Chapter 186: Finding his flaw

"No matter what, we must defeat him."

"If we let him continue to stay here, the consequences will be unimaginable."

May and White described the scene from when they went to put out the fire, and everyone's expressions became very serious upon hearing it.

"How could this happen? If the Pokémon there lose the forest, they will truly have no place to live."

"So I absolutely will not allow such a thing to happen. You all feel the same, right?"

Ash asked.

Everyone nodded hurriedly, especially the owner of this place, White.

Seeing the forest turn into this state, he felt very sad. His home was in a nearby village.

He usually kept company with these wild Pokémon, and they got along very harmoniously.

He really couldn't imagine one day things turning out like this.

"No matter what, I must drive this bad guy away."

The Masked Marauder saw how confident they were and then revealed a smile.

"Since that's the case, then you can try my iron net." After speaking, he threw an iron net from the air, which could also expand infinitely.

Fortunately, after Celebi regained its freedom, it stood in front of them using tree branches.

It counted as temporarily helping them block the damage, but after the iron net crushed the branches, it chased after them again.

"This is my high-level scientific research, a tracking iron net. Catching up to you is only a matter of time. Don't harbor any delusions of escaping from my hands."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but shiver.

"What should we do? According to what he said, it seems we really have no way to leave, but I'm really so unwilling. I feel like all of this is different from what I imagined."

Misty grabbed Ash's hand in some pain.

"Don't forget our Pokémon. What are they for?"

Immediately after, they each summoned their own Pokémon, pulling the net tightly.

Ash found other Pokémon, and just at this moment, other Pokémon in the forest actually all ran out.

Celebi didn't know what it communicated with them, but they directly used their respective skills.

Those that could fly flew into the air to attack the aircraft, and those that couldn't fly only attempted to harm the Masked Marauder from below.

"Did they realize that this is the enemy they need to deal with?"

After these Pokémon attacked these people for about two rounds, Misty finally reacted.

"I think it should be like this. Otherwise, I really can't think of any other way."

"And judging by the current situation, these aren't actually powerless for us."

Ash said hurriedly, then brought his own well-trained Pokémon to help.

After a few rounds, he finally found the Masked Marauder's flaw.

Every time this guy summoned a Pokémon, he would deliberately create a bit of time for himself.

Or he would talk to divert attention so that everyone wouldn't focus on him.

In this case, he had more reaction time, and others seeing this also instantly realized: "We just need to attack his arm."

Ash summoned Bayleef, while Samuel Oak on the side summoned a living dinosaur. The two coordinated, and the Masked Marauder couldn't help but retreat upon seeing the incoming moves.

And those Pokémon weren't pushovers; there were quite a few that could fly in the sky.

Celebi's command was very effective; the damage they dealt to the aircraft was something even iron plating couldn't withstand.

"Everyone, keep it up! As long as we drive this thing away, we won't be in danger." Misty cheered for these Pokémon gently.

Celebi chattered a lot here. Although they didn't understand what was going on.

They felt like it was giving instructions to these Pokémon.

And after the Pokémon heard what Celebi said, their movements became even more fierce.

"My goodness, this might be the power of summoning. No wonder they say this is the power of the forest." The old woman in the distance saw this scene and sighed.

What was meant to come would come; after all, the appearance of Celebi would definitely attract the attention of many.

Not everyone was as kind as Ash and the others.

And there were no shortage of people like the Masked Marauder; a large wave came every year.

The old woman tried to dissuade them every time, although in the end, they all came to nothing.

But judging by the current situation, this news would definitely spread in the future.

After experiencing several rounds of attacks, the Masked Marauder finally couldn't hold on.

He then turned around, jumped onto the aircraft, took out his Poké Balls, and summoned back those Pokémon on the ground.

"I'm telling you, I will absolutely not leave. I will definitely come back."

"I'm also determined to get Celebi. Since I've discovered it, I will definitely not let it escape from the palm of my hand."

After speaking, he flew away directly in the aircraft. Although the aircraft was dilapidated, it was fortunately still able to fly.

"He finally left." Seeing the aircraft reduced to just a shadow, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief and slumped onto the ground.

And at this moment, Celebi suddenly fainted again.

"What's wrong with you, Celebi?" Samuel Oak was the first to notice this problem and ran over hurriedly.

Celebi twitched the corners of its mouth weakly toward Samuel Oak, and then didn't open its eyes.

"Hurry and take it back to the Mirror Mirror Lake of Life. I feel it's because the previous treatment wasn't thorough enough, which is why it's like this. Otherwise, all of this should have ended long ago."

Upon hearing these words, they nodded hurriedly.

"I think you're right."

Led by him, the group arrived at the Mirror Mirror Lake of Life once again. After placing Celebi down, Celebi's body regained its vitality once more.

From slowly withering at the beginning to turning grass-green later, everyone revealed relaxed expressions.

"But I feel that this incident isn't that simple, and this Masked Marauder is much more powerful than those two pieces of trash from Team Rocket." Ash analyzed calmly.

Others also nodded: "Then what if he comes back next time? And we can't stay in the forest forever."

"This person is simply a demonic villain. He doesn't take these Pokémon in the forest seriously at all. If he really comes, seeing these Pokémon..."

"Maybe he really will do something else terrible."

Just saying a few words made Misty shiver.

"Then how about this, why don't you stay here for a while longer?"

"Wait until we're sure it won't appear again before leaving, how about that? Besides, Celebi and Samuel Oak's bodies need to recover."

Traveling through time and space casually would cause irreversible damage to the body, so they didn't plan to leave for the time being.

"We originally planned to come here for training, wanting to test the combat power of wild Pokémon."

"But I didn't expect to experience such things after coming here. Even if you didn't say it, we wouldn't leave." Ash said seriously, then turned to look at the others, who all nodded.

"Then it's settled. Let's go to my house to rest first." White said while leading the way in front.