Hisui Region, Cobalt Coastlands.
Surging waves crashed against the jagged reefs rising from the sea, spraying white foam high into the air.
And amid these waters, a fierce chase was underway.
A Basculegion covered in golden light, its eyes turned white, darted madly between the reefs like an out-of-control golden torpedo.
The souls attached to its tail had also been dyed gold. Every time Basculegion swung its tail, they erupted with astonishing thrust, carving a deep white wake across the sea. Its speed was enough to leave ordinary aquatic Pokémon far behind.
However, behind it—
An orange figure was pursuing it at an even more terrifying speed.
Dragonite had unleashed Extreme Speed. Its massive two-meter-tall body now moved as lightly as though it had no weight at all, tearing through the air like an orange streak of light.
Rather than swimming across the ocean like Basculegion, it skimmed just above the surface in low-altitude flight.
Wherever Dragonite passed, the powerful wind pressure split the sea apart, forming two walls of water that curled outward and slammed against the reefs, making them hum under the strain.
Using the thrust from the souls on its tail, Basculegion performed swift zigzag maneuvers, trying to use the complicated reef field to shake Dragonite off.
But in its Extreme Speed state, Dragonite's reactions and maneuverability had long since reached their peak. It always avoided the reefs with pinpoint precision, and sometimes even treated them as speed bumps, crashing into them head-on and smashing them to pieces.
The distance between the two rapidly shrank as time passed.
No matter how desperately Basculegion swung its tail or how many short bursts of speed it unleashed, it could not shake the Dragonite pursuing it like a shadow.
In terms of speed, Dragonite completely overwhelmed the rampaging Sea Queen.