Chapter 198: Illustration: Since You Asked Sincerely!

Evacuate immediately!

Yes, but, the representative…

After a brief pause, a reply came from the other side. "Speak!"

"Do you really not need me to kill and silence anyone to eliminate future trouble?"

Furadali Research Institute,

Furadali, a flamboyant redhead whose presence commands respect without anger, heard the words and his expression suddenly darkened.

At this moment he was like an enraged male lion—cold, domineering, nothing like the kindness and enthusiasm he showed when speaking with Ash.

Since the Giant Stone capture plan failed, Furadali changed his strategy,

instead having the experts he had been secretly training seize other people's mega evolution stones, hoping to replace the Giant Stone as an energy source by sheer quantity.

However,

Furadali ultimately pursues the ideal of eradicating evil and forging a perfect new world,

so when faced with the virtuous Junsha, he naturally had no intention of killing to silence.

"Are you teaching me how to act?"

Furadali's tone was flat, revealing no hint of joy or anger, yet that single retort made the dwarf man break into a cold sweat.

"I dare not!"

Even without being beside Furadali, the green‑haired dwarf still knelt on one knee.

At that moment, suddenly… the evolution key stone on his arm began flashing at an even more exaggerated rate, and he instinctively shouted at Furadali.

"Wait, the representative…"

"Do you want to die?"

This time, as Furadali spoke, anger already tinged his voice.

"I don't dare; there are other ultra evolution stones approaching."

"Hmph! Let me test you—if your strength is inferior, I'll seize it back together!"

Bang!

As the call ended,

the dwarf instantly placed the Giant Swamp Monster mega evolution stone he had just obtained into the small compartment of his waist bag.

He glanced at Junsha, who lay on the ground bound like a rice dumpling, and showed a regretful expression,

Such an excellent trophy—it's a pity not to kill for it!

But…

Junsha may not kill, but that doesn't mean Junsha's Pokemon can't.

His gaze shifted to the fallen Electric Beast.

Having already triggered its survival mechanism, any further attack now would guarantee death.

"Sorry, I don't like people taller than me, and Pokemon are the same, so please go die! Razor Leaf!"

As the dwarf man's words fell,

Victreebel immediately activated Razor Leaf, intending to slice the Electric Beast into pieces of flesh,

At the very brink,

Stop!

Three silhouettes appeared before the dwarf, accompanied by a red beam!

"Sonaas!"

Razor Leaf was thrust forward, but a blue‑jelly‑like Guoranweng caught and rebounded it.

Victreebel was hit by the double‑return, tumbling back five or six meters.

Seeing this, the dwarf's eyes narrowed, and he instinctively stepped back several paces.

"Who are you?!"

"Since you asked sincerely and earnestly!"

"We shall now generously tell you!"

"To prevent the world from being destroyed!"

"For…"

Just as Team Rocket stepped forward, the dwarf realized they were merely striking poses, not paying any attention to him.

A fleeting glance at the after‑glow revealed that on the hot‑air balloon where the trio had descended, a grass‑green core housed a dark‑green ultra evolution stone raw ore,

"This should be the Lizard King's mega evolution stone, right?"

Great! Adding the Blaziken mega evolution raw stone he found nearby, the starter Pokémon ultra evolution stones from Fengyuan are now complete.

What delighted him even more was that he could actually use this Lizard King evolution stone.

He commanded Victreebel to snatch the raw stone with its vine whip.

The clueless Team Rocket trio, still striking poses, hopped onto Victreebel and turned to run.

"That's it! Meow!"

"Sonaas!"

"Huh? Where are the people?!"

"Damn bastard! What a coward."

"That's not right, Meow, where's the ultra evolution stone we picked up?!"

"You little bastard, return our ultra evolution stone!"

Musashi instantly erupted in anger, leading the charge toward the direction the dwarf man fled.

Hearing the commotion behind him, the dwarf man turned his head and immediately saw Musashi rushing up quickly.

Damn, why are you still chasing me!!

What's even more bewildering is how a human can run faster than a Champion-level Venusaur?!

Solar Beam!

During the run, as the light of the Venusaur's flower bud condensed and accumulated to a certain extent,

The Venusaur flicked its tail, lowered its head, and steadily aimed its flower bud at the approaching Musashi.

Musashi was terrified, his body tilting as he braked, but behind him, Xiaocilang and Miaomiao rushed forward.

A dazzling emerald-green beam swept across,

Boom!

The light exploded, a sonic boom rang out, instantly sending Team Rocket into the sky.

What an awful feeling!

Our Mega Stones!!

Not far away, Ash and the others, who had personally seen the explosion's fire shoot into the sky and Team Rocket rise into the air, were dumbfounded.

Team Rocket!!

At the same time,

As the Mega Stone about to be obtained was stored into the waist pouch, the Key Stone on his wrist continued to flash.

The dwarf man was instantly dumbfounded—are there still Mega Stones nearby?

Did he kick a Mega Stone nest?

Meanwhile, after Venusaur warned that someone was approaching, the dwarf man looked left and right, then quickly found a dense thicket to hide in.

When Ash arrived at the scene, using Waveguide Power he sensed the ambushing dwarf man,

As well as the stopped Team Rocket hot air balloon nearby, the bound Junsha, and the defeated Thunder Beast.

He plucked the Flower of Time,

By reversing time and space, he discovered the dwarf man's earlier actions, and his Mind suddenly understood.

This guy was coveting their Mega Stones.

Thinking that if it weren't for Fuladali and Team Rocket intervening twice, this guy would have planned to massacre Junsha and the Thunder Beast, Ash's heart surged with a flash of anger.

At the same time,

Seeing Ash in his crimson attire lost in thought, the others were oblivious, not noticing themselves.

The dwarf man immediately gave an order to the Venusaur.

Venusaur, Solar Beam!

Bond Evolution!

As Ash's mind moved, four streams of water like water guns swiftly gathered from beneath the Kouga Ninja Frog, spreading like blossoms and shooting outward in all directions,

and again, under the pull of mysterious power, they bent upward, swirling into a large water ball, finally condensing behind the Bond Kouga Ninja Frog into a transparent huge water-hilt sword!

(Picture shows the Bond Kouga Ninja Frog; listeners interested can pause to view.)

Bond Kouga Ninja Frog!!!

All along the way,

The Kouga Ninja Frog had defeated countless passing Pokémon by the roadside, so it still retained a status boost of +6 to all attributes!

Eh?!

What happened?!

Clemont and the others stared dumbfounded at the suddenly evolved Bond Kouga Ninja Frog.

While explaining with words to everyone,

Acrobatics!

Ash's command was almost instantly transmitted to the Kouga Ninja Frog via Waveguide.

Using Waveguide Power to lock onto the opponent's position,

The Kouga Ninja Frog forcefully stomped, leaving a dent in the ground, and its body instantly became like an arrow released from a bow,

creating a sonic boom, it swiftly rushed toward the grass patch where the Venusaur was.

In the blink of an eye, the Kouga Ninja Frog, its whole body covered in azure-white flight energy, had already arrived near the Venusaur's hidden grass patch.

Before the Solar Beam was fired,

A punch, enjoying a 2.25x flying-type bonus, smashed hard into the Venusaur's lower jaw; the immense force directly overturned the unprepared Venusaur.

How did you find me?

And this one-of-a-kind Kouga Ninja Frog… damn, it's really Ash!!

His gaze locked onto Ash in the crimson outfit, aloof and unfriendly, with a cocky expression, and the dwarf man was dumbfounded……

Is this Ash?