As the light dissipated, a brand-new Pokémon appeared before Ange and the others.
Or rather, it should be said two, because there was a baby Kangaskhan inside the mother Kangaskhan's pouch.
After Mega Evolving, the baby Kangaskhan jumped out of the pouch.
Kang kang~
The baby Kangaskhan was very energetic. After Mega Evolving and jumping out of the pouch, it kept throwing punches at Ange and the others, looking full of vigor.
This was the effect of Mega Kangaskhan's Ability, Parental Bond, which allowed the baby Kangaskhan, which usually lacked combat capability, to grow temporarily.
In other words, the opponent had to face two against one.
However, the strength the baby Kangaskhan could exert was only a quarter of its mother's.
"Kangaskhan, Fake Out."
As soon as the Mega Evolution finished, the young man ordered it to use a priority move.
Kang~
Kang~
Following the young man's voice, the mother and child flanked Darkrai from the left and right.
However, Darkrai was Darkrai; even a priority move was useless. Its figure flashed and vanished from the spot, appearing behind the pair the next second.
Dark~~
Following a roar, Darkrai swept out a Dark Pulse.
The mother and child lunged at thin air. The mother Kangaskhan saw the sweeping Dark Pulse in a flash. It blocked in front of the baby Kangaskhan without hesitation and launched a Mega Punch.
The mother Kangaskhan's fist collided with Darkrai's Dark Pulse, but it was obviously no match for Darkrai.
The baby Kangaskhan felt bad for its mother, immediately darting out from behind her and also launching a Mega Punch at the Dark Pulse.
The result was that the mother and child were both sent flying.
"Kangaskhan!" Seeing this, the young man couldn't help but shout, and he couldn't help but say, "I told you, battling Darkrai won't work..."
The mother and child did not fall down immediately from Darkrai's blow. They crawled up quickly, white light flickering on their fists, and attacked Darkrai one after another again.
They were using Drain Punch, which could restore some of their own stamina while dealing damage to the enemy.
It was a pity the result was the same as last time. Darkrai's figure flashed and vanished from the spot, and the pair lunged at empty air again.
When they turned to look at Darkrai, they suddenly felt the world go black, and they lost consciousness the next second.
Darkrai used its signature move, Dark Void, and the pair's consciousness was dragged into the dark world, falling into a deep sleep.
Seeing the mother and child fast asleep, Darkrai directly used the Dream Eater move.
After eating the pair's nightmare, Darkrai unexpectedly discovered that this dream was not as unpalatable as it had imagined.
It was a very pure dream.
After taking Darkrai's Dream Eater, the mother and child directly lost their ability to battle, reverting from their Mega Evolved form.
Seeing Kangaskhan fall, the young man wanted to do something, but he found that Ange had already flashed to his side. He wanted to dodge, but Ange grabbed his arm.
Facing Ange, he had no ability to resist. Under Ange's hand chop, he fell softly to the ground.
At the moment he fell, the young man couldn't help but think: Doctor, you'd better pray for yourself!
After the young man fell, Ange rummaged through him and soon found the Kangaskhan's Poké Ball.
Just as he planned to recall the mother and child, he happened to see the Mega Pendant on the young man's neck.
He pulled the pendant off in one go.
Hand it over, it's mine now!
Then, he walked up to Kangaskhan, took off the Mega Stone from its body, and only then recalled Kangaskhan into its Poké Ball.
Ange held the Key Stone and Kangaskhan's Mega Stone and asked Aria, "Do you want them?"
Aria waved her hands: "Those are your spoils." She hadn't reached the point of being so thick-skinned.
Ange heard this and laughed, "Haha~ I was just asking, I didn't actually intend to give them to you."
Aria: ...
After tying up the young man, Ange said to Aria, "Let's go in."
"Okay." Aria nodded.
Immediately, the two walked into the gate together.
As soon as they entered, they saw the bald doctor busy working, as well as the Zygarde Core trapped inside a glass cover.
Seeing them enter, the bald doctor looked ugly and said, "Tsk~~ That guy Migu is truly useless."
Needless to say, Migu referred to the Kangaskhan trainer.
At the same time, Ange also exclaimed, "Zygarde Core?!"
At this moment, the Zygarde Core looked very miserable.
Looking at the Mind System that was almost complete, the bald doctor clapped his hands. Following a roar, a door opened on the laboratory wall, and a cold-eyed Pokémon slowly walked out.
This Pokémon was at least 2 meters tall, covered in green armor, with spikes on its head, neck, and shoulders, and a thick and sturdy tail.
Tyranitar, the Armor Pokémon, Rock and Dark type, a powerful Pokémon said to be able to change the terrain and the trend of mountain ranges with its every move.
The bald doctor sneered: "This is the test subject for the Mind System I'm researching. Let's use you two to test it out!"
The so-called Mind System was a piece of black technology capable of controlling Pokémon's thoughts.
It was precisely because Tyranitar's mind was controlled that it had no choice but to listen to the bald man.
"Tyranitar, crush them for me!" the bald doctor said coldly.
Tyra!!
Tyranitar immediately let out a roar, and then lunged at Ange and Aria. It used Crunch, dark light flickering in its blood-stained maw.
Aria's Absol didn't hesitate at all, leaping forward. The curved horn on its head suddenly enlarged, and yellow-green light turned into a slash, hacking at Tyranitar.
It was using the move Megahorn, and the Bug-type move was just right for countering Tyranitar.
It was a pity it was useless. The slash from the Megahorn was shattered by Tyranitar's claw. Then, the lunging Absol was grabbed by the waist by the opponent and bitten fiercely.
Absol~~
Absol screamed miserably. Fortunately, it resisted Dark-type moves, otherwise, it would have already lost its ability to battle with this one move.
"Absol!" Aria shouted.
At this time, Darkrai had already made its move. It used Ice Beam against Tyranitar.
But even after taking a hit from Darkrai, Tyranitar still didn't let go of Absol.
Under the control of the bald doctor's Mind System, Tyranitar had transformed into a cold-blooded combat machine.
Seeing this, Ange said to Darkrai: "Darkrai, Will-O-Wisp!"
Darkrai understood the intention and waved its hand. Clusters of ghostly blue flames drifted rapidly toward Tyranitar, hitting it one after another.
Tyra!!
Tyranitar screamed, falling into a Burned state.
At the same time, Aria also commanded Absol: "Absol, Thunderbolt!"
As Aria's voice fell, golden electricity erupted from Absol's body.
Tyranitar felt the pain and finally threw Absol away.
Absol hit the wall, and after crawling up from the ground, it panted heavily and exited its Mega Evolved form, clearly unable to battle any longer.
After throwing away Absol, sharp rocks emerged around Tyranitar's body. Under its control, those rocks shot out in all directions like fireworks that had exploded.
Ange waved his fist, which was coated with Aura Power, shattering all the oncoming rocks.
Munchlax flashed to the front of Aria, waving its fist to perform a scene of a hero saving the beauty.
Because it was in a Burned state after being hit by Darkrai's Will-O-Wisp, Tyranitar's physical attack damage was halved, so Ange and Munchlax handled this wave of Stone Edge attacks quite easily.
While dodging Tyranitar's Stone Edge attacks, Darkrai used Blizzard to attack.
The howling cold wind mixed with ice and snow smashed into Tyranitar's body, and Tyranitar couldn't help but let out a painful wail.
Taking advantage of the gap between Darkrai and Tyranitar's battle, Ange said to Munchlax:
"Munchlax, come with me!"
Munch~
Munchlax answered, followed its master to bypass the battlefield, and ran rapidly toward the bald doctor.
Seeing the situation wasn't good, the bald doctor accelerated the movements of his hands, but it was too late. After Ange got close, he kicked him flying with one kick.
The bald doctor screamed and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
Ange pointed to the instrument the bald man had just operated and said to Munchlax:
"Munchlax, hammer it to pieces for me!"
Munch~~~
Munchlax nodded, raised its fist, and used Thunder Punch to smash it.
Zap zap~~ Following a burst of electrical noise, the machine was destroyed, and the glass cover trapping the Zygarde Core slowly opened.
The Zygarde Core jumped out of the glass cover weakly, but fell to the ground.
Ange quickly ran over and picked it up, "Zygarde, are you okay?"
The Zygarde Core looked at Ange without making a sound.
Seeing this, Ange took out Moomoo Milk, which could restore stamina, and fed it.
The Zygarde Core didn't refuse, and soon drank an entire bottle of milk.
At the same time, on the other side, Darkrai finally defeated Tyranitar.
Defeating a Tyranitar that had already fallen into a Burned state was not difficult for Darkrai.
After drinking the Moomoo Milk, the Zygarde Core's condition looked much better. It took a look at Ange and then closed its eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Seeing this, Ange put it into his pocket.
Then, he found Tyranitar's Poké Ball on the bald man, recalled the unconscious Tyranitar into it, and tied the bald man up with rope.
Over there, after Aria handled Absol's injuries, she recalled it into its Poké Ball. She walked to Ange's side and said:
"This bald guy should know the method to open the cages!"
Ange nodded, pointed to the bald man, and said to Darkrai: "Darkrai, take him and follow us."
Darkrai nodded, picked up the bald man in a princess carry, and followed behind Ange and Aria.
The two returned to the secret room where the Pokémon were imprisoned. Solrock and Lunatone hurried up to greet them upon seeing this.
Ange smiled: "We're back to save everyone!"
Upon hearing this, Solrock and the others looked at Ange and Aria with gratitude, and the Pokémon in the cages also cheered one after another.
At Ange's signal, Darkrai placed the bald doctor on the ground, and then Ange splashed him awake with a bottle of cold water.
"Open the cages and let everyone out!" Ange said to him.
"Hmph~ Don't even think about it!"
Thinking that his research was just a little bit away from being completed but had been destroyed by the two people in front of him, the bald man was so angry that his teeth itched. How could he possibly listen to Ange?
Ange clenched his fists, narrowed his eyes, and threatened: "If you don't listen, you're going to suffer."
The bald man was stubborn: "Use whatever methods you have, let's see if I frown even once!"
"Good, you said it yourself!"
Ange took out his Aura Gloves, and after putting them on, he placed his hand on the bald man's shoulder. Immediately, the bald man's facial expression twisted, and he let out a painful scream.
"Stop! Stop! What did you do to me!" The bald man was screaming like a slaughtered pig.
Ange sneered: "Keep being stubborn, let's see how long you can last."
In fact, Ange didn't do much; he just disrupted the Aura inside the bald man's body.
He had thought about it before: since he could balance the Aura of ingredients, could he also disrupt someone else's Aura?
If a person's Aura was disordered, what kind of reaction would there be?
Now he knew, and just looking at the bald man's reaction, he knew it was definitely very painful.
The bald man initially made ruthless remarks to Ange, but as time passed, the cold sweat flowing from his body had already soaked the ground.
The massive dehydration made his face pale. The bald doctor ultimately couldn't withstand this torture.
"I... I'll say, I beg you... don't... don't continue!"
Ange retracted his hand in satisfaction and said, "Wouldn't it have been better to be obedient earlier? Why suffer?"
The bald man was tortured by Ange to the point where he couldn't even stand up. In the end, Darkrai had to carry him to the switch.
Having experienced the pain just now, he didn't dare to play any tricks anymore and honestly opened the cages.
Restored to freedom, the Pokémon cheered and hugged each other, and one after another expressed their thanks to Ange.
Just as everyone was cheering and celebrating, a commotion came from outside. Before long, they saw Braviary bringing Officer Jenny and a group of police officers over.
"Officer Jenny!" Aria was very happy to see Officer Jenny, "You finally arrived."
"Are you the ones who called the police?" Officer Jenny asked.
"Yes." Aria nodded.
Immediately, the two told Officer Jenny everything that had happened here.
"Thank you!" Officer Jenny bowed to Ange and Aria.
The other officers did the same one after another.
Before finding Ange and the others, Officer Jenny had already searched the base with police officers, and those Team Flare members that Ange and the others had defeated had all been taken into custody, so she knew the two hadn't lied.
Ange said: "Everyone is responsible for fighting crime!"
How come this sounded a bit familiar? It seemed like Diantha had said it too! Officer Jenny couldn't help but think.
Immediately, she stared at Ange's face with a puzzled look: "Why do you look a bit familiar?"
Before Ange could answer, she suddenly realized: "It's you! The trainer who cracked the scam case together with Diantha!"
No wonder, his words must have been learned from Diantha.
Ange nodded, "It's me!"
Officer Jenny bowed solemnly to Ange again, "Thank you very much for your help in fighting criminals."
Ange waved his hands and said, "It's all something that should be done!"
Aria looked at Ange in surprise, not expecting Ange to have such an experience of fighting crime with the Champion.
However, after thinking about it, she felt there was nothing strange about it. This Mr. Ange was very mysterious, and he could even command Darkrai, so it was normal to know the Champion.
Afterward, Officer Jenny and the others searched the entire base meticulously, found all the research data about Team Flare, and took them away along with the Team Flare members.
Also taken away were Team Flare's many Pokémon. Once those criminals were sanctioned, the Pokémon would be settled in suitable places to live by the League.
Outside the Glittering Cave.
Before leaving, Officer Jenny thanked Ange and Aria again: "Thank you both for your assistance!"
Aria said: "Officer Jenny, you've thanked us many times already, you don't have to keep thanking us back and forth."
"I'm sorry, I was too wordy." Officer Jenny smiled, then she asked again, "Are you two really not coming back with us?"
Aria and Ange looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.
"We came to explore, there's no reason to go back when the exploration hasn't even begun," Ange said.
Officer Jenny smiled: "Then I wish you two a smooth exploration!"
Ange: "Thank you."
After Officer Jenny left, Ange discovered movement coming from his pocket. He reached in, took out the Zygarde Core, and placed it on the ground.
"Seeing that you should have recovered, let's part ways here!"
Z2 actually had an aversion to humans. It didn't change its attitude toward humans because Ange and Aria had saved it. After glancing at the two, it jumped into the grass and disappeared.
Aria asked: "What kind of Pokémon was that? Why have I never seen it before?"
She hadn't had the chance to ask before.
Ange explained: "That was one of the cores of Zygarde, the Order Pokémon. And Zygarde is a legendary Pokémon that protects the ecosystem of the Kalos region."
Aria said in surprise: "So powerful!"
Ange nodded and smiled, "It is just that powerful."
"No wonder Team Flare wanted to catch it." Aria lamented, "I hope it doesn't get caught again."
Ange said: "It's not easy to catch it, I don't know what methods Team Flare used before."
After sighing, Ange said: "Let's go into the ruins and take a look, I don't know if the ruins have been discovered by Team Flare."
Aria said: "They shouldn't have, the entrance to the ruins is very well hidden."
Immediately, the two returned to the laboratory.
The laboratory had already become dilapidated due to the battle between Darkrai and Tyranitar. Aria walked around inside a few times, estimated in her heart, and then pointed to a wall:
"It should be this spot!"
Saying this, she released Pyroar, and said to Pyroar: "Pyroar, Flamethrower!"
Roar~~
Pyroar let out a roar, opened its mouth, and spat a column of fire at the wall.
Under the burning of the flames, the metal wall slowly melted, revealing the brown wall behind it.
This base was temporarily built by Team Flare, and the quality of the walls was very mediocre.
Just as Aria said, Team Flare had not discovered the entrance to the ruins, otherwise they wouldn't have built it behind the wall.
Team Flare didn't find the entrance to the ruins, not because their eyes were bad, but because the iconic things at the entrance to the ruins had been taken away by Aria.
Without that thing, the entrance to the ruins was no different from a wall. Ange looked at the bare wall and asked: "Where are the ruins, how come I don't see them?"