The energy ripples produced by Ultimate Burst even alarmed the masters of the other two islands.
Before they even arrived, the voices of the two hotheaded old brothers, Moltres and Zapdos, came first.
"Which little bastard dares come here and provoke us? Don't you know this is Grandpa Zapdos's territory!?"
"Damn it, I'll blow you up!"
The former was clearly Zapdos's cordial greeting.
The latter was Moltres, still ready to blow someone up at the slightest provocation.
Behind them followed a massive flock of Moltres and Zapdos clansmen.
Divine birds that were rarely seen in the outside world were as common here as a flock of pigeons gathering for a brawl in a park.
If Zapdos and Moltres had not needed to leave some of their clansmen behind to guard their homes, the purification site, and Little Lugia, even more would have come.
Though the three divine birds usually squabbled and even stole territory while the others were away, they were remarkably united against outsiders whenever trouble arose.
After all, they understood that glory and ruin were shared. At least while their superior had yet to recover, infighting would lead only to death.
Sure enough, Articuno immediately started using Talk no Jutsu on the two of them.
"Are you two blind or stupid? Can't you see that Su Hao and the others are back!?"
Articuno's barrage came like a string of firecrackers, pelting the two without pause.
Yet the two fools truly had no rebuttal. By rights, they should have long been familiar with the aura of Diancie's Radiant Power. This time, however, they had focused solely on the aura that far surpassed ordinary Class Two Legendary Pokémon and failed to notice the Radiant aura beneath it.
And so, they made fools of themselves.
Dejected, Moltres and Zapdos could only