Chapter 158: If You Want Me to Quit Team Rocket, You Kill Them and I'll Quit

"Siega!"

Steven looked up at the black-haired girl seated on the back of Salamence, his demeanor solemn and grave.

Siega of the Meteor People, and Steven had already learned of his and Siega's feud from Zofuqi Mulin.

"Champion Steven, how does it feel to lose a father?"

Siega watched Steven with composure, her smile growing more brazen.

"That fellow Zofuqi Mulin actually has some backbone; he went and threw himself into prison."

Although it seemed like praise for Zofuqi Mulin, anyone could hear the mockery in Siega's words.

Cynthia and the others remained silent; they did not dare speak on such matters.

Morally speaking, Zofuqi Mulin was entirely in the wrong; whether it was using machinery to forcibly capture Rayquaza or causing the innocent Siega to die in battle, these were all grave crimes.

"Siega, I know about that matter; you can rest assured, I will definitely seek justice for your sister."

Steven took a deep breath and promised Siega in a low voice.

Even though Zofuqi Mulin was his father, Steven understood that Zofuqi Mulin was wrong in this matter, and terribly so.

"Justice? What justice?"

Siega sneered.

"I can accompany you to arrest everyone involved in this matter, but Siega, I ask that you quit Team Rocket."

Steven gazed at Siega.

"I can understand your desire to avenge your sister, but Team Rocket is absolutely not a suitable path."

"What can you understand?"

Upon hearing this, Siega could not help but laugh; it was a mocking laugh.

But immediately, Siega's eyes rolled, and the curve of her lips rose even higher.

"Champion Steven, since you want me to quit Team Rocket and you want to help me, then help me with two things, and I will agree."

Siega crossed her arms, the malice on her lips being exactly the same as Mamon's.

"Speak." Although Steven sensed this, he had no choice.

Siega... in Steven's eyes was the most pitiful; she had originally possessed such a wonderful future.

With her talent, she could have had a very bright future, but because of her father and the actions of some greedy people, she fell into the abyss.

Steven really wanted to help her.

"Besides your father Zofuqi Mulin, the Belliriz family of Sinnoh, the Johto Pokémon Association, and the Great Mauville Company were also involved in this matter."

Siega's expression was very dark.

Hearing this, Cynthia's expression changed slightly; Belliriz?

"The Great Mauville Company went bankrupt long ago when competing with your Devon Corporation, but Belliriz and the Johto Pokémon Association are still around."

"Steven, aren't you going to help me? As long as you help me destroy these two factions, I will quit Team Rocket, how about that?"

The words of the Meteor People girl echoed in everyone's ears, causing Steven and the others to have solemn demeanors.

"..."

Steven's expression fluctuated; with his strength, destroying Belliriz and the Johto Pokémon Association was certainly achievable.

But how could he do it?

Why did he want to save Siega? It was because he did not want her to take extreme actions and ruin her own future.

But if he did these two things, how would he be any different from the current Siega?

"Siega, if the Belliriz family really was involved in this matter, I promise you in the name of the Sinnoh Champion that I will seek justice for you."

Cynthia spoke to Siega with a serious demeanor.

She really did not know about this matter; in fact, her impression of the Belliriz family had always been quite good.

She even had very high hopes for the current Young Lady of Belliriz, Platinum Belliriz (Dawn), because she was a very talented and positive girl.

But if the Belliriz family had really participated in the 'Rayquaza Capture Plan', she would absolutely pursue the matter to the end as an official duty.

"As for the Johto Pokémon Association matter, I will also report it to the Kanto League; Kanto will definitely give you an explanation."

Giovanni also spoke in a low voice, but he was actually laughing inside.

If the people of the Johto Pokémon Association were exposed for such a matter, not to mention others, the two 'madmen' Drake and Lorelei would absolutely not let the Johto Pokémon Association off.

Who knows what extreme things those two might do; Chancellor Drake would definitely have a headache.

"Hehe~" Siega snickered twice; she was just teasing these people anyway.

"Send them to prison? I don't need such help."

"As for you..."

Siega looked at Steven and the others, her lips curling high.

"Mamon said to treat you well today."

"Salamence!"

Roar~!!

Salamence's dragon roar resounded, a rainbow-colored evolution light flashed, and Mega Salamence appeared.

The next moment, Mega Salamence shook its head, and a pure Dragon Pulse shot out.

"Flamethrower!"

Charizard spread its wings and rose up, a powerful Flamethrower meeting it head-on.

Flamethrower and Dragon Pulse clashed heavily in mid-air, then exploded, sending a powerful shockwave sweeping outward.

"Hmm?"

Siega narrowed her eyes slightly; her ace Salamence, after Mega Evolution, possessed extremely formidable strength.

And this Charizard's Flamethrower actually blocked it directly?

"Champion Leon of the Galar region? He's quite formidable."

Cynthia looked at the young man with tanned skin; she had not seen him in Mauville City last time.

That must be Champion Leon of the Galar region.

"Cynthia, I still hope you can come to your senses. Hatred cannot be severed; if you only seek to resolve the hatred in your heart through extremes, your life will only fall into an endless vortex."

Steven still tried his best to persuade Cynthia to turn back; in his view, hatred only breeds hatred, ultimately without end.

"Is it not enough to let them repent in prison cells for a lifetime?"

"It is not enough!!"

The response to Steven was the sharp, even grating 'roar' of the descendant of the Meteor People.

The girl's voice, full of resentment, made Steven pause in surprise.

Her eyes were red now, as if gazing at Steven, or perhaps looking at the late Cynthia who had died back then.

The ancient Gao Ta, the shattered earth, and... the lifeless girl.

"My sister died! Why did she have to die!!!"

"Roar!!"

Mega Salamander raised its head high; pure Dragon-type energy condensed into a sphere, and the Draco Meteor, seeming to contain the myriad phenomena of the stars, shot straight into the sky.

Boom!!

The Draco Meteor burst at its peak, scattering Dragon Meteors across the sky, each trailing a small tail of flame as they fell, resembling a brilliant meteor shower.

Boom! Boom!!

The Draco Meteor crashed down; the Dragon Meteors falling onto the sea surface continued to explode, causing the originally calm sea to surge violently, with waves rising one after another.

Charizard continuously blocked the falling Dragon Meteors one by one, yet it was still running itself ragged.

Silently, Cynthia released Garchomp to help; otherwise, some of these Dragon Meteors would inevitably fall near them.

Nemona looked at Cynthia with complex, sympathetic eyes; to be honest, Cynthia's situation left her at a loss. She dared not think: if her own sister had encountered Cynthia's situation, what would she have become?

Nemona had never thought such a thing existed in the world.

"Blood... must be repaid with blood!"

Cynthia's pupils refocused, her cold gaze staring down at the few people below.

The last few Dragon Meteors were also intercepted by Charizard and Garchomp.

"I will make them all regret what happened back then!"

The descendant's cold declaration made Steven involuntarily take a deep breath.

"I am sorry, Cynthia."

He was actually somewhat lost too; was Cynthia, who wanted to avenge her innocent sister, wrong?

Steven did not know, especially since his own father was a participant in the incident back then.

But what Steven knew was that today, as the Cynthia of Team Rocket, he had to defeat her.

"Metagross!"

Steven threw out his ace, Metagross; the Key Stone shone, and evolution light lit up on Metagross's body.

Shortly after, Mega Metagross appeared.

"As expected, you have also mastered Mega Evolution?" Cynthia was not too surprised.

"Perhaps whatever I say now you will not listen to; if that is the case, then let us decide the outcome!" Steven said in a deep voice.

"I will defeat you, and then take you back to Ever Grande City!"

"Can you do it?" Cynthia sneered.

Mega Salamander roared at Mega Metagross; Mega Metagross stared coldly at Mega Salamander with its cold eyes.

"Then come."

Cynthia glanced around, her gaze fixed on a small island not far away, and she patted Mega Salamander.

Mega Salamander flew toward the small island.

"Everyone, I'll leave this place to you for now."

Steven looked at Cynthia and the others.

"Rest assured." Leon responded solemnly.

"Champion Steven, do you need help?" Nemona felt she still had to ask.

Cynthia's strength was indeed very formidable.

"No need. As the Champion of Hoenn... I owe her an apology. Regardless, this is a responsibility I must bear; I will defeat her!"

Steven said in a deep voice; he mounted Mega Metagross, which floated up and chased in Cynthia's direction.

Watching Steven and Metagross's figures land on the island, Nemona, for some reason, wanted to sigh.

Clearly, she had never had such complex emotions before.

"Seniors, was Cynthia wrong?"

Nemona could not help but ask her three seniors beside her about the confusion in her heart.

Cynthia remained silent.

"Human hearts... are the most unpredictable; what a sin this is," Gao Ang sighed in a low voice.

"She is not wrong," Leon frowned: "But she is also not right."

Leon shook his head; he could only say this.

"The ones who are wrong are those who committed sins for their own selfish desires; they... are not needed by this world."

Cynthia said in a low voice; hearing Cynthia's resentful cry of 'Why did she have to die', Cynthia did not even know what her own emotions were.

The corners of this world are, after all, far too dark.

"Champion Cynthia, speak cautiously," the Dragon Emperor reminded in a low, helpless voice.

Although he himself felt a touch of that emotion now, as a man, he remained ultimately more rational.

The Pokémon League advocates benevolent rule, but to be honest, the Dragon Emperor suddenly felt that perhaps this was not entirely correct.

Cynthia fell silent.

Nemona's expression remained somewhat bewildered. Giovanni glanced at the three of them, the corner of his lips lifting imperceptibly. How interesting.

Wooo—!!

And just then, a low, mournful wail drifted from the distant horizon, a deep sound as if coming from ancient times.

"It's here!"

The Dragon Emperor's eyes sharpened as he gazed at the King of the Deep, flapping its wings and approaching from the distant sky.

Groudon! It's here!

Almost instantly, Giovanni felt a certain Poké Ball on his person begin to tremble slightly.

Second update. Rest assured, rest assured, what wasn't written yesterday will be made up!

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