Chapter 430: The Sneaky Cloud
This fight was inevitable.
Team Plasma planned to turn the entire Island of the Three Clouds into a petri dish for Revival Herbs.
But that required the battle between Thundurus and Tornadus to continue, at least for another half an hour.
If they really waited until then.
Let alone the situation with Victini and Keldeo.
The people and Pokémon living on the Island of the Three Clouds would definitely suffer massive casualties.
In that case, there was nothing more to say.
Time to fight.
Will moved his body.
Garchomp and Milotic immediately followed behind him and rushed out.
Roserade and the subsequently released Spiritomb and Gastrodon stayed in place to protect Cynthia.
In everyone's eyes.
Will appeared beside Herdier in a flash.
However, although Herdier's eyes couldn't keep up, his nose caught the scent of Will passing by, and he immediately opened his mouth to bite at his side.
Will saw that smear of brown Dark-type energy in Herdier's mouth and grinned.
He not only didn't dodge.
Instead, he stretched out his arm to let Herdier bite it.
Then, his other hand manifested a Focus Blast, instantly smashing it into the side of Herdier's face.
"Woof!"
Herdier felt the pain, his face turning fierce, but he refused to let go.
This actually fit Will's intention perfectly.
After all.
Dark-type moves could not cause damage to him.
Will kicked out, greeting him with Close Combat, and gave Herdier another severe beating.
Finally, Herdier really couldn't hold on and let go, looking suspiciously at Will, who looked relaxed and casually shook off his hand.
The battle for Garchomp and the others beside them was not as relaxed as Will's.
After all, although the enemy's level was not high, they had an advantage in numbers.
Garchomp's Lv. 54 level could fight five Lv. 44s, but she couldn't fight ten Lv. 44s at once.
"Transfer all the people guarding the Abundant Shrine over, just leave four people to keep watch."
Gorm took a few more glances at the dominant Will, a flash of amazement and appreciation shining in his eyes, and then turned to command the lackeys beside him.
"Yes!"
On the other side.
Over the easternmost sea of the Island of the Three Clouds.
The thunderclouds in the sky shot out bolts of lightning; countless electric currents converged and hovered, actually forming a super giant lightning tornado.
The thunder tornado swept and raged on the sea surface, tearing forward.
Although there seemed to be nothing there.
In Thundurus's eyes, Victini's invisibility was almost ineffective!
Under this sky shrouded in thunderclouds, every inch of space was densely covered with tiny electromagnetic waves.
These electromagnetic waves were not enough to cause damage to the target, but they could help him perceive any changes in this space.
Victini flipped and flew rapidly in the air, easily dodging this tornado.
Then, his two small hands swiped in mid-air.
Endless raging fire appeared out of thin air, wrapping towards Thundurus.
"Bolei!"
Thundurus was burned by the flames and let out a painful roar.
But in the blink of an eye, the flames on his body were dispersed by him.
Pity.
Victini never actively took the initiative to learn moves, and Will had never forced him.
So the little guy's move pool was limited to the moves learned by leveling up naturally, and the moves he didn't even understand how he mastered.
This did not include Sunny Day.
So the control of the weather was entirely in Thundurus's hands.
However, even so.
Right now, it was Victini pressing Thundurus in the fight; even this process couldn't be called a battle, it was more appropriate to call it "teasing".
Although the little guy had almost never experienced such high-intensity battles, relying on the sheer gap in panel stats, he didn't feel too much pressure.
It's just that Victini would have a hard time finishing off Thundurus anytime soon.
What makes these Legendary Pokémon powerful is not only their lethality and control over natural forces, but also their exaggerated stamina and recovery abilities.
This made Victini somewhat worried about Keldeo's situation over there.
On the sea surface beside them.
Compared to the grumpy Thundurus.
Tornadus, facing that little colt running recklessly on the sea surface, didn't lose his mind.
This was mainly because Victini and Keldeo appeared very timely, which prevented him and Thundurus from getting hot-headed; otherwise, he would also enter a state of losing all reason.
And what about the current battle?
Keldeo couldn't give Tornadus any pressure at all.
While Tornadus dealt with him, he could also occasionally shoot a few hurricanes towards Victini.
Occasionally, there would be a few "accidentally" shooting towards Thundurus, adding chaos to the latter, making Tornadus feel a burst of secret pleasure in his heart.
This made Tornadus even calmer.
If Victini was teasing Thundurus, then the situation here was the exact opposite.
The current Keldeo was ultimately just a fake Champion raised with external help.
In terms of true strength, he was ultimately not as powerful as a true Champion-level Legendary Pokémon.
Even if Tornadus only used 70% of his power, it had already left the colt scarred and panting; afraid he couldn't hold on for at most another ten minutes.
Tornadus, seeing this, deliberately stopped for a while, letting Keldeo catch his breath.
He had already planned it all out.
He would play Tai Chi and stall with this little pony here, let Thundurus and Victini fight first, and then after they were both seriously injured, he would go finish them off.
Tornadus felt he was extremely clever.
Among their Unova Forces of Nature.
Tornadus was the weakest one.
Landorus had a high level and good typing, well-deserving the title of big brother.
And although he and Thundurus were placed on the same level by humans.
Tornadus knew best what the specific reality was.
He and Thundurus shared the same level, but the type gap was too large.
Tornadus was a pure Flying-type, while Thundurus was Electric and Flying.
This meant Thundurus had a resistance to Flying, while Tornadus was countered by Electric-types.
So if they really fought.
Often Tornadus would lose more and win less.
If there was anything clearly superior to Thundurus, it was undoubtedly that his temper and brain were a bit more useful.
Just like right now.
Tornadus deliberately ran to deal with Keldeo, throwing Victini—this juvenile-looking ancestor—to Thundurus to deal with.
As long as Landorus didn't come out to make trouble, the one who reaped the spoils in the end would definitely be him!
"Doulei?"
Suddenly, Tornadus frowned, raising his hand to rub his chin.
He just suddenly remembered at this moment.
There was still Landorus who hadn't come out.
According to the past process.
After the two of them appeared and caused chaos, humans would immediately summon Landorus to suppress them.
This wouldn't do!
Tornadus was just about to fly towards the Abundant Shrine, but suddenly paused his figure, his eyes rolling around, and then turned to fly towards Thundurus.
"Bolei!"
Thundurus saw Tornadus flying over, his expression startled, his face full of vigilance.
He thought Tornadus planned to unite with Victini to gang up on him.
"Doulei Doulei!"
Tornadus spread his hands, hurriedly explaining.
He stated his guess and told Thundurus that he would hold these two Pokémon here, letting him hurry up and stop the humans instead.
"Bolei."
Hearing this, Thundurus nodded hurriedly in agreement, and flew away without looking back.
What he was thinking in his heart was: There is such a good thing?
Tornadus was actually willing to hand over such an easy and simple job to himself, taking the initiative to stay behind to fight one against two.
This moved Thundurus greatly in his heart.
In just this short time, he was about to be disgusted to death by that difficult little mouse.
Originally, he even suspected whether Tornadus was secretly aiming to sneak-attack him; now the doubts in his heart completely dissipated.
He truly measured the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a petty man!
Damn it!
Thundurus slapped himself angrily, deciding to be a bit lighter when hitting Tornadus in the future.
But the most urgent task now was to hurry up and stop the humans.
This kind of small job.
Easy peasy.
"Doulei~ (Idiot~)"
Tornadus looked at Thundurus's happy appearance when leaving, and immediately shook his head.
Half an hour had passed since the keystone sealing them was broken.
According to the past.
At this time, Landorus should have almost been summoned out already.
The reason why he didn't go was considering the high probability that he might meet Landorus on the way.
Landorus cleaning them up was simply far too easy.
Compared to soloing Landorus, Tornadus was much more willing to stall one against two here.
Besides.
Stalling these two or whatever...
He was just saying it.
Tornadus looked down; the little colt on the sea surface had a huge change in expression, chasing towards the direction of Thundurus without stopping.
He raised his hand, creating bursts of hurricanes in the sky.
Of course.
All bark and no bite.
These were all just done for the distant Thundurus to see; in fact, Tornadus's winds didn't affect Keldeo at all.
Then he turned to look at Victini.
And then made a "please" gesture towards the direction where Thundurus left in the distance.
"Tini."
Victini spun around anxiously on the spot.
He didn't know whether he should stay here to stop Tornadus right now, or hurriedly chase after and stop Thundurus.
Will's assigned task was to lure the two clouds away from the village and even the Island of the Three Clouds, ensuring that the people and Pokémon on this island wouldn't be affected by the battle and suffer casualties.
If he left now, what if Tornadus ran to the village to wreak havoc?
But.
If he didn't go stop Thundurus, then with Keldeo's current state and the strength of Will and the others, they would definitely not be Thundurus's opponents.
And what if Landorus had already been summoned out, and didn't need help.
"Tini Tini~"
Victini was so anxious he was about to cry.
If Kyurem or Druddigon was here at this time, it would be great; he wouldn't need to consider this difficult choice.
"Doulei."
At this time, the sneaky opportunist who had been watching the fun on the side spoke.
He indicated that he would wait quietly here for the matter over there to end, and would do absolutely nothing before that.
"Tini?"
The simple Victini's face lit up with joy, bowed to Tornadus, and then immediately chased after the direction of Thundurus.
There is a scale in Victini's heart.
On the left is the life and safety of his friends.
On the right are innocent people, Pokémon, and Will's assigned task.
In Victini's heart, this scale ultimately has a bit more weight on the left side.
He is not some god with grand righteousness in mind; he cares more about the family and partners who are important to him.
Even if Tornadus didn't speak.
Dozens of seconds later, he would still choose to go save Will and the others.
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