Colress slowly turned around and looked at N as he walked closer.
A young man dressed in white and wearing a black cap walked forward slowly. He did not show any emotion in his eyes. They were hidden under the shadow of his cap.
"N, I did not expect you to come here yourself."
N was the King of Team Plasma. But he was also a puppet for Ghetsis.
Colress knew very well that a cold man like Ghetsis did not love N at all. He only used N as a tool.
But it was strange. This Hero of Ideals was chosen by Zekrom, yet he really trusted Ghetsis.
Colress did not understand this. However, he did not say anything to stop it. He just watched it like a show.
"Colress. Father told me to come and get you."
N's voice sounded like a pool of still water. it had no emotion at all.
"I understand. But I still need to organize my data and records. N, please deal with these people for a moment."
Colress spoke slowly and smiled.
N looked at Colress for a long time. But he did not say no.
"Hurry up," N said simply.
He did not like Colress very much. Smart people like Colress were very hard to control. Also, Colress did not respect him or Ghetsis.
But Colress was very talented. Ghetsis liked his work very much. So, N did not say anything.
"OK." Colress turned and went back into the base.
"Is this person... the King of Team Plasma?"
Officer Jenny looked very serious. She looked at the handsome young man with green hair. She could not believe it.
But she knew looks could be wrong. Colress was also like that.
The King of Team Plasma was always a mystery. The members talked about him, but people had not seen him. Now, this mysterious King was right in front of them.
"Officer Jenny, what should we do now?"
Elesa looked very worried as she asked the question.
This opponent seemed too strong for them.
Elesa used to be very confident. She was a Gym Leader in the Unova region. But her Pokémon, Zebstrika, had just lost to Colress's Genesect. This made her lose her confidence.
Actually, the students from Blueberry Academy were doing well. They were as good as her. Especially the boy with Dragon-type Pokémon.
Now Colress was inside the base. But the King of Team Plasma had arrived. He looked even stronger.
"I have already told the League. They will send help as fast as possible," Officer Jenny whispered. "We just need to stop them for a while."
"Help?" Elesa suddenly saw something. "Is it them?"
"Huh?" Officer Jenny was surprised. Could help arrive so fast? No.
Officer Jenny looked where Elesa was pointing. She saw three young people.
"Probably not," Officer Jenny said. She did not know Damian or the two girls.
At that moment, N also saw the three people. His eyes changed a little when he saw the boy in the center.
He could feel it. This boy was special.
"Well... I did not expect to have such good luck today."
Damian smiled widely at the handsome young man.
"N, the leader of Team Plasma. I have heard about you for a long time."
"Who are you?"
N watched Damian as he asked the question.
The sky was dark because of black thunderclouds. The clouds were very low. It made people feel heavy and worried.
"Damian. Damian of Team Rocket."
Damian had a very bright and friendly smile.
When Officer Jenny and Elesa heard this, they were shocked. Team Rocket!
"I have heard about you from Father," N said. He moved his head a little. The name Damian was familiar to him.
Ghetsis had talked about this name many times recently. Ghetsis was very angry and hateful. N did not understand why.
"Ghetsis? That man is not important. He is only that much. But you are different."
Damian looked at N carefully. N was a bit annoyed by his look.
It was a strange look. Damian looked like he respected N, but also felt sorry for him.
"But Ghetsis has led you the wrong way. It will not be easy to help you," Damian said. He shook his head.
"I do not understand what you are talking about," N said calmly.
"My ideals are very strong. There is nothing wrong with my thinking."
N was a very exact person. He was very smart in math and science. People called him a "Wizard of Math."
"But your ideals right now... they are not real." Damian laughed.
It was true that N had very strong ideals. He would give up everything for them. That is why Zekrom chose him.
But Ghetsis had controlled his ideals. They were empty and impossible to reach.
This was the saddest part about N.
He had real ideals. He could also see the "Truth." So, N could use both the Dragon of Ideals and the Dragon of Truth.
But N only saw what Ghetsis wanted him to see.
Ghetsis took N when he was young. He kept him away from normal people. Then, Ghetsis brought Pokémon that were hurt by bad humans to N.
N was born with the power to feel how Pokémon felt. He lived with those hurt Pokémon for a long time.
What would N think? He was a special person who could feel the pain of those Pokémon!
To be honest, N did not hate all humans only because he was very kind.
Because he grew up like that, N believed Pokémon could never be happy with humans.
He wanted to separate humans and Pokémon. He wanted the line between them to be very clear. He wanted Pokémon to be free.
Normal people thought this was silly. But N really believed it. That is why Zekrom liked him.
"My ideals are correct."
N's eyes became hard as he looked at Damian.
"You only see one side of things, N. The world is very big. Your small castle is not the whole world," Damian said calmly.
"You have left that castle now. You have seen many different people and Pokémon."
"Yes. But I still see many Pokémon being hurt by humans," N answered.
He knew some Pokémon were happy with humans. But he also saw many that were treated badly.
"That is true. We need to change that slowly."
Damian nodded. Bad people will always exist. There are many trainers in the world.
Some trainers leave their Pokémon if they are not strong. This happens sometimes.
There were also people like Paul from the stories. Paul only cared about strength. He made his Pokémon train very hard. It looked like he was hurting them.
Was a trainer like Paul completely wrong?
To someone like Ash, who loved his Pokémon, Paul was very bad. But many trainers care about strength more than anything else.
Because of this, bad training and leaving Pokémon will not stop. It is a cycle.
"We do not need to change it. It cannot be changed anyway. We should just separate Pokémon and humans," N said.
"I have seen everything. This is the only way for Pokémon to be free."
"You are very proud, N. Do you think you are a savior?" Damian asked.
"I do not think I am a savior. I am just following my own ideals." N shook his head.
"I thought you were like me. I thought you would agree with my ideals."
N's eyes became dark again. When he first saw Damian, he thought Damian was special. He thought they both understood the feelings of Pokémon.
But now he saw they were different.
"Why would I agree with you? You only see one side of reality. N, I told you—your ideals are not real."
Damian laughed.
"Because of the 'truth' you see, your path is impossible. You cannot succeed. It must end this way."
N believed in his ideals. But because Ghetsis controlled them, they would fail.
Ideals are hard to reach. The world has too much "Truth." In the end, ideals cannot win against reality.
Damian thought about becoming the Hero of Truth. He liked the white dragon of Truth.
"I see." N was silent.
He did not argue with Damian anymore. Talking was not useful. He could not change Damian's mind. Damian's laugh did not change N's mind either.
"In that case, I will defeat you."
N slowly raised his arm. His empty eyes suddenly started to shine under his hat.
"I will use the one who supports my ideals and wants to help me reach them..."
BOOM!!
A big bolt of lightning fell from the sky. It hit the ground behind N. There was a lot of dust and smoke.
"Zekrom!"
Inside the dust, a red light came from its eyes. A big, black, dragon Pokémon appeared.
A strong dragon pressure spread around. This was the Legendary Pokémon of Ideals from Unova—Zekrom!!
"Tsk." Damian looked at the black dragon.
"Zekrom!"
Zinnia and Caitlin looked at the strong Legendary Pokémon with surprise.
Is the evil group in Unova really this strong? They started the fight with a lot of pressure.
"Team Rocket. You are evil and chaotic. You will destroy the balance of this world."
N's bright eyes looked at Damian. Everyone heard his low voice.
"I will defeat you here. This will be the start of my ideal world!"
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