It Hurts, It Hurts So Much (Revised After One Hour)

"Lai."

A deep voice echoed through the darkness.

When Tetsuya opened his eyes, he saw Darkrai, the Mythical Pokemon, quietly levitating in midair.

Of course.

There was also the Dark Crystal beside it, which had seemingly returned to its sealed state.

"Did we make it? Thank goodness."

The joy of surviving the disaster even left Tetsuya's body feeling weak and limp.

Honestly.

If Deoxys had really come out and fought Rayquaza head-on.

There was no telling who would have won.

But Tetsuya knew he absolutely would not have been able to escape the battle range of those two in a short amount of time.

The outcome was not hard to predict—he would have gotten GG'd, with his game of life declared over ahead of schedule.

Tetsuya had plenty of self-awareness about that.

He was not Ash. Ho-Oh probably would not go to great lengths to resurrect him.

Besides.

What if resurrection required the corpse to be intact? That would have been even more awkward.

If those two started fighting, he definitely would have died without even a complete body left behind.

"Although I don't know what you're thinking about."

Cynthia's voice sounded behind Tetsuya. "Could you please move aside first?"

Her usually elegant tone sounded somewhat strange at the moment.

Tetsuya hurriedly used his Psychic-type powers to lift himself up. "Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to."

He turned to look around.

The fifth floor of Angel Tower was already a complete mess.

The glass walls that had ensured safety all around had shattered so thoroughly that their original shape was unrecognizable.

A fierce wind kept pouring in from the high altitude.

If Tetsuya and Cynthia had been ordinary humans, they would not even have been able to speak right now.

He checked his body.

Good. No parts were missing, just