"Hiss—!!!"
Baring its fangs, Ancient Sword Leopard watched the outside of the cave with its blue feline eyes warily, letting out a threatening hiss.
Its fur stood completely on end, making it look like a white ball of fluff, nearly a full size larger than before.
It was clear that Ancient Sword Leopard was in an extremely tense state. It did not even have the spare attention to notice the incoming Aura, much less whether the person outside was someone it knew.
The temperature inside the cave suddenly plummeted, and a cold current mixed with black mist rose out of nowhere.
Even though Ancient Sword Leopard was severely injured, the mystique belonging to a Legendary Pokémon had not diminished in the slightest.
Seeing that Su Hao seemed to be planning to step forward, Articuno extended a wing to stop him.
"It doesn't look very lucid right now. Let me calm it down first."
What Articuno meant, naturally, was physically calming Ancient Sword Leopard down.
Even though it had heard from Su Hao that Ancient Sword Leopard had helped them before, it valued Su Hao's safety more.
Besides, they were both Legendary Pokémon. It knew that even in a severely injured state, they would not die so easily. There was absolutely no need to take such a risk.
"No need. Leave it to me."
Su Hao shook his head, still intending to handle it personally.
Not to mention whether Ancient Sword Leopard, in its current state, could even hurt him, forcibly suppressing it was the worst possible approach when it came to soothing its emotions.
Since Su Hao had said so, Articuno could only give up.
It simply arranged through the Aura Channel with Reshiram that if Ancient Sword Leopard showed any signs of going berserk, they would immediately move to