Chapter 235: The Source of the Disaster
"Rain?" An Jie was stunned by Volcanion's words, and stopped his cooking, "I remember the weather forecast said it would be sunny recently!"
"dukidu ~" Magearna, opposite An Jie, nodded in agreement, proving that An Jie remembered correctly.
"Let's go, let's go out and take a look!" An Jie said, heading outside.
Leaving the culinary training room, An Jie walked to the third-floor balcony.
Volcanion had already closed all the doors and windows of the third-floor balcony. Through the windows, An Jie could naturally see the raging wind and torrential rain outside.
"Is the rain that heavy?" An Jie was shocked.
Under the blowing of the strong wind, the rain frantically beat against the doors and windows of An Jie's house.
Fortunately, the doors and windows of An Jie's house were sturdy enough, otherwise they would be clattering at this moment.
Snorlax and Pancham walked hand in hand to the window and pressed their faces against it, then said in unison:
"Gang~" What heavy rain!
"Babu~" What heavy rain!
"This rain is indeed a bit abnormal!" Diancie said with a frown.
Although the Nibel Plateau has abundant rainfall, it has not reached the point of flooding.
"Yeah, why did it suddenly rain so heavily for no reason?" A trace of worry couldn't help but appear on An Jie's face.
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone heard the doorbell ringing downstairs.
"Is it Komala ringing the doorbell? Did something happen?" An Jie said as he walked downstairs.
There is a doorbell next to Komala's cabin, which is specifically for it to ring to notify An Jie when something happens.
"Gang~"
"Babu~"
Snorlax and Pancham immediately followed behind An Jie when they saw this.
Diancie, Magearna, Volcanion, Gengar, Inteleon, Passimian, and Doublade also hurriedly followed suit when they saw this.
Libra didn't want to go at first, but seeing that everyone was leaving, it was bored to stay alone, so it simply followed.
An Jie was shocked after hearing Goodra's words, "Are you saying that Lake Nibel is flooded?"
Sure enough, what Absol said was true!
"Melon~ Melon~" Goodra nodded anxiously.
Originally, Goodra and two Goomy were resting in the pool on the fifth floor of the Secret Fortress at night. Suddenly, Whiscash swam back to the Secret Fortress and anxiously told Goodra to find An Jie, saying that Lake Nibel was flooded and asking An Jie to think of a solution.
Unlike other Water-type Pokémon, Whiscash and Barboach like to live in the mud, so even at night, they rarely go to the Secret Fortress to rest, but live directly in the pond.
And An Jie's pond is connected to Lake Nibel, so any changes in Lake Nibel will immediately affect the pond.
It was unbelievable to An Jie that Lake Nibel would flood. That was Lake Nibel, with two ends connected to the rushing Nibel River. How could it possibly flood?
It seems that this rain is heavier than he imagined!
Sure enough, Absol was right, the floods broke out on the Nibel Plateau!
At the same time, in the guest room of An Jie's house, Absol was looking at the pouring rain outside through the window.
It pondered for a moment, then jumped out of the window, disappearing into the misty rain in the blink of an eye.
Snorlax had given it a meal, and it was going to help the Nibel Plateau find the source of the disaster.
An Jie didn't know that Absol had left his home. After listening to Goodra's words, he immediately put on his raincoat and planned to go to the pond behind the house to check the situation.
"Gang~"
"Babu~"
Snorlax and Pancham immediately wanted to go with him.
An Jie smiled and dissuaded them: "You guys wait for me obediently at home, I'll be right back."
Snorlax and Pancham are covered in fur, and if they get wet from the rain, they will definitely feel uncomfortable.
"Gang~"
"Babu~"
The two Pokémon had no choice but to nod obediently.
Then Magearna, Diancie, etc. also wanted to accompany An Jie, but he refused them one by one, only Inteleon, Gengar, and Volcanion followed behind him.
When rushing into the rain and being hit by the rain, An Jie only felt that the sky was pouring water down, not raining.
When he arrived at the pond, he saw that the pond water had indeed overflowed, and the lotus flowers and lotus leaves in the pond were swaying from side to side, looking very miserable.
And Whiscash, Barboach, and two Wooper were quickly transporting silt out of the pond.
"What are you doing?!" An Jie shouted.
The rain was so heavy that he couldn't hear his voice at all without shouting.
"Wooper~ Wooper~" At this time, a Wooper emerged from the water and shouted twice at An Jie.
It turned out that they wanted to dig the pond deeper to prevent the pond water from overflowing.
An Jie didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this, so he quickly shouted: "Stop it, it's useless!"
The pond is connected to Lake Nibel, and the water level will be level with Lake Nibel. No matter how Wooper digs, it will be useless.
How could a small pond affect such a large lake, and the lake is also connected to the Nibel River.
Under An Jie's dissuasion, Whiscash, Barboach, and two Wooper gave up digging the pond and returned to the Secret Fortress to take shelter from the rain.
With such heavy rain and strong winds, even Water-type Pokémon are in danger outside.
Wooper and the others are too weak to withstand such wind and rain.
Just as An Jie was planning to go to Lake Nibel Plateau to take a look, Krookodile and Politoed found him one after another.
Krookodile came because the pigsty had collapsed, and the pigs in the pen were frightened and ran into the rain. It didn't know where to find them at this moment.
Politoed came because Lake Nibel was flooded, and a large number of fish escaped from the fishery.
After listening to the reports of the two Pokémon, An Jie had a headache. It was really a case of misfortunes never coming singly.
His pigs, his fish!
Helpless, An Jie had no choice but to divide the work with the Pokémon.
Inteleon went to check the situation of the pigsty, sheepfold, cowshed, and chicken coop, and Gengar went to help find the escaped pigs.
An Jie took Volcanion to check the situation of the fishery.
After the tasks were assigned, everyone started to act separately.
Before going to Lake Nibel, An Jie first went to see the situation of Combee, Gogoat, Skiddo, and Miltank's residences.
Fortunately, the residences of these Pokémon were carefully built by An Jie and were very strong, standing tall in the heavy rain.
It was just that the two Combee were frightened by the sudden heavy rain and hid in the hive, shivering.
This heavy rain reminded them of the great disaster in Orre Forest.
When An Jie arrived, they saw An Jie as if they had seen a savior, and rushed into An Jie's arms one after another.
In order to prevent the two Combee from being frightened, An Jie sent them back home first and let Diancie accompany them.
After settling the Combee, An Jie went to Gogoat and Miltank's place.
The Skiddo and Miltank were doing fine. With so many of them together, they found solace in each other's company, even with the raging flood outside.
When they learned that the Swinub had run out into the rain, the Skiddo and Miltank volunteered to help search for them. Anjie couldn't refuse, and reluctantly agreed, telling them to be careful.
However, Anjie firmly forbade the Skiddo from going out.
After the Skiddo and some of the Miltank went out into the rain to search for the Swinub, Anjie took Volcanion, Politoed, and Goodra to the shore of Lake Nibel.
Like the pond, the lily pads and lotuses on Lake Nibel were battered by the rain.
The torrential rain poured down into the lake, and water from all over the prairie converged here, causing the water level of Lake Nibel to rise sharply.
The fishing nets that Anjie had set up in the fishery were long submerged by the rising lake water, and the fish, shrimp, and crabs in the fishery were escaping in large numbers.
Fortunately, Politoed noticed in time and, together with Poliwhirl, Poliwag, and Azumarill, took timely measures to prevent the fish, shrimp, and crabs from continuing to escape.
But it wouldn't be so easy to get the ones that had already escaped back into the fishery.
When Anjie arrived, the Azumarill and Lapras were braving the heavy rain, diving into the lake to catch the escaped fish, shrimp, and crabs, and then carrying them back to the fishery.
Watching the large fish darting around in the water, chased by the Azumarill and Lapras, Anjie felt a pang of heartache. If so many fish ran away and couldn't be found, what a huge loss it would be!
Without time to think, Anjie immediately rode Volcanion into the lake to help drive the fish back to the fishery.
After an unknown amount of time, hearing about the situation here, Seaking, Magikarp, Feebas and Snom also swam out of the secret fortress to help.
They were all Pokémon that had been tempered through countless trials, and even in the heavy rain, they could still brave the wind and waves and move freely.
With their help, Anjie and the Poliwhirl's work became much easier.
However, it was easy to drive the fish, but not so easy to drive the shrimp and crabs.
Just as Anjie and the others were busy working, Absol, relying on its innate ability to sense the atmosphere, finally found the culprit that had caused the disaster to the Nibel Plateau.
Absol stood on the bank of the Nibel River upstream, and saw a huge fish-shaped Pokémon thrashing in the river not far away.
If Anjie were here, he would definitely recognize at a glance that this Pokémon was the legendary Sea God—Kyogre!
Why was Kyogre here?
It turned out that after the battle in Désser City, Hoopa summoned the deities but didn't send them back, so the deities had to return on their own.
Although Kyogre could fly, it didn't fly very fast, after all, it relied on controlling water vapor to fly in the air, rather than being a proper Flying-type Pokémon.
In addition, it wasn't in a hurry to return to the Hoenn region, so it took its time along the way, and thus leisurely passed by the vicinity of the Nibel Plateau.
Its arrival caused drastic changes in the atmosphere, which was sensed by Absol, hence Absol's coming to the Nibel Plateau to report the news.
As a Water-type Pokémon, Kyogre inevitably felt its body drying out after flying in the air for a long time, so after seeing the Nibel River, it thought about coming down to play and replenish its moisture.
Although it seemed to it that it was just playing in the water, the natural changes it caused brought a massive amount of water vapor to the adjacent Nibel Plateau, and thus the heavy rain followed.
"Absol~ Absol~~"
Absol shouted at Kyogre, trying to drive it away.
However, Kyogre only glanced at Absol casually before continuing to play in the water on its own, not paying any attention to Absol.
"Absol~ Absol~"
Absol continued to shout, very angry at Kyogre's indifference.
How could there be such an odious Pokémon? Did it know how much trouble it had brought to others? Absol thought.
Unfortunately, no matter how angry Absol was, Kyogre didn't pay any attention to it.
Ignored again and again, Absol finally got angry, so it opened its mouth and spewed out a black energy ring towards Kyogre.
It was Dark Pulse.
Although Absol was good at Physical attacks, Kyogre was in the water, and most Physical skills were close combat, so its Physical skills couldn't hit Kyogre, so it could only use Special skills that it wasn't good at.
Although it also knew that the Pokémon that could cause such a big change in nature must not be simple, and that it probably wouldn't be a match.
But as a Pokémon with a heart of justice, it would never allow the other party to mess around here.
Boom!!!
Dark Pulse exploded on Kyogre, but unfortunately, the difference between Absol's strength and Kyogre's was too great, and its attack didn't cause even the slightest damage to Kyogre.
However, Kyogre's action of playing in the water stopped under this blow, it turned around to look at Absol, and then waved its pectoral fin to shoot a wave of water towards Absol.
Although Kyogre was only using the basic skill Water Pulse, the commotion it caused was even more terrifying than the Surf of ordinary Water-type Pokémon, as if it had triggered a terrible tsunami.
Moreover, this skill was also empowered by the rain.
Looking at this terrifying scene, Absol immediately strode out with its four legs and began to run wildly, trying to avoid this blow.
But no matter how fast it ran, how could it catch up with the speed of the "tsunami"?
Seeing the wave coming overwhelmingly, about to drown it, about to smash it to pieces, Absol subconsciously stopped and closed its eyes.
Just at this critical moment, a black energy wave appeared out of thin air and instantly shattered the "tsunami".
Absol, who had closed its eyes, didn't feel the arrival of the wave for a long time, so it opened its eyes, and then it saw a jet-black giant bird appearing above its head at some point.
Although it was night and it was raining heavily, the giant bird seemed to be integrated with the night, but Absol could still clearly see its appearance.
Majestic, terrifying!
Seeing this bird, Absol had the urge to kneel down and worship it.
The bird gently flapped its wings, confronting Kyogre.
Absol could see that because of the arrival of this giant bird, Kyogre's original nonchalant attitude had disappeared.
Who else could this bird be but the God of Destruction, Yveltal?
It turned out that at the moment the heavy rain fell, Yveltal noticed something was wrong, but it didn't have Absol's talent for sensing disasters, so it was one step late.
Seeing the sudden appearance of Yveltal, Kyogre couldn't help but be a little dazed.
It's it!
It recognized Yveltal's identity.
Likewise, so did Yveltal.
