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The giant bird Pokémon was gradually approaching, and an invisible and intangible sense of oppression descended.
This strong pressure that seems to be able to suffocate makes people's chest feel extremely heavy and breathing becomes difficult.
Even though the colorful figure hadn't even come close yet, the air seemed to be thickening.
However, as the supernatural powers of Armored Mewtwo emanated from his body, this strong sense of oppression disappeared.
The huge Ho-Oh finally arrived in front of the three people at this moment, looking down at them with majestic eyes.
"This is... the legendary Ho-Oh?!!"
Erika looked at the bird Pokémon, covering her mouth in shock and her eyes widened.
She recognized it! Wasn't it the Ho-Oh recorded in myths and legends? Legend has it that its body shines with seven colors, and rainbows form wherever it flies. Legend has it that anyone who has seen the Ho-Oh will have eternal happiness.
The legend about Ho-Oh is something most people in Kanto have heard since childhood.
But Erika didn't expect that one day the King of Phoenix would actually appear in front of her! This really made Erika very excited.
This is Ho-Oh!
Although it is also a legendary Pokémon, Ho-Oh and Suicune are completely different concepts!
that is...
Erika looked at this legendary Pokémon recorded in mythology with clear eyes, but the more she looked at it, the more it seemed a little strange to her.
When I looked at it from a distance just now, I thought this Pokémon was full of divinity, beautiful and noble, but now that I look at it up close... I always feel that Ho-Oh's appearance is a little subtle.
emmm...
Ho-Oh didn't know what these humans below were thinking. It just rushed over to the place where Suicune and the other three had their last breaths disappear.
And now that it was getting closer, it felt more and more clearly that Suicune and the other three were on the human boy.
The look in the eyes of Ho-Oh was slightly cold. It could sense that this young man's heart was not pure. In this case, it was impossible for Suicune and the others to actively recognize this human being.
He is very confident in his subordinate, Ho-Oh. After all, Suicune and the others believe in him very much, so Suicune and the others' view on mate selection is similar to his.
And to be honest, the Ho-Oh felt that the way this human looked at him was very rude!!
Although he didn't know what the problem was, it was rude anyway.
"It's our first time meeting you, Ho-Oh. You are indeed as beautiful as the legend says."
Mammon coughed twice, then waved and smiled at Ho-Oh in a pretentious manner.
Well, it turns out that Ho-Oh really does look like a big turkey when you look at it up close, but Mammon certainly wouldn't say such a rude thing directly.
The Ho-Oh had a blank expression on his face. He could sense that this was not what the person really meant.
Humans... are still very hypocritical.
Ho-Oh sighed in his heart. He sincerely hoped that humans in this world could coexist with Pokémon and coexist with mutual understanding.
It is for this reason that seven hundred years ago, after the people of Ecruteak City built the Bell Tower and the Tin Tower, the Ho-Oh moved into the Bell Tower, because these two towers were built for the friendship between humans and Pokémon.
But one hundred and fifty years ago, lightning struck the Bell Tower, and the Ho-Oh finally passed away on that day.
Because it saw that the gap between humans and Pokémon still existed, Ho-Oh left with disappointment.
Until now, Ho-Oh still hasn't found the human of his dreams.
"Human, have you subdued Suicune and the others?"
Having thought about this, Ho-Oh suddenly felt bored and directly responded to Mammon with neutral telepathy.
"Yes, I think I have a connection with them." Mammon replied with a smile.
"Suicune and the others are members of my guard. I shouldn't forcefully control their future, but I can feel it."
The Ho-Oh stared at Mammon.
"Human, you didn't conquer them just because they recognized you, right?"
"Does this matter?" Mammon raised an eyebrow.
"This is important!"
The Ho-Oh replied firmly that it attached great importance to this point because it had suffered a loss once before.
It is not possible to judge whether a trainer is compatible with you just by the strength of the trainer.
If the ideas are not in line, conflicts will break out sooner or later.
"That's so domineering. So, Ho-Oh, what do you want to do?"
Mammon looked at Ho-Oh with interest. Actually, he didn't know much about Ho-Oh. After all, the photographer only appeared a few times in the anime.
The only time he appeared in "It's You" was for the last two minutes, which was considered quite a lot.
Although we know from the setting that Ho-Oh is a kind legendary Pokémon, no one knows what its specific personality is.
"Give Suicune and the others back."
Ho-Oh was silent for a moment, then spoke to Mammon.
"Ho-Oh, don't you think your request is a bit rude?" Mammon laughed.
"I subdued Suicune and the others through regular combat, without resorting to despicable external force, and now you, Ho-Oh, want me to let them go with just a few words."
The smile on Mammon's lips seemed mocking and sarcastic.
"You are so majestic, Ho-Oh."
"You just used a stronger force than them. The relationship between humans and Pokémon cannot be represented by strength alone."
The Ho-Oh replied in a deep voice that it felt that this human's concept was wrong.
"Of course, I agree with this. The connection between humans and Pokémon is maintained by emotions and bonds." Mammon nodded.
The Ho-Oh looked at Mammon with surprise. It could tell that what Mammon said was indeed the truth.
"But this kind of bond doesn't necessarily exist from the beginning. Now I don't have any feelings for Suicune and the others, but I believe that as we get along day by day, they will understand me better, and I will be able to understand them more deeply." Mammon changed the subject.
If Ho-Oh had eyebrows, he would have frowned deeply at this moment.
"Human, you and Suicune and the others are not compatible. You can never be suitable friends." Ho-Oh said helplessly.
"Isn't your statement too arbitrary, Ho-Oh? Who can predict what will happen in the future? I believe I can influence them."
Mammon showed a harmless expression.
Ho-Oh looked at Mammon deeply.
"There is no point in saying more, human. Since you agree to the subjugation of power, then my power is stronger than yours, and I am also qualified to ask you to return Suicune and the others to me."
Ho-Oh decided to be rude for once. He didn't think that Mammon would have a bright future with Suicune and the others.
Because there is no doubt that this human's sophistry actually represents his character.
"Tsk~ After all, you just want to force me to release Suicune and the others, so why bother with all the high-sounding principles?"
Mammon sneered.
"I would also like to test your power, Ho-Oh."
Mammon tilted his head slightly, with a high arc at the corner of his mouth.
"Mewtwo!"
Armored Mewtwo slowly raised his head, and the restrictive armor on his body began to automatically separate from his body, including the helmet, shoulder armor, chest armor...
In the blink of an eye, all the armor on Dark Mewtwo fell off and fell to the ground, and the powerful and suppressed superpowers faintly overflowed.
Dark Mewtwo twisted his neck, and the power that had been suppressed by the restrictive armor now surged through his body.
The whole body was filled with an overwhelming feeling of endless power, making Dark Mewtwo unable to help but moan, awesome! !
Ho-Oh narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Dark Mewtwo, flapping his wings slowly, and colorful flames gradually ignited around him.
"Hey? Can this armor be taken off?"
Erika was stunned. She had always thought that the armor was part of Dark Mewtwo itself.
"That's the power-limiting armor. Mammon said it was made to suppress the supernatural powers in Mewtwo that cannot be perfectly controlled." Catlin whispered.
"???" Erika was stunned.
Armored Mewtwo was already stronger than she had imagined, but now she was told that the Armored Mewtwo form seemed to limit Mewtwo's power?
"The legendary Ho-Oh, I don't know how good you are."
Dark Mewtwo's eyes glowed with deep purple flames, and its body slowly rose into the air to the same level as Ho-Oh, and a deep and hoarse telepathy sounded.
The body is surrounded by an aura of dark purple with a hint of black, which is the uncontrollable overflow of supernatural power in Dark Mewtwo's body.
"You have aura of Mew on you. What is your relationship with Mew?"
Ho-Oh looked at the Pokémon in confusion. It had never seen Dark Mewtwo before, but there was a bit of a Mew aura about Dark Mewtwo, which was very strange.
And speaking of it, the two do have some similarities, but the color of their bodies is too different.
"Mew? I'm its father."
Dark Mewtwo replied calmly, silencing Ho-Oh.
Although under Mammon's verbal attacks, Dark Mewtwo does not have such a deep obsession with Mew, but to say that he has any good feelings towards him is pure nonsense.
This sentence was also taught to it by Mammon, so that Dark Mewtwo would say this to it when it meets Mew in the future.
Dark Mewtwo had followed Mammon for a while, so he naturally understood the meaning of these words, and so he silently memorized them.
The Ho-Oh remained silent, still flapping his wings slowly, and the sacred colored flames accumulated more and more on both sides of his body.
The temperature in the air began to rise wildly! The scorching flames seemed to form a colorful sea of flames, which was terrifying.
"It's so hot..." Erika fanned her face with her palms. The temperature suddenly rose to an abnormal level.
and...
Looking at Ho-Oh and Dark Mewtwo confronting each other in the air, Rika was still a little worried.
"Mammon, is Mewtwo a match for Ho-Oh?"
Although we know that Dark Mewtwo is very powerful, the opponent is the legendary Ho-Oh after all!
"Who knows?"
Mammon shrugged. It was also his first time fighting against a high-level legend. He had no idea how strong a legend of Ho-Oh's level was.
The reason why he wanted Ho-Oh to come over was that he wanted to test the current limit of Dark Mewtwo and see the strength of a legendary being like Ho-Oh.
Ho-Oh is different from Nebby. Although Nebula's strength soared after evolving into Lunala, she was just evolved after all.
It is unknown what level Lunala can be raised to by the energy stored in the altar. Of course, if it is based on the game, the evolved Nebula will only be level 55...
In reality, we can't simply use the level system in the game, but Mammon still seriously doubts that Lunala's strength is probably about the same as the current Dark Mewtwo, and may not even be stronger than Dark Mewtwo.
So instead of asking Lunala to give Dark Mewtwo a practice, it would be better to ask Ho-Oh.
After all, Ho-Oh's strength is average among all the high-level legends. He is not as powerful as Rayquaza, Kyurem, and the three Sinnoh gods, but at least he is definitely much stronger than the newly evolved Lunala.
"No matter what, don't worry about safety. Ho-Oh won't hurt anyone. At most, we can just return Suicune and the others to it."
Mammon said nonchalantly, let's practice with Phoenix first, and there's no need to worry about safety issues.
It's okay if you can't defeat him, Ho-Oh won't use any heavy hands.
"Isn't that a shame?"
Catlin frowned. It was so hard to subdue Suicune!
How shameless is this big turkey called Ho-Oh! How can he force people to release the Pokémon they just captured?
"What does it matter? Just release it. It's not like you can't capture it again." Mammon didn't care at all.
"Ah?" Erika was stunned.
Let him go, and then take him back? That's fine too...
"Besides, I have a dark history with the Ho-Oh. If it goes too far, I will use moral kidnapping on it!"
Mammon raised the corners of his mouth high and did not feel that he was despicable.
The dark history of Ho-Oh???
Erika and Catlin were both extremely curious, could a being like the Ho-Oh have a dark history?