In the end, some people still died before they could be saved.
Among the crowd, Xiao Bin remained silent, his fists clenched tight.
The teachers had not told all the students the full story behind this incident.
Only Roy and Xiao Bin, the two people most closely involved, knew the truth.
This was all because of me... Xiao Bin fell silent, suddenly recalling his father's words.
—Since you enjoy the privileges of being a Child of the Heavenly Kings, you must bear the responsibilities of that identity.
Meanwhile, Roy sat wearily on a nearby rock and sighed.
He had not attended school for two months, and even among his own classmates, he did not know many people. He knew none of the dead.
Still, seeing people his own age die inevitably left him feeling low.
Just then, Electabuzz cried out in surprise. "Brai Brai—!"
Roy thought the wary experimental Pokémon had caused some kind of disturbance and hurriedly looked over.
What he saw made him pause.
Electabuzz was holding a gaseous, spherical Pokémon in both hands, crying out continuously.
The Pokémon had its eyes tightly shut, its entire body covered in wounds, still unconscious. That was—"Cosmog?"
Precious Footage of Early Humans Taming Legendary Pokémon
During the earlier battle, Roy had wondered why he had not seen Cosmog. Could it have been wiped out along with Dragonite's Draco Meteor...?
Dying miserably to some unknown AOE attack would truly have been the shame of legendary Pokémon.
But on second thought, the best way to keep a Pokémon like Cosmog—one with no combat ability whatsoever and only capable of Teleport—was not to lock it in a cage, but to put it inside a Poké Ball.
Roy guessed that Cosmog had been on the Illuminati Sword Bearer, Hermes.
*Cosmog must have escaped during the