"Wait—no way… Champion Diantha is getting pressed?"
"H–How's that possible?! Ash's Greninja just evolved not long ago! How can it possibly fight on equal terms with a Champion's ace?!"
"It was only after Greninja got wrapped in that water tornado that its power skyrocketed… What is that vortex?!"
The Kalos audience was in disbelief.
Their Kalos Champion—
their strongest, their most elegant, their unbeatable Champion—
Being pushed back by a Greninja that evolved barely half a month ago?
Unscientific!!
…
"Heh. Diantha… looks like she's nothing special after all."
Inside Team Rocket Headquarters, four shadowy figures had appeared behind Giovanni.
Archer, Ariana, Petrel, and Proton—
Team Rocket's Four Executives, each powerful enough to rival an Elite Four.
And the one speaking was the only female executive—Ariana.
As a woman who deeply disliked the "world's beloved superstar actress" Diantha,
she naturally enjoyed mocking her.
Being beaten by some teenage boy and a freshly evolved Greninja?
Embarrassing.
Giovanni remained silent, eyes fixed solemnly on Greninja.
Rather than a move…
That power looked more like an evolution.
But how? Greninja already was a final evolution…
…
[Leon:…I have no idea what I'm seeing, but I'm deeply impressed.]
[Daigo: What is this? Has Ash's ability evolved, too?]
[Byron: You never know what kind of weird move Ash will whip out next! I totally deserved losing to him!]
[Alder: Ash and Greninja look like they've fused!]
[Wikstrom: Tsk, so this is the power of Kalos's Champion? Can't even beat a half-month-old Greninja~]
[Diantha: I—I haven't used my full strength yet! I haven't lost!! Wikstrom! When we get home, I'm putting you in the hospital for MONTHS!!]
Diantha was panicking.
The situation flipped way too fast!
One moment, she was dominating Greninja;
The next moment, Ash and Greninja entered some mysterious state,
and suddenly, she was the one getting blasted around!
Did she use her full power?
…She knew the answer better than anyone.
Greninja was now moving at a speed she couldn't compete with.
Gardevoir's strongest Fairy moves—Moonblast and Dazzling Gleam—need charging.
No way she could fire them before Greninja reached her.
Psychic?
Against a Dark-type like Greninja, completely useless.
In other words—
Even if she held back before… she was basically using full power now!!
'Damn you, Heavenly Tally…
So THIS is where my "dark history" was hiding!!!'
Everything earlier was just appetizers.
The real humiliation was here—
A Champion, using her ace Pokémon, is unable to beat a Greninja fresh out of the egg!
If that wasn't dark history, nothing was.
But the battle wasn't over yet.
There was still a chance… right?
…
In the footage—
Facing Greninja's overwhelming momentum, Diantha's expression hardened.
If even Gardevoir at full power couldn't match Greninja's current form…
Then she had only one option left.
"Greninja—Aerial Ace!"
"Ge-koga!!"
Greninja's hands glowed white as its form blurred and vanished.
After a series of feints, it finally locked onto an opening
and struck toward Gardevoir—
At that moment—
"Gardevoir—MEGA EVOLVE!!"
"Garde——!!"
Diantha clutched the pendant at her neck and shouted.
A gemstone with gene-like patterns flared with dazzling golden light!
At the same time, the pendant on Gardevoir's chest—set with a twin-pattern stone—shone blue!
The lights connected—
And Gardevoir's entire body was swallowed in radiance!
"BOOM!"
Greninja's Aerial Ace landed—
But Gardevoir, bathed in light, didn't dodge.
She caught the attack head-on.
As the brilliance faded—
A completely different Gardevoir stood before the world.
Its green hair slightly lengthened,
The red gem on its chest split into two, forming a heart shape,
and its skirt flared dramatically—
The gust from Greninja's strike blows it back, revealing long, elegant white legs!
This was—
MEGA GARDEVOIR!!
Greninja's attack failed to faze it whatsoever.
It quickly backflipped away to Ash's side.
…
The world: "?????"
The Professors: "?????"
The Champions: "???????"
Diantha: "??????"
What was this?
How could Gardevoir evolve again?
What even WAS Mega Evolution?!
[Leon: So Gardevoir can evolve further? Incredible. Diantha has never shown such a trump card! Planning to surprise the Masters Eight, maybe?]
[Daigo: Such a beautiful form… Mega Evolution… does it use that mysterious gemstone to evolve?]
[Alder: What IS Mega Evolution?! Diantha, can you explain?]
[Diantha: I WANT TO KNOW TOO!!! What IS that?! It's so beautiful!! My Gardevoir looks AMAZING!! I WANT THIS!! I WANT THIS EVOLUTION!!!]
From her words alone, it was obvious—
Diantha didn't know how to Mega Evolve yet.
Meaning that in the future, she must've learned it.
This Heavenly Tally had just revealed something absolutely world-shaking.
If Pokémon could all achieve an additional evolution…
The global power balance would shift drastically.
…
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