158. Latios

"According to the legend on the island, this museum and the Defense Mechanism of Alto Mare were built by the ancient people living here out of gratitude to Latios and Latias for protecting their home!"

Lorenzo then happily explained to Ash and his group, "This large device was also built for the purpose of providing protection to this island, but the method of use is still unclear. It is said that although this museum has undergone several renovation projects over the centuries, this device has never been used or moved from it's original location. It's been here since the very beginning of the museum."

Hearing this, Ash smiled slightly. For a Pokémon Trainer like him, as long as humans and Pokémon can live in harmony, this is more important than anything else like weapons or anything else like that.

It doesn't matter to him whether this device is especially made for protection or not. If it really can make everything here better, that is a good thing, like the icing on top of a cake. But if its main function is to destroy everything, then the best thing he could do is to let it sit in the bottom like this.

Of course there must have been a reason to why it was named the Defense Mechanism of Alto Mare, its main reason still should be for the protection of the island like he thought.

When he raised his head, he saw a familiar figure standing upstairs. It was the girl that Latias chose to transformed into when going outside. He could sense her light Aura, he could see that she was clearly a real human girl and not the transformed Latias.

In other words, Latias did transformed into her appearance very frequently, meaning that she has a obvious connection to that Latias.

Seeing the girl packing her things and about to leave here, Ash, who still couldn't let go of Latias's location, immediately said, "Misty, Brock, you go back to the Pokémon Center first with Molly, I have something else to take care of here!"

"Big Brother, where are you going this time?" Molly couldn't stop Ash even if she wanted to stop him.

"Don't worry about me, just look after yourself while I'm gone, ok?" Ash said softly before she could say anything else to stop him.

But before he could chase that girl very far, Ash met Latias at the corner as if she had transformed into a living person!

Ash could clearly feel that their Auras were very different, and the girl in front of him did not have that small amount of Aura on her body, so she was obviously the real Latias!

Latias waved to Ash, turned around and ran away, as if asking Ash to follow her.

She took Ash and Pikachu around and around until they came to a stone wall, which they walked straight through and disappeared without a trace from there.

Seeing this, Ash smiled.

Since gaining his control of Aura to this degree, Ash no longer just sees the world with his naked eye, he can also see the reality of the world clearly with all the different Auras there!

He could clearly feel that there was a vast secret garden behind the wall, so he followed it without any hesitation or worry on him.

Sure enough, the scenery here is completely different from the outside area. Alto Mare is a very bustling tourist city, with huge crowds of people and noisy sounds of music everywhere you go. This place is like a pure land outside the world. Beautiful, peaceful and most importantly, quiet.

In its peacefulness, the sun shines through the trees, and the cool breeze blows, making one feel very comfortable.

There was a swing on one of the big trees by the pond in the middle, and Latias was quietly sitting on it.

Just as Ash and Pikachu were about to walk to it, they both sensed a stronger Aura compared to the Latias approaching rapidly towards their direction.

In the pond at the entrance, the water suddenly rose, and a transparent figure suddenly attacked Ash and his Pikachu. It looked much more menacing than Latias, as if he thought Ash and Pikachu was an intruder in their home!

How could Ash miss such an opportunity like this to test out his strength compared to a Legendary Pokémon?!

Ash also wanted to see how Latios' power is compared to the past Legendary Pokémon's he fought and caught, "Pikachu, you know what to do, use a stronger Thunderbolt!"

Ash instantly ordered his Pikachu to attack.

Pikachu didn't hesitate, the electric current hit Latios in an instant, but he was still able to avoid it!

"It's really fast, Pikachu, Quick Attack!"

Ash showed one of his grins that he only showed to powerful opponents. This is the kind of fighting chance that he does not come across very often.

When Latias saw Asg fighting with her older brother, she quickly jumped off the swing and prepared to come over to break up the fight before it could conclude on with causing more problems for the both of them.

However, Ash raised his hand to stop her, "You don't have to interfere in the fight between us!"

Pikachu's speed was also amazing, and he even caught up with Latios's insane speed, and a Iron Tail quickly followed up to hit him.

This immediately broke Latios's invisibility that honestly didn't matter to either Pikachu or Ash because they could both sense and see him. However this did make it finally appear in all his glory.

His shape is exactly the same as Latias, but it is more elegant and the lines are more masculine.

Its lower body is blue that looks particularly cooler to him!

Wild Pokémon and Pokémon with Trainers by their side are completely different when fighting.

So sometimes one will feel that it is much more difficult to fight Pokémon's when they are wild than when they face a Trainers Pokémon's, it all because of the randomness in which it attacks in. They usually look and feel much more powerful in the wild, but after you tame them, they sometimes become a completely different Pokémon when it comes to the wag it battles.

This is one of the problems when Trainer chose to train Pokémon that stay in the wild for too long.

"Okay, let's stop our fighting for now. I'm not an intruder! You should have seen me before!" Seeing Latios rushing up to him again, Ash waved his hand to stop him.

Only then did Latios recognize Ash. This was the human being who was prevented from winning the race by him and his little sister in the previous race because of their interference!

At this moment, the girl Ash met before in the museum also appeared in front of Ash out of the blue, "Where did you come in from?"

The two girls are exactly the same in appearance, the difference in their personalities and Auras!

"I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" Ash smiled and introduced himself to them, "How's it going, Latios? Do you want to continue our fight since we hit to know each other?"

Now that this girl is here, Ash doesn't mind having a battle with the girl in front of him and Latios!

Unexpectedly, Latios actually agreed and flew out and stopped in front of Ash.

Now it was the girl's turn to be confused, and then she finally understood that the Ash in front of her already had a good relationship with both Latios and Latias.

"My name is Bianca, and although I don't know what's going on, I am very much willing to fight with you with Latios!" Bianca glanced at Latias, seeing that it had no objection, and immediately agreed to his wish.

"Although I'm not good at fighting, I will try my best! Lets go, Latios!" Bianca called out and received a response from Latios.

"Latios, let's use Dragon Dance to began the fight!" The very first thing she did was to improve Latios's Attack and Speed stats, which is a very safe and smart tactic to use.

Ash didn't let Pikachu attack yet. He waited for it to dance a mysterious dance before giving the order, "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"

His first order was a Thunderbolt, just like before!

Sure enough, Latios, who used Dragon Dance to increase both his Attack and Speed stats, easily avoided the slower Thunderbolt's.

"Quick Attack!"

Pikachu's Quick Attack failed to catch up with Latios this time around and was easily avoided by Latios with his superior Speed stats.

"Latios, use Luster Purge!"

This is Latios's exclusive move, and Bianca's battle awareness is also very good. She took advantage of the moment Pikachu had just used Quick Attack and issued an attack order!

But Ash and Pikachu have already experienced many battles where the outcome was random from the very beginning, "Thunderbolt again!"

Using Thunderbolt to defend was already one of their specialty, blocking the attack with the high voltage electricity around him. Before Latios could react, Ash's order came again from his side, "Iron Tail!"

Pikachu's figure disappeared again, and Bianca was startled, "Latios, get out of the way!"

Latios's reaction was mush faster than that of Bianca, so he was able to avoid the blow at the last moment because of his instinct, but was still immediately swallowed by Thunderbolt's sparks.

Iron Tail's attack just now was clearly feint created Ash and Pikachu!

The bond between Ash and his Pikachu is so strong that only they can complete such an attack without needing to be given a precise order!

"Okay, that's it!" Ash stopped, looked at Latios and smiled, "This is for you!"

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Applause rang out from behind him, and their tour guide Lorenzo actually appeared here out of the sudden, "Ash, you are indeed a very powerful Trainer! It seems that you have already realized Latias's identity!"

Ash smiled slightly, "You would be correct in your assumption, Mr. Lorenzo!"

As he said this, he looked at Latios and said, "We are both fighters. I believe we can continue this later!"

"Latias seems to like you very much, just have fun with her while you are here!" Lorenzo said with a smile.

Latias finally showed her true form for the first time to Ash and Pikachu, flew around the both of them several times, and pulled him to sit on the swing together.