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"Qingwu, what a coincidence," Lan Ling smiled naturally.
"What are you searching for?" Qingwu asked, giving nothing away.
"A green-potential Pokémon. I bought a map from the exchange point," Lan Ling said, raising the parchment in her hand. Qingwu glanced at it—another Bellsprout. This exchange point was apparently also engaging in the business of selling the same item multiple times.
"I'm interested in a Water-type Pokémon, but this Water-type Pokémon is quite cunning. It's slipped away from me several times," Lan Ling muttered. "So I need a Grass-type Pokémon to help me catch that Water-type Pokémon," Lan Ling stated her intention directly.
"Then I wish you good luck." Just as Qingwu was about to turn and leave, the fatty trial participant emerged directly from the forest. The fatty looked at Qingwu and Lan Ling chatting intimately, his eyes filled with jealousy. He gritted his teeth. This was a goddess he hadn't even had contact with, and this was the first time he'd seen someone talking intimately with her behind her back!
"Kill him, kill him, kill him!" The thought of murder suddenly surfaced in the fatty's mind. As Qingwu turned to leave, his gaze happened to meet the fatty's gloomy, malicious eyes. Qingwu had seen this kind of look many times during his trials, especially when snatching resources; he often encountered such malicious gazes. Qingwu immediately became vigilant.
Indeed, he noticed that the sharp-faced, monkey-like trial participant was trailing behind him. Qingwu also took the opportunity to observe the sharp-faced, monkey-like trial participant's Pokémon: a yellow-potential Koffing.
"Beep, beep, beep," the communicator rang. The fatty trial participant, seeing no trace of the green-potential Bellsprout for a long time, angrily kicked a tree trunk. The tree trunk shook, shedding countless leaves.
"Boss, I've tracked that trial participant. He's resting by a tree trunk in a forest not far from us," the sharp-faced, monkey-like trial participant's voice came through the communicator. His voice was filled with hesitation, fearing he might offend a strong person.
"Very good, Skinny Monkey, keep a close eye on him and report his location at all times," the fatty trial participant said fiercely, his expression extremely distorted and savage.
"But Boss, is it really okay? He was the first in this attack value test," the sharp-faced, monkey-like trial participant's voice was full of hesitation. He was afraid of offending a strong person, so he probed the fatty.
"What are you afraid of? I asked my brother, that guy has no backing in Team Rocket. Go ahead and make a bold move," the fatty said with disdain. "As for first place, that's just using some tricky methods, completely unworthy of being on the big stage."
"Boss," a tall, innocent-looking young man beside the fatty suddenly spoke. His Pokémon was a Meowth. "Meowth seems to have sniffed out the scent left by Bellsprout," the tall young man said. His Meowth was sniffing the scent left by Bellsprout on the ground. Meowth's body was trembling slightly, as if it had some kind of illness.
"Don't worry, Boss, that Bellsprout was directly sprayed with Acid by my Bellsprout. It can't get far," a short trial participant said with a grin.
Looking at this short trial participant, the fatty was instantly furious. "How many times have I told you, stop using Acid, stop using Acid!"
"No matter how precious the Pokémon, your Bellsprout will fundamentally damage it."
"If that Bellsprout's potential is damaged, I'm not done with you!" The fatty's angry face twisted like an enraged lion.
"Found it!" The tall young man pushed aside a bush. In the bush, there was Acid and the green blood of an injured Bellsprout. However, the Acid and green blood stopped abruptly at a certain point, clearly indicating that this Bellsprout had been snatched by someone.
"I'm so angry!" The fatty's rage seethed in his chest, like a volcano about to erupt.
"Beep, beep, beep," the communicator continued to ring. "Boss, if you don't come over, that kid is going to leave. It looks like he's heading deeper into the forest."
"There are powerful wild Pokémon there. We'll have trouble tracking him," Skinny Monkey said hastily.
"Good, we're coming right over." The fatty's face darkened as he gestured to the surrounding trial participants. They were going to make trouble.
Qingwu walked calmly forward, occasionally bending down to pick up purple mushrooms. "The hallucinogenic mushrooms here are growing really well." Qingwu found that he didn't know if it was because Team Rocket's trial bases mostly dealt with Poison-type Pokémon, but the Poison-type materials on this trial island were very abundant.
Qingwu felt that the number of people following him had increased. Leaning against a tree trunk for cover, he released Aron and Zubat. "Quiet down, don't let anyone discover your presence," Qingwu whispered to Zubat.
Zubat understood, silently concealing its presence, like an assassin hidden in the shadows. "Aron, you too, disguise yourself as a rock and await my command," Qingwu said to Aron. So Aron curled its body up, disguising itself as a stationary rock. This was not difficult for Aron, which naturally possessed the Rock attribute. In the Pokémon world, Aron also hid under rocks. When someone broke a rock, a startled Aron would crawl out from the ground.
Qingwu found a spot and sat down, taking out the freshly picked hallucinogenic mushrooms and carefully collecting their spores. These spores had a very strong hallucinogenic effect and could be used to create hallucinogenic poisons. This would have a surprising effect when battling powerful wild Pokémon.
Soon, the fatty swaggered over. The fatty's Pokémon was actually a Spinarak. This was one of the few Johto region Pokémon in Team Rocket. This Spinarak was considerably larger than average Spinarak and extremely vicious. Due to the distance, Qingwu couldn't use the system's power to scan the Pokémon's specific data. However, based on its size, generally larger Pokémon tend to have better potential, so Qingwu believed the fatty's Pokémon was at least of yellow potential.
The tall young man's Pokémon, Meowth, was obediently snuggling at the tall young man's feet. Qingwu recognized this tall young man. Although he was currently unassuming, he would later be promoted to a Team Rocket executive on par with himself, second only to the Four Generals. It was said that his ranking in this trial wasn't very high, and his main Pokémon, Meowth, was severely injured saving him, and died after leaving the trial island. The relationship between the tall young man and Meowth was very good, and after Meowth died, the tall young man became an extremely cold killing machine. This tall young man was someone Qingwu could currently recruit.
Standing behind the fatty, the skinny monkey, used a Koffing. Qingwu felt this skinny monkey looked somewhat familiar. After some effort to identify him, Qingwu slapped his thigh—wasn't this the idiot who made Koffing self-destruct during the test?
"You brat, you've offended me. Break your own hands and feet, and I'll let you live," the fatty said arrogantly.
"Hmph," Qingwu glanced at the fatty with disdain. Breaking one's own hands and feet was no different from waiting to die in the forest. In the wild, densely populated with wild Pokémon, injuries could easily attract bloodthirsty and ferocious Pokémon. Those Pokémon would slowly devour your limbs, and in your terror, bite off your throat. That kind of fear, Qingwu had seen in his previous life. This was the punishment Team Rocket used for traitors. It was said that Team Rocket had a specialized Anbu for executing punishments, controlled by Sakaki. The leaders of the Anbu, Cang and Qiong, were twin brothers, known as Team Rocket's God of Death and God of Dreams.
"You all break your own arms, and I'll let you live," Qingwu used the fatty's own words to provoke him.