Elf: Starts with small diamonds, then mutates into Diancie.

shhhhhh!

Beedrill's wings began to vibrate rapidly, and several whooshing sounds rang out as it fired a barrage of emerald green needles, targeting not only Metagross but also Su Hao.

Without Su Hao's command, Metagross's psychic power surged forth instantly. Even though Bug-type energy naturally counters Psychic powers, under the influence of its destructive genes, its psychic power was many times more solid and massive than that of other Pokémon of the same level.

In mid-air, the missiles were all crushed by the powerful mental force, and Su Hao's eyes turned cold at that moment: "What do you mean by this?"

What do we mean?

Ian spoke in a flippant tone, his gaze toward Su Hao filled with arrogance. His long-standing upbringing had taught him that this ordinary British man had no right to oppose him, the heir to the Dominic Corporation.

In other words, he can do whatever he wants.

"You scared away the exotic Cocoa Dora that I spent a lot of money and effort tracking, and you think you can just walk away without compensation?"

"Let me think. Since you caused my heterochromatic cocoa to disappear, then you should take away the heterochromatic ones around you."

The Metagross was presented to me, young master, as compensation.

Ian completely revealed his true intentions; in fact, whether Su Hao paid attention to him or ignored him, he would eventually steer the conversation to this point.

For him, grabbing a suitable Pokémon was commonplace, a practice instilled by both those of his social class and his father Charles's teachings.

If you have the capital and the power, you can take whatever you want by force.

Su Hao watched as Ian openly displayed his greed, and he once again understood the biggest difference between the other alliances and the Divine Continent Alliance.

Whether it's Ian Dominic in front of them or Tran Carlisle of the White Eagle Alliance, they both live in countries where capital, power, and strength reign supreme. Doing whatever they want is the norm, and that's what everyone around them thinks, so they naturally act with impunity.

With the powerful families of the Divine Continent Alliance suppressed and capital tightened, such matters wouldn't be directed at Su Hao. When he came to other alliances, Su Hao's identity was that of an upper-class figure in the Divine Continent Alliance, so things targeting ordinary people naturally wouldn't happen to him.

Although he understood Ian's motives, Su Hao had no intention of holding back and did not intend to communicate with Ian. He simply said, "Comet Fist."

Sophia's pupils contracted sharply. Before she could give any instructions, a shockwave rippled through the narrow tunnel. Sophia barely managed to stay upright, while Ian had already been thrown to the ground, groaning in pain as he sat down.

Before Ian could even utter a curse, a dull thud of flesh colliding with the rock wall rang out. Ian's pupils dilated, his lips trembled, and his body involuntarily shook.

In his memory, Beedrill, a wild Steel-type and Rock-type Pokémon that lived behind Tunnel No. 11, was slammed into the rock wall above his head by a heavy punch from the silver-white Metagross that he coveted, and those steel fists were only a few centimeters away from his head.

Su Hao's calm voice rang out: "Next time, I won't avoid your head."

Metagross slowly retreated, while Beedrill landed softly, clearly having been instantly killed.

Although Su Hao praised Beedrill for being well-trained, that only applied to ordinary trainers. Even with Metagross, which was almost at the bottom of the team, the two trainers were not on the same level.

The arrogant and domineering young master had never seen anything like it before. He felt a sudden surge of heat between his legs and was so frightened that he wet himself.

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Chapter 717 GT-003

"Bastard...bastard, you've made me, Young Master Ian, look so bad! I'll kill you, I'll definitely kill you!"

Realizing he'd been so terrified he'd wet himself, Ian's anger completely overwhelmed his fear. He glared at the unassuming man before him and shouted, "Sophia! Why did Father make you my bodyguard? Are you going to hold back?!"

Sophia frowned. She had wanted to avoid a conflict that Beedrill would find difficult to resolve. After all, this brainless young master had seen her trump card, and he might spread the word about the existence of the experimental subject everywhere, which would mean she would have to erase his memory again.

If this continues, this guy might really develop dementia.

But his existence is essential for the adults' covert operations within the British Confederation; at least for now, he cannot be killed, even if it means turning him into a complete idiot—

Just as Su Hao sensed something was wrong and was about to have Metagross use its psychic powers to forcibly suppress Sofia, the Poké Ball on her waist automatically activated.

A humanoid insect-like Pokémon covered in purple armor and carrying a cannon stood in front of her, its high-frequency insect chirping blocking Metagross's Psychic attack.

Su Hao's pupils contracted, and he exclaimed in shock, "Gene...Sectus!"

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

Pokémon: Genesect

Attributes: [Insect + Steel]

Gender: [None]

Feature: [Download]

Level: Mid-stage Dojo

Even though it's only at the mid-Gym level, as a Mythical Pokémon, and also the Pokémon with the highest base stats in normal form among Bug-type Pokémon (excluding Mega Evolution, Slate, and Arceus), Genesect's power, like Diancie and Zeraora, cannot be simply measured by its level.

Since Sophia is Ian's bodyguard, does that mean that Dominic Corporation has already colluded with the R Institute?

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

Instead of ordering Genesect to attack Su Hao and Metagross directly, Sophia stopped pretending, gave Ian a disgusted look, and kicked him in the stomach under his incredulous expression, making him gag in pain.

After recalling Beedrill, Sofia grumbled, "If you had just stopped causing trouble, this wouldn't have been so complicated."

Sophia's kick was hard; Ian, a pampered young master, had never suffered such pain before. He clutched his stomach, unable to get up for a long time, muttering under his breath, "I'm going to tell my dad to fire you..."

Sophia ignored Ian's barely audible voice, turned to Su Hao, and said coldly, "Since you have witnessed Gt-003, I'm sorry, you will have to stay in this dark and gloomy cave for the rest of the day."

As soon as she finished speaking, Sophia snapped her fingers, and Genesect, which she called Gt-003, transformed into a purple streak and shot out at an extremely fast speed, its target being Su Hao and Metagross.

"Metrogross, Comet Punch."

Su Hao's Aura and Metagross's Psychic Power simultaneously locked onto Genesect, which was flying towards them at high speed. Metagross transformed into a silver meteor enveloped in dense Steel-type energy, intercepting Genesect's inevitable path.

Sophia scoffed, "Foolish, wave of evil."

Genesect's massive cannon on its back suddenly glowed with a dark color, and a surge of Dark energy, transformed into Dark Wave, erupted forth. After a brief standoff with Metagross, it blasted Metagross into the adjacent rock wall, causing the tunnel to tremble violently.

Their strength...was completely overwhelmed!

Having accomplished all this, Genesect flew directly toward Su Hao with undiminished momentum.

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

"Crack!"

The Blazing Roaring Tiger, bursting from the Luxurious Sphere, let out a terrifying roar, and strange energy waves rippled outwards, reducing Genesect's power.

The Intimidate ability is already second nature to Incineroar, and it doesn't affect the rhythm of its attack preparation at all.

The temperature in the confined space rose sharply, heat waves surged and spread, and dazzling flames swirled around the Blazing Roaring Tiger. Upon closer inspection, golden electricity pulsed across the Blazing Roaring Tiger's muscles, and an even greater power was generated from the flames and electricity. The Blazing Roaring Tiger stomped through the ground, transforming into a fiery meteor that crashed into Genesect!

"What!?"

The scene was completely unexpected for Sophia. She hadn't expected that the Metagross wasn't the trump card of this unassuming man. The Flame Charge of the newly appeared Incineroar also made her feel uneasy.

But the die was cast. Sofia knew she had to eliminate this man here, or else, once the news got out, she would face torture worse than death.

Gritting his teeth, even though this thing was not yet fully developed and was still a semi-finished product, expensive to manufacture and useless after one use, this was the only way to deal with the extremely poor compatibility of the flames of Gt-003.

Sophia quickly pulled out a blue cartridge and tossed it into Genesect's slot, shouting, "High-tech light cannon!"

Faced with the impending attack of the Blazing Roaring Tiger, Genesect's back cannons instantly gathered endless streams of water. This water-based energy was compressed to its limit and then transformed into a terrifying torrent of energy that shot towards the Blazing Roaring Tiger.

The clash between flames and water caused a surge of steam in the surrounding space, and the violent energy fluctuations made the narrow passage tremble precariously. The giant cannon on Genesect's back also entered a brief cooling period due to the immense energy it carried.

Sofia was going crazy. She had spent an expensive Water Stream cartridge, only to fight the Blazing Roaring Tiger to a draw.

Keep in mind that even the late-game gym-level Pokémon of the geniuses in the exchange tournaments might not be able to easily withstand the high-tech beam cannon of the GT-003 loaded with the cartridge!

What's wrong with this person?!

He doesn't seem like an ordinary civilian trainer at all...

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

Sophia's pupils contracted, and before she could react, Genesect, sensing the threat, instinctively chose to use a cross-shaped attack to defend. However, the holy sword, imbued with sharp sword energy, cleaved through the energy of the cross-shaped attack, leaving a deep mark on Genesect's indestructible steel body.

Stunned by this sudden turn of events, Sophia hesitated for a moment, then, seeing Ian unconscious from the shockwave, she chose to escape on the Genesis!

This guy is no ordinary trainer; we need to return to the research lab for support. As for Ian, she's barely managing to stay afloat herself, how could she possibly care about him!

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Chapter 718: Coming to the door

Sophia's escape did not escape Su Hao's aura. The Genesect was injured by Ye Yibu's holy sword, which greatly reduced its agility and made it much slower than it was in its prime.

Su Hao recalled Incineroar and Eevee, squinted at Ian who had been abandoned by Sophia and was unconscious, and said calmly, "Metamorphose, use Psychic to move him, let's go after him."

"No tower..."

Metagross glanced at Ian with disdain in its red eyes. To be honest, if it could, it would not want to touch this person who was lusting after its body, let alone lift him up with its telekinesis.

Carefully using telekinesis, Metagross lifted Ian by the collar. After Su Hao sat on its lap, it followed the trail guided by Su Hao's aura and tracked the escape route of Sophia and Genesect.

Meanwhile, Sophia, who was fleeing in the Genesis, said bitterly, "We'll deal with him after the research institute mobilizes its forces. Anyway, he can't leave here immediately."

Sofia wanted to get rid of the trainer without alerting the branch manager, otherwise her fate would be dire.

After flying at high speed, Sophia looked back and breathed a sigh of relief as she arrived at the hidden entrance of the research institute. She thought she had temporarily shaken off her opponent. She took out her sensor card and opened the door disguised as a rock wall.

With a hum, a technologically advanced passageway appeared before her.

Sophia rolled off the badly injured Genesect and looked at it. A deep sword wound that ran across most of Genesect's body was exposed, with an unknown circuit broken and sparks flashing inside.

Sofia frowned and said, "It seems that Gt-003 will have to be repaired."

Sofia took out a Poké Ball and recalled Genesect. She frowned, pondering who that person was, who possessed a Shiny Metagross, whose Incineroar was so powerful that it could rival GT-003, and the unknown Pokémon that suddenly struck and severely injured GT-003 from the steam.