Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 1036, A Plan Against a Plan

Near the western coast of Chengdu, Yu Hai was sitting on the back of a water turtle, leisurely fishing with a fishing rod in hand.

Suddenly, a gust of wind howled. He looked up and saw two Dragonite swooping down. He was slightly taken aback and asked in confusion, "Dragonite? One is mine? Whose is the other one?"

"Awoo," the Dragonite didn't know where the other Dragonite came from. It had met it in the sky, and the other was looking for its trainer, so it brought it along.

"Ya-dong, it says it doesn't know either," Slowking translated the Dragonite's cry for Yu-hai to hear, while simultaneously using telepathy to inquire about the other Dragonite's purpose.

"Awooo, I've finally found you! Adu is looking for you!" The other Dragonite, panting heavily, finally breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Yu Hai and excitedly crash-landed on the sea, calling out repeatedly.

"A-Du? Is that Du? What does he want with us?" Yu Hai was a little confused, not understanding why Du wanted to find him. Did Du want to conscript men again? But how did Du find him?

"Ah Hai? Answer the phone, answer the phone quickly," Wataru's voice came from the cell phone on Kaito's chest. It was the number Kaito had dialed after finding Yu Hai. It was a simple, foolproof operation that only required pressing one button.

"Huh?" Yu Hai had just put away his fishing rod and was about to run away when Du's voice suddenly appeared. Now he was caught in a dilemma, unable to run or stay. He could only ask Daidai Wang to bring the phone over and answer it, asking, "Du, what do you want?"

“Ah Hai, didn’t you want to challenge the Road to the Champion? You’re not far from Chengdu or Guanzhong, why don’t you challenge my Road to the Champion first…”

"This? I want to challenge Sinnoh's Road to the Championship first," Yu Hai could only make up an excuse. The Rockets were currently planning something in Chengdu, and he didn't want to get involved in that mess.

“You want to go to Sinnoh first?” Lance deliberately dragged out his words, laughing, “Cynthia is out digging for ancient ruins and isn’t in the Sinnoh region…”

"How could it be such a coincidence?" Yu Hai blurted out in surprise, then realized something was wrong, but it was too late.

"It's just such a coincidence, so I came here first to challenge Chengdu and Kanto. If you don't believe me, come and I'll call Cynthia myself," Wataru revealed a silent smile of smug satisfaction. However, Yu Hai couldn't see this smile. Instead, the people around Wataru felt that Wataru was utterly wicked.

"This?" Yu Hai was a little flustered. Should he refuse? After all, that was Du Guanjun. Would it be inappropriate to refuse him, since he was his superior?

"Come on, you've won two consecutive regional championships, and many people want to see you. You're a big celebrity now..."

"Okay, fine," Yu Hai had a frustrating feeling of being forced onto a pirate ship but unable to jump off. Du was clearly trying to trick him, and he couldn't refuse.

Even if he wanted to sneak away, it wouldn't be possible. Lance's Dragonite was still watching. He couldn't possibly run away from Dragonite; otherwise, things would get complicated, and it would completely damage his relationship with Lance.

I really don't know how Du found himself on the vast ocean. I'll have to ask Du properly when I arrive at the Quartz Plateau in a couple of days.

He could only slowly reel in his fishing rod under Dragonite's big eyes, sit on Dragonite's back, and then return Slowking and Blastoise to their Poké Balls. After that, he could only fly with Dragonite towards the Indigo Plateau in the Johto region.

From the west coast of Chengdu to the Baiyin Mountains in Chengdu, if he wasn't in a hurry, it would take him at least two days to fly across the entire Chengdu region.

Dragonite was watching him the whole way, so even if he wanted to run away, he didn't have a chance. When he got up to pee in the middle of the night, Dragonite stared at him with its big, bright eyes, so he couldn't pee at all.

Fortunately, he didn't intend to run away; he had promised Du, and he was determined to keep his word...

After two days of travel, they finally arrived at the Alliance headquarters in the Silver Mountains, where Du actually stood in the square to greet him.

"You're finally here," Du said, a barely perceptible sigh of relief appearing on his lips as he saw Yu Hai arrive. This lazy guy had finally come.

The Rockets have been very active in the Chengdu area recently, which has put a lot of pressure on him. He feels that the Rockets are definitely going to make a big move this time, which is why he called Yu Hai over. He feels that he is not confident in controlling the situation this time and needs a strong reinforcement.

"Du, are your dark circles really that bad?" Yu Hai saw Du throw a punch at him, but he didn't dodge. Du's punch wasn't forceful, but his dark circles were particularly noticeable.

"You're having a good time, kid. I'm so busy here, how could I possibly sleep well?" Du chuckled bitterly as he led Yu Hai into the Alliance's war room. Time was of the essence, and there was no time to play the Road to Champions. He wanted to trick Yu Hai into coming over to help him out.

"Where are we going?" Yu Hai looked at the heavily guarded conference room ahead, with trainers standing guard at the door. This was the League headquarters; who would come here to cause trouble?

"Team Rocket has been making some big moves lately. We've found some clues, and now we need to stop their conspiracy," Lance said, leading Yu Hai into the operations room. There were also Ai, Shiba, Kona, and Lance there, making a total of five people including Yu Hai.

"There are only four of you?" Yu Hai was shocked when he saw the four people. The alliance was so short-handed that even Xiao Ai had to be used to make up the numbers.

"Yes, as you can see, of the four Heavenly Kings from Chengdu and Kanto, only the four of us remain. Kikuko isn't here, Ichiki and A-Ju are on field assignments, and even Ai, who just filled in, has come to help..."

“Xiao Ai has grown up,” Yu Hai said, looking at Xiao Ai, who looked like a beautiful young girl. It had been four or five years since Xiao Ai was resurrected, and she was now fourteen or fifteen years old. He hadn’t seen Xiao Ai in a long time, and she had grown into a young lady.

"Brother Hai!" Xiao Ai ran over excitedly, but this time she didn't jump on Yu Hai. Perhaps she had grown up and knew about girls' things, or perhaps there were too many people here and she was too embarrassed to hug him.

"Xiao Ai has grown a lot, she's even become one of the Four Heavenly Kings now," Yu Hai said with a smile, patting Xiao Ai's hair. Her short blue hair and chubby baby face still made her so cute!

"Ah Hai, as you can see, we can't even gather all five of us. We'll have to wait until after the operation to talk about the championship," Du said with a sly smile, winking at Kona and Shiba. These were powerful foreign players, stronger than them. This time, they were determined to wipe out the Rockets completely.

“Okay,” Yu Hai knew this would happen, and sighed helplessly. He sat in the lounge and waited for the others to discuss their plans on how to wipe out Team Rocket in the jungle north of Enju City.

But as he listened to Lance and the others' discussion, he felt a chill run down his spine. Why would Team Rocket go to the northwest corner? Could they be going to the Lake of Life to find Celebi?

He couldn't help but ask, "Lance, Team Rocket is going to the Lake of Life, are they going to find Celebi?"

“I had the same suspicion,” Lance and Lorelei exchanged a glance and began to share their guesses. “The Crimson Gym Leader, Matsuhashi, sent word that Team Rocket has been active near the Lake of Life lately, and they’re very likely looking for Celebi…”

Celebi's purpose is self-evident; everyone knows it. It's a Pokémon that can travel through time. Team Rocket's goal in finding Celebi is simply to travel through time and change the past in order to alter the future.

The league will not allow the Rockets to succeed under any circumstances. The idea of ​​changing the past to influence the future is too far-fetched. None of them have experienced it and do not know what the impact would be. Therefore, the Rockets must not be allowed to succeed.

"Could this be a feint?" Yu Hai thought of A-Ju and Yi-Shu, who were out on field missions. These two wouldn't dare to linger at the League headquarters now; if he pointed them out, they would definitely be surrounded and attacked by Lance and the others. No wonder they left headquarters early. "That's possible, but Team Rocket absolutely cannot find Celebi," Lance said, looking at the photo of Celebi on the table. It was taken in a park in Crown City, with Celebi lying in Yu Hai's arms. This was also the reason he wanted to ask Yu Hai to come over, because Yu Hai knew Celebi.

“Ah Hai, you know Celebi. I want to entrust you with the task of protecting Celebi. We must find Celebi first,” Wataru said, handing Yu Hai a photo and wanting to hear about the good things Yu Hai had done in Crown City, involving Celebi and the Three Legendary Beasts.

"Ahem," Yu Hai coughed as he looked at the photo that Du handed him. He finally realized who had betrayed him; it was a photo of him and Celebi.

However, he couldn't help but feel some worry, and voiced his doubts, "I can take this mission, but I must know Sakaki's exact location..."

“You should all understand,” Yu Hai said seriously, looking at Wataru, Kona, and Shiba, “The only truly important person on Team Rocket is Giovanni. If we can capture Giovanni, Team Rocket will fall apart. He's nothing to worry about…”

"Is this person really that important?" Shiba was a little confused. The Sakaki they found seemed no different from the other undercover agents!

"What do you think if the Rockets behead Wataru?" Yu Hai could only reiterate Sakaki's importance, which was equivalent to that of the champion Wataru.

"What? Could he really be the leader of Team Rocket?" Kona also asked, as they had always suspected Giovanni of being the leader, so how could Yukai be so sure?

"Yes, Team Rocket has existed since Giovanni's mother's time. If you're not sure, you can ask Grandma Akiko and the other older generation of trainers. They were the ones who dealt with Team Rocket back then. Also, have you investigated the Viridian Gym's network and the network of Giovanni's family?"

"If you haven't even investigated these things clearly, and you only know how to target the minor figures on the fringes of Team Rocket, it won't mean anything in eradicating Team Rocket..."

"Also, I suspect that your summons was part of Team Rocket's plan," Yu Hai said, looking at Lance. He felt that Lance had been tricked by Team Rocket and analyzed, "Team Rocket probably couldn't find Celebi, so they revealed the search for Celebi to you..."

"Then, this photo appeared here. I don't know who gave you this photo. I guess the purpose was to get Lance to come to me so I could lure out Celebi. Team Rocket is trying to capture Celebi, and this photo proves that I know Celebi, so I'm sure I can find him..."

"How could this be? This is a photo that Ichiki gave me. Could it be that Ichiki also..." Du suddenly realized that he had been tricked after hearing Yu Hai's analysis. Even Yu Hai's whereabouts were revealed to him by Ichiki.

The Rockets still have their "Four Heavenly Kings" undercover agents, and the Rockets are still influencing themselves through these agents. They also underestimated the importance of Giovanni.

“Watari, it’s not that bad. Since the Rockets want to use me to lure out Celebi, why can’t we use Celebi to lure out Giovanni?” Yu Hai got up and went to the map, which showed the League’s deployment of the Lake of Life. They could totally turn the tables on them.

"What are your thoughts?" Wataru snapped out of his shock, realizing that all his plans were under the watchful eyes of Team Rocket.

Now that it's confirmed Yishu is a Team Rocket mole, and we don't know if there are any other moles here, he interrupted Yu Hai's story, his voice slightly detached and self-deprecating, asking Yu Hai, "Are there any other Team Rocket moles here...?"

“No,” Yu Hai shook his head slightly and smiled at Du, “Everyone here has either worked with you for a long time, or is a disciple of Granny Kikuko, and I can leave now and not participate in your next operation. Don’t you trust the rest?”

"Heh, you wish! You still want to leave now?" After listening to Yu Hai's analysis, Wataru looked at Kona and Shiba. The three of them had indeed worked with Granny Kikuko for a long time. Ai was Kikuko's disciple, not to mention Yu Hai.

If he hadn't dragged the other person over, they would still be fishing at sea and wouldn't have wanted to come here at all, let alone participate in any alliance wars; they had no such intention.

“Since everyone trusts us, then I’ll speak,” Yu Hai put down Celebi’s photo and began to explain his plan, “Since Team Rocket wants Celebi, we can give Team Rocket Celebi, but we must confirm the location of Team Rocket leader Giovanni…”

"This is crucial. As long as we capture Giovanni, the Rockets will fall apart. No matter how many spies the Rockets have, or how many members the Rockets have, they are no threat..."

"Once Team Rocket disbands, the undercover agents can only lie low under their existing identities and will never cause trouble in their lifetime unless another Team Rocket appears. Therefore, we only have one goal: to take down Giovanni..."

"Since you say that Giovanni is no less than Lancelot, how do we find him and defeat him?" Korna asked, which was the most difficult question. What if Giovanni hides and doesn't come out?
"That's easy. Team Rocket can deceive you with fake news, and we can deceive Giovanni with fake news too." Yu Hai took out a Poké Ball and released Zoroar. This little guy was too naughty, so he didn't dare to put it in the gym.

"Woo woo," Zoroa was wearing an Everstone and had not yet evolved, still looking like a child.

"Zoroah, transform into a Celebi and let me see..."

"Woof woof," Zoroya flicked its tail and turned its face to the other side. It wouldn't change its mind; this human was always bullying it.

"Never mind, Zoroark is too mischievous, he probably won't be able to do this well," Yu Hai smiled awkwardly, took out a Poké Ball to recall Zoroark, and released Zoroark's mother, Zoroark.

“It’s a fox spirit that’s good at transformation,” Kona, with her extensive knowledge, recognized the spirit at first glance, and a surge of excitement rose in her heart. With this spirit, they could definitely pass for the real thing.

"Zoroark, transform into a Celebi and see for yourself..."

“Okay,” Zoroark’s voice echoed in everyone’s minds. It was also a telepathic Pokémon, which solved the communication problem.

“Telepathy,” Du thought with a start. He realized that Yu Hai had quite a few Pokémon that could use telepathy. Slowking could use telepathy, Darkrai could use telepathy, and now Zoroark could use telepathy too.

"Whoosh," Zoroark instantly shrank and transformed into a green Celebi, circling around everyone in the air, mimicking the expression on his face perfectly, just like the real Celebi.

"How about it? It's convincing enough to fool everyone, isn't it? Zoroark is also very composed; it can definitely impersonate Celebi without any problems," Yu Hai smiled at everyone, then took out a Poké Ball and recalled Zoroark.

"Very good, now all that's left is to defeat Giovanni. This guy is no ordinary person; if he's on par with Lance, he's at least a Champion Trainer..."

"This is quite simple. I have a way to prevent him from using any of his power," Yu Hai said with a smile as he took out a golden feather from his backpack. "This golden feather can summon Raikou three times. Raikou can help find Suicune and Entei, and Suicune can find Celebi. Suicune will also protect Celebi. Actually, we can use the real Celebi, but it's unnecessary..."

When everyone saw the golden feather, they finally understood why Yu Hai was so confident. It turned out that he could summon the three legendary beasts and Celebi anytime, anywhere!
“That’s not all,” Yu Hai said, looking at Xiao Ai with a smile. “Xiao Ai, your rainbow feather can also summon Ho-Oh, and your silver feather can summon Lugia…”

Upon hearing again about the effects of these feathers, everyone's confidence soared. With the help of these legendary Pokémon, Team Rocket didn't seem so formidable after all...

Thinking of this, everyone laughed...

(End of this chapter)