The lightning strikes generated by the god of thunder as it flapped its wings fell indiscriminately all around.
Ash, the Team Rocket members, and the others instinctively ran under the sailboat to take cover from the lightning. Only Natsui stood his ground calmly, and just as a bolt was about to strike near him, Gardevoir raised its arms and blocked it with Psychic.
The lightning struck the psychic barrier, and with a 'bang,' sparks flew everywhere!
Meanwhile, the Ultra Balls at Natsui's waist were shaking even more violently. His Legendary Pokémon seemed ready to break out at any moment!
"Don't be rash," Natsui soothed them softly. "It's not trying to attack me. Besides, the main character of this grand show hasn't appeared yet. It's not your turn to act. Just be patient for a little longer."
Fortunately, the Ultra Balls acted as a barrier, allowing his three legendary birds to sense the god of thunder, but preventing the god of thunder from sensing their presence, which saved him from unexpected trouble.
However... although it looked no different from a regular Zapdos, in terms of size, this god of thunder was a size larger than his own Zapdos. Its power was surely greater as well!
Just then, the god of thunder circled a few more times above their heads, as if searching for something, then folded its wings and landed on top of the shrine on Fire Island.
The next second, it released a massive amount of electricity, which spread out in all directions.
At the same time, a strange, blue, mist-like gas began to spread within the volcano's crater.
The sound of footsteps was heard, and Sabrina, Misty, Melody, and the others had come to Natsui's side.
Watching the god of thunder's actions, Sabrina frowned. "What is it doing?"
Natsui didn't answer immediately. Instead, he touched his own hair.
It wasn't just him; everyone present could feel that their hair was becoming extremely dry and standing on end.
This is... a static electricity reaction!?
The thought flashed through his mind, and Natsui guessed, "It's probably using its own energy to change the magnetic field here. I'm guessing it wants to turn this island into its own territory too!"
Hearing him say this, Melody immediately looked around.
"Strange, this is Fire Island. Logically, with the god of thunder invading so brazenly, the god of fire should have come to drive it away long ago!"
"No need to wonder, something must have happened."
Although he said that, Natsui already knew that the crazy collector must have made his move and captured Moltres. Otherwise, this Zapdos would never have dared to barge in here.
At this moment, Pikachu, which had been acting strangely since earlier, fired a small bolt of electricity at the god of thunder.
Jessie, who was trembling nearby, saw this and asked, puzzled, "What are you doing? An attack like that could never defeat it!"
"You idiot!" Meowth said helplessly. "That's not an attack, it's talking to it. Pikachu is trying to ask it why it has come here when this is Moltres's island."
"You can talk with electricity!? That's amazing!"
Glancing at Meowth, Natsui also said, "He's right. This is actually a special ability among Electric-type Pokémon. Just like the telepathy between Psychic-types, they can communicate directly with each other through electric waves."
"I see! What a convenient ability!"
However, Pikachu's electric wave hit the god of thunder without any reaction; the god of thunder didn't even give Pikachu a single glance!
But perhaps annoyed by the questioning, it finally flapped its wings and shot out a bolt of electricity of its own, which met with Pikachu's electric wave.
Seeing that everyone was confused, Meowth translated, "Zapdos says the master of this island has disappeared. Since the master is not here, it will now rule this island. It also said that this island is now its!"
Melody was shocked. "What!? The god of fire is missing? How could this be!?"
It was no wonder she was so shocked. In the hundreds of years since the legends of the gods of fire, thunder, and ice began, a situation like this had never occurred!
And just then, another unexpected event happened!
The electrical currents fired by Zapdos and Pikachu began to fly uncontrollably towards the sky.
Everyone looked up and saw a massive flying ship breaking through the thick clouds, approaching Fire Island. And their electrical currents were being absorbed by several lightning-rod-like spikes on the ship!
As if sensing hostility, or perhaps feeling that its authority had been trampled upon, the god of thunder unleashed an even more ferocious electric attack on the ship. However, no matter how powerful the current, it was as if throwing a stone into the sea; it was completely absorbed by the lightning rods!
And as the ship drew closer, this pull changed from passive absorption to active draining!
Even more incredibly, in just a few dozen seconds, a large amount of electricity had been drained from the god of thunder!
It let out an angry cry but was forced to stop its attack. Looking at its condition, it had become winded, as if its body had been completely hollowed out!
Perhaps out of instinct, the god of thunder sensed that the situation was bad. It instinctively rose to leave, but just as it reached mid-air, a hatch opened on the bottom of the flying ship, and several square iron rings flew out, surrounding the god of thunder!
Looking at the incredible scene before them, Melody said in a daze, "What... what is that!?"
But apart from Natsui, no one could answer her question.
In the sky, the god of thunder was still struggling. After temporarily pushing back the iron rings with an electric shock, it streaked past Natsui and the others. Some of the iron rings continued to pursue it, while the rest stopped around Natsui's group!
Sabrina's hair began to float without any wind, the psychic power in her body flowing as she prepared to attack. But before making a move, she asked Natsui softly in his ear, "Well, should we fight?"
"No," Natsui said, shaking his head after running the fragmented plot through his mind. "Let's wait and see what happens. If I haven't... guessed wrong, we should be meeting the boss behind the scenes very soon!"
With that, he took out his Poké Balls and recalled both Gardevoir and Jolteon.
Just then, the iron rings surrounding them emitted several strange electrical currents, trapping everyone, including the sailboat.
After their initial confusion and panic, Ash and the others began to hit the iron rings, but were only zapped and left covered in bruises. It was unclear what kind of high-tech product this was, but even Pikachu's attacks couldn't scratch the rings in the slightest!
As they struggled, under the influence of a magnetic force, the rings began to slowly lift them into the air, towards the flying ship!
"Waaah!"
Misty and Melody, the two girls, screamed in terror.
And just as they entered the ship, Natsui looked towards the god of thunder and saw that it had not been spared either. It had only flown a dozen meters before it was also caught by the iron rings and was now being brought back towards the ship!
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