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Chapter 20: The True Weight of a Legendary Pokémon · Nov 09, 2026

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1 Chapter 1: Victini 2026-11-09
2 Chapter 2: An Outdated Era 2026-11-09
3 Chapter 3: I Choose You, Lilligant 2026-11-09
4 Chapter 4: The Terrifying Energy Ball 2026-11-09
5 Chapter 5: The True Value of an Infinite Pokémon 2026-11-09
6 Chapter 6: Pokémon Levels 2026-11-09
7 Chapter 7: Harsh Lands Breed Harsh People 2026-11-09
8 Chapter 8: Victini, Move Out! 2026-11-09
9 Chapter 9: Ogerpon — What the Heck?! 2026-11-09
10 Chapter 10: Why Are the People Here So Mean? 2026-11-09
11 Chapter 11: Sora Kenji — Son, Your Dad Is Waiting for You to Come Back 2026-11-09
12 Chapter 12: First Meeting with Ogerpon 2026-11-09
13 Chapter 13: A Promise with Ponpon 2026-11-09
14 Chapter 14: Repairing the Mask 2026-11-09
15 Chapter 15: In the Pokémon World, There Are Still More Good People Than Bad 2026-11-09
16 Chapter 16: Recruiting Ogerpon 2026-11-09
17 Chapter 17: Ponpon’s Potential 2026-11-09
18 Chapter 18: Ogerpon vs. Victini Combo 2026-11-09
19 Chapter 19: A Chain of Triggered Abilities 2026-11-09
20 Chapter 20: The True Weight of a Legendary Pokémon 2026-11-09
21 Chapter 21: Bloodmoon Ursaluna 2026-11-09
22 Chapter 22: Sora — Don’t Blame Me for Playing Dirty, Big Guy 2026-11-09
23 Chapter 23: The Hisuian Pokémon That Doesn’t Play Fair 2026-11-09
24 Chapter 24: Bloodmoon Ursaluna, Get! 2026-11-09
25 Chapter 25: Peat Block 2026-11-09
26 Chapter 26: Time to Find a Rich Sponsor 2026-11-09
27 Chapter 27: The Loyal Three Return 2026-11-09
28 Chapter 28: ’C-Can We Make Peace?’ 2026-11-09
29 Chapter 29: The Loyal Three — Defeated 2026-11-09
30 Chapter 30: Leaving Kitakami 2026-11-09
31 Chapter 31: Pachirisu and Buneary 2026-11-09
32 Chapter 32: Capturing Eevee 2026-11-09
33 Chapter 33: Eevee Awakens 2026-11-09
34 Chapter 34: The Reggie Brothers 2026-11-09
35 Chapter 35: Reggie’s Shock 2026-11-09
36 Chapter 36: The Battle 2026-11-09
37 Chapter 37: Ogerpon, Change Masks 2026-11-09
38 Chapter 38: The Unreasonable Ivy Cudgel 2026-11-09
39 Chapter 39: Reggie’s Crushing Defeat 2026-11-09
40 Chapter 40: The Trainer Trapped by His Pokémon 2026-11-09
41 Chapter 41: Eevee’s Evolution Path 2026-11-09
42 Chapter 42: Eterna City 2026-11-09
43 Chapter 43: Cynthia 2026-11-09
44 Chapter 44: The First Meeting with the Sinnoh Champion 2026-11-09
45 Chapter 45: The First Step to Winning Cynthia Over 2026-11-09
46 Chapter 46: The Peat Block Deal 2026-11-09
47 Chapter 47: The Big Shopping Spree 2026-11-09
48 Chapter 48: Target — The Azoth Kingdom! 2026-11-09
49 Chapter 49: Sylveon 2026-11-09
50 Chapter 50: Amaura, Get! 2026-11-09

Chapter 20: Chapter 20: The True Weight of a Legendary Pokémon

”You both did very well.”

Sora reached out, patting the heads of the two Pokémon on either side of him.

”Lilligant, you integrated V’s power much better this time. You’ve improved a lot compared to before.”

”And Ponpon—”

He turned to Ogerpon.

”Your strength completely exceeded my expectations.”

As always, reality wasn’t a game.

In Sora’s view, many Pokémon abilities carried rule-like properties—almost like natural laws.

Simply put, they involved both mechanics and numerical scaling.

Abilities such as immunity to Fire-type moves or absorbing Water-type attacks to restore stamina belonged to the mechanics system.

But during his two years of observation, Sora had noticed something important:

Even so-called immunity varied significantly from individual to individual.

Take Fire-type immunity as an example.

A Pokémon might neutralize the Fire-type energy within a move—but the extreme heat generated by the attack itself could still exceed the body’s tolerance.

Once the heat damaged the body, it was like cracking an invisible shield.

After that, the remaining elemental energy could penetrate.

In other words:

Every Pokémon’s ”immunity” depended heavily on body condition, physical resilience, and current limits.

The same principle applied to Ogerpon’s Defiant ability.

The boost it provided was far stronger than what ordinary Pokémon could achieve.

Consider moves like Dragon Dance and Swords Dance.

Dragon Dance

Effect: Raises Attack and Speed by 1 stage each (≈ +50%)

Swords Dance

Effect: Raises Attack by 2 stages (≈ +100%)

Everyone knew that in games, stat boosts capped at 6 stages, turning an original Attack value of 100 into roughly 400.

A 300% increase.

In reality, that level of enhancement was already outrageous—like activating a quadruple power-up in a martial arts story.

But that was only theory.

Pokémon were living beings.

Their bodies had limits.

Six stages was merely an average ceiling.

Based on Sora’s observation, during the fight with Lilligant, Ogerpon had triggered Defiant repeatedly.

The final boost she achieved clearly surpassed that theoretical limit.

”At least ten stages,” Sora estimated, arriving at a frightening figure.

”In one minute, raising Attack to about 600% of its original value... No wonder she crushed the Loyal Three and even traumatized Pecharunt using just the Teal Mask.”

The nickname ”Little Kaido of Kitakami” was well deserved.

”And this probably still isn’t Ponpon’s true limit.”

Those ten stages came purely from her ability.

”Ponpon, do you know the move Swords Dance?”

Sora wanted to continue testing while the current buffs were still active.

”Poné!”

Ogerpon nodded immediately.

Pokémon were fascinating creatures.

They didn’t literally understand human language—

they intuitively grasped the intent behind it.

She might not know the move’s official name, but the moment Sora mentioned it, she understood exactly what he meant.

”Poné~~”

Four translucent green swords appeared around her, then vanished.

Her aura intensified once more.

”It really works.”

Sora was genuinely surprised.

Even now, she still hadn’t reached her limit.

He also confirmed another insight:

In this world, ability boosts and move-based boosts belonged to separate enhancement systems.

Of course, that didn’t mean stacking multipliers endlessly.

A single Swords Dance wouldn’t multiply her 600% Attack by another 1.5 times.

”Going from 600% to around 650% would already be extreme.”

He looked at her carefully.

”Ponpon, how do you feel? Can you continue?”

”Poné!”

She felt a bit heavier, but she could still push further.

”Alright. Continue then.”

He added gently:

”If you start to feel uncomfortable, stop immediately. Understood?”

Following his instructions, Ogerpon performed Swords Dance again.

And again.

After eight consecutive uses, she finally shook her head, exhausted.

”That’s enough.”

Sora asked Victini to assess her current condition, then instructed Ogerpon to release all accumulated boosts.

”Poné~~”

The moment the enhancements dissipated, she dropped onto the ground, breathing hard.

The sight tugged at Sora’s heart.

But Ogerpon wasn’t fragile.

She was tough.

More importantly, discovering her own limits through this process filled her with excitement.

So... I can become this strong?

She looked up at Sora expectantly, waiting for his judgment.

”Eight Swords Dances... that should be eighteen stages of Attack.”

He paused.

”No—wait.”

Reviewing the data Victini provided, he frowned.

”The first ten stages from Defiant are correct. But the eight Swords Dances only added about 200% total. Shouldn’t that be closer to 400%?”

He thought for a moment.

Then the answer clicked.

Ponpon’s proficiency with Swords Dance is probably too low.

Stat boosts from moves weren’t fixed.

Some elite Pokémon—like Cynthia’s Garchomp—could gain the equivalent of four stages of Attack from a single Swords Dance.

Essentially double the normal effect.

And as move mastery increased, execution speed improved too.

A move that normally took two seconds might take 1.5 seconds—or even one second.

That meant in the same time window, Garchomp could perform two enhanced Swords Dances, each twice as effective.

Result:

Maximum offensive enhancement achieved in record time.

With Ogerpon, the situation was the opposite.

Because she hadn’t battled regularly for years, her familiarity with the move was limited.

Each of those eight Swords Dances likely produced only half the normal effect.

”No wonder it takes her so long to perform one.”

Both efficiency and speed were lagging.

”Well, that’s actually normal.”

Wild Pokémon often lost to trainer-raised Pokémon for exactly this reason:

Move proficiency.

In contrast, enhancement ceilings were mostly innate.

They were determined by natural potential, not training alone.

Ogerpon’s maximum single-stat amplification appeared to be 14 stages—roughly an 800% Attack increase.

All Sora could conclude was:

The true value of a legendary Pokémon never disappointed.

At a fundamental level, they felt like entirely different lifeforms.

The gap was simply enormous.

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