Elf: Start your slow-paced life after becoming a farmer.

“It’s a long story, but what I can tell you is that attending this ‘banquet’ will not be life-threatening; at most, you’ll suffer a little.” Karl’s gaze swept over the four of them. “Besides, I originally planned to attend this ‘banquet’ myself. Whether you go or not is up to you.”

"Go! Why not go!" Ash made the decision first. "Since there's no danger to our lives, why not go?"

"Since you're going too, Master, I'll go with you." Shinji thought for a while before deciding to attend the banquet.

Shinji believed that Karl's strength was enough to keep the event in check, so the nature of this "banquet" changed from exploration to training.

With his primary goal of improving his strength, he naturally wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity for training.

Seeing that Ash and Shinji were both planning to attend the banquet, Brock and Misty had no choice but to make the same decision.

"In that case, let's set off now!"

……

Following the coordinates on the invitation, Carl and his group of five arrived at a port called "Old Coast Wharf".

"What's going on? Why are there so many people here?" Xiaoxia muttered, looking at the crowds jostling each other in the harbor. "Are all the trainers here trainers who received invitations?"

Just as Ash was about to go and inquire about information in the port, Carl squinted and looked in the direction of the sea, or more precisely, at the rain cloud that was getting bigger and bigger above the sea.

“Screech. (I sense a force changing the weather on the sea.)” Zapdos suddenly spoke, alerting Karl.

Carl nodded slightly; he knew that the power that altered the celestial phenomena originated from the master of the new island—Mewtwo.

Meanwhile, on the high seas, a long-winged gull that had been soaring through the clouds seemed to sense something and turned its head toward the direction of the new island: "Moo?"

Chapter 89 The Brave Warrior Who Challenges Nature and the "Stranded" Long-winged Gull (5/5, Please Support!!!)

"Trains who wish to travel to the new island, please be quiet and listen to what I have to say!"

In the bustling Old Coast Pier, a woman in a blue uniform was shouting to the crowd: "I am Poja, the port manager of Old Coast Pier. Due to weather conditions, all ships bound for New Island from this port are temporarily suspended! Trainers, please go back!"

"The weather is fine! Why is the service suspended! I think you just don't want us to go to the new island!" a trainer in the crowd shouted.

"Although the weather looks fine now, please believe me, there will definitely be a storm at sea later!" Boja shouted back.

At this moment, Officer Jenny, who was responsible for maintaining order, also stepped forward: "Trainers, I am Officer Jenny, who is responsible for maintaining order in this dock and surrounding area. Please believe what Ms. Poja said. Life is only once, and everyone must be responsible for their own safety!"

Officer Jenny's words caused some of the trainers who received the invitations to have second thoughts. They felt that Officer Jenny was right; life is only once, and they did not want to take the risk.

For most trainers who received the invitation, Ms. Boja's words were nothing but alarmist talk, just a little storm. If they couldn't even withstand this little storm, what kind of trainer would they be?

Just then, a trainer who owned Blastoise stepped forward: "Since the docks don't provide boats, I'll ride Blastoise there! Come on, Blastoise!"

With a flash of white light, a Blastoise appeared on the surface of the sea. The trainer jumped onto the Blastoise's shell and then directed it to swim towards the new island.

This man's action was like striking a match in a powder keg, and the crowd at the dock instantly erupted into chaos.

A series of white lights flashed, and various aquatic Pokémon were released by the trainers. Then, a "wave" composed of trainers and Pokémon surged from the dock toward the new island.

"Master, shall we begin our operation?" Shinji turned to Karl and asked.

“No rush.” Karl looked at the dwindling crowd around him. “Miss Poja’s judgment was correct. There will indeed be a storm on the sea later. It’s a test set up by the ‘master’ of the new island for the invited trainers.”

"A test?" Shinji frowned upon hearing this. While ordinary Pokémon could indeed use weather moves to temporarily alter the weather, creating a storm? Was that something an "ordinary person" could really do?

If Karl knew what Shinji was thinking at that moment, he would definitely applaud Shinji's reasoning.

After all, the one who created this storm was not an ordinary person, but a newly born "young god," and a young god who was hostile to humanity.

As time passed, the crowd gradually thinned out, and just then, Karl and the others finally arrived.

"Hey, friends over there, do you need a boat ride?"

Carl looked in the direction from which the sound came and saw a small boat moored at the edge of the dock, with three figures, two tall and one short, sitting inside.

Before the four could react, Karl pulled out a Poké Ball he had prepared and threw it: "Serpent, tie these three up."

The moment it emerged from the Poké Ball, Serperior, following Carl's instructions, bound the three people on the small boat with its vine whip.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? We're trying to help you out of kindness, how can you treat us like this?" one of them shouted.

Carl didn't have time to waste with these three clowns, so he went straight to the "login key": "Who are you?"

As Karl uttered the "power-on command," a rhythmic background music began to play:

"Since you've asked so sincerely..."

"We'll mercifully tell you!"

"To prevent the world from being destroyed!"

"To protect world peace!"

"Carry out the evil of love and truth!"

"A cute and charming villain!"

"Musashi!"

"Kojiro!"

"We are Team Rocket, blasting off at the speed of light!"

"White Hole, a white tomorrow awaits us!"

"That's exactly how it is, meow~"

"Huh? It's you three again?" Ash sighed, looking at the Team Rocket trio striking their classic pose.

"Never mind them, Officer Jenny will find them when she patrols later. Let's hurry up and get going." Carl said, without putting Serperior back into the Poké Ball, but instead threw out another Poké Ball. "Swamprath, I'm counting on you from now on."

As the Poké Ball opened, Swampert's massive body appeared on the ground, and it called out to Carl in a憨厚 (honest and simple) tone, "Swamp? (What am I doing?)"

"Swamp Monster, please push this small boat forward as I instruct," Carl instructed Swamp Monster first, then turned to Shinji and the others and said, "What are you waiting for? Get on board!"

"Oh oh oh!"

The four of them, as if waking from a dream, boarded the small boat "kindly provided" by the Team Rocket trio.

"Let's go, Swampert, head towards the storm's strongest point!" After all five people and their two Pokémon had boarded the boat, Carl shouted to Swampert, "Let's conquer this storm together!"

As Carl finished speaking, the Swampert in the water began to exert its power, and in less than ten seconds, they disappeared from Team Rocket's sight.

"That trainer looks really strong!" Kojiro said dejectedly, "Looks like our mission is going to fail again."

"What are you saying, meow?" The meow, bound by vines, stood up. "Watch my crazy scratching, meow!"

As it spoke, Meow struggled frantically. After a moment, it collapsed to the ground, exhausted, panting, "How come these vines are tied so tightly, Meow?"

"Are we really going to have to wait here until Miss Officer Jenny finds us?" Musashi tried to pull her arm out, but she obviously couldn't.

"Ugh, that wretched brat, he actually brought in help this time!"

"That's so awful, meow!"

……

Carl was unaware of the conversation between the three on the dock; at that moment, he was completely focused on directing the Swamp Monster to avoid wave after wave.

Meanwhile, the serpent, lying in Karl's arms, had woven a canopy out of vines to protect the small boat from the wind and rain.

Just when Carl thought he had the storm under control, he caught a glimpse of a white figure stumbling through the rain.

"Hmm? That's... a longwing?" Carl frowned. "Sergeant Swampert, full stern! There's a Pokémon in distress over there!"

The Swamp Monster didn't make a sound, but responded to Carl's command with its actions.

As they drew closer to the "trapped" long-winged gull, Karl said to the Monarch Serpent in his arms, "Monarch Serpent, please use your vine whip to take the long-winged gull over here."

“Garro! (No problem!)” Monarch Serpent responded to Karl, then its two vine whips pierced through the rain curtain under its control, precisely wrapping around the “rescue target” and pulling it from the rain into the cabin.

The long-winged gull seemed startled by the sudden attack and let out a cry of alarm: "Mwah!!!"

“?” Karl’s eyes were fixed on the “long-winged gull” that was entangled in vines.

No way, I really just randomly picked up a UR?

At this moment, Shinji frowned and looked at Karl with a puzzled expression: "Master, I remember that the cry of the long-winged gull should not be like this, right?"

“Hmm… just like Shiny Pokémon, some Pokémon are just a little different from others.” Karl replied, trying to appear calm, but his hands were already tightly holding the special “Longwing Gull” in his arms.

Meanwhile, the "long-winged gull" in Karl's arms secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Hehe, this human is such an idiot.

Chapter 90 Mewtwo Appears

Mew, the Mythical Pokémon, contains information about all Pokémon in its genes and can use all Pokémon moves. It is therefore considered the common ancestor of all Pokémon.

The creature's true form looks like a pink kitten with bright blue eyes and a long, slender tail with an olive-shaped tip.

Because its fantastical presence can be seen all over the world, it has earned the nickname "street hustler".

In Carl's memory, Mew's first official appearance in an animated series was in the movie "Mewtwo Strikes Back," and its agile figure left a deep impression on Carl.

And now, this adorable mythical Pokémon is lying obediently in his arms, looking at him. However, to Karl's regret, Mew did not reveal its true form, but Karl was already very satisfied.

At the same time, Dream, lying in Karl's arms, suddenly noticed that the human in front of it seemed to look at it with some regret.

'Could it be that this person saw through my disguise?' Dream quickly scanned herself with her telekinesis, unnoticed by anyone. 'My disguise is fine; it's probably just my imagination.'

Although Karl really wanted to make Mew reveal its true form and then "love" it dearly, the current situation didn't allow him to be distracted. So he quickly gathered his thoughts and continued to direct Swampert to propel the small boat toward the new island.

In fact, whether it's Zapdos, Winged Beast, or even Dragonair, they can all temporarily calm the waves around the small boat, but Karl doesn't want to do that.

After all, Karl once wanted to become the Pirate King, and sailing a small boat through the waves was a very "romantic" thing for him.

Moreover, when traveling, it would be too boring to just use your strength to get through everything.

For Karl, the process of taking risks is more important than the outcome, because even in the worst-case scenario, he can rely on his own strength to rewrite the result.

As the small boat drew closer to the new island, the storm at sea intensified.

Many trainers riding Pokémon can be swept away by the oncoming giant waves if they are not careful.

'Human beings are truly terrifyingly insignificant in the face of the power of nature,' Karl thought to himself.

However, he then thought that the storm seemed to have been created by Mewtwo using its psychic powers, so should he be marveling at Mewtwo's powerful psychic abilities?

To the other invitees, the small boat carrying Karl and his group of five was an anomaly; it seemed to be able to easily avoid any wave, no matter how big.

'Damn it, where did they get this ship from? This is so unfair!'

As time passed, the three iconic windmills of the new island came into view before Carl.

As the Swampert pushes the small boat closer to the new island, Carl directs it to push the boat into an underground cave. In the cave scene, a figure draped in black robes stands on a simple wooden dock, carrying a lantern.

The moment Carl saw the person's face clearly, he knew her identity—it was Nurse Joy, who was being controlled by Mewtwo.

With the help of the Monarch Serpent, Karl and his companions successfully disembarked from the small boat and landed on the wooden dock.

"Welcome, please let me see the invitation," Miss Joey said to the group in a numb voice.

Upon hearing this, Shinji immediately stepped forward and handed the invitation to the other party. The invitation then projected a three-dimensional image.

Miss Joey nodded blankly upon seeing this.

Xiao Gang stared at Miss Joey for a while, then said with certainty, "You must be the missing Miss Joey!"

“I’ve lived in a castle since I was born, so I think you must have mistaken me for someone else.”

The atmosphere became awkward after Miss Joey said that.

As Brock's travel companions, Ash and Misty know very well that Brock, as a top expert in the "Nurse Joy" field, is almost impossible to mistake for any Nurse Joy.

However, since the other party has denied this, there is no need for them to dwell on it any longer.

Led by Joey in his black robes, Carl and his group of five arrived at a spacious hall. Inside the hall was a long dining table laden with fruits and delicacies for their enjoyment.

At the far end of the hall is a golden spiral staircase that connects directly to the ceiling, appearing to be merely a decorative element.

By this time, a number of trainers had already gathered in the hall. When the five of them entered the hall, all of them cast scrutinizing glances at them.

Compared to the reserved Ash and his two companions, Carl and Shinji, the master and apprentice, were much more relaxed. They released their Pokémon and let them enjoy the food on the table together.

While Carl and his Pokémon were enjoying their meal, some trainers began to whisper among themselves:

"Hey bro, look over there, that Pokémon over there that looks like a giant Misdreavus. Do you know where this Pokémon comes from?"

"That humanoid bear Pokémon looks quite imposing. Is it some kind of rare Pokémon?"

……

With Master Bear's keen senses, the trainers' "whispers" were no different from shouting in its ear.

But during the three years he traveled with Carl, Martial Arts Master Bear had long been accustomed to being "pointed at and criticized" by others.