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Mammon, dressed in black, slowly arrived at the central area, with Caitlin, wearing a fitted pink dress, following quietly and elegantly behind him.
He didn't pay attention to Lysandre's side; when Lysandre sent Zygarde to destroy Lumiose City, there was already no other outcome.
How could a mere Team Flare be a match for Platinum and the others, not to mention the assistance of Drayton, Kieran, and the rest?
Hawlucha descended from the sky, Diantha landed beside Mammon and Caitlin, and Super Gardevoir also flew over, though Super Gardevoir was clearly heavily injured.
Although Protect had blocked the initial, most violent assault of Thousand Waves, after Protect ended, Super Gardevoir was still hit by Thousand Waves and took damage.
"Mammon, according to our agreement, please stop this Zygarde."
Diantha said to Mammon. She had come to terms with the situation; she was incapable of stopping this Zygarde.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm just observing for a bit, Diantha. Your strength really isn't up to par. If this continues, you won't be able to withstand Serena's challenge."
Mammon joked, his expression and tone both quite relaxed, clearly not taking the enraged Zygarde seriously.
"If Serena can successfully challenge me, I'd be happy beyond words." Diantha, however, was very calm upon hearing this.
She didn't value the Champion title highly; if Serena could come before her and challenge her, Diantha would instead feel relieved and delighted.
The only thing that troubled Diantha was that the current Serena was a member of Team Rockets…
Was it really appropriate for a Team Rockets executive to hold the position of Kalos Champion?
"I see." Mammon wasn't too surprised.
"Zygarde, the Pokémon said to monitor the ecosystem, how could it have become like this?"
Caitlin looked at the Zygarde, its body shimmering with a crimson hue, and couldn't help but feel quite puzzled.
"Team Flare probably performed some cruel experiments on it."
Mammon pondered for a moment.
"Resentment and anger, two emotions deeply intertwined in its mind, turning it into a machine of destruction."
Mesprit's body glowed faintly, its Psychic communication filled with deep complexity.
As the deity of 'emotion,' Mesprit could clearly sense the emotions within this Zygarde's mind.
Only extreme resentment and anger. Mesprit couldn't imagine what Team Flare had done to it to make Zygarde like this.
"Mammon, please help it find release. It's in too much pain."
Mesprit pleaded with Mammon.
"Alright."
Mammon rubbed Mesprit's head and agreed.
In reality, he hadn't originally intended to deal with this enraged Zygarde so quickly, as compared to Lysandre, Zygarde was the strongest boss of this incident.
Mammon wanted to weaken Zygarde's strength to a certain extent, and then let Platinum and the others work together to defeat Zygarde.
Otherwise, the 50% form of Zygarde was still very strong, and at the current level of Platinum and the others, even a group attack would not be a match for Zygarde.
Weakening it to a certain extent for Platinum to undergo a trial—such a battle would surely allow Platinum to gain a lot.
However, since he had received such information from Mesprit, so be it.
"Mewtwo."
Mammon threw out Dark Mewtwo's Poké Ball.
Dark Mewtwo floated in mid-air, a flash of light indicating its Mega Evolution.
"Mewtwo, defeat it."
Mammon had no intention of commanding it. An incomplete Zygarde controlled by resentment and anger would be easily defeated by Dark Mewtwo Y.
If it were a complete Zygarde, he would need to be more cautious, but this form of Zygarde posed no threat to Dark Mewtwo Y.
Especially since Zygarde also had the Dragon/Ground type combination, and Ground/Dragon types' biggest weakness was a quadruple weakness to Ice.
That's right, Dark Mewtwo Y didn't have the Ice type, but it knew Ice-type moves.
With Dark Mewtwo Y's powerful Special Attack, one Ice Beam would probably render Zygarde unable to function.
Dark Mewtwo Y remained silent, its deep purple, fiery eyes flickering, as a deep purple Psychic barrier solidified.
Then, Dark Mewtwo Y shot out like a cannonball, crashing heavily into Zygarde's chest.
Zygarde let out an incredibly furious and painful roar, but it was useless. The intense impact was unbearable for Zygarde.
Its entire body tilted downwards, pinned to the ground by Dark Mewtwo Y, who was propped up by a Psychic barrier.
"So strong!"
Witnessing such a powerful Zygarde being instantly overwhelmed by Dark Mewtwo Y, Diantha's pupils constricted.
But Diantha also breathed a sigh of relief in her heart; with Mammon here, it seemed everything would be fine.
Meanwhile, inside Lysandre Labs.
Lysandre's heart was sinking deeper and deeper. His Pyroar, Honchkrow, and Mienshao had all been defeated, leaving only a Mega Gyarados barely holding on.
Was there still a chance? No, there was none at all.
He watched as his Mega Gyarados was sent flying by a Leaf Blade from Rosa's Serperior, crashing heavily to the ground.
The light of forced Mega Evolution withdrawal flickered, finally taking away Lysandre's last remaining shred of hope.
"Why…"
Lysandre's pupils trembled violently. The mechanical device overloaded from overuse, and the red eye protection opened.
Lysandre looked at his Gyarados, now unconscious and unable to battle, his expression incredibly heavy and pained.
"Why did this happen…?"
Lysandre tried to step back, but at some point, his body became completely powerless.
He had failed. He had actually lost to these four girls. He couldn't even defeat these few girls.
How could his vision, his ideals, the future he yearned for, ever be realized?
With just one step, Lysandre nearly fell to the ground.
Lysandre looked at the four girls, Serena, Hilda, Rosa, and Platinum. He could see the pity and disappointment in Serena's eyes.
Serena still thought he was wrong, but Lysandre didn't believe that.
What he saw was a future where foolish humans only considered themselves, competing even more fiercely than the present…
He only hoped the world could become a beautiful space where warmth and happiness were shared…
Was he really wrong?
If he was right, why was he collapsing here?
"So… I was just a flower with a façade, bearing no fruit…"
The figures of the four girls gradually blurred in Lysandre's vision for some reason.
He could no longer… see any future.
The four girls didn't speak, just silently watched the man kneeling on the ground, his expression filled with pain and despair.
"He… seems to be crying…"
Platinum hesitated. She saw the tears at the corners of Lysandre's eyes at that moment.
Regardless, seeing this scene, Platinum's emotions were still very complex.
Serena remained silent.
"Because his ideal was shattered, but his ideal was wrong."
Hilda said softly, her expression showing a hint of sympathy for Lysandre.
It was a path that, in their eyes, was wrong, but for Lysandre, he genuinely yearned for that world.
He had always dreamed such a dream.
And now, his dream was shattered.
"Let's take these three away. Don't overthink it." Rosa said.
They had already wasted a lot of time here, and they didn't know what was happening outside.
However, Mammon could certainly handle that Zygarde; Rosa wasn't worried.
After confiscating the Poké Balls of Lysandre, Malva, and Alain, the four girls, Platinum, Serena, Hilda, and Rosa, came out of Lysandre Labs.
When they saw the scene outside, all four were stunned.
Giant, twisted plants were visible everywhere, growing from underground, cutting across roads and buildings.
As far as the eye could see, the city was in ruins.
"This…" Serena was shocked.
"This must have all been done by that Zygarde. It's too devastating."
Platinum frowned delicately. Although they could feel the vibrations from outside while inside the lab, the commotion must have been very loud.
But seeing it with their own eyes was still too terrifying.
"But at least it wasn't completely destroyed. Mammon must have already dealt with that Zygarde, right?"
Rosa looked around and didn't hear any intense battle sounds, which also indicated that Zygarde should have been dealt with.
Otherwise, with that big guy's movements, there wouldn't be no sound at all.
"Yes, let's go meet up with Drayton and the others first and transport Lysandre and the other two." Hilda said.
Lysandre, Malva, and Alain were all high-ranking members of Team Flare. Mammon had said that all Team Flare high-ranking members needed to be taken away for processing.
"Okay."
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Central Plaza.
"I say, I saved half of your body, and you're still hissing at me. Aren't you being a bit rude?"
Mammon looked at the black-green dog-like creature in front of him with a smile.
That's right, this was Zygarde's other core, Z1, currently in its 10% dog form, while the one just controlled by Team Flare was Z2.
Clearly, Z1 had sensed Z2's rampage and rushed to Lumiose City.
The enraged Zygarde had been defeated and rendered unconscious by Dark Mewtwo Y, and the gathered cells had dispersed, so Z2 had reverted to its core turbellarian form.
Just now, Z1 had suddenly appeared, trying to attack Mammon and the others, and was immediately subdued by Dark Mewtwo Y's Psychic control.
"Nonsense! It was you humans who hurt it!"
Z1 struggled fiercely but to no avail, baring its teeth and hissing at Mammon, its Psychic communication filled with anger.
It had always known that humans were trying to capture it and Z2, but it hadn't expected Z2 to have already fallen into human hands.
"It's not good to lump all of us humans together like that, is it? Do you know who I am?"
Mammon raised an eyebrow.
"No matter who you are, you humans are despicable creatures!"
Z1 was still incredibly furious, especially feeling Z2 in such a weakened state, which only intensified its anger.
Mammon clicked his tongue. Unlike in the anime, Z1, or Squishy, hadn't met Ash, Bonnie, and the others and traveled with them, so its perception of humans wasn't good.
Especially since Team Flare had done such excessive things to Z2, Z1 certainly wouldn't trust humans.
"Like you… like you humans…"
Even though Z1 was controlled by Dark Mewtwo Y's Psychic, it only further ignited the rage in its heart.
Green light glowed on Z1's body, and streaks of green light flew rapidly from the horizon, like a brilliant meteor shower.
Power Construct!
This was Zygarde's ability, and as Zygarde's core, Z1 could gather all of Zygarde's scattered cells to combine, forming 50% or 100%!
Especially since Z2 was right beside it, even though Z2 was still unconscious, it didn't matter; it could still combine with Z2, gathering all cells to become a complete Zygarde.
To do such a thing to its other half, humans… truly dirty and evil!
Z1 frantically gathered cells, and a large number of Zygarde Cells shot towards it.
"Don't be so hasty. How about you look at this?" Mammon raised his hand.
"Despicable humans, nothing can wash away your sins. Humans like you deserve to be purged…"
Z1, in the midst of its transformation, responded with an angry Psychic message. It was still enraged.
It would transform into its complete form and inflict severe pain upon humans!
Especially this one in front of it, it had seen that Z2 was beaten by him! Unforgivable!
But…
The transforming Zygarde Z1 saw the golden light in Mammon's hand, and the celestial flute in his hand, imbued with a rich Aura Heart of origin.
Z1 fell silent.
Z1 hesitated for a moment, and the green light on its body gradually dispersed. It decided not to transform for now.
There must be a reason why the human in front of it attacked Z2, and it decided to listen to his explanation first.