After picking up Incineroar, who had learned Big Explosion, Su Hao and Articuno headed to Thunder Island.
At Moltres's insistence, Little Lugia remained on Fire Island. Moltres said it would take Little Lugia to play on the beaches of Fire Island for a while and ease the loneliness of not seeing each other for a week before catching up with them.
This time, they did not need to search the deepest part of the thunderclouds for Zapdos. Articuno could sense that Zapdos was currently among countless mountaintops, where the thunder was at its most deafening.
As they drew closer and closer to the auras of Zapdos and Zeraora, they saw a sea of lightning formed by thunderbolts falling from the storm clouds above.
Dense bolts of lightning formed a soul-shaking sea of thunder, while the relentless rumble made their eardrums tremble.
What had happened here?
If anyone understood Zapdos best, Articuno was certainly one of them. They were both Legendary Birds that had taken their places after the great war, making them new gods of the same generation in a sense.
Although it had been mentally prepared beforehand, Articuno still sighed upon experiencing it up close:
[Zapdos has grown stronger. Neither Moltres nor I will likely be able to contend with it for some time.]
Was it unwilling to accept that?
Naturally.
After all, Zapdos was their contemporary. Its sudden growth in strength would make it strange if Articuno felt no resentment at all.
Su Hao also noticed Articuno's emotions. He patted its back and promised, "A hundred thousand years ago, I met two friends who both played with ice. If I get the chance, I'll introduce you to them."
"If that doesn't work, then once I find the Icicle Plate Fragment, you can comprehend it however you like. You'll