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50 怪鳥
ヘンナノを狙うハンターの執念はすさまじく、新たな刺客を戦場に解き放つ!
眼前に 獰猛さを隠す気もないポケモンが現れた。羽を広げればそのサイズはボロをはるかに上回る!
「あぁ⁉アイツだ…父ちゃんも言ってた 見慣れない空飛ぶポケモン…‼」
サルノリが戦慄しながら うめく。間近で見るそれに 末っ子を抱く腕も強張った。
このバルジーナは 主の命で ずっと上空から白いメッソンを捜索していたのだ。
ボロは 誰が相手だろうと 一対一で戦うなら 負ける気はしなかった。だが、状況が最悪だった。
この子たちには深く刻まれたトラウマがある。あっという間に兄弟を奪い去る存在
大きな鳥のポケモン…!
ターゲットが 8匹もいる か弱いメッソンに向けられたら、ボロの強さは意味をなさない。
「食べられる!兄弟がたくさんいなくなる‼」
ボロは団子になって怯える兄弟たちに おおいかぶさった。
…一向に攻撃がこない。
「やーーーッはなしてーーーッ‼」
ヘンナノが空へ連れ去られる。ボロは思考の虚を突かれた。ハンターの命令は攻撃ではなかった。
“商品を依頼主に届ける” 事だったのだ。
ヘンナノの姿はみるみるうちに 小さくなっていく…。
50 Death With Wings
The poachers had their backs against the ropes, but they weren’t done yet.
A ferocious, mean-looking pokemon appeared before the Sobble Brothers, spreading its wings wide. It was even bigger than Raggedy in his new form!
“No way... This must be that strange pokemon my dad saw!”
Grookey started to shake with fear and held Tiny even closer.
This Mandibuzz had been patrolling the skies all this time, searching for the albino Sobble its master was hunting.
With his newfound strength, Raggedy was confident he could take on anyone in a fair fight. But this was no ordinary battle.
The Sobble had suffered at the hands of bird pokemon back when they first hatched. Some of their litter had been carried away and never seen again. They still carried that trauma with them.
Against such a fierce opponent, who might steal away any one of the Sobble at any moment, Raggedy’s strength meant nothing.
“He’s gonna eat us! We’re gonna lose our family again!”
Raggedy dived forward to protect his brothers and sisters.
...But nothing happened.
“No! Help! Let me go!”
The poachers hadn’t told Mandibuzz to attack. They’d told it to take Snowy to their “customer.”
It carried her high into the sky, the two of them getting further and further away...
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