Chapter 148

【Sitting next to them was the Kanto captain for this event, Erika.】

【Erika was truly miserable; not only did she have to prepare for the upcoming battle, but she also had to guard against Lt. Surge and Sabrina suddenly attacking.】

【Lt. Surge, Sabrina, and Koga were originally the three executives of Team Rocket. Erika had once reported this to the Pokémon Association, but because there was no concrete evidence, it could only be brushed aside.】

Erika: "Eh? Koga, Lt. Surge, Sabrina, they are Team Rocket executives?"

Lance: "Let me catch my breath, this news is too explosive."

Bruno: "Isn't Team Rocket's influence in that world a bit too large?"

Koga, Lt. Surge, and Sabrina occupy three of the eight Kanto gyms; Team Rocket's influence is basically on par with the League.

This is a bit exaggerated.

Actually, the real situation is even more frightening. In that world, there are only three Gym Leaders who have no connection to Team Rocket: Brock of Pewter City, Misty of Cerulean City, and Erika of Celadon City.

Koga, Lt. Surge, and Sabrina are Team Rocket's three executives, Blaine also has intricate ties with Team Rocket, and Giovanni of the Viridian Gym is the founder of Team Rocket.

Bruno: "But thinking about it carefully, we in that world are also quite amazing. With such a crisis externally, we were actually able to defeat Team Rocket!"

Lance: "Hahaha, that's a must. With me, the messenger of justice Lance here, I will never allow evil to cross the line!"

Lorelei: "I always feel things aren't that simple."

【The fourth battle on the field has already begun. Lt. Surge is using Electabuzz, and Morty's Pokémon is Gastly.】

Phoebe: "Gastly? Why use Gastly?"

This represents the highest level of battle in the Kanto-Johto region. Without Gengar, at the very least they should use a Haunter. Isn't using Gastly a bit disrespectful to Lt. Surge?

10 Drake: "Maybe this Gastly is Morty's secret weapon?"

Glacia: "That's the only possibility."

Lt. Surge: "Hmph, a mere Gastly, I should have this battle in the bag."

【A fierce lightning strike instantly hit Gastly. Upon realizing Gastly's injuries, Morty didn't hesitate to swap Gastly out and let Misdreavus take its place.】

【It was useless. The effect of Thunder was still ongoing. Misdreavus was already covered in wounds before it even got close to Electabuzz. Lt. Surge was already preparing his victory speech.】

【Just as Lt. Surge was preparing to use Thunder to finish off Misdreavus, he suddenly noticed Electabuzz showing a look of pain.】

Lt. Surge: "What's going on?!"

Volkner: "Looks like its electrical energy reserves are exhausted. Wait, Lt. Surge, your Electabuzz is too weak. It only used Thunder twice and all its energy is gone?"

Elesa: "It's okay, three seconds is also quite impressive."

Lt. Surge: "Maybe my Electabuzz isn't in the best condition."

Agatha: "It's Grudge. Gastly used Grudge before it left the field. Under the effect of Grudge, a Pokémon's stamina will be consumed faster when using skills."

Falkner: "So that's it. I thought Gastly just went out to show its face, I didn't expect it to actually play a role."

【Morty didn't let the opponent off just because Electabuzz had no stamina. Misdreavus's offensive began.】

【Pain Split.】

【Because it had just taken Electabuzz's Thunder, Misdreavus's HP had dropped to the freezing point. Through the skill Pain Split, it made Electabuzz share a portion of the damage.】

【Lt. Surge recalled Electabuzz as fast as he could, and Magnemite was switched in.】

【By controlling the magnetic field, Magnemite successfully summoned a protective magnetic field and successfully blocked Misdreavus's Psywave.】

【Then he had Magnemite switch the defensive magnetic field to an offensive one, using the last of its stamina to unleash Zap Cannon.】

Actually, when Magnemite first appeared, the audience thought Lt. Surge was at his wit's end. In such a critical match, he actually sent out Magnemite. But after watching for a while, they realized something was wrong.

Volkner: "Whoa! Is this Magnemite's defense too perverted?"

Changing the magnetic field to increase the Pokémon's defense—what kind of bizarre method is this?

Anyway, Volkner had never heard of it.

Next, Magnemite performed another heaven-defying feat that left Volkner dumbfounded.

Defense turned into attack, a Zap Cannon with power even more ferocious than Electabuzz's Thunder.

Lt. Surge displayed the fury of lightning to the fullest at this moment.

Lt. Surge: "Hahaha, I said it, I'm guaranteed to win."

Just when everyone thought they could declare Lt. Surge's victory, an accident happened.

When Misdreavus fell, Lt. Surge's Magnemite also fell to the ground at the same time.

No need for the host to explain; the audience had seen this skill before—it was Destiny Bond.

Ash: "Ghost-type Pokémon are so troublesome."

Grudge, Pain Split, Destiny Bond—they are all weird skills. Ash hates these skills the most.

Phoebe: "They are just ordinary Gastly and Misdreavus, but in Morty's hands, they perform no worse than Gengar and Mismagius. Morty's level of commanding Ghost-type Pokémon is truly admirable."

Morty: "Not at all, I'm not as good as you, Elite Four Phoebe, say."

Eusine: "She's not talking about you, she's talking about the Morty in that world!"

【Fifth match, Sabrina vs. Bugsy.】

【Psychic vs. Bug battle.】

【As soon as the battle started, Bugsy launched a fierce offensive. His Scyther beat Sabrina's Mr. Mime so badly it couldn't even fight back.】

【Mr. Mime barely dodged a Fury Cutter, and Bugsy immediately switched in a new Pokémon—Heracross.】

【"Signal Beam."】

Koga: "Wait, Sabrina, is your performance too poor? Even worse than my daughter Janine's. I'm very disappointed in you."

Sabrina: "You're disappointed in me? Are you the League Chairman? Or the boss of Kanto? Heh."

Lt. Surge: "Don't be like that, Sabrina. In that world, we are partners."

Sabrina: "Partners? Are you two proud of becoming Team Rocket? Chairman Goodshow, I want to report them, they have a favorable impression of Team Rocket."

Chairman Goodshow: "..."

Koga, Lt. Surge: "..."

【Host, the other Kanto Gym Leaders have basically concluded that Sabrina is going to lose.】

【Just at this moment, the reversal came.】

【Mr. Mime first used Confusion to attack Heracross, and Heracross used Endure to defend. Heracross, after Endure ended, prepared to give Mr. Mime the final blow, but when it rushed in front of Mr. Mime, it was suddenly bounced away.】

【It wasn't just Heracross that was hindered; Bugsy discovered that he was the same. A transparent wall had appeared in front of him out of nowhere.】

【At this time, Sabrina and Mr. Mime stepped into the air step by step to a high place. Looking down from above, Sabrina looked coldly at Bugsy below.】

【At this time, Bugsy also discovered that he was trapped in a mysterious room.】

【While his Bug-type Pokémon were attacking wildly, Mr. Mime was taking hits and dodging attacks, while simultaneously building a transparent room. Now, the room was complete.】

【"Now, there is a room here that only I can see. Walking up the stairs is the second floor. This is the hallway. The room you are in has an exit, you can try to find it."】

Mina: "Sister Sabrina is killing the heart after killing the person. She could have not built an exit, but she insisted on building one."

Ash: "Is Mr. Mime that strong?"

Misty: "Is Ash tempted? Do you want to trade for the Mr. Mime at home? Don't even think about it, you can't learn this battle style."

Bugsy: "Wait, can it be played like this?"

He had already prepared the champagne, just waiting for the moment of victory, but then...

【Bugsy finally understood why Mr. Mime performed so miserably during the battle. This guy was actually secretly building a room, but it was too late to understand now.】

【Unable to find the exit, there was no other way, Bugsy had to force it. He prepared to let Heracross use Tackle to smash the room.】

【Heracross was still maintaining the state of Endure and hadn't acted for a long time. At this time, Bugsy was already a bit anxious.】

【"Not Endure, I told you to Tackle!"】

【"Could it be!"】

【"It's Encore."】

【Heracross was hit by Encore and could only repeatedly use the Endure skill. Everything was over.】

Lance: "Our Kanto Gym Leaders are amazing! Sigh, if it weren't for Janine causing trouble, we would already have three wins."

Five duels, three wins and one draw—this is basically stable.

What a pity.

Clair: "Our Kanto? Heh, you're becoming more and more like a Kanto person now."

Lance: "What do you mean like? I am a Kanto person!"

He was just born in Johto by accident; Kanto is Lance's true home.

Jasmine: "Ya ya ya, we must win two of the remaining three matches. Let me see who is left."

Falkner: "Gary vs. Chuck, Blaine vs. Clair, Erika vs. Pryce."

Whitney: "Then it's stable. We can win at least two of the remaining three matches."