The dream of becoming a Pokémon master

The flamethrower swept quickly towards Articuno.

The evolved Charizard's flames are a whole size larger than the previous Charizard's, and its mouth is even bigger than the dragon's head when it spits out.

Articuno calmly used Ice Beam to defend itself. Although it wasn't fast, it managed to intercept the Flamethrower right in the middle.

"Even with your high level, you shouldn't be able to withstand the restraining flames from the freezing beam, right?" Kyosuke thought to himself.

However, he still underestimated the divine beast!

The Ice Beam and Flamethrower collided in mid-air, but instead of the Ice Beam being crushed by the Flamethrower as Kyosuke had expected, giving Articuno a surprise, they were locked in a stalemate in the air!

"Charizard, increase your attack!" Charizard's Special Attack is higher than its Attack, and Flamethrower is its strongest attack right now. If even that can't counter Articuno, then this battle is definitely over!

"Whoa!" Charizard roared, and the flames expanded once more!

The freezing beam visibly pressed down towards Articuno!

Just as Kyosuke was about to shout "Good!", the flames stopped pushing the ice beams, and there was no change on the surface. The focus of the move returned to the previous position!

That Articuno is just playing around!

It can silently increase the power of the ice beam without expanding the diameter of the ice beam. This is the embodiment of the ultimate control over ice. Kyosuke has only seen this ability in Mewtwo and Sabrina.

"Hey Charizard, get ready to run away." Kyosuke whispered to Charizard, his mouth close to its ear.

Charizard nodded silently.

"I'll count to three, then you unleash the flames at maximum power, and we'll retreat," Kyosuke whispered, outlining the plan.

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"Old man, unleash the full power flamethrower!" Kyosuke shouted the command!

"Wow!"

The flames suddenly intensified, pushing the ice beams backward.

Just as Articuno was about to increase its power to taunt the opponent, it discovered that Charizard had turned around and run away!

"Chirp!"

Articuno was furious. It was the only one who teased others, not the other way around!

With a flap of its wings, Articuno quickly gave chase!

To Kyosuke's surprise, Articuno's speed seemed to be slightly slower than Charizard's. As long as he tried his best to escape, he would definitely survive!

"Come on, Charizard! That bird can't fly past us!" Kyosuke encouraged Charizard.

In times like these, it's essential to trust each other.

"Whoa!" Charizard responded, flapping its wings to accelerate!

"Chirp!"

Kyosuke suddenly heard Articuno's cry, turned around and saw that Articuno, which was still far away, had suddenly disappeared from his sight and reappeared to his left rear, the distance had been reduced by more than half!

It's teleportation!

Immediately following was a mid-to-long-range freezing beam!

"Old man, get out of the way!" Kyosuke shouted urgently!

Although it didn't know what was happening behind it, Charizard instinctively trusted Kyosuke and quickly shifted its body to the right. However, it was still grazed by the Ice Beam, and the tip of its right wing was immediately frozen, causing its speed to drop significantly. Articuno quickly caught up with it.

Kyosuke knew they had lost their chance to escape, or rather, that chance never existed and was just an illusion given to him by Articuno.

"Hey Charizard, stop now, we can only battle." Kyosuke said to Charizard.

Charizard clearly sensed Kyosuke's fighting spirit, and Kyosuke never disappointed him.

"Let's use the tail to thaw the wings first." Kyosuke looked at the Charizard's frozen wings. The ice didn't seem to be ordinary ice. In just a short while, the freezing seemed to be spreading to the entire wing.

Charizard carefully controlled its tail to approach its wing; what was originally just a small piece of ice took more than a minute to melt.

Articuno simply watched from a distance without interrupting.

"Old Charizard, get close to Articuno and send me over. I'll hold it off. You go quickly, I'll definitely come back to find you guys." Kyosuke said to Charizard.

This was the only time he said he wasn't sure he'd "go find you again."

Charizard shook its head, but its body temperature gradually rose.

"What is this move?!" Kyosuke felt a surge of joy. At such a crucial moment, Charizard had actually mastered such a powerful move!

"Later, you get close to Articuno, I'll hold it back, and you use Overheat at close range!"

That's right, Charizard has learned to overheat!

After watching Fire-type Pokémon use Overheat at close range multiple times, the incredibly talented Charizard finally learned it!

Now that the ice has thawed, it's the perfect time!

"Old man, charge!"

Charizard quickly approached Articuno, but Articuno wasn't afraid and instead charged after it.

In its eyes, even the old trolls are nothing but small fry.

Let me show you how powerful a small fry can be!

"Old man, Flame Fang!"

Articuno, which was charging toward Charizard, suddenly noticed that Charizard opened its mouth wide, and flames filled its entire mouth. However, it was too late to use Teleport, so it could only tilt its head to the right to avoid being bitten on the neck by Charizard's teeth!

Charizard doesn't care where it bites; as long as it hits, it's a victory. It bit Articuno's wing!

The effect is outstanding!

Kyosuke shouted in his heart, but his actions did not stop. He took two steps over Charizard's body and charged towards Articuno with great force, aiming a punch at Articuno's head!

"A serious punch!"

When no one else is around, Kyosuke still feels that shouting out his moves makes them more powerful!

When the fist landed on Articuno's head, Kyosuke clearly saw the disbelief in its eyes, and then punched its head so that it continued to tilt to the right!

"Now! Old man, it's overheating!"

Kyosuke didn't look at Charizard, but he still felt the temperature on its back rise sharply, so he quickly slid down to Articuno's back.

Articuno was hit directly! A powerful force struck, sending Articuno staggering back dozens of meters, while Kyosuke slid off Articuno's back!

Falling directly from a great height!

All Kyosuke could do was open his body to increase the resistance!

Fortunately, Charizard also saw the falling human body and rushed over, flying to Kyosuke's side and maintaining the same falling speed as Kyosuke.

Kyosuke immediately hugged Charizard and returned to Charizard's back.

"Take advantage of this time, Charizard, run! Once Articuno recovers, there won't be any way to save it!" Kyosuke shouted urgently, looking at the smoke from the explosion high in the sky.

But he still underestimated Articuno!

Despite taking two Fire-type moves, Articuno seemed unharmed, bursting out of the smoke and using Teleport to shorten the distance to its left rear!

Without saying anything more, Articuno unleashed Absolute Zero!

Kyosuke guarantees that Articuno's Absolute Zero will also have a 100% hit rate!

Now is the most critical moment of this operation!