Deduction Time (Japanese:VSギギアルVSGigiaru), titledVS Klang in theShogakukan Asia translation, is the 545th chapter of thePokémon Adventures manga, and the 21st chapter of theBlack 2 & White 2 arc.
It is subtitledKlang (Japanese:リーズニング・タイムReasoning Time) in theVIZ Media translation andDeduction Time in the Shogakukan Asia translation.
Plot
AsFoongy wakes her up,Whitley is terrified at the sight ofMusha on top ofBlack's head, having a freakout beforeWhite calms her down.Blake explains that Black uses Musha to organize the information in his head, pointing out that as part of theInternational Police's investigations, they gathered extensive information on Black. White hurriedly turns Blake down for an explanation on the data the Police have on her, and Whitley expresses relief that Blake is fine. Blake assures Whitley that Black and White share the same goal of liberatingKyurem fromTeam Plasma as Black reaches his epiphany. Ordering aBlue Flare fromReshiram, Black sends outBo to smell the scent of Blue Flare and track it; Bo confirms that the scent traveled northwest. Black explains that from his visions, he saw thePlasma Frigate facing northwest when it deployed its smokescreen, and Kyurem had been previously burned by Reshiram's Blue Flare, which explains why the scent of the flare traveled in the same way. He adds that he had a vision of a forest in a chasm from Kyurem's mind when Musha ate his dreams, which had never happened before. Blake confirms that the location Black saw is theGiant Chasm, located nearLacunosa Town which is northwest from where they are. The group decides to head there as White registers everyone on theirXtransceivers to keep in contact, and sends out herAlomomola to heal everyone withHeal Pulse.
Black asks everyone to get on top of Reshiram, including a startled Whitley; she is helped on board byCobalion, amusing Black by the fact that it's taken to her so easily. The group discusses where N has gone, and Blake suggests that N must have been captured by Team Plasma to stop his interference, prompting Whitley's determination to pursue them. As the group flies off on Reshiram while followed by theSwords of Justice below, Whitley is afraid of what might have happened to N, causing White to ask her if she's scared. White gently advises Whitley to focus on her personal dream, which Whitley explains is to have a world where Pokémon can live without fear or harm, and where humans may be permitted if they see fit. White shares that she had been living in fear for the past two years, but after taking her time and doing what she could, she eventually saw her dream come true: being able to have Black by her side again, and suggests that Whitley live to the best of her ability without the fear of not producing results. White assures Whitley that having seen how she cares for Pokémon, she believes Whitley can achieve her dream, and Whitley thanks everyone on board for their support.
At thePokémon World Tournament construction site,Leo andHugh's sister emerge from theRelic Passage, only to be met byElesa. Meanwhile atAspertia City,Hugh continues defending himself against the grunts from black Team Plasma to buy time forRood; eventually Rood'sChandelure manages to fend the grunts off with a powerfulInferno. Rood mentions that the machine to neutralizeColress's device is kept at the white Team Plasma hideout inDriftveil City and they will need to head there next.
Leo recognizes Elesa as she asksSkyla to come down on her airplane, and theGym Leader confirms that she was asked byCheren to find him afterMarlon and the others evacuated his classmates from theMarine Tube. Hugh's sister explains that Leo had taken her to eat Casteliacones when she heard Hugh's voice from theCastelia Sewers, surprising her from how angryhe sounded. Just as Leo took her to investigate, the attack from the Plasma Frigate froze over the entire city and they had escaped it just in time. Elesa is surprised that the two made it out safely through the Pokémon-infested underground system, and Leo admits that hisDeinoevolved intoZweilous from the battles he had to fight. Leo's surprise at Team Plasma's involvement is interrupted asLooker arrives on the scene, fleeing from Skyla's plane as she nearly runs him over, much to her confusion. Looker admits that he had been trying to reach Blake's Pokémon, having seeing them knocked out, although he tries to deny previously knowing Leo as the two recognize each other from thePokémon League. Skyla wonders which of the individuals present are Blake, Leo and Hugh as Leo explains the situation, but Hugh's sister is horrified at the realization that her brother has gone missing. At that moment, Leo receives a call from Hugh, who confirms that he's safe but can't get to them yet, promising his sister to return after he's collaborated with the white Team Plasma members to rescue herPurrloin.
Above Lacunosa Town, the Plasma Frigate pursues Black Kyurem, who has headed there despite the attempts ofColress andGhetsis to control it. Colress takes offense from Ghetsis' suggestion that his device has failed to control Kyurem, and terminates the call between them. Colress wonders if the unconscious Zinzolin or N might have exerted some influence over Kyurem, admitting that he'd always been fascinated by N's ability to hear the voices of Pokémon. He spots Reshiram and the Swords of Justice in pursuit, and Ghetsis confirms that he's sent theShadow Triad to intercept them. On the ground, the three members of the Triad release theforces of nature in their Therian formes to battle the Swords of Justice, andKelden's mentors prepare to do battle as revenge for being frozen.
In the frozenWhite Forest, a group of Pokémon break out of theWhite Treehollow.Iris emerges in her Champion's outfit, remarking that she didn't expect to be frozen in while training and wouldn't have escaped if she was only trapped with "Grandpa", while adding that the cloak that "Grandpa" gave her has been muddied. Another voice asks her to be clear who she's referring to; Iris corrects herself, pointing out that she'd only broken out with help from "GrandpaGorm", and the cloak that "GrandpaDrayden" gave her was soiled. The voice takes offense over the fact that Iris hasn't said anything good about him yet, revealing himself to beAlder. Iris teases Alder, saying that her opinion will depend on his actions, and Alder affirms his desire to settle his score from two years ago.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the Pokémon Adventures manga, please see thehistory page.
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Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
- The first part of this chapter was released on July 26, 2019. The second part was released on August 30, 2019.
- While riding onReshiram's back,White's speech contains the words めいっぱいmeippai, 今日kyō, and とうとうtōtō, referencing the Japanese names of theUnovaPokédex holders' game counterparts.
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