As the largest lake in the Johto region, it was said that the Lake of Rage was once the crater of a volcano. After the ground collapsed, it was filled with rainwater and became what it is today.
To the west of the lake is a huge sea of trees, a labyrinth. Whenever it rains, the lake's water level rises and flows here, turning the entire sea of trees into a marshland. At that time, various amphibious Pokémon emerge, and the place becomes lively with a gathering of life. And after the rain stops, the water level slowly recedes, and the sea of trees gradually returns to its original tranquility.
But at some point, the Gyarados here became abnormally violent, starting to destroy ships and attack swimmers, making the nearby residents no longer dare to approach the Lake of Rage.
To investigate the reason for the Gyarados's rampage, the police had sent a few officers to investigate half a month ago. But when they arrived, they didn't find the cause, but instead, they unexpectedly discovered Team Rocket.
Greatly alarmed, they cautiously did not act rashly but reported this news to the International Police, which led to this operation.
Under Looker's leadership, Natsui, Sabrina, and a team of International Police arrived at a hillside not far from the Team Rocket base.
They hid behind the hill and looked towards the lake shore. A large clearing had been made in the originally dense forest, and Team Rocket's secret base had been built here.
From a distance, the base was quite large.
At its center was a three-story, modern-looking research institute. Beside it were facilities like a signal tower, warehouses, and a power station. They had even built a small pier for easy access to the Lake of Rage.
With such thorough preparations, it seems Team Rocket plans to establish a long-term presence here.
Unfortunately for them, today is the day of their demise…
When Natsui and the others arrived, many Team Rocket grunts were already moving boxes of items out of the warehouses and loading them onto trucks, as if preparing to evacuate.
But from the looks of it, they were not in a hurry to leave.
"This is the best we could have hoped for in a bad situation," Looker said, letting out a sigh of relief. "It's been over a day since you and Lance appeared in Blackthorn City. Since nothing has happened in that time, they've probably realized it was just a coincidence. And the fact that they're still packing up supplies now is just them preparing for the worst while also observing the situation."
Natsui nodded. Looker's mind was clear, and his analysis was very reasonable.
Just then, Sabrina suddenly tugged on Natsui's sleeve. Natsui followed her gaze and immediately saw Vicious.
He's really here.
The man was still riding his mechanical spider. However, from the looks of it, he seemed to be preparing to leave the base.
Is he going to hunt other Pokémon again?
"It's Vicious," Natsui said in a low voice. "He's about to leave. Should we capture him now?"
Looker also looked at Vicious and, after a moment's thought, said in a deep voice, "Let's not worry about him for now. Just send someone to follow him. Our men have not yet completed the encirclement. If we expose ourselves now, it's very likely that other Team Rocket members will escape."
To completely surround and seal off this research institute, besides the team led by Looker, two other teams were approaching from other directions in a pincer movement.
But because the route was relatively long and required a large detour, it was very time-consuming. Therefore, before they were in position, they absolutely could not alert the enemy.
Left with no choice, Natsui could only watch as Vicious left.
However, although he couldn't stop him, Natsui immediately sent a message to Clair.
After Natsui had left Blackthorn City, Lance had already departed for Kanto. Now, he could only reveal Vicious's whereabouts to her, hoping that after receiving the news, she could work with the other Dragon Tamers to capture him.
Clair replied to the message very quickly.
The content was just the short two words 'Roger that,' but Natsui could already feel her determination.
The sun gradually moved to the west.
The group waited quietly for another half an hour, and Looker finally received the signal that the other two teams were in position.
However, he didn't immediately give the order to act but looked at his phone again.
Soon, he received a call from Karen.
Because he was right beside him, Natsui could hear clearly.
On the other end, in Mahogany Town, Karen and Will had already led the International Police into the Team Rocket base, and the progress was going quite smoothly.
Initially, they hadn't even encountered much resistance and had taken over most of the base. Although Team Rocket later reacted and counterattacked, they still couldn't stop their advance.
And there, they had also found the Team Rocket executive, Dance, and were battling him.
Although an executive had appeared, Karen confidently told Looker that under her and Will's assault, this Dance was no match for them. Therefore, she expected to be able to clear out the entire base soon and come here to provide support.
Natsui nodded.
If they could really capture this Dance, including the Archer he had captured before, that would be the second Team Rocket executive sent to prison.
Just then, the research institute suddenly became chaotic. They must have also received the news that the Mahogany Town base was under attack.
Some of them went to support Mahogany Town, while others sped up the process of moving supplies.
Now is the time!
Looker's eyes narrowed. "Begin the operation!"
At his command, International Police officers simultaneously rushed out from the forests on three sides of the base, running towards the research institute.
Even on the lake, several speedboats were speeding towards the pier.
A large net was closing in.
As they approached, they were quickly detected by Team Rocket's equipment. For a moment, alarms blared throughout the entire base. Seeing these menacing International Police officers, the Team Rocket grunts clearly fell into a panic.
"This is bad! There are International Police here too!"
"We're surrounded!"
And as they were in a state of chaos, a tall and burly man wearing a vest and black gloves, who looked a bit rough, walked out of the research institute with a group of grunts.
"What are you panicking for!?" He sternly reprimanded the grunts who were trying to flee, then looked at Looker and snorted. "It's just a bunch of International Police. What's there to worry about? We just have to eliminate them all."
This man spoke with such arrogance. Either he was extremely confident in his own strength, or he had other trump cards.
And Natsui knew it had to be the latter.
After all, apart from the Team Rocket trio, the other members of Team Rocket were not fools and rarely threw themselves into a losing battle.
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