Chapter 642

Although he didn't want to admit it, while Apollo and Athena might have had room to maneuver against Champions and Elite Four members,

Lance, who only had one Elite-level combatant, could not.

Damn it! He had to abandon these grunts and escape alone!

First, let Gengar create an opening!

Hearing this, Gengar condensed several Shadow Balls in its hands, intending to throw them at Steven and Su Hao.

Yet Steven remained wearing that confident smile without a single flaw, completely unbothered by Gengar's attack.

"Metagross, Meteor Mash."

Suddenly, a brilliant silver star flashed in the sky, and a vast, boundless pressure descended from the heavens. Gengar, about to throw the Shadow Balls, was left breathless by this pressure, its movements stalling.

"Metagross—"

A cold, mechanical sound rang out, and a powerful killing intent enveloped Gengar.

Immediately, a silver meteor fell from the sky.

Amidst the gasps of the Clefairy tribe, it felt as if the legend of the falling star at Mt. Moon was being reenacted in this very moment.

The Shiny Metagross was wrapped in rolling air currents; to it, air resistance was nearly non-existent. The tips of its four downward-facing front claws glowed with brilliant starlight, and against the backdrop of a silver flame tail, it crashed down with a boom!

And that Gengar, which had been so arrogant before Su Hao, lay in a terrifying crater, having been directly beaten into a state of severe injury by this single Meteor Mash.

Seeing Gengar crushed by Metagross without even putting up a decent resistance, Lance realized the situation was lost; his legs went weak, and he nearly knelt.

As a Team Rocket executive, his missions rarely involved encountering true powerhouses of the League. Having always bullied the weak, he had never understood why Apollo and Athena were so wary of Elite Four members and Champions.

Now, he understood.

This group represented the peak combat power of the League; he was no match for them!

"As expected of me, strong and impressive."

Having completed the solo kill, Metagross floated quietly beside Steven. Under the moonlight, its silver body and cold, crimson eyes flowing with data streams looked simply incredibly cool.

"Damn, that's kind of cool."

At this moment, the survivor Su Hao completely

understood why the Shiny silver Metagross was sought after by so many people.

It was stylish and its strength was off the charts!

Lance gritted his teeth, just as he was about to throw out a few Pokémon even weaker than his Crobat to buy time for his escape—

With a high-pitched dragon roar that shook the earth, small orange wings whipped up a gale. The violent wind pressure, accompanied by a powerful Dragon Aura, pinned the fleeing Lance to the ground.

And that gale seemed to target only Gengar and Lance, avoiding Su Hao, Steven, Metagross, and the Clefairy tribe under the orange dragon's exquisite control.

"This ends here, Team Rocket!"

A tall, handsome man with red hair jumped down from the sky just like Steven, his cape flapping loudly in the wind.

Without a doubt, he was the Flying... Dragon-type Elite Four of the Kanto region, known as the Dodo... ah no, known as Lance, the Pokémon League Senior Investigator, Lance.

The invincible Dragon Master who had flown here from the Indigo Plateau in just fifteen minutes.

That orange figure was his ace—Dragonite.

At this moment, these two great gods had Lance caught in a pincer move, leaving him with no way to heaven and no door to earth.

Time passed in a flash.

At three in the morning, the follow-up Officer Jenny brigade quickly took into custody a total of 20 Team Rocket members, led by Lance.

At the same time, the wreckage of a crashed plane was discovered on a cliff below Mt. Moon; all personnel inside, except for Lance, had perished, leaving no remains.

At this time, Su Hao, whose Aura of Viridian had recovered somewhat, began to treat the Clefairy tribe—who had helped him block the fierce winds and were injured by Lance's Pokémon—under the surprised gazes of the Nurse Joys.

"Aura of Viridian...... is it?"

Lance stood with his arms crossed, deep in thought.

This power could only be obtained by those chosen and blessed by Viridian Forest.

"You're a bit late. If I hadn't been nearby, the man who held off this executive Lance for over ten minutes would have been in grave danger."

Steven leaned against the wall, eyes closed, uttering words that poked at Lance's heart.

"You're still as sharp-tongued as ever." Lance helplessly stroked his spiked red hair, the self-reproach in his tone evident. "But...... you're right. If I had been faster, this young man wouldn't have had to face this danger alone."

"The decision regarding compensation and rewards for his outstanding contribution in the operation to capture the four Team Rocket executives will be made soon."

"Speaking of which, I remember you came to the Kanto region not just to search for rare ores, but also for that other matter, right?"

"A suitable Trainer—don't you think he's right in front of us?"

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Lance, Dragonite preparing to use a move, Gigantamax Centiskorch.