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Space.
After emerging from the Ultra Wormhole, Roy calculated based on the surrounding star positions that this location was probably somewhere between Jupiter and Mars.
Roy had never thought that one day he would venture into space, and without even wearing a spacesuit, he was directly exposed to the vacuum...
If a human body were exposed to space, bodily fluids would rapidly evaporate in less than thirty seconds, radiation would cause the skin all over the body to fester, and eventually one would suffocate to death and turn into an ice sculpture.
But now, sheltered by Solgaleo's radiance, Roy didn't feel any discomfort.
Before Roy could appreciate the scenery of space, the Ultra Wormhole rippled with layers of distortion, and Lunala emerged from it, appearing before their eyes once again.
"...This—"
Roy immediately noticed that Noah Reginald, who was supposed to be on Lunala's back, had disappeared without a trace.
Sensing Lunala's brutal and ruthless Aura, Roy took a deep breath and formed a rough guess about Noah's fate.
This wasn't surprising.
Violence and fear could only domesticate and dominate for a short time. Those who tried to control a deity with violence would inevitably suffer backlash.
Much of the Pokémon world's history attested to this fact.
"Lunala—"
Lunala roared in a low voice, ferocious like a wounded beast, staring at Solgaleo and radiating astonishing killing intent.
The "sun" and "moon," which shared the same origin, now opposed each other like enemies.
...Fate was truly unpredictable.
Roy felt emotional in his heart but said without hesitation, "As planned—let's go!"
The moment those words fell, Solgaleo opened its third eye, and natural energy was drawn in frantically.
In this complete world, there was no need to squeeze energy at all—the natural energy contained in the universe was infinite. Solgaleo and Lunala entered their "Radiant Sun" and "Full Moon" phases almost instantly.
After a few seconds, all the humans in the northern hemisphere saw a sudden rising sun and a "full moon" appear in the night sky.
Hawaii was also on the border of the northern hemisphere.
Staying outside the dimensional nodes, the Champions from China, the United States, and France all discovered the "sun and moon" in the sky, and they all showed strange expressions on their faces.
"What do you think?" Aiden asked aloud.
"This kind of phenomenon just happened in Alola, and now a vision appears in the sky—it shouldn't be a coincidence," Frances judged.
Aiden Timos didn't speak. He took out his phone and called NASA, asking them to quickly confirm what had happened with the "sun and moon."
Soon, NASA sent the images they'd observed with their astronomical telescopes to the three Champions.
On the screen, the golden rising sun collided with the silver full moon non-stop, creating intense light and heat that illuminated the surrounding star field into daylight.
The rising sun and full moon moved as swiftly as two shooting stars—only their luminous trajectories could be seen.
Under slow motion, they finally saw the true forms of the "sun" and "moon," which turned out to be two Pokémon they had never seen before.
One resembled a lion racing around the sun.
One resembled a bat flying like the moon.
And on the back of the lion that symbolized the "sun," a figure appeared that they were all very familiar with.
"This is—" Aiden's pupils contracted, his face showing shock.
"Roy? Why is he there?!"
Frances was surprised but also at a loss for words.
Haven't seen you for a few days, and you've actually flown into the sky to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the sun?
Aiden narrowed his eyes slightly and whispered, "...Two deities?"
While the three Champions entertained their own thoughts, throughout the northern hemisphere, all corporations and organizations equipped with the corresponding level of astronomical equipment discovered this jaw-dropping scene.
...A battle between twin deity-level Pokémon.
...Humans commanding deity-level power.
This was something that had never happened in human history.
Realizing the business opportunity, corporations immediately opened live broadcasts, restricting viewing to paying members only.
Naturally, not many people watched at first.
But soon, news spread, and more and more people poured into the live broadcast rooms, witnessing this unprecedented scene.
"A battle between two 'deities' I've never seen before—I can't believe I'm seeing this in my lifetime. It feels worth it."
"My God, what on earth happened?"
"I heard it has something to do with the disturbance in Alola, something that happened during the island trial challenge..."
"What is the relationship between Roy and that 'Sun God'? Has he really captured it?"
"Impossible! It's impossible for humans to capture a 'deity'—it's definitely only a short-term alliance in battle!"
At the same time, among the stars, while Solgaleo was fighting Lunala, Roy kept his eyes closed, sensing the flow of natural energy.
The bracelet on his right hand was now set with a brand new Z-Crystal. Its entire body was orange-gold, with the eye of the sun engraved in the center.
—Solganium Z.
As the origin of the being who gave "Z-Power" to the guardian deity Tapu, Solgaleo could use Z-Moves by itself without a Trainer's assistance.
However, there was a concern.
The first generation had survived for tens of thousands of years in the Ultra World, and their accumulated experience far exceeded that of Little Nebula, who had just become a deity.
The current Little Nebula needed to borrow the Trainer's power in order to use its exclusive Z-Move.
However, the natural energy that Roy could draw was enormous compared to other Pokémon, but it was nothing to Solgaleo.
What he needed to do wasn't to draw natural energy with his own power.
Contrary to the usual situation, as a Trainer, Roy needed to be responsible for controlling the energy flow route, while Solgaleo was responsible for drawing the energy.
For this, Roy had to become familiar with the principle behind Solganium Z.
On Solgaleo's exclusive Z-Crystal, the energy flow route was engraved.
There was only one chance... Roy repeated simulations in his mind until he was one hundred percent certain. No—as long as he was eighty percent certain, it would be sufficient.
Obscure, complicated.
This was Roy's first impression of the principle behind Solganium Z.
It was like listening to an incomprehensible scripture—he couldn't understand it at all.
This difficulty was similar to asking humans to try learning Pokémon moves—and not just any moves, but top-tier moves...
If it weren't for Roy's ability to use several Psychic moves, he wouldn't even be able to step through the threshold.
While Roy was attempting to comprehend this, the collision between the rising sun and full moon lasted for a full hour.
Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Metal Burst, Sunsteel Strike...
Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Phantom Force, Moongeist Beam...
Whether it was because the sun and moon deities commanded natural authority, or because the endurance of deity-level Pokémon was so amazing, Solgaleo and Lunala were becoming more and more adaptive and proficient in battle. Despite such high-intensity combat, the momentum of the two hadn't weakened—instead, it had grown stronger and stronger.
The massive energy surge radiated across the entire region around Jupiter.
At a certain moment, Roy suddenly opened his eyes, which shone with psychic light. He poured all his mental power into the bracelet.
At the same time, his Aura connected with Solgaleo's heart and achieved harmony with it.
"La—!!"
Solgaleo released a Roar, and the sun disc's radiance vibrated in the form of sound waves, knocking Lunala back.
Immediately, it assumed a posture like a lion before delivering a killing blow, leaping into the starry sky. It curled up its body and transformed into a rising sun in an instant.
The rising sun climbed higher and higher, constantly absorbing starlight from across the universe.
The light and heat skyrocketed wildly, the temperature quickly surpassing tens of millions of degrees and still rising.
Its size grew larger and larger.
In Earth's night sky, due to being so close, the "rising sun" transformed by Solgaleo at this moment appeared five times larger than the real sun, occupying half the sky.
Faced with this terrifying scene, Lunala felt a deadly threat emanating from it. Without hesitation, it turned and fled, transforming into a meteor as it escaped.
The moment the rising sun reached its peak, Roy collapsed on Solgaleo's back as if he had lost all his strength.
He whispered the name of Solgaleo's exclusive Z-Move.
This was...
"—Searing Sunraze Smash."
The rising sun suddenly descended, striking toward Lunala.
There was already a considerable distance between the two.
However, although the rising sun was massive, its speed wasn't slow at all.
Not only that, but like a real star, it exerted tremendous gravitational pull, sweeping everything around it inward and burning it up.
Lunala was no exception.
Pulled by gravity, its escape speed became slower and slower. The terrifying heat approached, and evaporating heat rose from its entire body.
Just like the countless meteorites trying to escape a planet's gravity, all ended up falling back.
The more Lunala struggled, the more hopelessly it fell into the eternal blazing sun.
Billions of people on Earth witnessed an astronomical phenomenon they had never seen before.
—The sun devouring the moon.