbor strong hostility towards humans, Pokemon, and all forms of life, extremely ferocious.
The Plasma Team had repeatedly violated taboos. Perhaps soon, all of Unova would be implicated for this, possibly devolving into the mythological chaos once caused by the legendary dragons. By then, a swath of innocent lives would suffer the consequences.
Undeniably, to make N the Legendary Hero, the Plasma Team's grooming of N was spot-on. After realizing the difference in ideologies, N resolutely decided to stop the "father" who had raised him.
As a natural telepath, N could communicate directly with any Pokemon and convey his own thoughts, receiving their Helping Hand.
At this moment, with the aid of countless wild elves, N had successfully boarded the Plasma Destroyer. However, having just left the Plasma Team, he had virtually no power to resist the massive organization.
No sooner had he infiltrated the Plasma Destroyer than he was immediately surrounded by numerous members of the Plasma Team.
"Unexpectedly, you've come back on your own, N."
Within the encirclement, N's face was solemn, as he watched two men emerge, naturally Akroma and Kuiqisi.
"Earlier, I felt Zekrom's disappointment and anger."
"Now, I sense Thundurus' pain…" N said, watching them.
"Pain? It might be due to the suppressant fluid and the mutual interference of energies when extracting its power... but don't worry, it won't wake up so easily," Akroma said confidently.
The power of Thundurus was completely sealed in ice by him, causing it to fall into a hibernation-like slumber; without severe stimulation, awakening was impossible.
And once Thundurus awoke, with the use of the electromagnetic control device and the Wedge of Gene, they could easily control Thundurus!
N shook his head.
He looked at Kuiqisi and said:
"Father, please allow me to address you as such, don't continue the wrongdoing; this has already become entirely different from what you once said."
Kuiqisi's body stiffened, and then he snorted coldly, "You heartless monster, if you could have obtained Zekrom's approval smoothly, we wouldn't be in this situation now."
Though N's foster father, Kuiqisi never regarded him as a normal human. A person who considered issues from the perspective of Pokemon and not as a human, if not a monster, then what? It was just a pity that even such a monster failed to win Zekrom's approval.
Now, N was useless.
Kuiqisi's gaze was cold.
In that moment, as N heard his once-revered foster father call him a monster, his eyes trembled. But before he could muster any response, another figure approached.
"Sorry to interrupt, but we have obtained the Wedge of Gene. We should leave, or the Four Heavenly Kings and Champion of Unova might soon arrive," Vio said after returning to the Plasma Destroyer, holding up the pyramid-shaped Wedge of Gene.
"No, you can't do this…" N shouted loudly upon seeing the Wedge of Gene, his pupils filled with sternness.
Because, at that moment, waves of violent roars echoed continuously in his mind.
This object would stimulate Thundurus!
Discard it at once!
Inside the Destroyer, at the control area for the slumbering Thundurus.
Thundurus, still asleep, frowned in discomfort.
The Plasma Team's use of its power to fire Kyurem's Cannon, while not enough to awaken Thundurus, still caused it discomfort.
If the Destroyer drew out even more of its power in an instant, there was no doubt Thundurus would awake immediately.
And the Plasma Team was very careful, always maintaining the slumbering Thundurus within a controllable range.
However.
They had miscalculated one thing.
Wedge of Gene.
The Wedge of Gene was a unique artifact that allowed Thundurus to absorb the power of Black and White Dragon. Back when the Three Dragons of the Path split, the Wedge of Gene was part of that divided power.
Originally, due to differing ideals, the Way of Dragon God had split.
However, Thundurus, as the shell, was also always waiting for the unification of those two ideologies.
Thundurus was a legendary Ice Dragon that was always waiting to fill its lost body with truth and ideals.
In time, with Thundurus' complete form restored, it could once again battle to protect the world of ideals and truth between Pokemon and humans, which would be realized in the future.