Catching Moltres, the Beginning and End of the Lily of the Valley Conference vs. Cynthia, the Strongest Battle!

Seeing this, Cynthia wore a strange expression. "Is it... okay?"

Hu Yang shook his head. "It'll be fine soon."

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the injured Moltres spread its blazing wings and floated up into the air.

Charizard promptly withdrew its flames.

Moltres looked toward Charizard, lingered on it for a second, then turned its gaze to the two humans nearby.

Legendary Pokémon were highly intelligent, so Moltres immediately understood that they had helped it.

"Chirp!"

Moltres let out a crisp cry, seemingly expressing its gratitude.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on Cynthia's face. She looked up at Moltres and said, "It has fully recovered."

Then she lowered her head in thought. "According to Chairman Damaranch, Moltres hasn't appeared here for a very long time. Yet this time, it suddenly showed up here covered in injuries..."

Hu Yang was considering how to lure this Moltres home. That way, the Rotom Pokédex entries for the Legendary Birds would finally be completely filled in.

Hearing Cynthia's words, Hu Yang turned to examine the surroundings and guessed, "It probably came back here to recover."

Cynthia was slightly taken aback. "Recover?"

Hu Yang nodded and explained, "This is part of Moltres's ecological habits. Whenever they are injured, they enter the lava within volcanic craters and use the magma's energy to burn their entire bodies and heal their wounds."

However, this volcano had long since gone dormant, and its lava lay deep underground.

Moltres had failed to find it, and its injuries had left it too weak to leave and seek a new place to recover. That was why it had hidden here, affecting the Sacred Fire of the Lily of the Valley Conference.

Cynthia nodded in realization. "I see."

"The Sacred Fire on Damaranch's side should have recovered as well," Hu