After hearing the unknown Pokémon explain, one by one, what they had been fused from, Misty and I could hardly believe it.
"Then why did you abduct the residents of Cerulean City?" I asked after collecting myself.
"To use them as our living punching bags! The truth is, we no longer consider ourselves human, but we hate the humans who created us. We want to take our anger out on humans!
Ultra Space? That's nothing but a lie. It's just a pretty name for the space those experimenters imprisoned us in."
"Then who turned you into this?"
"We don't know either. All we know is that, when we were still human, we were abducted while unconscious. By the time we woke up, we already looked like this. I seem to have said too much. Since you're here, come play with us, humans."
Ultra Beasts were actually humans? Could we rescue the residents of Cerulean City?
"Boy, don't say we're picking on you. To be honest, even if all your Pokémon attacked us together, you couldn't win, so we won't settle this with a Pokémon battle."
"Then how do you want to settle it?"
"See those targets over there? Let's test your aim."
Those "targets" were actually the residents of Cerulean City and Officer Jenny. They had all been tied up and hung from a long frame.
"Send out your Pokémon and have them aim their moves at the targets. For every target you hit, we'll let you rescue that person. But if you miss, too bad.
The rules are that you can't use Flying-type Pokémon to fly close to the targets and attack, you can't use Psychic-type moves, and, finally, you can't use Lock-On."
"How is that a contest? You're just using us for your own entertainment." I felt deeply