In the game: I stole Groudon at the start.

As Bakura's voice faded, the atmosphere in the area suddenly fell silent. Dakdo's expression kept changing, but without a doubt, it was always extremely ugly.

Or do you not want any of your other sprites?

The words of the Rockets member in front of him kept echoing in his ears.

"If I give you these, you promise to let me go?"

"Of course, as the champion, I wouldn't lie to you."

After a long pause, Darko picked up two shrunken Poké Balls with trembling right hand and slowly handed them to Bakura.

These are Darkrai and Latios's Poké Balls, and Darkrai was naturally extremely unwilling, but the situation was beyond his control.

The guy in front of me is a champion-level trainer!

He had tried his best to escape, but he still couldn't get away. If he didn't hand over these two spirits, the worst-case scenario would be that the other four spirits on him would also be taken away.

Then he was thrown into the sea to fend for himself!

Darko didn't want to die, nor did he want to lose all the elves!

"Charmander! Spark!"

At that moment, an unexpected voice suddenly rang out.

Bakura raised an eyebrow; he knew what was going on without even turning around.

A spark shot towards Bossdogora right before Apollo and Lance's twitching eyelids, but Bossdogora remained unmoved as the spark hit its shoulder.

however……

Not even a trace of black mark was left!

"Huh? How come it has no effect at all!" Ash stared at the scene in astonishment. He didn't understand why the sparks had no effect when they hit the target.

"The difference in level and strength is too great, and Aggron is a Pokémon with great stamina."

Touko's eyelids twitched, and she glanced at Ash as she explained.

She had always thought Mei was already quite naive, but now it seemed that Satoshi was even more naive. Lance was right to call him a simpleton.

"Hey! How could you steal someone else's Pokémon! And you, how could you hand over your Pokémon to Team Rocket!"

"They are your spirits!"

Charmander couldn't stop Bakura. Ash watched helplessly as Darkrai handed his two Poké Balls to Bakura, and angrily retorted.

He was angry at Bakura's threat of theft, and also at Darko's willingness to sacrifice the spirits to save his own life.

Isn't the Pokémon you hold your most important and closest companion and family member?

Dakdo's expression turned extremely ugly upon hearing this, but he remained silent.

Bakura used the two Poké Balls to recall Latios and Darkrai, by which time the two legendary Pokémon had regained consciousness.

But they simply stared at Dakdo silently, their eyes filled with complex emotions, and they did not refuse Bakura's request to withdraw.

Elves can understand human language, and they can also understand what is happening.

"This is Darkrai, your spoils of war."

Bakura held a Poké Ball in each hand, a wicked smile playing on his lips. Latios, got it!

After thinking for a moment, Bakura tossed Darkrai's Poké Ball to the eagerly waiting Apollo.

"Thank you, Mr. Orochimaru."

Apollo put Darkrai's Poké Ball into his pocket, breathed a sigh of relief, and expressed his gratitude to Bakura.

He was genuinely afraid that Bakura would refuse to give them the Dracule after obtaining it.

In retrospect, at least Bakura was quite sincere; it's just a pity about Latios.

"As agreed, you can leave now."

Bakura glanced at Darko, who had his head down, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

No wonder that even with two legendary Pokémon, this is all the trainer can achieve. A trainer who can even abandon his Pokémon has a lack of willpower and conviction. How can he possibly climb to the top of the champion's table?

Dacto stood up without saying a word, but just as he stood up, the entire Saint-Tiannu suddenly trembled and shook violently.

It's like hitting a reef or running into some kind of obstacle.

"what happened?"

Caught off guard, Apollo nearly fell, and with a grim expression, he pulled out his communicator and questioned the Team Rocket member piloting the cruise ship.

"No, Lord Apollo, the surrounding sea has suddenly frozen over!"

The Rockets member replied, feeling wronged, that he was driving perfectly fine, but suddenly the road ahead became icy, and what could he do?

"Frozen?" Apollo frowned. The Team Rocket members wouldn't dare lie to him...

But how could the sea suddenly freeze over in this vast ocean?

“Let’s go take a look.” Apollo glanced at the hall; the situation had basically stabilized. Then, Apollo called out to Lance.

This strange situation suddenly gave Apollo a sense of unease.

Apollo apologized to Bakura and left the hall with Lance, heading towards the deck to see what was going on.

"Little guy, why are you staring at me like that?"

Bakura kept playing with Latios's Poké Ball, glanced at Darkor who had also left, then looked at Ash and his friends, a sinister smile spreading across his face as he slowly spoke in a hoarse voice.

"You bad guy from Team Rocket, is it fun to steal other people's Pokémon?"

Ash glared angrily at Bakura, who seemed completely unfazed. Bakura had just stolen someone else's Pokémon, yet now he acted as if nothing had happened.

“Little guy, that’s slander.” Bakura shrugged and turned to look at Satoshi with interest.

“You saw it with your own eyes, did I do anything to him just now? He personally handed his spirit to me.”

"And what do you mean 'someone else'? This elf is mine now."

Bakura had a wicked smile on his lips, and his pale face and purple eyeshadow gave him an extremely eerie and dark feeling.

"Neither of you are any good! 3."

Ash was speechless for a moment. Indeed, no matter what, it was Darkrod who personally handed his Pokémon to the person in front of him.

His face flushed red, and Xiao Zhi was so angry that he couldn't speak. In the end, he could only manage to utter this sentence.

In Ash's opinion, Darkrai was just like the trainer who abandoned Charmander; he was not a qualified trainer at all.

"Alright, little guy, instead of arguing with me, you should think about how to get off this ship safely."

Bakura scoffed at this, turned around, and prepared to leave, since Latios had already obtained it.

There's no need to keep up this disguise any longer.

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Chapter 8: Why did the Alliance even release the Mad King? (Seeking full subscription)

"Wait a minute! Hand over that Pokémon, you bastard! Damn it! Charmander..."

Seeing Bakura turn to leave, Ash quickly took a few steps forward and shouted loudly at Bakura's retreating figure. But Bakura showed no sign of stopping. Ash gritted his teeth; this guy was completely ignoring him, you bastard!

Just as Ash was about to send Charmander to attack, Brock and the others stepped forward and stopped him.

"Calm down, Xiao Zhi. This guy is beyond our capabilities, and what he said is true. The most important thing is that we need to find a way to get out of here first."

Xiao Gang's face was full of seriousness as he frowned and stared intently at the man's back.

For some reason, this Rockets team gave him a rather familiar feeling.

Although his eyes were small, barely slits, he was very perceptive and had an excellent memory.

Xiao Gang could even distinguish the subtle differences between Officer Joey and others...

"Xiao Gang is right. This person is terrifyingly strong. It's best if we don't provoke him for now."

Touko nodded in agreement, even the legendary Darko, wielding two weapons, was powerless against this person.

And in the end, they could only offer up two legendary items to escape, which shows something about episode 14.

Upon hearing this, Ash gritted his teeth, his face showing resentment and helplessness. Although he possessed a passionate heart and a pure and kind soul, he was too weak at the moment.

"Hehe~ That was a wise choice. Remember, I am Orochimaru, a special operations executive of Team Rocket."

"Now that I've got my spoils, it's time for me to leave. Interesting little guys, maybe we'll have a chance to meet again in the future."

Seemingly having heard what Kogoro said, Bakura turned around and looked at them with a half-smile, then grinned and said something.

"Damn it! So arrogant!"

As they watched the guy who called himself Orochimaru disappear around the corner, Ash and the others didn't look too happy.

That's for sure; they're all well-intentioned trainers who feel powerless to stop the evil forces at play.

This made them extremely uncomfortable.

But no matter how unhappy they were, it couldn't change their current situation. They still had to find a way to leave the Santo Anu, which was under the control of Team Rocket.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Bakura, who had left the hall, reunited with the campfire and returned to their own room to remove their makeup.

"Lord Bakura, did you succeed?"

Without any hesitation, Campfire changed out of his Team Rocket uniform and asked Bakura a question.

To reduce the chances of being exposed, Bakura let the campfire roam freely after he made his move.

"Of course, by the way, what was that tremor just now?"

Bakura nodded, glancing at the campfire. Her fair and slender figure was truly captivating.

"It's Kona, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Kanto. Kona has arrived."

Noticing Bakura's gaze, the campfire smiled sweetly and then spoke to him.

"Kona has arrived?" Bakura was taken aback upon hearing this, then frowned slightly.

Why did Kona suddenly appear here?