Blue Planet.
Rin Aokawa was working at full speed on Special Episode 2.
This special episode involved far too many divine beasts. Editing the video demanded far more effort than before.
This was the hardest video he had ever had to cut.
There were simply too many divine beasts involved.
Originally, Rin Aokawa had planned to release Special Episode 2 before revealing TOP 1.
He wanted to use it as the warm-up for TOP 1, to push the entire divine beast ranking series to its absolute peak, then detonate everything when TOP 1 was finally unveiled.
This was his ace in the hole.
But plans couldn't keep up with reality.
By now, Rin Aokawa had already obtained 90 points of World Fortune Value from the Pokémon world.
He only needed ten more points to max it out.
Somewhere in the back of his mind, he had a vague premonition—
the last 10 points of World Fortune Value would likely be exceptionally hard to obtain.
So Rin Aokawa decided to throw out Special Episode 2, this trump card of a video, ahead of schedule.
He really wanted to know—
what kind of changes would happen once a world's World Fortune Value was maxed out.
He always felt that something extraordinary would happen.
Rin Aokawa sifted through the footage in his materials library.
Even he, watching these divine beasts appear on screen with the system's immersive editing enhancement, was repeatedly shocked.
He roughly finalized the script and structure.
A smile tugged at his lips.
This second special episode was definitely going to blow the minds of everyone across the myriad dimensions.
Especially when they found out why those divine beasts ended up going to war.
When they came to know Hoopa—
and learned what had caused the war of divine beasts in the first place—
the shock it triggered would probably surpass every video before it.
Back in his previous life, when he had watched that movie, he had been stunned out of his mind.
Not to mention now, after the system's enhancement, along with the additional scenes and embellishments he had woven in from his own imagination.
The Hoopa arc would absolutely set the entire audience on fire!!
Just as Rin Aokawa was in full swing, working with unstoppable momentum—
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on completing the advanced mission: continuously shocking the myriad dimensions across multiple videos, with audience retention reaching 100%."
"Reward: one Special Treasure Chest! It has already been placed in your inventory!"
The system suddenly popped up.
An advanced mission?
That was an unexpected delight.
With a thought, Rin Aokawa opened his personal interface.
In his inventory lay a pitch-black treasure chest brimming with mystery.
[Mysterious Treasure Chest]: Upon opening, you will receive a mysterious reward. Extremely rare.
Without hesitation, Rin Aokawa opened the chest.
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining Mewtwo's psychic power."
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Sea Pokemon and the Earth Pokemon."
"Detected that the Host's Beast Space has not yet been opened. Mewtwo's psychic power will now automatically help the Host open a Beast Space."
Rin Aokawa's mind suddenly thundered.
His gaze unfocused, turning vacant.
Inside his mind, it felt as though heaven and earth were splitting apart.
At first, it began from a single point.
Then it exploded outward—
like the Big Bang of the universe, or like Pangu splitting heaven and earth apart.
In an instant, a space was opened within the domain of his mind.
The psychic power granted by the system poured into that space, then continuously expanded it, carving out and widening this spiritual world.
Inside his mental domain, all kinds of strange phenomena arose endlessly.
Mewtwo was a first-class divine beast.
Its full psychic power was terrifying beyond measure.
So horrifying it was hard to comprehend.
At the very moment Rin Aokawa opened his Beast Space—
Icefield Base.
"Th-That… what is that? The sky has split open!!"
"It's terrifying! Don't tell me another beast tide is coming?!"
"Flame Lion, what's wrong with you?!"
"Ice Crystal Butterfree, what happened?!"
The entire Icefield Base fell into chaos.
Every single beast in the base—whether wild beast or contracted beast—seemed to sense some terrifying existence.
They all collapsed flat onto the ground, whining miserably.
Above Icefield Base, the clouds had been split apart.
High in the sky, lightning crackled from time to time, sparks bursting everywhere.
A terrifying pressure blanketed the entire base.
Humans couldn't feel it.
Only beasts and battle pets could.
It was pressure that surpassed countless levels of life.
The pressure belonging solely to a first-class divine beast.
Countless people stared at the scene in horror.
At the Beast Tamer Association—
"What… what is going on?" The upper echelon of the association looked at the beasts lying limp on the ground, their minds in turmoil.
They tried to recall their contracted beasts into their Beast Spaces—
but found they couldn't.
Because of the last beast tide, a Legendary Beast Tamer had been specially dispatched here.
A being powerful enough to guard an entire region alone.
He had come specifically to investigate the crimson beast that had wiped out the entire beast tide with a single strike.
Beside him stood a black Western dragon.
Its massive black wings were lined with blood-red patterns, and its maw bristled with vicious fangs.
The pressure it gave off was immense at a glance.
This was his ace beast—
the King-level Sky-Splitting Demonic Dragon.
Dragon-type creatures were generally invincible among those of the same rank.
Yet now, that Sky-Splitting Demonic Dragon had its proud head pressed flat against the ground, its entire body trembling.
"Th-The Sky-Splitting Demonic Dragon told me… G-God… a god has descended. Divine might is filling heaven and earth. It can't summon even the slightest will to resist."
The Legendary Beast Tamer spoke with extreme difficulty, his heart rocked beyond belief.
The pressure lasted for about a minute…
Then it vanished.
The beasts gradually returned to normal.
But every Beast Tamer's heart was filled with dread.
A god of beasts?
They had never heard of such a realm before.
Which meant that the crimson beast that had annihilated the entire beast tide with one attack was also a being on the level of a god.
Realizing how serious this was, Icefield Base hurriedly sent a report upward.
The Beast Space had been fully opened.
Rin Aokawa slowly opened his eyes.
As his gaze shifted, a boundless gleam flashed through them before disappearing.
His eyes had become exceptionally bright and spirited.
It was as though, on a spiritual level, his entire being had undergone a tremendous transformation.
Rin Aokawa immediately checked on the Beast Space he had just opened.
His consciousness sank into his mental domain.
Then—
Rin Aokawa: ??????
He went completely blank.
At that moment, he felt as though he had arrived inside a vast world.
Boundless.
Endless.
Th-This… was a Beast Space?
He was stunned.
This wasn't a Beast Space at all—
this was clearly a world!
A newborn, silent world.
The strength of a Beast Tamer was determined by the size of their Beast Space.
If someone could open a Beast Space as large as a small room at the start, they were already considered exceptionally talented.
Then what did it mean for his Beast Space to be the size of an entire world?
The larger the Beast Space, the sturdier its barriers, and the more battle pets it could contain.
The stronger the Beast Tamer.
At the same time, the Beast Space was beneficial to battle pets as well.
A Beast Space was opened through a Beast Tamer's psychic power, and the entire space was filled with mist-like spiritual energy.
When battle pets absorbed this spiritual mist, it could increase their strength and shorten their growth cycle.
Beast Tamers and battle pets complemented one another.
Rin Aokawa looked at the spiritual mist inside his Beast Space.
It was no longer mist.
It had already condensed into a tangible substance, so dense it was almost unbelievable.
Rin Aokawa drew in a deep breath.
Looking at his Beast Space, which was as large as a world and filled with highly concentrated, nearly solid spiritual energy, he thought it over carefully.
Actually, it wasn't that surprising.
After all, this was Mewtwo's psychic power.
Using it to open a world-sized Beast Space and condense the spiritual mist into physical form—
wasn't all that strange.
"Right, there's still the other reward."
Rin Aokawa began sensing the interior of his Beast Space.
At the very center of that Beast Space—
there were two gigantic creatures lying there asleep, like two mountain ranges.
Their snores shook heaven and earth.
One of them was crimson red all over, with a ferocious appearance. Inside its chest blazed a scorching furnace, like a miniature sun, radiating dazzling light.
This enormous creature looked almost exactly like Groudon, the God of Land, aside from a few subtle differences.
The other was a deep azure whale, as massive as a mountain. Within its chest was likewise a brilliant blue furnace, glowing with gorgeous sapphire light.
It looked almost identical to Kyogre, the God of the Sea, save for a few small differences in appearance.
These two creatures, so similar to Groudon and Kyogre—
were the other rewards from the Special Treasure Chest:
—Earth Pokemon.
—Sea Pokemon.
They were replicas created by Jirachi, the Wish Pokémon capable of granting any wish, using the power of wishes.
Aside from lacking divine authority—
they possessed the same power and abilities as Groudon and Kyogre.
Looking at the two demonic beasts, even Rin Aokawa hadn't expected that opening the Special Treasure Chest would give him these two.
He could feel that with a single thought, he could awaken them.
And they would be absolutely loyal to him.
Looking at them, Rin Aokawa's heart surged with excitement.
At last, his cheat ability had finally come through in a serious way.
With these two demonic beasts, he could probably slaughter his way through this world as he pleased.
"Back to work, back to work!!"
Rin Aokawa withdrew his mind from the Beast Space.
First, he had to finish editing the video.
Then he'd head outside and test the abilities of the Sea Pokemon and the Earth Pokemon.
With Mewtwo's psychic power added to his own, he felt editing become even more effortless.
Footage selected…
Script completed…
Background music chosen…
Editing began!
Rin Aokawa threw himself into editing Special Episode 2 at incredible speed.
He worked straight through the night, fully focused, entering a state of total immersion.
When he finally snapped out of it, it was already noon the next day.
Even after staying awake a full day and night, Rin Aokawa didn't feel even a trace of fatigue. He felt full of energy.Luo
He watched through the completed video one more time.
There wasn't a single flaw.
Every frame, every second, was perfect.
[Special Episode 2]
[Hoopa vs. Hoopa Unbound]
Publish!!
After publishing it, Rin Aokawa slung on his backpack and headed out.
He was going to the dangerous wilderness.
He wanted to test the abilities of the Earth Pokemon and the Sea Pokemon.
As a Pokémon fan, nothing was more exciting than commanding Pokémon in battle!
Across the myriad dimensions.
In the Pokémon world, at Professor Oak's Laboratory—
Ash and Gary were sprawled on the grass, scrolling through the Dimensional Platform.
Both looked utterly listless.
"These videos are all so boring. Grandpa, when is Rin going to release the special episode?" Gary asked Professor Oak.
After watching other people's videos on the platform, everything just felt too dull.
Compared to Rin Aokawa's ranking videos, it was an insult.
"I want to know even more than you."
Professor Oak sighed as well. It had already been a full day without an update.
That damn uploader was getting slower and slower.
He desperately wanted to know what exactly happened in the future world.
Why had the divine beasts gone to war?
"I really want to watch the video. Gary, do you think maybe I'll show up again in the next one?" Ash asked.
"Dream on, Ash. You've already shown up in so many videos. I was in the last one too. I was battling Giovanni. Pretty awesome, right?"
Ash said, "That was pretty awesome. You got beaten like a dog by Giovanni's Mewtwo. I appeared in the last one too—I stopped Mewtwo's plan to destroy the world."
Gary: "..."
In the world of pirates.
On the Moby-Dick, Whitebeard's ship—
"So boring, Ace. Come fight me a bit. I've gotten some new insight into Phoenix form," Marco said.
"Get lost. All you do is want to spar with me all day," Ace cursed.
"So boring… Rin Aokawa hasn't updated in a whole day." Marco slumped against the railing, looking dispirited. "I've caught the disease where I'll die if I don't watch Rin Aokawa's videos."
"Gurararara… I'm waiting for the update too. Ever since Rin Aokawa's videos appeared, the entire sea has calmed down. Even the friction between forces has lessened," Whitebeard said.
Before they knew it, everyone had become a loyal viewer of Rin Aokawa.
A whole day and night without an update—
had driven the audiences of the myriad dimensions crazy with impatience.
They had nearly refreshed the Dimensional Platform into oblivion.
But still no update.
"Damn uploader, update already!!!"
"What the hell happened afterward?! Hurry up and drop the special episode!"
"Not updating for a whole day and night? Even a production donkey doesn't rest this much!"
And just then—
everyone noticed that the pinned video at the top of the platform had suddenly changed.
The video had updated!!
The eyes of countless people who had been waiting bitterly lit up.
Finally, you're here.
Good thing I didn't give up.
The cover image showed more than ten terrifying Pokémon confronting each other.
Only their backs could be seen.
[Special Episode: Hoopa vs. Hoopa]
Hiss!!
Quite a few people sucked in a cold breath.
Just from the cover alone, they could feel the oppressive atmosphere.
The suffocating pressure transmitted straight through the image itself.
If the cover alone was this insane, then how terrifying would the actual content be?
"The video updated—watch it!"
In the Pokémon world, Professor Oak and the others clicked in immediately.
This video tugged especially hard at the hearts of everyone in the Pokémon world.
Unlike the audiences from other worlds, who were basically just watching the excitement—
this ranking was about their world.
They desperately wanted to know what the future of their world would become.
The moment Professor Oak and the others entered the immersive viewing mode—
they found themselves in an undersea world filled with magma.
Inside an undersea volcano, magma roared and churned.
The immersive audience felt a wave of scorching heat crash over them, unbearably hot.
"There's something inside the crater!" someone with sharp eyes shouted, pointing at the volcanic mouth.
Amid the endless magma, an enormous figure was sleeping within the molten sea.
It was Groudon.
Everyone was puzzled.
Wasn't this supposed to be a war of divine beasts?
Why had they suddenly arrived at the place where Groudon slept?
Just then—
Buzz~
The air trembled softly.
In front of Groudon, a golden ring appeared in space.
Within the ring flowed a curtain of light, brilliant and dazzling, as though it led to another world entirely.
Just as everyone was wondering what it was—
and why this golden circle had appeared out of nowhere—
ripples suddenly spread across the light curtain inside the ring.
Then a red hand reached out from the other side of the portal.
Everyone jumped in fright.
It was a severed hand.
The entire arm ended at the elbow.
The key point was—
this severed hand could move?
The golden ring expanded drastically.
The red hand seized Groudon—
and dragged the sleeping Groudon into the ring, where it vanished.
Then, with a soft hum—
the golden ring disappeared as well.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the now-empty magma sea.
What was that golden ring???
And what was that red severed hand???
Groudon had just been abducted like that????
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