Pokémon: Master Pokémon has a fish-frying system.

Chapter 195 Three Objectives

Lu An confronted Sakaki in the Flamebird Cave.

His face looked terrible.

Although he didn't see Lorelei's battle with Sachi, nor did he see Lorelei resisting the Pokémon horde, Giovanni's act of pressing the switch still stirred up ripples in his heart.

The only saving grace is that, although there are many dangerous Pokémon on Mt. Silver, the League has also invested heavily in controlling them.

Even if Giovanni had extraordinary connections, it would be impossible for him to bring a large number of Team Rocket members into Mt. Silver to ambush them.

The small number of miscellaneous soldiers would not cause any trouble for Lu An and his group.

In other words, even if Giovanni had some backup plan, it was most likely just taking advantage of the environment of Mt. Silver and Sachi hidden in the party.

With Team Rocket having successfully captured the three legendary birds and set a trap, Lu An no longer held out hope of capturing Giovanni.

His current focus is on how to escape and safely lead the others out of Silver Mountain.

"Lu An, your mind is in turmoil."

Lu An's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly turned his head to dodge the attack from Sakaki.

Lu An narrowed his eyes:

"What, Sakaki, have you decided to do it yourself?"

"With your forty-year-old body, you don't think you can still hold your own against me in hand-to-hand combat, do you?"

Sakaki had taken off his simple jacket at some point, revealing his arms.

Actually, Giovanni has a really amazing physique, with well-defined muscles.

Let alone forty years old, even a twenty-year-old young adult doesn't have a body like Sakaki's.

But that's only compared to other trainers.

Although Lu An had been defeated by Giovanni at the Viridian Gym, that was only due to the difference in Pokémon strength.

If it comes to a battle between trainers, Giovanni would undoubtedly lose.

However, one of Giovanni's strengths is his willingness to take action in any situation.

He bowed slightly, maintaining his body at the optimal balance between offense and defense, waiting for the right moment to strike.

Lu An naturally wouldn't back down, and immediately swung his arm and threw a punch, heading straight for Sakaki.

The two bodies collided rapidly, making a "crackling" sound. In terms of the noise of their battle, it was no less than that of the four Pokémon fighting above.

After a brief exchange, Lu An's youthful advantage became apparent.

With his superior reflexes, he seized an opening and, using his palm as a knife, struck the nerve in Sakaki's armpit, instantly numbing Sakaki's left arm.

However, just as Lu An was about to press his advantage, he subconsciously stopped.

"Snapped!"

A flash of icy light.

An ice block has been erected where Lu An had just stood.

"Pfft!"

Lu An looked up and saw that the beak of the frozen bird was still tinged with cold air.

Clearly, the icy light just now came from Articuno's surprise attack.

"Gah!"

Corviknight was clearly angry that Articuno had managed to find time to support Giovanni despite the combined efforts of Corviknight and Volcarona.

So it pounced on Articuno once again, even resorting to a strategy of trading injury for injury.

Below, Articuno's attack successfully helped Giovanni catch his breath and put him back on the opposite side of Lu An.

Just as Lu An was about to attack, he heard footsteps behind him.

"leader!"

Lu An turned around to look.

Although he had only seen Sachi in comics, the moment he saw the woman in the light of the cave, he knew that she must be Sachi.

Those narrow eyes, that unsettling aura even when at a disadvantage—only Satchel, who has traversed multiple evil organizations, caused numerous troubles, and is now one of the three Beastmasters of Team Rocket, possesses.

The moment Lu An saw Sachi appear, he didn't have time to think about whether Xiao Gang and Kona outside were safe and sound.

"Magic Mask Meow!"

"Meow!"

As soon as the Magic Masked Cat appeared, it went straight for Sachi.

With Sachi's appearance, he no longer has the space to fight Sakaki in a fair and square manner.

He would rather face two Sakakis at the same time than have a cunning old fox standing behind him.

"Nidoking, 'Flamethrower'!"

The Magic Masked Cat, heading towards Sachi, tiptoed and somersaulted back to Lu An's side, narrowly avoiding the "Flame Jet".

Magical Masked Cat even felt its petals curling up due to the high temperature of the "flame jet".

This made it glare at Nidoking, who was standing next to Giovanni, with great displeasure.

"Nedo!"

"leader!"

Sachi luckily dodged the attack from the Magic Masked Cat, and looked at Sakaki again, his tone calm but slightly low.

With just one glance at Sachi, Sakaki immediately understood that Sachi's sneak attack had indeed failed.

As Lu An said, Kona, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, stopped Sachi.

However, he activated the mutated pheromone in time, causing a riot in Silver Mountain, which should have trapped Kona outside the cave.

Otherwise, she would have followed Sachi into the cave and seen Sakaki's true face.

No, it should be said that Sachi didn't even have the chance to run into the cave standing up.

Sakaki narrowed his eyes slightly.

Since Lavender Town "fell," Giovanni knew that Team Rocket's plan to capture Moltres had been leaked to the Investigators and the League.

They will definitely spend a lot of effort finding the location of the Moltres.

Since that's the case, Giovanni decided to play along and leaked the false information that "Molotov is hiding in Mt. Silver".

Their purpose was to lure Lu An and the others to Baiyin Mountain.

While it's difficult for Team Rocket's subordinates to hide here, it also makes it easier for Giovanni to carry out his plans.

He had three purposes for this trip to Baiyin Mountain.

First, they recruited Lu An.

Second, if recruitment fails, collect Lu An's blood for experiments.

Third, by taking advantage of the unique environment of Mt. Silver, they will massacre some of the Kanto Alliance and the Investigators' forces there to intimidate the Alliance and demonstrate that those who oppose Team Rocket will not have a good ending.

Now that the first objective has completely failed, Giovanni still has a backup plan for the third objective.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to extract some fresh blood from Lu An.

With that in mind, Sakaki no longer hesitated:

"Nidoking, use 'Poison Spikes'!"

"Nedo!"

Countless poison spikes were then thrown by Nidoking at the feet of Lu An and Meowth.

If they move around carelessly, they could easily be pricked by poisonous shards, bleed, and be poisoned.

"Magical Masked Cat, 'Falling Petals'!"

Countless snow-like petals flew towards Nidoking, and some were even shared with Sachi, to be considerate of her feelings.

But Nidoking raised his fist and shattered all the magical petals in no time.

"Little thief cat, 'Crazy Plants'!"

Seeing this, Lu An stopped hiding it. Sakaki had seen Sachi, but he hadn't seen Kona and the others yet.

Moreover, the button that Sakaki pressed always made Lu An uneasy.

"Meow!"

A gigantic tree emerged from the bottom of the cave and headed straight for Giovanni and Nidoking.