Articuno, the Legendary Pokémon whose transparent and beautiful feathers are made of ice, can cool the air and bring forth a tremendous blizzard with just a flap of its wings.
As a Legendary Pokémon whose looks were quite acceptable, Articuno had lost face this time by inadvertently being captured by humans.
After breaking free from its cage, Articuno's red eyes were filled with rage as it took to the sky, trailing its long tail behind. A severe chill spread from its body.
"Chiu————"
The cries of fury resonated throughout the interior of the Sky Fortress.
"Articuno, calm down…" Fang Yuan covered his ears.
After releasing Articuno, Fang Yuan quickly transmitted his mind induction, trying to use the unique wave guide of the World Tree Guardian to soothe its soul.
Theoretically, as the World Tree Guardian, and having warned the other two Divine Birds through Moltres about safety, Fang Yuan would expect Articuno to listen to him after its rescue. However, upon escaping its cage, Articuno didn't act as Fang Yuan had hoped. It let out a long cry and then irrationally unleashed Quick Freeze Beams in all directions.
Crack.
The immense inner walls of the Sky Fortress were instantly covered with a terrifying layer of frost, causing both Gil Ruth and Fang Yuan great distress.
"Look at what you've done!! My Sky Fortress!!" Gil Ruth shouted angrily.
"It'is only because you angered Articuno, and I don't want my airship to be frozen either," Fang Yuan retorted just as irritated.
Gil Ruth: "When did it become yours?!?!"
Realizing that the airship was out of control and that Articuno had broken free, Gil Ruth was fuming with anger.
Articuno flapped its wings violently once again, launching indiscriminate attacks as the alarm continued to sound throughout the airship.
Gil Ruth's gaze sharpened, and he turned to leave the area, remembering the name... Edogawa Conan.
Gil Ruth left, and Fang Yuan had no time to deal with him, because at that moment, Mewtwo's voice came through, "The situation seems to be a bit off. Since Articuno and the nature of the Orange Archipelago are one, it seems to have lost its rationality due to the natural imbalance and is in a 'Confused State'."
"The airship is going to have to make an emergency landing."
Fang Yuan, with a headache: "Never mind the airship for now, can you calm Articuno down?"
I knew I shouldn't have played with that Conan trope. How did the proper PM "Birth of Lugia" turn into the Conan edition "The Distressed Ship in the Sky," darn it.
If it weren't for Eevee and Victini standing in front of Fang Yuan and Dragonite, using Confusion imbued with Solar Energy to counter the snowstorm, Fang Yuan and Dragonite would have already frozen into ice sculptures.
"No choice. I'll try to Teleport it outside. This place isn't suitable for action," Mewtwo mused, appearing beside Fang Yuan.
"Hah!"
Its eyes flickering with a blue light, Mewtwo used Confusion to forcibly bind Articuno. In the next second, the frenzied Articuno's body stiffened, then vanished from inside the airship.
"We should go out and check the situation too," Fang Yuan hurriedly approached the glass. At the moment, the most important thing was to suppress Articuno and calm the abnormal weather... He pulled out Ho-Oh's Rainbow Feather.
In any case, Fang Yuan was relieved that he had not fought with Moltres earlier, as the three birds of the Orange Archipelago turned out to be exceptionally sensitive.
Not even sustaining any serious injury, the climate had gone out of balance, and it was in a state of chaos, damn it.
...
As Articuno was captured and weakened, the deep-sea currents around the Orange Archipelago began to mutate.
Natural disasters such as torrential rains, gales, heavy snow, and mudslides started emerging in the area of the Orange Archipelago.
Moreover, these natural disasters were spreading outward, with a trend of appearing in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Shinnoh, and other regions.
Moltres, the god of fire, and Zapdos, the Lightning God, as the Legendary Pokémon at the very heart of the Orange Archipelago, were the first to sense everything.
Both Legendary Pokémon clearly deduced that the problem originated from Articuno. However, they were too occupied to investigate what had happened there.
The nature of the Orange Archipelago was maintained jointly by them, and a problem on Articuno's side meant theirs would be affected too. Both Legendary Pokémon were trying hard to control the balance within their domains.
However,
With one corner of the most stable triangle gone, no matter how hard Moltres and Zapdos tried, they could not restore the balance of nature. Instead, due to the natural disturbances, their souls gradually became irritated.
"Coo—"
At last, Moltres and Zapdos, realizing that they couldn't balance the natural disaster on their own, took flight from their respective islands into the sky.
If they were unable to control it from their side, they would attempt to occupy Articuno's territory and then try to balance nature.
The two Divine Birds flew to the vicinity of Ice Island at the same time, but before they could react, Articuno, which had just been forcibly teleported out of the airship by Mewtwo, attracted their attention.
At this moment, due to the imbalance of nature, the trio of Divine Birds, which had been a harmonious, balanced whole, now seemed like a contradictory entity.
When they flew in, Moltres and Zapdos still had some sense of reason, but upon seeing Articuno, their condition also deteriorated as badly as Articuno's, as if an aura called natural balance was interfering with their sanity.
"Coo—"
Fang Yuan's Sky Fortress, which he had on his mind, was forced to land towards Ice Island at the same time, while Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno circled above Ice Island. The contradiction of nature led them to attack each other wildly, initiating a battle and releasing all their energy to try and destroy each other, following the law of nature that only the stronger could survive.
"Damn... you can't be serious."
Shortly after, above Ice Island, Fang Yuan, who had left the airship riding a Dragonite, stared blankly at the three Divine Birds now scuffling with each other.
A moment ago, there was only one; how did it turn into three in the blink of an eye?
And it seemed like they had all lost their sanity.
"Can you calm them down this time?" Fang Yuan turned to Mewtwo, who was frowning beside him.
Mewtwo extended its palm and gathered a layer of Confusion to block the residual waves of the Divine Birds' battle while speaking to Fang Yuan, "Me, Victini, you let your Monferno initiate that state again, alongside Eevee. There might be hope in stopping their battle."
Eevee: ???
Whimper.
Eevee glanced at the chaotic battle among the three Divine Birds, sensing that if it intervened, it would definitely be doomed.
"But it's only a glimmer of hope. Even if we stop their battle, the situation won't be reversed. In fact, injuring them would only make the climate imbalance more outrageous."
"If we want to resolve this, we have to soothe their souls, heal their hearts, and then change the influence of the deep-sea currents on the weather," Mewtwo concluded.
Defeating the three Divine Birds was merely a temporary solution, not addressing the root cause.
"I've made contact with Ho-Oh... I don't know if it can do it," Fang Yuan said, looking down at the Rainbow Feather in his hand,
"Then let's first try to prevent the battle fluctuations of the three Divine Birds from affecting areas outside of Ice Island."
Mewtwo nodded its head; that was the only thing they could do for now.
...…
At the same time.
Asia Island.
As the natural disaster worsened, Xiaozhi and his friends gulped down their saliva while hiding in a thatched hut and watching the news on television.
"For some unknown reason, all the wild Pokémon of the Orange Archipelago are moving towards Asia Island."
"Water-type Spirits, Flying-type Spirits... and those that can't fly are standing at the closest point to Asia Island, gazing out."
"It seems like something world-changing is fermenting nearby."
On television, the latest news kept coming through. It wasn't just about climate variation; the entire ecosystem of the Orange Archipelago was also in chaos. Even Caterpie were riding Pidgey to Asia Island, just to witness something.
Xiaozhi and the others looked at each other, perplexed.
"It can't really be like Mr. Fang Yuan said, can it? A legend reappearing," Brock said gravely.
"I... I don't know either," Fulula shook her head, "Could it really be the three Divine Birds...?"
"No, we can't just sit here. Brother Fang Yuan must have gone to investigate what happened. If the legend is true, surely we can help somehow," Xiaozhi stood up and looked at Fulula, the priestess of Asia Island.
After a moment of silence, Fulula looked at Xiaozhi and said, "You mean... try summoning Lugia?"