Pokémon: Rise of Evil

Chapter 339: The Second Legion Arrives

Looking at the hunched Zhesui, although Shota felt a sense of vicissitudes of life, these were not his emotions, so he didn't need to take it too seriously.

"Master Zheshui, what should I do now?"

Listening to Shota's question, Zhesui looked at his own reflection in the foot basin. As he rubbed his dry feet, his face gradually became unclear.

Zheshui first sighed in a fake manner, and then spoke:

"Our front line of defense is gradually being broken, but it is still holdable. I need you to open up the northern road to Chimney Mountain before the Third Army of the Alliance is transferred here so that we can open a gap from Fuyan Town and occupy Meteor Falls. At that time, we can switch from defense to offense."

Zheshui said it very lightly, as if he was joking, but in fact this plan was a direct confrontation with Daigo's regular army.

What is Meteor Falls? It is a place in the Hoenn region, connecting Route 114 and Route 115.

This is a large cave formed by a meteorite landing, with a waterfall inside.

what does this mean?

This means a giant natural mine, accompanied by meteorites, an extraterrestrial material that contains an unknown number of minerals.

With this giant mine, Daigo can continuously supply military supplies to the army.

Why didn't the alliance own this natural mine? Instead, it belonged to Daigo's family. It was hard to say. Perhaps there were too many interests involved, so Zheshui had to consider it carefully.

Perhaps it was human greed and arrogance that made Zheshui think that he could control Daigo's family, whose hometown was in Kanaz City, by setting up a base in Zijin City.

Just when Shota was thinking about the reason, Zheshui on the side looked at Shota's changeable face. Having lived for so many years, he was like an old fox and of course he knew what Shota was thinking.

So he sighed again and continued to play the victim:

"Alas, it was all my fault that I was confused at that time and believed what those old guys said. In fact, they were all lying to me. No one was loyal to me. They were just looking at whether they could get the benefits they expected.

And I, who was so overwhelmed by that victory, only woke up now."

After saying this, Zheshui sighed again, a sad look appeared on his face, and continued:

"The greed and pride in my heart grew like poisonous weeds. Even my own grandson Zhexin was dissatisfied with me. Before the battle even started, he chose to betray me without hesitation! This made me very sad, and at the same time I was deeply aware of my failure.

I am not qualified to be a minister, nor a grandfather. I have failed everyone's expectations of me, and I have also failed my family's expectations and lost their trust. All of this is my own fault. Now, I can only live in regret and self-blame..."

As if he was talking about deep affection, Zheshui's wrinkled face began to twitch, and tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, as if silently passing through every uneven hill, until they fell into the turbid foot washing water, creating ripples.

For a moment, the big tent became quiet, as if everyone was immersed in some kind of sad emotion.

However, this does not affect Shota because this is not his emotion.

Sympathy is the weak spot of the weak, but it can be the weapon of the strong.

However, Shota still had to continue acting. After all, he had performed the front scene early, and the middle and second half were his stage.

Then, Shota patted Zheshui's hunched back like an old friend and spoke in a very friendly manner:

"If you believe me, old man."

As he spoke, Shota wiped his feet with the towel handed to him by the butler, quickly put on his shoes, stood up, pointed at a few people, and continued:

"If I lead these few people and half of the Second Legion, I can reach Meteor Falls and cut off their military supplies."

After listening to Shota's words, Zhesui and a group of officers were shocked. After all, Meteor Falls could be said to be Daigo's most important military factory, without a doubt. It was hard to imagine how many regular troops were buried on the road leading to Meteor Falls.

Shota's words could be said to be outrageous, at least that's what all the officers present thought.

Like them, Zheshui also thought that what Shota said was nonsense.

Although Shota has a giant Beedrill in his hand that scares him and can evolve for some unknown reason, the power of an individual is completely vulnerable to the power of a group. It is not just talk that an ant can kill an elephant.

However, Zheshui looked at Shota's unwavering eyes. For some reason, he always had a feeling that the person he was going to get rid of in the future would bring him a surprise.

So, Zheshui clapped his hands and said "OK".

Then, he took out a black and white Poké Ball badge from his pocket. Compared with the black and white Poké Ball badge in Shota's hand, the one on his hand was engraved with 3, while this one was engraved with 2.

"Shota, you hand me the command badge of the Third Army. I'm giving this to you, and I'm allowing you to lead all of the Second Army in a counterattack in the north. I must live up to the expectations that this old man has for you, and I must not disappoint the people's expectations of you."

"Yes!"

Shota performed the alliance's usual etiquette, and then, in front of the officers' eyes, he exchanged the Third Army's badge for the Second Army's badge.

After the exchange, Zheshui seemed very excited. He once again walked out of the footbath without letting go of the mud and sand in the camp, stepped on the mud and sand to come to Shota, patted his shoulder, and spoke loudly and earnestly:

"As long as you win this battle, I will let you take my place. Don't refuse. By then, you will already have this right. Do your best. I have already seen my successor."

"Yes!"

Shota seemed very excited about what Zheshui said. Even his hand holding the badge of the Second Legion was shaking, as if he was extremely excited.

Seeing Shota's excitement, Zheshui smiled brightly. He came to Shota's left side, put his dry hand on his left shoulder, and said to the officers:

"From now on, if I die on the battlefield, Shouta's words will be the highest order, and you must all obey him, Tetsuya, and you too. You must follow him, and don't be arrogant and look down on others just because you are my grandson. As the future leader of the family, you must keep your composure for the sake of the family."

Listening to Zheshui's meaningful words, Zheye nodded heavily and replied:

"Yes, Grandpa."