Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 624 The Pot of Punishment
"We're in Desert City! Meiyali, Hoopa wants to eat lots of donuts!"

Deep in the desert, Meiyali stood on a sand dune, looking at the city in the desert in the distance.

After a day and a night of travel, they finally arrived at their destination.

Hearing what Hoopa said, Meiyali smiled: "You like donuts very much. Okay, when we get to the city, I will go to the store to buy donuts for you!"

"Yeah, Meyali is the best!" Hoopa celebrated.

The group arrived at Desert City safely.

After Mei Yali placed a few Pokémon on an empty stand to rest, she picked up her wallet and said to them, "I'll go buy you donuts right now. Please wait here!"

The expedition team had no objection, and Hoopa happily agreed.

Several Pokémon were waiting here, but after waiting for a long time, Mei Yali didn't come back.

At this time, Hoopa saw distressed expressions on Dream's faces, and a good idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

"Dream, are you hungry? It's okay, Hoopa will get you donuts right away!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden halo on Hoopa's waist flew out automatically, and a blue light flashed in the middle.

"Hupalaolao!"

Hoopa reached in and quickly pulled out the first donut.

Seeing this scene, Mew, Bear Baby and Victini all opened their eyes wide.

"miu!"

Wow! What an amazing ability!

“Hehe!” Hoopa was overwhelmed by such admiring eyes and immediately reached his hand in again: “There are more!”

One piece, two pieces, three pieces...

Sure enough, more donuts were fished out by Hoopa.

But just when Hoopa was about to grab the fourth piece, he suddenly felt something grabbing his hand.

It was slightly startled, and with a strong pull, it pulled out a human boy and a Pikachu.

The boy looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old. He was not wearing a shirt and only a pair of shorts.

He looked at the sudden change in the surrounding environment with a look of surprise: "Where is this place?"

But the next second, the boy saw several familiar figures on the other side of the halo.

"Dream...Baby Bear...Why are you here?!"

At this time, Mew and Bear also recognized Ash and Pikachu.

"One?"

"miu?"

There was also a puzzled expression on their faces.

Xiaozhi seemed to understand, and then stood up and said with a smile: "I see, you must be traveling around here! I just got here just like you!"

"Huh?" Seeing the interaction between the few people, Hoopa was very curious: "Do you know each other?"

The baby bear nodded happily: "Yi-me-yi!" (They are Xiaozhi and Pikachu, they are very good friends!)
"Xiaozhi...Pika..." Hoopa murmured the two names.

"It's Xiaozhi and Pikachu!" Xiaozhi corrected: "Also, you are..."

"Hoopa!" Hoopa introduced himself. He looked at Pikachu with a little curiosity. "This is the first time Hoopa has seen this!"

The members of the Great Hero Expedition Team stood aside and watched the interaction between Hoopa and Ash with a smile on their faces.

The baby bear took out the Rotom phone and prepared to call Naoki to tell him about their encounter with Hoopa.

Soon, the call was answered.

Naoki's face appeared on the screen.

"It's Mew and Bear?" In the pasture, Naoki looked at the two Pokémon opposite him and asked with a smile: "Where are you traveling now?"

"Nini!" Victini flew over from outside the camera, and there's this and there's this!

"Long time no see, Victini!" Naoki greeted it.

"Nini!" Victini nodded happily.

The three little ones crowded in front of the screen and looked at Naoki opposite them.

After a few simple greetings, Baby Bear started talking about business.

"I-I-I-I!" (By the way, Naoki, we found Hoopa! But how can we help him break the seal?)

Hoopa? Naoki was slightly stunned, then asked in surprise: "Did you find it?"

"miu!" (Yes!)
The camera automatically flipped over, and the next second, the screen showed Hoopa playing with Ash and Pikachu.

That Pokémon...it's Hoopa after all!

Seeing this scene, Naoki immediately realized that the movie version of "Super Demon God of Halo" was about to happen!

This movie was very famous in his previous life. It was full of legendary Pokémon, and almost all the legendary Pokémon appeared, and an ultimate battle took place in Desert City.

There was also the famous scene where Black Rayquaza fought alone against seven people and Groudon walked back to Hoenn.

Because of this, Naoki was deeply impressed by this movie.

If he remembered correctly, Meiyali's brother Balza would return with the Pot of Punishment next, but he was brutally controlled and released to free Hoopa.

Later, the Pot of Punishment was broken by the Rocket trio, causing Hoopa's sealed power to break free. Because of the anger that had been sealed for 100 years, that power turned into Hoopa's clone, wanting to replace Hoopa and become the real one.

At that time, a large group of legendary Pokémon will start a great battle in Desert City.

Although there is no detailed description in the anime, based on Naoki's understanding of those legendary Pokémon, with their power, even just moving their fingers can bring terrible disaster to Desert City.

Not to mention that Groudon and Kyogre have now gained the power of Primal Reversion, and on top of that have absorbed a large amount of natural energy to become even stronger.

If it happens normally, the entire Desert City will be engulfed by the disaster.

Can……

Without going through this, Hoopa would never be able to regain his original power.

"Miu?" (Does Naoki know how to help Hoopa break the seal?)
Mew looked up and saw that Hoopa, who was playing with Ash, had also fished out his fellow travelers.

The group was amazed at Hupa's magical power.

"It all depends on Hoopa himself," Naoki replied.

Only when Hoopa understands the true meaning of "punishment" and is truly willing to accept the power that belongs to it, will the anger that has been sealed for a hundred years dissipate.

Then, Hoopa will get his power back.

"miu..." (Hoopa...)
Dreamy murmured Hoopa's name again.

The next second, Hoopa's voice rang in their ears.

Hoopa flew over at some point, squeezed into the middle of the screen, and looked at the Rotom phone curiously.

"Hoopa is here! Huh? What is this?"

Victini: "Nini!" (It's Naoki, the logistics officer of the expedition team! Both the baby bear and I have received his help. Naoki is a very, very, very good human being!)
"Naoki..." Hoopa suddenly felt itchy: "Hehe, then let Hoopa pick him up and play with him too!"

The next second, a golden halo emerged from Naoki's side.

Before Naoki could react, Hoopa poked his head out with a wicked smile, stretched out his little hand, and pulled him over.

The force was so strong that Naoki couldn't even break free. He only had time to say, "Hey!"

Then, the surrounding scenery changed, and he traveled from the ranch to a desert city far away in the Kalos region.

Naoki: "..."

When they saw Naoki, Bear Baby and Victini's eyes lit up.

Great! Naoki is here too!

Xiaozhi and his friends who were not far away also saw this scene, and Xiaozhi immediately ran over with a look of surprise on his face.

"Mr. Naoki, why are you here too?"

Serena, Yurika, and Citron also ran forward and looked at the human in front of them who was also rescued by Hoopa.

"Mr. Naoki?" Serena couldn't help but ask.

Xiaozhi nodded, "Yeah, that's right! He's a very powerful trainer!"

Naoki rubbed his head with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet you here. Long time no see, Xiaozhi, Pikachu." Hoopa looked left and right, then said happily: "It turns out that everyone knows each other!"

At this time, Mei Yali, who had gone out to buy donuts, finally returned here.

She looked at the extra people and froze in place.

Satoshi and his friends stepped forward to explain, and Naoki took the opportunity to borrow Mew's Rotom phone and contacted the ranch to explain the current situation, and then turned his attention to Meyali.

Mei Yali was apologizing to Xiaozhi and others with an apologetic look on her face.

"I'm so sorry to have dragged you into this."

"It's okay!" Serena said politely, "We just happened to be coming over here too."

“That’s right, it was Hoopa who helped everyone!” Hoopa danced happily.

Naoki, who was inexplicably pulled over: "..."

At this moment, Naoki suddenly felt a familiar breath from Yurika.

He looked at her in confusion and saw a small, cell-like creature on her backpack.

Is that... Zygarde Core?
If he remembered correctly, Yulijia seemed to have given it a name, Xiaoruan.

The core of Zygarde also noticed Naoki's gaze and turned around in confusion, but then it felt the breath of cells and Z2 from the other party.

Xiaoruan was stunned for a moment.

Naoki withdrew his gaze and thought to himself, who said that he would never call her by that name? But it still smells so good now.

But then again, what he saw at first was Z2, not Xiaoruan.

But as they are both Zygarde cores, they are all Zygarde after rounding off, there is no difference.

"Who is this gentleman?" Mei Yali looked at Naoki who was standing behind.

"Hello, I'm Naoki." Naoki said.

"He's a good friend of Dream and the others!" Hoopa added helpfully.

Good friends? Mei Yali asked in surprise, "Excuse me, are you the trainer of Mew and Bear?"

"I guess so." Naoki turned his gaze to Hoopa and asked, "The power in this child seems incomplete."

Hearing this, Mei Yali was slightly stunned.

"Hoopa's power is incomplete, Miss Mayali, what's going on?" Xiaozhi couldn't help but ask.

Mei Yali looked at Hu Pa, and seeing the looks on the faces of the others, she did not hide anything but sighed.

"That's because Hoopa's true power has been sealed away."

"Seal?!" Xiaozhi and others were surprised.

"That's right." Mei Yali nodded, and then explained: "A long time ago, Desert City was still an ordinary town, until one day, Hu Pa appeared in front of the residents."

"It took away some food, but it brought a lot of money to the town, bringing prosperity to the town, and the residents worshipped it very much."

"One day, the residents wanted to see its power, so they asked it to fight against other Pokémon. In that battle, Hoopa defeated many powerful Pokémon in succession."

"In order to prove his strength, Hoopa even summoned a legendary Pokémon. In the end, it lost control..."

"It was at that time that our great-grandfather used the Pot of Punishment to seal Hoopa, and then it became like this."

"My elder brother has gone to look for the pot of punishment. When he returns, Hoopa will be able to regain his strength."

As she spoke, Mayali looked towards Hoopa.

"You're not scared, are you?" Hoopa scratched the back of his head embarrassedly.

Xiaozhi and others were stunned.

"It's just as I expected." Naoki said.

As soon as these words came out, several people's eyes immediately turned to him.

"If I'm not mistaken, the power that sealed Hoopa came from Arceus, right?" Naoki asked.

"Arceus?!" Hitler on the side was shocked. Isn't that the legendary Pokémon that created the world?

Mei Yali was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Our ancestors were in tune with Arceus, so he gave them power. Our great-grandfather can control that power freely. Unfortunately, we haven't reached that level yet. I just wonder... how did you know?"

"That's because I also have a connection with Arceus," Naoki replied.

Hearing this, Mei Yali was stunned again.

But Naoki turned his attention to Hoopa.

"We can't go on like this. I can feel it. If we release Hoopa's sealed power directly, that power will not merge with it, but will fight with it. The anger will consume everything, including Hoopa."

“But…” Mei Yali was at a loss for a moment.

At this moment, Hoopa suddenly felt a breath of fear.

It quickly raised its head and looked around.

Then a sharp cry was heard in the sky.

That is the voice of the warrior eagle.

Mei Yali's eyes lit up with joy: "Brother is back!"

She couldn't wait to look up at the sky and ran to a small square in front.

The Warrior Eagle landed on it, and Balza jumped down with the Pot of Punishment in his hand.

"Great! You found it, the Pot of Punishment!" Mei Yali was very excited.

"Danger!" Naoki frowned.

Before anyone could react, Balza coldly opened the lid of the Punishment Pot and pointed it at Hoopa.

The next second, a black and purple energy surged out and enveloped Hoopa's body.

Hoopa then let out a cry of pain.

"what?"

"What... is going on?" Serena asked worriedly.

In the light, Hoopa's body continued to grow larger and finally turned into a huge monster.

That appearance was exactly the original Liberation Hoopa!

Balza held his head and woke up from the state controlled by the Pot of Punishment.

Before everyone understood what was happening, purple energy surged out of the body of the Liberated Hoopa. Its eyes turned red and it roared as it stretched out its giant hand towards Balzac who was holding the Pot of Punishment.

As if sensing the evil energy, a blue light burst out from the Punishment Pot, forming a protective shield that protected everyone inside.

Seeing this scene, the golden halo on Hoopa's body slowly floated into the air, and its giant hand reached into it, actually breaking a building in half and throwing it towards everyone.

"Dream, strong mental power!" Naoki frowned and turned back to say, "Ms. Mei Yali, please use the pot of punishment to take back that power!"

"Ah? Yes!" Mei Yali woke up as if from a dream.

The dreamy mental power collided with the building, causing a huge explosion.

The huge body of Liberation Hoopa rushed over through the smoke and dust.

At the critical moment, Mei Yali raised the pot of punishment in his hand and aimed it at it.

The next moment, a vortex appeared in the pot, absorbing the huge energy that liberated Hoopa's body.

Time passed minute by minute, and when all the energy was sealed again, the Liberated Hoopa immediately returned to the Punished Hoopa.

The weak Hoopa seemed to have lost all his strength and staggered and fell from the air.

Menghuan quickly caught it with his telekinesis.

The force that freed Hoopa's struggle caused the Pot of Punishment to fly out of Meyali's hand.

Naoki noticed that she was still trying to pick it up, so he quickly stopped her loudly, "Don't touch the Punishment Pot, it will control people's minds!"

Mei Yali quickly withdrew her hand.

She looked at the mysterious man in front of her, then at the weak Hoopa, and her face was filled with worry.

"Mr. Naoki...what on earth is going on?"

(End of this chapter)