Pokémon, who made him the gym leader?

Chapter 72 She must be jealous of my beautiful face!

No, the fact that you were able to crawl out of there unharmed is already a miracle...

Gu Xin looked at the disheveled man in black, or rather, the curator of the museum, Li Jia, and couldn't help but think to himself, "What a mess!"

That chat group, which was called the "Museum Owner Exchange Group" but was actually a group for criticizing leaders, also had another name: the "Rocket Team Senior Cadre Undercover Group".

You're openly plotting in front of the Rockets' boss and three senior executives; isn't it normal for something to go wrong?

"Who are you?"

However, Guxin still appropriately showed some wariness as he watched the man in black limping towards him.

"Rika! It's me, Rika, the curator of Guxin."

The man in black was taken aback, then quickly pulled down the black mask covering his face, revealing a pale but very delicate and pretty face.

"Master Rika? You... be careful."

Just as Guxin was about to say something, he saw a large purple cobra crawl out of the manhole cover behind Lijia, its cold, sinister eyes staring at Lijia's back.

Lijia also felt a terrifying chill on her back, and her body immediately stiffened.

Oops!

"Frozen... Meowha."

Guxin enlarged the two shrunken Poké Balls between his fingers, intending to release Articuno, but then remembered that Blue was still by his side, so he released Masked Meowth instead.

Due to her childhood experiences, Xiaolan suffers from severe ornithophobia, which triggers whenever she sees bird-shaped Pokémon.

Meow~

A flash of white light appeared, and the Magic Masked Cat landed in front of Guxin and slowly straightened up, its proud cat eyes looking down at the Arbok in front of it.

This Arbok seemed to sense the hostility and pressure from the Magic Masked Cat, flicking its tongue without making any rash moves.

"Master Lijia, come here quickly."

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Guxin quickly pulled Lijia behind him.

"Thank you, Master Gu Xin. This humble woman... um..."

Lijia was deeply moved; thank goodness she met Master Guxin!

But before she could finish speaking, Lijia groaned and clenched her teeth. Cold sweat covered her pale face, and she was in so much pain that she could barely speak.

"She's been poisoned."

Xiao Lan helped Li Jia sit down. With her experience, she pulled up Li Jia's trouser leg and noticed earlier that Li Jia's leg seemed to be injured.

Upon closer inspection, four small, bluish-black blood holes were clearly from snake bites.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I was bitten by an Arbok when I escaped," Rika said weakly, enduring the pain.

"Master Rika, please stop talking and use this."

Guxin took out the Panacea from his backpack. It was one of the best potions, capable of removing any abnormal condition.

"Tsk~ The rich are just different."

Xiao Lan, who had just taken out the antidote, clicked her tongue and took the panacea to spray on Li Jia's wound.

Visibly, the purplish-black color at the wound site has faded significantly, and it is estimated that the poison will be completely removed in a short time.

"So you had two accomplices after all."

A somber female voice suddenly rang out.

Guxin looked over and saw a red-haired woman with a somewhat gloomy face walking out of a back door.

Behind him were two Rockets members.

"These little mice that gnaw on wooden stakes, chew on rice bags, and like to break into other people's homes are truly ill-mannered."

Athena slowly walked to Arbok's side, her gloomy gaze fixed on Rika, her mockery merciless.

She's in a bad mood right now!

She was originally in charge of the Rainbow City base, but now she has to give it up because of this intruder. How can she not be angry?

Upon hearing this, Lijia's expression changed and anger flashed in her eyes, but because she was still weak, she was unable to speak.

"Are you introducing yourself? The Rockets' Athena."

Xiao Lan gestured for Li Jia to rest, then glanced at Athena with a mocking smile.

"If we're talking about rats, no one is more like one than the Rockets, right? All you do is hide underground where you can't get any sun all day long."

"Look at your skin tone, it's gotten so bad! I recommend you go shoot a zombie movie, you wouldn't even need makeup~"

Xiao Lan speaks very quickly, but her words are extremely clear.

The scene fell silent immediately.

Rika stared in astonishment at the ordinary-looking girl. She...she was amazing!!

The two Team Rocket members stared at Xiao Lan in shock. How dare this girl do that?! Athena's temper is notoriously bad!

At this moment, Athena's face was extremely ugly and gloomy. What did this mean? Was she being told that Athena looked like a zombie?!

"Hehehe... What a sharp-tongued little girl."

After a while, Athena laughed in anger, but the laugh was truly frightening.

"I'll tear it off and see if it's still as talkative as it used to be."

The chilling aura in Athena's eyes was terrifying.

"Waaaaah!! I'm so scared~"

Xiao Lan hugged her arms and hid behind Gu Xin, peeking out with a feigned frightened gasp. Her exaggerated tone and performance made Athena's eyes twitch and veins throb on her forehead.

"Gushin Geigei~ This zombie woman is fierce! She's going to bully your cute little sister!"

"It must be that vicious zombie woman who's jealous of my beauty. Because she can't have me, she's trying to destroy me!"

Xiao Lan spoke with a resounding voice, her angry expression conveying an air of certainty.

Athena was both amused and annoyed. "You think I'm jealous of you? Look at your unremarkable face! Why would I be jealous of you?"

"That's outrageous! Doesn't she know I'm Geigei's good sister? How awful! Geigei~ she completely disregards you!"

"You're right, aren't you? Geigei?"

Xiao Lan tugged at Gu Xin's sleeve, her face contrivedly weak.

The subtext is: I need your powerful backer's protection!

Patient Lijia: 6!

Gu Xin: "..."

Gu Xin stared speechlessly at Xiao Lan, who was hiding behind him with only her head peeking out. Xiao Lan blinked her big, innocent eyes at Gu Xin.

Athena's face was now so ugly it was almost distorted.

Arbok!

Athena couldn't stand it anymore. All she wanted to do was grab this brat and torture her properly!

Upon hearing Athena's words, the ferocious Arbok opened its bloodthirsty maw, revealing its black fangs, and pounced on Guxin and Little Blue with surprising speed.

This is Dark-type Crunch!

"A surprise attack." Gu Xin raised an eyebrow.

A ghostly green shadow flashed by, and Arbok, which had been pouncing, was sent flying backward at an even faster speed as if it had been hit by a truck, crashing heavily into the wall.

Athena's pupils contracted sharply.

Meow~

The magical masked cat stood elegantly, tilting its head slightly as it gazed at Athena, its wicked expression carrying a strong sense of malice—a malice that sent chills down one's spine!

It was it that just knocked Arbok away.

"..."

Athena looked at the elf with a mixture of emotions; this must be the Magic Masked Cat from the Padia region.

But as a high-ranking officer of Team Rocket, Athena is also very strong! She was able to blast her main attacker, Arbok, away before it could even react…

This...something's not right...

Athena's anger gradually subsided. As one of Team Rocket's four generals, she was certainly not a fool.

Arbok slowly slid down the wall, but it was visibly in much worse condition.

"What's wrong? Aren't you going to keep attacking? I can give you another chance to strike."

Noticing that Athena seemed a little hesitant, Guxin smiled and spoke, his tone as gentle as ever, as soft as a spring breeze.

"Don't be afraid. If you don't attack me, I'll attack you. Athena, a senior executive of Team Rocket, might get us another quasi-dragon-type larva by handing you over to the League."

The gentlest voice utters the most terrifying words.

"???"

A few question marks appeared above Athena's head.

Athena was starting to feel uneasy. Had she really bitten off more than she could chew?

(End of this chapter)