Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

If a trainer with a team like Lambda is really pushed to the limit, the combined power of five or six near-Elite Four level or even Elite Four level Koffing or Voltorb exploding together can be deadly.

Combined with retreat techniques like the Mist, unless Wataru is willing to rush in and withstand a massive explosion with a standard power of 250, especially a chain explosion, he will definitely be forced to retreat.

However, this fighting style is usually only used by members of large-scale dark organizations, so Tetsuya had never encountered it before.

Presumably, the other two Rockets members used similar methods.

It's unrealistic to stop Wataru and Cynthia, but it's relatively easy to keep them occupied and prevent them from escaping, though the cost will be high.

"Who told you not to raise Psychic-type Pokémon?" Chen complained from the side.

Wataru was speechless: "Where am I supposed to find a Psychic-type Pokémon with Champion potential? Even a near-Champion wouldn't be able to withstand Lambda's chain explosions, okay?"

Even for him, obtaining a champion-caliber Pokémon is not easy, let alone a limited Psychic-type.

"Speaking of which, why don't you let your Gallade find a Champion-level female Gardevoir to have a baby? I can definitely raise it very well."

Lance's gaze quickly shifted to Gallade next to Chen.

Chen rolled his eyes: "Get in line, there are probably two or three people ahead of you."

Lance's eyes lit up immediately: "You mean you've found a Champion-level female Gardevoir?"

"The King of the Kingdom of Azot mentioned this to me before, saying that he wanted to introduce Gallade to a potential partner, who was the champion of the Kalos region. However, it seems that Gallade itself doesn't have any interest in this."

Hearing Chen say this, Gallade, which was floating to the side, glanced at its trainer. Running around all day, how could it have time to find a Pokémon it liked and fall in love?

Do you really think elves have arranged marriages?

You should find out more about it first.

"Then why not use the property of moisture to limit them?"

Tetsuya then offered another very constructive suggestion.

When a Pokémon with the Humidity ability is nearby, Self-Destruct, Explosion, Blast, and Misty Blast will fail to activate, and the Detonate ability will also become unusable.

"Have you forgotten the second characteristic of Double Gas?" Wataru reminded him helplessly.

Tetsuya patted his head, blaming himself, mainly because there were very few normal trainers using this type of Pokémon.

Weezing's second ability is a chemical change gas that causes nearby Pokémon to become unaffected.

Chen laughed heartily: "It's okay. You'll get used to it after dealing with Team Rocket more often. Those guys have all sorts of fighting methods, and sometimes just being strong isn't enough to completely eliminate them."

Actually, it's not that there's no way, but the alliance representing justice can't bring themselves to kill.

For example, if Lance's Dragonite uses a move like Dragon Rush at full power, it's impossible for any person or creature to survive in a large area.

The problem is that the fact that no one survived makes it easy for the dark organization to use this as a pretext to create panic.

The simplest method is to fabricate a story that the Alliance accidentally harmed civilians or even killed a large number of innocent people.

This is especially true when the combat zone is near some cities.

Good people with principles are always coerced by bad people with no principles; this is common sense.

"The Rockets' activities at the beginning of the year, whether it was the Twin Islands, the abandoned power plant in Vermilion, or the Crimson Mt., all of them must have failed without exception. I don't know what those guys were thinking."

Du was having a huge headache.

He was originally investigating the aftermath of the Gyarados incident, but now the Rockets have pulled this stunt, which is just adding to his workload.

Chen stood in mid-air, leisurely crossing his arms: "So, you've come to ask for help?"

"Pretty much, I really couldn't spare the time," Du admitted helplessly.

The number of Elite Four level trainers registered in the Kanto League is more than ten times that of Team Rocket, but the vast majority of them have their own jobs and missions, and some even need to be stationed in the city at all times to protect it.

If it weren't for their absolute leading position in high-end combat power, Team Rocket alone, a dark organization, would have caused the Kanto Alliance a lot of trouble.

Therefore, once Giovanni's identity and strength are exposed, the League will definitely not sit idly by.

Tetsuya, who was listening in, suddenly remembered this.

Regardless of the fact that Giovanni created Mewtwo, he still maintained a low profile.

While he is certainly very strong individually, in this Pokémon world where the Elite Four are not villains and Gym Leaders are not traitors, Team Rocket's strength is not exaggerated enough to directly rival the League.

However, Team Rocket's activity has indeed increased significantly since Mewtwo appeared; having a powerful legendary Pokémon provides a sense of security.

Tetsuya frowned.

Speaking of Mewtwo, could it be that Team Rocket has come up with some new idea in gene technology? Perhaps... they're going to wholesale the three legendary birds?

In this regard, he had full confidence in the technology of the Elf World.

"Or, let Tetsuya help you solve it. It just so happens that Adek asked me to test him, so let's just treat this mission as a test."

Chen made the suggestion quite suddenly.

Watari thought for a moment and said, "That's fine too. Anyway, the team that went there probably only has a few Heavenly King level monsters. They'll mainly rely on the equipment they used before, so it won't be easy for Tetsuya to expose his whereabouts."

He is very confident.

He was surprised that the Rockets could still spare the resources to deal with Articuno despite being targeted by both him and Cynthia; it was definitely impossible for them to be too strong.

But Zhe wasn't confident either.

The environment of the snowy mountain was quite unsuitable for his spirit to perform.

The power of Pidgeot at the Elite Four level has declined significantly, and Blaziken is not so easy to fight either.

Not to mention that the opponent's actual strength might not be as Du described at all.

But judging from their expressions, it seemed they weren't giving him a chance to refute them at all.

Tetsuya sighed. Oh well, let's fight then. Articuno should help me anyway. Having a legendary Pokémon to help will make things much easier.

After exchanging words for a while in the thick clouds, Du left the scene.

He cannot reveal his whereabouts, at least not now.

Tetsuya and Tatsumi returned to the Ninja Academy.

"What just happened, Lord Chen?"

Upon seeing the two people land, the headmaster quickly came over to inquire.

Chen chuckled and said, "It's nothing. Gallade just saw a beautiful Pokémon and chased after her."

Gallade tilted its head.

"Is that so?" The headmaster nodded.

The reason is absurd, but since it was given by Chen, it must be true.

Chen stretched and said, "Fine, consider the battle over. I was exhausted from running to buy you the Angry Buns at midnight. I'll start teaching the students here in a bit, and I'll have Aldak contact you later."

"Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

Zhe nodded obediently.

The two sang in harmony.

The principal silently pulled a piece of non-melting ice from his pocket: "The students and teachers have all been evacuated, and I'm the only one nearby. This should be of some help."

The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment.

"Beep—"

Watching Pidgeot and Gallade soar into the sky with Tetsuya in tow, the zookeeper sighed again.

"Please, please make sure nothing happens to you."

He prayed silently in his heart.

As Tetsuya flew rapidly through the sky, he felt the coolness in his arms and looked up at the white mountains to the north.

"Well, it feels pretty good to be a savior once in a while~"

Chapter 419 Tracking

Beside a cave at the foot of the summit of Snow Mountain.

"Double-blast gas, use poison gas!"

"Poison Moth, use Windstorm on the Poison Gas!"

"Muck, Venom Trap!"

"White sea lion, hold on with the water ring!"

"Magneto, use Discharge!"

The Team Rocket members, dressed in their uniforms, are engaged in a fierce battle with the Ice-type Pokémon on the snowy mountain.

Despite being far outnumbered, they fought their way through with superior strength and excellent teamwork.

First, use Weezing to release poison gas, poisoning the wild Ice-type Pokémon in front of it. Then, use Mothballs to further expand the range of the poison gas with Wind.

Muk's Poison Trap will cause a Pokémon that has been poisoned to lose all three of its stats: Attack, Special Attack, and Speed.

In this situation, the defensively-minded Dew Lion, relying on its thick layer of fat and extremely high resistance to Ice-type moves, stood in front, and the attacks from the wild Pokémon seemed to have no effect on it.

The continuous recovery effect brought about by the water circulation allowed the white sea lion to stand upright.

The final Magneton was mainly responsible for the attack, its intense yellow lightning flashing in the white light, making it impossible to open one's eyes.

"Tsk, it's only because this is a snow mountain that these guys get to experience what it's like to fly."

One of the team members said with a smile.

According to their original fighting style, discharging electricity would directly ignite the poison gas that expands in range, causing an explosion.

However, the violent explosion on the snow mountain was too likely to trigger an avalanche, and none of them would survive. That's why they dragged it out until the poison gas had mostly dissipated before letting Magneton attack.

"Tch, these mythical beasts just love living in harsh environments. I really don't know what they're thinking."

Another member was somewhat frustrated.

His main Pokémon are Crobat and Arbok, and his strength was severely affected in the snowy mountains.

It's not that they can't fight, but they're too lazy to exert any strength.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation, since most of the Kanto region was not as cold as the snow-capped mountains.

"It seems that both bat-type and snake-type Pokémon have this problem, so there's nothing that can be done about it~"

The Rockets' lower-level members generally have limited knowledge, so the other person also spoke uncertainly about what he knew.

It's fortunate that they were an elite team sent on an important mission, otherwise no one would even know this.

The second person shivered in the cold wind: "Never mind, let's finish the mission quickly, I really miss my warm bed."

The others all nodded in agreement.

"Number 8, you stay here and clean up the battlefield. The rest of you, continue with me."

The squad leader glanced around and randomly picked someone out.

All the Rockets players except number eight wore gloating expressions.

Team Rocket's rule is that credit is distributed according to contribution during missions, which is why that unlucky guy whose main Pokémon couldn't battle was so frustrated.

This means that his mission was almost a waste, unless some special circumstances force him to use a Pokémon that he is not suited for battle.

As for using it in battle now, the unlucky guy is pretty sure that his Pokémon will be stabbed in the back by these guys.

There are no good guys among those who can get to this level with the Rockets.

If the task can be completed, then naturally it's best to have one less competitor.

Being assigned to clean up the battlefield meant that this number eight would not be able to participate in the upcoming activities against Articuno.

This is the most important reason they came to Baixue Mountain.

The only advantage is that there might be little danger, but the reward probably won't be much left.

"Yes!"

Beneath the mask, Number Eight looked quite displeased.

So what if I beat you up a few times back in the academy? If I hadn't been so unlucky, you wouldn't have been the captain and commander of this operation.

But being unhappy won't change anything.