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"Dewgong, Sheer Cold.."
Lorelei unhesitatingly prepared to continue her attack, because Red's words had truly angered her.
She had always painstakingly devoted herself to Pokémon, but was now being told she was as evil as Team Rocket.
Lorelei simply could not accept it.
It was true that she had a cold disposition, but on certain matters, her nerves were extremely sensitive.
And just then, a voice made Lorelei's expression slightly change.
"Hold on a minute! Team Rocket! Team Rocket ran away!"
Ash's startled cry reached everyone's ears.
Team Rocket ran away?
Lorelei, Red, and the others almost instantly turned their gazes towards Ryuga.
"Oh my ~ I've been discovered, what a Lickitung of a little guy."
Ryuga raised an eyebrow, glanced at Ash, and teased him.
Not far behind him, a huge gap had been blasted into the wall, and Team Rocket members were quickly leaving the hall through this gap…
Ordinary people couldn't blast through this special metal wall with protective energy, but for Ryuga, it was not difficult at all.
As for why it hadn't been noticed just now, it was simply because the sound was completely covered by the clash between Lorelei and Red.
"Damn it!"
Lorelei's eyes turned cold.
Although she resented Red, this "stupid" guy, she did not want Team Rocket to escape even more.
"Dewgong, Sheer Cold!"
Lorelei immediately spoke to Dewgong.
Dewgong's mouth accumulated an ice-blue energy, and the next moment, a dreamlike beautiful beam shot towards Ryuga.
Ice-type Sheer Cold!
In the game, it was a one-hit knockout move, but in this real world, there naturally couldn't be a true so-called one-hit knockout move.
But it was undeniable that Sheer Cold was an extremely terrifying Ice-type move, with the strongest freezing ability.
Far exceeding Ice Beam, as long as one was hit by Sheer Cold, they would instantly be frozen into an ice sculpture.
"Don't get in the way, Elite Four Lorelei, isn't it better to focus on dealing with that young man who insulted you?"
Ryuga shook his head regretfully at this scene.
He knew that if he arranged for Team Rocket to retreat, these two people couldn't continue fighting.
"Moonblast."
Gardevoir spread its arms, and a clear, ethereal moon phantom appeared behind Gardevoir.
A pink light pillar fiercely shot through the air towards Sheer Cold.
Moonblast and Sheer Cold collided violently in mid-air.
But to everyone's horror, after almost only two seconds of stalemate, Moonblast powerfully shattered Sheer Cold, and with undiminished momentum, shot towards Lorelei.
"Lapras!"
Lorelei's pupils constricted slightly, and she shouted at Lapras.
Lapras's mouth quickly accumulated an icy glow, and a Ice Beam went to meet Moonblast.
Boom!
A violent explosion erupted not far from Lorelei, and powerful energy impacted the surroundings.
Lorelei's waterfall-like purple hair was disheveled by the strong wind, but Lorelei didn't care about this at all, her eyes gloomily looking at Ryuga.
This was completely wrong.
How could this Gardevoir's Moonblast be so much stronger?
Or… had it been holding back all this time?
"It seems I accidentally used some force, but it can also be considered a warning. For now, I have no intention of fighting with you Elite Four."
Seeing Lorelei seemingly surprised by his strength, Ryuga tilted his head slightly.
He had only been defending before, purely to guide Lorelei to gradually increase the intensity of her attacks to provoke Red's backlash against Lorelei.
If it weren't for this, Lorelei would not be his opponent at all.
"His strength is very strong. He easily defeated my two main Pokémon. If we don't team up, we won't be his opponent."
Red also temporarily put aside his hostility towards Lorelei, walked to Lorelei's side, and said in a deep voice to Lorelei.
No matter what, the most important enemy was still this Ryuga!
As long as Lorelei did not affect Ash and the others, Red would not attack Lorelei.
"Team Rocket actually has another executive like this…"
Lorelei frowned and glanced at Red.
She could distinguish between priorities, but she neither refused nor agreed to Red's suggestion, instead her eyes flickering with uncertainty.
This cousin of Lance, his strength was actually so terrifying.
With this person, Team Rocket would be even harder to deal with!
"Actually… I suggest letting them leave. Even if we team up, we might not be able to defeat this person."
Red hesitated for a moment.
Although he knew that Lorelei would definitely be disgusted by his suggestion given her hatred for Team Rocket, he still said it.
Yes, since Ryuga and his group were already preparing to retreat, there was no need for them to necessarily block them.
Because Red was very doubtful.
Not to mention that his two strongest main Pokémon, Charizard and Venusaur, had already fallen.
Even if they hadn't, could he and Lorelei's combined efforts defeat Ryuga?
Red had no confidence at all.
"Are you kidding me?" Lorelei's eyes turned cold upon hearing this, and she coldly glared at Red.
Watch Team Rocket leave so brazenly?
Absolutely impossible!
Red frowned slightly, guessing that Lorelei would react this way, but in reality, his decision was definitely the most stable choice at the moment.
Although there would indeed be some losses, the losses would at least be acceptable.
If he really angered this Ryuga, and he destroyed the cruise ship regardless of the consequences…
And it was during this time that a large number of Team Rocket members had already left the hall.
"Blizzard!"
Lorelei unhesitatingly had her two Pokémon use a full-power Blizzard.
She absolutely would not allow Team Rocket to escape!
A terrifying ice and snow storm instantly swept out, and the terrifying ice and snow almost covered all areas in front of Lorelei.
This was no longer just an attack on Ryuga.
Lorelei had also included all remaining Team Rocket members!
"Psychic!"
Red's expression was heavy, and he immediately shouted at Espeon.
Espeon's eyes overflowed with deep blue light, and vast, massive Psychic energy surged out madly.
The ice and snow storm was obstructed by Psychic, forcibly changing its trajectory, and all of it impacted the ceiling.
Ryuga blinked.
He was just about to have Gardevoir make a move, but then in a blink of an eye, it was no longer needed.
Hmm, these two were having an internal conflict again.
"What exactly do you want to do?!"
Lorelei's face turned gloomy at this, and she turned her head to glare angrily at Red.
Damn it, this guy not only didn't help her, but was actually obstructing her again!
"Your Blizzard just now attacked them too!"
But Red wasn't intimidated at all, pointing at Ash and the others with a louder voice and raging.
Upon hearing this, Lorelei's ample chest heaved with anger.
She truly wanted to slap this stubborn idiot to death right now.
"Team Rocket is escaping! Don't you have eyes?!"
Unprecedentedly, Lorelei's cold voice was even a little piercingly sharp, and she "cursed."
She had never been this furious in her life!
...
In the Trainer camp, Red and Lorelei once again had an "internal conflict," and no one dared to step forward to mediate their argument.
After all, one was a Kanto Elite Four, and the other was a top Trainer whose strength was comparable to Lorelei.
Who would dare to stop them?
The atmosphere throughout the hall was chillingly cold.
"Um… Team Rocket members have all run away…"
After a long while, Misty spoke weakly.
Lorelei's face turned ugly upon hearing this, and she turned her head.
Sure enough, there was not a single Team Rocket member left in the entire hall.
Even Lance's cousin was gone.
Bastard!
"Obstructing the Elite Four's work, do you really think you're right? Are you satisfied now?"
Lorelei's aura was chillingly cold, and she looked at Red, speaking coldly.
"Do you know how many people will be harmed if these Team Rocket members escape? How many Pokémon will be cruelly treated by them?"
"You know nothing!"
"Living solely in your own world, treating what you perceive as truth, ignorant and therefore fearless, evolving into foolishness and stupidity without realizing it. Do you think you've done a good deed?"
Lorelei's cold words echoed through the hall, making Red silent.
"Do you think I didn't consider their safety? As an Elite Four, I see much further than you. Do you think eliminating evil is child's play? Do you think everything can be resolved without any casualties, as in an ideal world?"
"Think about it carefully."
Lorelei calmed the anger in her heart, sneered at Red, sat on Lapras's back, and rushed towards the exit.
Although Team Rocket members had escaped the hall, it was still not too late to pursue them now.
And, she didn't know if he had arrived yet.
Lorelei left, but Red remained standing still, Lorelei's words constantly echoing in his ears.
"Brother Red? Are you okay?"
Ash quickly walked to Red's side and asked worriedly.
"…I'm fine, Ash, you guys should leave quickly. Staying here for too long isn't good for your health."
Red came back to his senses upon hearing this, a smile appearing on his delicate face, and he said gently to Ash.
Although Lorelei's words had indeed touched him somewhat, if he thought about it carefully, Lorelei's words were completely a kind of sophistry in another sense.
Lorelei could have handled it in a gentler way, but she chose the most extreme and ruthless way.
Red did not feel that he was wrong.
"Okay! Hehe ~ Red is awesome. That woman just now really wasn't a good person. She was just cold."
"…"
On the deck.
Ryuga looked at Lorelei emerging from the gap.
"You came out really fast. Have you finished arguing with that guy already?"
Ryuga smiled and slowly said to the cold-faced Lorelei.
Lorelei's eyes grew colder upon hearing this, but she was not affected by Ryuga, her eyes quickly scanning the surroundings.
There was no one else at all.
Clearly, Team Rocket had already entered the warehouse below, preparing to leave using other means of transport.
"No need to look. You can't stop them, beautiful Elite Four Lorelei. How about we talk about life?"
Seemingly knowing what Lorelei was thinking, Ryuga's lips curved into a frivolous arc, and he looked her up and down, smiling.
Leaving aside other things, Lorelei's figure was truly the best Ryuga had ever seen.
Curvy, with a slender waist and a beautiful face, she was simply the perfect figure a woman dreamed of.
But unfortunately, she was a bit cold.
"Take your filthy gaze away."
Lorelei noticed Ryuga's gaze, her face looking ugly.
No one had ever dared to look at her so brazenly with such eyes!
"The Dragon-type Family is also a prominent Family in the Johto region. You actually joined Team Rocket, truly disgracing the Dragon surname." Lorelei said coldly.
She found it truly difficult to accept that this person, Lance's cousin and a direct descendant of the Dragon Family, had actually become an accomplice of Team Rocket!
"Don't speak so harshly, Elite Four Lorelei.
Everyone has their own ideal, don't they? And I don't think there's anything bad about Team Rocket."
Ryuga shrugged, looking indifferent.
To be honest, he had heard such words so many times his ears were calloused, and with his temperament, he wouldn't be easily provoked by a few insults.
"Ridiculous, what exactly do Team Rocket do?"
Lorelei sneered.
What was there good about Team Rocket?
"Pokémon genetic experiments, illegal trafficking, malicious snatching of other people's Pokémon, secretly destroying and building bases in the wild... Any one of these is enough to make Team Rocket's members die a hundred times over!" Lorelei's voice was chillingly cold.
Team Rocket's heinous crimes were definitely not fabricated.
Instead, they were discovered one by one, truly and concretely!
That's why Lorelei hated Team Rocket, because in her opinion, no one deserved to die more than Team Rocket's members!
"Of course, Lorelei, there's nothing wrong with saying that."
Ryuga raised an eyebrow and didn't retort.
Yes, what Lorelei said was indeed the truth.
Although Ryuga himself didn't participate, Team Rocket were indeed still doing these things.
As far as he knew, there was a secret base in Celadon City, which was a large base where genetic fusion experiments were being conducted.
So, although Ryuga had joined Team Rocket, he never had a particularly deep sense of belonging to them.
Ryuga was an evil person, and he never hid this fact, because he was indeed evil.
He acted erratically and recklessly, stopping at nothing to achieve his goals.
To obtain Eternatus, he could let the entire Hammerlocke be buried with it.
For the Life Orb, he could provide information to Team Galactic, bringing disaster to the Ancient Temple.
For Dr. Fuji's information, he could threaten Blaine with the safety of an entire town.
Because that's just the kind of person he was.
This was Ryuga's personal creed, but even so, he still had a bottom line.
His love for Pokémon was genuine.
Would he personally manipulate and be responsible for so-called Pokémon genetic experiments?
He wouldn't do it, nor would he bother to.
He and Team Rocket were originally in a cooperative relationship, and Giovanni was also very clear about this, because Ryuga's character destined him not to put all his future on Team Rocket.
"But these have nothing to do with me. I like Team Rocket's identity. Although Team Rocket are dirty, to some extent, they are cleaner than the Pokémon League. I think Lorelei should also understand."
Ryuga grinned, smiling.
He didn't want to bother with Team Rocket's darkness, because Team Rocket belonged to Giovanni.
Giovanni treated him well, but that didn't mean Giovanni was willing to let him interfere with Team Rocket's development plans.
Anyway, he felt pretty good staying with Team Rocket now.
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