Chapter 675

After mocking them, the Team Rocket grunt walked away, leaving behind an indignant Ash and the other four people glaring at the grunt.

The air suddenly stagnated, and a gloomy atmosphere shrouded the entire iron cage.

"What should we do, Ash? If this continues, let alone the Tree of Beginning, even Lucario and the others will be in danger!"

The little boy in green with black-rimmed glasses said worriedly.

There was visible worry in his eyes...... and fear.

Max was only a few years old. The evil organization members he had seen before were either those three clowns from Team Rocket, or Team Magma and Team Aqua, who still retained a little bit of a moral bottom line.

This was his first time seeing such brutal characters as these black-clad Team Rocket members.

"Big sister is still here, Max, don't be afraid......" The flaxen-haired girl wearing a red bandana was clearly afraid herself, yet she prioritized comforting her younger brother.

May looked at the only adult beside her for help and asked, "Miss Kidd, can you think of any other way?"

The adult woman she called Kidd shook her head helplessly and waved her hand, saying, "All the communication tools I had to contact Banks, or other electronic items, have been confiscated...... even our Pokémon have been taken away by them."

"Now, we can only pray that Banks discovers he can't reach me and directly seeks help from the surrounding League police......"

"However, the most likely scenario is that he will rush here himself...... after all, that's the kind of person he is." Kidd looked up at the rock wall above, her expression very frustrated.

Having been an adventurer for so many years, she had actually been captured by Team Rocket, this notorious evil organization, and even Weavile and the others had been confiscated.

And...... that large group of Team Rocket members actually wanted to lay a hand on the Tree of Beginning; it was simply......

"What should we do...... Pikachu...... and everyone else......"

Having slammed into the iron cage for a long time, facing the cage that didn't show a single trace of bending, even someone as strong as Ash felt a hint of helplessness and despair in this situation.

Not only was Pikachu taken away by Mew, but now even Swellow, Grovyle, Corphish, and Phanpy had been snatched away by Team Rocket.

Damn it...... if only I hadn't let Charizard go back so early.

Having just defeated the legendary Pokémon Articuno with Charizard,

and after sending Charizard back to Charicific Valley, while the momentum was still high, Ash and his group had planned to strike while the iron was hot and challenge the next Battle Facility.

Unexpectedly, on the way, they heard that a festival was about to begin in Rota, and at Max's strong request, Ash and the others detoured to Rota.

Hearing that the winner of the Pokémon competition in the city could be honored as the Aura Guardian this year, Ash, who loved battling, naturally participated in this competition.

It was definitely not because he was interested in the title of Aura Guardian, hmm.

Successfully signing up for the competition and passing through all the obstacles, Ash went straight into the finals.

Facing Miss Kidd's slightly troublesome Weavile, Ash and Pikachu cooperated tacitly and successfully won!

After obtaining the title of Aura Guardian, while Ash and his group were attending the ball held inside the castle, the staff in Ash's hand, which was said to belong to the Aura Guardian Sir Aaron, suddenly emitted a brilliant light.

A Pokémon that came from the distant past and had been sleeping until now appeared in the ballroom.

Lucario, the Aura Pokémon said to have once followed the Guardian Sir Aaron.

After a conversation, Ash and his group, who discovered that the experience Lucario described did not match the legend, learned that Pikachu had actually been taken away by Mew, and decided to head to the Tree of Beginning to find Mew and bring Pikachu back.

Along the way, they experienced a series of events such as arguing, Lucario eating chocolate, and the Time Flower.

Finally, Ash and his group, who had gained Lucario's trust, arrived in front of the Tree of Beginning.

However, waiting for them there was...... the legendary Pokémon, the Rock Giant Regirock.

If it were just Regirock, it would be fine; Lucario said that his Aura faintly sensed that its power seemed to be restrained by something, so they could deal with Regirock.

But...... the sky suddenly darkened.

Countless aircraft marked with the bright red R logo, and even aerial warships, surrounded the entire Tree of Beginning.

Ash and his group could not hide under Regirock's entanglement.

Unfortunately, Team Rocket was the first to discover them.

Led by that red-haired woman who seemed to be a Team Rocket executive, strange energy bombs that incapacitated Pokémon were smashed down on their heads.

Lucario, who was entangled with Regirock, fell to the ground powerless on the spot, and Regirock was also suppressed by the Team Rocket members who arrived later.

Subsequently, they rose up to resist but were still no match for Team Rocket's technological weapons, and all of them had their Poké Balls taken away and were thrown into the iron cage.

Grabbing the bars of the iron cage, Ash slid to the ground powerlessly.

Anyone will do, come and stop Team Rocket quickly!!

"Ash......"

Just as Brock was worriedly wanting to step forward to comfort Ash, the several figures that suddenly appeared in front of the iron cage made him freeze in place.

"Who are you........"

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Setting the stage for one chapter, mainly explaining the cause and effect, otherwise everyone would be in the dark.

Serena, Sylveon Sylveon.