Seeing the trap fail, the person no longer hid.
"Is this Meloetta?"
A slightly hoarse voice emerged from the dense bushes.
Accompanied by the appearance.
Was a rather disheveled middle-aged man, with burnt scars beneath his tattered clothes, clearly caused by electrical currents.
In his eyes, Natsuhiko saw a blatant fervor, a fervor for Meloetta.
According to Miss Q's description, Hunter S is a very confident, even overly confident man to the point of arrogance.
He indeed has a lot of capability, but his excessive confidence makes him disregard the potential power gap between himself and others when taking action.
This time, he was deeply embroiled on Thundurus's island, causing unrest in the Unova Region's Hunter Guild, and even attracting the attention and movements of the Plasma Team, Rocket Team, and the Alliance. This arrogance could be said to be among the factors.
"Melo!"
Meloetta also noticed his gaze and fearfully hid behind Natsuhiko.
It was then the focus of S's gaze finally fell onto Natsuhiko.
"Do you know me?" A hoarse voice came through.
Natsuhiko did not answer but quietly glanced at the Nidoking standing beside him, whose injuries were also quite evident.
His gaze slowly moved, scanning the surroundings.
Seeing Natsuhiko ignore him, Hunter S's expression darkened, yet before he could speak, he heard Natsuhiko's voice.
"You seem to have tangled with Thundurus?"
Hunter S's expression paused momentarily, then he casually said, "Indeed."
"Looks like you lost quite badly."
Natsuhiko's tone carried unmistakable mockery.
"But seeing you bring Meloetta here, I knew I still had a chance."
"Bido!"
His words ended, and a clump of multicolored dirt, mixed with small white stones, wrapped from under Natsuhiko and his companions.
Alola Muk!
Natsuhiko curled his lips but remained unflustered.
"How coincidental, seeing you alive, I also knew I have a chance."
Nidoking and Alola Muk, two Elite Trainer Level Pokémon!
But they were two very poorly conditioned Elite Trainer Level Pokémon.
This did not present much pressure for Natsuhiko.
A red light flashed.
"Roar—!!"
The fierce Hydreigon roared out, its terrifying voice accompanied by intense tremors and growls, enveloped the incoming Alola Muk, causing mud splashes in its roar.
Meanwhile.
Beedrill shot forward electrically at high speed toward the opposing Nidoking.
Challenging Elite Trainer Level Pokémon, is just like putting on women's clothes, a difference between once and countless times, it becomes addictive.
Even the Elite Trainer Level Hydreigon had been taken down; how could one fear an injured Nidoking?
Hydreigon: Aren't we teammates now?
Seeing the Elite Trainer Level Hydreigon's emergence, Hunter S's face couldn't help but change.
Who on earth is this person?!
However.
As the two clashed, the already dense lightning fell with increased frequency, seemingly raising the difficulty of their battle.
Or maybe...
Proclaiming territorial sovereignty!
If, facing its warning, one remains unmoved, then what lies ahead is likely Thundurus's frenzied revenge.
A Thundurus whose state still seemed somewhat abnormal.
Yet even then.
The two had no chance of stopping.
The injured Alola Muk was no match for Hydreigon and quickly fell into a disadvantage, retreating continuously.
Meanwhile, Nidoking barely managed to entangle with Beedrill, Alakazam, Togekiss, and Aegislash.
But defeat seemed inevitable.
For Hunter S, with both Pokémon engaged.
At this moment, he was defenseless before Natsuhiko.
Looking ahead and behind at the Snorlax and Bewear blocking him.
Hunter S seemed to finally have some reaction, looking at Natsuhiko's completely unfamiliar face, incredulously asking:
"N?"
Crash!
A blue thunderbolt, several times larger than others, struck down.
Under the thunderlight.
An entity resembling the Lamp God of Aladdin myths.
Bathed in terrifying thunder, slowly descended from the clouds.
Most of its body was blue, adorned with purple spots.
The muscular arms were crossed.
A long, thick tail resembling purple chain meteor hammers extended from the clouds enveloping its body.
Its sinister eyes were tinged with red.
Aware of the commotion brought by the Elite Trainer Level Pokémon battles here.
Realizing its territory was under threat.
Thus it.
Thundurus.
Had arrived!
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