No, this wasn't just "a little stronger."
Blaziken subconsciously clenched its claws.
Bang!
The sudden burst of compressed air startled even itself.
And as more and more green light particles poured into its body, Blaziken could clearly feel its strength continuing to rise.
"Boss."
Blaziken turned its head toward Silas.
Silas immediately understood what it meant.
Though he still wasn't completely sure what was happening, his vague intuition was enough for him to raise a hand and gently wave it.
Under his control, the green light particles that had been flowing into Blaziken shifted direction and surged toward Pidgeot instead.
"Piii—!"
Feeling its body rapidly filling with power, Pidgeot let out an excited cry.
"Don't give them time, Swellow, use Brave Bird!"
Below, Blaise urgently shouted an order, commanding his Pokémon to unleash its strongest attack.
No matter what this sudden green light was, it was clearly beneficial to the enemy.
Which meant it was extremely bad news for them.
"Zubat! Golbat! Use Supersonic!"
The Magma Team grunts, who had been frozen in shock, snapped back to attention at their leader's command and immediately ordered their Pokémon to interfere.
"Sorry… you're a bit late."
Watching Team Magma react quickly and launch their counterattack, Silas couldn't help but note just how troublesome these criminal organizations really were.
At the same time, he quietly muttered under his breath.
Looking at the Pidgeot beside him, its aura continuously rising as it broke through some invisible limit, Silas felt the faint but unmistakable changes in his own perception.
A smile appeared on his face.
"Then let them see what a true Elite-level Pokémon looks like."
"Piii—!"
Bathed in green light, Pidgeot spread its wings wide, its expression filled with overwhelming pride.
"First—Tailwind."
Silas snapped his fingers softly.
A violent gale formed out of thin air.
With Pidgeot now at the peak of Elite-level power, even Tailwind, a move normally without direct offensive capability, displayed terrifying force.
Some of Team Magma's Zubat couldn't even fly against the oncoming wind and were blown straight back down to the ground.
My Tailwind is your headwind.
Whoosh!
The next instant, accompanied by a piercing sound, Pidgeot vanished from the sight of all humans and Pokémon alike.
All except Silas.
Perhaps due to the mysterious green light, even though he couldn't see it with his eyes, Pidgeot's movements and position were perfectly clear within his perception.
Supersonic, useful?
Silas sneered inwardly.
Even before this transformation, Pidgeot's top flight speed easily exceeded Mach 2.
At that speed, sound-based attacks were nothing more than a joke.
Of course, real combat conditions meant it couldn't maintain top speed constantly.
But that was before.
Now, with its potential pushed to the limit and boosted by Tailwind, Pidgeot's acceleration, from zero to maximum was utterly unstoppable against these weaker Pokémon.
Feeling Pidgeot's eagerness after it had already circled the enemies several times, Silas waved his hand.
"Pidgeot, show them what it means to be everywhere. Air Slash."
Only after the command was given did everyone finally see it.
White light suddenly flashed across the sky.
Then, countless Air Slashes rained down from every direction, dazzling and relentless.
"Sweee—!"
Still charging up Brave Bird, Swellow cried out in panic.
The golden energy coating its body wasn't even halfway complete.
Brave Bird, while one of the strongest Flying-type physical attacks, had a fatal flaw long charge time.
When you're dominating the fight, that's manageable.
But in an evenly matched battle or worse, when acting second, it becomes dangerously impractical.
Surrounded by trembling Zubat and Golbat, an overwhelming storm of Air Slashes tore into them.
Boom!
An explosion-like roar echoed as thick smoke filled the sky.
Togekiss thoughtfully manipulated the surrounding airflow to keep Silas from choking on the smoke.
One bat Pokémon after another fell helplessly from the air.
"Sweee…"
A weak cry came from within the smoke.
Silas's expression didn't change.
"Pidgeot, finish it."
"Piii."
At some unknown moment, Pidgeot reappeared in front of Silas and flapped its wings once more.
Under its precise control, two Air Slashes streaked through the sky and vanished into the smoke.
Blaise's pupils contracted.
In his vision, Swellow was blasted straight out of the smoke, smashed into the ground, and skidded to a halt.
"Swee… lo…"
Swellow let out one last unwilling cry.
It couldn't accept it.
How could those weaker Pokémon suddenly become this strong?
Then it lost consciousness.
Boom!
Another violent explosion echoed.
Blaise instinctively turned toward the volcano crater behind him.
"Damn it!"
He cursed aloud.
In just a few seconds, Pidgeot, having already wiped the sky clean had appeared beside the machinery at the crater.
Without even using a move, it casually swiped with its talons, and the entire device exploded.
Despite Team Magma's equipment being extremely durable and heat-resistant, in front of Pidgeot, it was no sturdier than paper.
Blaise wasn't worried about punishment for mission failure.
He was worried about the equipment.
Team Magma didn't exactly have stellar finances.
Research costs, transportation, compensation for casualties, every one of them drained resources.
Not every criminal organization could afford to operate like Giovanni, using a legitimate multinational corporation as cover.
These days, even a semi-religious organization like Team Magma needed decent benefits, or no one would risk their life joining.
After all, being a low-effort League nobody wasn't the worst thing in the world.
"Five machines… am I going to get beaten to death by Courtney when I get back?"
Blaise shuddered internally.
He really didn't want to deal with that woman especially when he was clearly at fault.
As for failing to escape?
That idea was laughable.
Sure, Silas was currently suppressing all of them alone, but that came with conditions.
As one of Team Magma's Three Amins, Blaise still hadn't deployed his true ace Pokémon.
"If you've got the guts, come down here!"
Blaise looked up and shouted his provocation at Silas.
"Hmm~"
Silas's expression turned a little strange.
"Are you sure?"
There was a teasing tone in his voice for no apparent reason.
But in Blaise's eyes, this was nothing more than guilt showing through.
"Heh. That unknown green light, you can only use it on one Pokémon, right?"
Blaise sneered as he exposed one of the green glow's weaknesses.
To be fair, his observational skills were indeed sharp.
"So what?"
Silas shrugged calmly.
"Tch."
This time, Blaise didn't reply.
He turned around directly.
"Retreat."
No joke, if they didn't leave now, it would be too late.
The Team Magma grunts never expected the retreat order to come so suddenly.
They scrambled in panic, pulling out Poké Balls to recall their Flying-type Pokémon that had lost the ability to fight.
"Don't move! You're surrounded! Surrender immediately!"
A sharp, authoritative female voice rang out.
At the foot of the volcano, Officer Jenny appeared—no, appeared in multiples, as if using Double Team, completely blocking every possible escape route.
Just like in movies, Officer Jenny always arrived one step late.
But this time, it wasn't too late.
Team Magma's retreat came to an abrupt halt.
Blaise's expression darkened.
Jenny's backup had arrived much faster than he'd expected.
"Blegh—!"
Off to the side, Ajay, the operations squad leader, was violently vomiting and clearly had something to say.
He seriously suspected that the Officer Jenny stationed in Azalea Town and her Growlithe and Arcanine, were former street racers.
Those people hadn't slowed down at all while charging through the forest.
The other squad members weren't doing much better.
Ajay just looked worse because he'd been riding the strongest Officer Jenny's Arcanine.
"Aha~"
Under everyone's gaze, Blaise spread his hands beneath his cloak.
"Officer Jenny, what is this about? We're just a group of trainers out on an adventure."
Honestly, if it weren't for his uniform and the destroyed machinery behind him, even Silas might have believed that line.
"Team Magma, I hereby announce that you have illegally trespassed into Ilex Forest and attempted to destroy forest resources, in violation of League Regulation Article 114.
All of you, hands on your heads, squat down immediately!"
Officer Jenny ignored Blaise completely and repeated the warning in a crisp, textbook tone.
Hovering in the air, Silas sighed helplessly.
This really was the League's official style.
If it were him, he'd have rushed in, tied everyone up, and been done with it.
"Officer Jenny, the League can't just frame innocent people. We didn't destroy anything."
Blaise remained completely unruffled.
Silas's mouth twitched.
Wait, criminal organizations actually used their brains now? Wasn't he supposed to just confess dramatically?
If Blaise knew what Silas was thinking, he'd scoff in disdain.
If the mission succeeded, sure, admit it. But when it failed? Why claim credit like an idiot?
"Regardless of who you are, right now, immediately, hands on your head."
Officer Jenny raised her hand.
All the Growlithe and Arcanine crouched low, growling threateningly.
"Alright, alright. But Officer Jenny, according to League law, you only have 24 hours, you know~"
Blaise calmly squatted down first.
Seeing their leader comply, the Team Magma grunts followed, though uneasily.
Blaise snorted inwardly.
He'd been to the police station more than once, he knew the process.
For cross-regional cases like this, 24 hours wasn't even enough time to pass information along.
Here in Johto, he was squeaky clean.
"Cuff them. Escort them back."
Officer Jenny and her sisters got to work.
"By the way, Silas, what's going on with you?"
Her attention was quickly drawn to Silas as he landed.
At the moment, Silas looked like a glowing green light bulb.
"Uh…"
Silas honestly didn't know what to say.
He could control it, but he couldn't turn it off.
"Rustle…"
The leaves of the surrounding trees suddenly began to move, even though there was no wind.
Everyone instinctively went on guard.
After about half a minute of tension—nothing happened.
"Um… I think it's gone?"
Silas said awkwardly.
"Cough—cough—"
A wave of coughing followed.
"You're not green anymore!"
Ajay was the first to notice.
Silas rolled his eyes.
Accurate, yes but why did that sound so wrong?
The leading Officer Jenny took a long look at Silas.
"Whatever that was, let's talk about it after we get back."
Silas and Ajay both nodded silently.
As the group withdrew and disappeared, Ilex Forest returned to its dark, eerie calm.
On the walk back to Azalea Town, Silas took a moment to check Pidgeot's status panel displayed by Zero.
[Pidgeot] (Breaking Through)
He fell into thought.
During the battle, it had read "Energy-Boosted".
Which meant—
"So… it's really going to break into Elite level?"
Silas instantly felt energized.
If that really happened, today was a massive win.
"And that power was that Celebi?"
He looked back toward the depths of Ilex Forest.
Forests, green light, and Suicune's earlier words, only a handful of Legendary Pokémon could grant that kind of blessing.
That left only one answer.
"Did it 'see' the forest reduced to wasteland after the volcano eruption, in the flow of time?"
Combining Celebi's abilities and temperament, Silas quickly pieced together the situation.
As the Guardian of the Forest who traverses time, saving the forest was only natural for Celebi.
The only real mystery was, "Why did Celebi take a liking to me? Could it be because I'm just that handsome~?"
Silas shook his head narcissistically.
Viridian City, Kanto
"Boss, the Azalea Town Slowpoke operation ran into some trouble."
Dressed in a professional secretary's outfit, Matori respectfully reported to Giovanni, holding a folder.
"Without knowing the full situation, Bugsy of the Azalea Gym led Officer Jenny to surround Slowpoke Well. All personnel on-site were arrested."
"Meow…"
The Persian beside Giovanni let out a weak cry.
"Investigate."
Giovanni spoke a single word.
"Understood." Matori nodded.
"Additionally, according to our informants, Team Magma has been appearing frequently in Johto recently. I suspect this incident is connected to them."
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