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The Last Battle XI (Japanese: 最終決戦XI The Last Battle XI) is the 177th round of the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Plot
notices and  below her, and orders  and  to pick them up. With Red on Articuno and Blue on Zapdos, a combined blast from the is launched towards, whose  struggles to contain it. delivers an to combine with Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire and fend off the Legendary birds' attacks. Green almost falls off, and Ho-Oh intercepts Red and Blue's attempt to help her.

Red and Blue eventually realize the significance of the shrine they resurfaced next to. Karen then jumps onto Moltres to face Green. She sends her out to once again face Green's. Umbreon, charged with, knocks Green and her Snubbull off Moltres. Meanwhile on Lugia, Will orders a from his  towards, but his  blocks the attack with its claws. Will taunts Silver over the latter's time in the outside world; Silver retorts saying that life under the Masked Man will forever haunt him. Will, however, claims that he and Karen willingly became the Masked Man's accomplices. Knowing this as a direct contradiction to his belief that his former colleagues were also kidnapped, Silver no longer holds back. He pushes Will and Xatu off Lugia.

Xatu tries to catch Will's fall, but Silver's Pokémon pop out of their Poké Balls to the bird. With new-found determination, Silver states that unlike Will, who merely sees their battle as a game, he sees his battle as one against his own destiny. With that knocks Xatu out with. Will's response to the well-prepared Silver is to run away, thus he contacts Karen via Pokégear to urge her to do the same.

Meanwhile, arrives at the forest, wondering if Pika, Chuchu, and the Day-Care Couple are safe.

Major events

 * gets paired with, gets paired with , and  gets paired with  to battle , and the Masked Man.
 * reaches Ilex Forest.

Humans

 * Karen
 * Will
 * Karen
 * Will
 * Karen
 * Will
 * Will

Pokémon

 * ('s)
 * ('s)
 * (Red Gyarados)
 * (Karen's)
 * (Will's)
 * ('s)
 * (Red Gyarados)
 * (Karen's)
 * (Will's)
 * (Red Gyarados)
 * (Karen's)
 * (Will's)

In other languages
Kapitel 177 (Pocket Monsters SPECIAL) PMS177 Chapitre 177 (Pocket Monsters Special) LGA177 PS177