Chapter 205: Battle against the Factory, Battle against Articuno (Unable to Win...)

Chapter 205: Battle against the Factory, Battle against Articuno (Unable to Win...)

After a period of travel, Heimer finally arrived at the first development facility in the Battle Development Zone - the Battle Factory.

Challenging the legendary Pokémon Articuno, Heimer was under a lot of pressure. After all, Heimer had witnessed the power of Moltres at such a close distance before.

At this moment, Heimer came to the Pokémon Center in the forest near the Battle Factory.

Because of the long journey, Heimer went to bed early to rest. Fatigue climbed up his legs, embraced his consciousness, and dragged him into a nightmare again.

Early in the morning, Heimer woke up from the bed tired but relaxed. After stretching, he got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up.

At this moment, he had already put on his backpack and set out for the battle factory.

The battle factory was very spectacular. Standing at the door, Heimer was deeply shocked by the building in front of him that looked like a mechanical empire.

Because the door of the battle factory was not locked, Heimer went straight into the battle factory.

Just as he was about to look for the pioneering brain, he suddenly heard the sound of an airplane propeller spinning behind him.

Seeing this, Heimer looked back and discovered that Dara, the pioneering brain of the battle factory, was flying a plane towards Heimer with Articuno.

The blue feathers matched with the cold aura emanating from its body, the attribute of ice flows through every part of Articuno's body. After Articuno and Dara landed, Articuno's elegant posture and the blue icy light floating behind its ribbon-like tail made Heimer couldn't help but sigh at Articuno's charm.

Dara: "Oh, hello, you are here to challenge the battle factory."

Chi Haimo: "Well, yes, my name is Chi Haimo."

Dara: "Hello, my name is Dara, I am the pioneering brain of the Battle Factory, and this is my friend, Articuno."

Articuno: "Fog~"

Articuno is really beautiful and powerful, and the coldness on its feathers proves its own powerful strength.

Perhaps because Dara had cooperated with Articuno to fight against Ash's Charizard before, Dara did not hide the fact that he had a good relationship with Articuno.

Darla: "Then come with me."

Chi Haimo: "Well, is it okay for this plane to stay here?"

Dara: "Oh, this, hahaha, don't worry about it. For me, it doesn't matter where I take off. Well, let's go."

Chi Haimo: "Well, okay."

Along the way, Heimer and Dara talked a lot. Originally, Dara wanted to take Heimer to his Pokémon and let Heimer choose his opponent from those Pokémon. However, at Heimer's repeated requests, the opponent was finally determined to be Articuno, and the rules of the game were a one-on-one duel.

At this moment, after Heimer and Dara arrived at the battlefield of the battle factory, Articuno flew gracefully into the sky. The extremely cold air all dissipated in the air above the battlefield the moment he flapped his wings.

(As expected of a legendary Pokémon, my choice to deal with an ice-attribute Pokémon is of course this.)

Chi Haimo: "Please, Fire Chicken!"

As soon as Heimer's Poké Ball landed on the ground, the white light immediately dissipated, and Tortoise appeared on the battlefield with astonishing heat.

Dara: "Hmm, I see. It's been well nurtured."

In order to challenge Articuno, Heimer had contacted the Weibai Town Research Institute and teleported Fire Chick back.

After both sides were ready, the ceiling of the arena slowly opened, and the indoor fighting area suddenly became open-air.

Dara: "Well, then, my disciple Sugio will be the referee."

Chi Haimo: "Okay."

At this moment, Sugio walked to the referee position on the battlefield and immediately shouted.

Sugio: "Now then, the game begins!!!"

Heimer understood that a head-on confrontation was not the solution when facing Articuno. He had to take advantage of the attributes as much as possible, and tactically, he had to learn to be flexible.

Chi Haimo: "Fire Chicken, Shadow Clone!!"

The Fire Chicken was very fast, and it created many shadow clones in an instant. The battlefield was instantly occupied by the Fire Chickens.

Darla: "Articuno, use Steel Wings on all the clones!"

The power of steel attribute gathered immediately, and Articuno spread its wings and rushed down from the sky. The blue wings were like two huge steel knives, rushing towards the Fire Chickens on the battlefield very forcefully.

Chi Haimo: "Fire Chicken, use Lightning Flash to dodge!"

After Heimer gave the order, a dazzling white light immediately emanated from behind every Chickadee on the field, and they moved at a high speed on the battlefield. As a result, Articuno's steel wings only hit part of Chickadee's clones, and the steel wings' special move did not hit Chickadee.

At this moment, because Articuno was very close to the real body of Torchic, Heimer shouted immediately.

Chi Haimo: "Fire Chicken, now is the time!! Use Overheat!!!"

The body of Firechick immediately burst into an unprecedented high temperature. In an instant, an extremely fast and powerful overheating shot directly hit Articuno head-on.

I thought it would cause some damage to Articuno, but who knew that the overheated flames not only did not weaken the coldness of Articuno, but the coldness of Articuno became weaker and weaker! !

Chi Haimo: "Oh no, Fire Chicken! Quickly dodge with Lightning Flash!"

Darla: "Articuno, use Water Wave."

The clear and cold water immediately gathered in Articuno's mouth, like waves on an iceberg, cold and suffocating. At this moment, Articuno raised its head, and the waves of water immediately hit the battlefield, quickly turning into an icy wave that instantly engulfed Torchion.

After being hit by Articuno's water wave, the heat from his body immediately dissipated and he lost his ability to fight!!!

Chi Haimo: "Fire Chicken!"

Sugio: "Turbot lost its ability to fight, and Articuno won, so the winner is Dara, the pioneering brain of the battle factory."

Heimer immediately ran to Fire Chicken and picked him up, only to find that his body temperature was so low at the moment.

Seeing this, Dara immediately ran to Heimer and said.

Darla: "It's better to send it to the nearest Pokémon Center as soon as possible."

Chi Haimo: "Well, Teacher Dara, I'll go first."

Just as Heimer picked up the Fire Chicken and was about to turn around and leave, Dara immediately spoke.

Dara: "Heimer, Articuno is a legendary Pokémon after all, so his abilities are naturally much stronger than other Pokémon. If you regret it now and want to change your opponent, I will have no problem with that."

Faced with Dara's proposal, although Heimer wanted to refuse immediately, but looking at the very cold fire chicken in his arms, Heimer nodded slightly to Dara and said.

Chi Haimo: "Well, thank you, Teacher Dara, I will consider it."

Dara: "Well, then, you are welcome to challenge me again later."

At night, Heimer stayed by Turkey's bed, taking care of him with concern.

The Fire Chicken's body regained some temperature and it slowly opened its eyes.

Fire Chicken: "Xia Mo..."

Chi Haimo: "Fire Chicken! You're awake!! Miss Joy!!! Fire Chicken is awake!!"

Seeing that Fire Chicken woke up, Heimer immediately called Miss Joy. After Miss Joy helped Fire Chicken do a health check, Fire Chicken fell asleep again due to physical fatigue.

After Miss Joy left, Heimer came to the window of Turkey Chick's ward, looked at the forest at night and thought about what happened today.

(How can I defeat Articuno? Do I really have to do as Mr. Dara said and give up challenging Articuno and choose a new opponent?)

At this time, the cough of the turkey interrupted Heimer's meditation. Heimer poured a cup of warm water, held the turkey gently in his arms, and the turkey slowly drank the water in the cup.

Chi Haimo: "Fire Chicken, I, um... I don't know what to say to you. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you like this."

When the Fire Chicken heard what Heimer said, he gently patted Heimer's leg with his paw, as if to tell Heimer that it was okay, victory and defeat were common in the military, and he didn't need to blame himself too much.

Chi Haimo: "I was thinking, um... Actually, I kind of want to give up challenging Articuno..."

Before Heimer could finish his words, Fire Chicken immediately broke free from his arms and yelled at him angrily.

Huo Zhiji: "Xia Mo Xia Mo Xia Mo!!!"

Although Heimer didn't understand what Torch was saying, based on his understanding of him, he could guess the specific content.

At this moment, Torch is telling Hammer, don't give up, keep going.

Faced with this, Heimer hugged Turkey Chicken a little scared. Seeing this, Turkey Chicken stopped being angry and rubbed him gently in Heimer's arms.

Although Heimer was still afraid, he had decided to keep moving forward and continue to challenge Articuno.

Because, my close friends who are walking with me have not chosen to give up, so how can I retreat?

But... Although determination is a good thing, but...

In the two months after Heimer regained his courage from Torch, he tried various ways to challenge Articuno, but all ended in failure.

In the second challenge, although the blades and double slashes after the Lizard King's three sword dances were extremely powerful, they still could not defeat Articuno. After the last double slash attack missed, Articuno immediately gathered the power of ice and defeated the Lizard King with the freezing ray.

In the third challenge, Jigglypuff's singing successfully put Articuno to sleep, but the attack power of the Charming Voice still couldn't make Articuno lose its fighting ability. In the end, after Articuno woke up, Jigglypuff was directly knocked down by his freezing ray.

In the fourth challenge, Articuno returned. His long-term training made his mental interference very powerful, so powerful that he could even bounce back Articuno's freezing ray. When Heimer saw this scene, he thought he could win. However, Dara's instructions were very appropriate. He let Articuno cover himself with white mist, and took advantage of Articuno's inattention to defeat him directly with the freezing ray.

After that, the fifth time, the sixth time... to the fifty-seventh time... all challenges ended in failure.

In this regard, Heimer has no other options...

He had to face one thing, that is, with his current strength and the strength of the Pokémon, it was impossible to defeat Articuno. . .

During these two extremely torturous months, all Pokémon except Articuno had been put into play, but... without exception, they were all directly defeated by Articuno.

Finally, one day, when Heimer saw the message from Changan on the Pocket Navigator that he had received three ribbon medals, Heimer realized that he seemed to have completely stopped here. There was no escape, no end...

So, one night, Heimer told the six Pokémon around him about his thoughts.

Chi Haimo: "Sorry everyone... I have decided... I will temporarily give up fighting the factory..."

Heimer lowered his head, looked at the ground and said helplessly.

Chi Haimo: "I... um, sorry everyone, I'm not a very good comrade, I... um..."

When the Lizard King saw Heimer blaming himself like that, he showed a very sad expression and immediately stepped forward and hugged him gently.

Lizard King: "Cha..."

Afterwards, the other Pokémon came forward and hugged Heimer together. This small hug expressed the powerlessness and unwillingness that everyone had felt in the past two months.

(I can’t defeat Articuno as handsomely as Xiaozhi did… I have no way at the moment… No matter how I change my moves, the gap in strength can never be made up… Well, now I understand that the reason why I resolutely chose to challenge Articuno at the beginning was because I envied Xiaozhi… Well, I envied Xiaozhi very much… However, these two months of suffering made me clearly realize that I seem to… can’t be like Xiaozhi… There is no way, and I once again realized that I… have lost myself again.)

That night, Heimer understood a lot of things from the embrace with the Pokémon. . .

Choose what you like, stick to it, and most importantly, aim to be the best version of yourself and the person you most want to be.

Instead, the goal is to become Xiaozhi.

Finally, Heimer said goodbye to Dara and decided to give up the challenge of the battle factory for the time being and come back later when he and the Pokémon became stronger.

Although Heimer has not given up his goal of challenging Articuno, at this moment, the direction ahead belongs to him.

Let's aim to become the strongest version of ourselves!!