Ash and the others came over to meet them.
Before they could congratulate Xia You on his victory, Max sneezed.
Seeing him like that, Dara glanced back at the Battle Field, then gave Ash a helpless smile.
"The cleanup might take quite a while, and Articuno is injured too. I'm afraid I won't be able to battle you until this afternoon."
"That's fine!" Ash smiled without a care. "I'm happy to wait as long as it takes if I get to battle Articuno! Especially after watching your battle with Xia You just now-I'm all fired up! I can't wait!"
If there was anything Ash was most interested in, it was undoubtedly Pokémon battles.
Even eating, sleeping, and catching new Pokémon came after battling.
Once the group left the Battle Field area, they could clearly feel the temperature shoot up. But with the Blizzard still raging, it wasn't as warm as they had imagined.
Fortunately, there was a way to deal with this lingering Blizzard.
Dara summoned one of his Magmar. Once it used Sunny Day, it quickly dispersed the Blizzard, leaving the sky perfectly clear as warm sunlight shone down again.
With that done, while Xia You and his group went to rest, Dara and Sugio gathered a large group of Fire-type Pokémon and headed to the Battle Field to clear away the ice and snow. Before long, they had melted every last bit!
But the real trouble lay in Articuno's recovery.
The Battle Factory had its own medical equipment, so there was no need to send Articuno to a Pokémon Center. It could be treated right here.
But healing its wounds and restoring its stamina both took time. There was no rushing that.
This left Ash restless.
He simply couldn't wait. After all, he had already prepared the Pokémon