I caught a Pokémon

“Since you already know Miss Naz, I don’t need to waste my breath. And Miss Lijia must have met you before, so I won’t introduce you to her.”

In the end, only the old man with a face that looked like he had kidney deficiency was left.

"This is Mr. Merdan, my former superior. He is proficient in Dark-type Pokémon and is also an island king in the Alola region!"

"Oh, they're just minor titles, nothing to brag about." Mordan waved casually at Xia You, then sighed and said lazily, "Really, let's hurry up and finish the mission so I can retire early and go back to Alora to live out my days."

“Mr. Merdan,” the handsome man said with a smile, “Don’t say that. You’re still very young. Why are you always thinking about retiring and enjoying your retirement?”

Just as Merdan was about to speak, the door to the lounge suddenly opened, and a bald, burly man in a suit walked in.

Upon seeing him, Merdan immediately composed himself and became serious.

"Is everyone here?" the bald, burly man asked.

"Report!" The handsome man saluted respectfully, "The special operations team consists of seven members, all of whom are present!"

The big man nodded and said to everyone, "I am the commander-in-chief of this operation, codename Zero. Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to come here and help the Kanto region, and even the world, to deal with the troublesome criminal organization Team Rocket."

Merdan clapped first, followed by scattered applause in the lounge.

After the applause subsided, Zero flipped the tactical board and continued, "For this operation, we are divided into two forces. The main force consists of the special police unit of the International Police. They will attack the base gate first with the support of armored vehicles and helicopters, drawing the attention of Team Rocket to you."

"And your special operations team will secretly infiltrate the Jade Rainbow Game City through the underground entrance after the war begins, working together from the inside to annihilate and arrest these people in one fell swoop."

Awatari asked, "And what about Sakaki?"

"Don't worry." Zero glanced at him and said, "The other two Elite Four members, Mr. Shiba and Ms. Lorelei, have also arrived in Viridian City. Once the time for the general offensive arrives, they will move in with us and attack the Viridian Gym!"

This arrangement seemed to have no problems, so no one objected.

"It's unbelievable." Kikuko said with a sigh, "Even now, I still can't believe that the calm and collected man known as Giovanni the Earth is actually the mastermind behind Team Rocket!"

"Whether you like it or not, that's the truth." Zero sneered. "Behind every successful man, there's often a huge secret. No matter how perfect he appears, he'll eventually slip up! No one is an exception!"

Chapter 66 Operation Begins

Yuhong City.

At nine o'clock in the morning, two black cars parked one after the other outside Yuhong Game City.

On the street, vehicles of all sizes flowed by, and pedestrians were too busy to pay any attention to the two cars that had suddenly stopped.

"Is it time?" A young man wearing a Gengar mask asked in a deep voice from the passenger seat.

The driver was a slightly weak-looking man. He glanced at the time on the dashboard and nodded.

"The timing is perfect."

"Shall we take action?"

"No, we still need to wait for a signal. They have spies everywhere here, so everyone be careful."

"understand!"

"Hey, hey!" The conversation between the two made Lijia's face darken. She said helplessly, "Please, you two, can you speak in a normal tone? Don't make it sound like we're undercover agents making a rendezvous!"

"Ah, sorry!" the handsome guy said apologetically, "It's just that Xia You's mask really doesn't look like a good person, and in this atmosphere, I unconsciously got caught up in it."

Xia You glanced at the handsome man and said solemnly, "Handsome sir, please don't talk nonsense."

"Huh? What's wrong?" The handsome guy was taken aback.

Why did you suddenly become so serious?

Was it because I said he didn't seem like a good person that he got upset?

Xia You said, word by word, "During the operation, please do not call me by my name, but rather by my code name—Player!"

"I..." The handsome man's blood surged, and he felt a lump in his throat. "I thought you had something wrong, but it turns out you were just arguing about a name!?"

“Yes, that makes us sound more professional!” Xia You said matter-of-factly.

In the back row, Lijia covered her mouth and chuckled, and even Naz had a smile in her eyes.

Just then, an explosion suddenly came from outside the city, followed by a series of crackling sounds like firecrackers. The sound was like gunfire and cannon fire, and it still reached here despite the distance.

Pedestrians on the street looked out of the city, but despite the towering buildings, they couldn't see anything.

"Is this the signal?" Xia You asked.

The handsome man nodded, raised his arm, and started timing himself.

"Alright, time's up, let's get started!"

At the handsome man's command, the people in the car got out at the same time, and behind them, A-Du, Kikuko, and Mo Dan also got out of another car.

The group, with serious expressions, walked straight into the game center.

There were many tourists here, engrossed in playing various video games, when they suddenly saw a group of aggressive uninvited guests and all cast surprised glances at them.

Ignoring them, when Xia You and the others arrived at the corridor and reached the staircase leading to the second floor, they did not choose to go upstairs. Instead, the handsome guy groped around on the wall for a while and quickly found a hidden switch behind a poster.

He pressed down gently, and the floor suddenly opened, revealing a staircase leading underground!

Thus, the secret base of Team Rocket, hidden for many years, has finally been unveiled!

Two Team Rocket members disguised as shop assistants heard the commotion and rushed over. When they saw that the entrance to the secret base had been opened, their expressions changed drastically!

"Oh no! There are intruders here too!"

Before they could even issue a warning, Adu and Modan rushed up to them, grabbed them by the throat, and easily knocked them unconscious with their fists.

They casually tossed them into a corner and went inside, only to discover that the place was surprisingly large, far more than just a small-scale operation.

The entire base was brightly lit and had a high-tech feel. However, red alarm lights were flashing incessantly on the surrounding walls. This was not caused by them, but by the Interpol special forces outside Rainbow City launching a full-scale attack on another exit of the base, which caused the alarms to go off and attracted most of the Team Rocket members to that side!

"Great, everything went smoothly," the handsome man said. "Now we'll proceed according to the original plan, splitting up to carry out our respective tasks!"

Everyone nodded, released their Pokémon, and then split into two teams, heading quickly towards the corridors on either side.

Although they did not yet know the specific details of the base, they could deduce from common sense that the important departments here would be nothing more than the control room, research and development room, data room, weapons depot and power room. Therefore, in order to avoid the destruction of data and information, they had to occupy it in advance before the Rocket Team.

The team members were assigned in advance, just like when they boarded the bus. At this time, Xia You, the handsome guy, Li Jia and Natsumi were unstoppable, defeating every Team Rocket member they encountered!

However, as they went deeper, the resistance grew stronger.

In addition to Team Rocket members armed with guns, they even encountered hordes of Pokémon that suddenly appeared from behind and launched an attack!

"Damn it! There are just too many people here!"

The handsome man barely dodged an acid bomb, and looking at the wall corroded by the venom, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with lingering fear.

"Not only are there more of them, but their strength is also much more troublesome than those common Rocket Team members outside!"

While they were talking, Xia You commanded Gastly to use Shadow Ball to knock down several Pokémon, finally defeating this wave of enemies.

"Look here!" Lijia suddenly pointed to a gate and said to them, "Behind this are computers and all sorts of machines, it looks like the research lab in the base!"

Upon hearing Lijia's words, the handsome man walked to the gate, tried to open it but failed, and could only peer inside through the thick, specially made glass door.

"That's right, it is indeed where they research and develop technology and equipment! But this door is so thick, we can't open it at all!"

"Leave it to me." Sabrina, who had been silent all along, walked up to the gate. Her eyes lit up, and she used her superpowers to forcefully open the seemingly indestructible, fireproof and explosion-proof gate!

Upon entering the research and development lab, it was found to be in complete disarray, with scattered papers and broken coffee cups everywhere.

It can be seen that while the main gate was being attacked by the special police force, the researchers here hurriedly evacuated, leaving them no chance to escape.

"Damn it! Are we too late?!" The handsome guy gritted his teeth, walked to the computer, and started operating the system, trying to find any important files that might have been left behind.

Xia You also walked around the research lab a few times. He found that almost all the equipment was running, which showed how rushed and urgent the researchers from Team Rocket were before they left.

Just as he turned around, a uniquely shaped telescope suddenly caught his eye.

What is this?

He held the binoculars in his hand and could see that they were not only entirely white, but the lenses also emitted a faint blue light!

Out of curiosity, Xia You held the telescope in front of her eyes and looked around. Surprisingly, it had neither telescopic function nor microscopic or X-ray vision capabilities. Everything she observed was presented exactly as it should be.

Just as he was wondering about it, something surprising suddenly happened when he turned his head to Gastly!

Chapter 67 The Mirror and Apollo

At this moment, Gastly floated quietly in place, its eyes also fixed on Xia You, but its body was faintly translucent and not fully revealed.

However, its appearance is clearly visible through this telescope, and even the parts that have disappeared are clearly visible!

Once the binoculars were removed, Gastly's appearance returned to normal.

"Huh? Why are you looking at me like that?" Gastly asked curiously.

"Your body is completely exposed through these binoculars."

Gastly exclaimed in surprise, "What? There are such amazing glasses?"

Xia You nodded and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the Silver Inspection Mirror."

"Silver inspection mirror? What's that?"

Seeing that Rika and Sabrina had also come over, Xia You explained, "This is a high-tech product manufactured by Silver Corporation. Its function is to see things that we cannot see with the naked eye, such as seeing through the invisibility of Ghost-type Pokémon, seeing enemies in smoke, and even seeing the psychic fluctuations in the air!"

"Is it that amazing!?"

Xia You turned to Natsume: "This might be the spoils that Team Rocket stole from Silver Tower when they attacked it last time."

Naza looked around at the equipment and asked, "So, they want to figure out its workings and then mass-produce it?"

Just as Xia You was about to speak, the door to the research and development room suddenly opened again, and several people rushed in from outside!

Wearing berets and black uniforms, they were none other than the True Bird Matrix members who had previously harassed Xia You! And their leader was none other than the burly, one-eyed giant—Goz!

"Those pesky rats! They've actually managed to get this far!"

Upon seeing the handsome man and Xia You, Goz's eyes blazed with fury!

"It's you again?! This time, without the help of those two idiots, I'm going to wipe you out here no matter what!!"

Upon seeing these people, the handsome man's still-healing wounds throbbed with pain. He shouted, "Goz! Last time, it was because of your sneak attack that I was seriously injured! This time, I will bring you to justice and completely destroy the Rockets!"

As the saying goes, enemies are bound to be furious when they meet. After the two exchanged harsh words, their Pokémon pounced on each other and started fighting fiercely!

Xia You was about to put the Silver Spectrum into his backpack and send Gastly into battle when the handsome guy stopped him.

"We can't stay stuck here. You need to get somewhere else quickly. We absolutely cannot let them continue to destroy the data!"

"Should we split our forces again?" Xia You frowned. "If we split them again, we'll lose our advantage."

His inclination is still for the four of them to unite as one and achieve a powerful strike.

However, it's not fair to say who was right or wrong regarding the handsome guy's decision to split up his forces, since their different identities led to different ways of thinking.

Xia You prioritized the safety of everyone. Since they were already here, it was best to stay together to avoid being picked off one by one and causing unnecessary sacrifices.

As an international police officer, the handsome man prioritizes mission completion and efficiency over his own safety. Moreover, every piece of data and information here is invaluable to headquarters!

"Don't worry," the handsome guy said nonchalantly, "I'll come find you after I've dealt with these guys!"

"Alright, then I'll leave this place to you!"

Xia You was about to leave when she saw this, and Goz roared!

"Trying to leave?! None of you are leaving! Aggron! Use Ram!!"

Bosscoat strode heavily toward Xia You and the others, but was stopped by Sabrina's telekinesis.

“I’ll stay and help him too,” Naz said, turning to Xia You. “You guys go ahead, we’ll take care of this!”

This scene reminded Xia You of a similar moment at the Silver Building. He and Li Jia exchanged a glance, and without further hesitation, they left through the back door.

After passing through a long connecting corridor, they arrived at the core area. There was a downward elevator here. Xia You pressed the button twice, but the elevator did not start at all.

Pointing to the card slot on the control panel, Lijia said, "It looks like it requires a password card to start. Let's try another route!"

Continuing forward, passing through several rooms, we happened to enter the base's canteen.

The two stopped, not because they didn't want to continue, but because behind a row of tables, a man and a woman were eating. Judging from their unhurried manner, they had obviously been waiting for a long time!

The woman was Athena, who had the final battle with Xia You at Silver Tower, and the man next to her was also wearing a white Team Rocket uniform, just like her!

Beneath her short, bluish-green hair was a face with delicate features and a capable demeanor.

He gently wiped his mouth with a napkin, then looked up, his sharp gaze slowly shifting to Xia You.