Palkia heard Ho-Oh's words.
His face immediately fell.
He said to Ho-Oh:
"You Pokémon!"
"You don't know what's good for you!"
"Do you hear me?"
Ho-Oh answered him directly.
"Enough talk!"
"Let's fight!"
Palkia's face twisted with rage at Ho-Oh's words.
He snapped at Ho-Oh:
"Kid!"
"I wanted to give you a way out!"
"But you wouldn't take it!"
Ho-Oh heard him.
He said nothing else.
He merely looked at Palkia with disdain and said:
"I know I might not be able to beat you!"
"But you can't beat me either!"
At Ho-Oh's words,
Palkia could no longer swallow his anger.
He stood where he was.
A powerful aura erupted from his body.
Xu Mu could only look on helplessly.
If you're going to fight, hurry up and fight!
Why keep putting it off?
You just stand there dragging things out!
Having to listen to Palkia go on and on left Xu Mu exasperated.
So Xu Mu said nothing more.
He simply watched Ho-Oh and Palkia from the side.
Xu Mu decided it was time to speed up the battle!
He called to Lugia and Greninja:
"Go help Ho-Oh!"
At Xu Mu's words,
Lugia and Greninja went straight over to Ho-Oh.
Seeing Greninja and Lugia approach,
Ho-Oh said to them sternly:
"I want you two to fight only after I fall!"
"I want to push myself!"
Lugia and Greninja exchanged a look at Ho-Oh's words!
But fortunately,
the two of them respected Ho-Oh's wishes.
They simply stood to the side.
Neither said another word.
Xu Mu shook his head helplessly.
I'd never heard Ho-Oh insist on proving himself like this before!
But there was nothing Xu Mu could do now except stand by and watch.
"Leader!"
"What do we do?"
The subordinate looked at Athena with a grave expression.