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"Wait! Ho-Oh!"
Seeing Ho-Oh turn to run, Mammon was stunned and quickly called out to Ho-Oh.
"Human! You don't need to say anything, my mind is made up."
Ho-Oh turned its head and looked at Mammon warily.
"I clearly told you last time, don't call me for this kind of thing again!"
The big turkey was very angry. It suffered a lot last time fighting Black Rayquaza, okay?
Although Black Rayquaza was defeated in the end, and the sense of victory was very satisfying, Ho-Oh felt that it could still avoid such suffering.
There's no need, truly no need.
What it said before coming was indeed 'you better have a good reason,' but not this kind of reason!
Ho-Oh was numb. It didn't know how this human managed it. Last time he provoked a Shinny Super Rayquaza, and this time he provoked the Ice Dragon Kyurem.
You, just a mere human, are so amazing. Do your family members know?
"But you said not to call you to fight Shinny Rayquaza again, but this time Shinny Rayquaza is on our side." Mammon spread his hands innocently.
"Don't play word games with me! You cunning human!" Ho-Oh was even more displeased.
"What's the difference between that Ice Dragon and Shinny Rayquaza? It's even more ferocious than Shinny Rayquaza!"
Ho-Oh was spitting. Goodness knows how many hits it would take if it went to battle such an Ice Dragon?
Mammon remained silent, only releasing Suicune.
Suicune looked at Mammon in confusion, then immediately sensed a familiar aura, and excitedly looked up, indeed seeing the Ho-Oh it had been thinking about.
"?" Ho-Oh's bird eyes twitched, and it suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Woo!!" Suicune excitedly whined at Ho-Oh. Although it had been a long time since it had seen Ho-Oh.
But as a member of the Phoenix King Guard, Suicune still held Ho-Oh in immense reverence. It could be said that Ho-Oh was Suicune's spiritual pillar and totem.
After all, it was Ho-Oh who resurrected them and gave them a reason to live.
Although Ho-Oh felt a bad premonition, facing Suicune, Ho-Oh still maintained its usual gentleness and elegance, its eyes smiling as it nodded to it.
Hmm, very noble.
But...
"Alas~ Since you, Ho-Oh, are afraid, then you can leave. I can understand. After all, Kyurem is truly powerful, and it's normal for you, Ho-Oh, to be fearful."
Mammon sighed and spoke to Ho-Oh, his tone full of disappointment but also understanding.
"???" Suicune tilted its head, looking at Mammon in confusion.
After spending this time together, it still quite approved of Mammon, but Mammon actually said that Lord Ho-Oh was timid and afraid of trouble??
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
"Woo! (Mammon! Lord Ho-Oh is definitely not like that!)"
Suicune was a bit displeased. If it hadn't been quite successfully trained by Mammon, Suicune would probably have been hissing at Mammon by now.
It would never allow outsiders to slander its sacred Lord Ho-Oh like that!
"!!!"
Ho-Oh's head exploded with a boom.
"Human!! How can you be so despicable?!!"
Ho-Oh couldn't hold back anymore and 'roared' at Mammon through telepathy.
Damn it, this innately evil human! He deserves to die! He truly deserves to die!!
He actually used Suicune to 'threaten' itself! If it insisted on leaving at this moment, wouldn't it confirm the fact that it 'feared strong enemies'? How would Suicune view itself?
Suicune's world would probably collapse!
Although this was indeed the truth...
But even so, Ho-Oh did not want its sacred and flawless image in the eyes of the Phoenix King Guard to be damaged.
After all, Ho-Oh knew very well that ever since it resurrected and guided them, the Phoenix King Guard had regarded it as their faith and pillar.
This was not what Ho-Oh wished for, but it couldn't stop Suicune and the others from thinking that way.
And once its image in their hearts collapsed, the Phoenix King Guard would definitely suffer a great blow, and Ho-Oh could not bear it.
"It was you, Ho-Oh, who broke your promise first. You clearly promised to help me three times, and you're still going back on your word."
Mammon felt no shame at all, instead replying righteously in his mind.
"You evil and shameless human!!" Ho-Oh stopped pretending and directly started spewing.
"I am just a Ho-Oh! Last time you made me fight Shinny Rayquaza, and this time you're making me fight this clearly abnormal Ice Dragon Kyurem. Do you think this is reasonable??!"
How wronged Ho-Oh was. It was just a Ho-Oh with the ability to resurrect the dead. How could it possibly confront these top legendary Pokemon head-on?
"It's not like we can't win, so why isn't it reasonable? Just tell me if we defeated Rayquaza last time or not." Mammon was open and honest.
"..." Ho-Oh fell silent.
If only from this point of view, there was indeed nothing wrong. They were not without a chance of winning.
But the problem was... the process of fighting was very unpleasant!
"You have to think this way, Ho-Oh, this is a milestone achievement in your bird life! How great an honor is that?" Mammon continued to entice.
Ho-Oh's bird eyes twitched. Mammon had said something similar before fighting Black Rayquaza last time.
"Alright, human, I'll help you one more time."
Ho-Oh sighed in its heart. It regretted it, regretted making a deal with Mammon in the first place, regretted giving Suicune to Mammon.
But there is no regret medicine in the world, even if Ho-Oh has the ability to resurrect the dead.
"So I misunderstood! Ho-Oh, you truly are a very great Pokemon!"
Mammon smiled exceptionally happily. He said this sentence directly out loud.
"Woo!" Suicune proudly raised its head. It actually didn't understand what happened.
But it only knew that Ho-Oh was definitely not a timid coward who would flee at the last minute!
"Hehehe..."
Ho-Oh smiled very reluctantly.
"Come back first, Suicune, the battle is about to begin." Mammon recalled Suicune.
"Woo! (Lord Ho-Oh, ganbatte!)"
Suicune cheered for Ho-Oh before entering its Poke Ball.
Hmm, the upcoming scene was not suitable for Suicune to watch.
"Then I'll have to rely on you next, Ho-Oh."
"Chirp~!"
Ho-Oh's bird eyes gradually became serious, and its wings slowly flapped, with rainbow flames burning around it.
It's worth mentioning that Mammon had already had Primal Kyogre turn off Primordial Sea, otherwise this rainy weather would purely benefit Unova Kyurem.
Because rainwater was too easy to freeze, which instead enhanced Unova Kyurem's freezing ability.
Otherwise, if Primordial Sea were present, it would be uncertain whether Ho-Oh's fire-type moves could even be used.
And without Primordial Sea, the entire environment was currently snowing, which was a weather anomaly caused by Unova Kyurem.
Its ice-type power was truly terrifying.
Especially Victory Road and the old League site, which were already close to becoming an ice field.
"Ho-Oh, use Reflect and Light Screen."
Mammon decisively ordered Ho-Oh.
Directly activating double shields. Otherwise, although Ho-Oh was tough, Unova Kyurem's power was too strong.
Especially since Ho-Oh was strictly a special defense tank, its physical defense was not that exaggerated.
Ho-Oh immediately activated Reflect and Light Screen upon hearing this. The two defensive shields lit up and gradually merged into Ho-Oh's body.
"Very good! You've finished strengthening, go, Ho-Oh!"
Mammon did not let Ho-Oh continue to strengthen its offensive aspects; there was simply no point.
Ho-Oh glared at Mammon upon hearing this, secretly cursing the heartless, innately evil human, while flapping its wings and charging towards Unova Kyurem in the sky.
Blue Sacred Bird flames lit up on Ho-Oh's body, enveloping the rainbow flames around it, with a majestic and awe-inspiring aura.
Flying-type Brave Bird!
Ho-Oh entered the fray!
"Roar!"
Unova Kyurem, who had just forced Black Rayquaza back with Outrage, was about to continue its pursuit when it turned its head and saw Ho-Oh charging towards it.
Unova Kyurem's expression was ferocious, and it roared at it impatiently.
Blue lightning lit up on its tail turbine, and the lightning formed an arc, enveloping Unova Kyurem.
Electric-type Cross Thunder!
Unova Kyurem's furious might was extremely astonishing, and it fiercely collided with Ho-Oh.
"Wait! Ho-Oh, dodge!" Mammon saw the two getting closer and immediately ordered Ho-Oh.
But it was clearly a bit too late.
Boom!
Brave Bird and Cross Thunder collided heavily, with Sacred Bird flames and blue lightning clashing wildly.
But after a short while, with a low growl from Unova Kyurem, Cross Thunder directly shattered the energy of Brave Bird, heavily impacting Ho-Oh's body.
A barrier lit up on Ho-Oh's body, reducing the damage from Cross Thunder.
But Ho-Oh still cried out in pain, its entire body still shooting backward like a cannonball, heavily falling to the ground.
Under the immense impact, the entire ground shook heavily.
Ho-Oh crashed...
Mammon's eyelids twitched.
"Ho-Oh, I really want to know what you're thinking."
No, he really didn't expect Ho-Oh to be so brave! To actually dare to confront Unova Kyurem head-on.
Are you openly putting on a show for me here?
"Hiss!! Ouch, ouch, ouch!"
In the deep pit, Ho-Oh gasped, Cross Thunder was super effective against it, and it was fortunate that Reflect reduced a lot of the damage.
Otherwise, with this one Cross Thunder, Ho-Oh would probably be directly severely injured.
Healing rainbow flames burned on Ho-Oh's body, and Ho-Oh quickly flew up again.
And in the sky, Shinny Genesect was using Extreme Speed to entangle Unova Kyurem.
"That was a mistake just now, human. I just wanted to personally test the strength of its attack." Ho-Oh didn't want to say that it just wanted to clash head-on with Unova Kyurem.
"Okay, don't be so reckless next time." Mammon didn't expose it either.
Although Shinny Genesect was very agile, it was impossible to delay for too long; they still had to rely on Ho-Oh.
"Leave it to me!"
Ho-Oh's body ignited with a large amount of rainbow flames, and it flew up again, charging towards Unova Kyurem.
"Rayquaza, Dragon Dance!" Mammon said to Black Rayquaza.
Black Rayquaza wasn't being difficult. Its long, magnificent dragon body constantly danced in the air with ancient movements.
"Human, don't you need to call my mate over?"
Dragon Dance wasn't a very complicated operation, and Black Rayquaza still had time to ask Mammon.
"No need, this isn't the true Unova Dragon God, just a simple fusion of the three dragons. We can handle it."
Mammon patted Victini on his shoulder, a smile on his face.
It really was great to have bigshots helping, no need to rack one's brains thinking about tactics.
Mammon was getting more and more greedy for Black Rayquaza's body. Hmm, Kyurem's too.
He wondered if there would be a chance to get the assistance of this Ice Dragon after defeating Kyurem this time.
After all, he had the White Dragon, and N had the Black Dragon, so occasionally borrowing the Black Dragon from N was also possible.
As long as Kyurem was captured, it was essentially having Unova Kyurem.
However, with this Kyurem's fiery temper, it would probably be very difficult to capture it.
Mammon pondered.