As Cynthia hesitated, Tornadus raised his hand again and unleashed a violent gust toward Garchomp.
The frigid, razor-edged wind howled toward them, and Garchomp rushed to meet it, raising both claws and slashing forward with all its might.
A [Dragon Claw] wreathed in emerald light collided with the storm head-on, slicing the air with a sharp, splitting sound.
The snow stirred by the clash burst outward like an explosion.
Cynthia buried her face in the ...
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Cogita couldn't remember the last time she'd felt this awful.
Not only was Elias missing, but a full-on blizzard had overtaken the Pure White Tundra.
Even the Pearl Clan, long accustomed to such severe weather, had been forced to retreat to the outskirts for shelter.
Under these conditions—
If Elias really had gone into the tundra to capture a Pokémon as planned, Cogita didn’t even want to imagine what might’ve happened to him.
“Braviary, can you contact...
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[After negotiating a series of extremely one-sided terms with Zoroark, you finally managed to get his reluctant approval to capture Lucario.]
[Lucario, who had already broken free from his Poké Ball, looked equally enthusiastic.]
“You won’t regret catching me, I promise.”
“When we get back, I’ll help you test whether you’ve got the gift for using [Aura].”
“If you can combine psychic powers, [Au...
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Sird felt a cold sweat soak her back in an instant.
When did this thing get behind me?!
Why didn’t Darkrai give any warning?
Is Giratina angry because I intruded into its realm?
A dozen thoughts flashed through her mind.
But after a moment of stunned stillness, Sird slowly began to realize something.
Giratina… hadn’t attacked her.
Thinking back to the way it had looked at her, the expression in its eyes had been more <...
2025-05-11 06:09:17 +0000 UTC
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On August’s face, Cyrus saw it all: a third disappointment, a third contempt, a third ridicule… and just a touch of lazy indifference.
Cyrus’s blood pressure hit max level instantly.
“What did you do?”
He immediately pinned the failure of the [Red Chains] on August.
“I’ve been standing right here this whole time. What could I have done?” August shrugged, giving a thumbs-up. “You’re real good at passing the buck.”
Cy...
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Sird hadn’t left. She’d been there the entire time.
Of course she knew—now was the moment she was supposed to act.
But when she looked at the “Pokémon Hunters” currently battling against Team Galactic…
A red-haired youth with a calm, composed expression, commanding a Feraligatr to push Saturn into a steady retreat;
A spiky-haired teen standing behind his Nidoking, wielding Ground-type moves with a presence reminiscent of Giovanni himself;
A Psychic f...
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Mt. Coronet
A large contingent of Team Galactic had gathered here, sealing off every route leading from Mt. Coronet to the Spear Pillar.
When August—disguised as Hunter J—arrived with the Kanto Branch members similarly dressed as Pokémon Hunters, the scene that greeted them from afar was one of impenetrable vigilance.
“Team Galactic... they’re not here for a friendly chat,” August said, stroking his chin.
Beside him, Gary murmured u...
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Lake Acuity sat nestled in the northern reaches of Sinnoh, its surroundings blanketed year-round in snow and ice.
At this moment, deep in a mountain valley not far from the lake, snowflakes drifted from the sky as an airship hovered over a clearing. Bracing against the wind and flurries, a group of uniformed Pokémon Hunters stood in formation behind Hunter J.
Though her subordinates all wore grim, serious expressions, J could clearly feel the blazing heat of their gazes on her ba...
2025-05-11 06:08:59 +0000 UTC
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“Wow.”
Evil God D couldn’t help but sigh as she watched her maid, Ming, launched into the distance at lightspeed, vanishing into the void.
“So powerful.”
“If that punch had landed on me, I bet it would’ve really hurt.”
With that, she raised both hands high toward Zhongli.
“I surrender. Do what you want. I won’t fight you anymore.”
The whip in Zhongli’s hand paused mid-air.
The foreign god, dressed in attire unbefitting...
2025-05-11 06:08:51 +0000 UTC
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On the surface of the moon, shrouded in endless darkness and consumed by the abyss—
A tear had formed.
It wasn’t clear when it had appeared, but the moon’s surface had been split open as if reality itself were being ripped apart from the outside. The cosmic void around it cracked like shattered glass.
A sign of incompatibility—of this universe colliding with something that did not belong.
At the fringes of those cosmic fragments, the four fundamental forces bor...
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The first month since the end of the Sealing Era.
According to plan, the Demon King’s army, after a cursory round of reconnaissance, launched a full-scale advance at the front lines.
Battle reports from the front soon began pouring into the demon capital.
And—unsurprisingly—they were nothing but bad news.
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Demon King’s Palace – War Council Hall
Of the original nine demon generals, only four still stood within the chamb...
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The petite girl—the Demon Prince—and the youth in pure black armor, the black dragon Qulius, stood under the scrutiny of countless eyes.
And at that very moment, both of them also sensed the abnormality on this vast plaza before them.
To beings who were truly divine, it was obvious: these humans, whose souls shone so brilliantly, hadn’t yet reached the realm of the gods.
“So strange. Their souls glow brighter than any deity’s, and yet their bodies have...
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The black radiance gradually faded.
The wall that once divided two worlds disappeared completely in a matter of minutes.
And so, at the place where the territories of demons and humans had once bordered each other, the two opposing fortresses—separated by ten long years—faced each other once more.
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Demon Realm – Demon King's Bedchamber
The Demon Prince and the administrator Qulius stood side by side, solemn expressions etched ac...
2025-05-11 06:08:07 +0000 UTC
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“Erosion is the will of the Heavenly Principles… a force beyond all power.”
Jia Changjiang raised his greatsword toward the sky, his voice thunderous with anger. “There is nothing in this world that lasts forever!”
“Even bedrock can be shattered. Even gold and stone may yield…”
“But—this world is not governed by erosion alone.”
He turned to Zhongli and Lumine—who now bore Azhdaha’s benevolent will.
The battle ahead… would be t...
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“Greenhead?!”
Lumine hadn’t expected it. Just when the battle was already won, Jia Changjiang suddenly lunged toward the seal ahead of them.
Kun Jun’s expression flashed with visible shock.
Zhongli watched Jia Changjiang’s back and couldn’t help but... sigh softly.
It seemed... this friend of his, this warrior from another world, wasn’t content with the way things had ended.
He... now sought to defy fate itself.
Black mist erupted fro...
2025-05-11 06:07:58 +0000 UTC
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“Though I am Azhdaha,” Kun Jun said calmly, “I am only a fragment.”
“Heaven and earth. Yin and yang. Two forces in balance… You could think of me and that dragon over there as something like that.”
“We are both split from the same will—two aspects of Azhdaha.”
“So it was him…”
Jia Changjiang, who had long since harbored suspicions, now had confirmation.
“No! Impossible!”
Jiu roared, her voice filled with disbelief and ...
2025-05-11 06:07:54 +0000 UTC
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Jia Changjiang was channeling nearly all his focus toward Azhdaha at this moment.
In the past, whenever he faced enemies of this scale, Jia had always found backup—
Be it fighting Dvalin as Aatrox, or borrowing the might of all Liyue to battle Osial...
But this time, behind him stood only Zhongli and Lumine.
And oddly enough, that made him feel...
Safer?
Watching as Azhdaha’s relentless blows were effortlessly absorbed by the shield Zhongli had...
2025-05-11 06:07:49 +0000 UTC
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“No more words! Face your fate!” The roar of Azhdaha thundered through the air. “Morax! The time has come—to settle everything!!!”
As Azhdaha’s voice rang out, the ground around them began to tremble violently. Waves of distortion rippled outward through the rocks, spreading in ever-growing layers.
The quake nearly knocked Lumine off her feet. She had to brace herself with her blade, struggling to get used to the shaking beneath her.
Paimon, on the other hand, fl...
2025-05-11 06:07:45 +0000 UTC
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After receiving information about Diva—the identity, personality, and abilities of Miku Izayoi—from Melusine, Itsuka Kotori began implementing her plan to capture the Spirit.
In concrete terms: she wanted Itsuka Shidou to crossdress as Itsuka Shiori.
Melusine had offered an alternative: she could simply turn Shidou into a real girl. But Kotori shot down that suggestion immediately—and accompanied her refusal with a glare that practically screamed <...
2025-05-11 06:06:57 +0000 UTC
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“…Still haven’t found that old auntie Nia today.”
But—was she frustrated? Not really.
Don’t let failure to help others bring you down. That kind of guilt could eat you alive. It was a lesson Himmel taught her.
Melusine thought it made sense. She believed one reason why Emiya Shirou turned into red-cloaked Archer was that he cared too deeply about the people he failed to save, and lost sight of those he did.
A simple wish to help people—how co...
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“Aren’t we supposed to return Qiqi to her owner as soon as possible?”
Holding the softly meowing kitten, Tokisaki Kurumi glanced sidelong at Melusine with the one eye not hidden behind her bangs, a trace of amusement flickering in her gaze.
“But we can’t just ignore someone who needs help, can we?”
Melusine’s tone was indifferent. “Besides, it was no trouble at all.”
Just moments ago, the two of them had run into a robbery in progress. A young man had...
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Today was a beautiful day.
Yes, that’s right—a cloudy day. A beautiful day.
After all, summer vacation had just ended, and compared to scorching sunshine, isn’t overcast weather far more pleasant?
Over the break, Melusine had lost track of how many people suffering from heatstroke she’d helped to the hospital. At least double digits, for sure. She’d even run into someone trying to fake an accident for compensation.
Trying to scam Melusine of...
2025-05-11 06:06:45 +0000 UTC
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"Commander! Calm down! Please calm down!"
"Let me go! I’m gonna punch that blind idiot in the face!"
Itsuka Kotori was furious.
Her glorious, magnificent airship Fraxinus—her Fraxinus—had just been brushed off with a dismissive "It’s average."
Average?
Do you even know what an airship is, you tasteless brute?!
Held tightly in Murasame Reine’s arms, Kotori kicked her little legs like a furious child throwin...
2025-05-11 06:06:40 +0000 UTC
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“My family told me to take a break and clear my head. After all, smacking around a god might’ve taken a toll on my mental state.”
Gu Sanqiu kept a perfectly straight face as he bragged outright. They hadn’t seen what actually happened in the fight—so whatever he made up, they’d have no way of disproving it.
As if Osial could really bust out of the seal at Guyun Stone Forest. What a joke.
“Haha, yeah, I’d say that’s a pretty solid reason to unwind,” Kaeya ...
2025-05-11 06:06:34 +0000 UTC
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“I think I’ve got a pretty good idea what you’re thinking.”
Zhongli patted Gu Sanqiu’s head. “Fighting is fine, but go easy on the place. You wouldn’t want the Grand Master coming back and looking for trouble, would you?”
“I’m the West Wind Saint, aren’t I? Breaking a few bits of terrain—do they really care about that?”
Gu Sanqiu grinned smugly. “If anyone’s got a problem, they can take it up with Venti. Not my responsibility.”
“Have y...
2025-05-11 06:06:30 +0000 UTC
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“So basically, Dad, you’re not planning to tell me anything, huh.”
Gu Sanqiu finally understood—Zhongli had made up his mind to keep quiet. The only message he was getting was: “You’ll know when you get there.”
It felt exactly like when an unmarried man in his late twenties got dragged out to a family dinner, thinking it was just a nice meal—only to realize too late that it was actually a blind date setup.
Mentally shattered on the spot....
2025-05-11 06:06:25 +0000 UTC
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“Dad, did you need something from me?”
After finishing his thoughts on the issue of malevolent spirits, Gu Sanqiu finally remembered what he had forgotten.
Oh no!
He rushed back to Liyue Harbor as fast as he could. Honestly, Gu Sanqiu was pretty sure the expression on his face when he arrived could only be described as shamelessly ingratiating.
Zhongli gave his troublesome child a quick glance—though the timing had actually worked out well. If t...
2025-05-11 06:06:16 +0000 UTC
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Chongyun was still channeling his pure Yang energy into Shenhe.
Although elemental energy of the same type could indeed aid recovery—for instance, with Chongyun and Shenhe, you could lay them both down on permafrost that hadn’t melted in millennia and they’d be fine for a while, maybe even stronger afterward—
That didn’t apply to Shenhe’s current condition.
The “source of the illness,” forcibly ripped out of her body, had taken a significant toll: not just st...
2025-05-11 06:06:12 +0000 UTC
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After Momoka finished her extremely late breakfast, the two of them got ready and headed out to work.
As Tokyo drifters without fixed jobs, both she and Rinto relied on part-time gigs to cover rent and daily expenses.
Rinto at least had the excuse of being a student.
Momoka, on the other hand, could have gotten a full-time job—but there’d have been no point.
What she truly wanted to do was make music. That meant she needed flexible hours for street perform...
2025-05-11 06:06:07 +0000 UTC
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After finishing breakfast with the Yoshizawa twins, Asakura Rinto walked them to their training facility.
Their home was near Shibuya, so coming all the way out to his rundown rental was no short trip.
But still, they insisted on dropping by every morning—bringing breakfast, waking him up, even tidying up a little. It made Rinto feel kind of bad, honestly.
So as a way of repaying the favor, he made it a point to drive them back and forth, no matter how busy his part-time j...
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