Within Viridian Forest, amid the dense sea of trees.
A bright yellow figure raced at high speed between the branches like a flash of lightning.
Its vivid blue feline eyes trembled faintly, as though locked onto something.
Until it precisely caught sight of a figure that had appeared abruptly beneath a nearby canopy without making a sound.
In that instant, like lightning tearing across the sky, Zeraora pushed off with both feet and swung its electrified claws at the blue figure!
"Zeraora!"
That cry was not an inexperienced blunder that exposed Zeraora's position.
Quite the opposite.
Zeraora knew perfectly well that hiding within a certain range was useless no matter what it did. Attacks launched from beyond the detection range were either too conspicuous or unable to reach Lucario.
That cry was like the war cry Hisuian Braviary used to raise its fighting spirit, helping it focus even more deeply.
Focus everything on a single point, and reach the pinnacle!
Only then could it break through Lucario's flawless Fighting-type defense!
Sure enough, the moment Zeraora tore through the air toward it, Lucario turned around as though it had eyes in the back of its head.
But this time, rather than using Fighting-type techniques to contend with Zeraora as it had expected, Lucario directly revealed two spinning... earth-yellow Aura Bullets!
They were filled with Ground-type Energy, which was super effective against the Electric-type Zeraora!
The instant they collided, a thunderous boom echoed throughout the forest.
At the same time, similar commotions erupted from several other parts of the forest.
Wild Pokémon were naturally noisy to begin with, but the shadow cast by the God of Death had yet to fade. Viridian Forest had remained quiet for several days, making these disturbances somewhat conspicuous.
Fortunately, deep within Viridian Forest, the tense wild