He knows Pokémon better than me.

After leaving the Twin Dragons Gym, Ash rode Corviknight back into the air.

He didn't plan to stay long. After visiting his old friend Touko in Feiyun City, he would return to the Galar region to meet up with Aya to complete their duel.

However, when passing Route 4 in the Unova region, which is the Desert Ruins area, Ash patted Corviknight on the neck, signaling the latter to slow down.

"Hmm? This feels familiar?"

Looking down, Xiao Zhi saw yellow sand filling the sky, and all around him was a barren, yellowish-brown desert.

The main road in the center was only half-built asphalt road, cut off halfway, with some buildings on both sides.

However, the project was interrupted, and most of the buildings were only in their initial stages, with exposed overhead pipes and steel bars still visible.

These are all places he traveled to back then, so Ash naturally knows the area very well.

The desert area along Route 4 was originally intended to be developed into a residential area as an extension of Flying Cloud City.

After all, the land in Feiyun City has been basically developed, and high-rise buildings are densely packed together.

The sheer size of the city's population has caused Feiyun City's sewers to operate beyond capacity, resulting in some indescribable little perfume-like odors emanating from them every year.

We have long needed additional land to expand the city's living space.

However, when construction on Route 4 was halfway complete, ancient ruins were discovered nearby.
Due to large-scale protests by heritage preservationists, residential development here remains suspended and has become an unfinished project.

"Has it remained unchanged until now?"

Xiao Zhi's lips twitched.

Indeed, in the Unova region alone, there are countless environmentalists, heritage protectors, Pokémon supremacists, and proponents of banning the use of Poké Balls to capture Pokémon. The most...

This can be considered a follow-up effect of Team Plasma from back then.

They preached and brainwashed the Unity people everywhere. Even though Team Plasma and the Neo Plasma no longer exist, this extremely idealistic protective ideology is still rooted in the hearts of many Unity people.

"I tamed my Iron Moth here in these ruins back then~"

Ash looked northwest towards Route 4, where he had encountered the exhausted Volcarona deep within the ruins.

Then, under Mr. Akromah's modification, it became a mechanical Iron Poison Moth, a kind of "rebirth through bloodshed".

However, he stopped not to reminisce about the past, but to sense a familiar aura.

A fiery, burning passion, an absolute thirst for victory!

"Go in the direction of the ruins."

Ash patted Corviknight, who understood and immediately flew towards the northwest of Route 4.

At the same time, on Route 4, beside the giant rock behind the desert ruins.

There are two simple tents here. Fortunately, this is not a real desert, so there are no fierce sandstorms. The two tents can barely hold up.

Two people were sitting in front of the tent, both wearing tattered and dirty robes, looking travel-worn.

One was an elderly man with short, gray-white hair, probably in his sixties, and the other was a man with short, light green hair, probably in his fifties, and slightly younger.

However, the resentment and gloom in his eyes far exceeded that of the former.

"Lord Quixote, rest assured, no one will come to this place."

The gray-haired old man stood up, walking with a limp, but still spoke respectfully.

It was Geralt, one of the Seven Sages of Team Plasma.

The other one, naturally, is another member of Team Plasma's Seven Sages, and also their former leader, Ghetsis. "Hmph, those damned Officer Jennys."

Quixote sat in front of the tent, disheveled and completely devoid of his usual elegant and gentlemanly demeanor, speaking with resentment:

"And that monster, N!"

Clearly, the year-long imprisonment did not change Quixote in the slightest; on the contrary, it intensified his hatred.

He only recently escaped from prison.

After the battle in the southern waters of Unova, Team New Plasma was completely destroyed. He and some of the Seven Sages, including Zero, as high-ranking members of the organization and planners of the evil plan, were imprisoned.

But he wasn't a villain who would easily give up; he found an opportunity and successfully escaped.

Towns in the Unova region offer no hiding places; Officer Jenny is searching everywhere. However, the desert area on Route 4 is a good hiding spot.

Especially the back of the ruins, no one ever comes here.

The sandstorms were frequent, and although they weren't enough to knock them over, every time they opened their mouths, they were filled with sand, which was still disgusting.

As for Geralt, he also lost a leg in that battle, making him a fellow sufferer with Ghetsis.

"Damn it, those traitors!"

Quixote's eyes were filled with resentment. Not to mention the monster N, the other seven sages had either fled or been exonerated. At this moment, only the two of them remained.

But he never intended to simply fade into obscurity.

They can still turn things around!

The two men braved the wind and sand every day, eating simple food full of sand, not just to evade capture.

At this moment, the two of them were staring intently at a device resembling an old-fashioned mobile phone placed on a stone platform in front of them.

Sizzle!

The latter seemed to be sending out some kind of signal, emitting a slightly chaotic high-frequency electrical sound!

"Hey, are you sure this machine really works? We've been waiting for three days!"

Quixote's face was gloomy, filled with impatience.

Gerald nodded and replied:

"Yes, this Acromera machine is working properly and will definitely attract that Victory Pokémon!"

Although Akromah was also a traitor to Team Plasma, Zero still highly regarded his skills.

Akroma invented many cutting-edge technological devices, and those labeled "Akroma machines" are mostly signal devices such as transmitters.

For example, it can awaken Pokémon that are blocking the way.

Or perhaps it's to drive away ferocious wild Pokémon, or to attract a specific type of Pokémon.

The machine in his hand is the prototype that can simulate the signal of "victory" and attract the "Victory Pokémon"!
This was a project that Akromar had just joined Team Plasma, but because the "Victory Pokémon" never showed up, the project was quickly shelved, and the Akromar machine was temporarily put away.

This time, when escaping Officer Jenny's pursuit, Geralt specifically retrieved this machine from the old base, intending to use it.

The reason it couldn't be used back then was because there was no trace of that Pokémon. Perhaps it was dormant, or perhaps it was trapped somewhere, and the signal strength wasn't strong enough to force it to come over.

However, in the past year, there have been sighting reports of that Pokémon all over Unova.

In other words, now is the perfect time to use this Akromar machine! (End of Chapter)