Chapter 667: Kidnapped and Brought Home
In the short time Kazuya and Regigigas were chatting.
Groudon and Kyogre had actually woken up.
It had to be said.
The recovery ability of Legendary Pokémon had always been this terrifying.
When an ordinary Pokémon is near death.
After a while, you might find out they have actually died.
But when a Legendary Pokémon is near death.
After a while, you'll see them jumping around and fighting again.
According to Kazuya's guess.
This was probably related to natural energy.
Legendary Pokémon, even without doing anything, just by being in their respective environments, could spontaneously absorb natural energy and use it to heal themselves.
This was something ordinary Pokémon couldn't do.
The vast majority of Pokémon absorb natural energy unconsciously, let alone consciously mobilizing it to heal themselves.
If Kazuya didn't have Aura.
He wouldn't be able to sense the existence of natural energy either.
"Regi!"
Seeing Groudon and Kyogre stand up again, Regigigas quickly assumed a boxing stance.
It had seen the Dragonites like to use this stance during daily training.
Kazuya didn't have much of a reaction.
He just quietly glanced at these two ancient idiots.
According to his Aura perception.
Groudon and Kyogre didn't have any will to fight right now, but they had plenty of dissatisfaction and depression.
Probably because they felt Kazuya attacked them when they were in a bad state, lacking martial virtue, and couldn't stand that he was stronger than them, so they were somewhat unconvinced.
Setting the latter half aside.
The first half was indeed true.
Before the two ancient gods used Water Spout and Eruption, Kazuya didn't know their condition either.
Furthermore.
He came to stop the battle.
Regardless of their condition, he would intervene.
Just as well.
The current result made Kazuya very satisfied.
After the two idiots woke up, it seemed they had no intention of starting another battle in the short term.
It's just that they were neither fighting nor leaving.
What did that mean?
"Where are you two planning to go next? Rest and then continue fighting?"
Kazuya turned around and faced them.
Regigigas stood behind Kazuya, still holding up its fists, remaining vigilant.
As long as they showed any intent to attack.
Iron Pillar was going to beat them up severely.
Facing such a Regigigas, Groudon and Kyogre felt somewhat helpless.
They didn't want to fight these two guys.
It was strenuous on one hand.
On the other hand, there was no need to fight.
They didn't have overlapping survival resources to fight over, unlike their own situation.
No one had ever said Groudon and Kyogre were warmongers.
Besides fighting each other.
Who else had they fought?
If others didn't provoke them, would they initiate an attack?
"Roar!"
Groudon nodded as a matter of course, then reached out and patted the fish head next to it.
Pat pat!
"Ooom!"
Kyogre frowned in displeasure and slapped Groudon's butt twice with its tail.
Pat pat!
"...You two have a pretty good relationship."
Kazuya grinned and teased.
"Roar?"
"Ooom?"
Groudon and Kyogre stared at each other 0.0, and simultaneously spat at each other in disdain.
"You can't determine a winner. Having fought for so long, you should know that in your hearts."
"Moreover, you don't actually want to fight that much, do you? Natural energy isn't a necessity for you."
"Perhaps, you just have nothing to do and can't find any other friends, so you've been dragging this out with each other?"
"Thinking about it this way, saying you have a good relationship isn't wrong. After all, you only have each other for company."
Kazuya looked at them and analyzed on his own.
Natural energy.
This thing didn't seem to be a necessity for the Hoenn Trio.
Whether they had enough natural energy.
The only impact on them was the 'Primal Reversion' state.
The future Hoenn Trio.
Would lose their Primal Reversion forms due to the decrease in natural energy.
But.
For the current ancient twin gods.
More natural energy had no meaning for them right now.
It wouldn't make them stronger.
Nor would it make them more comfortable.
Kazuya really couldn't think of a reason for them to fight for natural energy.
If there was truly a need to determine a superior.
Then why did they tacitly stop fighting when it was almost over, rest for a few days, and then fight again?
Wasn't it because they didn't actually want this battle to end?
Kazuya felt.
They were just another version of Regigigas in the same world.
From the chaotic era until now.
They couldn't find another companion with the same appearance as themselves, not even a creature whose lifespan matched theirs.
Until Kyogre and Groudon met each other.
As for...
How their relationship developed from their initial meeting to the current stage of fighting on sight.
That was unknown.
"..." x2
Silence.
Groudon and Kyogre didn't speak.
Their hearts even produced an Aura of 'shyness'.
It was a feeling of having one's inner thoughts exposed.
Like a little boy who likes to tease the little girl he likes, but doesn't dare let others know he likes her, for fear of being looked down upon by other friends.
"Oh? Did I hit the nail on the head?"
Kazuya widened his eyes slightly, feeling it was quite unbelievable.
He had merely applied Regigigas's situation to the background of the two ancient gods and spouted nonsense based on what he saw and sensed.
Although it seemed somewhat reasonable, he himself wasn't sure.
But judging from the performance of these two guys, it seemed Kazuya had actually hit the mark by accident.
"Regi?"
Regigigas paused and lowered its fists.
Was that really the case?
Then weren't they the same as it was?
Regigigas's vigilance instantly dissipated, and it even began to sympathize with the ancient twin gods.
If Groudon had punched it right then.
It definitely would have taught Regigigas a good lesson and made it remember.
Unfortunately.
Groudon was also a child who needed to learn.
Never having experienced the beatings of society, how would it know how to use societal methods to beat others?
"Isn't it boring to keep fighting all the time... Why don't you come home with me? I'll teach you some things, just like Regigigas."
Kazuya looked up, considered for a moment, and made a decision.
It seemed.
The ancient twin gods of this era.
Hadn't yet awakened their hobby of sleeping.
If he let these two go.
They would fight again sooner or later.
In that case, it would be better to keep them by his side and train them well.
Having trained so many Pokémon.
It was about time to train some Legendary Pokémon.
"Roar?"
"Ooom?"
Groudon and Kyogre were unwilling and voiced their doubts.
You tell me to go with you and I go with you? Wouldn't that make me lose face?
In fact, they wanted to accept in their hearts.
After all, it sounded very interesting, and constantly fighting was indeed very boring.
Moreover, they had been looking at the face next door for hundreds of millions of years, and were almost sick of it.
But they couldn't throw away their pride.
They were originally unconvinced by Kazuya.
Now that it involved their dignity, they couldn't agree to just leave with him.
They needed a way out.
Groudon and Kyogre turned their heads away, then secretly opened a slit and glanced at Kazuya with their pupils.
Little did they know.
With their hundred-meter bodies.
Even opening a slit for an eye was incredibly conspicuous. At least in Kazuya's eyes, there was no difference between Groudon and Kyogre glaring at him with their eyes wide open.
"...If only you two could be as straightforward as him."
Kazuya sighed and looked speechlessly at Regigigas on the side.
"...Regi."
Regigigas scratched its head in confusion.
"How about this? Aren't you unconvinced by me? Come with me, and when you've recovered later, I'll fight you one-on-one."
Kazuya spent two brain cells and casually said.
He didn't want to fight these two.
It was boring.
It could be called a meaningless noob stomping.
The Primal twin gods only had hardware that exceeded Kazuya's; all other aspects were at the level of a Baby Cup preliminary round.
"Roar!"
"Ooom!"
Groudon and Kyogre nodded.
They agreed.
"You guys shrink down first. This massive size is very troublesome."
After Kazuya said this.
He took the lead, activating the Life Return skill, and turned into a ten-meter height.
Regigigas beside him immediately shrank as well, becoming roughly the same height.
Groudon and Kyogre exchanged a glance.
They didn't execute immediately.
Instead, they closed their eyes.
Looking at their appearance and sensing the Aura in their hearts, Kazuya pinched his chin in thought.
Groudon and Kyogre didn't seem to know Life Return—at least not right now.
But it was ingrained in their bones.
They had just never used it, so using it for the first time now required 'remembering'.
This was the same as Kazuya using moves he had learned in his previous lives after reincarnating.
A moment later.
Groudon and Kyogre opened their eyes simultaneously.
And then shrank simultaneously.
Groudon shrank faster, reaching 10 meters first.
Kyogre glared at it and stopped shrinking at 11 meters.
Groudon narrowed its eyes and silently 'grew' to 12 meters.
Kyogre also narrowed its eyes, and its body began to expand, becoming 13 meters.
Bang! Bang!
After two Focus Punches from Kazuya.
The two ancient gods immediately became much better behaved.
A uniform 10-meter height, and neither dared to be a millimeter taller.
When the bumps on their heads subsided.
These two would probably be under ten meters tall.
Groudon might be slightly taller because its physical defense was better, so the bump on its head was smaller.
Hopefully, Kyogre wouldn't notice then, lest they start causing trouble again.
"Alright, let's go home. I'll introduce you to some friends."
Kazuya nodded in satisfaction.
Looking at these three Legendary Pokémon beside him, he felt a bit of a sense of accomplishment.
Look at this.
The gods of the future.
Are now acting like little brothers in front of King Charizard.
Kazuya carried a flightless deadweight in one hand and flew home with the fat-headed fish.
Seeing their Big Brother bring back two more behemoths.
The members of the Dragon Clan felt a sense of shared honor.
Look.
What did they say?
He is even greater than the gods!
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