The dream of becoming a Pokémon master

One morning, after Kyosuke and his Pokémon finished their daily training, they noticed a sharp drop in temperature.

After glancing at Blaze and Dratini, who was still not evolved, the two Pokémon looked over and nodded.

"As expected, it arrived in just over three weeks."

They recalled everyone, leaving only the old flamethrower and the blazing flamethrower.

Looking at the old flames whose eyes were burning with fire, and the raging flames that held their heads high, Kyosuke solemnly said, "This is the final battle."

"Wow!"

"Chirp!"

Climbing onto Old Spray's back, Kyosuke patted his body: "This time, leave it to Reijin."

Old Spray nodded.

He knew he was still far from being a legendary Pokémon, and this time, he could only entrust the task to Blaze. But at the very least, he needed to see and learn how legendary Pokémon battled.

He will challenge Articuno again someday and defeat it!

"Let's just fly up there and take the initiative to meet it."

Articuno had the power to change the environment even before it landed nearby, reminding Kyosuke of the legend of the god of the Orange Islands that Reijin had mentioned.

Having flown above the clouds, the articulated bird was leisurely perched in mid-air.

It indeed sensed Kyosuke's approach.

However, a hint of surprise still showed.

The familiar Moltres, the familiar Charizard, and humans.

But it never expected that Moltres's trainer was the human who had escaped from its grasp!

"I said I would come back, and I said I would definitely subdue you," Kyosuke said to the composed Articuno. "My partner and I, Blaze, will definitely defeat you!"

"Chirp!" Blazing Flame let out a loud cry!

Articuno shook its head, it was unclear whether it was mocking Moltres for willingly becoming human "property" or ridiculing Kyosuke's overestimation of his abilities.

Power began to gather in its mouth, and the Ice Beam gradually formed. This time, Articuno wasn't going to hold back.

"Wait a minute!" Kyosuke quickly called out to stop.

He still had questions in his mind, but if a fight broke out later, he wouldn't be able to ask them.

But Articuno didn't want to pay him any more attention and aimed its Ice Beam at Charizard!

"Charizard, use Flamethrower to hold off! Blaze, use Flamethrower on Articuno!"

Kyosuke had no intention of fighting two against one, but he couldn't ignore Articuno's provocation.

However, contrary to his expectations, Charizard's flames were completely unable to withstand Articuno's ice beams, which seemed to freeze the flames as well!

"Old man, fly upwards!" Kyosuke realized something was wrong and quickly changed his command.

Charizard struggled to adjust its posture, narrowly avoiding the freezing beam.

Kyosuke was genuinely afraid that the attack would affect the tail of the old man.

Moltres's attack also headed towards Articuno. Articuno could have simply flown away to avoid it, but it didn't. Instead, it increased the output of its Ice Beam, trying to take down Kyosuke and Charizard directly.

Seeing Charizard dodge, and Moltres's flames getting closer, Articuno used Agility to evade the attack.

Kyosuke observed silently, and sure enough, Articuno chose the left side.

In the confrontation, even with two against one, Kyosuke did not gain the upper hand.

Flame Fly returned to Charizard's front, and Articuno also came to the opposite side.

Kyosuke felt the air was getting colder.

"Are you the Ice God of Ice Island?" Kyosuke broke the tense atmosphere of the standoff.

Articuno was somewhat surprised; it hadn't expected Kyosuke to know the legend of the Orange Islands. However, it must have been this Moltres that told him, otherwise the Moltres would have discovered it during their first encounter.

Shaking its head, Articuno also gave Kyosuke its answer.

"Was it before?" Kyosuke asked, somewhat shocked. "Then how strong is the Ice God now?"

If even Articuno, which has a natural advantage, cannot defeat it, wouldn't the chances of a civil war between Flame and Fire God be even slimmer?

"Chirp!" Articuno corrected Kyosuke's statement.

It wasn't defeated, but rather it grew tired of the boring life on the ice island and chose to leave.

"That……"

Kyosuke wanted to ask more questions, but was stopped by a beam of freezing light.

The battle has begun again!

"Blazing flames, a vortex of fire!"

Kyosuke struggled to maintain his balance; Articuno's attack had come so suddenly that Charizard almost missed!

Knowing that now was not the time to worry about Kyosuke, Blaze immediately unleashed a Flame Vortex towards Articuno.

The flame vortex didn't have much power, and as Kyosuke had expected, Articuno chose to fight rather than dodge.

The wind and snow blew fiercely, blocking the flames.

It's a blizzard!

"Hot air!"

If it's a hot wind, it probably won't be able to withstand a blizzard during a heavy snowfall, right?

As Articuno was thinking this, a wave of heat came from behind it!

The hot air hit the target precisely!

Articuno was unaware that the other party had appeared behind it at some point, so it quickly directed Blizzard to blow behind it, but Moltres had already returned to Kyosuke's side!

"Ryūen, well done!" Kyūsuke praised Ryūen.

This is one of the tactics they've been working on these past few days. Kyosuke has experienced too much about the ability of flame vortexes to obscure vision, so he came up with this method of using flame vortexes to block and then moving behind the opponent at high speed to use his special move.

The Flame Vortex itself doesn't deal much damage, and even though it's type-advantageous, Articuno is very likely to choose to block it rather than dodge it.

As it turns out, it worked!

The powerful hot air swept over Articuno's entire rear, and Kyosuke was certain that Articuno couldn't withstand it a few more times.

This is true.

Articuno felt the injuries on its body, but its heart was filled with anger.

It hadn't been injured in a long time; the last time was by the overheating of the Charizard in front of it and a human's fist, but the power was still far inferior to the heat blast from Moltres.

You guys have gone too far!

Even though it is no longer the god of ice, Articuno still has a certain ability to manipulate the weather!

Kyosuke could clearly see that the clouds began to drift faster and quickly gathered together.

The wind was blowing fiercely, and even the old sprayer had to exert extra force to avoid being carried away by the wind.

Even though they were high in the sky, the snow froze into hail, and each hailstone hit them, making Lao Peng cry out in pain.

Kyosuke quickly summoned Ooji and used fire to destroy all the hail that was about to hit Charizard.

Looking towards the direction of the flames, his condition was much better.

By fully releasing its body heat, the hailstones were vaporized into water vapor before they even got close, creating the appearance of an isolated area from a distance.

It is, after all, a Moltres; the weather is not powerful enough to affect it.

As long as the Blazing State remains unaffected, there is still a chance!

Kyosuke couldn't stop Articuno's crazy behavior, just like the animation before the final stage, which you could only watch quietly but couldn't interrupt.

However, it's time to get to the final moment.

A great war is about to break out!