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Moltres took a look at Lucas and Lugia, then glanced at the Galarian Moltres flying opposite them. Its eerie flames and massive beak, combined with that dismissive look, reminded it of what Lucas had said when he summoned them.
The Sinnoh Moltres immediately wrapped its entire body in flames and slammed into the Galarian Moltres with Flare Blitz.
"I've been annoyed with you for a long time! A Moltres without Fire-type moves doesn't deserve to be called Moltres!"
The Galarian Moltres was still waiting for Lugia to speak when it suddenly saw the Sinnoh Moltres transform into a massive fireball and crash into it.
It couldn't dodge in time and was sent flying.
The Galarian Moltres let out a pained wail and then glared at the Sinnoh Moltres.
"Are you f***ing..."
Before it could finish, Articuno saw that Lugia and Lucas weren't stopping Moltres, so it took the initiative and spat an Ice Beam directly at Moltres.
The Sinnoh Zapdos also transformed into lightning and collided with the Galarian Articuno.
Latias hesitated for a moment, then charged in, summoning a bunch of meteors to join the fun.
Lucas and Leon watched the suddenly chaotic scene. Leon was full of confusion, while Lucas fell into silence.
"Are they fighting the moment they meet?"
Gengar floated to Lucas's side, tossed a Dark Void from its hand, absorbed the meteors crashing toward them, and then threw them back at the battling Pokémon.
Leon: "..."
"Dark Void?!"
"Gengar can learn Dark Void?!"
"Could it be that the teacher was right? Have I been out of the loop for too long?"
After Lucas thanked Gengar, he looked at Leon: "Champion Leon, why don't we move a bit further away, let them have a good fight, and then I'll explain the purpose of our visit to you?"
Leon nodded, then jumped from the back of his Corviknight onto his ace, Charizard, and recalled Corviknight into its Poké Ball.
Looking at the intensely imposing Charizard, Lucas couldn't help but exclaim that it was truly worthy of being Leon's ace Pokémon.
After finding a relatively safe place with Leon, Leon looked at Lucas: "Now can you tell me the reason you and Lugia and the others came to the Galar region?"
Lucas, sitting on Lugia's back, shivered.
Damn it, why is the Galar region even colder than the Sinnoh region!
Lucas buried his face in his scarf and said in a muffled voice: "We came here to solve the problem with the Galar region's Legendary Birds."
"Hm?"
Leon frowned as he looked at Lucas.
"The Galar Legendary Birds and the Sinnoh Legendary Birds are both subordinates of this Lugia. However, because they often cause trouble and destruction, Lugia has to run back and forth to deal with their issues. Later, after I got to know Lugia, I helped it solve the issue with the Sinnoh Legendary Birds, and then, at its request, I came to the Galar region to solve the problem with the Legendary Birds here."
Lucas looked at Leon with his dark eyes. Since his mouth was buried in his scarf, his voice sounded a bit muffled.
Leon stared at the young man before him. The Lugia he was riding gave him a strong sense of oppression; even he wasn't confident he could defeat this Lugia.
Not to mention there was a Latias nearby, as well as a Gengar that could use Dark Void.
"Are you also from the Sinnoh region?"
Lucas nodded: "I am the owner of a Breeding House in the Sinnoh region. You can call me Lucas."
Seeing the young man who called himself a Breeding House owner shivering continuously because of the cold wind, Leon had already started to believe Lucas's words.
"Is it very cold?"
Leon suddenly asked.
Lucas froze for a second, then nodded continuously: "It's too cold, much colder than the Sinnoh region, especially since this is a snowy mountain. It is a snowy mountain, right?"
"Yes, this is a mountain that is frozen year-round."
"That explains it. We traveled all the way from the Sinnoh region to the Galar region, which was already very cold, and Lugia was rushing the whole way. It's a miracle I've managed to hold on until now."
Lugia looked back at Lucas, then turned its head back.
Cold? I think it's fine.
Lucas rolled his eyes.
You think I'm from Pallet Town or something.
At this moment, the rotom phone flew out on its own, and Cynthia sent a video call request.
After Lucas answered, Cynthia's exquisite and beautiful face appeared on the screen.
"Have you arrived in the Galar region?"
Lucas had told Cynthia before he left.
Lucas nodded: "I'm here, just arrived not long ago."
"Did you find them?"
Lucas didn't speak, just flipped the camera, and then Cynthia saw five birds fighting over there.
"They've already started fighting."
Lucas's muffled voice reached her ears through the screen.
"Strange, why are there only five? Shouldn't there be six?"
Lucas counted them, and it was true!
Who was missing? Right, what about the Galar region's Zapdos?!
"Ahem."
Leon coughed, drawing Lucas's attention, and then Leon stretched out his finger and pointed at the ground.
Lucas looked down, but didn't see it clearly at first, until a figure ran over from afar, braked, and stood on the ground, looking up at the five birds fighting in the sky.
Just watching like that...
Lucas: "..."
Cynthia: "..."
Lugia: "..."
Gengar: "?! Why isn't it fighting?"
Latias: "?!"
Leon: (facepalm)
Lucas finally remembered that the Galarian form of Zapdos, it, cannot fly!!!
Cannot fly!!!
Lucas covered his mouth.
He tried hard not to laugh out loud.
A bird... that cannot fly...
A lightning bird... that cannot fly...
Ahem...
Cynthia on the other side of the screen couldn't help but laugh.
"Lucas, why isn't it fighting?"
Latias's voice entered Lucas's ears. He took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then explained to Latias: "Because the Galarian form of Zapdos excels at using its legs to run. Through long periods of running, its wings have atrophied."
"In other words, it can't fly, is that it?"
Latias said.
Lucas nodded.
Latias said "Oh."
Lucas suddenly shouted at the Moltres and the others: "There's still a ground-running chicken on the ground!"
Galarian Zapdos: "?!"
Lugia: "?!"
Leon: "?!!"
The Sinnoh Zapdos looked down, raised its head to summon dark clouds, and then a bolt of lightning struck towards the Galarian Zapdos.
The Galarian Zapdos dodged the Thunder, and used its claws to start climbing rapidly up the rocky wall of the snowy mountain.
"Was that Leon's voice just now?"
Cynthia's voice pulled Lucas's attention back. Lucas turned the camera back and nodded: "Yeah, just happened to run into him."
"Leon is also a very powerful Trainer. I had a battle with him, but unfortunately, I wasn't very used to using Dynamax and lost to him."
Cynthia said with regret.
At this point, Leon also recognized who the voice on Lucas's phone belonged to.
"Champion Cynthia?"
Leon asked tentatively.
The rotom phone flew in front of Leon.
Leon started chatting with Cynthia on the screen.
Lucas let Lugia land on the ground. Just as he jumped down, Ninetales jumped out of its Poké Ball, and then a scorching yet warm wind surrounded Lucas. Lucas let out a breath of relief, feeling comfortable.
On the other side, the Galarian Zapdos reached the top of the cliff, jumped high, kicked the Sinnoh Zapdos into a pit with one kick, and then landed gracefully. Seeing Lucas on the ground, and remembering that Lucas had just mocked it for being a ground-running chicken, it rushed towards Lucas rapidly.
After entering attack range, the Galarian Zapdos jumped high, its claws glowing with white light, and kicked towards Lucas with Thunderous Kick.
Leon had just hung up the phone when he saw the Galarian Zapdos launching an attack on Lucas, so he commanded Charizard to rush over with all its might.
The Galarian Zapdos watched as it was about to crush this detestable human. The next second, its body seemed to collide with something. Before it could even react to what had happened, its body involuntarily flew backward and landed heavily beside the Sinnoh Zapdos.
It looked at the Ninetales with a massive physique in front of Lucas. At this moment, sparks were sputtering from that Ninetales, and it was staring daggers at it.
The Galarian Zapdos tried to climb up, but found a sharp pain in its chest, causing it to stumble involuntarily and fall to the ground again.
The Sinnoh Zapdos flew up from the pit, seized this golden opportunity, and used Thunder to mercilessly strike the Galarian Zapdos.
Can't fly! No electricity!
The Sinnoh Zapdos struck harder and harder.
Later, it was interrupted by the Galarian Moltres, and the Galarian Zapdos also got a chance to catch its breath.
Leon jumped down from Charizard's back, returned the rotom phone to Lucas, and then glanced at the Ninetales standing in front of Lucas.
What a strong Ninetales! In his view, its massive size combined power without losing its aesthetic appeal.
It's raised so well.
Leon said to himself.
Lucas put away the rotom phone and stretched his face out from the scarf. With Ninetales's Heat Wave, he now felt warm all over, so he smiled and asked Leon: "Believe me now?"
Leon laughed: "My apologies. After all, as the Champion of the Galar region, it's inevitable that I need to ask clearly when encountering a powerful Trainer, especially since you also brought—"
Leon trailed off.
Lucas understood what Leon meant and didn't mind too much. He turned his head to look at the Legendary Birds from the two regions fighting.
The Sinnoh Articuno was almost showing off its power; there was no help for it, the type advantage was right there.
"Shall we work together to solve the problem with the Legendary Birds? Try to make sure they won't cause trouble in the Galar region in the future."
"Okay."
Leon had long wanted to solve their problem. Usually, when they appeared, he didn't have the time, and the things they caused weren't serious enough to require the Regional Champion to solve.
"What should we do? Should we solve it through battle?"
The cape behind Leon rustled in the wind. The flame on the tail of the Charizard standing beside him was burning hotter and hotter, and its eyes were full of desire.
"Watch me."
Lucas stepped forward: "Gengar!"
Gengar instantly appeared in front of the Sinnoh Legendary Birds, the Dark Void in its hand absorbed their moves, and then with a flick of its hand, it threw them at the Legendary Birds of the Galar region.
The Galar Legendary Birds shattered the Dark Void, and a powerful Dark Pulse erupted from within, knocking them all back.
"Gen gengar."
"Hehehe."
Watching Gengar, who had thrown the Dark Void with a Dark Pulse hidden inside, Lucas thought to himself that it was becoming increasingly proficient with Dark Void, and had already started trying to hide other moves inside it, just like Darkrai.
The Sinnoh Legendary Birds saw Gengar blocking their path, stopped their movements, and looked at Gengar in confusion.
Meanwhile, the Galar Legendary Birds had taken a Dark Pulse head-on, and Galar Moltres stared at Gengar in confusion.
"I don't even know Dark Pulse, how could Gengar learn it? Isn't that a move exclusive to the Zoroark Family?"
Lucas walked over to Leon. Leon felt a wave of heat, glanced at Lucas, and realized it was coming from him. Thinking of something, he looked at Ninetales.
"Heat Wave can be used like this?"
Lucas was stunned, then reacted, and said smugly, "My Ninetales feels bad for me."
Leon glanced at Charizard.
Charizard sensed his gaze and looked back at him.
"Roar."
"I know Flamethrower, do you want it?"
Leon shook his head frantically.
The Galar Legendary Birds wanted to continue their attack, but after being rammed by a giant white bird using Aeroblast, they all quieted down.
The Sinnoh Legendary Birds looked at the Galar Legendary Birds, who had suffered a setback, and laughed at them mercilessly.
Lucas and Leon walked over. Lucas looked up at the six birds in the sky and said, "Everyone, I've come here today to host an event."
Leon: "An event?"
Leon didn't understand what Lucas meant, but Lucas gave him a reassuring look, and he nodded.
Although Lugia didn't know what Lucas wanted to do, it knew that its good days were coming soon.
Galar Moltres scolded Lucas.
"Who wants to participate in your damn event?"
Just as Lugia was about to make a move, it saw several figures appear beside Lucas.
Ninetales blocked in front of Lucas, Gengar and Gothitelle floated on both sides of him, Lilligant stood beside him, and Dash stood behind him with clenched fists. Above his head was Latias, and the Soul Dew and Mega Stone around his neck shimmered in the sunlight.
"If you don't want to participate in the event, that's fine, just defeat me!"
Lucas stepped forward with a warm, sunny smile, "Defeat me, and I'll let you go."
"Screech~"
The Sinnoh Moltres suddenly let out a loud cry.
Then the sky cleared up.
The Sinnoh Articuno glanced at it.
Moltres whispered something.
"Let's set up a Sunny Day for them first."
The Sinnoh Articuno looked down at Lilligant and Ninetales.
"Well done!"
At this moment, Gengar still wore its standard smiling lips, giggling as it stared at the Galar Legendary Birds.
Gothitelle had no expression, but its eyes became increasingly bewitching.
Ninetales lazily yawned.
Dash slammed its fists together, erupting in a series of roars.
Lilligant was as usual, politely lifting its skirt, the petals on its head radiant, and then it called out sweetly.
"Lilli~"
Lucas was instantly dumbfounded.
Who on earth did Lilligant learn this from, it's getting naughtier and naughtier——
The Galar Zapdos had a very irritable temper. Hearing Lilligant's words, it charged straight over.
Ninetales stepped aside.
Then Galar Zapdos saw four football-sized fists blasting towards it.
Galar Zapdos was instantly blasted away and couldn't stand up for a while.
"Zap dos!!"
"Come! Fight!"
Galar Moltres and Articuno looked at Galar Zapdos's miserable state, wondering if they should give in.
Then, a terrifying beam shot towards them, knocking them directly to the ground.
Lilligant let out a breath of relief, then turned around to find Lucas staring at it.
"Lilli~~"
"It was so stuffy~"
Then it blinked its eyes innocently.
Leon: ——
Lucas smiled awkwardly, "As far as I know, Solar Beam shouldn't be very effective against them."
Leon: "You call that laser cannon a Solar Beam?!"
Charizard glanced at Lilligant, who was acting cute, and remembered that Dynamax beam from just now.
"So scary——!"
The Sinnoh Moltres raised its head high.
"See, how farsighted I am."
Articuno, Zapdos: "Thumbs up to you!"
Lucas took Gengar and the others to where the Galar Legendary Birds had landed. He looked at them and said, "So, are you willing to participate in our event now?"
Galar Legendary Birds: "Can we even refuse at this point?"
Lucas clapped his hands in satisfaction, "Isn't that better? Why make things so ugly?"
Then he looked up at Lugia, "Lugia, I'm planning to host a battle tournament for them."
Lugia: ?
Leon and Charizard: ??
Galar & Sinnoh Legendary Birds: ???
"It's a very simple competition. The corresponding Pokémon from the two regions will battle. We'll have three matches, and whichever side wins the most matches wins."
Lucas held up his fingers and explained simply, "In short, it's the Sinnoh Moltres versus the Galar Moltres, Articuno versus Articuno, and Zapdos versus Zapdos. Whichever region wins more matches, that region wins."
"The winning side can make a request to the losing side, and the losing side must abide by this agreement."
"I know you all don't like each other, but that's okay. I'm giving you a chance to battle. Here, you can unleash your full strength, and I guarantee that Lugia will not interfere."
"What do you think?"
Galar Zapdos: "If you had said it was this kind of event earlier, I wouldn't have refused!"
Sinnoh Zapdos: "That's just because a certain ground-walking chicken has no brain."
Galar Zapdos: "Say that again, you frizzy-feathered bird!"
Sinnoh Zapdos: "Say it again? I'll say it again: ground-walking chicken!"
Galar Zapdos: "You're courting death, you frizzy-feathered bird!"
As soon as the words fell, Galar Zapdos charged at Sinnoh Zapdos.
Seeing the two Zapdos start fighting, Lucas hurried to the side.
"Then let's start with the battle between the two Zapdos."
After three matches, the Sinnoh Legendary Birds won a complete victory.
Lucas walked over to the battered Galar Legendary Birds lying on the ground and took the bottle of herbal medicine for healing handed to him by Gothitelle.
"Drink up, and after you're done, I'll apply some medicine for you."
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Gothitelle and Lilligant helped apply medicine to the Galar Legendary Birds, while Gengar and Leon fed the herbal medicine to the Sinnoh Legendary Birds.
After the Galar Legendary Birds were able to move, Lucas looked at them and said, "You lost this match, so you must keep your promise: for this year, you are not allowed to cause destruction anywhere in the Galar region."
The Galar Legendary Birds nodded weakly.
Galar Moltres: "We will keep our promise."
Before coming, Lucas had already discussed with the Sinnoh Legendary Birds that if the Sinnoh Legendary Birds won, Lucas would make the request.
The Sinnoh Legendary Birds had no problem with this at all; after all, they only had one goal: to beat up the Galar Legendary Birds.
Lucas looked at their dejected appearance and laughed. He reached out and patted Galar Articuno's head. Unlike the cold touch of a regular Articuno, it felt somewhat dry.
Lucas said, "It doesn't matter if you lost. This kind of competition will happen every three years, which means you can win it back in three years. Of course, provided that your strength is enough to defeat them."
Galar Legendary Birds: "?! Every three years?!"
Seeing the light in the Galar Legendary Birds' eyes, Lucas nodded.
Galar Articuno: "Next time, I definitely won't lose!"
Sinnoh Articuno: "What a coincidence, I won't lose either."
Galar Zapdos: "Just you wait, you frizzy-feathered bird, I'll definitely crush you next time!"
Sinnoh Zapdos: "Yo yo yo, the ground-walking chicken has a big mouth."
Lucas: ——
In order to wash away their shame, the Galar Legendary Birds said goodbye to Lugia and left the place, preparing to find a secluded spot to train for the three-year appointment.
Lucas watched them leave and clapped his hands.
"Done."
Lugia nodded in satisfaction.
"Is this way of handling it okay? Leon."
Lucas looked at Leon, and Leon laughed, "You really are something, Lucas."
"On behalf of the Galar region, I thank you."
"Just a thank you like that? Won't you show me around the Galar region?"
Lucas said jokingly.
Leon continued his hearty laughter, "Let's go, I'll take you around the Galar region."
"Lucas, when you want to go back, just come to the seaside and call me."
Lucas nodded.
Lugia then left with the Sinnoh Legendary Birds.
Lucas returned Lilligant and the others to their Poké Balls, then sat on Latias's back and left with Leon.
Lucas looked at the familiar scenery.
"I say, Leon, you aren't lost, are you?"
Leon and Charizard stopped, looked back at Lucas, scratched the back of his head, and grinned, "How could that be? I'm the Champion of the Galar region, how could I be lost?"
Lucas: ——
"Really?"
Lucas asked Leon with narrowed eyes.
Leon nodded firmly.
Lucas pointed to the potholed crater below.
"If I remember correctly, this should be where the Legendary Birds were battling just now, and we've already passed by here three times."
Leon: ——
Lucas looked at Leon's somewhat embarrassed expression and suddenly remembered the rumors about Leon.
He seemed to be a——directionally challenged——
"Forget it, let me navigate."
After saying this, Lucas took out his rotom phone and prepared to navigate.
At this moment, Leon spoke up, "It's fine, I've called someone to come pick us up."
Lucas put down his phone, "Really?"
Leon nodded, then signaled Lucas to look behind him.
Lucas turned to look and saw a Flygon flying over, with a person standing on it.
Lucas recognized him, it was Raihan from the Galar region.