"Bro… after Ash's special transformation, now even Champion Diantha's Gardevoir starts transforming?"
"You idiot, weren't you listening?! That's called MEGA Evolution! It's evolution! E-VO-LU-TION!"
"I didn't go to school much, don't lie to me—Gardevoir is already a final evolution! How can it keep evolving?!"
"Uh… I don't know either! If I knew, I'd be rich already! Even Diantha doesn't know! It must be something from the future! We haven't discovered it yet!"
"..."
Mega Gardevoir's appearance threw the entire world into chaos!
If the Heavenly Tally weren't still playing,
every Pokémon Professor on the planet would already be hosting an emergency global meeting.
Well… not everyone was clueless. One person did know—
[Professor Oak: Professor Sycamore, MEGA Evolution must be that new research topic of yours, right?]
[Sycamore: Yes! That's exactly what I've been studying! I haven't even named the phenomenon yet… so it's called MEGA Evolution?]
[Diantha: Explain MEGA Evolution!! I demand details!! What do I need to make my Gardevoir look like that?!]
[Sycamore: Uh… let's wait until Ash and Diantha finish battling! More than Mega Evolution, I'm curious about Ash's Greninja. Something is going on with that form…]
Diantha froze.
Ash's Greninja?
Logically speaking, nothing should be more important than a new evolution method.
So why was Sycamore more interested in Greninja?
Would the answer reveal itself in this battle…?
Diantha refocused on the footage—
"Finally, Champion Diantha is using MEGA Evolution!"
"Ge-koga!"
Greninja was excited as well.
The use of MEGA Evolution meant the opponent was finally taking them seriously!
Under this state… he could stand equal to a Champion's full strength.
As long as he was with Ash—
He could overcome anything.
"The stronger the opponent becomes, the stronger we will become too! Let's go, Greninja!"
"Water Shuriken!"
"Ge-koga!"
The footage zoomed in—Ash and Greninja appearing in overlapping silhouettes.
Man and Pokémon moved as one.
Half crouched, palms slapping their thighs—
Two giant water shuriken formed and floated before them.
Then—
A synchronized forward thrust!
BOOM!!
The shuriken launched like twin cannon shells!
The scene lit up the entire world—
Everyone in the chat went WILD.
"This is INSANE! Did Ash just fuse with Greninja?!"
"Way too cool!!"
"Why does Ash look so handsome in this era?!"
"..."
Facing the raging shuriken, Diantha calmly countered with Shadow Ball.
Black energy collided with spiraling water—neither side yielding.
"Not enough! Faster! Use Aerial Ace!"
"Ge-koga!"
Greninja's body blurred into afterimages as he rocketed upward!
"Reflect!"
"BOOM!!"
Greninja slammed down with a glowing fist, but…
With its power halved, he couldn't break the Reflect barrier.
The rebound sent him flipping back to Ash's side.
"Even faster! (Motto hayaku!)"
"Ge-koga!!"
Greninja exploded forward like a fired arrow—his speed rising again!
"Double Team!"
"—whoosh—"
A dozen Greninja clones filled the field.
"And hold this form—use Cut!"
"Ge-koga!!"
All the clones drew shimmering white blades simultaneously!
Neither Diantha nor Gardevoir could tell which was real.
"In that case… Reflect again!"
"Garde~"
Another massive barrier sprang up.
Greninja's legion crashed down—
BOOM! CRACK—!!
The Reflect wall shattered!
Greninja's blade followed through, slashing Gardevoir and knocking her back several meters!
But even after all that, the damage was still minor.
[Lance: What species is this Greninja?! MEGA Gardevoir already halved the damage, yet it still can't tank a little Cut properly?]
[Leon:Cut's power… was it 40? Does Greninja get some weird multiplier on it??]
[Alder: He's a ninja~ Aerial Ace, Cut, Double Team, Shuriken—every move is ninja-style. A power bonus makes perfect sense, doesn't it?]
[Diantha: Makes sense, your head!! Ash is hacking!! This Greninja is NOT NORMAL!!! My Gardevoir evolved with a WORLD-SHAKING transformation—why is she STILL getting bullied?!]
[Brandon: Face the truth, Champion Diantha. When my Regice got one-shot by Pikachu, I felt exactly the same…]
Brandon finally found someone who understood his pain!
Pikachu had grown stronger over time.
But Greninja?
Greninja's power skyrocketed instantly after transforming!
Right now, the tide of battle was overwhelmingly in Ash's favor.
(Inserted note: the scene of Ash and Greninja fused? Absolute peak. Outrageously cool.)
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