You Don't Need to Face an Enemy You Can't Defeat

He still had Larvesta use its silk to tightly bind the three Pokémon Hunters before throwing them into the vehicle and locking them up, also preventing them from freezing to death.

But after finishing all that, Luo Mu did not continue toward the last vehicle.

Instead, he placed Kubfu and Larvesta behind him, narrowed his eyes, and looked into the blizzard that nearly blocked his vision.

Within it, three figures were walking over at an unhurried pace.

They were the three Supreme Overlords of the Madre Matrix, Madre's unit, dressed in Team Rocket elite member uniforms—at least, self-proclaimed Supreme Overlords.

The man in the lead spoke.

"Oh? I thought you were just some hot-blooded idiot with courage but no brains. Didn't expect you to notice us approaching."

How should he describe that tone?

It was like someone used to looking down on everyone else, carrying an inexplicable arrogance and conceit.

"After all, you never planned to sneak attack me in the first place, did you?"

Luo Mu answered calmly, his expression unchanged.

Even without the Hint System warning him, he had noticed the sounds they made when they approached.

They seemingly could not even be bothered to hide.

Honestly, that did not seem like the behavior of subordinates from a villainous organization.

Luo Mu's gaze fell upon their chests, where vivid red R's had been embroidered—rather conspicuous in this world of pure white.

So it really was Team Rocket.

That made sense.

As one of the few evil organizations capable of going toe-to-toe with the Pokémon League, Team Rocket might not have had complete control over Kanto and the Johto Region, but they acted far more openly than the other villainous organizations.

Team Rocket even owned publicly listed companies, and Giovanni, their boss, had brazenly held the position of Viridian