The moment Natasha finished speaking, all twenty Arcanine on the hillside vanished into thin air!
"Twenty-one Arcanine that know Extreme Speed..." Chinami stared at the villas below, a deep chill spreading through her. She immediately understood what her older cousin had meant by "broadening her horizons."
They were going to wipe out everyone in the villas below, then dump the survivors in the frontier, where they would never have a chance to return.
No, anyone sent to the frontier would be lucky. At least they would still be alive. More likely...
Extreme Speed!
It was a terrifying move, silent and almost impossible to see. If the Arcanine carried anti-detection devices as well, they were practically—
Grim Reapers!
According to the League's internal records, the only Pokémon known to master Extreme Speed were Arcanine, Dragonite, Lucario, and Togekiss.
Dragonite, Lucario, and Togekiss were all difficult to breed and exceedingly rare.
Growlithe, on the other hand, lived in packs.
A strategic asset in the truest sense!
"Your turn," Natasha said calmly, glancing at the Black-Clothed Figure standing apart from the others.
"..." The Black-Clothed Figure gave no reply, merely tossing out six Poké Balls.
One by one, Ghost-type Pokémon—Drifblim—materialized, then melted into the night sky.
Phantom Dive!
RING—!!!!
A piercing alarm suddenly sounded from below the hillside. At the same time, lights flared across the villas.
But within seconds, the alarm fell silent and the lights went out. Everything was deathly still.
"Let's go." Natasha took out another Poké Ball. "Arcanine, protect us."
The others did the same, then headed downhill.
Chinami followed obediently behind her older cousin Natasha. She knew the villas below—the branch Team Rocket had operated for years—were finished.
In a lavish study, Morimoto Tsutsumi carefully polished a solid-gold sculpture beside him.
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