Nuvema Town, Professor Juniper's Research Lab.
Professor Juniper and Professor Oak had already given Pikachu a thorough physical examination.
Zekrom's Fusion Bolt, combined with Pikachu's own electricity, had overloaded the electricity inside Pikachu's body.
Ash was deeply worried, and Pikachu wasn't doing very well either.
Professor Juniper tried to reassure them.
"Don't worry. The lab has all the equipment we need. We can examine Pikachu and let it get some proper rest..."
Then Professor Oak made a good suggestion: find Zeraora.
Just as they were about to ask Li Wei to lend them Zeraora to treat Pikachu...
Before they could finish speaking, the clear sky over Nuvema Town suddenly changed.
Just as at the airport, dense, ink-black clouds began gathering and swirling without warning, instantly swallowing the sunlight as though night had fallen early.
The air once again filled with the smell of ozone.
"It's... it's happening again?!"
Brock stared up at the sky in shock.
Professor Juniper gazed at the dark clouds overhead and the blue light at their center.
It might really be Zekrom!
Divine punishment?
Professor Juniper furrowed her brow.
In the legends of the Unova Region, Zekrom was the deity that helped a hero establish Unova,
but there were also records describing its lightning as divine punishment.
Amid the dense clouds, a dragon clad in black-and-gray armor looked down upon the lab, its turbine-like tail glowing an eerie blue.
Zekrom's crimson eyes pierced the layers of clouds and the lab itself, fixing precisely on the cap-wearing Ash as he held Pikachu.
RUMBLE!!!
At the center of the swirling clouds,
low in the sky directly above the lab,
a blue pillar of lightning tore through the heavens and crashed down.
The moment Zekrom appeared, the current inside Pikachu's body began surging out of control.
Without hesitation, Ash