Jing He: Flip the Table! (Double Chapter, Please Vote!)

What happened in Dahara City had caused an enormous stir, and there had been so many Legendary Pokémon that one could not count them on both hands.

No matter how confident Lysandre was in himself or how much faith he had in Zygarde, the "God of Order," he did not think he could gain much of an advantage against Jing He.

However, he would not simply release Z2, the Zygarde Core he had painstakingly captured, just because Jing He had come knocking.

What was more...

Through their previous exchanges, Lysandre had come to see Jing He as someone who could be "won over."

"After everything that happened in Dahara City, don't you understand, Teacher Jing He?!"

Lysandre's voice rose, becoming impassioned and filled with indignation.

"The power possessed by Super Djinn Hoopa!"

He abruptly swung out an arm and stared fixedly at Jing He.

"Was bestowed by humanity's endless desires!"

Humans were weak and useless, yet filled with all kinds of complex, ever-changing desires. And when those desires gathered together... even the so-called Legendary Pokémon could be affected and controlled.

Did Super Djinn Hoopa control the Legendary Pokémon it summoned? No! It was human desire—those intense negative emotions and malice—that influenced and drove the Legendary Pokémon.

"And those Pokémon Hunters you despise, those Pokémon trafficking organizations you hate—aren't they also driven by desire? By their yearning for money and their plundering of resources?"

"Jing He." Lysandre extended a hand toward Jing He and said earnestly, "Rather than watch a tomorrow even worse than today rise once more, why don't we join hands... and make this world once again—"

"Have you seen tomorrow?" Jing He suddenly interrupted.

"Hm?" Lysandre's brows drew together.

"I'm asking, Representative Lysandre. Have you seen tomorrow?" Jing He's expression remained unchanged. With his hands clasped beneath his