I beg you female trainers to give me money even if you lose!

Murloc...

Looking at this Pokémon, Yang Xiying narrowed her eyes slightly. This is a Pokémon that can only be found in the Johto region, and it also has an evolved form.

While the evolved form is naturally more durable than Murkrow, the unevolved Murkrow still has some uses.

Because it has the Prankster ability, it will likely be used to assist other Pokémon, but it doesn't matter...

"Markrak! Provoke!" Athena frowned when she noticed that the opponent was using Gengar; this thing was indeed a rather troublesome Pokémon.

With a Special Attack of 130 and a Speed ​​of 110, Murkrow can't outspeed it, but Murkrow has that ability...

Gengar has a wide variety of moves, so just taunt it first to prevent the opponent from using status moves!

"Gengar! Mega Evolve!" Yang Xiying rolled up her sleeves, revealing a bracelet with a Key Stone, which then began to glow!

Suddenly, a Mega Stone phantom appeared above Gengar's head, and Gengar was then enveloped in the light emanating from that phantom!

Finally, Gengar changed; its legs disappeared, and its round body became incredibly ferocious, with its lower body turning blood red.

It grinned, its scarlet pupils radiating a crimson light, and in the center of its pupils was a golden pupil.

—This design is also quite terrifying!

Athena was also shocked when she saw this. The Gengar on the other side could actually undergo Mega Evolution!

However, her Murkrow, due to its Prankster ability, is faster and directly used Taunt to block the opponent's change moves!

"Sludge Wave—!!!"

But the opponent didn't use any variation moves at all. Dark purple energy gathered in its right hand, and then Gengar slammed into the ground!

The dark purple mud spread outwards like waves, and when it reached the area beneath the Dark Raven, it suddenly splashed into the sky!

Murkrow lost 65% of its health in one go! Athena was also somewhat shocked by the aggressiveness of the Pokémon it was facing!

My Murkrow is trained to focus on HP, Defense, and Special Defense, and it's also carrying an Evolution Stone!

The opponent's poison-attribute Sludge Wave hit more than half of her health, so Yuqi can't recover!

"Raven! Tailwind!"

However, Athena didn't plan to rely on Dark Raven for damage output; she just needed to get a favorable wind and then leave the field.

"Gengar! Come back!" Yang Xiying immediately chose to switch Pokémon. His reason for keeping Gengar on the field was that it could evolve into Mega Evolution.

Now that the evolution is complete, let's switch to other Pokémon to deal with it, if I'm not mistaken.

Dark Raven's next move is Tailwind! Of course, it could also be Electromagnetic Wave, but Yang Xiying, who is in perfect sync, is not afraid.

It's just a matter of the descent speed; Yang Xiying sent out the giant vine, which is inherently slow!

"Dark Raven, Brave Bird Attack!" Athena frowned, looking at the giant vines that had replaced her, as if she knew what she was about to do.

After all, this is already delaying the duration of Tailwind, and if Murkrow doesn't switch in, the other Pokémon won't be able to enjoy Tailwind.

However, she doesn't dare to switch Pokémon casually when facing Vine, since there's a gym leader in the Kanto region who's very good at using it.

"Giant Vine! Slam down!" Yang Xiying slammed down immediately, believing that the Murkrow opposite him was carrying an Evolution Stone!

The two sides clashed at this moment. The Dark Raven, engulfed in azure flames, swooped down and crashed directly into the giant vine!

This reduced its health bar by 45%, and the Murloc was also damaged by the Brave Bird's attack and suffered from the giant vine's vine attack.

However, Dark-type moves are not very effective against it, so Murkrow still has a sliver of health left, but this is also a disadvantageous situation for Athena.

Because the other companions only have two more turns to enjoy Tailwind, and the Murloc cannot use Tailwind while it is in a Tailwind state.

So now the only option is to trade Pokémon, but the opponents have already revealed their cards and bid against them. Wouldn't trading Pokémon mean losing items for nothing?

"Markrak, come back!" But she felt it didn't really matter, since she had a Pokémon that could battle without items!

—The mischievous Raven is always ready to take advantage of favorable winds!

"Giant Vine, switch hands!" Yang Xiying also immediately switched to a new Pokémon, since he wanted it to benefit from Regeneration.

—And this also helps to delay the opponent's momentum.

Yang Xiying switched to Sableye. Even without Mega Evolution, Sableye is still a formidable opponent! And it can also defend against Murkrow.

—After all, it's a Dark-type Pokémon.

However, it was facing Crobat, which makes it feel like Pokémon have become part of Team Rocket's corporate culture...

"Crossbat! Brave Bird Attack!"

"Soul-stealing eye! Will-o'-the-wisp!"

Facing the Crobat on the other side, Yang Xiying gave the command without hesitation. This thing is a real physical attacker!

With will-o'-the-wisps ready, and because of his mischievous nature, he didn't need to worry about being provoked. His Soul-Hooking Eyes directly condensed into azure flames!

It then crashed into the Crobat, causing it to suffer burns. The final Brave Bird's fierce attack on Sableye only dealt 40% of the damage.

—In the end, the counter-damage combined with the burn also reduced my health by 20%.

"What?!" Athena's expression turned grim upon seeing this; the Crossbat being burned was a very serious matter.

Then, under tailwind conditions, Crobat is actually slower than the opponent's Pokémon. Doesn't that mean the opponent's Sableye has the Prankster ability?

"Crossbat! Provocation!" Athena can only let Crobat play a support role now, otherwise the opponent might come up with some other tricks.

"Soul-Snatching Eyes! Self-Regeneration!" Yang Xiying's use of Soul-Snatching Eyes to regenerate itself really confused Athena.

—Now it's a fully healed Sableye facing off against a Crossbat that's lost 20% of its health.

……

PS: Update, stuck in the battle...

NO.375 isn't just Team Rocket, it's Team Plasma too...

(The battle content in the previous chapter has been modified. Athena replaced Nidoking with Crobat, resulting in a full-health Sableye facing a burned Crobat.)

"Tsk...!" Looking at the fully healed Soul Reaver on the other side, Athena felt that her Crobat's Brave Bird Attack and Taunt had been in vain.

And you were also burned by the opponent's Will-O-Wisp. So what should you do next? Keep attacking and wear down the opponent's Pokémon?

"Crossbat! Brave Bird Attack!"

Athena decided to wear down her opponent, whose Soul Eyes would be unable to use transformation moves for three more rounds!

Even with burns, the Crossbat can still send the opponent's Sableye to his doom in three moves!

"Bewitching eyes! Disguise!"

The commands were issued at the same time, and Crobat naturally attacked first, its entire body engulfed in azure flames as it slammed into Sableye!

The Soul Reaper lost 40% of its health, and then transformed into a Crossbat and attacked the opposing Crossbat!

The Crossbat lost 55% of its health bar instantly. Combined with the Brave Bird's counterattack damage and burn, its health bar was reduced to only 5%.

"Is there another trick up your sleeve?" Athena's expression darkened slightly. This meant her Crobats had no chance of trading for the opponent's Sableye...

"Bewitching eyes! Disguise!"

"Crossbat! Brave Bird Attack!"

Both sides issued orders again. Yang Xiying was taking advantage of his weakness to finish him off, while Athena had no time to think and had to fight back!

The two sides exchanged attacks again, but before Sableye could even make a move, Crobat collapsed due to the counter-damage from Bravebird's fierce attack.

—The Soul-Stealing Eye still has 20% blood left.

“The rest is up to you,” Athena said, though she still felt there was hope for victory, because her Dark Raven had not yet fallen.

—And at this point, you can use a tailwind.

"Raven! Tailwind!"

"Bewitching Eyes, using a clever trick to send the other side on their way!"

This time, Yang Xiying didn't hesitate to send Dark Raven off the field, even though the opponent had a favorable wind, since Sableye still had one more move...

In the end, Murkrow used Tailwind first because of Mischief, while Sableye had to attack because he was still under Taunt!

"Hmph! Nidoking, go!" Athena sent out Nidoking, which can be considered part of Team Rocket's corporate culture.

Seeing this, Yang Xiying couldn't help but think of what would have happened if the opponent had dealt with the Giant Vinegate using Nidoking instead of Crobat...

This battle is likely to be very difficult, since Murkrow has Tailwind, and Tailwind Crobat has a significant advantage over Gengar and Vine.

Then, its Sableye, the only eye that can match Crobat, can easily lead to a mutual destruction with Nidoking on the other side...

But there's no point in talking about that now, because there's only one Nidoking left on the other side, so it's three against one!

"Nidoking! Earth Power!"

"Bewitching eyes! Magic trick!"

Yang Xiying used a unique battle tactic of Sableye before its Mega Evolution. Nidoking's items are incredibly valuable!

Now that Sableye has also stopped his provocative state, because he was just being mischievous, Sableye made the first move!

It instantly appeared behind Nidoking! Then it pulled the Life Orb from Nidoking's body and put the Tail of Rear into it!

Nidoran was immediately weakened! However, a single Earth Power attack still took away Sableye, but Athena's defeat was inevitable.

Nidoking with the Backstab ability will always go second if it uses a move of the same priority as its opponent, so even Tailwind won't save it.

"Nidoking! Earth Power!"

Gengar! Psychic!

Facing the Gengar on the other side, Athena continued to send Nidoking to attack, using Earth Power to unleash Nidoking's full potential.

—And this is exactly what counters Gengar, which has the poison attribute!

However, Gengar also has moves that counter Nidoking. Since the opponent is Team Rocket, Yang Xiying naturally needs to come up with some ways to deal with poison.

The Mega Evolution Nidoking, with its 170 Special Attack, was no match for the Psychic-enhanced Nidoking, so Yang Xiying was the victor in this battle.

"Hmph, so this is what they mean by 'no friendship without a fight'?"

After the battle ended and they returned to reality, Athena's expression as she looked at Yang Xiying suddenly became meaningful.

Because if you lose a Pokémon battle, you have to fulfill the opponent's wishes, and Yang Xiying's wishes are basically those low-level ones.

“You can use money instead,” Yang Xiying said with a subtle expression, while Athena gave a mocking smile.

“…Do you think it’s possible? But I’m willing to accept my loss,” she walked up to Yang Xiying, lifted Yang Xiying’s chin with her hand, and then lowered her head.

"—And I really admire that you have this thought, um..."

Next up was a new round of Pokémon battles, so the office became somewhat messy.

Athena, as expected of a female bandit who had been in the underworld for many years, was also at the age where she was as fierce as a wolf, so it took Yang Xiying a lot of effort to completely suppress her.

However, conquering the female villain did give him a great sense of accomplishment.

"Ha, your methods really do make so many women bow down to you," the two remarked as midnight approached.

Today's battle was indeed a novel experience for Athena, who was focused on her career; she even found herself acting coquettishly towards a man younger than herself...

"...Don't make me sound like some kind of deadly poison. I just want to minimize the suffering of the defeated."

Being praised for one's skills is indeed a very rewarding thing, but Yang Xiying is still embarrassed to admit this fact.

"Ha, your statement makes it sound like you're implying that the reward you wanted for defeating women wasn't what you're getting now."

“Of course… never mind,” Yang Xiying subconsciously retorted that it was a curse, but explaining it too much would just sound like she was being stubborn.

"In any case, your main purpose was to test whether I have the ability to protect Leisa Yuhui, right? Now, do you think I've passed the test?"

"—Are you asking this because you feel that your previous battles with my Pokémon were meaningless?"

“Then it seems I was just talking nonsense,” Yang Xiying replied after a moment of silence. Athena was now her spoils of war.

"Heh, anyway, I'll leave Resa Yuhui to your care from now on."

“Of course, but you’re making it sound like you’re going to separate from them,” Yang Xiying replied, but there was a sense of entrusting her children to someone else on the other end.

"After all, there is no reason for Leisa Yuhui to continue working for the Rockets, and you know why."

"Team Rocket in the Kanto region has begun to disintegrate and is no longer a refuge for those who have nowhere else to turn, like Reza Yu-e."

"Moreover, they have now found their own haven and are no longer suitable to work within the organization."