Chapter 296: Everyone's Actions
"Z2 is in Lumiose City!" Ange said.
"Glace~ Glace~" Glaceon excitedly shouted at Ange.
Ange nodded with a serious expression and said, "Okay, I'll go with you to Lumiose City!"
Actually, he himself was also very worried about Z2's situation.
Glaceon looked at Ange with gratitude upon hearing this.
Ange added, "Go and get Salamence, let's go together. I'll call Diantha and have her send us to Lumiose City."
"Glace~ Glace~" Glaceon nodded and ran out quickly.
As soon as Glaceon left, Ange dialed Diantha's number.
Diantha already knew about the incident in Lumiose City, and when she learned that Ange wanted to go there, she agreed to send Ange without hesitation.
After Ange hung up the phone, he saw Diancie had already come to his side at some point.
"Let me go with you," Diancie said.
With such a big event happening, it was really worried not being by Ange's side.
Ange didn't refuse and nodded, "Okay."
At this time, Magearna also hurriedly said, "Duki~" I'll go too.
Ange thought for a while and agreed.
Soon, Diantha's aircraft landed on the Nibel Plateau. Ange took Diancie, Magearna, Salamence, and Glaceon and flew towards Lumiose City.
At the same time, Lysandre led many Team Flare members to appear in Lumiose City, constantly creating chaos in Lumiose City.
Ash was originally working with Alain to stop the rampant red plants when suddenly a purple-haired woman with strange sunglasses and a Drapion appeared.
Ash instantly recognized her identity and said with a wary face, "You're the one who captured Squishy!"
This woman was none other than Celosia, one of Team Flare's core members. She was both a Team Flare Admin and a Team Flare scientist.
She smiled and said to Ash, "Oh my, you actually remember me! How honored, but my target this time isn't Squishy, but… you!"
As she spoke, she pointed her finger at Ash.
Alain, who was next to him, looked at Celosia in surprise and asked, "What exactly is going on?"
Celosia replied with a smile, "It's the Representative's order, you see~"
The Representative in her mouth naturally referred to the leader of Team Flare, her immediate superior—Lysandre!
Seeing that Alain and Celosia spoke in such a familiar tone, Ash asked suspiciously, "Alain, what's going on? Do you know this person?"
Before Alain could answer, Celosia chuckled and said, "What do you mean by knowing or not knowing, that guy is our colleague~"
"Colleague? Alain and Team Flare?" Ash couldn't believe it. "Alain, what's going on?"
Alain remained silent and lowered his head, not daring to look at Ash.
Then Celosia said, "Alain, leave this guy to the other partners, you come with me, the Representative wants to see you!"
Upon hearing this, Ash immediately dissuaded Alain, "Alain, don't listen to this guy, they're not good people!"
However, Alain silently turned his head away.
"Alain!" Ash grabbed Alain's wrist and tried to take him away, but Alain broke free, and Ash's face showed astonishment.
He had always regarded Alain as a friend…
At this moment, several Team Flare grunts surrounded Ash with several Houndour.
"Pika~" Pikachu immediately jumped out to protect Ash behind him.
At this time, the Team Flare grunts launched two collars, accurately binding Ash and Pikachu.
Under the influence of Confuse Ray, Ash gradually lost consciousness. Before fainting, his gaze was always on Alain, as if questioning him.
"Pika…" Immediately afterwards, Pikachu also lost consciousness.
Celosia smiled upon seeing this. She looked at Alain and said, "Alain, let's go!"
Alain took a deep look at Ash, then left with Celosia.
At the same time, Malva, one of the Elite Four of the League, said to Team Rocket, "I have important things to do, you are free to act on your own!"
Besides being one of the Elite Four of the League, Malva is also a reporter. She was the one hosting the live broadcast of the League Conference this time.
And during the time Ash participated in the League Conference, the idle Team Rocket became Malva's assistants.
Of course, Malva also had an unknown identity, which was a member of Team Flare!
Lysandre was able to get the news and leave in advance, and was able to create such a big scene in Lumiose City, Malva's contribution was indispensable.
Seeing their boss leaving, Jessie asked incomprehensibly, "Why? Isn't this such an important thing, aren't we reporting it?"
Malva replied, "My matter is more important."
After saying that, Malva left without looking back.
Seeing this scene, Team Rocket was dumbfounded, especially Jessie, who was half-dead with anger!
Hmph, stinky woman! What are you showing off!
After a long time, Jessie said angrily, "If she doesn't do it, we'll do it ourselves!"
Meowth immediately echoed, "That's right, it's not like we can't."
James also followed, "Let's do a big job, this time the matter is definitely not simple, if we can shine in it, then…"
As he spoke, he, Meowth, and Jessie looked at each other, and they all showed sinister smiles on their faces at the same time.
"Jie jie jie ~ ~ ~"
"Wobbuffet ~" Jessie's Wobbuffet came out in time to cheer them on.
What they said, they did. Meowth, James, and Wobbuffet immediately set up the camera. Jessie picked up the microphone and entered the state in a second. She was indeed a woman who once aspired to be a female star.
Jessie stood in front of the already ruined League Conference venue, and said to the microphone with a serious expression:
"Viewers in front of the TV, this is Lumiose City Television. I believe everyone has already seen that Lumiose City is currently facing a huge crisis…"
Diantha was also in Lumiose City at this time. She was working with Officer Jenny to urgently evacuate the crowd, taking everyone to take refuge together.
The contestants who participated in the League Conference also volunteered to extend a helping hand to ordinary citizens.
At this time, everyone in Lumiose City was unprecedentedly united.
Diantha led Gardevoir to defeat a piece of red plant, and looked remotely at the Prism Tower.
"Lysandre, what exactly are you going to do…"
At this time, Lysandre was standing on the top of the Prism Tower, laughing heartily as he looked at the rampant red plants below.
Not far from him was Zygarde, who was under control.
"Zygarde, wreak havoc as much as you want, destroy this dirty and unbearable world, and then create a beautiful new world with me!"
As his voice fell, Zygarde jumped off the Prism Tower, and then began to control the red plants to destroy the entire Lumiose City.
Meanwhile, Z1, also known as Squishy, was sprinting rapidly towards Z2's location.
Midway, it absorbed cells and transformed into its 10% Forme, which further enhanced its running speed.
It called out to Z2 as it ran.
"My dearest friend, what are you doing? Answer me quickly!"
Unfortunately, Z2 gave no response.
"My dearest friend!"
"Friend…"
Z1 continued to call out, but Z2 remained unresponsive.
Finally, it sprinted to Z2 and blocked its path.
"Friend, stop! Stop!"
Z1 tried to stop Z2 from continuing its rampage, but how could the controlled Z2 respond?
Seeing that its calls were ineffective, Z1 said, "Since you won't listen to reason, I have no choice but to use force!"
With that, it opened its mouth and unleashed a colorful energy wave towards Z2.
Without hesitation, Z2 also unleashed an energy wave, and the two Dragon Pulses collided in mid-air, creating a violent explosion.
However, Z1 was only in its 10% Forme, so how could it possibly be a match for Z2 in its 50% Forme?
Z2's Dragon Pulse directly broke through Z1's Dragon Pulse and struck Z1 hard, sending it flying.
Seeing that its friend was attacking so mercilessly, Z1 also stopped holding back.
"Awoo ~ ~"
It quickly got up and roared towards the sky, and countless green rays of light converged upon it, transforming it into its 50% Forme.
Thus, the two Zygardes clashed fiercely in Lumiose City.
Seeing this scene, Lysandre laughed even more gleefully.
Meanwhile, Bonnie, Serena, and Clemont were anxiously searching for Squishy, who had become separated from them.
Just then, Professor Sycamore arrived with Mairin.
Mairin was Alain's partner, and a large part of the reason Alain was helping Lysandre was because of Mairin.
Mairin's Chespin had fallen into a deep sleep for some reason, and waking it up required Lysandre's technology.
Speaking of which, Chespin's perpetual sleep was largely related to Z1, also known as Squishy.
Before meeting Ash and his friends, Squishy had been captured by Team Flare, and it was Chespin who helped Squishy escape.
If it hadn't been for Chespin's help, Squishy probably wouldn't have been able to meet Ash and his friends.
In the process of helping Z1, Chespin was exposed to Zygarde's power, and because it couldn't withstand it, it fell into a deep sleep.
Team Flare had been helping Chespin, so Mairin believed they were good people.
But now, the chaos caused by Team Flare, and the crisis it brought to Lumiose City and even the Kalos region, finally made Mairin realize that they had malicious intentions.
So, after discussing it with Professor Sycamore, she decided to accept the professor's help and join him in rescuing Chespin.
Fortunately, Mairin knew where Team Flare's base was!
Professor Sycamore said to Clemont and the others, "I hope you can assist us."
Clemont looked troubled and said, "But I need to find the device controlling Zygarde…"
If they could destroy that device, Zygarde would definitely return to normal.
In the original story, this device was located in Prism Tower, so Clemont easily found it.
But here, because Team Flare had hidden themselves early on, the machine had been placed in a more concealed location, making it difficult to find.
However, this didn't stump our great scientist Clemont. He created a wave frequency tracker based on the special signal waves he had captured.
As long as they followed the tracker's instructions, they would definitely find it.
Since Clemont couldn't help Professor Sycamore, Serena volunteered and said, "Professor, I'll go with you."
The professor was grateful and said, "That's a great help!"
Bonnie looked at the two Zygardes fighting in the distance with tears in her eyes and said, "I'm going to find Squishy!"
Clemont immediately stopped her and said, "No, Bonnie, it's too dangerous there!"
Bonnie asked, "Are we just going to leave Squishy alone? I don't want to! I don't want to!"
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.
Yes, Squishy was their friend, how could they turn a blind eye to Squishy in danger?
Just then, two figures descended from the sky.
"Leave Bonnie to me, I'll go with her!"
Everyone looked towards the voice and saw a man wearing a mask costume and a handsome Mega Blaziken.
"Blaziken Mask?" Everyone exclaimed in surprise.
"Yo, hello everyone!" Blaziken Mask waved and greeted everyone with a smile.
Blaziken Mask was a righteous person active in Lumiose City. He often appeared to help people solve various problems, and was therefore deeply loved by everyone.
Because he wore a mask costume and was accompanied by a handsome Blaziken, people affectionately called him Blaziken Mask.
When Ash first came to the Kalos region, he fell from Prism Tower while helping Professor Sycamore's Garchomp, and it was Blaziken Mask who saved him.
However, what Bonnie and Clemont didn't know was that the Blaziken Mask in front of them was their father, Meyer.
"Blaziken Mask, I'm entrusting Bonnie to you then!" Clemont said.
Blaziken Mask patted his chest and assured, "Don't worry, with me here, Bonnie will be fine!"
Then, everyone split up.
Clemont went to find the machine controlling Zygarde and destroy it.
Blaziken Mask took Bonnie to find Squishy.
Professor Sycamore, Serena, and Mairin were going to Team Flare's base to rescue Chespin.
"How are we going to get to Team Flare's base?" Serena asked.
Professor Sycamore and Mairin looked at each other, they didn't know either!
None of the three of them had large flying Pokémon capable of carrying people.
Just then, a voice rang out.
"Hi hi hi ~ ~ ~ We're here, we're here!"
Jessie, disguised, suddenly appeared from the corner with James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet.
"Who are you?" Professor Sycamore asked suspiciously.
Jessie introduced herself, "We are from Lumiose City Television. We just heard that you need transportation, we have it, look…"
She pointed in one direction, where the television station's helicopter was parked.
The Team Rocket trio had overheard the professor's conversation and learned that they were going to Team Flare's base.
How could they miss out on such a chance to show off?
So they took the initiative to jump out and offer to help.
Professor Sycamore was delighted to hear this and said, "That's great, that's a great help!"
James urged, "Quick, quick, quick, everyone get on the plane, time waits for no one!"
So Serena and the others quickly climbed onto the plane, and James piloted the plane, flying towards Team Flare's base, guided by Mairin.
