Breaking Off

Hokkaido, Soya Park, northeast of Wakkanai City, the northernmost city.

This had once been a natural park, but with Hokkaido's pitiful population and the supernatural rampages of recent years, it had long since fallen into ruin. Now, blanketed by wind and snow, it felt like the depths of a Siberian winter.

BOOM—!!

Blazing lightning crashed down, instantly illuminating the park beneath the night sky and coating everything in a cold, hard sheen.

Amid the rampaging lightning, enormous trees were set ablaze, and roaring flames began to burn through the wind and snow. Just like the two figures fighting, fury boiled over.

"Why won't you let this go?!"

"I'll leave whenever I damn well please! Do you really think you're some Trainer?"

Covered in flashing electricity, Pikachu sped forward with gritted teeth. Countless bolts coiled around him, serving as both armor and weapon.

Didn't he realize who had been training whom all this time?

If Pikachu had not secretly guided him, this guy would have been nothing more than an ordinary human brat.

It would have been one thing if he had failed to show gratitude, but he even had the nerve to talk so big?

Yet Xiao Zhi was likewise covered in a layer of lightning. Driven by Lightning Release Chakra Mode, his speed, strength, and defense were all astonishing—especially his resistance to lightning, which was absurdly high.

"I don't care. Stay here!"

Punches, kicks, claw strikes, tail sweeps—

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!

Thunder detonated in an endless barrage, explosions erupting without pause. Silver serpents of lightning danced wildly through the park; wherever they passed, ice and snow melted, trees toppled, and earth and stone exploded.

Both sides fought speed with speed, clashing hundreds of times in the blink of an eye! Brock stared wide-eyed in shock,