Chapter 661: The Universal Legendary Skill - Resizing
Witnessing Regigigas's movement.
The flock of dragons collectively widened their eyes, bracing themselves to execute rapid evasive maneuvers.
Across the entire battlefield, Kazuya was the only entity who remained relatively calm. In fact, his expression was somewhat peculiar.
He had successfully locked onto Regigigas's Aura signature.
And it projected an underlying resonance of...
Shyness and anticipation.
Just as this cognitive calculation materialized in Kazuya's mind...
He watched Regigigas raise a colossal arm and slowly wave its hand at him, before shifting its gaze and waving its hand at the rest of the Dragon Clan.
"...Is it formally initiating a greeting?"
Kazuya frowned, synthesizing a hypothesis based on the Aura data he had just processed.
The primary variable was...
Regigigas projected absolutely zero murderous intent or combat drive.
The kinetic feedback it generated...
Felt remarkably similar to the first time Kazuya had encountered the Dragonites on that isolated island.
It was heavily anchored in friendliness and profound curiosity.
The members of the Dragon Clan froze for a microsecond, then exchanged bewildered glances, their eyes filled with absolute confusion.
What exactly is this gargantuan entity doing?
In the cognitive framework of the vast majority of Pokémon, the physical gesture of "waving" carried zero communicative significance.
It was precisely due to this discrepancy...
That Kazuya couldn't definitively verify if Regigigas was actually initiating a greeting.
Analytically speaking.
The gesture of waving was universally assigned the communicative definition of a "greeting" only after the emergence of human civilization.
"Negative. It is equally probable that humanity acquired this specific communicative gesture by observing Pokémon."
Kazuya suddenly shook his head, recognizing a flaw in his own cognitive bias.
The baseline intelligence of Pokémon in this world was remarkably high.
It wasn't a mathematical certainty that Pokémon exclusively learned from humans.
Conversely.
The humans who emerged later in the chronological timeline...
Historically integrated a massive volume of behavioral data by observing and mimicking Pokémon.
This remained absolute fact even throughout the League Era.
In this world, humans and Pokémon were inextricably linked, operating in a state of deep, mutual coexistence.
Regardless of the sociological origins...
Upon definitively verifying that Regigigas harbored no malicious intent, Kazuya exhaled a long sigh of relief.
He was mathematically certain.
Operating within his current combat parameters...
He absolutely lacked the kinetic output to defeat Regigigas.
In fact...
Even if he executed a full biological recovery and returned to peak operational status, he would still suffer defeat.
Only the absolute peak combat iterations of his Fourth and Fifth lives possessed the raw martial capital to successfully contest a fully awakened Regigigas.
Even the iteration of himself from his Third life would likely fall slightly short, at best managing to force a grueling, defensive stalemate.
"Florges, broadcast an immediate directive. The collective is to maintain absolute operational discipline. No unprovoked actions. We will initiate a brief recuperation phase before commencing the return transit."
Kazuya spoke softly to Florges, who was currently cradled in his arms.
"Flor."
Florges nodded gently, logging his command, before issuing a query, "Flor?"
"I am going to initiate contact with that behemoth and attempt to secure a diplomatic relationship."
Kazuya grinned sharply, offering her full transparency.
He desired, and strategically required, to establish diplomatic relations with these "Deities."
The desire...
Stemmed purely from his inherent, foundational passion as a Pokémon enthusiast.
The requirement...
Stemmed from the biological reality that they possessed near-infinite chronological lifespans.
Throughout that endless expanse of time, they were mathematically guaranteed to have archived a massive volume of world-altering secrets. Those specific data points would absolutely prove instrumental in helping Kazuya realize his ultimate objective.
Take the Colossal Pokémon standing before him as a prime example.
It possessed the biological endurance to easily survive straight into the League Era. How many chronological years in the future was that?
It had to be a minimum of hundreds of millions of years, correct?
Kazuya lacked the precise data to calculate his exact temporal distance from the League Era, given the unfathomably vast scale of the Ancient Era.
However, factoring in the current geopolitical reality—the Dragon Clan actively asserting global dominance—
His current chronological coordinate was definitively situated between the Bug-type Era and the Cenozoic Era.
That placed him roughly 66 million to 200 million years prior to the League.
This data flawlessly verified that Regigigas was a biological entity entirely unconstrained by standard mortality parameters.
It was highly probable it could provide Kazuya with exceptionally valuable strategic intelligence.
Even if it couldn't...
Securing a diplomatic alliance with a Master-class Deity offered absolutely zero logistical detriments.
At the absolute minimum... if Groudon and Kyogre ever decided to ignite another apocalyptic war in the immediate vicinity of the Dragon Clan...
Kazuya wouldn't have to calculate the terrifying scenario of possessing absolutely zero capacity to mitigate the cataclysm.
He gently set Florges down on the earth.
Then, he launched himself into the air, flying directly toward the towering behemoth.
Observing this maneuver, the members of the Dragon Clan instantly grew tense.
Their nervous systems redlined, fully psychologically prepared to follow their Dragon King's lead and ignite a catastrophic war against the giant god.
"Flor~"
Florges's gentle, soothing voice washed smoothly over the minds of the collective.
The dragons rapidly stabilized their combat parameters.
Since Big Brother and the Matriarch have both confirmed the operational safety, there shouldn't be any friction, right?
This was the synchronized cognitive calculation running through the minds of the Dragon Clan operatives.
Naturally.
There was a secondary variable influencing their compliance.
Excluding hyper-aggressive anomalies like the Tyrantrum patriarch, the vast majority of the Dragon Clan harbored absolutely zero desire to ignite a conflict with that behemoth under their current operational conditions.
A single visual scan confirmed the entity possessed terrifyingly massive kinetic potential.
And the collective was currently operating under severe physical debuffs.
Initiating combat under these parameters was mathematically guaranteed to result in catastrophic, astronomical casualties.
As for the probability of defeat?
That specific calculation hadn't actually materialized in their cognitive processors.
The name of this era was the Dragon Clan, and the absolute sovereign of this era was the Dragon King.
With Big Brother anchoring the vanguard...
How could they mathematically suffer defeat?
However, avoiding an apocalyptic engagement was undeniably the absolute most optimal tactical outcome.
Following the Matriarch's directive, the dragons dispersed, securing localized coordinates to resume their recuperation protocols.
Those experiencing severe fatigue simply collapsed onto the earth, all four limbs in the air, and initiated sleep cycles.
Those experiencing severe hunger had a vastly simpler resolution. The battlefield was littered with insect carcasses; they couldn't possibly transport them all, nor could they consume them all in a single sitting. The surplus biological matter would simply be relegated as sustenance for the Rocky Mountain garrison.
Meanwhile.
Kazuya executed a cautious, probing descent, landing smoothly upon Regigigas's massive shoulder. The titan didn't initiate any defensive countermeasures; it merely observed him with quiet curiosity.
This successfully purged the remaining tension from Kazuya's core, definitively confirming Regigigas harbored absolutely zero malicious intent.
He craned his neck, executing a rapid volumetric estimation.
The current iteration of Regigigas stood at a minimum height of over three hundred meters.
Kazuya's current physical dimensions—exceeding ten meters—already classified him as a massive dragon by standard metrics. Yet, perched upon Regigigas, he was functionally equivalent to a small bird.
Even if Kazuya explicitly accepted the Overlord classification tag...
He calculated his absolute maximum biological expansion would cap at roughly eighty meters.
Stacked against Regigigas, he would still visually register as a juvenile.
It had to be objectively acknowledged...
Regarding raw volumetric scale...
Regigigas was undeniably the absolute pinnacle of the Pokémon world. After all, it also possessed a Dynamax configuration.
Simultaneously.
A critical logistical query materialized in Kazuya's cognitive processors.
The Crimson Genesect that had previously breached the surface...
Was an entity possessing terrifyingly high combat output.
Yet, it had completely failed to secure the Overlord classification tag for this sector.
This mathematically proved...
That within the subterranean ecosystem of the Rocky Mountains, there existed a biological entity possessing an even more overwhelmingly massive combat baseline, preventing the Genesect from claiming the Overlord status.
Synthesizing the current visual data...
That entity was undeniably Regigigas.
Translating this data...
Did this imply that Regigigas formally operated under the "Overlord" classification?
Do Legendary Pokémon possess "Overlord" tags?
This was a specific parameter Kazuya had genuinely never previously calculated.
According to the established lore framework of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Legendaries were completely divorced from concepts like "Alpha" or "Noble/Overlord."
They mathematically didn't require them.
"Regi?"
Regigigas initiated the vocal exchange.
However, Kazuya encountered an unexpected logistical bottleneck.
He mathematically couldn't comprehend the linguistic data it was outputting. Although the audio signature closely resembled the mechanical vocalizations of the Regi trio...
The embedded semantic meaning was completely indecipherable.
It was as if...
Regigigas was outputting data utilizing an Ancient dialect of the Pokémon linguistic framework.
Did Pokémon linguistics genuinely possess distinct Modern and Ancient syntax?
Regardless, Kazuya currently lacked the translation software to process it.
"I lack the linguistic parameters to comprehend your audio output. On a separate query... do you possess the biological capability to execute a volumetric compression of your physical frame?"
Kazuya lightly scraped his claws against Regigigas's shoulder plating.
It was exceptionally dense.
The tactile feedback resembled standard steel.
But the actual structural hardness was mathematically guaranteed to be vastly superior.
"Regi."
Regigigas outputted another string of indecipherable audio.
But Kazuya deduced it had successfully processed his query.
Because he could immediately, distinctly detect his current relative altitude initiating a rapid, continuous descent.
The members of the Dragon Clan visually tracked Regigigas's physical frame executing a massive volumetric reduction.
They processed this visual data without experiencing any significant operational shock.
After all, within the Dragon Clan...
This specific biological phenomenon was exceptionally commonplace.
When the Rampardos Alpha integrated into the collective, his physical dimensions compressed.
When Dragon Dad formally relinquished the Volcano Overlord title, his physical dimensions compressed.
When the Tyrantrum patriarch submitted to Kazuya's sovereignty, his physical dimensions also compressed.
Therefore, this visual data was entirely within their accepted cognitive parameters.
In their analytical framework...
Regigigas's volumetric compression was an explicit, physical manifestation of its submission to Kazuya's authority.
Moving forward, this behemoth was officially a subordinate operative of the Dragon Clan.
Granted, the degree of compression was exceptionally severe.
But that was strategically irrelevant.
Every operative possessed the data:
Even if a powerhouse underwent severe volumetric compression, their baseline combat output wouldn't suffer a mathematically proportional degradation.
If you couldn't defeat them before, you still couldn't defeat them now.
Across the entire theater, Kazuya was the sole entity experiencing genuine operational shock.
As the proverb states: The greater your data archive, the more profound the anomaly registers.
He possessed absolute clarity on the parameters.
Regigigas's volumetric compression was completely uncorrelated to the Overlord or Alpha classification mechanics.
It was purely a universal, biological capability intrinsic to Legendary Pokémon.
This universal skill could be designated as "Volumetric Resizing," although this specific resizing mechanism undoubtedly possessed absolute maximum and minimum structural thresholds.
His operational shock...
Originated exclusively from the fact that Regigigas had ultimately compressed its frame until it perfectly matched Kazuya's current vertical dimensions.
The delta between its maximum and minimum volume was absolutely staggering.
Furthermore, Kazuya's Aura sensors suggested it still retained the capacity for further compression, likely down to the three-meter height metric officially documented in the Modern Pokédex.
It was a truly miraculous biological function.
Where exactly was the astronomical volume of internal kinetic energy displaced to during this process?
Was it systematically hyper-compressed within the core?
Or perhaps...
Was the fundamental mechanic of this technique inherently the hyper-compression of internal energy, which subsequently triggered a proportional reduction in physical volume?
Upon synthesizing this specific hypothesis, Kazuya's cognitive processors initiated a deep, analytical dive into the mechanics.
He had to admit.
His strategic interest was intensely piqued.
He harbored a profound desire to acquire this specific capability.
Manipulating one's physical dimensions to alter one's combat parameters... how could that not be classified as a direct enhancement of martial output?
If he successfully mastered this technique...
He could flawlessly accept the Overlord classification tag, secure the massive power multiplier, and then subsequently execute a volumetric compression.
This would permanently eliminate the massive logistical friction associated with navigating daily life in an oversized frame, while simultaneously retaining the astronomically enhanced combat baseline.
The only remaining bottleneck was verifying whether a standard, non-Legendary biological entity like himself mathematically possessed the capacity to acquire this universal Legendary skill.
"Are you capable of transmitting the instructional data for this specific technique to me?"
Kazuya pointed a claw directly at Regigigas.
Regardless of the probability of success.
He was determined to initiate a trial run.
If it proved mathematically impossible, he would simply archive the objective.
Historically, he had genuinely never formulated the objective of acquiring this specific technique from a Legendary.
After all, prior to this current reincarnation...
He had rarely encountered significant logistical friction due to his physical dimensions. The sole exception was the latter half of his Third life, during the chronological window where he was garrisoned beneath the Tree of Beginning, actively preparing to initiate combat against Lugia.
During that specific era, Kazuya's operational parameters were still relatively immature.
He hadn't even successfully initialized his Aura capabilities yet.
He had only accrued thirty chronological years of operational experience within the Pokémon world. He lacked the massive data archive and strategic foresight he currently possessed.
During his subsequent Fourth and Fifth lives...
His physical dimensions were entirely standard.
Neither excessively massive nor remarkably diminutive, resulting in a highly optimized survival experience. Naturally, the necessity for this technique never factored into his calculations.
"Regi."
"..."
Kazuya stared quietly at Regigigas, his brow locking into a slow frown.
It appeared...
Prior to initiating the instructional protocols for this specific technique, he was mathematically required to resolve their severe linguistic incompatibility.
On a related query...
As a Legendary entity...
Why did Regigigas mathematically lack the capability to execute telepathic communication?
He had historically assumed that telepathy was another universal capability hardwired into all Legendary entities.
Even Kazuya possessed the capability.
Whether leveraging his Aura output, or utilizing the Psychic capabilities he had systematically cultivated over the past two years...
He could flawlessly execute unidirectional telepathic broadcasts.
It was merely a different vector achieving the identical outcome.
It absolutely wasn't a highly complex operational capability.
At that moment.
Regigigas slowly rocked its chassis forward and backward.
Synthesizing the kinetic motion... Kazuya deduced it was executing a nod.
Kazuya reverse-engineered its intent by analyzing its Aura wavelength, unable to suppress a sharp grin:
"Accompany me back to the grassland first."
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