Pokemon: This Ash Is Too Versatile

"Bang!" Giratina suddenly emerged from the Pokeball. Even though Rayquaza had been using telepathy to communicate moments ago, it hadn’t specifically blocked Giratina out.

For a Pokemon of the Netherworld Dragon’s level, eavesdropping on such unshielded telepathy wasn’t a difficult task.

So, Giratina came out. It wanted to find similarities in the incident where Rayquaza lost the Green Treasure Pearl, just like its own Griseous Orb disappearance.

To this day, it still didn’t know how its Griseous Orb, its life-bound artifact, suddenly vanished from its body and ended up in Cyrus’s hands.

Rayquaza’s voice slowly echoed in everyone’s hearts. Although calm on the surface, it was clear Rayquaza’s emotions were far from tranquil.

’That day, I could clearly feel the Green Treasure Pearl disappearing from within me, as if an invisible giant hand forcibly extracted it from my body.’

’I attempted to stop it, using every means at my disposal at the time, but that force seemed like some ancient rule, completely ignoring my interference.’

’All the power within the pearl condensed cleanly at that moment, almost as if it disappeared, then it simply detached from me, vanishing into the crevice of time and space.’

Ash furrowed his eyebrows. How similar this was to Giratina’s situation.

Both had their essential artifacts mysteriously disappear from their bodies, without any trace of interference. The only difference was Giratina’s Griseous Orb vanished into thin air, whereas Rayquaza clearly sensed the entire detachment process.

’Since then, my people have been searching for the Green Treasure Pearl’s whereabouts.’

This treasure pearl to my people is not just a fundamental artifact. Without it, I cannot undergo MEGA Evolution, and my power can never reach its peak state.’

’And MEGA Evolution is my people’s trump card against those with malicious intentions. Without the trump card, trouble inevitably followed.’

A complex look flashed in Rayquaza’s eyes. Clearly, this "trouble" wasn’t minor, but such clan secrets didn’t need to be shared with Ash and the others.

The fact that Rayquaza was safely here now meant that they had successfully navigated the crisis back then. As for who dared to encroach upon a clan with a significant number of Divine Domain Level Rayquazas, only they would know.

’Throughout these years, my people have sworn oaths with those humans encountered. Any human who obtains the Green Treasure Pearl may challenge my people with it. If they win the battle, the defeated Rayquaza will acknowledge them as their Trainer and accompany them.’

’Additionally, a human who obtains the Green Treasure Pearl can order any member of my people, including the leader, to perform a task that causes no harm unconditionally.’

Ash listened intently, recalling the information about the Green Treasure Pearl he had heard from Champion Ash.

The rights of challenge and command were indeed exactly as Rayquaza described.

But then again... if he hadn’t heard this information from Champion Ash, who would have known that obtaining the Green Treasure Pearl could confer such privileges!

Not many should know of the Green Treasure Pearl legend, and Ash was clearly not among those in the loop.

Fortunately, Champion Ash had disclosed this intel; otherwise, today would surely have ended disastrously.

’This oath has persisted for ages, and until recently, the Green Treasure Pearl’s whereabouts remained unknown.’ Rayquaza said, its golden eyes fixed on Ash.

’Ash, you have found my people’s most treasured possession. If this artifact had ended up in the hands of someone with ill intentions, like Cyrus as Giratina mentioned, our fate might not have been any better than Giratina’s. Here, as the leader of the Rayquaza clan, I formally thank you.’

With that, Rayquaza surprisingly lowered its proud head.

For Rayquaza to bow its head, it must have taken a great favor to achieve this.

Before this, although Rayquaza was anxious about the loss of the Green Treasure Pearl, it wasn’t particularly concerned, as once someone obtained and used the Green Treasure Pearl, it could undoubtedly sense it.

And for others, although the Green Treasure Pearl had great utility, compared to the Rayquaza clan, its use was merely a trivial additive, incapable of causing a qualitative change like it could for them.

Therefore, even if someone else obtained the Green Treasure Pearl, extracting its power would have been impossible—or so Rayquaza had always thought.

Who could have imagined that humanity’s technology would advance so rapidly!

Even the power of Legendary Beasts could be extracted and utilized.

If by any chance the Green Treasure Pearl fell into the hands of someone like Cyrus, its fate wouldn’t be much better than Giratina’s.

Although its innate strength was a notch above Giratina’s, it was just a notch. Without the Green Treasure Pearl and unable to MEGA Evolve, it couldn’t reach the Quasi-Creator Level.

If Cyrus used the Green Treasure Pearl to study a machine similar to the one controlling Giratina, Rayquaza might also find it inescapable.