Looking at the pitch-black creature in the video called Necrozma—
The moonlight and starlight shining down from the night sky were all being absorbed by it, with not a single ray of light able to escape.
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts.
Necrozma…
Was hunting Lunala!?
"Gasp!!!"
"Gasp, gasp, gasp!"
"Gasp!"
In the chat area, everyone was sucking in cold breaths.
The sight left Ash, who was secretly peeking at the chat, completely dumbfounded. He muttered, "No wonder it's been getting hotter day by day now that autumn's here. So all the cold air's been sucked away."
Professor Oak ignored Ash's nonsense.
No wonder Lunala's aura had been so unstable, and no wonder it was wounded.
The mystery was solved.
So it was being hunted.
Lunala was the Moon God, after all.
It was definitely a First-Tier Divine Beast.
And yet something could actually hunt a First-Tier Divine Beast down.
And when they saw Necrozma continuously devouring light, everyone remembered the phenomenon on the cover where it swallowed both night and day.
Necrozma was definitely the divine beast about to be ranked this time!
The Island Kahunas of Alola had already fallen into despair.
How were they supposed to prevent this?
This wasn't like Eternatus, which had been passively awakened.
A terrifying existence ranked second among all Legendary Pokémon!!!
This one was actively coming over on its own.
In the One Piece world…
Inside the Marine Headquarters building, under the immersive viewing mode, bead-sized drops of cold sweat rolled down Kizaru's forehead without stopping.
Kizaru was a Logia-type Devil Fruit user who had eaten the Glint-Glint Fruit.
He could turn any part of his body into light, move at light speed, attack at light speed, and even use light-speed motion to deliver heavy blows.
At this moment, his scalp was tingling with terror. He felt as though Necrozma was about to absorb him too.
His body couldn't stop trembling.
Even after reminding himself ten thousand times in his mind that this was only a scene from a video, it was useless.
It all felt far too real.
It gave him an overwhelming urge to activate his powers and flee.
Enel, the user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit on Skypiea; Akainu, the user of the Magma-Magma Fruit; Ace, the user of the Flame-Flame Fruit—
All of these Devil Fruit users whose abilities produced light or glow felt as though they, too, were about to be swallowed.
Though none of them felt it as intensely as Kizaru did.
The same was true for some other strong figures from the myriad anime dimensions.
Watching Necrozma's form constantly absorb light, they all had the strange illusion that even the light of their own worlds was being devoured by it.
"S-So this is the one hunting Lunala…"
"This should be the main figure of TOP 2."
Aside from those worlds that had been intimidated by Necrozma's power—
There were also some worlds where people felt puzzled.
In the Super God world…
Within the angelic star system, on the planet of the Angel civilization—
Kale sat upon her throne.
Looking at Necrozma, which continuously absorbed light like a black hole, she found the phenomenon shocking enough.
But somehow, the aura it gave off didn't seem that strong.
At most, it only felt a little stronger than Lunala.
Was this really a TOP 2 existence?
She felt a little confused.
But for some reason, her heart remained certain—
Necrozma was absolutely the divine beast ranked TOP 2.
So what exactly was going on?
In the Dragon Ball world—
In the vast universe, aboard a spaceship—
"This creature called Necrozma isn't much stronger than Lunala at all. Is it really something ranked TOP 2?"
Frieza was puzzled as well.
The two of them had very similar ki.
There was barely any difference.
Necrozma was only slightly stronger—
And that slight difference was basically negligible.
So he really couldn't understand it.
Necrozma didn't look like a TOP 2 existence at all.
At the same time—
On Earth in the Dragon Ball world—
"Hahahahaha, I can feel it! This Necrozma is very similar to Majin Buu, whom I created!!"
"It… can absorb and devour the powers of other Pokémon!!"
The evil wizard Babidi, creator of Majin Buu, burst into wild laughter.
In the Pokémon world—
The Legendary Pokémon were also filled with doubt.
Though they all knew that Necrozma might possess the ability to devour the authority of laws—
Its combat strength seemed too weak.
At first, they had assumed Necrozma was a being on the same level as Arceus.
After all, only an existence on Arceus's level should be able to crush a First-Tier Divine Beast and devour its authority of laws.
Yet Necrozma was clearly also only a First-Tier Divine Beast, and from the looks of it, only slightly stronger than Lunala.
Without overwhelming, crushing power, how could it devour law-authority?
Could it be that Necrozma was not actually the divine beast being ranked?
They shook their heads.
No—
This power of devouring light matched the cover perfectly.
It absolutely had to be the divine beast ranked at TOP 2.
Forget it…
They would know by continuing to watch.
The video continued.
Tapu Koko and the other three island guardian deities moved to Lunala's side, all staring gravely at Necrozma.
Brilliant energy gathered around their bodies as they chose to attack first.
Four beams of energy shot out from before them, causing ripples to spread through the air wherever they passed.
Necrozma didn't even dodge.
It simply let the beams strike it.
At the instant they touched its body—
A transparent prism-shaped mirror appeared.
All of the attacks were reflected back.
Buzzzz—
The air shook as the four guardian deities had already arrived before it.
Each of them held an energy sphere in hand, pressing it toward Necrozma's body.
Necrozma had already anticipated this. Its right hand trembled, lighting up with white radiance.
Metal Claw.
The four Legendary Pokémon were sent flying.
Electronic-like colors flickered through Necrozma's eyes, and then its black body reflected light like a dark mirror.
The reflective surface then began glowing with white brilliance.
Shhshhshhshh—!
Countless laser beams burst out from every part of its body like an endless storm of bullets.
Three hundred sixty degrees, with no blind spots at all—
Its entire body was firing powerful laser rays.
Tapu Lele, with its Psychic typing, wanted to use telekinesis to wrap around the other three guardian deities and use Teleport to pull them away.
The four island guardians tried to escape.
But a pressure locked onto Tapu Lele, making its entire body go rigid. Its mind fell into chaos, and it could not use any skills.
Just as those countless laser beams were about to pierce through their bodies—
"Waaah—!"
A hollow, ethereal cry rang out beneath the moonlight as a figure appeared before them.
It was Lunala.
Moonlight-like radiance shone from Lunala's eyes. As a Psychic/Ghost-type, immense psychic power surged out, forming a protective barrier around itself and the four guardian deities.
The countless lasers slammed against the barrier—
And were blocked.
Though this scene took many words to describe—
In truth, everything had happened in under two seconds.
All the viewers were dumbfounded.
Before Necrozma, the four Second-Tier Legendary Pokémon didn't even have the chance to fight back!!
If Lunala had not saved them—
The four guardian deities would have been instantly killed under that barrage of laser beams.
And not long ago, the seven Third-Tier Divine Beast-level Ultra Beasts had themselves been obliterated by those four guardian deities.
Sure enough—
Third-Tier Divine Beast, Second-Tier Divine Beast, First-Tier Divine Beast…
Each tier was an entire heaven apart, able to completely crush the tier beneath it.
[The four guardian deities—Tapu Koko and the others—could not even last a single exchange against Necrozma.]
[Had Lunala not saved them in time, they would have suffered fatal damage from one of Necrozma's signature techniques—Prismatic Laser.]
As the narration sounded—
Everyone now knew the name of the move Necrozma had just used.
Prismatic Laser.
And viewers from the myriad dimensions also noticed another crucial point.
One of its signature techniques.
That meant Necrozma had at least two or more signature moves.
This had never happened before.
After all, every divine beast ranked before this had only had one signature technique.
In the video—
The four guardian deities let out low cries toward Lunala.
Then they flew away.
They also knew that at this level of battle, they couldn't interfere.
In the sky—
Only Lunala and Necrozma remained once more.
They confronted one another directly.
Their auras clashed high above, creating all sorts of pressure-collision phenomena again. Lightning and sparks danced and flashed continuously.
The aura of two First-Tier Legendary Pokémon burst out in full.
The next moment…
Brilliant light flashed in Lunala's eyes, and then it vanished instantly.
Teleport.
It appeared behind Necrozma in the blink of an eye, and a terrifying wave of psychic force erupted, acting upon Necrozma's body.
Disable.
Then its wings flashed, and a sharp, cold light split the air, turning into a slash.
It tore through the atmosphere and struck viciously toward Necrozma's back.
Crack!
Air Slash.
The psychic restraint was broken free.
The attack missed.
Necrozma's body also vanished.
"Teleport?"
"So that means Necrozma also has the Psychic type."
All the Trainers recognized the skill it had just used.
Teleport—
The trademark move of Psychic-types.
Only Psychic-types could use it.
Boom boom boom boom!!
Next, the two terrifying First-Tier Legendary Pokémon launched into an intense battle above Alola's skies.
Battles between Psychic-type Pokémon were dizzying to watch.
They flashed across the sky repeatedly.
Boom boom boom!!!
Different colored attacks streaked across the heavens, colliding together and exploding into massive detonations, unleashing shockwaves powerful enough to destroy everything.
The air wailed in agony.
Terrifying turbulent currents ravaged the sky.
The four guardian deities of Alola were forced to block the aftershocks of the fight, preventing the entire region from being destroyed by their battle.
But everyone also noticed something very strange…
Why was it that Necrozma kept using energy-based moves like Energy Ball, Hyper Beam, Thunder Wave, Prismatic Laser…
While Lunala completely refrained from using energy techniques, relying instead on moves like Psychic, Psycho Cut, and Air Slash…
Soon, the narration answered their doubts.
[Facing Necrozma's fierce assault, Lunala could only evade. It did not dare use energy techniques.]
[This was because Necrozma possessed the ability to devour moonlight and sunlight, like a black hole.]
[Lunala is the Moon God. All of its techniques contain the power of moonlight.]
[Thus, Lunala's energy moves would only be absorbed by it.]
Everyone immediately understood.
No wonder.
No wonder Lunala couldn't defeat Necrozma.
It was being perfectly countered.
Boom boom!!
In the sky, Necrozma launched an Energy Ball toward Lunala, which had just reappeared through Teleport.
With a flick of its wings, Lunala gathered sharp force before it, using an Air Slash to cut the Energy Ball into countless pieces.
The shattered Energy Ball became countless meteor-like fragments falling toward the ground.
Tapu Koko and the other three guardian deities hurried to clean up the mess, using their own moves to block those falling fragments.
This was a First-Tier Divine Beast's attack.
Even its residual fragments would have unimaginable consequences if they struck the land below.
But there were too many of them.
Inevitably, one slipped through the net.
Tapu Koko's eyes widened in alarm. It wanted to stop it—but it was already too late.
"Pikachu, Electro Ball!"
A voice rang out, and an orb of electricity blasted upward from the ground, colliding with the falling fragment and neutralizing it.
It was Ash and Pikachu.
"Holy crap, that's insane!"
"Ash is invincible!"
Seeing Ash block another divine beast's attack, the chat erupted in excitement.
Tapu Koko also let out a breath of relief.
But then—
It saw the Cosmoem that Ash was holding in his arms, the one that Nebby had evolved into.
Its eyes filled with disbelief.
Hadn't Nebby just been entrusted to him not that long ago?
And it had already evolved into Cosmoem?!
Then its eyes flashed with excitement.
"Woo~~"
It let out a cry, saying something to the other three guardian deities.
[Leon]: Meowth, what did it say? Explain!
[Diantha]: Yes, Meowth, translate it.
[Meowth]: Meow. Tapu Koko said: I'm leaving for a bit. Help me guard Melemele Island.
Hearing Meowth's translation, everyone froze.
Leaving for a bit?
What was Tapu Koko trying to do?
In the video—
Tapu Koko dove sharply downward and descended to Melemele Island.
It was searching for something.
Very quickly, it found what it was looking for.
Ash.
It landed beside him.
Lillie, Kiawe, Lana, and the others were there too.
Everyone was confused.
There was a massive fight going on in the sky right now—why had it specifically come down to find Ash?
[Leon]: Meowth, keep translating.
Could it be that Ash had some way to help Lunala defeat Necrozma?
Thinking back to Ash's heroic performances in previous ranking videos—
That might not actually be impossible!
"Wuwu~" Tapu Koko said something to Ash.
[Professor Oak]: Quick, quick, Meowth, translate it.
[Meowth]: Tapu Koko: Come with me.
In the video—
Ash and the others mounted Flying-type Pokémon and followed behind Tapu Koko, flying low through the air toward some unknown destination.
Holy crap!?
Everyone was dumbstruck.
Could it be that after seeing how one of those fragments had nearly fallen onto Melemele Island and put Ash in danger—
Tapu Koko had specifically come to take Ash somewhere safe?!!
Every Trainer was stunned.
So this was Ash…
Melemele Island's guardian deity, Tapu Koko, had even abandoned guarding the island itself just to take Ash to safety?
The people who were the most baffled of all were the Island Kahunas of Alola.
What the hell was going on?
Wasn't this ridiculous!?
In the video, the focus shifted away from Ash.
It returned to the battlefield between the two First-Tier Legendary Pokémon.
When Lunala saw Tapu Koko leave, it paused for an instant.
"OOOOOOH!!!!!"
The very next second, it let out a cry that was incomparably high and clear.
"Holy crap, it's angry! Lunala saw Tapu Koko abandon the island just for one human, and it got furious!"
"Yeah, that really was too much. It's a guardian of Alola, not Ash's personal guardian."
"Sigh, it really shouldn't have done that. No wonder Lunala got mad."
All the viewers assumed Lunala's cry was one of anger, anger at Tapu Koko's departure.
What they didn't notice, however, was the excitement in Lunala's eyes when it saw the Cosmoem Nebby had evolved into in Ash's arms.
It was because it had seen Cosmoem that it cried out.
Lunala stared at Necrozma, determination flashing in its eyes.
It had to hold Necrozma back.
As if it had just made some decision—
Suddenly, boundless aura erupted from Lunala's body.
The starlight in the night sky became even more dazzling.
It soared upward, rising beneath the moon itself.
Bathed in moonlight, it looked incomparably strange and beautiful.
Its crimson eyes fixed firmly upon the full moon in the night sky.
Then, in its pupils—
Two full moons appeared.
As though the moon hanging in the heavens had been engraved directly into its eyes.
Terrifying stellar power exploded from its body, and behind it appeared vast stretches of star ocean after star ocean, stars flowing and radiant—
As if the entire cosmos had been compressed behind it.
And Lunala's body began to distort, transforming into a black hole stretched across the sea of stars, devouring all moonlight and stellar power.
As it continued absorbing—
Lunala's entire body began to shine.
Under the covering of endless moonlight, it underwent a tremendous transformation.
Its wings spread wide, and the golden lunar crescents along their outer edges lit up like twin moons.
Its wings also grew much larger, and the dark portions that had once been dim suddenly blazed with brilliant highlights.
The small moon-disc at its tail also expanded in that instant, becoming the same size as the golden lunar crescents on its wings and radiating golden light.
An incomparable might spread through heaven and earth.
It was as though two full moons now hung in the night sky, and Lunala looked down upon the world, scattering infinite radiance.
The people of the myriad anime dimensions watched in shock as Lunala seemed to become the incarnation of the full moon itself.
They all felt—
This was the true form of the Moon God.
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