The Path to Redemption Lies Within

Floette lay at the opening atop Dragapult's head, with the excited Dreepy Mesia beside her.

Floette did not understand what was so exciting about this. Having lived for three thousand years, she felt incomparably tense and conflicted.

This was where she had been reborn from the ashes, and also where she had parted from AZ forever.

Without question, the Ultimate Weapon was an exceptionally sharp double-edged sword. On one side was immortality; on the other was death.

All living creatures sought gain and avoided harm by nature. Escaping death and yearning for eternal life were perhaps instincts engraved deep within the genes of all humans—and even Pokémon.

In a sense, AZ, who had created this machine, was a god.

But fundamentally, he was merely an ordinary human who possessed the power of a god.

Greed and selfishness, the two great flaws inherent to living beings, had been magnified infinitely before the temptation of [bringing back the dead].

And so, in order to save his beloved Floette, the lives of countless Pokémon had become sacrifices in an equivalent exchange—

Floette had been reborn carrying that sin.

She loathed herself as she was, and she also loathed AZ for bringing her back in this manner.

Floette could not calmly continue living a life built upon countless dead souls. Yet the curse of immortality prevented her from giving up her own life, leaving her no choice but to depart.

Three thousand years later, Floette had finally reached the end of her cycle.

She had found the Demon Codex, which could stir countless human desires. As long as she could destroy it—

The path to redemption lay within.

Taking a deep breath, Floette said, "I'm ready."

Dragapult answered her. "Dragapult! (You can do it!)"

Then, two Pokémon like tiny missiles shot out from the