Just then, Lugia emerged from the sea. Although it had severe electrical burns on its body, its condition was still acceptable, and it was not seriously injured.
It shook the seawater from its body, then opened its mouth and shot a searing, orange-yellow beam, accurately hitting the wreckage of the ship on the crater of Fire Island!
BOOM!
In an instant, the ship exploded, bursting into raging flames!
Clearly, it had not forgotten about being attacked just moments ago, and this was its response to those iron rings!
Seeing this, Natsui couldn't help but nod.
Good! With the collector and the god of thunder dealt with, the situation is once again developing in our favor!
Thump-thump-thump-thump...
And just as Natsui was about to press his advantage, the roar of a helicopter's propellers suddenly sounded in his ears. He looked up at the sky and saw a helicopter, swaying from side to side, flying towards Shamouti Island!
As the group watched, the helicopter seemed to malfunction and crashed directly onto a mountain peak near the shrine!
CRASH!!
Because it wasn't very far away, Natsui could clearly hear the intense impact as it hit the ground!
"What's going on?" Misty asked in surprise, watching the thick smoke billow out. "The weather is already like this, and there's still a helicopter flying here?"
"Maybe some emergency has occurred," Natsui guessed. However, in the current situation, he certainly couldn't leave. He could only look at Sabrina. "With a crash like that, I don't know if there are any casualties. Could you please go take a look?"
"I'll handle it."
Sabrina nodded and left. Misty and Tracey, after weighing their options and knowing they couldn't be of much help here, also followed her.
In the blink of an eye, Natsui was left with only Melody by his side.
Natsui thought for a moment. The sudden intrusion of this helicopter made him realize that things might get complicated, so he couldn't help but speed up his attack.
'Moltres, go finish off the god of ice! Zapdos and Articuno, help Lugia deal with the god of fire!'
The state of the battle had now become a four-on-two. It could be said that Natsui had a firm upper hand, but it would still take some effort to defeat the remaining two gods.
Time ticked by, second by second, and the battle raged on.
Just then, Ash's shout came from across the ice. It turned out that, led by his Charizard, he had already returned from Ice Island!
It had to be said, he had made the round trip in just over ten minutes. That was some impressive efficiency! It seemed that without the three gods causing trouble, everything had gone smoothly for him.
In mid-air, before Charizard could land, Ash leaped down and landed beside Natsui.
"Natsui! I'm back! I've got the final treasure! Huh? Strange, where are Misty and the others?"
"They went to rescue a helicopter that crashed nearby. You..."
As Natsui was speaking, he suddenly felt Sabrina warning him of something with her psychic powers. With a thought, he quickly gave a command through Gardevoir and recalled his three legendary birds to his side.
Nearby, seeing the three legendary birds, Ash had a complicated expression on his face and said with a hint of envy, "Natsui, when on earth did you catch them?"
"I'll tell you the details when I have the chance," Natsui said, putting a finger to his lips to silence him. He then turned to Melody. "Melody, I need you to keep this a secret too. Please don't tell anyone else."
He could expose his three legendary birds in front of Ash and Misty's group, but he didn't want to casually reveal his trump cards in front of outsiders. Although the more time passed, the more people would know, and even if word got out, it would just be a bit more trouble and not a big deal, it was still better to be cautious about some things. This could effectively prevent prying from some unscrupulous people.
And Melody and Ash, knowing that the three legendary birds were Natsui's private matter and that Natsui considered them friends, didn't hesitate and nodded at the same time.
"I understand. Our lips are sealed!"
Natsui took out his Ultra Balls and recalled all three Pokémon.
It was a pity. Victory was in sight, but there was no way to directly defeat the other two Pokémon now. But since Ash was back, the rest of the matter could be left to him.
In any case, with Lugia now fighting two-on-one, it was not at a disadvantage. Overall, the three gods could no longer stir up much trouble.
Just then, the sound of scattered footsteps came from behind them.
Looking back, they saw Sabrina and the others walking back. And behind them were a few other people.
A closer look revealed that among them were not only Ash's mother but also Professor Oak and another woman in a white lab coat.
And behind them were even two pilots and several TV station staff members with video equipment!
Ash was extremely surprised, pointing at them in disbelief. "Mom!? Professor Oak! And Professor Ivy! What are you guys doing here?"
Professor Oak shook his head and explained, "Some extreme weather conditions have appeared in the Kanto region. Through investigation, we learned that something was happening here, so I found Professor Ivy and made a special trip to check it out."
Natsui understood the logic, but he didn't understand why Ash's mother was here since it was an investigation.
Ash scratched his head, clearly troubled by the same question.
"Mom, why did you come along too? I heard you just crashed. Are you hurt?"
"I'm fine," Delia said, looking at Ash with concern. "I heard from Professor Oak that you might be in this area, so I hurried over to see you."
"Sigh," Professor Oak suddenly lamented. "It's strange. Everything was normal before we reached Shamouti Island, but I don't know how, we were suddenly caught in a fierce blizzard, which caused our plane to malfunction!"
"Huh?"
Hearing him say this, Misty and the others subconsciously all looked at Natsui.
But Natsui firmly denied it, being the silent hero, and even shifted the blame. "Hmm, I think it must have been caused by the three gods and Lugia."
"The three gods!? Lugia!?"
Hearing him say this, Professor Oak and the others turned their heads to look into the distance and indeed saw the legendary Pokémon. The TV station staff also started filming frantically with their cameras.
Professor Oak exclaimed, "This is incredible! So this strange weather was caused by them!"
Seeing that Ash was about to say something more, Natsui quickly stopped him.
"Alright, let's skip the pleasantries for now. Hurry up and put the treasure on the shrine. The priority right now is to stop the three gods from continuing their rampage!"
Reminded by Natsui, Ash slapped his forehead, finally coming to his senses. "Ah! You're right! I almost forgot the most important thing!"
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