Chapter 537: Giovanni
First basement floor of Viridian Hospital.
A buzz-cut man dressed in a suit and leather shoes looked at the big guy blocking the path ahead, his expression somewhat unpleasant:
"Hades, you better give me an explanation."
This person is the true boss of Team Rocket.
In the vast majority of Pokémon parallel worlds, the biggest Boss.
Giovanni.
He controls many evil organizations under his command, but without exception, all exist for the sake of using Pokémon to make money.
Team Rocket is just the biggest one among them.
Of course, it can also be called the general term for these evil organizations.
"There is a surgery that cannot be terminated."
Hades didn't say much, just knelt in front of Giovanni, "Boss, the location of the underground passage has been exposed. Our people are evacuating from there."
He knew his capriciousness this time.
Would cause how heavy a loss for Team Rocket.
Not only would it cause Lambda (Petrel) to lose the position he managed to mix into with great difficulty, but it would also destroy many of Giovanni's arrangements in Viridian City.
But...
He didn't want Koya's surgery to have problems.
Even if such a minor surgery actually has to be performed every one or two weeks, and even if successfully completing this one seems like it won't change anything.
But what if?
He's still waiting to see, that brat finding out his Sceptile can't beat Lugia no matter what, and then crying his eyes out.
"Hades, you've followed me for a long time, made countless contributions to Team Rocket, and taken the fall for me many times from the League's pursuit. I can let you have your way this time, but only this once."
Giovanni tilted his neck slightly, looking behind him from the corner of his eye,
"You should know the nature of your actions this time. Even if you survive, you cannot possibly continue sitting in the position of the highest executive... You have become weak."
"Yes."
Hades nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, and stood back up.
If Giovanni really wanted to force his way into the electrical room to destroy the generators, he truly couldn't stop him, nor was he in a position to stop him.
Giovanni had done him a great favor.
Hades absolutely couldn't betray him for a brat he just met a few days ago.
Fortunately, Giovanni still agreed.
This was also within Hades's expectations.
Moreover.
Honestly speaking.
He's a bit tired.
This highest executive position, even if Giovanni wanted him to continue doing it, he didn't really want to do it anymore.
He just wants to go to the Hoenn region.
Open a branch for Team Rocket, and then catch some Treecko.
Strive to open a legal and compliant Treecko breeding house in the future, and then wait for a certain brat to visit.
And tell him loudly.
Sceptile.
Cannot possibly defeat Lugia.
Tap!
Footsteps came from the corridor behind them.
A cold-faced Lucario appeared in the middle of the corridor, staring at them quietly.
"The ace of the Sinnoh Champion, huh? Perfect, my mood isn't very good right now."
Giovanni stared at Will, a stream of light flashing past his eyes.
If he could capture this Lucario back...
Then Team Rocket's losses this time could also be partially recovered.
He remembers this Lucario has mastered some special moves; the research value on his body is not small.
'Giovanni... actually came personally. Makes sense, only this guy's Pokémon can ignore the Horn of the Dragon God.'
Will flicked his tail left and right, a trace of unease flashing past the depths of his eyes.
How many Champion-level Pokémon does Giovanni have on hand?
Will swept a glance at his waist.
At least six.
For an evil organization boss who is a full twelve-year cycle older than Cynthia.
Even if Giovanni pulled out a Master-level Beedrill, Will could persuade himself to accept it.
And the future Giovanni.
Indeed has such a quite powerful Beedrill.
So strong that without even needing to Mega Evolve, it could overturn the newly created Mewtwo.
"You step back first, I'll play with him."
Giovanni raised his hand and waved.
Then he remembered something, tossing a Poké Ball to Hades.
Presumably inside is also a Champion-level Pokémon.
As for whether it was cultivated by himself.
Or snatched.
Or directly catching a wild boss or Alpha.
That's hard to say.
Placed on Team Rocket, anything is possible.
They also have plenty of means to make disobedient Pokémon obey their commands.
"Boss, we can't delay, pay attention to the time."
Hades took the Poké Ball and bowed slightly.
Immediately after, he left from the other side of the corridor.
"Come out, Rhyperior."
Giovanni smiled and picked a Poké Ball, tossing it out.
The next moment.
A Pokémon looking like a boulder appeared in front of Will.
A height of over three meters almost touching the ceiling, a weight of nine hundred pounds filled with oppressive force just by standing there.
Like a mini Groudon alive in the world.
Will scanned up and down twice, chuckling.
Nothing.
Just...
Suddenly remembered Giovanni is a trainer who favors the Ground-type.
Coincidentally.
He has the Earth Plate.
What's relatively troublesome is:
They are currently in the basement of Viridian Hospital.
Ground-type moves will cause huge destruction here.
A Ground-type move from a Champion-level Pokémon can casually destroy the entire Viridian Hospital in an instant.
Right now inside Viridian Hospital.
There are still many Team Rocket members who haven't run out.
That Hades also just left on his front foot.
Will estimated Giovanni wouldn't use a move like Earthquake in the short term.
If possible.
He must take down Giovanni as soon as possible before the Team Rocket members evacuate.
Actually.
Even if the Team Rocket people evacuated, Giovanni wouldn't use a move like Earthquake.
Hades said it.
There's a surgery that cannot be interrupted.
Since Giovanni promised him not to destroy the generators, naturally he also wouldn't use a move like Earthquake to cause the surgery to be unable to continue.
That's not conducive to him winning people's hearts.
Hades is extremely useful to Team Rocket, and is a veteran figure who followed Giovanni from the earliest days.
Giovanni doesn't want a rift to appear between him and Hades.
Even if Hades might be dying soon.
On the other side.
"Roar..."
Rhyperior thought Will's smile was provoking him.
His eyes narrowed slightly, a bit of anger accumulating in his chest.
This scrawny dog, how dare he?
"Drill Run."
Giovanni spoke plainly.
Only to see Rhyperior's round body spinning at this moment, transforming into a steel drill and shooting towards Will.
Will didn't dodge.
Instead, opened his mouth and blasted a Hydro Pump towards Rhyperior.
Inside this not-very-wide passage.
Rhyperior's Drill Run is hard to dodge.
Moreover, this kind of Ground-type move.
Will actually doesn't need to dodge it.
Even hitting it head-on, he absolutely wouldn't be injured; at most, it would expose the existence of the Earth Plate to Giovanni.
Besides.
It's not like there isn't a better way to handle it.
His Hydro Pump is equally hard to dodge for Rhyperior.
Not only because of the terrain issue, but also because Rhyperior's body size is inherently large.
Plus Giovanni is right behind him.
Will wishes Rhyperior would dodge it, letting his one Hydro Pump blast Giovanni to death.
!!
The huge water column forcefully brought Rhyperior to a halt, the impact making it stand firmly in place, struggling to block.
After the water column passed.
Rhyperior's aura wilted a lot, and it didn't dare to underestimate Will anymore.
Just with this one encounter.
Will knew what level this Rhyperior was at.
Just barely crossed the threshold of Champion-level, that's all.
In Giovanni's hands, it probably doesn't belong to the ace yet, at most considered the bottom of the main team.
But looking at the effect of Hydro Pump...
Will guesses this Rhyperior's ability is [Solid Rock]; for those moves that are super effective against it,
It can reduce 25% of the damage, very heaven-defying.
If it weren't for this ability.
Relying on Rhyperior's weak Special Defense, it wouldn't be strange for it to be heavily injured by his one Hydro Pump.
"Why would a Lucario master Hydro Pump..."
Giovanni turned a blind eye to Rhyperior instantly falling into a disadvantage, and instead pinched his chin and started pondering this question.
Will raised his eyelids.
Started with Extreme Speed, tapped lightly with his feet, and catapulted out.
He shuttled back and forth between the walls, leaping over Rhyperior's head in the blink of an eye, and headed towards Giovanni behind him.
This is not a Pokémon battle.
To catch bandits, first catch the king.
"Roar?!"
Rhyperior reached out wanting to block.
But relying on his clumsy body, wanting to block a Lucario that has mastered Extreme Speed, is simply wishful thinking.
"Heh."
Giovanni grinned.
Although his naked eye couldn't see Will's figure, through Rhyperior's reaction, he could also tell Will's target was already placed on him.
Giovanni stood in place with his arms crossed, not moving at all.
The three Poké Balls hanging on his left waist automatically opened.
Gliscor.
Sandslash.
Beedrill.
Each one's physique exceeding the average value by two or three sizes.
Probably before being captured by Giovanni, they were already boss characters in the wild.
The moment the three Pokémon appeared, they attacked Will from the left, right, and above respectively, plus Rhyperior behind him.
At this moment, Will was surrounded by four Champion-level Pokémon.
Swish!
Will only felt his scalp go numb.
He rolled to dodge towards the left side, evading Sandslash's Brick Break and Rhyperior's Megahorn. Before he could take the next action.
Gliscor's Crabhammer and Beedrill's Aerial Ace swarmed over.
Will, relying on years of accumulated combat experience, immediately thought of a way out of the siege.
He raised a hand and slapped a Water Pulse towards the ground.
Fierce splashes of water suddenly rose, impacting towards all directions.
Gliscor was hit by the Water Pulse, showing a look of pain on its face.
But Beedrill crashed head-first through the water curtain, stabbing a stinger towards Will's abdomen.
A faint feeling of pain came from his stomach.
A memory originating from two hundred years ago echoed in Will's mind.
A moment of trance.
Caused Will to be sent flying by Beedrill's stinger.
!
He stabilized his body at the first moment and landed back on the ground.
'One upper-tier Champion, one mid-tier Champion, two lower-tier Champions, he should have at least one lower-tier Champion left at his waist... Tsk, Champions have become cabbages in Giovanni's hands.'
Will raised his hand and rubbed his abdomen.
Thanks to his body being hard enough in this life, a hole wasn't poked out like in his second life.
If a hole really appeared...
Blonde-kun would cry.
Speaking of which.
Blonde-kun isn't a girl who loves to cry.
Will basically hasn't seen her cry.
Suddenly.
Will froze in place, a voice appearing in his mind.
Special reinforcements arrived.
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