Chapter 536: Highest Executive - Lambda (Petrel)
"Split up. I'll go to the electrical room, you go help the others. I'm afraid Gold and Lorelei's situation is not good."
Will sighed.
How could he not have expected that Team Rocket would use the newly acquired Horn of the Dragon God in this kind of situation?
But even if he had expected it, it wouldn't have been of much use.
The effect of the Horn of the Dragon God is too powerful.
It actually works on all Pokémon below the Champion level.
Even if he had expected the situation, it wouldn't have been much different, unless they dug up those semi-retired senior members of the Indigo League.
But that was completely impossible.
The Legendary Titans over there also needed Champion-level Pokémon to guard them; it was impossible to send them all to Viridian Hospital.
It's just a pity.
If Bruno could have come over, it would have been great.
That guy is a humanoid Pokémon. Even if his Pokémon couldn't fight, he could completely go into battle himself; in this kind of situation, he is monster-level.
!
The sound of gunshots came from the corridor nearby.
A traditional gunfight staged in the Pokémon world; this kind of scene is not common.
"Okay, be careful."
Cynthia didn't hesitate and nodded.
Subsequently, they separated at the corner ahead.
"If I didn't see it on the roof terrace, then the generators should be in the basement..."
Will muttered a sentence, his gaze sweeping towards the fire exit door nearby.
A flying kick sent him inside, smoothly taking care of three Team Rocket members hiding in the shadows, and then he quickly headed downstairs.
Rewinding the scene.
Ten minutes ago.
Outside Koya's operating room.
Hades frowned and leaned against the wall, his face full of melancholy.
The parents of that brat inside are not here.
If he comes out of there and doesn't see a single familiar person, he should feel uneasy and disappointed in his heart, right?
Suddenly.
The entire world abruptly darkened.
Immediately after.
The sounds of breaking windows and smashing doors came from all over the hospital.
Although Viridian Hospital's lights came back on shortly after, Hades still widened his eyes at this moment.
He knew what was going on.
Team Rocket took action.
Came to save him.
And it just had to be at this kind of time.
"Damn it."
Hades raised his hand and punched the wall.
Hearing the faint sounds of panic coming from inside the operating room, his mood was somewhat irritable.
Nearby.
Over a dozen League guard personnel rushed over.
"Hades! Head in hands, squat by the wall!"
They wanted to press him into the corner.
Hades didn't resist.
Even very straightforwardly lay flat on the ground.
He glanced at the corridors on both sides out of the corner of his eye, his ears pressed firmly against the ground.
Tap...
Footsteps.
The corner of Hades's mouth curled up.
!!
Ear-piercing gunshots rang out, echoing in the corridor.
Logically speaking, hearing this kind of sound, Hades should be excited and joyful, but right now he was somewhat irritable, only wanting the Team Rocket members over in the corridor to be a bit quieter.
The guard personnel were not vegetarians (pushovers) either.
Anyone sent to guard Hades was an elite within the League.
Even if their Pokémon were not by their sides, it didn't mean they had lost their combat capability.
Casually rolling on the ground.
Moving behind the nearby chairs for cover, and then throwing out their Pokémon:
"Growlithe! Flamethrower!"
"Venusaur! Vine Whip!"
"Wartortle! Water Gun!"
However, the next moment they realized something was wrong.
Their own Pokémon didn't listen to commands!
More accurately speaking.
They couldn't hear the commands!
They held their heads and huddled beside their trainers, shivering, their eyes looking around in panic, full of bewilderment.
They also didn't know why they were so terrified.
But the oppressive feeling coming from all directions made them even unable to catch their breath, let alone hear what their trainers were saying.
The guards were also quite shocked, completely not understanding what happened.
Every single one of them was a quasi-Gym Leader-level trainer!
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been arranged to guard Hades.
The ones they let out were also their most powerful Pokémon, possessing Gym Leader-level strength; in a 1v1, even facing some Gym Leaders, they wouldn't be without a chance of winning.
But at this kind of time.
Their own Pokémon actually couldn't move?!
If that's the case.
Aren't these dozen or so of them not much stronger than ordinary people?
"Hm?"
Hades also noticed this situation.
Although he didn't know the principle behind it, it seemed Team Rocket had mastered some kind of technology over these past few years that could make Pokémon temporarily fall into a 'Flinch' state.
Tap tap tap!
Continuous footsteps approached.
From both sides of the corridor.
A total of over twenty Team Rocket grunts attacked holding various weapons.
The guards pulled out the extendable batons and sprays at their waists, divided into two teams, and went up to meet them.
The two sides engaged in battle.
Although the Team Rocket grunts had the advantage in numbers, they were basically all crooked melons and cracked dates (incompetent/weak). For the specially trained guards, fighting three or four at once was not a problem.
Ding.
A silver key was tossed to Hades's side.
This was the true purpose of the Team Rocket grunts.
Snatching the keys to the shackles from the guards during close-quarters hand-to-hand combat, thereby restoring Hades's mobility.
"Damn it!"
A sharp-eyed guard rushed up wanting to kick the key away.
But the Team Rocket grunts behind him were like dog-skin plasters (sticky/clinging), tightly hugging his legs, refusing to let go no matter how much they were beaten.
Clatter!
The heavy shackles fell to the ground.
Hades smiled and climbed up from the ground.
His nearly two-meter-tall height stood in the middle of the corridor, like the true God of the Underworld alive in the world.
Hades is not like the grunts.
Even if Bruno came.
He could also fight for three to five minutes before running.
Under the combined efforts of Hades and the Team Rocket grunts, the over a dozen guard personnel quickly lay on the ground.
They didn't understand until the very end.
Having fought for nearly five minutes.
Why were there no reinforcements?!
Could the others not hear the sounds of fighting here?!
"Were the others taken care of by you guys?"
Hades happened to have this doubt too.
He shook his wrists and ankles, stretching the body that hadn't been very active for years.
Having stayed in prison for four years, his body was almost rusting.
Fighting a few League guards, he was actually almost beaten to the ground.
"No, Lord Lambda (Petrel) became the Viridian Gym Leader three years ago. The defense forces this time were arranged by him. The entire Viridian Hospital is either our Team Rocket people, or a group of trash with no combat value."
A grunt explained a sentence, handing over a broad-bladed dagger.
"Lambda? Heh, no wonder the League people couldn't distinguish him."
Hades took it and twirled it a couple of times.
Don't look at his thick shoulders and round waist (burly build).
Actually, what he is best at are small weapons like daggers, as well as jiu-jitsu.
As for Lambda...
One of Team Rocket's five highest executives.
A master of disguise with a bizarre personality.
His disguise skills are already strong to the extent that even if Lambda disguised himself as Giovanni, they wouldn't be able to tell whether this person was the real Giovanni through appearance.
And the reason why it's said his personality is bizarre.
Is because when Lambda is 'disguising', he easily substitutes his own state of mind into the disguised character.
Simply put.
When Lambda disguises himself as the Viridian Gym Leader, he will truly consider himself a great good guy.
Even the kind that shows no mercy when making a move against Team Rocket branches.
Only Giovanni acting personally can forcefully pull this person out of character.
However.
From today on, Lambda will probably lose his identity in the League.
This can also be considered one of the prices Team Rocket paid to save him.
"Lord Hades, we can just go directly to the roof and wait now. The outside on the surface has already been surrounded by League police; with our manpower and weapons, we can't clash with them head-on."
"Why wait?"
"We must make Viridian Hospital's lights go out and the situation become chaotic before we can possibly escape by helicopter, otherwise we'd be no different from targets."
"Chaotic?"
Hades raised his eyebrows, turning his head to look at the operating room beside him.
The light above the operating room door was still bright red.
The surgery was still ongoing.
"Yes, if all the patients fall into a critical state, then the League people won't have time to bother with us, or rather, the people pursuing us will be greatly reduced."
"Someone went to the electrical room?"
"Yes."
"Pull the people back, take the underground path dug out five years ago."
"...What?"
The grunt was somewhat dumbfounded.
Feeling as if he had heard wrong.
Their plan was flawless; proceeding according to this plan, they could bring Hades out with minimal losses.
But now...?
"Are you planning to make me repeat it again?"
Hades glanced at this person beside him.
"No."
The grunt hurriedly shook his head, anxiously explaining,
"But, the one who went to the electrical room to destroy the generators... is the Boss."
Hades's pupils shrank slightly.
Boss Giovanni actually mobilized personally.
Seeing Hades frozen in place, the other few people still standing didn't dare to act rashly, but in their hearts, they were dying of anxiety.
In this kind of situation.
Not even a minute or a second could be delayed.
Heaven knows how long Lambda can hold out over at the power plant.
Heard the other two Gym Leaders have already rushed over.
Once Viridian City's power plant starts operating again, the losses of their Team Rocket this time will be immeasurable!
"You guys take people and leave through the underground passage, don't go to the roof, tell the people coming to pick us up not to come."
"Then you and Boss Giovanni?"
"Do we need you guys to worry about us?"
"Yes!"
The grunts didn't dare to say more.
They took the wounded and hurriedly headed towards the warehouse on the first floor.
That was one of the passages specifically dug out by their Team Rocket a few years ago, connecting the ventilation shaft of the Viridian Hospital's first-floor warehouse to Viridian Forest.
Watching the Team Rocket members leave.
Hades raised his head again and looked at that operating room with the red light on.
With such a big commotion happening in the corridor outside, the surgery inside still hadn't stopped.
Have to say.
This group of doctors from the League are truly quite dedicated.
Thus.
Hades could rest assured.
[I might have to leave mom and dad, but I can give you my liver, that way you can be with your mom and dad.]
The sincere and innocent words of the child echoed in Hades's ears.
He no longer hesitated.
With the fastest speed, he headed towards the underground electrical room.
Hades hates little suns...
That's a lie.
It's just because in the past decades,
A little sun has never appeared in his world.
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