PS520

Cold Hard Truth (Japanese: ゼクロムVSレシラム I Zekrom VS Reshiram I or 居城 Lord's Castle) is the 520th round of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Major events

 * demands that Zinzolin tell him where Hood Man took.
 * Brycen digs down to find Team Plasma's castle, but is defeated and captured by Ghetsis.
 * Zinzolin summons N's Castle from beneath the 🇺🇳.
 * Team Plasma begins marching out.
 * The captured Gym Leaders are hoisted up on crucifix-like objects as a display of Team Plasma's power.
 * senses and leaves Black behind to fight its counterpart.
 * The Elite Four attempt to face Team Plasma, but they are interrupted by Hood Man, who uses, , and in an attempt to figure out their Therian Formes.
 * Black attempts to rescue the Gym Leaders, but Ghetsis stops his every move.
 * Black is assisted by Andy, Shoko,  Trish,  Geoff,  Logan,  Chris, and  Jeremy, who decide to rescue the Gym Leaders themselves.

Humans

 * (flashback)
 * Professor Juniper
 * Lenora
 * Burgh
 * Elesa
 * Clay
 * Skyla
 * Brycen
 * Drayden
 * Iris
 * Shauntal
 * Grimsley
 * Caitlin
 * Marshal
 * Looker
 * Ghetsis
 * Hood Man
 * Zinzolin
 * Gorm
 * Rood
 * Ryoku
 * Bronius
 * Giallo
 * Anthea and Concordia
 * Cedric Juniper
 * Hawes
 * Fennel
 * Amanita
 * Leo
 * Shoko
 * Kimi
 * Andy
 * Geoff
 * Chris
 * Logan
 * Jeremy
 * Trish
 * s
 * Chairtarō
 * Trish
 * s
 * Chairtarō

Pokémon

 * (Brav; 's)
 * (Musha; 's)
 * (Bo; 's)
 * (Tula; 's)
 * (Costa; 's)
 * (Black's)
 * (N's)
 * (Brycen's)
 * (Brycen's; flashback)
 * (Drayden's)
 * (Iris's)
 * (Shauntal's)
 * (Shauntal's)
 * (Marshal's)
 * (Looker's)
 * (Ghetsis's)
 * (Hood Man's)
 * (Zinzolin's)
 * (Leo's)
 * (×4; Shoko's)
 * ('s)
 * ('s)
 * ('s)
 * ('s)
 * ('s)
 * ('s)

Trivia

 * In the VIZ Media mini-volumes of the, this round was collected in.
 * In the VIZ Media mini-volume release, this chapter's title was Homecoming.
 * In the Kurokawa translation from, this round was released in.

Translation edits

 * In the VIZ Media version, the scene where Team Plasma reveal the captured Gym Leaders is edited, with the Gym Leaders tied to poles instead of crosses.

In other languages
Kapitel 520 (Pocket Monsters SPECIAL) PS520