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Pokémon like Moltres and Articuno are called Legendary Pokémon because they possess power far exceeding ordinary Pokémon and are extremely rare. Among Legendary Pokémon, those with divine duties are called deities.
Lugia, the God of the Sea, is a deity of the Johto region.
It is on the same level as Ho-Oh and together they are known as the Golden and Silver Duo of the Johto region.
However, due to a certain incident, Ho-Oh became utterly disappointed with humans and has never appeared before them again. To this day, Ho-Oh's trace has not been seen for hundreds of years.
While Lugia does not appear as infrequently as Ho-Oh, its appearances are certainly not many, perhaps only slightly more than Ho-Oh.
Lugia's divine duty is to control ocean currents, but because it resides in the deep sea year-round and can manage the ocean's flow, it is called the God of the Sea. However, it actually does not possess the Water type.
Every region has its resident deities, except for Kanto... Ash learned all this information from the experts in the group chat. When Ash first found out that Kanto didn't have its own deities, he was stunned. What, is Kanto so lacking in prestige? Other regions generally have two or more Legendary Pokémon, but Kanto has none?
If we talk about Legendary Pokémon belonging to Kanto, it would probably only be the artificial deity Mewtwo. Who would have thought that Kanto's prestige would come from something created by Team Rockets? The power possessed by deities is extremely terrifying. Having a divine duty means their strength has at least reached the God Domain Level.
Not all Legendary Pokémon can reach the God Domain Level, but Legendary Pokémon with divine duties are definitely God Domain Level.
For Pokémon like Moltres, it is extremely difficult for a God Domain Level existence to appear within their Clan. Except for the Clan leader who possesses a divine duty, it is basically impossible.
However, if it were top-tier Legendary Pokémon like Lugia and Rayquaza, two or three God Domain Level beings could still appear within their Clan.
This is the advantage brought by their race, an innate talent.
For Clans like theirs, even a newborn could probably have Gym Leader Level strength or higher, and it wouldn't take long for them to become Elite Champion. Leveling up before the God Domain Level is as simple as eating and drinking.
But what is Cynthia saying now... that he should protect Lugia? Ash seriously doubted if his ears were malfunctioning, otherwise, why would he hear the Champion talking nonsense?
"Um, Miss Cynthia, did you make a mistake? You want us to protect Lugia, the God of the Sea? If Lugia just breathes on us, we'd probably be blown ten thousand miles away. The other way around seems more likely." Even Brock, who was usually not very serious in front of Cynthia, had to become serious now.
Asking them to protect the God of the Sea, wasn't that a fantasy?
"Indeed, what I said was a bit inaccurate. To be precise, it's not the God of the Sea, but just Lugia."
Hearing the first part, Brock and the others were slightly relieved, but after hearing the latter sentence, the three were dumbfounded again. Is there any difference between the God of the Sea and Lugia?
Cynthia finally stopped keeping them in suspense. She took out a black and gold Poké Ball, then walked to the center of the living room and opened it in front of everyone.
A completely black, bird-like Pokémon appeared before everyone.
Its wings resembled large hands, and on its back were small, dark blue tail fins. Even though its overall color was black, it couldn't hide the fact that this Pokémon looked cute.
However, when Ash and the two others saw this Pokémon, their expressions instantly changed drastically. Cute is cute, but this shouldn't be the Pokémon's original appearance, because, apart from its color, this Pokémon's appearance was identical to Lugia, the God of the Sea!
However, Lugia's size should exceed Pidgeot, even close to twice the size of Pidgeot. But now, Lugia's size can only be described as tiny, basically only the size of a Pidgeotto. Compared to the real Lugia, the size difference is simply too great.
And the outer color is also different, is this really Lugia?
"No need to doubt, this is Lugia, but it's Lugia in its infant stage. And look at its condition, Ash, come here." Cynthia beckoned to Ash, who was already about to step forward to examine it, and he quickly walked to Little Lugia.
Cynthia didn't mind Ash's almost touching body and looked with Ash at Little Lugia, who seemed motionless on the ground.
Ash placed his hand on Lugia, closed his eyes, and both the Viridian Power and Aura in his body poured in. Almost at the moment the two forces entered, his Aura was met with a repulsive force, while the Viridian Power went in smoothly.
However, the moment the Viridian Power entered, it seemed to be converted by some kind of power.
Ash's expression tightened, and the Aura in his body roared out, directly dispersing the slight resistance that was there for him.
The Aura successfully entered Little Lugia's body and firmly pushed back the forces that were trying to convert the Viridian Power.
A moment later, Ash opened his eyes and withdrew his hand from Little Lugia.
"Its... Little Lugia's body contains a constantly eroding Dark-type power. This power has already converted the Psychic type within Little Lugia, and now Little Lugia's types have become Dark and Flying. But this power is still continuously eroding Little Lugia's life force. If left unchecked, Little Lugia will likely be in life-threatening danger."
Cynthia looked slightly surprised: "You actually figured out all the details at once. Is this the ability of your two powers?"
"It's alright, Aura determined the type of power within Lugia, and Viridian Power checked the condition inside Little Lugia, and then I could get the result right away," Ash said, scratching his head a little sheepishly.
He couldn't surprise Cynthia in battle, but he kept surprising her with these extra things.
However, this surprise actually had little meaning. What was more important now was to stabilize Little Lugia's condition.
"Do you have a solution?" Cynthia's beautiful eyes showed a hopeful gaze. Originally, she just wanted Ash to temporarily keep Little Lugia while she went to ancient ruins outside to find a way to restore Little Lugia.
But then Ash displayed that marvelous Viridian Power, which gave Cynthia a glimmer of hope. Perhaps Viridian Power could help Little Lugia recover?
"I'll have to try to find out. I need to recover my strength first and get it back to full power. At least by tomorrow morning," Ash said with some uncertainty.
Whether it would succeed or not, he at least had to wait until his strength recovered.
The damage he sustained in the previous battle was not small. Don't look at him now as if nothing happened; if someone else suffered the same damage he did, let alone standing up, even being conscious would mean they had an iron will.
Even with his recovery ability, it would take at least until tomorrow to fully recover. So, for safety's sake, any experimental things should wait until tomorrow. Little Lugia's physical condition is already bad enough. If an experiment were to worsen it, then the trouble would be big.
"By the way, what exactly happened to this Little Lugia? Why is it with you, Miss Cynthia?" After settling on tomorrow's matters, Misty couldn't help but ask this question out of curiosity.
Why did Cynthia have Little Lugia? And does the God of the Sea even have a Clan? They had never heard of this!
Cynthia took out the black and gold Poké Ball, recalled Little Lugia, and then sighed, saying, "The matter of Little Lugia was also a coincidence. Actually, it's related to Team Rockets..."
Hearing this, the three exchanged glances. Team Rockets was already a dying ember, on its last legs. Did they still have the ability to get Lugia into this state?
After the group sat down on the sofa, Cynthia also recounted the whole story.
The story began when Cynthia traveled to Kanto. On her way to Kanto, Cynthia passed through the Orange Islands and accidentally discovered traces of Team Galactic. So, she secretly investigated and was surprised to find that Team Galactic was planning to capture Lugia, the God of the Sea, a Johto deity.
They hadn't found Lugia, but they had somehow acquired a Little Lugia. According to Cynthia's intelligence, this Little Lugia was very likely the child of the current God of the Sea. Team Galactic planned to use this Little Lugia as bait to lure out the true God of the Sea.
Leaving aside where those guys got the courage, the mere fact that they could capture the child of the God of the Sea was already miraculous enough. Is the child of the God of the Sea that easy to catch?
Cynthia followed Team Galactic's members all the way to their base and then indeed discovered the existence of Little Lugia!
Those Team Galactic members weren't bragging. Whether this Little Lugia was the child of the God of the Sea or not was unknown, but it was definitely of the Lugia Family. Even if it wasn't the son of the God of the Sea, the mere fact of being of the Lugia race was enough for the God of the Sea to intervene.
In the end, as expected, Cynthia single-handedly wiped out Team Galactic at that base and rescued Little Lugia.
But Little Lugia had been tampered with by Team Galactic's people in some unknown way. Its body had turned completely black, and even after being rescued, its face constantly showed signs of pain, appearing to be suffering greatly.
Cynthia questioned several Team Galactic executives at the base, and they all stated that they didn't know what was wrong with Little Lugia. This was the work of a new doctor who had joined Team Galactic.
As for where that doctor went... when the Team Galactic base was infiltrated, that doctor happened to be outside. Coupled with the fact that he had surveillance footage of the entire base, if he didn't return after a while, it meant he had seen the situation inside the base and had already fled.
Cynthia waited there for a long time but couldn't wait for the so-called doctor. In the end, she could only bring Little Lugia to the Kanto League first. As for the Team Galactic members she had rounded up, she notified the official personnel of the Kanto and Johto Leagues, and they were arrested.
After bringing Little Lugia back to the Kanto League, the League found the best doctors and medical equipment available to treat Little Lugia, but it had no effect whatsoever, not even alleviating Little Lugia's symptoms.
They could only watch helplessly as Little Lugia's life slowly drained away.
Eventually, the League found an emergency solution: the Poké Ball.
The Johto League found the Steel Master of Azalea Town and asked him to create a Poké Ball based on Lugia's condition, one that could stabilize Lugia's life force and suppress the strange Dark-type power within Lugia.
Under the Poké Ball created by the Steel Master, Lugia's condition finally stabilized. But this couldn't be a permanent solution; they had to find a way to resolve it.
So, the Kanto League and Johto League decided to entrust Little Lugia to Cynthia's care, as she was the one who brought it back. Meanwhile, they would dispatch personnel to the Orange Islands to search for the whereabouts of the God of the Sea.
Since Little Lugia appeared in the Orange Islands, the God of the Sea might also be there. As long as they could find the God of the Sea and explain the situation, Little Lugia might be saved.
Furthermore, the identity of that Team Galactic doctor had also been investigated. That doctor was not originally a member of Team Galactic; the organization he originally belonged to was... Team Rockets!
"So, Little Lugia's condition was caused by a doctor who defected from Team Rockets?" After hearing the whole story, Ash and the others finally understood why Cynthia said this matter was related to Team Rockets.
That Team Galactic doctor actually ran away from Team Rockets, and Team Galactic coincidentally caught Little Lugia... Isn't that too much of a coincidence?
"By the way, what kind of organization is Team Galactic? Is it an evil organization from Kanto? I don't seem to have heard that name before," Brock said, frowning slightly and looking thoughtful.
He had thought for a long time but couldn't figure out where Team Galactic, this evil organization, came from. The most famous evil organization in Kanto was Team Rockets; apart from Team Rockets, other evil organizations simply couldn't make a name for themselves.
And with the imposing name of Team Galactic, it didn't sound like a minor character at all. Where did they come from?
"They are the most famous evil organization in the Sinnoh region. Their leader is still unknown to this day, and their activities are extremely secretive. Even the Sinnoh League has very little intelligence on them. They are an organization that is the complete opposite of Team Rockets' high-profile nature."
"However, the scale of this organization is not smaller than Team Rockets. Their shadow can actually be found all over the world. This time, the disbandment of Team Rockets in the Kanto region seems to have benefited them. Team Galactic is constantly absorbing members who have left Team Rockets, and the organization is becoming even stronger."
Hearing this, Ash and the two others exchanged glances. Listening to this... it sounds like their disbanding of Team Rockets actually made another evil organization even stronger?
And this was an organization even more low-key and uncontrollable than Team Rockets.
It seems like they... had good intentions but caused bad outcomes!