Seeing the two dragons' reaction, Rayquaza lightly stroked his whiskers, looking every bit the strategist with everything in his grasp.
Sure enough, his guess was correct.
As early as thousands of years ago, when Cloud insisted on unifying the world, the Black Rayquaza had no choice but to come out and draw him a world map.
It was then that Black Rayquaza first heard about the Unova Region.
Zekrom and Reshiram looked lofty and untouchable, but in truth they walked on the edge of death every day.
That violent Kyurem wanted to eat them every moment, to once again become the sole exalted Dragon God.
"Big brother, hurry up and tell us."
Seeing Rayquaza lost in reminiscing, Black Dragon was the first to crack.
As the victim, he knew very well Rayquaza's strength.
Already almost dead and still this strong, then when alive, just how fierce must he have been?
Thinking it over, Black Dragon felt that at his peak, Rayquaza could definitely fight both him and White Dragon at once.
Seeing Black Dragon's reaction, Rayquaza knew today's plan was set.
"Want to defeat the other guy? Simple. Just resurrect me."
"With my strength, suppressing him will be easy."
Zekrom and Reshiram exchanged a glance, lightning and flames instantly crossing, sparking wildly.
They had thought Rayquaza would only give them a method and then make them work it out themselves.
After all, when they had gone to Calyrex back then, Calyrex didn't even give them a method.
But now it seemed this big brother was way more straightforward than Calyrex, he actually intended to act personally.
Zekrom and Reshiram were instantly hooked, grinning, "How do we resurrect you, big brother? Please, tell us in detail."
Seeing the two of them even more anxious than himself, Rayquaza smiled.
"Simple! I am the Guardian God of the East, supported by faith. The conditions for my resurrection are actually not hard."
"Originally, once both of you were captured by Axel, the energy on your bodies could be channeled to me through him as the link."
"But now it looks like you two can't wait."
Black Dragon and White Dragon bobbed their heads like pecking chicks.
'Yes, yes, we really can't wait!'
Once Kyurem learned that the two of them had left Unova, he would definitely chase them down and try to fuse with them.
Seeing their impatience, Rayquaza stopped stringing them along.
"In our Eastern legends, there has always been the theory of yin and yang and the five elements. You two, in the East, are called the Three Dragons..."
Over the next few minutes, Rayquaza carefully explained to Reshiram and Zekrom the relationship of yin and yang.
Their eyes shifted from initial unease to confusion, and finally burst with light.
'We understand, we understand it all!'
The two of them were one yin and one yang.
And the dragon-type energy leaking from Axel's Pokémon was already close to reaching the requirement.
As soon as Duraludon finished evolving, they'd meet the minimum threshold for Rayquaza's resurrection.
As long as when they were born, each invoked their divine role and perfectly fused those roles together, they could speed up Rayquaza's revival.
By then, when Ice Dragon Kyurem appeared, it would face the freshly resurrected Rayquaza.
Not at full power, but enough to do the job.
"Then how should we temporarily eliminate the barrier between us and practice the fusion of yin and yang?"
Want to improve relations? That's not hard.
Rayquaza blinked, gaze turning to the outside of the orb world.
"You don't need to worry, this dragon's great general will arrange it for you."
With that, Rayquaza's phantom gently closed his eyes.
A vast voice transmitted into Duraludon's mind.
["My great general... I have something I need your help with now."]
["Buy me a milk tea. The couple's set, the one cup with two straws."]
———
[Blueberry Plaza]
Axel watched as Duraludon eagerly ran off to buy milk tea, his eyes filled with confusion.
'This guy... Is really becoming harder and harder to understand.'
Duraludon hadn't liked milk tea before. Now wasn't he afraid of rust? And how come the types of food he wanted were getting stranger and stranger?
Shaking his head, Axel didn't think too much of it.
Now that Oda had admitted defeat, fortunately Eternatus was already at the edge of level 40.
After a few more meals, it should become a Gym-level Pokémon.
Thinking this, Axel decided the remaining battles should be finished quickly.
After fighting, he had to hurry back to cook, let Eternatus level up as soon as possible, and unlock the third region of Dreamspace tonight.
More importantly, unlock Gigantamax for Solgaleo and Lunala, so that when facing the God of Radiance their "mothers" wouldn't be at a disadvantage.
"The Pokémon best for a quick win...", Axel's gaze swept over the Poké Balls at his waist, finally settling on one that hadn't been used in a ring battle for a long time.
'It's decided, it'll be you!'
———
Below the arena, seeing Oda's Pokémon flee, Lacey and Nerina grew even more nervous.
Even such a fierce Haxorus got beaten, if they went up, wouldn't they just be giving themselves away?
More importantly, this wasn't like the usual Elite Four challenge.
Today, almost all the students of Blueberry Academy were here.
This time, it was a public execution.
Lacey rubbed her hands, looking hopefully at Nerina.
"Senior Nerina... do you want to go first?"
"The opponent's Poison type is strong, but you're Steel type, you shouldn't fear him."
"No, no, no!", Nerina refused flatly, copying Lacey and crossing her arms in an "X" in front of her chest.
"The opponent's Poison type isn't strong, what's strong is his Dragon type. You're Fairy type, you definitely don't fear him."
Seeing Lacey still wanting to refuse, Nerina suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
"Junior, you don't want your father to see you embarrassed, right?"
Lacey: "???"
'Why do you talk so weird?'
But... thinking carefully, it was true. Better to go up and lose before her father arrived.
Otherwise... her father was, after all, one of Unova's Gym Leaders. If he saw her lose, it would be really embarrassing, right?
Thinking this way, Lacey took a deep breath, her gaze falling on her Pokémon.
Fairy against Dragon, it wasn't hopeless.
"Teacher Briar, I choose to go next!"
"Alright, then contestant Lacey, please come on stage."
Lacey stepped onto the stage from the stairs at the side of the arena.
Her eyes landed on Axel, like a frightened little beast, lips lightly pressed together.
If you didn't listen carefully, you might not even catch her voice.
"Axel, when the time comes, could you please..."
"Please what?", Axel blinked.
Lacey pursed her lips again. She really wanted to ask Axel to be gentle, but facing Teacher Briar, she couldn't bring herself to say it.
Just as Lacey was building up her mental strength, a bold voice sounded from the entrance of the plaza.
"Hah, finally made it in time."
"Look, the one on stage is my precious daughter, Lacey!"
"At such a young age, she's already one of Blueberry Academy's Elite Four!"
Clay introduced his daughter to his friends beside him, looking completely proud.
After the introduction, Clay cupped his hands like a megaphone.
"Hey, you boy fighting my daughter up there—"
"I advise you to go all out, my daughter is very strong!"
Lacey: "???"
'Dad, don't brag me up!'
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