Chapter 1217: GT—003

"Bastard... bastard, you actually made me, Young Master Ian, suffer such a huge humiliation. I'll kill you, I must kill you!"

Realizing that the shame and anger of having been scared into wetting himself had completely overwhelmed his fear, Ian glared hatefully at the unremarkable man before him and shouted: "Sophia! What on earth did Father have you become my bodyguard for? Are you still going to hold back!?"

Sophia's brows were tightly locked. She had originally wanted to avoid a conflict that would be difficult to resolve with Beedrill; after all, having her trump card seen by this brainless young master might lead him to spread word of the experimental subjects everywhere, and then she would have to wipe his memory again.

If she kept wiping it, this guy might truly become a vegetable.

But his existence was necessary for the Master's concealment within the Great Britain Alliance. At the very least, he could not be allowed to die right now, even if it meant he ended up completely brain-damaged—

The moment Su Hao sensed something was wrong and intended to have Metagross use Psychic to forcibly suppress Sophia, the Poké Ball at her waist opened automatically.

A humanoid insect Pokémon covered in purple armor and carrying a cannon on its back blocked her path. High-frequency buzzing sounds radiated outward, blocking Metagross's Psychic.

Su Hao's pupils constricted, and he was shocked internally: "Genesect!"

He had guessed that this female bodyguard named Sophia might have a trump card, perhaps Gym-level or even Elite-level, but he never expected her trump card to be Genesect!

Pokémon: 【Genesect】

Type: 【Bug + Steel】

Gender: 【None】

Ability: 【Download】

Level: 【Gym-level Mid-stage】

Even at only Gym-level Mid-stage, as a Mythical Pokémon—and the holder of the highest base stat total among Bug-type Pokémon in their normal form, excluding Mega Evolution and Arceus with the Insect Plate—Genesect's power, like Diancie's and Zeraora's, could not be measured simply by level.

Since Sophia was Ian's bodyguard, did that mean the Dominic Company had long since colluded with the R Research Institute?

Thinking of this, Su Hao's heartbeat skipped a beat.

Sophia did not command Genesect to attack Su Hao and Metagross directly. Instead, she stopped pretending, gave Ian a look of utter disgust, and, to his look of disbelief, kicked him in the stomach, causing him to double over and retch in pain.

Recalling Beedrill, Sophia cursed: "If you, this piece of trash, caused less trouble, it wouldn't be this much of a hassle."

Sophia's kick was heavy. Ian, a pampered young master, had never suffered such hardship; he clutched his stomach and couldn't get up for a long time, muttering under his breath: "I'm going to tell my dad to fire you..."

Sophia ignored Ian's mosquito-like voice, turned to look at Su Hao, and said coldly: "Since you have already witnessed GT—003, I am sorry, but you will have to stay in this sunless tunnel forever today."

As she finished speaking, Sophia curled her finger and snapped it. The Genesect she called GT—003 turned into a streak of purple light and darted out at high speed, aiming directly for Su Hao and Metagross.

"Metagross, Meteor Mash."

Su Hao's Aura and Metagross's mental power simultaneously locked onto the Genesect flying toward them at high speed. Metagross turned into a silver meteor wrapped in dense Steel-type energy, intercepting Genesect's path.

Sophia said disdainfully: "Foolish. Dark Pulse."

The giant cannon on Genesect's back suddenly surged with pitch-black color. A Dark Pulse made of Dark-type energy surged out, and after a brief stalemate with Metagross, it blasted it into the nearby rock wall, causing the tunnel to shake violently.

Power... completely crushed!

Having finished this, Genesect's momentum didn't slow as it flew straight toward Su Hao.

Although amazed by Genesect's power, Metagross had already bought him enough time to release another Pokémon. Su Hao shouted: "Flare Blitz!"

"Graaaar!"

Incineroar, having burst from its Luxury Ball, let out a terrifying roar. A strange wave of energy rippled out, and Genesect's power was partially reduced.

Releasing the Intimidate ability was already like an instinct for Incineroar; it wouldn't affect the rhythm of its preparation for an attacking move at all.

The temperature in the narrow space rose sharply, heat waves surged, and dazzling flames swirled around Incineroar's sides. Looking closely, golden electricity danced across Incineroar's muscles; a stronger power derived between the flames and electricity. Incineroar stomped through the ground, turning into a flaming meteor as it crashed into Genesect!

"What!?"

The scene was completely beyond Sophia's expectations. She hadn't expected that Metagross wasn't the trump card of this unremarkable man, and the Flare Blitz of this newly appeared Incineroar also made her feel that something was amiss.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Sophia knew she had to eliminate this person here; otherwise, once the news was exposed, the torture awaiting her would be worse than death.

Gritting her teeth, although this thing wasn't fully developed and was still a semi-finished product—expensive to build and useless after one use—facing the fire that was poorly suited to GT—003, this was the only way.

Sophia quickly took out a blue cassette and threw it into Genesect's slot, shouting: "Techno Blast!"

Facing the incoming Incineroar, the cannon on Genesect's back immediately gathered endless water. This Water-type energy was compressed to the extreme, then turned into a terrifying torrent of energy that shot toward Incineroar.

The collision of fire and water caused a large amount of steam to rise in the surrounding space. The violent energy fluctuations made the narrow tunnel teeter on the verge of collapse, and the giant cannon on Genesect's back fell into a brief cooling period due to carrying such massive energy.

Sophia was going crazy. At the cost of an expensive water cassette, it had actually only fought to a draw with that Incineroar.

One had to know that the Techno Blast of a GT—003 loaded with a cassette was something even the Gym-level late-stage Pokémon of those geniuses at the exchange matches might not be able to easily receive!

This person, what on earth is going on!?

He doesn't look like an ordinary civilian Trainer at all...

Just then, Su Hao's voice rang out again: "Sacred Sword!"

Sophia's pupils constricted. Before she could react, Genesect, sensing the threat, chose on its own to use X-Scissor to block, but the Sacred Sword, containing sharp sword Qi, split the X-Scissor energy apart and left a deep mark directly on Genesect's indestructible steel body.

Sophia, stunned by this sudden turn of events, hesitated for a moment. Looking at Ian, who had been knocked unconscious by the shockwave, she chose to mount Genesect and flee!

This guy was not an ordinary Trainer at all; she had to return to the institute to seek reinforcements. As for Ian, she could barely save herself now, how could she care about him!

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