Chapter 35: I’m Upset
The flames on Rope's body surged upwards the moment Entei nodded, and bright flames began to appear on Entei's body as well, and his originally gray mane turned Red in color. The raw iron textured wing-like bumps on his back were also covered by a pair of flaming feathers that looked like substance, and the iron rings on his feet turned Red in color, as if they had been burned red.
For the first time, Rope felt that his ability was so perverse.
It's similar to bringing an extra mega evolution...
Thinking about it this way Charmander could be strengthened on top of his hyper-evolution after evolving into Charizard...
I just don't know if it's useful for Pokémon other than Fire Types.
Thinking so, Rope suddenly looked up at Ho-Oh, who was fighting with Palkia, and suddenly thought that if he could really conquer Ho-Oh, then wouldn't he really be able to have a mega Ho-Oh!
Of course, Rope was just thinking about it, and subjugating Legendary Pokémon is not as simple as he thinks. In addition, if Rope were to take over Ho-Oh when he was really not strong enough... then he would have to chant League for a version nerf.
Rope would have nothing better to do than go up against League. He doesn't have any aspirations to turn the world upside down. All he wanted was to be a rich man, traveling around with his Pokémon and his lover, seeing landscapes he'd never seen before.
A roar from Entei dragged Rope out of his fantasy; the guy's wanderings really didn't pick an occasion anytime, anywhere.
Rope looked back at Hoopa Unbound, which was already close at hand, and rolled over to sit on Entei's back, leaning down slightly, saying, "Entei try to see if you can fly."
Entei nodded, then let out a low growl, revved the fire wings on his back, and then jerked up into the sky.
Suicune and Raikou at the bottom looked at Entei who rushed into the sky with a dumbfounded look on their faces...
Both kids were crying with gluttony!
No, everyone doesn't have wings, now how come you can fly?
Do you have any respect for the old and the young?
Can't you see that Groudon over there is still flopping on the ground!
Then suddenly a Precipice Blades emerged from underneath Raikou and Suicune's feet, startling Suicune and Raikou.
These two guys quietly look over at Groudon over there and realize that Groudon is being held down by Rayquaza and blast hammered on the ground.
After all, high hit low...
[Just now, it should have missed]
Suicune and Raikou exchanged a glance, and confirmed their belief, but they didn't dare to talk about it in their hearts.
They put "goon" on the public screen.
At that moment, Hoopa Unbound has been distracted by Entei and Rope, and Raikou and Suicune look at Lugia, then rush up to fight with her again, and the three of them start the "Pacific" war again.
On the other hand, Rope and Entei were flying towards the river, and in the sky, one person and one beast were speechless for a long time.
Rope felt for the first time that his ability was too buggy, while Entei felt for the first time the feeling of flying in the sky, except for a trace of uneasiness of not landing on the ground, the rest was the excitement of finding a new toy.
Entei's flight speed was not slow, and the Hoopa Unbound following behind him also accelerated, it felt like a great white shark playfully chasing a sardine, Rope was puzzled by the guy's idea, but, this approach of Hoopa Unbound was totally giving Rope an assist!
Soon, the river had appeared in close proximity.
Rope said aloud, "Entei, land!"
Entei let out a low roar and glanced at Hoopa Unbound behind him, then swung his wings and quickly landed towards the ground.
Hoopa Unbound in the sky looked at the landing Entei and Rope, a cruel and hideous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, the landing was just right, he was also tired of playing this cat and mouse game.
The next step was to abuse these two little guys and let them see what the majesty of Legendary Pokémon meant.
...If Rope knew what was in this guy's mind, he would definitely say that this guy's intelligence had really been weakened too much.
The forest here is dense and the water is deep, but not a single bird cry or insect song, isn't this a typical trap?
Confidence and ignorance, often between a line.
Rope looked at Hoopa Unbound who was landing unhurriedly, pressed the communicator in his ear, and said, "Start moving."
Hoopa Unbound looked at Entei who was eyeing Entei on a boulder, and the corner of his mouth lifted up in a sneer. It wasn't that he couldn't feel the massive increase in energy within Entei's body, but was that strong? Compared to a true Legendary Pokémon it was only a slightly more threatening ant.
That was arrogant; Legendary Pokémon were strong, but Entei himself was one of the best of the second-tier gods, and with Rope's help, he was essentially close to being a normal Groudon.
Of course, with Rope, the more you underestimate him, the better, so that when he hits you you feel the pain badly.
Right now Rope was going to give Hoopa Unbound a hard time.
"Entei, Sacred Fire!"
Entei sniffed and immediately a pillar of purple fire shot out of his mouth. It blasted straight towards Hoopa Unbound, who decisively dodged towards the other side.
Sacred Fire is Ho-Oh's big move, belonging to a powerful special flame, just like Biktini's v-heat flames and Leshiram's green flames, making this kind of flame itself is a trouble, but it has nothing to do with who uses it, but the owner of these kinds of flames itself is not a weak person, so complement each other, this kind of skill can't be taken hard.
Well, Hoopa Unbound also knew that this was a move that Ho-Oh could still use often, while Entei, the guy bestowed by Ho-Oh, wouldn't be able to use it more than a few times.
He gracefully drifted to the left, then flashed a provocative smile towards Rope.
Rope didn't feel very good as he watched, he felt as if the Hoopa Unbound now had more emotions compared to the Hoopa Unbound at the beginning, rather than the simple anger and madness that he had been previously.
This was not a good thing, Rope didn't know what the person behind the scenes had done, but there was no doubt that the current Hoopa Unbound had begun to shift from being a force, to thinking about the real Pokémon.
[What is the person behind this, really wanting?]
Rope was puzzled, but now he didn't think much about it anymore, no matter what, as long as Hoopa Unbound was eliminated, no matter what the person behind it wanted to use Hoopa Unbound for, it would fail.
"Do it!" Rope's bellow made Hoopa Unbound startled, and just before Rope's words fell, a huge column of water appeared in the river under his feet.
The impact of the jet of water wasn't very strong, and Hoopa blocked it with ease. His arrogance made him not dodge in the face of such an attack that posed little threat, choosing instead to take it hard.
However, Hoopa didn't expect that arrogance here, would also destroy him.
After the water column, Ice Beam was released from all parts of the surrounding forest, and soon the water column was turned into an icicle, and the whole river was frozen. And Hoopa Unbound, which was wrapped in water, was naturally frozen by the icicles.
It wasn't over yet. A dozen or so Machamps came out of the woods from all over the place, and then neatly broke the connection between the icicles and the river, and then shouldered the icicles, shouting "Machamp, Machamp," and headed for another part of the woods.
Rope wiped the sweat from his head, his face still stony, the plan wasn't over yet, and he led Entei to follow the Machamps towards that side.
Soon they reached their destination. A huge pit, and around the pit, surrounded by a group of trainers, they were surrounded by a ground-based Pokémon that only wanted Sandshrew, Diglett, Hippowdon, and the like.
It was obvious that this large pit was their work.
The crowd had a look of "Finally!" when they saw the Machamps carrying the icicles.
The Machamps then placed the icicles into the large pit, and the surrounding trainers all ordered in unison.
"Sand Attack."
"Mud Sport."
"Mud Shot."
So a bunch of ground-based Pokémon used their skills methodically, and soon the mud and sand mixed together and then filled the large pit.
Rope glanced at Entei, who nodded, then used a moderately strong Flamethrower to sear that mud puddle.
Soon, the mud puddle was a piece of ground that was a little cracked from the searing.
At this point, Rope finally breathed a sigh of relief, by this point, he believed that even Hoopa Unbound could not break through this simple "seal" in a short period of time.
Next, even if this guy is not afraid to get out of the trap, another ten minutes or so, Pewter City's evacuation should be over, so many people gathered together, not to mention you Hoopa! If so many people gather together, not to mention you Hoopa! Arceus... that might not be able to beat him.
Thinking about this, Rope could only sardonically scrunch his neck.
Arceus hadn't made much of an effort to seal Hoopa... no, he hadn't even made a move. He simply let a human make a Prison Bottle with his three original powers, and then the human took the pot and sealed Hoopa easily.
The whole process is similar to the three-step process of "open the refrigerator door, stuff the elephant inside, and close the door".
Arceus, the eternal god!
Just as Rope was giving Arceus a thumbs up, Red's voice came over his communicator.
"Rope, all the Legendary Pokémon over here have regained their sanity.Ho-Oh is bringing Suicune and Raikou and the other Legendary Pokémon together as if they are discussing something."
Rope once again let go of a big stone in his heart at those words.
It seemed that he was right, even if these Ice Beams couldn't inflict fatal wounds on Hoopa, they could still weaken Hoopa's ability to think. In this way, the slowed down Hoopa would naturally have little chance to control those powerful Legendary Pokémon.
But alas...
Groudon isn't going to walk back again...
(Groudon: Rope you're too beautiful (Damn you)...)
After mentally snickering at Groudon, Rope happily responded, "Well, don't worry too much Ho-Oh is on the good side of the order, at least they won't attack a human city for no reason. I guess it's really discussing compensation or something. But still, don't let your guard down, deal with it carefully, tell Lance and the others to get to me right away, and then...Err, the fight was too intense, I lost the little Hoopa...you help me look for it, and then tell Lance to bring it here, I'll be useful next."
On the other side of the room, Red's mouth twitched when he heard that Rope had lost Hoopa. Ryoga said, "Okay, I'll go look for it... Lance and the others aren't here yet... I'll have Cynthia and Diantha look for you first."
"Just as well." Rope glanced at the construction team that was "sealing the mound" and the corners of his mouth twitched, wondering if these guys were working on a tomb.
Rope shook his head helplessly, he was really worried that his idea wouldn't be able to trap Hoopa Unbound. So the more people that come, the better, even if they can't seal him, they can still beat him half to death, and then slowly think of a way to seal this guy.
Thinking about this, Rope couldn't help but frown a little, there was still no news from the four big men, I wonder what kind of accident happened.
While thinking over here, a big man's voice came from the communicator.
"Professor Rope, we've got Prison Bottle on our side, but like you said, he only has one head and six rings left."
Rope, finally relieved, smiled and said, "It's okay, it can be fixed, you guys can meet me at the river where you were scheduled to be now."
"Great! No problem!"
The big man's voice was painfully clear as well. Then, in a heartfelt voice, he added, "Er, Professor Rope, actually, on our side, we have a little situation."
Rope's just-relaxed no immediately screwed together again.
"...What's wrong again? Go ahead, I'll top it."
The big man could hear that feeling of heartburn even through the communicator. Hastily relieved, he said, "No, it's nothing major, really, it's just that the Nobuhide guy died, and it was a pretty weird death."
Rope sniffed and put down the stone he had just lifted, and said with a tired heart, "I've been in a mood of up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and down. You don't toss me again, what's going on just hurry up and tell me!"
"It's just within what...when we were defeating Nobuhide and getting the Prison Bottle from him, a Gengar suddenly sprang out of his shadow and then tried to snatch the Prison Bottle back, that Gengar was very strong, but fortunately Lao Si had been in the dark all along Hidden and not exposed, he caught the Gengar by surprise which blocked him, we all thought at first that the Gengar was Nobuhide's backhand, but in the end the Gengar turned around and sucked Nobuhide's life energy dry after failing to snatch the Prison Bottle."
Rope sniffed and sensed something intensely wrong and hurriedly asked, "What about Gengar?"
"Ran away, we couldn't stop him, really Professor Rope! We four brothers really did our best. But that Gengar is just too strong. We couldn't stop it. You have to trust the brothers! Brothers..."
"Come on, come on, I didn't say I don't believe." Rope covered his ears from his noise, but the comms were in his ears, and once they were covered the sound got louder, so he could only interrupt helplessly and hurriedly.
"You guys hurry over, I still have something to ask you face to face."
"Okay! Brothers will be here soon."
"With a click, the communication ended.
Rope's recently loosened brow wrinkled again.
"Who was it?"