New York, X Pet Shop.
Inside the familiar alternate dimension, Celebi, delighted to finally be home, was chasing Rayquaza through the sky.
Although Rayquaza, the ruler of the skies, had an extremely proud personality, it clearly got along very well with Celebi.
“Thank you, Ancient One!”
Below them, Adrian Cross, who had just returned through the portal, was expressing his gratitude to the Ancient One.
“Adrian, whenever you have the opportunity, you’re welcome to visit Kamar-Taj.”
The Ancient One smiled at him before turning gracefully and stepping back through the portal.
Only after watching the portal disappear did Adrian Cross finally let out a long breath.
“It’s finally over.”
Only now did he truly relax.
At the very least, he had gained the Ancient One’s approval, so he no longer had to worry about the Sorcerer Supreme coming after him in the future.
Thinking about how sending Rayquaza to take down Abomination had somehow triggered this entire chain of events, Adrian Cross didn’t even know what to say.
“But—the rewards were definitely worth it.”
Thinking about Celebi, which had already reached Level 25, and then about the freshly acquired 3,000 Points sitting in his System, Adrian Cross immediately grew excited.
Three thousand Points!
This was the largest amount of Points he had obtained since arriving in this world.
“System!
I’m summoning!”
Calling Adrian Cross a nouveau riche right now would have been perfectly accurate.
[The host currently possesses 3,200 Points.
Would you like to use all of them for summons?]
“…Uh, better leave 200 Points.”
After thinking about it, Adrian Cross ultimately decided to keep a nice round number in reserve for good luck.
“I refuse to believe thirty summons can all be duds!”
Filled with confidence, Adrian Cross embarked on another summoning spree.
Then the first ten summons ended.
Every single result was exactly the same—
Summoning failed.
Adrian Cross’s confidence began to waver.
“W-Wait a minute.”
Having once again been reminded of his catastrophically bad gacha luck, Adrian Cross started to panic.
The eleventh summon—
Failed.
The twelfth summon—
…
All the way through the nineteenth summon, the result remained the same crisp and merciless—
Summoning failed!
By this point, Adrian Cross was practically sprawled out in despair.
But just then—
[Twentieth summoning attempt…]
[Summoning successful.
Congratulations, host.
You have obtained the special item—’Arceus’s Plate of Creation: Frost.’]
The familiar, crisp notification finally rang out.
Adrian Cross’s emotions instantly soared like a roller coaster climbing from its lowest point.
“The next moment, a rectangular stone tablet appeared beside him.”
Fiery red patterns glowed across its surface, while the tablet itself possessed an ancient texture, as though it had existed since the very beginning of creation.
[Arceus’s Plate of Creation: Frost]
[Description: One of the seventeen Plates belonging to Arceus, the strongest Legendary Pokémon and creator deity.
It symbolizes the source of frost in the Pokémon world.]
[Effect: When used, the host’s type can be converted to Ice.
Damage dealt by all Ice-type moves is increased by 200%, and the host becomes immune to all Ice-type damage.]
[Special Effect: Collect all seventeen Plates to summon ‘Arceus, the Creator.’]
“…”
To tell the truth, Adrian Cross had plenty of “sweet words” he wanted to say right now.
“Fuck.”
In the end, he could only squeeze out that one short and succinct word.
Arceus—the creator deity of the Pokémon world.
Without question, it was a Legendary Pokémon of the absolute highest order.
And naturally, the seventeen Plates that served as the source of its power were extremely powerful items.
But…
“I don’t have any Ice-type moves!
What the hell am I supposed to do with this thing?”
Adrian Cross practically ground his teeth.
Even giving him a Psychic-type Plate to strengthen Confusion would have been better!
More importantly, there was the System’s final message.
Collect all seventeen Plates to summon Arceus?
Considering how brutally low the System’s summoning success rate was, getting anything at all was already an achievement.
By the time he accumulated enough Points to collect all seventeen Plates, he might have already summoned Arceus directly!
Simply put, as far as Adrian Cross was concerned right now, this thing was basically just an “Ice immunity” item.
In other words, it wasn’t particularly useful.
Bzz!
With a thought from Adrian Cross, the Plate instantly shrank before merging directly into his body.
“Bi-bi?”
Celebi, which had been watching curiously from the side, immediately flew over and began patting Adrian Cross all over.
It was clearly wondering where its Trainer had hidden such a huge stone tablet.
“It’s fine.
I’ve still got eleven tries left…”
After putting away the Plate, Adrian Cross picked Celebi up and held it in his arms, repeatedly muttering those words to himself.
But despite what he was saying, his heart had basically become as still as water.
Nineteen summons had produced just one Plate that was almost useless to him.
I probably used up all my luck when I summoned Rayquaza.
And sure enough, the next ten consecutive summons produced absolutely nothing.
But just as Adrian Cross stopped paying much attention, having completely given up on the possibility of another miraculous comeback—
[Summoning successful.
Congratulations, host.
You have obtained the Mythical Pokémon ‘Victini’!]
“What the hell?”
Adrian Cross froze on the spot.
“Is there something wrong with this System’s final summon?”
First Rayquaza last time.
And now this?
While Adrian Cross was still staring in disbelief—
A tiny figure appeared before him.
Its petite body resembled that of a squirrel, while its two enormous ears formed a distinctive V shape.
A pair of sapphire-blue eyes made it look almost unbearably adorable.
“Tini, tini?”
Its wing-like tails fluttered behind it, keeping the little Pokémon suspended in midair as it stared curiously at Adrian Cross.
Adrian Cross recognized it instantly.
It really was the legendary Mythical Pokémon—
Victini, the embodiment of victory!