I'm not a Pokémon succubus.

Gas Bomb's name is engraved on the pure white tombstone.

"you......"

In the corner, a gray-haired old man was tied up with a strong rope. Even so, he still struggled to look at Lance and said, "The Pokemon Tower is the resting place of deceased Pokémon. Your own Pokémon are also buried in the Pokemon Tower. If that's the case, why bother disturbing their slumber?"

There was anger and confusion in the old man's eyes.

This isn't the first time Team Rocket has set their sights on the Spirit Tower...

He didn't know why this organization kept disturbing Ziyuan Town again and again.

"Shhh."

Lance raised a finger, signaling the old man to be quiet.

"Mr. Fuji, I have no interest in you."

Lance's choice of words was very respectful, which was characteristic of him.

"We're only looking for you this time because you know something our leader is very interested in. So, I hope you won't be so ignorant and just cooperate with us."

"Something of interest..."

The old man was stunned for a moment.

He had only one previous interaction with the Rockets.

It was a Pokémon study.

"Heh~"

Lance watched as Mr. Fuji's expression gradually turned ugly. He chuckled and said, "You probably understand now. In that case, I won't waste any more words."

"I have a more important mission."

He pulled out a photo.

In the photo, the silhouette of a black Pokémon was vaguely captured.

"Darkrai...why did he appear in Kanto?"

------

Darkrai is one of my favorite Pokémon, so cool.

Chapter 154: The Reversed World, the God of Nightmares

Lance is the leader of Team Rocket's operation this time.

Sakaki specially selected him, one of the four generals, to lead the team.

Lance is also a rare type among the four generals. He is humble but cruel, cautious in nature, and does not have the bad habits of arrogance and carelessness. He is very suitable for important tasks.

This time they went to Ziyuan Town with three missions.

The first task is to capture a large number of ghost-attribute Pokémon that live in the Pokémon Tower.

There are many trainers in Team Rocket who specialize in ghost attributes.

Ghost-attribute Pokémon are also the best partners for trainers when doing some underground work.

Their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated and their potential is not low.

The main reason is that there are not many areas where wild Ghost-attribute Pokémon are distributed. The only place in the Kanto region that has been confirmed to have a large-scale gathering of wild Ghost-attribute Pokémon is the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town... Therefore, Team Rocket can only achieve this goal by venturing into the Pokémon Tower and conducting large-scale captures.

The second task is to kidnap Mr. Fuji.

This old man's identity is extraordinary.

Although Old Man Fuji is now just an ordinary old man who runs a wild Pokémon shelter in Lavender Town, he doesn't look special.

However, this guy is actually a senior Pokémon researcher.

At the beginning, when Xia Bo, who was still a member of Team Rocket, was conducting a cloning experiment on the first generation of Mewtwo, Fuji, who had the same ambition, was his assistant.

Team Rocket is currently producing the second generation of Mewtwo under Sakaki's leadership, so there's no need to be afraid of too much information.

The researchers who had participated in the first generation of Mewtwo's cloning project were naturally their targets for recruitment.

Xia Bo, who was once the leader of the experiment and is now the master of the Red Lotus Gym, naturally cannot be moved... In this way, old man Fuji, who has no backing and combat power and is undoubtedly a soft persimmon, is the best choice.

Now, the mission of kidnapping Mr. Fuji has been completed.

Lance didn't need to be responsible for interrogating the old guy about the Mewtwo project, and he wasn't very interested.

Lance's mission was just to take him back to the base...

As for the task of capturing ghost-attribute Pokémon on a large scale.

Not in a hurry.

Those Pokémon don't have anywhere else to run to anyway.

Capturing Pokémon is bound to be a big move.

Although the residents of Lavender Town have been hypnotized by the psychic Pokémon, Lance, who is cautious by nature, is unwilling to take any risks.

After completing the third task, they immediately commanded the soldiers to capture Pokémon. After the capture target was met, they immediately ran away... In this way, the risk of Team Rocket being exposed and caught was undoubtedly reduced to the lowest level.

So, what is the third task that Lance needs to carry out this time?

"Um......"

Lance stood in the hall on the top floor of the Elf Tower, looking at the photo carefully.

Yes, his third mission was to investigate Darkrai who was suspected to have appeared in Lavender Town.

Darkrai is also a mythical Pokémon, with a status equivalent to Mew.

For Team Rocket, who are now frantically collecting any information about mythical Pokémon and legendary Pokémon in an attempt to assist in the second-generation Mewtwo manufacturing plan, Darkrai's traces are something that must be investigated no matter what.

This is the real reason why Lance went out.

If Darkrai really appears, the powerful Lance will fight and subdue him and make a lot of money.

Even if Darkrai did not show up, Lance, one of the four generals, could ensure the complete completion of the other two missions.

It’s not a loss anyway.

And...Team Rocket itself also has some information about Darkrai.

As we all know, Darkrai is a mythical Pokémon unique to the Sinnoh region.

The appearance of such a Sinnoh Pokémon in the Kanto region must mean something unusual has happened.

Sakaki suspects that this Darkrai is Thatch's Darkrai.

"Sachi..."

Lance read out the name of this former colleague.

Thatch is one of the three beast warriors in Team Rocket, and his status is equivalent to that of the four generals.

As it turns out, this powerful and mysterious woman was actually an undercover agent sent by the Ginga Corps to lurk within Team Rocket. Her actual goal was to seize the Deoxys that Sakaki had once obtained. This undercover agent once held a Darkrai, and her strength was extremely terrifying. In the end, she gave up this mythical Pokémon because Darkrai gradually became out of control.

The home of that Darkrai is the reversed world.

Thatch exiled it.

"The reversed world...Giratina's world."

As one of the top leaders of Team Rocket, Lance naturally knew that the reversed world was the territory of the legendary Pluto Dragon who controlled antimatter.

Of course he didn't have the courage to provoke Pluto Dragon.

However, there's nothing wrong with keeping an eye on Darkrai.

After Thatch exiled Darkrai, there was no news of that Pokémon.

Even Thatch himself didn't have much information after that incident.

Team Rocket reasonably suspected that Darkrai had been staying in the reversed world.

This time, there was an eyewitness report of Darkrai in Lavender Town. It is possible that the Darkrai found a way to escape in the reversed world and finally escaped successfully. The Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town is the resting place of Pokémon souls. It was once the site of such a bizarre incident where the soul of Galagara was materialized. If the entrance to the reversed world in the Kanto region is in the Pokémon Tower, it seems reasonable.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. These kinds of mythical Pokémon and legendary beasts are always a headache."

Lance rubbed his forehead with a slight headache.

He never liked to think about this kind of questions.

Too superstitious.

Sakaki's guess may not be correct, and that Darkrai may not be Thatch's Darkrai... Everything is still uncertain, and there is really no need to keep worrying about a guess. It's better to say that Lance himself is not very confident that he can catch Darkrai in one action.

It's a mythical Pokémon.

Whether I can handle it or not is another matter...

Lance was wide awake.

"Everyone."

Lance called out to the team members who were currently searching for Pokémon with special instruments, saying, "Continue searching for Dark-attribute Pokémon for twenty minutes. If there are no results after twenty minutes, notify the team members below to capture Ghost-attribute Pokémon."

"Yes, Lord Lance!"

The team members immediately responded to his words respectfully.

Lance is a humble man who is ruthless in his actions. He is very well-known within the Rockets.

"Um......"

After giving the order, Lance leaned against a tombstone.

He wasn't going to fight Darkrai to the death.

Now it was just a formality. After catching enough Pokémon and successfully kidnapping Mr. Fuji, I returned to the base. The leader wouldn't blame me for anything...

Lance felt that Sakaki didn't actually look forward to Darkrai being captured.

Mythical Pokémon is like this... you can't force it.

"It's almost time for dinner."

Lance looked at the time and found that it was almost dusk, so he made a joke to the angry old man Fuji.

"You...will definitely not have a good ending!"

"I accept your good words."

Lance's nonchalant look made old Fuji, who had made such harsh remarks, very angry.

"Right now, the Alliance won't be paying attention to you." He smiled sarcastically and said, "Who told you not to establish a police station in Ziyuan Town?"

"It's called not disturbing the Pokémon's soul."

Lance was smiling, but his words had a different meaning.

"A bunch of superstitious fools."

Lance's words were the truth.

If Ziyuan Town had a police force led by Miss Junsha, their actions would not have been so smooth.

"......Why."

After a long silence, old man Fuji sighed helplessly and painfully.

......

"A whole town is wiped out."

Aixia looked at the time and expressed his thoughts without even looking up. He said, "I've heard of similar situations a few times."

"..." Zhu Lan was silent for a moment, then seemed to understand what Aixia meant. She said, "Are you talking about the news about the Dream Tapir and the Gothic Kid kidnapping children?"

"You know it very well."

"...I haven't actually handled a similar case." Zhulan covered her forehead and shook her head. "It's mainly because the Sinnoh League's archives record quite a few Pokémon crimes. Perhaps due to the versatility and wide range of uses of Psychic, there were countless cases of malicious trainers using Psychic Pokémon to commit crimes a long time ago."

"Anyway... eh."

Zhulan sighed.

"Fortunately, the Alliance issued relevant laws in a timely manner and severely punished some criminals. Now we have finally succeeded in restraining those guys."