Changing Direction (Bonus Chapter for Tips)

"Name: Yu Hai. Indigo League Champion. Temporarily residing at MikanGym. Suspected Elite-level Trainer. Two Elite-level Trainers and two Veteran Trainers once failed to kill him. Number of Pokémon unknown. Suspected to possess a legendary Dark Spirit. Those below Elite Four level are forbidden from accepting this mission. Proceed with caution..."

"Dark Spirit? Could it be Darkrai?" Yu Hai muttered. He truly had no idea when Darkrai had been discovered. He asked the middle-aged man again, "Does the mission say what kind of Dark Spirit it is?"

"Pokémon unknown. Suspected Dark-type Pokémon Darkrai, Ghost-type Pokémon Marshadow, Gengar..."

"So Team Rocket still doesn't know." Yu Hai stroked his chin, then asked curiously, "Was Team Rocket trying to kill me last time because of that Dark Spirit...?"

"Yes," the middle-aged man answered dully, drool dripping from the corner of his mouth as he revealed everything Yu Hai asked.

Only now did Yu Hai realize that Team Rocket had targeted him because he had rescued Nurse Joy last time.

At some point, Darkrai had been discovered by Team Rocket, which was why they had sent people after him, intending to seize Latias or legendary Pokémon like Darkrai.

This middle-aged man had pursued him because of a family mission—to investigate Eldest Cousin's disappearance. The legendary Pokémon had also been a motive. Human nature was greedy; while investigating his missing nephew, he could snatch the legendary Pokémon as well. Killing two birds with one stone.

So the reasons he had been hunted were that complicated. He really had not expected Team Rocket to notice him like this.

He had already gotten the important information. There was no need to keep the middle-aged man alive. He could just have Spinarak bind him and inject him with Toxic, leaving him to die.

It was not as though he