The announcement of Mega Evolution has set off a worldwide craze for finding Key Stones and Mega Evolution Stones.
However, for the average person, obtaining Evolution Stones and Key Stones, or rather, Key Stones and Evolution Stones corresponding to their own Pokémon, is indeed too difficult.
Two weeks have passed, and not to mention ordinary civilians, even the strong among the Gym Leaders and Elite Four within the League have obtained very few.
The only one who obtained a Mega Stone corresponding to their ace Pokémon was Cynthia, and even she didn't find it herself, but was given it by Professor Sycamore.
According to Giovanni, the reason Pryce chose to act at this time was also due to Cynthia obtaining the Mega Evolution Stone.
Originally, Cynthia was now living in the Sinnoh League headquarters, and she was accompanied by bodyguards whenever she traveled.
This was already very unfavorable for Pryce to make a move.
Originally, he thought that Su Sheng's wave of Mega craze might lure away the top combat power of Sinnoh, led by Cynthia, and then create an opportunity for him to act.
Although Pryce didn't think much of Sinnoh's high-end combat power, it would be good to have fewer obstacles.
It would be even better if Cynthia could bring Dawn with her when she went out to find Mega Evolution Stones.
However, to Pryce's surprise.
As soon as Cynthia returned to Sinnoh, Professor Sycamore sent her the Garchompite.
Naturally, Cynthia had no need to leave Sinnoh.
This made Pryce even more impatient.
How long do I have to wait!?
In recent days, Cynthia has also begun special training for Mega Evolution.
Although Pryce still doesn't take it seriously.
But he also realized a problem—this group of young Champions who have newly taken office in the League are constantly getting stronger, and the later he acts, the more disadvantageous it will be for him.
With this in mind, Pryce made a decisive decision.
Act immediately!
"Let's go."
Su Sheng hung up the phone and made a gesture to Ituki.
Ituki didn't waste any words this time and quickly followed.
Giovanni's sentence just now, "Pryce is preparing to act," also startled him.
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Kalos Region, Cradle of Life.
"Hoopa, has brother gone out?"
After walking around the house and not seeing her brother Baraz, Mairin asked the Hoopa Unbound floating in mid-air.
"Baraz just received a phone call, and then happily told me that he was going to Desert City, and then he left."
Hoopa Unbound replied with a little loli Rie Kugimiya voice.
"Happy… I can probably guess who called."
Mairin said speechlessly.
To be honest, she felt that Malva was a little strange.
Of course, not that Malva revealed any flaws in front of Mairin.
But she was a little too enthusiastic about her older brother.
Of course, Mairin personally felt that her brother was quite outstanding.
He possessed power blessed by Arceus, and was also the manager of the Cradle of Life, and he also looked good.
But… that's just compared to ordinary people.
Malva, who is an Elite Four member and the number one news anchor in the Kalos region, would take a fancy to her older brother, who is younger than her?
As a woman, Mairin put herself in Malva's perspective… she always felt that something was wrong.
"Hey! Who are you? Outsiders can't enter here…"
Thump～Thump～Thump～
Hoopa Unbound blinked twice, not understanding what Mairin was saying, and just then, one after another sound of objects landing came from the entrance of the canyon.
Mairin and Hoopa Unbound subconsciously turned their heads to look.
They found that the people of their Cradle of Life were falling down one after another.
This scene was a bit like a few months ago, when Su Sheng landed on the Indigo Plateau battlefield with Bewear and released Conqueror's Haki.
However, entering the canyon was not Su Sheng and Bewear, but a woman with a cold temperament, a bit difficult to distinguish her gender, and the Pokémon next to her was not Bewear, but a spirit that was filled with dark and strange energy, like the embodiment of a nightmare.
"Who are you! ?"
Mairin's inner alarm bells rang loudly, and she subconsciously protected Hoopa Unbound behind her.
Mairin also knew a thing or two about the outside world, but not much.
Although Saki is already one of Team Rocket's Three Beasts, because Joker's fame is too great.
It is not surprising that ordinary girls like Mairin who are not from the Kanto and Johto regions do not know her.
"Hehe～ Who I am is not important, little girl."
Saki held her right hand in front of her heart and gave Mairin a salute, but it could not make Mairin and Hoopa Unbound feel a trace of respect.
"You just need to know that I am here on the orders of our Team Rocket Boss to take over the Pokémon behind you."
"Don't even think about it!"
Mairin immediately raised her hands high, protecting Hoopa Unbound behind her.
"Hehe～ Without power, you can't protect anything, you now are simply like a newly born Rattata, even getting angry makes people laugh."
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Lily of the Valley Island, the venue for the annual Sinnoh League Lily of the Valley Conference, and also the location of the Sinnoh League headquarters, with a population of nearly seven figures.
Today, it seems no different from usual.
"Haa～"
Flint, one of the Sinnoh Elite Four, walked out of the headquarters building with his hands in his pockets, walking like a crab.
"Hey～ Lucian, do you want to train a Metagross and let it Mega Evolve?"
Flint asked Lucian, another Elite Four member walking next to him, while yawning.
The topic the two were discussing was the most popular Mega Evolution in Sinnoh, no, the entire Pokémon continent recently.
Lucian shook his head, "Have you forgotten that my Bronzong is also Steel + Psychic type?"
Metagross is one of the few Pokémon that has been confirmed to have Mega Evolution.
However, Lucian does not approve of the behavior of making dumplings for vinegar in order to specially train a Metagross in order to use Mega Evolution.
Moreover, his initial partner and ace Bronzong has too much overlap with Metagross.
Retraining a Metagross, which is a pseudo-legendary, is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and even if it is trained, it will definitely squeeze Bronzong's position.
Lucian doesn't like this.
"Okay, but I can get one for my Houndoom…"
Flint said, stroking his chin.
He has a Houndoom in his Fire-type team, although it is only a second-tier member, but if it can Mega Evolve, I believe it can easily advance to the first tier.
Just like Drasna, originally Drasna's ace was the Noivern from the Kalos region, but after obtaining the Altarianite, Drasna's ace became Altaria.
"Hmm? What are so many people doing together?"
After the two walked out of the building, Lucian suddenly noticed that many people were gathered in the building's square, and they were all looking up at the sky.
The two Sinnoh Elite Four members subconsciously turned their heads to look in the direction the citizens were looking up at.
They saw a Delibird stationed about 30 meters above the ground, and it was also carrying a figure wearing a black robe.
"Hey! You up there! Do you know that League law stipulates that it is forbidden to ride Pokémon for flight in the city!"
Flint, who is quick-tempered, scolded without thinking.
Lucian frowned slightly.
That figure… looks a bit familiar.
Above the high altitude, Pryce in Masked Man form muttered to himself: "I can't continue to waste time."
At this moment, he is not using an Ice Puppet, but his real body is on the field in person.
After all, the opponent is the Time God Dialga, and he cannot be lazy.
After two days of observation, Pryce discovered that the little girl named "Cynthia" was becoming more and more proficient in Mega Evolution.
This made a hint of fear surge in Pryce's heart.
Of course, he was not afraid of Cynthia.
What can that little girl do? She can't do anything.
What Pryce is really afraid of is Su Sheng.
As one of the only five trainers in the world who have mastered Mega Evolution.
Only Su Sheng has not shown his Mega Pokémon.
Although most trainers say isn't it just Altaria?
Didn't Su Sheng take it out during the Indigo Conference?
But Pryce is a little worried.
What if Bewear can also Mega Evolve?!
After all, that kid Su Sheng can always play new tricks every time he meets, how can you guarantee that he has not hidden his strength?
Even Pryce, who is a Master-level trainer, has to admit that that Bewear is very terrifying.
Not to mention that kid also has a Shadow Lugia and a strange Espeon that freely changes its form.
After thinking about it, Pryce felt that he could no longer wait.
He knew very well that Su Sheng did not like him.
In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, today is the day to do it!
"Hey! You riding Delibird up there! Didn't you hear me? Come down quickly!"
Flint scolded a second time.
"Shut up! Brat!"
Pryce, who was already upset, became even more annoyed after being yelled at by Flint.
He raised his hand and waved it lightly, and the Delibird under him turned its head and spat out a sky full of cold wind from its beak.
Whoosh whoosh——
Delibird did not deliberately accumulate power, but just casually released cold air.
However, in the eyes of the people of Lily of the Valley Island below, the entire sky turned silver-white in the blink of an eye.
And Flint and Lucian, who had participated in the Indigo Conference a few months ago, immediately remembered that Shadow Articuno that had been controlled by darkness.
Just a casual move, the power is so terrifying!?
"Bronzong! Psychic!"
Lucian decisively sent out his ace.
Just in an instant, the Bronzong that jumped out of the Poké Ball before the white light on its body could dissipate, released shallow purple wave-like psychic waves in a breath, like a shield to block the frozen wind in the sky.
However, after only a second of stalemate, the silver cold wind suppressed the shallow purple psychic power.
"Magmortar! Flamethrower!"
Flint immediately sent out the second-in-command in his team, and also the Magmortar with the best Special Attack.
In terms of long-range attacks, his strength is still above his Infernape.
The landed Magmortar raised its two cannon-barreled arms high and released dual flamethrower columns.
Suddenly injected into the psychic wave, finally suppressing the frozen wind back, which can be regarded as a victory.
"Hmm?"
Pryce's brows twitched slightly behind the ice mask.
"That's good."
He muttered two words to himself.
The combination of fire and psychic power that seemed to have won back just now was immediately suppressed back by the frozen wind.
Delibird has increased its power!
"Anyway, you are going to make trouble later, so let's all turn into ice sculptures."
Pryce said lightly.
The frozen wind completely suppressed the combination of Psychic + Flamethrower.
"It can still become stronger! ?"
Flint was dumbfounded.
He and Lucian joined forces, but they were so easily suppressed.
"Go! Get out of here!"
Lucian waved his hand and shouted at the general public around him who had been frightened.
"Ah ah ah ah——"
Finally, the Lily of the Valley Island citizens who were stunned in place reacted and ran away in the opposite direction with terrified screams.
But, reality is not so beautiful.
Almost at the moment Lucian finished speaking.
The cold wind completely suppressed it, if you look over here from a distance.
You will find a little silver-white light falling, and then spreading in a semi-circular shape.
"Wh, what happened! ?"
Some citizens heard or saw the movement and rushed over.
They found that everything in the headquarters building's square had turned blue and white, symbolizing ice.
Hundreds of human "statues" all had terrified expressions, and still maintained the running posture of running away in the opposite direction.
And in the very center of the square, the ice sculptures of the two Sinnoh Elite Four members, Flint and Lucian, were particularly conspicuous.
"Wh, what's going on? What the hell is going on! ?"
The first batch of citizens who rushed over to watch the fun fell to the ground in fright.
"Is, did he do it?!"
Immediately someone discovered the Delibird in the high altitude and the masked man on its back.
"That is… the League's SSS-class wanted criminal, the Masked Man! ?"
At this time, a punk loli holding an electric mouse, about 6 years old, shouted tremblingly in the crowd.
She originally wanted to go to Kanto to find a way to join Team Rocket.
But because she liked a special Pokémon in Sinnoh very much - Toxicroak.
Although it is not a Dark-type, Marly likes that bad look.
So I thought of catching one before going to Kanto.
I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing when I first arrived in Sinnoh.
"Come out, Owner of the Overcome Power, Cynthia!"
As for the Lily of the Valley Island citizens who were frightened and Marly and other foreign tourists below, Pryce completely ignored them.
His goal, from beginning to end, was only Cynthia, or rather, the Time God Dialga summoned by Cynthia!
"Masked Man, what do you want to do! ?"
Less than half a minute after Pryce shouted these words, Cynthia led a large number of Sinnoh elite trainers to the scene.
A large number of police officers led by Officer Jenny surrounded the area.
"The League's SSS-class wanted criminal, the Masked Man, what is he doing in Sinnoh! ?"
Aaron, the only Bug-type Elite Four in the entire League, was shocked. Two seconds later, Aaron vaguely guessed a possibility and muttered to himself in a low voice:
Di, could it be for that… the Life……"
Cynthia frowned slightly, she also speculated the same way.
Currently, the only thing in the Sinnoh League that can make the Masked Man coveted should be the Life Orb, right?
In fact, when Flint and Lucian fought with Pryce, Cynthia, who was cultivating Mega Evolution in the indoor training ground, had already heard the movement.
But her first reaction was not to come out to fight.
But to notify Officer Jenny to surround the scene, and let the old senior woman Bertha hide the Life Orb.
The entire Lily of the Valley Island was also filled with the sound of sirens.
Officer Jenny and the police force arrived, deploying Arcanine, Poliwrath, and Manectric, among other canine Pokémon, to completely surround the plaza.
"I'm looking for Shayna, not Cynthia."
Pryce coldly spat out.
"Bring her out."
Pryce's words caused Cynthia to furrow her brow even more.
Shayna is the guardian of the Adamant Orb, but if the Masked Man's target is the Adamant Orb, why be so fixated on Shayna?
Could it be that Shayna, besides her duty of guarding the Adamant Orb, has some other special significance?
"Hurry up!"
The Masked Man intensified his tone.
He didn't release Conqueror's Haki or anything, just pure killing intent.
But even so, the intimidating presence of a Master-level Trainer when enraged is not much different from Conqueror's Haki.
At that moment, the general public on the periphery, as well as some rookie recruits in the police force and their Pokémon, all knelt down like Sasuke when he first saw Orochimaru during the Chunin Exams, "puking" and unable to stop.
"I'll stall for time, you guys quickly call for reinforcements from other regions."
Cynthia whispered to Aaron while stepping forward proactively.
"What do you want Shayna for? If it's not an especially excessive request, we can talk."
Cynthia looked up and shouted at the Masked Man.
However, Pryce had no intention of talking with Cynthia at all. In the end, in his plan, as long as Shayna could live, or rather, live long enough to help him summon Dialga, that was enough.
He didn't care what happened to anyone else.
Not to mention Pryce had been annoyed lately.
Under everyone's gaze, the Masked Man slightly raised his hand.
The Delibird beneath him slightly opened its beak, and blue and white extreme cold light condensed deep within its throat, looking as if it was about to fire.
Just like that, everyone could clearly feel the temperature of the island dropping significantly.
If this attack were to really hit, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The faces of Cynthia and the others below appeared extra pale under the illumination of this blue and white light.
No, isn't he too violent?
"Don't!"
Just then, the person in question finally arrived.
Shayna quickly ran out of the headquarters building, came to Cynthia's side, looked up, and shouted, "What do you want me to do?!"
"It's very simple, please use your Arcane power to summon Dialga."
Pryce sneered through his mask.
His tone was filled with suppressed excitement.
Summon Dialga!?
Everyone at the scene looked at Shayna with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.
They knew more or less about the legend of Dialga as Sinnoh natives.
But summon... is that even possible?
"You, how do you know?"
Shayna's face turned even paler.
She had been hiding this matter in her heart and hadn't let anyone know, including her close friend Cynthia.
"You don't need to worry about that, quickly summon Dialga, otherwise..."
Pryce controlled the Masked Man's large hand made of ice and waved it backward.
Delibird turned its head, and the Ice Beam condensed in its mouth was suddenly released.
Boom—
With a loud noise, a cloud of dust was kicked up on the ground of Lily of the Valley Island.
"Careful!"
Cynthia shouted subconsciously.
But with her strength, she couldn't do anything except shout.
Marnie, who was originally standing on the periphery, watched helplessly as the deadly ice rushed toward her.
Just then, Marnie felt someone grab the back of her collar and then pull her back hard.
Boom—
The deafening roar shook the sky, and an ice chasm in the shape of a ray stretched from under Delibird all the way to the southern end of Lily of the Valley Island, even freezing the southern sea area of Lily of the Valley Island.
This is the power of a Master!
And how many people were turned into ice sculptures under this move, no one knows.
"You madman!"
Cynthia was so angry that her eyes turned red.
"If you don't want more people to be caught up in this, then obediently do as I say!"
However, Pryce ignored Cynthia completely.
Before his wish was fulfilled, anyone or any Pokémon, except for his own Pokémon, was just a tool to him.
