chsdbacks Chapter 296 Hoopa: "Bleeding!"
Chapter 296 Hoopa: "Bleeding!"
Chapter 296 Hoopa: "Bleeding!"
Seeing so many meteorites, Deoxys was overjoyed. After a brief moment of stiffness, its tentacles excitedly extended from the gaps in the various meteorites, getting stained with other meteorites summoned by Hoopa.
Its tentacles act like suction cups, drawing "nutrients" from meteorites into its body to grow vigorously.
The tentacles were orange and sky blue, and didn't look as evil as Cthulhu.
When Ze Shu first obtained it, it was extremely weak, and could only survive by passively absorbing the faint cosmic radiation emitted by the meteorite.
Now, it can actively absorb them, and it has quite an appetite. Just looking at its tentacles happily sucking up meteorites, Hoopa couldn't help but imagine the sound of it drinking heartily.
"Ze Shu, Ze Shu, this is Dai, Dai Ou Xi Xi..." Huba stammered.
Ze Shu: "Its name is Deoxys."
Upon hearing this, while eating the meteorite, Deoxys even detached one of its tentacles and waved it to Asazawa Itsuki and Hoopa, appearing quite friendly.
Hoopa blinked and asked, "When exactly will this Deoxys be able to recover?"
Before Ze Shu could answer, the Deoxys swung its tentacles even faster. It gulped down the meteorite in its hand, and then its tentacles seemed to transform into a liquid of orange and sky blue that flowed...
The transformation enveloped the meteorite that was hiding within it.
Something unseen by Hoopa and Zeshu is happening inside it.
Not long after, the meteorite that Ze Shu had found, which contained extremely rich cosmic radiation, seemed to have been completely eroded away by the orange and sky-blue liquid, revealing a gem that shone with a black obsidian luster.
Zeki knew that this gem was Deoxys's true form. However, in the movie, other Deoxys's gems were orange-red or purple. But this one was black, glowing black.
Before long, orange and sky-blue liquid rapidly expanded around the black gemstone, forming a human-shaped structure. Eventually, it took shape completely in a short time.
An alien-looking Pokémon appeared in front of Zeki.
Its appearance was not much different from the Deoxys in Ze Shu's memory, with arms that were composed of orange and blue DNA, and an alien-like head. However, the gem embedded in its chest was black, and its body shape was slightly unstable, still fluctuating.
But soon, the fluctuations around Deoxys stabilized.
It looked up and met Ze Shu's gaze.
Hidden inside the meteorite, it had no sight whatsoever. Seeing it now, weakened, and looking like the human who had "fed" it until it recovered, Deoxys was stunned.
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"Are you feeling alright?" Ze Shu asked.
"S..." Deochis lowered his head.
"Deoxys, it actually turned from a meteorite into this..." Hoopa said, looking at Zeshu, then at Deoxys, "So, does that mean it's awake? Can you please help Hoopa find Mayari...?"
Deochis only looked at Zeshu.
Zeqi: "Is it okay?"
Deochis nodded.
It used its tentacles to suck up a meteorite that Hoopa had "scooped up" from its side, and a superpower-like wave emanated from its obsidian-like gem.
"S!" Deochis looked at Hoopa.
"A medium?" Hoopa wondered, pondering the word Deoxys had uttered.
Ze Shu said, "Deoxys needs a medium similar to Mayali so that he can find her. Hmm, this medium is similar to... a blood connection, or something else that can represent Mayali on a conscious level."
He remembered that in the special episode, Giovanni was able to locate Silver by Deoxys because of their bloodline connection.
Deoxys can also use its unique psycho-waves to find other Deoxys—that is, Deoxys trainers are attracted to each other.
But Hoopa was stumped by the question, and weakly said, "But, but Hoopa didn't... No, that's not right!"
It suddenly thought of something.
"Hoopa may not have it, but Balzac is connected by blood!"
"Balzac is Mayari's own brother!"
Hoopa felt smarter than ever before. It quickly tugged at Ze Shu's sleeve and cried, "Ze Shu, Ze Shu, quick! Let's go to the Valley of Creation and find Balzah. Let Balzah bleed us to save Mayali!"
Ze Shu: "————"
Just then, the door opened. "Sawaki, Porygon noticed this place has suddenly become heavier! It's one or two times heavier than Salamence! Tell me! Were you secretly...? Huh?!"
As soon as Higana entered, she saw a flustered Hoopa holding up a ring.
"Go for it!"
Under the circular cage, the two people and one Pokémon in the room disappeared. Only Hoopa remained, looking aggrieved and calling out things like, "Sawaki, please pull me over here."
At the northern tip of Carlos lies a city called Desert City. Skyscrapers and high-rise buildings stand tall on this land, creating a stark contrast with the surrounding barren desert, devoid of resources.
Despite its skyscrapers that symbolize wealth and scale, Desert City is underdeveloped. The harsh environment has resulted in sparse industry, a small population, and expensive infrastructure.
Even some skyscrapers are slightly dilapidated and have not been repaired.
This contrast makes first-time visitors wonder how these luxurious skyscrapers in Desert City, comparable to those in Flying Cloud City, were built.
"Legend has it that over a hundred years ago, a Pokémon came to Desert City, which was then just a small town. Its unique abilities brought enormous wealth to Desert City, allowing the town to develop and expand rapidly. It quickly grew into one of the largest megacities in the Pokémon world!"
"These skyscrapers were built during that time."
"Back then, Desert City was a place everyone longed for!"
In the desert city, looking at Ze Shu and his group of outsiders, a local man wearing a white cloth on his head, a long robe, and a beard spoke with a charming smile.
Then he lowered his head again: "But this seems to be just a pipe dream."
Higana asked, bewildered, "What happened next?"
Hupa asked curiously, "Yes, yes, what happened next?"
"later?"
"Later, Desert City wasn't satisfied. Or rather, human greed is never satisfied." The local man wearing a white cloth sighed. "The Pokémon that brought wealth to Desert City listened to the instigation of the people of Desert City. And then..."
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"Desert City initiated the war."
"The Pokémon that brought wealth to Desert City possesses a god-like body, six enormous arms, and the ability to bring countless riches. The people of Desert City are confident that they will win the war."
"But as you can see, in the end, Desert City lost. That demonic Pokémon and Desert City's greedy behavior aroused public anger and attracted the hostility of other legendary Pokémon."
"After a great battle, Desert City was severely damaged, and the Pokémon that brought wealth was sealed away."
From then on, the prosperity of Desert City was just a dream.
"Sigh, I've told this story to countless outsiders."
It's clear that this local man in the white headscarf is very melancholy.
If that war hadn't been started, this local would now have countless riches.
He stretched out his hand with a melancholy expression, spreading his five fingers towards Higana, and said, "Cheng Hui, five hundred Alliance coins."
Higana: ? ? ?
"What...what do you mean?!" she exclaimed, her eyes wide.
"I tell you stories, so you have to pay me for telling them!" the local man wearing a white headscarf said matter-of-factly. "It's only five hundred Alliance Coins, not expensive at all."
Unfortunately, he met the wrong person.
"I...I..." Higana replied matter-of-factly, "I don't have any money!"
Her purse was not just empty; it was practically bare.
The local man looked at Hoopa and thought that Hoopa looked even more penniless. Then he looked at Deochis, who was silently following Zeshu, and suddenly felt scared, thinking that this was not a normal person.
But in the end, he mustered his courage, overcame his fear, and said to Ze Shu, "Cheng Hui, five hundred Alliance Coins!"
"How dare he! We didn't even ask him to tell a story, but he just came up to us, babbled on and on, and then charged us 500 Alliance Coins!"
Walking on the streets of the desert city, Higana said angrily.
"Greed is still the root of all their problems! Their city was destroyed because of greed, and they're still greedy now!"
"Yeah, yeah! Five hundred Alliance Coins! That's a lot! How many donuts can Hoopa buy with that!" Hoopa and Higana, unusually united, said angrily, "Hoopa isn't greedy at all. Hoopa would be satisfied with just earning a couple hundred Alliance Coins from his part-time job to buy donuts!"
"Like that Pokémon he mentioned that brought wealth to Desert City, it seems to have some similar abilities to Hoopa, but compared to Hoopa, it's incredibly stupid! It actually started a war just because it listened to someone's greedy words!"
Hoopa is still firing.
Finally, it stood with its hands on its hips and proudly declared, "Hoopa would never do that!"
Ze Shu looked at the tiny Hu Pa with a strange expression.
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Is it possible that the Pokémon that brought wealth to Desert City, with its demonic body and six arms, is not similar to you, but rather a different form of Hoopa?
"Sawaki, why are you looking at me like that?"
"It's nothing," Ze Shu said, changing the subject. "What about Balzac, the one you mentioned, Hoopa?"
Hoopa sniffed, realizing the topic had been changed, and asked curiously, "The seamstress from the Valley of Creation clearly said that Balzah came to Desert City! And I can smell Balzah's scent here! Is Balzah hiding?"
They were now walking from the center of the skyscrapers of Desert City to the outskirts of Desert City.
The further you go, the more yellow sand there is, and the tall buildings disappear, leaving only rows of square-shaped white stone houses that look like they were built in the last hundred years after the desert city fell into ruin.
"Hoopa can smell Balzac getting closer and closer!"
As Hupa spoke, he suddenly spotted a figure half-buried in the desert, unconscious, in an area on the outermost edge of this desert city, where even the White Stone House was nowhere to be found. The figure was covered in blood mixed with sand, and its clothes were tattered.
"He looks like Balzac..." Hoopa was a little confused and a little scared.
It wasn't until Ze Shu frowned, stepped forward, and turned the person half-buried in the desert over so that Hu Pa could see his face that he finally understood.
Hoopa's eyes widened in shock: "Balza?!"
Fortunately, while Almost-Doll is an expert in Pokémon healing, it has also learned many methods for helping humans, although it has never put them into practice on Zeju.
Not long after, with the help of the doll, Balzac awoke in the yellow sand.
"Cough, cough..." He coughed a few times, then squinted and saw Huba's worried face. "Hu... Huba? You... what are you doing here..."
Hoopa said with concern but also honestly, "Hoopa is here to bleed Balzah..."
Balzac: "
...?
He wondered if he had just woken up, and the sounds in his head were distorted.
"Let's put that aside for now. Why did you collapse? Who attacked you?" Ze Shu asked. "If you had been found any later, I'm afraid..."
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He didn't say anything more.
When this matter was mentioned, Balzac seemed to remember something, his eyes widened, and he stammered, "The pot, the pot... the pot was stolen?"
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Ze Shu: "What kind of pot?"
Barza said dejectedly, "The Judgment Pot!"
He looked at Hoopa, whose face was full of worry, opened his mouth, and finally said, "I... I want to give Hoopa back his true power, so I want to go deep into the desert to find the Judgment Pot that my grandfather made."
Hoopa asked, bewildered, "The Jar of Punishment?"
The Judgment Jar—Hoopa had little recollection of this thing, but the mere mention of it, though just a name, inexplicably stirred a sense of dread within it.
It was as if the pot had imprisoned and sealed it for over a hundred years.
Balzac continued, "But I found the pot. Before I could even touch it, a few people jumped out."
They knocked me down in an instant... After that, I don't know anything. I only know that the Warrior Eagle desperately carried me away and flew me here..."
Not far across the yellow sand, Ze Shu also discovered a half-buried, unconscious warrior eagle. Almost Doll was more adept at treating it.
"So, the Jar of Punishment must have been stolen..."
Ze Shu frowned and asked, "Did you see what the person who attacked you looked like?"
Balzah shook his head: "No. I was... defeated in an instant."
"I see..." Ze Shu pondered.
He remembered that Balzac should have been able to obtain the Jar of Retribution quite easily. Yes, obtaining it was indeed easy, but after getting it...
If that's the case, then something must have happened.
For example...
Thinking of this, Ze Shu decisively said, "Deochis, take the blood. We need to find Mayari."
Balzac was already covered in blood; there was no need to bleed him anymore.
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