Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 1046, Lugia's Birth
"The cause of the extreme weather has been found: the center of the deep-sea current anomaly is near Asia Island in the Orange Islands..."

"Furthermore, for some reason, all the Pokémon in the world are moving towards Asia Island. Water-type Pokémon can cross the sea, while those that cannot are gathering on the coast closest to Asia Island..."

"Regarding the anomalies in the Orange Islands, we are currently contacting Professor Oak and Professor Uchigi..."

Yu Hai was having dinner at the dojo when he saw the news about Asia Island. He sighed inwardly, "Can't these people just live their lives peacefully? Why do they always have to cause trouble?"
“I’ll go,” Yu Hai said, putting down his chopsticks and telling Dun Mei that someone had captured the three silly birds of Asia Island, which would disrupt the ocean current balance of the Orange Islands and cause frequent extreme weather events. Only he, the champion, could handle this.

"Ah Hai, is there any danger?" Dunmei looked at the TV with concern. The TV screen showed a scene of snow, ice, and torrential rain.

"Don't worry, there's no place in the Orange Islands that I can't go," Yu Hai said with a smile, leaning closer and gently touching Dunmei's face to reassure her. After all, he was the champion of the Orange Islands, and he couldn't hide from her like this.

The champion title is causing some trouble, even affecting his fishing. It's really getting in the way, and he can't even have dinner.

When I get back this time, I'll resign from the championship and let Yuuji take it back. I'll let Hideyoshi take over as the head of the Dark Division. Hideyoshi may also have a chance to challenge for the championship in the future.

Grabbing his windproof jacket, he went to the gym's backyard, selected the Pokémon to handle the situation, and called out to them, "Zetzart, Darkrai, Gengar, you three come here..."

This time, we need to deal with a collector, the three rioting birds, and Lugia—these three are essential Pokémon to bring along.

"Hehehe," Gengar emerged from its stealth state and entered Yu Hai's shadow. It hadn't been outside for a long time, and it was still a little excited, wondering what kind of enemy it would encounter this time.

"Clatter, clatter," Zapdos flew down from the clouds, the heavy rain in the sky was lessening, and the drizzle was gradually stopping.

The dark clouds, devoid of Zapdos, have slowly dispersed in all directions. Since Diaoyu Island is too far from Asia Island, it has not been affected by the extreme weather.

"Ah Hai, what's going on this time?" Darkrai floated over and disappeared into Yu Hai's shadow along with Gengar.

“This is a bit tricky, we have to deal with those three birds,” Yu Hai explained, looking at the remaining Pokémon. He put Dragonite and Scizor back into their Poké Balls, along with Politoed, Lucario, and Slowking.

There's no need to bring the remaining Pokémon. Most of the enemies we'll be facing this time can fly, so there's no point in bringing Pokémon that can't fly.

“Let’s go, Slowking, use Teleport to get to Citrus Island…” Yu Hai raised his hand and placed it on Slowking’s shoulder, and they vanished from their spot in an instant.

When he and Dazai arrived at the Orange League headquarters on Orange Island, the place was already in a state of chaos, and Yuuji had already taken out his phone to call Yuukai.

"Yuji, what's going on?" Yu Hai heard his phone ring and, seeing the caller ID, immediately called out to Yuji to ask what was happening.

“Ah, you’re finally here,” Yuji breathed a long sigh of relief upon seeing Yu Hai appear, and reported to Yu Hai, “According to information from the Anbu, a collector has captured the three legendary birds of Asia Island and wants to lure out Lugia and capture it…”

“I’ll go over there,” Yu Hai said, taking the information from Yuuji’s hand and giving Yuuji a light pat on the shoulder. He smiled helplessly and said, “You’d better be prepared. When I get back, you’ll be the champion. This seat is too much of a distraction from fishing…”

"This," Yuji couldn't help but chuckle when he heard the reason for his resignation. With Yu Hai's strength, no one could shake his position as champion. It's just that his ambitions lay elsewhere, as he had been busy promoting some kind of smart city.

“Let’s go, Slowking, let’s go check out Asia Island,” Yu Hai said, putting his hand on Slowking’s shoulder again, and they disappeared from the League headquarters together.

When they reappeared, they were standing on the snow-covered island of Asia, where everything was covered in white snow and wind, and they could see nothing at all.

"Dumb King, sense it. There should be a floating fortress in the sky," Yu Hai squinted at the sky. The wind and snow were dazzling, and he couldn't help but tighten his coat. He exhaled a breath of white air. It was really damn cold.

He has lived in the Orange Islands for so many years and has never seen a blizzard, but his fishing island has snow-capped mountains made by ivory pigs, so he can go there to experience winter when he has nothing to do.

"Yay, found it!" Slowking's eyes lit up with blue light, and with a sweep of his psychic powers across the sky, he sensed the huge floating fortress, as well as the captured Zapdos and Moltres.

“Let’s go,” Yu Hai and Daidai Wang disappeared again and instantly appeared inside the floating fortress. As he adjusted to the changes in front of him, he heard someone speaking.

"You're the first guests to arrive here without an invitation," the collector said, sitting at his control panel, showing off his collection to Ash and the others who had just been captured. "What do you think? Moltres, the Fire God, and Zapdos, the Thunder God, are my new additions..."

"Wait a minute, if you're going to catch Pokémon, why not put them in Poké Balls? Isn't that insulting them...?"

"I'm not a trainer, I'm a collector. Only things you can see with your own eyes are collectibles," the collector said with a helpless shrug and a smile. "You can look at my collection freely, but please don't touch it..."

"Clap, clap, clap..." Yu Hai clapped his hands lightly when he realized that no one had seen him.

"Brother Hai? What brings you here?" Xiao Zhi was surprised to see Yu Hai again.

"I'm also curious, how did you end up in the Orange Islands again, Ash?" Yu Hai smiled at Ash. Ash had grown quite a bit taller in the few years they hadn't seen him. This wasn't a world where you could stay ten years old forever.

"I heard that a new gym has appeared in the Orange Islands, as well as Hai's gym, so I decided to come and take a look," Ash said, scratching his head awkwardly. He actually wanted to challenge the Orange Islands again.

“So that’s how it is,” Yu Hai chuckled, looking at the Collector, the main villain of this theatrical version. The Collector also turned to look at him.

"Who are you? How did you get on my spaceship?" The collector frowned, wondering how strangers had once again intruded into his ship.

"Articuno is moving, Articuno is moving..."

Suddenly, the spaceship's system detected that the Articulated Bird had left the crater and immediately alerted the collector that it could capture it.

“Finally, Articuno,” the Collector said, settling back into his console. He paid no attention to the intruders, merely issuing a warning before ascending on his console. “Whoever you are, do not touch my collection…”

"Tsk, how arrogant. Another otaku," Yu Hai chuckled softly when he saw that the other party didn't recognize him. Nowadays, there's no villain with any power who doesn't know him, yet the collector doesn't. What else could he be but an otaku?

"Brother Hai, quickly rescue Zapdos! You came here to rescue them, didn't you?" Ash looked at the imprisoned Zapdos and Moltres and had Pikachu use Electric Shock to attack the cage, but it didn't work. He could only ask Yu Hai, the champion, to come up with a solution.

“Ash, I advise you not to release them,” Yu Hai said, walking to the spaceship and looking out at the white islands and sea, along with the booming explosions. The Collector had begun capturing Articuno, and he had to remind Ash, “If you listened to my advice, you wouldn’t always make such a mess of things…”

What are the Three Silly Birds? They're three silly birds who've been cooped up for so long. They finally get a chance to come out, so they're definitely going to have a blast and don't want to go back to jail.

Even if you release them, it won't help. They won't thank you; instead, they'll attack you. Whoever tries to capture them will become their enemy. Releasing the three silly birds now will only cause trouble.

"Haha, well, if you don't want to release it, you don't have to," Xiao Zhi said awkwardly, scratching his head. He knew what had happened before; he always questioned others and made a mess of things, completely doing more harm than good. "Just wait, you don't need to worry about this. I'll handle it," Yu Hai said, ignoring Xiao Zhi and the others, and quietly watching the Collector capture Articuno and put it in the cage.

With all three of the Skaven in his possession, the Collector once again descended into the Collection Room from the control panel. Despite the angry stares from Ash and the others, he remained unconcerned and waited for his Lugia.

"What are you waiting for?" Yu Hai turned around with a smile. Lugia is the sea god; how could the other party just capture him as they please?

“I’m waiting for Lugia; it will be my most prized possession,” the collector said with fervor, like a devout pilgrim on a pilgrimage. He couldn’t wait any longer.

"Awooo, awooo!" Lugia soared into the sky from the ocean whirlpool, flying towards the floating fortress. It sensed the presence of the three silly birds. Those three silly birds had been captured again. What annoying birds!
If Mom hadn't been away, it wouldn't have needed to come over this time. It wanted to sleep a little longer, but it was woken up by these three silly birds. It's really annoying; it has a terrible temper when it wakes up!

“Here it comes, my Lugia,” the Collector said, looking at Lugia outside the spaceship. He was about to give the order to capture the spaceship when Yu Hai interrupted him.

"You're wrong, that's my Lugia." When Yu Hai saw this Lugia, how could he not recognize it? Back then, he had been a stay-at-home dad for more than half a year, and the little Lugia almost ate him out of house and home.

He excitedly raised his hand and shouted to Lugia, "Lugia, come over here..."

"Awooo, awooo," Lugia was about to open its mouth and destroy the spaceship with a Hyper Beam when it suddenly heard a familiar shout. Looking closely, it saw the little guy Yu Hai.

The moment it saw Yu Hai, it excitedly pounced on him, crying out repeatedly, "Aww, aww, Yu Hai, I missed you so much..."

“Really? I’ve missed you too. It’s been years since we last met. You’ve grown so much.” Yu Hai was tackled by Lugia, letting Lugia rub her head against him, and he gently stroked Lugia.

"It's telepathy. Does Brother Hai know this Lugia?" Ash swallowed hard. He hadn't expected that Yu Hai and Lugia were actually acquaintances. It was truly unexpected.

"How is this possible?" The collector frowned more and more as he watched Lugia and Yu Hai being so intimate. These were his collectibles. Did the other party want to steal his collectibles?

"Don't you know who I am? Or is there no internet on your spaceship?" Yu Hai slowly stood up, placed his palm on Lugia's head, and smiled at the Collector again, but this time the smile was particularly eerie.

"Who are you?" Hearing Yu Hai mention this again, the collector had to take it seriously. He activated facial recognition on the control panel, and Yu Hai's identity information instantly popped up on the projection screen. His pupils constricted, his lips parted slightly, and he stammered in surprise, "Champion, Champion, you're the Champion of the Orange Islands..."

“You got it right, you’re so smart, collector Gillutea, you’re under arrest,” Yu Hai said with a smile, looking at Slowking and shouting, “Slowking, subdue him…”

"Ya-dong!" Dazed King's eyes lit up, and he instantly took control of Gilluta, pulling her off the control panel.

“No, you can’t do this,” Gilluta finally started to panic. Even if he was slow on the uptake, he knew what a champion was. A champion was a trainer who could sweep through an entire region. Even his collection of three dummy birds wouldn’t be a match for a champion.

"Shut up and watch carefully. What do you think a champion is?" Yu Hai said coldly, scolding the noisy Gilluta. He sneered disdainfully, "If the Orange Islands didn't have a champion, would you think you could do whatever you want? You'll only be facing life imprisonment next..."

After saying that, he took out a Poké Ball, released Rotom, and shouted to Rotom, "Rotom, take over the ship's control system and release Moltres first..."

“Rotom received,” Rotom flew to the control panel, conjured tentacles, inserted them into the control panel, and used the massive computing power of headquarters to instantly take control of the spaceship. The original spaceship AI had been locked down.

Next, it manipulated the spaceship to collect the firebird's cage, transport it outside the spaceship, and release the firebird.

Yu Hai shouted at the firebird outside the spaceship, "Firebird, go back to your Fire Island..."

"Cry, cry," the firebird cried out angrily, its eyes filled with disdain as it looked at Yu Hai. It seemed as if a mere human dared to order it around, saying, "Human, who do you think you are?"

"Heh, I knew this would happen," Yu Hai said, throwing out a Poké Ball and shouting, "Zetzart, Darkrai, Dragonite, Moltres, it's all yours now. Beat it up, beat it to death, beat it until it learns its lesson..."

"Chirp, chirp," Zapdos appeared and immediately pounced on Moltres. It and Moltres were already at odds, like enemies meeting and their eyes were filled with hatred!

"Roar!" Dragonite roared and charged forward with Extreme Speed, raising its fist and crackling with lightning as it slammed it down on Moltres. "I've beaten up that Moltres at home enough, and you dare to be so arrogant?"

Boom boom boom——

Seeing three champion-level Pokémon rushing towards it, Moltres didn't dare to be careless and immediately attacked with its fire breath. However, all of its fire breath was dodged, and it was instead punched on the head by Dragonite, leaving it completely dumbfounded.

Then Zapdos struck with Thunder, followed by Darkrai's Ice Beam. Moltres's body was instantly paralyzed and frozen. It quickly melted due to the high temperature, but those few seconds of stun were enough of an opening for a Champion-level Pokémon.

Boom boom boom——

Next, facing the combined attack of three Dragonite, Moltres had no choice but to fly left and right to dodge, but in the end it was no match and was punched by Dragonite and fell to the ice.

Finally, Dragonite lifted him up in front of Yu Hai and threw him like a dead dog in front of the cages of Zapdos and Articuno. The two birds' pupils shrank involuntarily as they looked at Yu Hai, this ruthless man, as if they couldn't beat him.

"Rotom, release Zapdos," Yu Hai said coldly, looking at Zapdos. Moltres was just used to make an example of someone, and now it was time to see if this troublemaker Zapdos would submit.

"Li, li," Zapdos, having regained its freedom, looked at Moltres lying on the ground inside the spaceship, Lugia beside Yu Hai, and the three menacing Dragonite. It finally decided to be pragmatic and fly back to its Thunder Island.

Can't you see the Moltres is still lying on the ground? It doesn't want to be brutally beaten by humans and then thrown back into the volcano. That would be too embarrassing!
"Alright, release Articuno too. Dragonite, throw Moltres into its crater," Yu Hai waved his hand gently, and the Orange Islands incident caused by the collector ended just like that.

"Wow, Brother Hai, you're amazing now!" Xiao Zhi listened to Yu Hai's advice and didn't release the three Skaven. After all, Yu Hai is now the champion, and he must have his reasons for doing things, so he didn't want to cause any trouble.

This time, I didn't cause any more trouble. As expected, the opponent dealt with the three idiots very easily. If I had released the three idiots, the opponent would have had to deal with three legendary Pokémon by themselves, which would have been much more troublesome than it is now.

"You can do it too, just use your brain more," Yu Hai said with a smile, pointing to his head and then to Ash's silly behavior in the anime. Ash is good at everything, except he's not very bright.

Then, he turned to the collector, whose face was filled with shock, and laughed, "Elves aren't for collecting. What can you do without them?"

"Rotom, take the ship to Citrus Island. Have Yuuji prepare to receive the ship," Yu Hai instructed Ash and the others before leaving. "The ship will take you to Citrus Island. Don't wander off during this time..."

“Okay, Brother Hai,” Xiao Zhi listened to his advice again and sat down on the floor with his friends, not going anywhere.

Seeing that Xiao Zhi understood, Yu Hai nodded with satisfaction and had Slowking lead the Collector into the Collector's room. He wondered how many good things this guy had collected; they would all end up being his...

(End of this chapter)