Chapter 139

【"Stop blabbering. If they escape, we'll both be in big trouble," the female Team Rocket member reminded.】

【The man grinned, "Relax, relax, they're just a few kids; dealing with them is easy."】

【One minute later.】

【The two Team Rocket members, a man and a woman, were tightly bound with rope. To prevent them from making a sound, both of their mouths were stuffed with their own smelly socks.】

Lance: "Team Rocket, it's Team Rocket again. What are they doing in the Slowpoke Well? Could it be to kidnap Kurt?"】

Chairman Rose: "I heard Team Rocket has been secretly developing a Master Ball that can catch any Pokémon. Their purpose in kidnapping Kurt is likely for the Master Ball."】

Bruno: "A Master Ball that can even catch Legendary Pokémon? Really or fake? Does Team Rocket really have this level of technology?"】

Lorelei: "Of course it's true. To develop the Master Ball, Giovanni previously bought off a large number of researchers from Silph Co."】

Giovanni: "Idiots, we in Team Rocket have no interest in a ball maker."】

Agatha: "No interest in Kurt? Then what are you doing in the Slowpoke Well? Could it be for the Slowpoke?"】

Apollo: "Of course it's for the Slowpoke."】

Steven: "For the Slowpoke? Pokémon like Slowpoke aren't worth much, right?"】

Pokémon of the Slowpoke type are very demanding of trainers. Trainers with lower levels can't even command Slowpoke to battle properly.】

Team Rocket members are of mixed quality; Steven doesn't believe they have the level to command Slowpoke.】

Lambda: "To be precise, it's for the Slowpoke's tail. Don't you know that Slowpoke tails are very valuable?"】

Lorelei: "You damn guys!!!"】

Once Lambda said this, Lorelei immediately understood what Team Rocket was going to do.】

Cynthia: "Unforgivable, simply unforgivable!!!"】

Leon: "Team Rocket, what a disgusting organization!!!"】

Ash: "What exactly is Team Rocket doing? What are they doing with Slowpoke tails?"】

Ash, who had been listening all the way, was confused.】

Gary: "Selling them for money, of course. Slowpoke tails are a very precious ingredient."】

Lambda: "Bingo, you got it right. Slowpoke tails are sweet; they are very delicious when used for cooking. So, as long as you farm a large group of Slowpoke, you can infinitely produce a large number of tails. If you sell them all, what a huge income that is! Also, don't be so righteous, one by one. It's not Team Rocket that eats the Slowpoke tails; it's the rich people in Kanto and Johto who eat them. If you really want to condemn someone, shouldn't you condemn those people?"】

Lambda's words suddenly made everyone silent.】

Professor Kukui: "Eating Slowpoke tails isn't a heinous thing. Small dishes made by drying Slowpoke tails and then boiling them in salt water are a common delicacy in Alola. However, your behavior of farming Slowpoke and artificially removing their tails is absolutely unforgivable!!!"】

Picking up fallen Slowpoke tails and making them into ingredients is something Kukui himself certainly wouldn't do, but he could barely accept it. What he couldn't accept most was Team Rocket's attempt to farm Slowpoke and treat them as tools for making money.】

Giovanni: "Tch. A bunch of hypocrites."】

He doesn't care about those messy things; he just wants to make money. The original intention of founding Team Rocket was to make money.】

Will the opposition of the big shots in the chat room make their Team Rocket earn a cent less?"】

Heh, impossible. Maybe it will even have the opposite effect, making more people want to try Slowpoke tails.】

Giovanni knows the evil of human nature too well.】

【Continuing on their way, all the blocking Team Rocket members were taken care of. When Ash and the others arrived at the depths of the cave, what they saw was a tragic scene.】

【The Slowpoke in the cave were all caught, and their tails were being chopped off one by one.】

【"What exactly are you doing?!" Misty couldn't hold it anymore. She never expected that Team Rocket would do such a terrible thing.】

【"Doing what?" Lambda smiled slightly, "As you can see, cutting off the Slowpoke's tails."】

【"Miss, don't worry. Slowpoke are very dull Pokémon; even if their tails are cut off, they won't feel much pain. As long as two or three months pass, their tails will grow back."】

【"Just like leeks, one crop after another, they can never be cut out."】

【"Oh, do you want to ask why we cut off the Slowpoke's tails?"】

【"Of course, it's to make money. Slowpoke tails are very valuable."】

【Lambda always thought he was a good person, so facing Ash and the others' confusion, he told them everything he knew.】

【"What about Kurt? What did you do to him?" Ash suppressed the anger in his heart.】

【"Don't worry, Kurt is fine. It's just because we were worried that if he went out, he would cause us trouble, so we temporarily imprisoned him in the cave."】

【Lambda told Ash and the others to rest assured; they came to Azalea Town to make money and had no interest in taking lives.】

【"You're Ash, right? Hearing about you is not as good as meeting you; you really are a talent," Lambda looked Ash up and down and smiled.】

129: The strongest man on earth, Dark Ash! Lambda's teeth were knocked crooked】

【"Oh, you want to ask how I know you, right?"】

【"You are a big celebrity in our Team Rocket. The boss made your portrait into a dartboard, and he throws darts at it every day."】

【Ash: "..."】

Lance: "Laughing to death, Giovanni, is this your capacity? Knowing you can't beat Dark Ash, so you can only use this method to vent?"】

Bruno: "Forgive Giovanni; after all, Dark Ash took away his Mewtwo."】

Lorelei: "Lambda really is a good person, saying everything out loud."】

Giovanni: "..."】

It was just that Giovanni couldn't jump into the video; otherwise, he really wished he could jump in and seal Lambda's mouth tightly with tape.】

This unlucky kid, why does he say everything!】

【The nonsense was finished, and Lambda started to get serious. Don't look at him like this; he was an executive of Team Rocket after all. Meeting Ash today, he definitely had to have a good fight. If he could catch Ash and bring him back to Team Rocket, wouldn't his status in Team Rocket take off directly?】

【"Go, Weezing, Koffing, Koffing, Koffing." With a harmless smile, Lambda threw out four Pokémon at once.】

【"Three Koffing, one Weezing. Is this guy a fanatical fan of the Koffing family?" Misty frowned; she really didn't understand Lambda's team composition.】

【"Bad!!!"】

【Misty, Brock, and Erika hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem yet; only Ash reacted.】

【"Come out, Heracross, use Endure."】

【Ash hurriedly asked his companions to hide behind Heracross. If his guess was correct, Self-Destruct was coming soon.】

【Ash's premonition was correct. The moment he summoned Heracross, continuous Self-Destructs came.】

【The sound of explosions echoed in the cave. Fortunately, Ash's reaction was fast enough, and his companions suffered almost no damage.】

【As for himself, mere Self-Destruct couldn't hurt him.】

【Because of the explosion, the whole cave was filled with smoke.】

【Suddenly, a harsh screeching sound rang in Ash's ear; it was the sound of a Zubat.】

【This Zubat was aimed specifically at him, and the attack was fast and fierce, striking directly at his neck.】

【The Self-Destruct of Koffing and Weezing was just an appetizer; the real killer move was the Zubat's assassination.】

【Lambda's tactics could be described in one word: ruthless.】

【Don't look at this guy as harmless on the surface; he was more ruthless than anyone when he took action. He was worthy of being a high-level executive of Team Rocket.】

【If it were anyone else today, they might really have fallen into Lambda's hands. Unfortunately, the opponent he faced today was Ash.】

【At this time, taking other Pokémon out from his belt was clearly too late, and with smoke as cover, even if he summoned Pokémon, he might not be able to save Ash in time.】

【Taking a deep breath, Ash decided not to pretend anymore; he showed his cards.】

【"Too noisy!"】

【Ash grabbed the Zubat that was about to pierce its fangs into his neck. Before the Zubat could react, it was thrown to the ground by Ash like trash.】

【"Zubat~~"】

【A pig-like scream echoed in the cave.】

【The Zubat's cry was too loud; as long as Lambda wasn't deaf, it was impossible for him not to hear it.】

【Actually, he quite wanted to see what kind of inhuman torture the Zubat had suffered to scream so painfully, but a qualified Team Rocket member must retreat when necessary.】

【Now is the necessary time; it's time to run.】

【Run away under the cover of smoke; otherwise, it would be terrible if he were caught.】

【"Want to escape?" Ash smiled coldly.】

【Lambda was shocked? Could Ash's eyes see through the smoke? Otherwise, he had just taken a step, how did Ash know?】

【Was it a coincidence?】

【Lambda gritted his teeth. He would rather believe it than not. To ensure his smooth retreat, Lambda called out his last Pokémon.】

【"Arbok, go and entangle that guy!"】

【Lambda was definitely a smiling tiger, easygoing on the surface, but more ruthless than anyone in private. He would discard his own Pokémon as he pleased. In his heart, he was the most important; Pokémon were just tools that could be obtained at will.】

Lance: "It really is the standard style of Team Rocket; when encountering danger, everything can be discarded."】

Lance was quite disdainful of Lambda's behavior.】