Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile!

Chapter 191 The Cold-Blooded Giovanni, His Second Pokémon—Mewtwo!
"Boom!" Countless hardened plants rose from the ground, burying the motionless Super Armored Rhinoceros within them.

The smoke filled the air, making it difficult to see what was happening. The Hardened Plant, which was four times stronger than the Super Armored Rhinoceros, hit the Super Armored Rhinoceros. Even though the Super Armored Rhinoceros was tough and resilient, it probably wouldn't have a good ending.

As the smoke slowly dissipated, everyone could see that the super armored rhinoceros, which was nearly 2.7 meters tall, had its hard armor completely pierced by the hardened plants!

Even fragile plants, if they grow, can become powerful entities capable of penetrating steel.

The Super Armored Rhinoceros's face showed extreme pain. It didn't seem to have lost its ability to fight yet, but its arms, body, and legs had all been pierced through by hardened plants. Even if it broke free, it probably wouldn't have much fighting power left.

Giovanni's face also turned very ugly at this moment. No wonder even Lorelei suffered a setback despite being at a level advantage. This guy's Pokémon cannot be calculated according to common sense. The continuous Hardening Plant and the extremely terrifying penetrating attack caught him off guard.

In battle, a slight difference can lead to vastly different outcomes. Just because of a moment's hesitation, the Super Armored Rhino had already transformed into this form. However, even if it had reacted just now, it actually had no way to deal with it.

At best, it can only prolong the life of the Super Armored Rhinoceros a little longer.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle!!" The hardened plant was extracted from the body of the Super Armored Rhinoceros, blood splattered in the air, and bright red blood continued to flow from the blood holes on the Super Armored Rhinoceros's body.

Ash frowned slightly and said, "Rhyperior can no longer fight. Let's take him back to heal."

In a normal battle, Ash would never go that far, but this battle not only concerns his own fate, but also the entire world.

If Team Rocket's power is reduced by half, many people in the world will no longer suffer from Pokémon being stolen, bullied, or even killed. Therefore, Ash must not show any mercy in this battle.

The final result was that the Elite Four-level Rhyperior was beaten into this state. With a four-fold advantage and the immense life force within Venusaur, this move was ultimately too overpowered.

So Ash quickly had Venusaur recall the hardened plant and Giovanni admit defeat. If Rhyperior continued to be injured like this, it wouldn't just be a matter of losing the ability to battle; it would be death!

Sakaki lowered his eyes slightly, and then a cold voice rang out from his mouth: "Rock Cannon."

The Super Armored Rhinoceros looked pained, but still forced its hands to be placed in front of it. An extremely terrifying rock-type power condensed in front of it, and in an instant, a huge rock was formed!

But the moment the rock appeared, the Super Armored Rhinoceros's face turned even paler, and the blood he shed was enough to form 'puddles' on the ground.

Ash's expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "Gibbon! What are you doing! Rhyperior can't fight anymore, recall him right now!"

"Whether he can fight or not is up to me. As long as he hasn't lost his fighting ability and hasn't fallen, he can still fight." Sakaki's face was expressionless, and his words were filled with indifference, showing no concern whatsoever for the life or death of the Super Armored Rhino.

For him, the Elite Four-level Rhyperior was just a useful tool. He hadn't reached the point where he had completely lost his feelings for Pokémon, but that only applied to his main Pokémon.

To him, this kind of Elite Four level spirit, which others considered extremely rare and precious, was not even worth a bite of vegetables.

Its greatest value lies in defeating Ash's Venusaur in this battle, which would make Ash think more highly of Rhyperior and consider it a key trainee in the future.

But if he dies in this battle... then it means that's all he's capable of.

"Damn it... Venusaur has turned Hardened Plant into a barrier!" Seeing that Rock Cannon had been fully formed, Ash didn't have time to argue with the opponent anymore and quickly had Venusaur defend.

"Bana!" Venusaur was also furious at the way the other party treated Rhyperior. If he could, he really wanted to use a Hardening Plant to pierce the other party's body with three cuts and six holes, but firstly, it was protected, and secondly, he couldn't do it even if he really wanted to. Now, all he could do was to defeat Rhyperior as soon as possible and free him.

As Venusaur roared, countless hard thorns and barbs rose from the ground below, forming a solid and imposing barrier in front of Venusaur.

"Roar!!" Rhyperior also roared with a ferocious expression, and the Rock Cannon, which was used to exert all its strength, was blasted out at this moment. The Rock Cannon flew out with a whistling sound that tore through the air, like a falling meteor. It stirred up dust along the way and even the ground was shaken by its power and cracked. It crashed straight into Venusaur's thorn barrier.

"Boom—!" The moment the two collided, a deafening roar resounded throughout the entire arena. The rock cannon slammed heavily onto the thorny barrier, the sharp thorns instantly piercing the rock surface and scattering a large amount of gravel. However, the rock cannon's momentum did not diminish at all, pushing the thorny barrier backward and causing it to cave in.

Countless hardened plants were blasted to pieces by the rock cannon. Both sides' skills were being rapidly depleted, and it was a matter of which side would run out of energy and fall first.

Giovanni watched this scene expressionlessly, and roughly estimated in his mind that although his Rhyperior was seriously injured, the opponent's Venusaur was still somewhat inferior to Rhyperior in terms of attack power. Therefore, the outcome of this battle should be that his Rhyperior would win.

Even so, Rhyperior is definitely out of fighting ability, while the opponent's Venusaur is still at its peak. Even if Rock Cannon hits, it is impossible to take it down directly. So, he lost this battle no matter what.

But it didn't matter. Giovanni hadn't expected to win this match anyway. It was just that the fact that a high-level player like Giovanni was beaten so badly by a top-level professional made him feel a little ashamed.

However, the world is all about the winner taking all, so what if he loses badly in this battle, as long as he can win the final victory?

But what Sakaki didn't expect was that his defeat would be far more humiliating than he had imagined.

The rock cannon kept crushing the hardened plants, but new green plants kept sprouting from the ground, firmly keeping the rock cannon outside of Venusaur's territory.

No matter how much the hardened plant broke, the rock cannon could not cross the line. The two sides were locked in a stalemate for more than ten seconds. In the end, the growth rate of the hardened plant could not keep up with the destructive speed of the rock cannon.

With the rock cannon shrunk to less than fifty centimeters in diameter, the hardened plant was blasted open, only to be met by dozens of spinning, sharp leaves!
Leaf Blade! "Swish, swish, swish!" The blade sliced ​​through the rock, shredding the last rock cannon into dust!

Rock Cannon is indeed slightly stronger than Harden Plant, but Harden Plant was used by Venusaur at the beginning, so it doesn't need to allocate energy to create it; it will generate itself.

Therefore, he still has extra energy to use other moves, so as long as he uses Razor Leaf after the hardening plant is finished, the remaining Rock Cannon will be directly chopped into dust.

After using Rock Cannon, Rhyperior collapsed to the ground before Venusaur could retaliate!

The rock cannon he just used was his last bit of power. After using it, the Super Armored Rhino fell into a coma and completely lost its ability to fight.

Giovanni recalled Rhyperior without expression, then casually tossed the Poké Ball aside and said coldly, "Useless thing, can't even beat a top-tier professional Pokémon."

"What are you doing! That's your Pokémon!!" Ash's face darkened at Giovanni's actions, and he shouted at him loudly.

Giovanni remained unmoved: "My Pokémon? Don't be ridiculous. It was just a backup Pokémon. It had the potential to become my main Pokémon, but unfortunately, it didn't seize the opportunity. After this battle, it was exiled to be used for experiments."

Xiao Zhi: ...

Giovanni's words made Ash clench his fists tightly, his face almost overflowing with anger. This was the leader of Team Rocket, even more so than his subordinates. Even the Team Rocket trio had never made him so angry.

Although those three guys thought about doing bad things all day long, they actually almost never succeeded in doing anything bad. Most importantly, they still retained their love for elves, and would unconsciously lend a helping hand when they saw elves suffering some kind of tragic fate.

This is one of the reasons why Ash repeatedly lets them go.

But the person in front of me... has become so corrupt that he is completely rotten!
This guy is the one who should be arrested and imprisoned forever!

Blaine's description of Mewtwo's cruel personality must be related to this guy. Today, he not only wants to disband Team Rocket, but also to rescue Mewtwo from Giovanni's clutches!
“You won the first battle, so as a reward, here you go.” Sakaki said, taking a metal badge that looked like a green leaf from his pocket and tossing it over.

Ash casually caught it, then glanced at it. This was proof of defeating the Viridian City Gym Leader: the green badge.

He clipped it inside his lining, thus collecting all eight badges. Although Ash didn't really want the badge, he chose to accept it rather than spend time training and not have to go out and search for badges.

Whether it's good or evil, as long as I can participate in the Quartz Conference, that's all that matters.

"The battle with the Gym Leader is over. Now, I will face you in a second battle as the leader of Team Rocket. You should have collected eight badges by now, right? After you become a member of Team Rocket, go to the Indigo League and win the championship. Show your identity as a Team Rocket member in the champion's seat. The expressions of the League and the audience will definitely be very interesting!" As he spoke, a sinister smile appeared on Giovanni's face.

From the very beginning, he planned that even if Ash became a member of Team Rocket, he would still send Ash to participate in the Indigo League.

When he becomes the champion and reveals his identity as a member of the Rockets, the expressions of those hypocrites in the league will be quite interesting.

As for whether Ash's identity would be exposed from the start... who, besides those present, could have imagined that Ash would join Team Rocket? If Ash loses, would these people be able to leave this place? No way!
However, Giovanni did not expect that the pin-shaped camera on Ash's collar had already recorded everything here. Even if there was only a one in ten thousand chance that Ash had become a member of Team Rocket, as long as he dared to let Ash out, Ash would be captured by Lorelei and Agatha Christie immediately and taken back to the League to find a solution.

However, all of the above assumes Ash loses. Will Ash lose? That depends on who Giovanni's next Pokémon will be.

"My second Pokémon is... Go, Mewtwo." Giovanni waved his hand, summoning a Pokémon that floated motionless beside him, its entire body covered in machinery, into the battle.

After a moment's pause, Mewtwo slowly floated onto the field. At the same time, Giovanni removed most of the mechanical restrictions on Mewtwo, and Mewtwo's level was now unlocked to Champion Beginner.

This level is still within Giovanni's control; if it were raised any higher, even Giovanni would have difficulty controlling it.

As Mewtwo appeared, the expressions of the three people outside the barrier began to change. Misty and Brock did not expect that Giovanni would be so ruthless. The second Pokémon he sent out was not even his own Pokémon, but the artificial Pokémon Mewtwo!
Even before they entered, Xiaoxia and Xiaogang already knew that the Pokémon covered in a lot of machines was Mewtwo, because Ash had said that Mewtwo was going to attack Gary, which was why he rushed in.

However, Gary didn't know that this Pokémon was Mewtwo!

When Gary heard Giovanni say he was sending out Mewtwo and that the Pokémon next to him was floating out, Gary's face turned green!

The password... so he was typing Mewtwo earlier?!

He didn't know the origin of Mewtwo, nor what Mewtwo looked like, but he roughly knew what level of Pokémon Mewtwo was based on Blaine's description.

That was a Pokémon that even Blaine would be terrified of, saying that even Champion-level Pokémon were just weaklings in front of it. Gary even said that he probably wouldn't have any dealings with Mewtwo.

After all, with his current strength, even if he encountered Mewtwo, Mewtwo probably wouldn't even glance at him.

But he never expected that Giovanni would hold such a grudge! He'd only casually mentioned the cricket, and he dared to bring Mewtwo into the fray?!
No wonder it was only an elite-level Pokémon, yet it still managed to completely overwhelm all the Pokémon in his hands, leaving them no chance to fight back!

Sakaki, you fucking poet?!

(End of this chapter)