Chapter 538: Psychic Troops
"Even dodged all of this? Incredible. Looks like I won't be able to finish you off in a short time."
Giovanni's eyes widened slightly.
At this moment, he was truly surprised by Will.
He originally thought.
His four Champion Pokémon combined could take down Will in a single encounter.
After all, in Giovanni's eyes.
This Lucario was nothing more than the ace of a little girl; no matter how strong, how strong could it be?
If he wasn't pressed for time.
He even had the confidence to take him down with the lower-leveled Sandslash or Rhyperior.
Moreover, Cynthia wasn't by his side.
This Lucario couldn't enter his strongest Mega Evolution form.
However.
Just now, he only took one hit from Beedrill's Aerial Ace.
"I have to say, you are the most special Pokémon I've seen in the past ten years. Hydro Pump, Sacred Fire—are these two moves something a Lucario should master?"
Giovanni looked Will up and down.
Seeing Will spacing out there, he couldn't help grinning, thinking Will was shocked by Beedrill and the others for a moment.
After a moment.
Will snapped back to his senses.
"...The Horn of the Dragon God, is it on you?"
Recalling the voice that just appeared in his mind, he asked a question.
As for the 'Sacred Fire' Giovanni mentioned.
The rainbow-colored flame is too conspicuous.
Anyone with a certain degree of understanding of Ho-Oh or Entei, upon seeing Will's previous matches, could guess that he might have mastered the move Sacred Fire.
With Giovanni's personality and ambitions.
Not properly investigating the native Legendary Pokémon of the Kanto and Johto regions is obviously impossible.
It's reasonable that he could guess Will had mastered Sacred Fire.
The key right now.
Is to get the Horn of the Dragon God back.
As for whether Giovanni would answer this question...
Will thought he would.
"Oh, you mean this? It's more useful than I imagined. Speaking of which, it made me have the thought of using the DNA of this thing to resurrect that legendary Dragon God, or even recreate one."
Giovanni grinned.
He pulled out a small, curved black cone from the pocket on his chest, his thumb gently rubbing against the smooth keratin.
He seemed completely unworried that it would be snatched away by Will.
True.
Will couldn't even break through the defense line of Beedrill and the others, how could he snatch the Horn of the Dragon God from Giovanni's hands?
This can also be considered Giovanni's personal characteristic.
Forever confident.
So confident he considers himself the strongest in the world, believing even gods should be trampled under his feet.
So confident he even looks down on any existing god in the world, preparing to create the strongest god himself.
But.
Will couldn't snatch it.
Naturally, someone else could.
The moment Giovanni pulled it out.
The Horn of the Dragon God instantly disappeared from his hand.
"Hm?!"
Giovanni looked at his suddenly empty palm, instantly stunned.
When he looked up.
Over a dozen people wearing blue uniforms had already appeared in the underground passage.
The Horn of the Dragon God.
Was already held in the hands of a bespectacled man in a suit standing behind Will.
Special reinforcements—the Psychic Troops of the Indigo League.
In position.
'Dressing like Aura Guardians, are they deliberately imitating? Or is it... using the image of Aura to indicate their stance of justice?'
Will swept a glance at this group of people.
Only a dozen or so.
A very small number.
Which is also completely normal.
After all, psychics aren't cabbages (common).
The difficulty for them to train to the level where they can personally fight Pokémon is no less than an ordinary wild Pokémon training to the Elite Four level.
The crucial thing is...
When Pokémon are inconvenienced to appear, or unable to battle.
These humans with special abilities will be the most powerful existence present.
"Will (Blue)?... Tsk, looks like the Indigo League doesn't really trust you guys, actually not telling you about the existence of this unit."
Giovanni swept a glance at the bespectacled man behind Will.
This guy is still so sly.
Knowing to hide behind the only creature present who could protect him.
Looks like the Horn of the Dragon God can't be retrieved.
"Clumsy provocation tactics."
Will laughed disdainfully.
Thanks to the Indigo League hiding this hand.
Otherwise, the Psychic Troops would probably have been exposed to that 'Lambda (Petrel)', and Giovanni would have taken precautions by then.
"So it's you, Giovanni... Are you one of Team Rocket's highest executives, or the leader?"
Will (Blue)'s brows frowned slightly.
He and Giovanni are figures of the same era.
They even participated in the same Pokémon battle tournament in the past, and could be considered evenly matched.
Later.
His potential for psychic powers was discovered by the League.
So Will (Blue) temporarily set aside Pokémon battling and focused on cultivating his psychic powers.
He hadn't seen Giovanni since then.
Will (Blue) handed the Horn of the Dragon God in his hand to a chestnut-haired woman beside him.
The next moment.
The chestnut-haired female psychic disappeared on the spot.
It seemed she used Teleport and ran to some other place.
Waited for two or three seconds.
The psychics present threw out the Poké Balls they carried with them.
Over a dozen Gym Leader-level Psychic-type Pokémon instantly appeared in the passage, surrounding the entire underground passage so tightly not even water could leak out.
They were not affected, but had recovered their combat capability.
The oppressive force of the Horn of the Dragon God had disappeared.
Gym Leader-level Psychic-type Pokémon definitely can't beat Champion-level ones.
Even added together, they can't win.
But the problem is...
As long as these Psychic-type Pokémon are present.
Beedrill and the others wouldn't dare to leave Giovanni's side for half a step.
Otherwise, after a few Teleports.
Giovanni would be done for here.
But relatively speaking.
As long as Beedrill and the others are still by Giovanni's side, these psychics and Pokémon similarly cannot launch attacks; approaching means death.
Will hasn't learned psychic powers yet.
He can't even use the most basic Confusion.
Relying on physical speed, he might not be able to save the psychics who Teleported over at this distance.
"Hmph."
Giovanni coldly snorted with an unpleasant expression.
He should have left with Hades just now; he shouldn't have been thrilled to see a worthy prey and stayed behind to deal with that Lucario.
He raised his hand and waved:
"Steelix, Iron Tail."
An over twenty-meter-long mid-tier Champion Steelix appeared out of thin air, instantly crushing towards all directions of the first basement floor.
The surrounding walls collapsed and were mostly pulverized the moment they were squeezed.
"Teleport!"
Will (Blue)'s eyes widened, and together with the Slowking beside him, reached out and put a hand on Will.
It looked like they planned to use psychic powers to take Will and Teleport away together.
But they failed!
Will is too powerful; the elemental energy in his body is like a vast ocean.
So strong that even if Will (Blue) and Slowking used all their psychic power together, they couldn't bring him along to Teleport!
With this, Will (Blue) and Slowking not only failed to escape, but even suffered a splitting headache due to excessive consumption of psychic power, almost losing their mobility.
Will didn't speak, his expression calm.
Lunged forward in a bow stance.
Threw a punch.
The fist blooming with golden light smashed onto Steelix's tail, forcefully sending this terrifying giant tail flying.
"Roar!!"
Only heard a cry of pain from Steelix.
Immediately after, a flash of red light passed, and its huge figure instantly disappeared.
In the center of the tottering first basement floor, a bottomless pit appeared.
Presumably, at the moment Steelix launched its attack.
Giovanni had his other Ground-type Pokémon use Dig and ran away with him.
"Damn it! Actually let him escape!"
Will (Blue) clutched his head.
He stood up with Slowking's support, his eyes full of bloodshot veins.
Took two steps forward, seemingly planning to pursue.
"That guy is the head of Team Rocket, even Hades listens to his words."
Will reached out and grabbed his arm, warning,
"Don't pursue, can't win."
This is the truth.
Their side lacks manpower.
Relying just on him alone, fighting that Beedrill might require going all out, with no time to deal with the other four Champion-level Pokémon.
Rashly pursuing.
The final outcome would highly likely be becoming Team Rocket's test subjects.
Even if Cynthia were by his side at this moment.
He would also have to consider carefully before deciding whether to pursue.
He cannot be certain if Giovanni left a backup plan; normally speaking, there should be one.
Perhaps at the exit of this tunnel below, Giovanni and Team Rocket's four highest executives are waiting there.
"Even you can't win?"
Will (Blue) was stunned for a moment, showing a look of surprise and doubt on his face.
He now has a measure of Will's strength.
He is not a rash guy.
Being able to hold his breath just now and wait until Giovanni pulled out the Horn of the Dragon God before taking action is proof of that.
The reason why Will (Blue) teamed up with Slowking to take Will to Teleport.
Is because they had tried taking Champion-level Pokémon to move together before.
Although a bit strained.
But it can be done!
But today it failed.
This means Will is no ordinary Champion-level Pokémon.
At least in terms of energy abundance, he is definitely the strongest Will (Blue) has ever seen.
However, even such a Pokémon didn't dare to pursue rashly.
Team Rocket...
To what extent have they developed?!
Cold sweat dripped from Will (Blue)'s forehead.
Team Rocket.
Seems to be much more massive and developing much faster than all of them imagined.
Even the ace of a Champion says they are invincible...
Then who else can catch Giovanni?!
"Look on the bright side. Dealing with Team Rocket is not a matter of a single day. Besides, the current League Champions are all still children. Take a look again in ten years?"
Will reached out and patted Will (Blue)'s shoulder.
He could perceive the change in Will (Blue)'s Aura, so he spoke to comfort him a bit.
"...True."
Will (Blue) was stunned for a moment and nodded.
That's right.
The current League Champions are all just youths in their early twenties.
While Giovanni is already a person approaching his forties.
In a few years.
Their Champions will definitely be able to deal with Giovanni!
In fact, this time.
Not only did they retrieve the initially expected Horn of the Dragon God, they even learned the true identity of Team Rocket's boss!
This is a major harvest!
From now on.
Giovanni can only honestly be a rat in the gutter.
"This time, thank you very much for the help of you and Champion Cynthia. If it weren't for you guys, we probably would have suffered a double loss this time."
Will (Blue) bowed to Will, thanking him solemnly.
These words truly weren't spoken randomly.
Will stopped Giovanni underground.
This gave them the opportunity to retrieve the Horn of the Dragon God and learn the true identity of Team Rocket's boss.
And Cynthia on the surface.
Helped Agatha take down countless Team Rocket grunts, and even quite a few mid- and low-level captains with not-low status.
This is only what Will could see right now.
Who knows how many more benefits were gained in secret.
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