Pokémon the Movie: The Journey of a Slate

"Le——" The loud and high-pitched bird cry resounded through the sky, and the bright yellow bird occasionally revealed its true appearance in the dark clouds. Its golden feathers were as powerful as lightning, and the back of its wings was covered with a layer of jet-black feathers.

"Is it really a Zapdos?" Mary took out the Poké Ball from her waist, and suddenly paused. She looked at Eslo and his shadow hesitantly, seeming a little conflicted.

Aislo looked at the dark clouds in the sky with lightning and thunder. The momentum in them even had some of the meaning of a champion, but judging from the size of this Zapdos, which was slightly smaller than its peers, it could be judged that it was not yet an adult. It seemed that this was also a genius.

Just when Eslo was about to send Absol to drive away the Zapdos, Mary stepped forward and held down his hand that was about to take the Dark Ball, saying, "Hey, can you let me try?"

Looking at Mary's determined gaze, the tacit understanding as companions naturally made Eslo understand what the girl meant. She wanted to challenge Zapdos alone.

"Okay." Aislo nodded, then looked up at the sky, took a few steps back, and left the home court to Mary and the Zapdos that had already noticed the two of them and was swooping down.

At the same time, Aislo released Mamoura and Zoroark. To be on the safe side, Aislo asked them to look around to see if there were any more wounded.

Today, Mary was still wearing her iconic punk-style jacket. She turned around suddenly and raised the Poké Ball in her hand towards Zapdos.

"Please fight me, Zapdos." The girl's voice was cold. "If you lose, please leave here."

Mary has always been a strong-willed person, but since traveling with Eslo, she has rarely been able to provide help to the boy or her lover, which undoubtedly makes her frustrated and unwilling. Her self-esteem does not allow her to "do nothing" like this.

Along the way, Marie also met many star trainers of similar age, including Shinji, Kin, Satoshi, and even the most outstanding Darkto. These people made Marie feel the pressure that she could not feel in Galar.

But who is Mari? She is the star of Galar. The unprecedented pressure will only make her more motivated and train harder!

Now she needs a battle to prove to Eslo and herself that she is definitely not a "vase" but the future champion of Galar!

Eslo also understood this truth, but what he cared more about was that Mary needed a victory now to vent the pressure accumulated in her heart. The "string" cannot be kept tense all the time.

Mary's expression was serious. Even though Zapdos was not yet an adult, it was still a legendary Pokémon. The pride engraved in its bones might make it ignore her words, so the girl was ready to take action at any time.

"Lee--" The arrogant cry showed Zapdos' undisguised disdain. He was just about to walk away in boredom, but his hair suddenly puffed up slightly, turning him into a real puffy bird. He felt a cold gaze.

Zapdos subconsciously followed his feeling and looked in the direction he was looking. The gaze came from the shadow of the male human with a strange aura, and then... He saw a pair of cold blue eyes, a glance that could last for a thousand years.

The next moment, the Zapdos' body trembled, and it suddenly raised its body high, putting some distance between itself and Eslo and Marie.

At that very moment, Zapdos felt as if his consciousness had sunk into an endless nightmare. He struggled and ran in the nightmare, trying to escape, but everything was in vain. Even he himself didn't know how long he had stayed in the nightmare. When he woke up, the content of the nightmare had faded, but the instinctive fear still made Zapdos tremble.

This seemed to be a warning. Zapdos tried hard to calm his frightened heart. The elf in the shadow simply conveyed this message: either fight her or fight me.

[Fuck it!] Zapdos silently raised his head and saw Marie across from him. He had no other choice.

"Come out, long-haired troll!" Mary was a little surprised to see that the other party seemed to have agreed, but she still quickly threw the Poké Ball in her hand.

With a flash of red light, the hairy troll appeared on the field, and the Poké Ball bounced back into Marie's hands.

“Hey——”

The sharp bird cry sounded again, and the terrifying pressure swept the whole place. The hairy troll frowned slightly. As Mary's trump card, he had confronted Hyata's Bangilas head-on in terms of momentum not long ago. How could he be afraid of the Zapdos in front of him?

Without even needing Mary's command, two transparent barriers slowly rose up, wrapping the hairy troll. He lowered his body, ready to attack at any time.

"Is the characteristic a sense of oppression? No, that's not right. It could also be just his use of momentum." Mary frowned as she looked at the Zapdos that looked even more majestic against the backdrop of the dark clouds. The characteristic of a sense of oppression was difficult to judge. If the characteristic was not a sense of oppression, then the characteristic of this Zapdos could only be static electricity. The contact between the two Pokémons needed to be reduced as much as possible.

"Hairy Troll, magic shines!" Seeing the metallic luster on the wings of the Zapdos, Mary hurriedly launched an attack.

A dazzling light appeared, just in time to meet the approaching Zapdos. The Zapdos couldn't open its eyes due to the strong light, and was forced to increase its altitude again.

"Don't give Him the chance, pull Him down with a strong whip!"

"Roar--" The hairy troll roared, and the thick green vines rushed towards the Zapdos. The moment they touched the Zapdos, the grass vines on them grew rapidly until they completely tied up the Zapdos.

The Zapdos' eyes widened, and dazzling electric light flashed, rushing towards the hairy troll along the vines, but the hairy troll didn't care about it at all. He pulled the vines down suddenly, and the Zapdos was smashed to the ground, forming a small pit. The price was that several charred marks appeared on the hairy troll's body.

"Hairy troll, use Frozen Fist!"

The hairy troll rushed towards Zapdos, ice-blue energy gathering in his hands.

"Hey!"

The Zapdos broke free from the vines on its body, and the hairy troll's fist was almost in front of it. It hurriedly put its wings, which were shining with metallic luster, in front of it, trying to use its steel wings to block the attack.

"boom--"

There was an explosion, and the body of the Lightning Bird sank into the ground, and the pit that had just been formed became even bigger.

Just as the hairy troll was about to fire another punch, a blinding flash of lightning appeared, and he had no choice but to defend himself to deal with it. The flash of the Zapdos also came along with the lightning, forcing the hairy troll to close his eyes.

The Zapdos seized the moment when the Hairy Troll closed his eyes and flew out quickly, not forgetting to slap the Hairy Troll with his wings. But it was obvious that the Hairy Troll had anticipated his move. The Hairy Troll turned around suddenly, and his arm, which was wrapped in black by evil energy, hit the Zapdos.

The lightning bird wailed and flew up into the sky in a panic, while the hairy troll also adjusted its state.

Then, the Zapdos seemed to realize that the ground was not in its favor and refused to come down no matter what. The Hairy Troll could only respond with long-range attacks, which it was not good at, and it had to dodge the lightning from time to time.

Although the hairy troll can use its superpowers to fly into the air, it is still not as agile as the birds that are born to soar in the sky. If it flies into the air, it will just be a sitting duck for the Zapdos.

The situation was at a standstill for a moment.