Pokémon: Grand Contest: Showdown

When Haimer entered the hall of the red castle, a queen wearing a crown and magnificent robes came into his view.

It seems she is the Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland.

To Haimer's surprise, it was Hunter J who got the Red Queen role!

At that moment, Hunter J, holding a scepter inlaid with volcanic stone, looked at Haimer who had entered the hall and angrily spoke.

"It's all because of you, you fool, that everyone has been completely fooled by a little Yukshi!"

Upon hearing Hunter J's words, Haimer immediately responded with a disdainful laugh.

"Hmph, someone like you who makes a living selling Pokémon, even if you're stuck here for the rest of your life, that's your retribution!!"

In response to Haimer's words, Hunter J raised his scepter and laughed mockingly.

"As someone who has fallen from the Star Palace, how dare you mock others?"

Upon hearing that Hunter J knew about his identity, Haimer pretended to be calm and responded to Hunter J.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

As Haimer finished speaking, Hunter J immediately raised his scepter and said with a smile.

"Hmph, don't you know that neutral organizations like Star Palace Fall are not only monitored by the police, but also wary of organizations operating in the shadows? So, it's really easy for them to find out the identities of your Star Palace Fall members, after all, you don't take sides."

At this moment, after Hunter J finished speaking, the volcanic stone embedded in the scepter she held in her hand emitted a dazzling crimson light.

Upon seeing this, Haimer also cautiously took a few steps back.

Although he didn't understand what Hunter J wanted to do with the volcanic stone, since Haimer knew its specific purpose, he still planned to turn around and run away in a little while.

However, Hunter J seemed to have seen through Haimer's thoughts. As soon as she tapped the ground with her scepter, four crimson stone walls immediately rose up around Haimer.

The surfaces of these four rock walls are not only extremely hot, but they also resemble playing cards.

"Ultimatum: Hand over Yukshi, and I'll spare your life."

Faced with Hunter J's request, Haimer asked in confusion.

"What? Yuxie? But I've never seen him since I came to this world."

Upon hearing Haimer's words, Hunter J, who was holding the scepter, sighed helplessly and then laughed mockingly.

"Aren't you a researcher at the Weibai Town Research Institute? How come you don't even know about this?"

At this moment, facing Hunter J's taunts, Haimer frowned and asked in confusion.

"What exactly are you talking about?"

Upon hearing Haimer's question, Hunter J, while observing his surroundings, thoughtfully replied.

"Generally, if you want to leave a space created by spiritual power that has a story, all you need to do is do something that is the opposite of the original story plot."

“If this is all you’re talking about, then I already know that.”

"I haven't finished yet. If the central character of the story is unable to break through this space no matter what, then there is only one possibility. That is, the one who created this world has chosen to stay in this world and forcibly push the story forward."

After hearing Hunter J's explanation, Haimer understood why everyone was able to break the world created by the Dream Demon.

Because at that time, the nightmare demon left after pulling everyone into the world he created.

Therefore, at that time, everyone who was given a role was able to escape the world created by the dream monster by breaking the original story development.

"Thinking about it, Shuai Da probably realized that the Dream Demon hadn't stayed in the illusion, so he took me to disrupt the original story and help everyone escape the illusion."

Thinking of this, Haimer suddenly remembered that besides Shuai Da, there was another Pokémon in his special dream.

"Yes, and Cresselia too. Professor Cresselia, are you there?"

At this moment, no matter how much Haimer called out to Cresselia in his heart, Cresselia did not give Haimer any response.

"Hmm, she's not here... Come to think of it, it seems like it's been a long time since I've heard Cresselia's voice."

Just as Haimer was thinking about these things, Hunter J raised his scepter and shouted loudly.

"Yukishi, I know you're here! Get out here right now! Otherwise, I'll use the power of the volcanic rock to destroy this world!! And kill this boy while I'm at it!!"

As Hunter J's words echoed through the castle's hall, a golden light suddenly emanated from the key in Haimer's hand.

In an instant, as the golden light slowly rose into the air, Yukshi also quietly appeared from within that golden light.

"Very good, quickly shut this world down!! Otherwise!!"

Faced with Hunter J's threat, Yukshi remained silent for a moment before turning to look at Haimer, who was surrounded by four playing card-shaped rock walls.

"I hope Arceus's prophecy is correct... Young man, this is for you."

At that moment, after Yukshi finished speaking, he used mental interference to hand a warm phoenix feather to Haimer.

Seeing this, Haimer reached out and caught the warm, colorful phoenix feather.

"This is... Ho-Oh's feather?"

Hearing Haimer's question, Yukshi, after using his mental interference to crush the four walls of playing card-shaped rocks surrounding Haimer into powder, cautiously watched Hunter J who was about to raise his scepter again, and then spoke seriously to Haimer.

"I saved your companion before. In return, please do me a favor."

As Yukshi finished speaking, the scepter inlaid with volcanic stone was once again raised high by Hunter J.

In the blink of an eye, several scorching hot rocks shot toward Yukshi and Haimer with lightning speed.

Seeing this, Kexi reached out and squeezed a blue beam of mental interference into a machine gun.

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by the sound of several bullets being fired, the lava rocks flying towards Haimer and Yuxie were all shattered to the ground by Yuxie's machine gun, which was made of blue light that interfered with mental interference.

Seeing that his attacks were ineffective, Hunter J increased his efforts, while Yuxi used the blue light of mental interference to create more machine guns and rocket launchers.

At this moment, as Hunter J summoned more lava blocks, Yuxi, while keeping a wary eye on her, asked Haimer a question.

You probably know the rest of the story from Alice in Wonderland, right?

Hearing what Yuxi said, Haimer nodded slightly and replied.

"Yeah. I know."

"After you finish this story, you can leave. After you leave this illusion, remember to return this feather to Ho-Oh. Ho-Oh should be in a small town called Stony Town in the Sinnoh region right now."

After Yuxi finished speaking, he used mental interference to activate the blue light machine guns and blue light rocket launchers around him to attack Hunter J. Hunter J, seeing this, also summoned more lava walls to defend against them.

Immediately afterwards, Hunter J swung her scepter with great force, and large amounts of lava immediately responded to her call, gushing out from the cracks in the lava walls.

In an instant, a large expanse of magma, like a terrifying beast, rushed towards Yukshi and Haimer with terrifying heat.

Seeing this, Yukshi quickly decomposed and absorbed all the weapons created by the mental interference blue light.

Then, with a loud bang, a thick blue light fortress, created using mental interference, blocked all the lava rushing towards Haimer and Yukshi.

Just when everyone thought they were safe for the time being, the ruby ​​on Yuxi's forehead suddenly lost its luster, and cracks began to appear on the surface of the Blue Light Fortress.

At this moment, because her strength was almost exhausted, Yuuki also fell weakly from the sky.

Seeing this, Haimer was about to step forward to catch Yuki, but at that moment, Shinji suddenly appeared in front of Haimer.

As Yuuki was about to land, Shinji, who happened to be there, reached out and caught him in time.

"Shinji?"

Hearing Haimer's questioning call, Shinji spoke in a cold tone.

"My consciousness was taken over by the Cheshire Cat before, so I only arrived now."

Hearing Shinji's explanation, Haimer nodded slightly. At the same time, Yuki coughed apologetically in Shinji's arms and then spoke softly.

"I'm sorry, although I am a legendary Pokémon, I have only read books all year round, so I don't have much skill."

Faced with Yuxi's words, Haimer looked at the blue light fortress that resembled a city and couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"You're too modest."

At that moment, accompanied by the cracking sound of a crack appearing on the Blue Light Fortress, Yuki flew up from Shinji's arms and spoke to Haimer and Shinji.

"That volcanic rock contains Heatran's power. I can't hold out for long. You all hurry and take good care of Milotic and Gyarados. Also, remember, head to Stellaris Town to find Ho-Oh!!"

Upon hearing Yukshi's words, Haimer was about to say something when Shinji, without a word, grabbed Haimer and ran towards the castle exit.

"Wait!! Shinji!! We!"

"Don't be silly. You and I don't have any Pokémon right now, so we can't be of any help at all. Staying here will only hold us back."

After hearing Shinji's words, although Haimer was very worried about Yukshi, he still gritted his teeth and followed Shinji to escape from the Red Castle.

Not long after, Shinji pulled Haimer through one passage after another, and the two accidentally stepped into a rabbit hole.

After a series of dark and light cycles, when Shinji and Haimer opened their eyes again, they found themselves back in the forest near Lake Ningyu.

Strangely, both Hunter J and Yuxie have disappeared.