Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master...

With a single blow, it blew all the Pokémon away and knocked them down, then immediately turned around, grabbed Ash and Misty, and flew away into the distance.

Dragonite reached the edge of the forest at an extremely fast speed and gently placed Ash and Misty on the ground.

Once they were away from the vicinity of the Lake of Rage, Pikachu and Togepi miraculously regained their energy.

At that moment, a handsome red-haired young man jumped off the back of the Dragonite that had rescued Ash and his friends.

"Are you all alright?"

He was wearing a black and red leather uniform with a flashy black cape behind him, but his tone was very gentle.

"Yeah, it's nothing."

Although he didn't really want to be rescued, since the other party meant no harm, Ash wouldn't deliberately give them a sour look.

But he soon realized that the person in front of him looked somewhat familiar.

"I think I've seen you on TV a lot before... Excuse me, are you Mr. A-Du?"

“That invincible champion, A-Du!” Xiaoxia quickly took out the poster she had received in Asagi City from her backpack and compared it with the young man in front of her.

This poster was printed shortly after Wataru became the champion in the Johto region and returned to Kanto, where he successfully swept aside his old comrades who had given him a hard time in the past.

Having conquered both regions, A-Du earned the title of invincible champion, enjoying unparalleled fame.

"Haha, I don't know if I'm invincible, but I am indeed the Adu you're talking about."

"Great! I've finally met the legendary flying champion!"

Ash was overjoyed to finally meet Lance, whom he had always missed before.

But A-Du's expression suddenly froze. "It's the Dragon-type champion!"

"Although my team did have a bit more Flying-type Pokémon in a previous competition, there was a reason for that!"

Then it quickly repeats things like, "Flying Pokémon are great too... Why can't Dragon Tamers use Flying Pokémon...?"

Such language is difficult to understand.

When this kind of thing is mentioned, A-Du becomes noticeably more talkative.

However, at this moment, A-Du finally took a closer look at the young man in front of him.

"Hmm~, you must be Ash, right? I've been looking forward to meeting you."

As the winner of the Kanto Alliance Tournament, he also helped many regional alliances solve numerous major problems.

Ash is now quite famous in both the Kanto and Johto Leagues.

A-Lv had naturally seen Ash's picture, the League's rising star, and recognized him immediately.

"It seems I probably didn't need to help just now."

He shook hands with Ash and greeted him.

"But why are you here? Generally speaking, trainers' travel routes never pass through the Lake of Rage."

"Well... because I got lost." Ash was a little embarrassed and quickly changed the subject, asking Lance why he was there.

"I came here to fulfill my duty as a Pokémon Investigator."

"Now that I am the league champion, I naturally have to set an example, so I also serve as the league's Pokémon Investigator."

"Bringing those who abuse Pokémon power to justice is my most important task right now."

He assigned the Four Heavenly Kings to guard various regions of Johto, while he himself, as the leader of the investigators, roamed freely, maximizing the Champion's deterrent effect against evil organizations.

"This forest has been secretly sealed off by Team Rocket. They have deployed a large number of troops here and the defense is tight."

"And they've been experimenting with it for a long time. That red Gyarados we just saw was Team Rocket's creation."

"We don't know what their purpose is yet, so I have to figure out their conspiracy completely and stop them."

Recently, the Rocket teams in the Johto region have been unusually active, seemingly attacking from all sides.

The simultaneous riots in multiple locations immediately tied up the already short-staffed Alliance investigators.

A-Du suspected there might be some secret involved, so he, as the champion, personally went to deal with the Lake of Rage, the most dangerous place where Team Rocket had the largest troop deployment.

After listening to what A-Lv said, Xiao-Zhi immediately replied.

"Mr. A-Du, let us help out too."

Ash decided he couldn't stand idly by because of the appearance of that red Gyarados, and Misty nodded in agreement.

After giving Ash and his friends a long look, Lance agreed with relief, "If it's you guys, then okay."

Ash is definitely capable, and the League is indeed short-handed; every bit of help they can provide is a bonus.

[Ding! A-Du: Affection +3]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have triggered a new side quest, "Defeat the Plot": Please join Lance in stopping Team Rocket's plot!]

【奖励：联盟币+4000；攻击+2；特攻+2；自由属性点+2；随机进化石+1】

"Let's start preparing to infiltrate." Lance took out the Team Rocket uniforms that had been prepared in advance and handed them to Ash and the others.

Perhaps because he was an investigator, his first thought when carrying out a mission was to secretly infiltrate and uncover Team Rocket's conspiracy.

But Ash shook his head repeatedly.

"No, no, no, I think with the two of us there, we can just rush over and wipe them out in one fell swoop."

Why go through all that trouble?

"What should we do about Team Rocket's evil plot?"

"Finally, we just need to arrest and interrogate the leader of the base."

The people in the Pokémon world are just too kind and benevolent; they don't know anything about things like memory restoration techniques or torture.

Especially upright characters like Adu, their style of doing things is a bit too soft-hearted.

But Ash is different; he can make up for this very well.

"Lance, no one knows better than me how to interrogate Team Rocket!" Ash said confidently, shaking his Ace Accordion.

The Rockets' primary goal is to make money; they are a group of vulgar people who have lost sight of sophisticated interests and have no lofty ambitions.

Even if Giovanni wanted to conquer the world, it was just to make more money; they wouldn't have much backbone to resist Satoshi's interrogation.

"Is this... okay?"

"Trust me, I will never do something I'm not sure of."

Under Xiaozhi's strong and powerful words, Adu thought about it seriously for a while.

Although Team Rocket had sealed off the forest, he had also sent people to seal off Team Rocket.

The only gap, Kaji Town, is guarded by Uncle Liu in winter, making a direct confrontation with the enemy quite feasible.

After considering Ash's abilities and his own, Lance finally nodded.

After confirming the direction of Kaji Town with Lance, Ash immediately carried Misty and ran there.

He went to the Pokémon Center in town to trade Machamp and Gigantamax with Professor Oak, and then quickly rushed back to Lance.

"So fast!"

A-Du, who was resting under a tree, was surprised that Xiao-Zhi had returned so quickly.

"I've brought along some great helpers to reward the Rockets later. Let's hurry up and take care of them."

Chapter 294 Slipping Away is a Villain's Basic Skill

Meanwhile, at the Rockets' Rage Lake base, Tatsumi returned, cursing and swearing.

He had a really bad day. He finally spotted Gyarados on the lake, but he couldn't catch it.

They failed to catch the intruder they unexpectedly encountered and were even beaten up by someone who suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"This is unbelievable!"

Tatsumi was in a terrible mood; he didn't even want to look at the newly sent telegram from headquarters that his subordinates handed him.

"Look, look, what are you looking at!"

"Take it. If we don't catch the intruders and the mission isn't complete, we'll all get yelled at by Boss Sakaki!"

The secrets of this research were discovered by outsiders, but they didn't even know who the other party was, so it was difficult to shift the blame.

This will definitely become a stain on his chances of getting promoted!

Seeing their captain like this, the subordinates could only leave dejectedly.

But actually, if Tatsumi could pick up the telegram sent from headquarters and take a look at it right now...

He would definitely be able to find Ash's headshot on it, and he wouldn't be so troubled now.

Meanwhile, Dr. Siranu, who was causing Tatsumi even more trouble in the base, greeted him with a smile from the high platform in the center of the base.

"What is it that made our Captain Tatsumi so angry?"

"It's all because of you, you sissy who loves to tattle!"

Despite thinking this, Tatsumi forced an awkward smile and ran up to the platform.

Although the PhD is no longer the top leader in the base, he still holds a high position and great power, so it's best not to offend him if possible.

"It's nothing, on the contrary, I want to congratulate you, Dr. Syranu, your Pokémon evolution plan has finally succeeded."

Dr. Hillanu, whose movements were elegant and whose voice was slightly high-pitched, was overjoyed, but still waved his hands repeatedly.

"It's too early to be happy; the data we've collected is still incomplete."

"We need to conduct more detailed research on this guy, the only red Gyarados that has successfully evolved, and then, based on the research data, we need to complete the radio waves that work on all Pokémon."

The big screen displayed a photo of a red Gyarados that the patrolman had just taken, and Siranu let out a series of wicked laughs.

His voice was particularly unpleasant, which was one of the reasons why Tatsumi disliked the doctor, but he absolutely could not show it and could only agree with him repeatedly.

"Yes, this is all for our Team Rocket to obtain the strongest Pokémon army and fulfill our ambition to conquer the world!"

The two exchanged a superficially friendly smile.

But in fact, Syranu also disliked Tatsumi, this muscular barbarian.