Pokémon: Ash's Journey to Mastery

"elder brother."

"It seems it's still too early."

"Then let me do it, because I was the one who proposed this." Mei Yali snatched the pot of punishment from Balza's hand.

Hoopa used his halo to pick up a floor and smashed it over, and everyone ran to the side to avoid it.

Mayali pointed the Punishment Pot at Hoopa, and Hoopa seemed to be fixed by some force. Mayali then opened the Punishment Pot and pointed the bottle mouth at Hoopa, and a strong suction force sucked the powerful force from her body towards her.

As the power was drained away, Hoopa gradually returned to his original state.

Mei Yali breathed a sigh of relief, but the powerful force from the bottle caused her to accidentally drop it.

Hoopa felt he had no strength left and was about to fall from the sky, but Xiaozhi caught him.

"Hoopa, cheer up."

"How terrible." Hoopa opened his eyes and said after surviving the disaster.

Salina saw the pot of punishment and wanted to pick it up, but was stopped by Balza.

"There is an evil object in there. I am being controlled by it. The reason why Hoopa is making such a fuss may be because of this. If you touch it, your mind will be taken away."

"how come?"

Hitlon laughed and took out a prop from his backpack, named a fully automatic magnetic levitation crane.

"What a direct way of naming." Xiu Lijia complained.

"This is a masterpiece I created using Pokémon's special move, electromagnetic levitation. Please take a look at the capabilities of this machine." Hitlon began to operate it with his mechanical arm.

"Look, it's very successful." Hitlon used a machine to demonstrate the pot of punishment.

"You are really amazing."

“The power of science is amazing.”

Everyone laughed.

"I'm so sorry for involving you all." Balza sighed helplessly and said.

"It's okay, it's just that Hoopa looks like he's very tired."

"Are you okay? Hupa." Mei Yali took Hupa and said comfortingly.

"very scary."

"There is indeed something wrong with the Punishment Pot."

"It's almost disappearing. It's so dark and scary in there. Hoopa is going to disappear." Hoopa trembled with fear from what he had just experienced.

"Then let's go to the Pokémon Center. The nearest place is... on the other side of the river." Serena picked up the Pokémon Encyclopedia and searched at the Pokémon Center.

"Then let's go."

"But if Hupa starts making trouble again, it will be the same as 100 years ago." Mei Yali said worriedly, thinking of the scene 100 years ago.

The two then told the story of Hoopa.

"Desert City used to be a very small town, but Hoopa arrived and ate all the food on the street. Hoopa summoned a bunch of gold to compensate, and the town grew because of it. Hoopa prepared a place for them to live, and helped fulfill the wishes of the people who provided him with food."

"Then, under the instigation of some people, Hoopa fought one Pokémon after another to prove his strength. With the cheers of the people, Hoopa became more aggressive and challenged higher-level Pokémon. So he went out of control."

"That's when our great grandfather used the Pot of Punishment to seal Hoopa's power, and he became like this."

"Are you scared?" Although Hoopa was weak, he still spoke mischievously.

"This Punishment Pot was made in the Desert Tower."

The group took a boat and then traveled on foot, arriving at the Pokémon Center at night.

...

"Your two great-grandfathers possessed amazing powers?" Hitlon asked curiously.

"What do you think this shape looks like?" Balza said, holding his pendant.

"This shape looks like Arceus." Xiaozhi said.

"Really? It's exactly the same as that halo."

"Yes, it is said that our ancestors had telepathic connection with Arceus, so they were granted his power. Our great-grandfather was able to control this power with ease."

"What about you two?" Xiu Lijia asked curiously.

"Unfortunately, we are not there yet."

“We are still practicing.”

"My great-grandfather sealed Hoopa's power together with the Pot of Punishment and brought Hoopa back to his hometown, which is where my brother and I were born and raised... the Valley of Creation."

"It's too confusing for Hoopa to understand the meaning of punishment."

"But as we grew up, Hoopa found a companion that he got along well with, and we lived together like brothers every day."

"We have done a lot of ridiculous things. We wanted to see the world outside the Valley of Creation, so we ran into the mountains but accidentally got lost..."

The two recount their time with Hoopa.

"Everyone is so gentle. Hoopa likes you the most."

"I think my great-grandfather is no longer with us, so it shouldn't be a problem to let Hoopa regain his original power." Mei Yali didn't expect things to turn out like this.

"So we started our journey to find the pot of punishment. I just didn't expect it to turn out like this. I'm really sorry to everyone, but we really want to do something for Hoopa."

...

"What should we do with the Pot of Punishment?" asked Hitlon.

"We'll take it straight back to the Valley of Creation."

"No, it's so scary. The pot will make Hupa disappear." Hupa hid behind Balzac in fear.

"That's why we need to investigate why this happened. If we don't find out the reason, you won't be able to recover to your original state."

"Hoopa, don't recover." Hoopa said fearfully while hugging Mei Yali.

"Hoopa, you have to recover your strength one day. This is not a long-term solution. The previous situation proves that your original strength gave birth to its own will in the Pot of Punishment. Sooner or later you will have to face it." Xiaozhi persuaded.

"But Hoopa is so scared."

"It's okay, my sister and I are with you." Balza comforted.

"Hoopa, are you willing to believe me?" Xiaozhi looked at Hoopa sincerely.

"Of course I'm willing to believe you, Xiaozhi."

"Hoopa, in fact, the consciousness of the Punishment Pot has been abandoned for too long and has been trapped in a dark space for a hundred years. It has resentment in its heart. Just talk it out." Xiaozhi didn't care about Hoopa's name at this time.

"Really? Then I believe you." Although Hoopa was afraid, he still believed Xiaozhi in the end.

"Since Hupa believes you, then I will believe you too." Balza said. After all, it is not a solution to keep avoiding it.

"Me too." Mei Yali echoed.

Xiaozhi picked up the Pot of Punishment that was in the device and released Latias at the same time.

"Xiaoya, please take me, Pikachu and Hoopa to that place." Xiaozhi pointed to a remote place.

"Okay, Xiaozhi." Latias nodded to show that he understood.

"Xiaozhi, be careful." Serena said worriedly.