Pokémon: Shadow of the Dawn

"Cheapskate."

Xia Bo hung up the phone cursing, and then dialed another number.

...

"It's King Xia Bo... did you find the unknown totem? Ha, these ancient tribes are indeed very profound. The legendary elves can actually take out two at once."

In the research institute's breeding garden, Wang Jin spoke with a smile on his face, stroking the feathers of the Steelix beside him.

"If there are five of them, there's really no need to worry about them. After all, there's no real use for this kind of spirit at the moment."

He said this seemingly casually, and then discussed with Xia Bo the method of controlling Mewtwo in the future.

After dozens of minutes, the call was hung up.

On the other side, Xia Bo put away the communication device with a look of confusion and doubt: "It seems that the use of the unknown totem is indeed unclear... Are you really just reminding me unintentionally?"

"Of course it's a test~"

Wang Jin whistled happily for the first time and paced on the spot thinking.

What identity and method should be used to intercept these two unknown totems?

It’s really a vexing problem.

...

Team Rocket's overseas isolated island research laboratory.

Xia Bo quickly put these speculations behind him.

He didn't care about Wang Jin's real purpose, he just wanted to complete the Mewtwo Project and complete this great work that would go down in history.

"Legend has it that elves are really just gods born at the beginning of the world? Or are they the work of the God of Creation... If the God of Creation can create, why can't humans?"

Xia Bo muttered to himself, and finally glanced reluctantly at Mewtwo in the incubator, then turned and left through the alloy door.

He walked through a simple silver-white corridor and just as he took the elevator to the lobby of the institute, the communication device in his pocket rang.

"Chief...I understand...Okay..."

After a while, Xia Bo hung up the phone with a heavy face, walked quickly to a research room, called two familiar researchers over and gave them instructions.

The most important thing for Xia Bo at the moment is undoubtedly to complete the handover with Albert and obtain the unknown totem to control Mewtwo.

On the other hand, Wang Jin's men seemed to have almost arrived in Guandu, and the transaction time was getting closer.

Both of these tasks are relatively easy, just ask someone to take care of them.

What worries him most is the current situation of the Rockets.

Under the siege of the Four Heavenly Kings of the League plus sixteen gym masters in Kanto and Johto, a total of twenty trainers above the Heavenly King level, Team Rocket actually had a hard time resisting, and mostly relied on secret bases to conduct guerrilla warfare.

In addition, there is the cooperation between the League Investigators and the other League trainers... If Team Rocket could not recruit grassroots members at any time anywhere, it would probably have collapsed long ago.

The situation is certainly more difficult now, after all, President Damaranch has to take action personally, and Chief Sakaki is unable to show up from time to time to repel attacks from some of the alliance.

Once the leader is defeated and captured by Damaranch, the entire Rocket Team will be completely helpless.

"Ah... Let's let these three mixed-feathered birds out first."

This was exactly the instruction Xia Bo received. He had no objection and directed his researchers to open the elevator leading to another underground laboratory.

The steel door that was locked with several layers of locks slowly lost its sealed surface, revealing its original dark gray and thick appearance.

Xia Bo walked in with his hands behind his back, expressionless, and several researchers in white coats stood silently behind him.

The narrow elevator shook slightly, and after a few minutes, their figures came to a complete stop.

The elevator door also opened slowly.

"Buzz! Li——"

As if it sensed the approach of humans, a dazzling flash of lightning burst out from outside the door like a small sun, seeming to be able to envelop and swallow all the researchers who came here.

Xia Bo did not walk out of the elevator. Instead, he took out a controller and pressed it gently: "Too noisy..."

The entire laboratory was suddenly hit by a powerful energy, and the sound and light gradually died out, becoming dim.

The researchers, led by Xia Bo, were not surprised. They left the elevator calmly and went to their respective posts. The research room in front of them was extremely large, with a partition wall made of special glass in the middle and a series of complex instruments on both sides.

In the empty and cold bird's nest, a bird elf with three heads lay listlessly on the ground, with gold, red and blue colors evenly distributed on its body surface.

"The fusion transformation was carried out according to the form of Duduli... The use of the existing elf form failed... Now the Three God Birds Project is completely declared a failure. It is expected to be released to Kanto Golden City first, and then the next test will be carried out."

A researcher quickly read out the instructions and then quickly operated the instrument in front of him.

All researchers also acted quickly, as they had already had such a plan.

In just three minutes, all the instruments were operated, and a total of fifteen researchers, including those who had just arrived and those who were already here, evacuated to designated locations, either elevators or emergency passages, and left without hesitation.

Xia Bo also returned to the elevator from which he had come.

As the elevator disappeared, a huge hole suddenly opened up above the laboratory, and sunlight and sea breeze instantly poured in.

"Wow—"

The Zapdos's head let out a loud cry first, and the other two divine birds also twisted their necks, flapped their wings hard, and flew towards the sky they had long dreamed of.

But when they were about to fly to the cave entrance, the black collars worn by the three birds under their heads suddenly emitted deep blue lightning.

The three-headed bird twitched continuously as if it had epilepsy, and fell to the edge of the cave.

A target instruction kept repeating in their minds.

"boom!"

An unknown amount of time had passed before the foam from the waves touched the tips of their feathers. The three-headed divine birds then slowly took off again, heading towards the location they had been ordered to take.

...

Two months later.

Hoenn Research Institute.

In the open-air trainer, hot sand and gravel rose from the ground like a tornado, and the giant beast in it also surged with flames and attacked the black giant crow that was quietly hovering in the air.

However, the tornado of sand easily engulfed the Black Crow, and the giant beast's flaming mouth bit down without any hindrance.

"Banky!"

As soon as Bangilas closed his mouth, he realized that he had bitten wrong and had completely missed Steelix.

Just as it was about to turn its head to look, it saw a flash of golden light in the corner of its vision, followed by a huge force that flew it dozens of meters away.

"Oh!"

Bangilas fell straight onto the lawn, the front of his hard and sharp armored body completely sunk into the mud. After he struggled to get up, a conspicuous dent was left on the ground.

"Gah-"

Steelix flew over the top of Banguirus again.