Chapter 516 Paradoxical Species
"Long time no see, Liu Bo-senpai," Sakaki said calmly, "When I first became the leader of the Tokiwa Gym, I had the honor of receiving your guidance. Times have changed, and I never thought that we would meet again in this way. It's really sad."
"I never thought that boy would grow up to the point where he could challenge the alliance," Uncle Liu sighed. "The winner becomes a prince and the loser becomes a thief. Now that I have fallen into your hands, you can kill me or chop me up as you please. I just hope you don't implicate innocent people."
"Senior, you misunderstood," Sakaki shook his head slowly, "Now that we have just taken control of Johto, we need a respected person like you to take charge of the situation. As long as you are willing to cooperate with us, all previous grudges can be written off. Moreover, you will become the second most important person in the organization, with a status above Apollo."
Apollo standing by had a blank expression on his face, as if he didn't hear Sakaki's words.
Liu Bo turned around and said, "If I cared about power and status, I could have accepted the invitation of the Alliance and taken the position of Ice Attribute King. Why would I risk offending both you and the Alliance by cooperating with that villain Bixias?"
Sakaki smiled slightly. He had expected Liu Bo's refusal. "I know that you wouldn't care about that kind of material things, so we have specially prepared a condition that you absolutely cannot refuse."
As Sakaki took out a golden Poké Ball, Gu Liu's expression changed for the first time.
"This is... the GS ball..." Liu Bo leaned back in his chair. At this moment, he figured out many things.
"Back in Hinoki Town, you were the one who stole the GS Ball from Bixias?"
"To be exact, it was not the leader who took action, but me," Apollo's respectful voice echoed in the room, "It is not worth it for the leader to personally take action against a mere Bixias, so I will do it for him."
"So now Celebi..."
"Just as you thought, Celebi is already Team Rocket's property," Sakaki said calmly, "Senior, I know the reason why you teamed up with Bixias is to use Celebi's power to go back to the past. Now that we have just obtained Celebi, we are still in the exploratory stage of developing its abilities. If you join us, I believe the process will be accelerated. Once you succeed, you will be able to make up for the regrets in your heart for many years."
"Aren't you afraid that after I get my freedom, I'll take the opportunity to snatch Celebi away?"
"Afraid?" Sakaki smiled calmly, "When we have the power beyond God, what else in this world is there for Team Rocket to be afraid of? Senior, you also know how Dark Lugia was defeated by me, so you already have the answer in your heart. What you said just now was at best just a test for me."
Liu Bo looked at Sakaki steadily, as if he wanted to see through his heart. After a long time, Liu Bo finally chose to cooperate with Sakaki: "I can join you temporarily, but if your actions endanger the whole world, I will definitely come forward to stop it."
Sakaki nodded with satisfaction: "Welcome to join us, I believe this is the right decision."
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"Chief, is it really okay for you to hand over the position of the second-in-command of the organization to Uncle Liu so easily?"
Apollo asked cautiously after leaving the secret room.
"After all, Senior Kronos probably wouldn't want anyone to be on equal footing with him."
"I didn't expect you to be worried about this," Sakaki waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "Although Kronos was my former mentor, he is an old man left by my mother and he keeps telling me what to do. It's time for him to retire."
"By the way, I have something to show you."
Apollo followed Sakaki to a special room. There were no guard posts or busy scientific research teams. There were only two Pokémon eggs in the empty room.
The patterns on these two eggs are very similar to the egg in Yang Ming's hand.
"This is the spoils we seized in the Tongshulin..."
Apollo muttered to himself that during the battle in the Paulownia Forest, eight eggs had appeared in the world together with Rabbi. In addition to the three eggs obtained by Yang Ming and his group, the Alliance got two eggs, the Bell Tower got one egg, and the remaining two eggs fell into the hands of the "Shadow" organization under Dakota.
But with Sakaki leading Team Rocket to defeat Darko's forces, both eggs are now in the hands of Team Rocket.
"Do you know the 'Zero Area' in the Padiya region?" Sakaki asked with his back turned.
"I don't know." Apollo shook his head blankly. He previously worked in the Alola region and was recently busy fighting against the rebellion of Bixias in Johto. He knew very little about the affairs of Padia.
"During my time away from Kanto, I traveled around the world, and the one that impressed me the most was the Padiya Pit," Sakaki said. "In Area 0 inside the pit, there are some powerful and special Pokémon."
"Their appearance is very similar to the Pokémon we are familiar with, such as Incubus, Donkey Kong, and Magneto, but their strength far exceeds them, reaching a level close to that of legendary Pokémon."
Pokémon with power close to that of a "god"?! Apollo's eyes widened. Such powerful Pokémon appeared in groups. This Padia region was too scary!
"Of course, they still can't be compared with 'Gods', but compared to 'servants' under the 'Gods' such as Entei and Zapdos, their combat power is already very close," Sakaki explained.
Apollo immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they were not a group of Ho-Oh and Lugia-level Pokémon. However, even so, the strength of these Pokémon was quite amazing.
"According to local researchers, these Pokémon are from other timelines. Some of them come from ancient times, with huge bodies and brutal personalities; others come from the future, with their entire bodies completely mechanized. These Pokémon are called 'paradoxical Pokémon' by local researchers. They do not belong to this world, and may not even be the product of our time and space. There are many unsolved mysteries about paradoxical Pokémon."
"Although I really want to get them and add strength to our organization, unfortunately, the entire Area Zero is blocked by a barrier. The Pokémon inside can't get out, and the trainers outside can't get in." Sakaki sighed with some regret.
Then, he changed the subject and said, "However, the appearance of Celebi this time gives me hope. The eggs that appeared with Celebi have special patterns on them. These patterns are different from any Pokémon eggs we have seen so far."
"So, a guess slowly emerged in my mind," Sakaki stared at the two eggs, a gleam in his eyes, "Celebi traveled through time and space and brought these eggs, which means they are not the product of our time and space."
"In other words, these eggs contain paradox Pokémon!"