That night.
By then, Monferno had been transferred over from Base Island, and Fang Yuan was fully committed to his battle preparations.
Being ready for battle meant eating, drinking, and relaxing as usual.
How could the Eight Gates Ryder lose? Huh?
"Hey."
While Fang Yuan was browsing his phone, leaning against the headboard on the villa's large bed, suddenly a mind induction entered his heart.
"Mewtwo?"
Fang Yuan looked around to see Eevee, Victini, and Hoopa, who had been lying on the other three cribs looking at their phones, now lifting their heads.
"What's up."
He spoke towards the void, and at the same time, Mewtwo's figure emerged in Fang Yuan's room.
"When do you plan to leave after the championship ends?" Mewtwo asked.
He wasn't talking about leaving Galar but about returning to Earth from the Pokémon World.
"Uh, probably very soon?"
"Leave within a week after it ends?"
This time in the Pokémon World had lasted over a month—it was a bit long. Now that he had found all the Tablets, Fang Yuan planned to return to Earth to intensify his training.
Eevee, Monferno, Armed Magnemite, Darkrai, and the other Pokémon could all benefit from the Tablets' power in their training, raising their base attributes to the Legendary Realm.
This needed to be done quickly, otherwise Dream would surely urge him to hand over the Tablets and awaken Arceus.
Although Eevee and Monferno already possessed more stable Ordinary Legendary Combat Power than Armed Magnetic Monster and Darkrai, they were still not perfect. There was room for improvement, and the Tablets were excellent tools to fix any shortcomings.
Even among Ordinary Legendary Pokémon, there are different levels of power.
For instance, the lower end of High Legendary Level is represented by the Black and White Dragons without regenerative power, while the higher end is typified by Primal Groudon and Kyogre.
The lower threshold of Ordinary Legendary Level combat power is roughly that of Baiyang Town's Darkrai and the Three Sacred Beasts.
Of course, since the Three Sacred Beasts are not primarily fighters and have understandable weaknesses, those of the mid-tier can invoke widespread disasters using Power of Nature, like the Tangerine Trio Birds and at the very top are each of the guardians of the Kapu family.
The Karp guardian gods are incredibly versatile; every one of them possesses the ability to develop unique Z-Moves. A variety of Z-Moves boosts their combat and functional capabilities across various domains. Through Z-Moves, they can battle beyond their level for a short period, individually exhibiting combat power comparable to High-Level Legendary Pokémon.
Currently, Armed Magnetic Monster and Darkrai can only briefly manifest the minimal strength of Ordinary Legendary Level.
While Eevee and Monferno can exhibit power comparable to that of the Kapu family, in terms of balanced abilities, they are still significantly inferior.
Fang Yuan's plan for training with the Tablets is to hopefully bring Armed Magnetic Monster and Darkrai fully into the Legendary Realm while enabling Eevee and Monferno to possess comprehensive capability that doesn't fall short of any Ordinary Legendary Level spirits.
After completing these tasks... It wouldn't be too late to return the Tablets to the alpaca.
Unfortunately, if it weren't for the fact that other Pokémon lack the prowess near the Legendary Level and are not qualified for the Tablet training, Fang Yuan would have preferred to return them only after elevating everyone to Legendary status.
But how can that be? Phantump surely wouldn't agree, since Legendary Pokémon are about to descend on Earth. As the broken Pokémon World merges fully with Earth, the threat of spacetime collapse mentioned by Phantump will become more apparent. It's safer to awaken Arceus sooner rather than later.
Therefore, Fang Yuan won't have much time to use the Tablets.
"I will need to stay in the Pokémon World for a while and won't be leaving with you any time soon; you should take this back for now."
Mewtwo handed the Rock Tablet to Fang Yuan.
Although it was eager to challenge Dream, as it got involved with the Human Alliance of the Pokémon World, it realized there were many matters it needed to address.
Even leaving for a day would delay many things and now was a critical time. Since Fang Yuan was in a rush to leave, Mewtwo decided to handle everything here before returning to Earth alone.
"That's what this is about." Fang Yuan looked at the Rock Tablet and said, "There's no rush at all. It's also fine to keep it with you for now... After all, our special training doesn't need the Rock Tablet, and... With the Rock Tablet in your possession, I can blame you if anything goes wrong. Anyway, we don't have all the Tablets, so using the others for training won't be a problem, right? I guess Dream can't really complain." (Dream: ???)
Mewtwo: ???
"Right, it also prevents Dream from getting fixated on seeing all the Tablets complete. I'm a genius; just take one Dragon Ball away early, and Dream will never be able to summon the Dragon... No, take one Tablet away early, and Dream will never be able to awaken Arceus."
"..." Mewtwo looked at the Tablet.
A moment of silence.
"Let's just leave it at that." Fang Yuan chuckled indifferently. After all, Base Island had a spacetime passageway connected to the Earth World Tree Secret Realm. No big deal, just leave it with you for now.
Maybe Arceus intentionally discarded the Tablets to get some extra rest or slack off. Dream is overeager to awaken it, but what if it disturbs Arceus's rest? Right?
"Is that so?"
...
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The next day.
The day of the World Championship finals.
The attention of the entire world was once again focused on the Palace Arena.
Danti, having rested for a day, was ready for a full-strength battle with Fang Yuan.
The Museum Owners from various regions of Galar had arrived early at the arena, looking at the still empty field.