Shadow Pokémon

Chapter 30 Shadow Pokémon

Seeing Latias, now crystallized, fly into the air, raise all its feathers, and assume an attack stance, Cliff immediately waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to take action.

"Damn it, is this some kind of crystallization in the Padiya region? Why is this happening all of a sudden!"

Cliff finally felt the pressure. He wasn't worried about not being able to catch Latias, but rather about taking too long and letting the Dodo catch up.

The opponent is not only an international police force, but also the champion of the Johto region. Their strength is something that these people would never dare to face head-on!

I never expected that a mere moment of fun would be played by a little brat. It seems I'll have to take a risk and use some tough measures...

"Waaah!"

Seeing the Team Rocket members below preparing to attack him, Latias, filled with rage, showed no mercy this time.

It was because it didn't want to hurt these people and just wanted to drive them away without using its full strength that it was caught in an ambush.

The crystal gem on its head suddenly trembled, and then its body emitted a red light. It tilted its head towards the sky and fired a red ball of light.

The orb of light was surrounded by a pale orange glow. After shooting a certain distance into the sky, it exploded instantly, scattering many red fragments that fell downwards like meteors and detonated in various places.

The meteor shower powered by Dragon Crystal was incredibly powerful. Alakazam's Protect was instantly reduced to fragments, and even though Agaric tried its best to protect itself, it was blasted away. The helicopter was also blown to pieces...

"Hmm..."

How scary!

Ponpo nestled in Mingyou's arms, watching the series of explosions ahead. Latias controlled the area where the meteors landed, ensuring they weren't affected, nor were the Pokémon still locked in their cages.

Most of the Rockets members were stunned by the blast, except for Cliff, who used Tyranitar's body as cover to avoid the explosion, while Tyranitar was already incapacitated.

"As a tool...?"

Mingyou frowned slightly. There was no way they would let Cliff leave; those guys were too wicked.

Cliff stepped out from beside Bangiras, twisted his arms, and with a cold smile, looked up at Latias in the sky, saying, "Impressive, huh? So eager for revenge? Fine, I'll stand right here. Attack me!"

"Waaah!"

Hearing the provocative words, Latias did not hesitate, gathered a beam of light, and fired a Dragon Pulse!

Mingyou was secretly observing from the side. As the attack landed, she felt something was wrong. Just then, Cliff suddenly threw out a Poké Ball!

A red light... no, it was a flash of black light, accompanied by dark flames, and a Pokémon with a muscular build and thick arms appeared.

Its back also has two detonator-like structures and a pattern resembling a two-wire socket. Its current state is extremely abnormal; its body is surrounded by dark flames, its eyes have turned red, and its gaze is filled with angry fire…

This Pokémon directly used its body to withstand Latias's Dragon Pulse without even retreating, and in the next second, it let out a roar, stretched out its arms, and unleashed a bolt of lightning!

Latias tried to dodge, but the Pokémon's speed far exceeded its expectations. It leaped forward, grabbed Latias as it dodged the attack, and slammed it to the ground with a powerful tackle...

"What...what the hell?"

Seeing this outrageous scene, Mingyou quickly checked the Pokémon's information...

[Electivire: A Shadow Pokémon, purely a weapon of battle; only purification can restore it to normal, otherwise it will continue to fight.]

"Shadow Pokémon?"

Mingyou was slightly taken aback. This was the first time he had ever seen something like this. And wasn't Electivire classified as a Thunder Pokémon? When did the classification change?

Hearing his question, Cliff raised his head slightly, took out another Poké Ball, and walked towards him, explaining with a smile, "Never seen this before, kid? This is a Pokémon with powerful battle abilities that Team Rocket improved upon the technology of Dark Pokémon!"

"Dark Pokémon..."

Mingyou's face flashed with shock. He knew about this. It was an incident that happened in the Oure region three years ago. It shocked the whole world at the time. Not only was it on the news, but people were also talking about it on the streets.

An organization called Shadow, which has been hiding in the Orei region for many years, has developed a device that can seal the emotions of Pokémon, turning them into soulless fighting machines.

They are extremely aggressive. Because they have lost their emotions, they will attack even their trainers. They also emit a dark aura that is invisible to ordinary people. It is said to be the manifestation of suppressed emotions when in pain, hence the name Dark Pokémon.

Because the Ore region is too remote and the environment is harsh, the Shadows have always been active locally, which is why they have not been noticed by the outside world for a long time.

It wasn't until these people captured the legendary Pokémon Lugia and transformed it into Dark Lugia that the international police finally took notice.

After a year, the organization was finally eradicated, and the case was subsequently made public. All the Dark Pokémon were purified, but the vast majority suffered severe psychological trauma...

Now it seems that the Rockets must have obtained the Shadow's technology. Capturing Latias back may be to replicate the Dark Lugia experiment and accomplish what the Shadow was unable to do!

"These kids are born like this!"

Mingyou clenched his fists involuntarily. How could he possibly stand by and watch Pokémon being harmed like this!

By this time, Cliff had walked to within ten meters of him and continued, "However, there are still some problems with the research. They don't obey commands; they only instinctively retaliate when they sense hostility. And getting them to stop is also quite troublesome, like that..."

He turned his head to look at the other side, where Latias was being pinned to the ground by Electivire, who kept punching it. The Shadow Pokémon had lost its emotions and could not feel pain; it only had instinct, which was to fight!

"..."

Mingyou picked up the thorny vine club, already wanting to rush up and give the guy another whack.

Cliff looked at Ponpo in his arms and laughed, "Is this your Pokémon? I've never seen it before. I'll catch it too later, but before that, let's deal with you first! I'll use this Pokémon to show you what happens when you mess with Team Rocket!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw the Poké Ball in his hand, and once again, accompanied by a black beam of light, a large turtle, also enveloped in dark flames, with an oak-like tree and three gray equilateral triangular rocks growing on its back, appeared.

[Torterra: A Shadow Pokémon. If you manage to purify it, you should be able to gain its favor...]

"Hmm..."

Looking at the enormous earth-platform tortoise, Ponpo stood up, took the thorny vine club from Mingyou's hand, and now it was its turn to fight. It had to protect Mingyou, and then... go home for dinner together!

"Don't set any goals for me..."

Mingyou patted its head, then looked up, her eyes hardening, and said with a smile, "As partners, we should fight side by side! Let's use this guy as our opponent for our first Pokémon battle! Are you confident?"

"Mmm!"

Ponpo nodded vigorously, put on the ghost mask, grabbed the thorny vine stick with her right hand and swung it forcefully, swirling up the surrounding crystalline energy and attaching it to the ghost mask.

Mingyou stood to the side, and there seemed to be some special connection between them, perhaps a bond, or perhaps they were creating new memories.

The strange ball in his pocket made a sound again, but he paid no attention, laughing and waving his hand, shouting, "Here we go, Power Whip!"

He didn't know what had happened. He seemed to suddenly know all of Ponpo's moves, but perhaps... this was Ponpo's response to him!

"Mmm!"

Pengpeng swung his thorny vine club, and the thorns binding the club instantly untied, transforming into a long whip that lashed out at the earth turtle. The battle was about to begin...

(End of this chapter)