Pokémon: Draw Shiny Zeraora at the start?

"? Not the Three Sacred Beasts? How is that possible? The video clearly shows the Three Sacred Beasts?" The Dragon Master said in shock. He stared at Xu Ning with his eyes wide open in disbelief.

"There is a kind of Pokémon called the Fox Pokémon. What they are best at is phantom imitation. They can imitate any Pokémon they have seen." Xu Ning explained calmly, his eyes revealing a firmness and confidence.

"You mean, the destruction of these cities was caused by a fox Pokémon?" Dragon Master frowned, thinking about this possibility.

"There is no point in saying more. Let's go to the Chengdu area and take a look at the scene, then we will know." After Xu Ning finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the Alliance Airport.

The Dragon Master was stunned for a moment, then immediately followed. They boarded the private plane that the League Champion could use for travel and flew towards the Johto region.

At the same time, in the Crown City of the Johto region, a jet plane appeared in the sky, drawing an arc in the air.

"How is the progress of Zoroark's illusion?" A deep male voice came from inside the plane. His tone was filled with a hint of anticipation and eagerness.

A man in a black suit sat in a seat inside the plane, staring intently at the screen in front of him. The screen displayed various data and images, which seemed to be related to some kind of plan.

"Boss, judging from the videos of Zoroark destroying towns in other cities, Zoroark's imitation of the Three Sacred Beasts has reached perfection. There is no difference between them and their real selves."

"Very good, then we can proceed with the plan." said the deep male voice.

"Yes, Boss."

"Very good, continue to monitor the situation and make sure everything is safe." The man in black nodded with satisfaction, then stood up and walked towards the plane exit.

As the hatch opened, a cold wind blew in. The man in black narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the city in the distance. A mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if everything was under his control.

Just like that, it seemed as if some plan was being implemented in the sky above Crown City.

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"Is this the Johto area?" Xu Ning looked at the city below through the window of the plane and said to the Dragon Ferryman in front of him.

"Yes, this is Yuanzhu City. This is the city that was most recently attacked by the three sacred beasts." The Dragon Envoy pointed at the city below and said with a serious expression.

Xu Ning looked in the direction of his finger and saw that the city below was in ruins, as if it had just experienced a war. The houses on both sides of the street collapsed, the roads were broken, and there were ruins and burn marks everywhere. In the center of the city, an iconic clock tower had collapsed, with only half of the tower standing there.

Xu Ning couldn't help but frowned, thinking to himself: "It seems that this incident is more serious than I thought."

But this doesn't make sense! According to common sense, Zoroark's phantom can imitate the appearance of other Pokémon, but it can't use their skills. So why is the city still destroyed?

Xu Ning couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He began to doubt whether his previous judgment was wrong. Could it be that the real culprit was not Zoroark, but the three legendary sacred beasts? This thought shocked and confused him.

At this moment, the Dragon Master beside him patted Xu Ning on the shoulder and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Did you make a mistake in your judgment? Isn't that the demon fox Pokémon we are looking for?"

Xu Ning nodded slowly and answered solemnly, "This possibility does exist. Based on my understanding of that Pokémon, its phantom can only copy the Pokémon's appearance, but not its skills. So, if the three sacred beasts that destroyed the city were just Zoroark's phantoms, theoretically, they should not be able to cause substantial damage to the city. However, the reality is contrary to my expectations, which forces me to re-examine the entire incident. Perhaps we need to investigate further to determine who the real culprit is."

After listening to Xu Ning's words, the Dragon Envoy said:

"Regardless of whether it's the real Three Holy Beasts or Zoroark, the most important thing is to catch the culprit first!"

Xu Ning nodded, "Let's go down and take a look first." Xu Ning said to Yulongshidu. Then, Xu Ning and Yulongshidu walked out of the airship and stepped onto the ruined land. They carefully crossed the broken streets and came to the central square of the city. Here, they saw more destroyed buildings and facilities.

Xu Ning walked to a ruin and carefully observed the surrounding environment. He found that these ruins did not seem to be formed naturally, but were attacked by some powerful force. Moreover, judging from the distribution of these ruins, they seemed to be spread out around a center point, which was probably where the three sacred beasts appeared.

At this moment, a man dressed as a prosecutor ran over to report to Xu Ning: "Mr. Xu Ning, we found some witnesses nearby. They said that the three sacred beasts appeared on the clock tower in the city center and then began to attack the surrounding buildings."

"Are the three sacred beasts present at the same time? Or do they appear one by one in turn?" Xu Ning thought for a moment and asked the man.

"Mr. Xu Ning, I heard from eyewitnesses that they appeared in turns. The three sacred beasts never appeared at the same time!"

This is very important for Xu Ning's guess. It tells Xu Ning to a large extent that this is still the destruction caused by Zoroark, just like in the original work. However, it is still puzzling why Zoroark can cause destruction.

The Dragon Master said, "Come on, as a legendary Pokémon trainer, use your knowledge of legendary Pokémon to guess which city will be attacked next?"

At this time, Xu Ning carefully recalled the plot in the anime before the time travel. If it was Zoroark, then the mastermind behind it was Koutai.

This person learned from a historical document that the time ripples created by Celebi have the ability to predict the future. Kotai is obsessed with predicting the future and wants to succeed very much.

So ten years ago in Crown City, when Celebi was opening the Time Ripple and traveling through time, Kotai discovered Celebi, ambushed Celebi, and gained the ability of Time Ripple.

After gaining the ability of time ripples, Kou Tai began his own road to rise. Nothing escaped his eyes, and with his ability to predict the future, he lived smoothly for the past ten years and had become a big boss.

However, as time went by, the situation changed. As his own time ripple power was about to be exhausted, if he wanted to obtain this powerful power again, he had to hunt down Celebi and use his ability to summon time ripples. Therefore, he decided to go to Crown City for the second time in an attempt to regain time ripples and gain the ability to travel through the future.

The three holy beasts have a deep friendship with Celebi, and they have always protected Celebi's safety. However, the last time they successfully captured Celebi and obtained the time ripples only through a sneak attack, which made the three holy beasts unable to fully fulfill their responsibility to protect Celebi.

This time, he planned to arrest Celebi directly, so he needed the help of Zoroark to attract the attention of the three holy beasts and thus realize the capture of Celebi.

But if the instigators were the three sacred beasts themselves, it could only mean that the three sacred beasts had gone crazy and actually launched a crazy attack on the area they had been guarding.

According to the development of the anime plot before the previous life travel, the next target that Zoroark will attack is Crown City.

Xu Ning said to the Dragon Envoy with certainty:

"I suspect it's to Crown City, since that's where the worship of the Three Sacred Beasts is strongest in the Johto region."

Crown City is a beautiful town where water and greenery, ancient streets and modern buildings blend together.

Here, people worship the three sacred beasts very much and regard them as the guardian gods of the Johto region.

Even the Ho-Oh is not as famous as the Three Sacred Beasts here!

Yulong Shidu listened carefully to Xu Ning's analysis and found that what Xu Ning said made a lot of sense.

After all, in the Johto region, Crown City's worship of the Three Sacred Beasts is indeed the most profound.

Besides, he had no better way to deal with this matter now.

Therefore, the Dragon Envoy decided to trust Xu Ning's judgment and take him to Crown City.

They hope to find the culprit as soon as possible.

On the way to Crown City, Xu Ning and Du talked a lot. It turned out that during the time when Xu Ning was not in Kanto, Team Rocket had a new trend and began to conduct some strange experiments. Our Dragon Master Du also captured the manic Pokémon that was forced to evolve because of Team Rocket's experiment - Red Gyarados while chasing Team Rocket.

Along the way, Xu Ning listened to Du sharing some of his past events and also told some stories about himself.

Just like that, the two of them talked and laughed along the way, and soon arrived at Wangguan City.

At this time in Crown City, the bridge connecting the new city area and the old city area was raised high, and all the residents stayed in the new city area.

Because there was a raging fire burning in the old city, Xu Ning and Yulong Shidu saw this scene and finally realized the seriousness of the matter.

"What is going on?" Xu Ning asked with a frown.

Watari replied solemnly, "It looks like the old town was burned down by a fire skill. We have to go and check out the situation!"

They quickly ran towards the old town, and along the way they could see many panicked residents. The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and the smoke was so thick that it was difficult to breathe.

When they arrived at the old town, they found it had become a ruin. The fire brigade was trying its best to put out the fire, but progress was slow because the fire was too big.

"Damn it! How could the instigator do such a thing!" Du said angrily.

Xu Ning looked around, trying to find some clues. Suddenly, he saw a drone filming this place not far away.

"It's Kou Tai..." Xu Ning said in his heart.

"Let's help put out the fire first."

Du nodded in agreement. They decided to help the fire brigade put out the fire first, and then investigate Koutai's whereabouts.

Xu Ning quickly summoned the Zapdos, then nimbly jumped onto its broad back, driving it towards the burning old city. On the other side, the Dragonite was not to be outdone, he jumped onto Dragonite's back and followed Xu Ning closely.

When they arrived above the burning old town, Xu Ning gave an order to Zapdos: "Zapdos, activate the Rain Prayer skill!"

In the blink of an eye, the eyes of the lightning bird were covered with a layer of bright electricity. Along with its sharp cry, countless black clouds suddenly appeared in the sky above the old city. Then, heavy rain fell from the sky, like a waterfall, on the blazing old city. The fire gradually weakened under the impact of the rain and finally stopped spreading.

At this moment, Xu Ning and the Dragon Envoy's faces were extremely serious. Whether it was the powerful Zoroark or the mysterious three sacred beasts, their actions undoubtedly brought great disaster to the city and seriously threatened the lives and property of many citizens.

As a prosecutor, Dragon Master Du is well aware of the heavy responsibility. He is determined to severely punish Pokémon that threaten the safety of the city, and even kill them on the spot to maintain social peace and justice.

Just when Xu Ning summoned Zapdos to temporarily ease some of the fire, deep in the old city, two lion-like Pokémon were facing each other.

It turns out that Kotai had predicted the future developments through his time ripple ability, so he accelerated the progress of the plan in advance. He captured Zoroark's child Zoroark and used it to threaten Zoroark, ordering it to attack various cities in the Johto region. The previous attacks were actually just a real-life drill, the purpose of which was to see if humans could see through Zoroark's illusion.