Pokémon Era: Starting as a Team Rocket

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After Raichu's cries of pain subsided, he felt an unbearable itch at the site of his wound.

"Bear with it, don't scratch. If you scratch, the newly healed wound will open up again, and then you'll just have to wait for it to heal slowly," Qingwu said emotionlessly.

"Has anything happened these past few days?" Qingwu asked Raichu. He had been away from the Team Rocket base recently, so he wasn't aware of recent events.

"All the trial participants have gone crazy. Lan Ling and Cang Mu's teams are hunting other teams, and other teams are hunting solo participants. It's a choice between joining them or being killed by them," Raichu told Qingwu.

"Given there are only 50 spots, that's normal," Qingwu said to Raichu. In his previous life, Qingwu had always played it safe until the end. After every trial assembly, he would rush off, leaving other trial participants unable to track him down.

"Let me check on your Pokémon's status," Qingwu said, looking at Raichu's Pokémon's condition. Vivillon was in an exhausted state from continuously using Grassy Terrain. Meowth had some minor injuries, but they were almost healed. Manectric was a bit tired, but otherwise, there weren't many major problems. Spinarak had recovered the best, and its level had increased quite rapidly, almost ready to evolve.

"Spinarak is about to evolve. I'll get you a different kind of Energy Cube later," Qingwu said after checking. He then had Raichu recall his Pokémon one by one into their Poké Balls. Qingwu, who had been in a hurry to return to the trial base, also slowed his pace because of Raichu.

"Someone's coming," Qingwu heard rustling sounds outside. Qingwu walked out with Zubat and saw Noah, the leader of the group, smiling at Qingwu.

"We meet again, Qingwu-kun!" The person who arrived was Noah, whom Qingwu knew. This was the Noah who wanted to recruit Qingwu but was rejected by Qingwu.

"Of course, my target this time isn't you, but the one who escaped. Hand him over, and I'll let you go," Noah said, confident of victory.

"If you leave now, I can pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, I will make a move," Qingwu said expressionlessly, his eyes full of disdain.

Clap, clap. Noah clapped his hands. His group of eight immediately surrounded them, all holding Poké Balls in their hands.

"Who gave you such confidence?" Qingwu gave Noah a fierce glare, which made Noah's heart skip a beat and caused him to take a step back.

"As a commoner, you actually managed to get first place in the exam. You must have a secret, either your Pokémon's aptitude is very high, or you've had a special encounter," Noah said confidently, his smile gone. "I can guarantee everyone that I will share Qingwu's secret," Noah said to the seven members of his team. Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes showed greed as they surveyed Qingwu back and forth. Qingwu felt like he was meat on a chopping block, available for selection.

"You all want to see my strength, see if the number one lives up to his reputation, right?" Qingwu's face gradually darkened. He hadn't been challenged in a long time. Qingwu's eyes flashed with fierce light. Even he himself didn't realize that he had unleashed Champion-level pressure.

"Since that's the case, I'll let you know how big the gap between us really is, Zubat!" Qingwu immediately had Zubat attack.

"Everyone, be careful, spread out!" Noah's team hadn't even released their Pokémon yet when Zubat began its attack. Zubat's sharp wings directly slashed through the throats of two of the trial participants. The trial participants clutched their throats tightly, countless streams of blood overflowing from between their fingers. Everyone present clearly heard the gurgling sound of air entering their throats. This made the remaining members of Noah's team swallow involuntarily. Too brutal!! Everyone quickly scattered.

"You actually dared to kill people! Everyone, quickly release your Pokémon!" Noah shouted loudly.

The remaining five people each sent out two Koffing, one Rattata, one Bellsprout, and one Spearow. Noah, on the other hand, sent out his Feraligatr and Fearow.

Feraligatr was like a blue crocodile, with a cream-colored, egg-shaped pattern on its belly and an astonishingly strong bite from its cream-colored lower jaw. Its head, back, and tail were all covered in red bony plates. Feraligatr was characterized by its sharp lower jaw and pointed fangs, its power enough to crush hard rocks. It could live both in water and on land. However, it was not good at walking on two legs on land; on all fours, it could move as fast as it did in water. The needles on its body could sting opponents, and its teeth were sharp. If bitten, there was absolutely no escaping.

Fearow was a medium-sized bird Pokémon. Its feathers were orange, and the parts between its two wings on its back and the tips of its wings were off-white. Its head had a red crest. Its pink beak was long and pointed, serving as its weapon. Its long neck was similar to a stork's. Fearow had rough, messy feathers on its chest. Its wings were wide and large, helping it fly. Its pale pink talons had four toes, three pointing forward and one backward. It had four brown tail feathers.

Feraligatr and Fearow were the only two Pokémon Qingwu had seen so far that had evolved to their next stage. No wonder Noah had the capital to be arrogant.

"Qingwu, let me show you the gap in our strength. I've always been hiding my true power," Noah said confidently. "Your biggest problem is offending me." Noah stated the reason for targeting Qingwu. Last time, Qingwu directly ignored Noah's invitation, making Noah lose face. This was why Noah urgently wanted to eliminate Qingwu. Moreover, Qingwu had offended Cang Mu. By eliminating Qingwu, Noah could directly join Cang Mu's ranks as a 'certificate of submission', and finally secretly seize the number one spot, thereby making a name for himself.

"Hmph," Qingwu snorted. If Qingwu knew Noah's thoughts, he would surely laugh at Noah's naivety. One must know that Qingwu didn't even give Cang Mu face, eventually forcing Cang Mu to curry favor with him. Cang Mu was even restraining his subordinates from taking action. Who was Noah to him? Had Cang Mu said anything when Qingwu forced him into second place? He only saw Qingwu trade with Lan Ling, then rushed over to flatter Qingwu, just to prevent Qingwu from becoming Lan Ling's aid. Cang Mu was quite wary of Qingwu; he was a guy he couldn't see through on the field. Noah thought that if Qingwu hadn't been lucky enough to encounter a good-aptitude Zubat and used a cunning method to get first place... Noah wanted to seize Qingwu's opportunity, become the number one in the trial, and eventually climb up to one of Team Rocket's Four Great Generals.

"Unfortunately, your teammates have all fallen." In that short time, all the trial participants except Noah were clutching their throats. Their throats all had deep, unhealable wounds, and even their Pokémon had been knocked to the ground. Zubat, without anyone noticing, had slashed their throats with its wings. After all, a Zubat that had mastered Tailwind and could use Quick Attack had a flight path that no human eye could catch.

"How could it be so fast? This is impossible!" Noah knew their strength. Even if they teamed up, Noah would have to be wary.

"Fearow, chase Zubat! Feraligatr, open your mouth and swallow the human in front of you!" Feraligatr was originally an extremely ferocious Pokémon. Feraligatr, with its crocodile nature, opened its bloody maw and leaped fiercely towards Qingwu. If it bit him cleanly, Qingwu was sure to lose a large chunk of flesh. At this moment, Zubat was entangled with Fearow and couldn't come to his rescue.

"Aron, use Rock Tomb!" A rock burst from the ground. Feraligatr actually bit the rock, breaking it into several pieces. He had to admire Feraligatr's chewing power.

"Aron, go challenge Feraligatr," Qingwu said faintly. Aron immediately condensed earthy yellow rock energy and unleashed several Rock Blasts at Feraligatr.

"I didn't expect you to have a second Pokémon." Noah saw Aron's appearance and looked at Qingwu with a complex expression.

"See, you have no Pokémon left," Qingwu walked step by step towards Noah.

Noah plopped down and knelt before Qingwu, kowtowing like a pestle. "Qingwu, please spare me. Please forgive my mistakes. I am willing to join your command and become your subordinate, a hitman who will strike wherever you point, absolutely loyal!" Noah cried out in tears, his face smeared with tears and snot.

"Too late. I just said, if you had retreated quickly, I wouldn't have let you go. Why didn't you listen?" Qingwu's eyes were filled with tyrannical aura. He seemed to see himself also kneeling and begging for mercy in the past. An unnamed anger provoked Qingwu's emotions.

"You don't need to think your Pokémon will save you. When you sent out your Pokémon to fight, you already missed your last chance to escape." Qingwu looked down at Noah, who was kneeling on the ground.

Noah's lips curled into a grin. With lightning speed, he pulled out a dagger from his Arms and stabbed it directly into Qingwu's stomach.

"I got him, I got him!" Noah had killed several trial participants stronger than himself this way and had even taken a Totodile starter Pokémon from one of them. Noah had tricked other trial participants by telling them where they could catch starter Pokémon, using their greed to build this team. Unfortunately, his scheme was immediately seen through by Qingwu. Seeing Qingwu's merciless refusal, Noah felt jealous. The fire of jealousy almost burned away Noah's reason, so the moment he saw Qingwu, Noah mercilessly pointed out Qingwu's potential opportunities, urging his team to collectively attack Qingwu.

Seeing the dagger about to pierce Qingwu's stomach, Noah's smile grew wider. "It's almost done, almost done." As long as he killed Qingwu, he could seize his powerful Pokémon, and then he would naturally stand out among the trial participants.

"You're too weak," Qingwu directly snatched the dagger from Noah's hand and stabbed it back into Noah's heart. Noah's pupils constricted. He couldn't believe he was dying here.

"In your next life, open your eyes and be a good person. Don't play any tricks. Your brain is too simple." Qingwu purposely leaned closer to Noah's ear and whispered softly, so Noah could hear him more clearly.

"Leader," Raichu, hearing the sound of fighting, struggled to crawl out from under the bed, only to find the battle was already over.

"Raichu, I've avenged you against the team that hurt you," Qingwu said calmly.

"Ah, but I don't even know them," Raichu flipped over each corpse, recognizing none of them.

"Oh, so I killed the wrong ones then," Feraligatr was knocked unconscious by continuous Rock Blasts, and Fearow was also knocked to the ground by Zubat. Qingwu picked up the Poké Balls that had fallen to the ground, recalled Feraligatr and Fearow into them, and took out all the items from the bracelets of the fallen.

A killer is always killed. It was a pity about this cave. "Let's pack up and return to the Team Rocket base. It's a shame about this cave." Qingwu knew that fresh blood easily attracted powerful Pokémon, so they couldn't stay here for long.