Chapter 178: Save Me, my lord Mamen! I am Su Jun, Dare You Slap Me

"Shorty, today big sister will teach you Haohaojiao Sect how to speak."

A thick malice filled Li Hua's lips as two streaks of Bai Guang flashed before her.

A powerful Mightyena and a Umbreon appeared before Li Hua.

Indeed, Li Hua was a trainer specializing in the Dark type.

"Hmph! Seize them for me!"

Chakra sneered and waved his arm to give the order.

The Team Rocket members behind Chakra all released their Pokémon; Murkrow, Rattata, Arbok, and other Pokémon completely surrounded Li Hua and the other person.

"A mob of rabble."

Li Hua smoothed her own long curly hair, paying this no mind whatsoever.

Chakra's face remained gloomy; this woman was simply too arrogant!

He just wanted to see if, after they caught her, she could still wear that same arrogant face!

However...

The situation was clearly somewhat unexpected to Chakra; although they held an absolute numerical advantage, the moment Arbok and the other Pokémon launched their attacks.

Two Dark Pulses from the opposing Mightyena and Umbreon came crashing down, and Team Rocket's lineup simply could not hold out at all.

With just two Dark Pulse strikes, Team Rocket's Pokémon were already lying all over the ground, not a single one standing.

Chakra's face turned extremely ugly as he looked at Li Hua and the two Pokémon before her with shock and uncertainty.

"Shorty, it seems your subordinates are a bit weak; do you want to come and fight personally?"

Li Hua's smile carried a touch of mockery as she looked at Chakra with amusement.

"Or should you tuck your tail and run? With your build, you should be quite fast at rolling away, right?"

"What are you being so arrogant about?!"

Chakra was instantly provoked, glaring at Li Hua; he was already short-tempered and easily angered.

"Defeating these useless things, are you very proud? Stinky woman, I am not the same as them."

Chakra coldly opened four Poké Balls, and a massive Steelix landed before Chakra.

And beside the Steelix, there were three Pineco.

"Oh?" Li Hua lazily tilted her head.

"Let you witness with your own eyes the power of me, the head of Team Rocket's Three Beasts!"

Chakra proudly raised his head; although no matter how he stood on his tiptoes, his height was a hard flaw, and his appearance was like that of a child.

"Tsk~ Then I must take a good look." Li Hua crossed her arms, making sounds of wonder.

"Hmph! Open your eyes wide and watch!"

Chakra was very confident; after all, he was just an unknown nobody; in the entire Kanto region, besides the Kanto Elite Four, who could be Chakra's opponent?

Before my lord Mamen arrives, take down these two fellows first!

When the four of Mamen arrived at Saffron Island, the scene that came into view made even Mamen fall silent.

Those ordinary Team Rocket members, one by one, were all squatting to the side, not daring to lift their heads.

And Chakra...

Chakra, with a panda eye glaring, was tied up hand and foot and thrown on the ground, looking as wretched as one could possibly look.

This...

May and Tamaki's expressions were somewhat strange; wasn't Team Rocket the strongest evil organization in the Kanto region? Even the Kanto League couldn't do anything about Team Rocket.

"my lord Mamen!! my lord Mamen, save me!"

Chakra was feeling extremely aggrieved; when he saw Mamen and the others landing on the island, Chakra seemed to see a savior and immediately howled at Mamen.

"..."

Mamen looked at Chakra speechlessly; he never expected that Chakra would be so utterly pathetic.

However, seeing Li Hua and Lance, Mamen roughly understood.

If it were only Lance, even if Chakra couldn't win, there would be a chance he could escape.

But the power gap between Chakra and Li Hua was simply too great; he couldn't run even if he wanted to.

"Hmm? Yo~ young man, we meet again."

Li Hua was scrolling on her phone; when she heard Chakra's voice, she looked up, saw Mamen, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, waved her small hand, and greeted Mamen with a smile.

"Indeed, very fated, beauty."

Mamen stepped forward a few paces, glancing at the Mightyena and Umbreon prostrated at Li Hua's feet.

"I didn't expect such a handsome and sunny young man to be a member of Team Rocket; this is truly unexpected."

Li Hua tilted her head, feigning a surprised expression.

Although at the start she had a feeling that this chance encounter with Mamen was no ordinary person, Li Hua truly never thought of Team Rocket.

Moreover, judging by how this shorty Chakra addressed him and his attitude, it seemed this young man held a very high status in Team Rocket.

"There are many unexpected things in the world; since we have at least met once, beauty, can you release my subordinate first?"

"Although he made a fool of himself in front of you, he is after all a high-ranking executive of our organization."

Mamen glanced at Chakra.

"Since it is you, young man, who asks, of course it is possible."

Li Hua's narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and then she revealed a beautiful smile.

The Xatu beside Lance's eyes lit up with blue light; under the control of Psychic power, the ropes on Chakra's body fell away.

Chakra quickly stood up and ran to Mamen's side.

"Mammon, my lord, I'm very sorry."

Chakra hadn't expected that he too would one day be defeated and captured, and his face really couldn't take it.

Mainly because he truly hadn't expected the woman on the other side to actually be this strong.

His trump card Steelix was taken out of the fight by a single Flamethrower from that Houndoom, and Forretress and their Self-Destruct—

At first it really did ambush the Umbreon, but only at first.

After Lihua's side was prepared, Forretress's Self-Destruct simply never managed to hit Houndoom or Umbreon.

Chakra wasn't an upright person; he was ruthless, so upon discovering this he directly had Forretress charge at Lihua and the other one in person to use Self-Destruct.

However, before Forretress could even get over, Houndoom's attacks would intercept it directly, and Kazuki's Xatu wasn't just for show either.

Then without any suspense, Chakra was captured…

"Remember this lesson, go down."

Mammon nodded. This failure wasn't necessarily a bad thing for Chakra; it could let Chakra rein in his arrogance and conceit a little.

Chakra's face was ugly and dark, and he retreated to one side, glaring at Lihua with vicious eyes.

Lihua raised an eyebrow. This little shorty actually still dares to glare at me??

"Beautiful lady, although I don't really want to clash with you, I also heard Chakra say that you attacked our Team Rocket people, and now then…"

Mammon looked at Lihua and Kazuki once more.

"You're waiting for Lugia here, aren't you?"

"That's right, young man. Lugia is very important to us. Could you do us the favor, young man?"

Lihua still wore a smiling, pleasant look. Although she knew Mammon was no simple matter, Lihua was very confident in her own strength.

"You want to capture Lugia?" Mammon countered.

"If I can capture it, of course that would be best." Lihua neither affirmed nor denied.

"In that case, I have to say I'm sorry. My target is also Lugia." Mammon expressed regret.

"I see, then what a pity. It seems I'll still have to have a little exchange with you, young man."

Lihua slowly stood up, casually and naturally smoothing her ash-blue long curly hair, very charming.

But while speaking, Lihua's eyes were full of eagerness to try; she was very interested in Mammon.

"I wonder if you can satisfy me, young man? If you're like this little shorty just now, I'll be very disappointed."

The corners of Lihua's mouth gradually rose, a hint of malice surfacing.

She loved a good show, and she also loved interesting people and things. Now she was very curious about Mammon.

But if this man's strength was lacking, that would really disappoint Lihua.

"I see. Then how about we make a bet?"

A Poké Ball spun lightly at Mammon's fingertip as he suggested to Lihua with a smile.

"Oh?"

Lihua grew interested.

"If you defeat me, I'll immediately take my people and leave. From now on, whenever Team Rocket sees you, we'll treat you as honored guests."

"But if I defeat you, beautiful lady, you join Team Rocket and become one of us. How about it?"

Mammon put forward One's Own Thoughts.

Hearing this, Lihua narrowed her eyes slightly, her mind constantly weighing the gains and losses.

"Young man, this bet isn't equal at all, is it?"

Lihua slowly spoke.

If she defeated Mammon, then Mammon was supposed to take his people and leave anyway—why else would he stay?

But if she lost, she'd have to join Team Rocket and work for them. How could there be such a thing?

"Then what would you like, beautiful lady?" Mammon didn't argue.

"If I win, you have to assist me in capturing Lugia, and in the future whenever I need Team Rocket's help, you have to give me your full assistance too, young man."

"If I lose, just as you said, I'll join Team Rocket."

Lihua stated her thoughts; she had already thought it through carefully.

The task the Masked Man gave them was to capture the two traitors Blue and Silver, with the focus on Blue.

If they couldn't be caught, they had to find Ho-Oh and Lugia.

But honestly, both tasks were very difficult for Lihua and Kazuki. The Kanto region was so big, and there were only the two of them, plus Blue and Silver's counter-surveillance skills were both excellent.

Wanting to find them was easier said than done.

As for finding Ho-Oh and Lugia… better not to mention it.

But with Team Rocket's resources, it would be different! Wasn't this lead on Lugia found by Team Rocket?

"No problem."

Mammon grinned and tossed a gold badge toward Lihua.

Lihua subconsciously caught it, glanced at it, and looked at Mammon in confusion. What did this mean?

Chakra, on the other hand, upon seeing this badge, his eyes went wide!

"This is our Team Rocket top executive badge, its status even above that of a senior executive. Not bad treatment, beautiful lady, right?"

Mammon smiled very happily. Not bad, not bad, picked up another top executive.

"…Young man, are you assuming I'll join? You're quite confident, aren't you? Or should I say, you look down on me?"

Lihua toyed with the gold badge for a moment, looking at Mammon with amusement.

She, Lihua, was at least personally raised by the Masked Man, the strongest person in the Masked Organization besides the Masked Man himself.

"It's not that I look down on you, but the outcome is already decided."

Mammon opened the two Poké Balls in his hand.

A majestic Suicune landed coolly to Mammon's front-left, while a bizarre and terrifying Annihilape landed to Mammon's front-right.

"Suicune? Interesting."

Lihua recalled her Umbreon and switched in Weavile. In the previous battle against Chakra, Umbreon had taken two Self-Destructs, so its condition wasn't full.

Although Weavile is four-times weak to Fighting, Lihua was confident that Annihilape couldn't touch her Weavile.

The main thing was still that majestic, noble Suicune — this was a legendary Pokémon; she hadn't expected Mammon to have actually caught one.

As expected, this man is very special!

Lihua licked her lips, the corners of her mouth slowly curving upward.

"Houndoom! Flamethrower!"

"Weavile! Fake Out!"

Lihua decisively took the initiative to attack first.

Red flames gathered in Houndoom's mouth, and a blazing inferno shot viciously toward Annihilape.

Meanwhile, Weavile lowered its body and sprinted at high speed toward Suicune; boosted by Fake Out, its speed was astonishingly fast.

Smack!

Weavile slapped Suicune right across the face with one claw.

Suicune's eyes instantly turned ice-cold — or rather, gloomy.

Damn it! I'm Suicune! How dare you slap me?!

Got a death wish or what?!

(End of chapter)