Chapter 545: What Garbage.
"Haha! Well fought!"
Captain Phantom looked at the battle on the sea surface, grinning from ear to ear.
Although some problems occurred during the process, it's back on track now, isn't it?
And he even got a big helper.
Captain Phantom turned to look at Lysandre standing beside him at this moment.
Just now, while the two were battling, they contacted each other's submarines. In the process of exchanging trash talk, they suddenly learned of each other's purpose.
Only then did they react.
It was a misunderstanding.
Captain Phantom and Lysandre's purposes were completely different.
Since that's the case.
They could very well join forces and cooperate.
After all, wanting to succeed in a massive battle of this scale is almost impossible relying on one person or one faction alone.
Captain Phantom's years of experience in naval combat, combined with Team Flare's technology in the scientific field, the two cooperating would greatly increase their combat power.
Just like right now.
Team Flare's submarine is indeed more advanced, much more overpowered than the submarines of poor pirates like Captain Phantom. If it were Captain Phantom's submarine, it absolutely couldn't withstand this kind of natural disaster.
But without the piloting skills of Captain Phantom and his pirates, Team Flare's submarine would have long been swept out of the area by the terrifying whirlpool currents.
Only with both sides joining forces.
Can they achieve the current situation of sitting back and watching the tigers fight.
"When can we make a move to snatch the Giant Rock?"
Lysandre asked somewhat impatiently.
Who knows how long this battle will last.
Wait until the battle ends.
The nearby Pokémon League might have even dispatched reinforcements over.
Will they just be eating dust then?
"It's useless for you to be anxious. If you dare to make a move on the Giant Rock now, Kyogre and Groudon will turn their spearheads towards you at the first moment. Those two Champions might too, isn't that purely courting death?"
Captain Phantom glared at this person in displeasure.
This Lysandre, looking all proper and dressed up, how come he's even more reckless than him, a burly, bearded man?
"Are we just going to keep waiting like this? In that case, what's the necessity of me joining forces with you?"
Lysandre glared at Captain Phantom beside him.
The Team Flare members below immediately got ready for battle.
It was hard to say just now underwater.
But now inside this Team Flare submarine, they have the absolute home-field advantage.
"Without us, could you withstand this ocean? The battle has just begun now, no one can say for sure what this ocean will turn into later."
Captain Phantom narrowed his eyes.
Secretly thought, as expected of a regional evil organization boss, disagreeing on a single word and he's ready to sink people.
This oppressive feeling is even more exaggerated than the Hoenn League.
"...Then what do we do now?"
Lysandre withdrew his gaze.
Is he that kind of reckless person?
A reckless brute can't become a regional evil organization boss.
Just now was merely scaring Captain Phantom a bit, letting him understand the situation he's in right now, not to backstab teammates at the critical moment, otherwise he'd sink this group of pirates.
"Sigh, no rush, wait and see. With Groudon and Kyogre appearing, those two from Hoenn can't possibly sit still. Maybe they'll intervene halfway and accelerate the end of this battle."
Captain Phantom grinned, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth.
Of course he can sit still.
His target is that Lucario possessing the Sea Crown.
The longer the battle between that Lucario and Kyogre lasts, the more advantageous it is for him.
So he is not anxious at all.
"You mean Team Magma and Team Aqua?"
Lysandre narrowed his eyes, waving his hand at the people beside him.
"Mm, the situation in this Hoenn region, I know better than you. As long as Groudon and Kyogre appear, those two guys will follow right behind like dogs smelling a scent."
Captain Phantom waved his hand, as if everything was within his plan.
Having schemed for so many years.
At the very least, he had anticipated the possible accidents that could occur in this Hoenn area.
The only variable at present.
Is this Team Flare boss who rushed over from the Kalos region.
Also don't know what this guy wants that stone for?
Could it be a very valuable treasure?
Captain Phantom's eyes darted around, secretly hatching new sinister plots in his heart.
Lysandre beside him was noncommittal.
He normally indeed didn't have that much energy to pay attention to the forces over in the Northern Hemisphere.
The adjutant beside him quickly brought the intelligence on the two organizations and handed it to Lysandre.
After reading it.
A strange expression couldn't help appearing on his face.
How should I put it.
Team Magma, Team Aqua, and their Team Flare, their ultimate goals seem to be about the same.
All for the sake of making this world a better place.
It's just that...
Team Magma is for humans, Team Aqua is for Pokémon, and their Team Flare is for both humans and Pokémon.
The different part is also the path to realize this ambition.
Team Magma wants to rely on Primal Groudon.
Team Aqua wants to rely on Primal Kyogre.
Team Flare...
Accurately speaking, is relying on the ultimate weapon, the pinnacle of scientific research from three thousand years ago by AZ, but activating that thing also requires the power of Yveltal and Xerneas.
However, Lysandre won't stubbornly stick to one path.
Just like over these years they still couldn't break through Yveltal's defense line, nor could they find traces of Xerneas.
So look.
Team Flare right now has set its sights on the Giant Rock, the essence of natural energy.
Lysandre thinks that thing might be able to become another energy source to activate the ultimate weapon, or perhaps it could produce some special reaction with the sundial.
"See~ What did I say~"
Captain Phantom's teasing voice suddenly sounded.
Lysandre looked up at the screen in front of him, and then his eyes lit up.
Just as this pirate said.
Team Magma and Team Aqua entered the fray.
"No need to care about Maxie's side, if Wallace loses he loses, best if he dies. We help Kyogre and Archie, first kill that Lucario to death!"
Captain Phantom excitedly pressed on the table in front of him.
His ambition completely undisguised.
Lysandre didn't refuse, waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to steer the submarine and chase after them.
What he had to do was very brief.
Balance.
He had to make all people, gods, and factions suffer heavy casualties, powerless to fight him for the Giant Rock.
Before that.
He won't make a move.
Preserve strength.
The matter of helping Kyogre and Archie, let Captain Phantom do it himself.
In the dark sea below.
Will, who had just suffered a Heavy Slam from Kyogre, now felt his stomach churning.
The effect of Steel-type moves on him is not strong.
But Kyogre using it is another matter.
Heavy Slam.
The heavier the user is compared to the target, the greater the power of this move.
Moreover, there is no upper limit to the power.
How heavy a two-hundred-meter-long Kyogre is, Will doesn't know.
Anyway, this move almost crashed him into a cripple.
Life Dew.
Heal Pulse.
Two moves down, his condition also recovered about seventy or eighty percent.
His endurance capability is not inferior to Kyogre's.
Suddenly.
"Hm?"
Will frowned.
His figure flashed to the right, dodging a Mega Sharpedo's Liquidation.
Mega Sharpedo.
A Water and Dark-type brutal Pokémon, the type combination is also considered decent.
Known as a brutal, cunning, and smart King of the Sea. After Mega Evolving, its temperament becomes even more atrocious, possessing explosive propulsive force, with a speed that can exceed 200 kilometers per hour in an instant.
However.
This kind of Pokémon is a pure clown in front of Will.
Although its presence is very low, Will possesses the Dread Plate.
Plus the Splash Plate.
Mega Sharpedo's two STAB (Same Type Attack Bonus) types are completely immuned by Will.
Moreover, Will possesses the Sea Crown. Moving in the sea is completely no different from moving in the air, and Extreme Speed can be used as usual.
A speed of 200 kilometers per hour in the sea might be very fast.
But in front of Will, it's no different from a snail.
If this isn't a clown, what is?
Splash~
The sound of water being compressed came from his side.
Will raised a hand, meeting it with a Drain Punch, clashing head-on with the Brick Break Kyogre released using its tail.
The powerful force slapped Will over a dozen meters towards the deep sea.
But Kyogre's giant tail obviously wasn't feeling good either, continuously trembling three times before returning to normal.
Swish!
"Tsk."
Will smacked his lips.
A flash dodged Mega Sharpedo's Ice Fang, taking the opportunity to deliver a spinning kick to its abdomen in the sea.
A Close Combat buffed by Swords Dance, Work Up, and Hone Claws, delivering a fatal critical hit.
Just this one kick.
Made the mid-tier Champion Mega Sharpedo lie flat on the board, floating up to the sea surface belly-up.
"What garbage."
Will spat, continuing to go fight Kyogre.
Not to mention the level difference of four or five levels.
Could an ultimate Fighting-type move buffed by items and stat-raising moves by Will be blocked by a Champion-level Sharpedo with a type disadvantage?
In the sea area not far away.
How is that possible?
Archie's eyes widened, jumping mad with anger.
There has never been a person.
Who could one-shot his Mega Sharpedo in a single move!
Even Kyogre couldn't!
On what basis could that dog?!
"That piece of trash Archie..."
Captain Phantom complained.
Trash that gets one-shot in a single move shouldn't be brought out.
The way he sees it.
This evil boss of the Hoenn region isn't much either. Let him do it, he could also be a Team Aqua boss and play around.
"You go try?"
Lysandre glanced at Captain Phantom.
That Archie.
Seems to indeed be a bit too trashy.
This Hoenn region...
Looks like it's not just the terrain that has a lot of water, the 'water content' (incompetence) of these evil forces is also not small.
"Do I need you to tell me!"
Captain Phantom didn't waste words either, immediately throwing out his Crawdaunt.
Crawdaunt.
A Water and Dark-type Pokémon.
Crawdaunt went in!
Was kicked by Will and floated to the sea surface belly-up!
"How is that possible?!"
Captain Phantom jumped mad with anger.
Looking like a boiled Donald Duck.
Lysandre glared at him, but didn't speak.
Everything was in the eyes.
He actually thought how powerful this thing was, to be able to scheme such an operation.
Just this?
If he didn't still need to use this guy's people.
He would throw this dirty pirate into the sea right now.
"Damn it, have to rely on you."
Captain Phantom sat back down huffing with anger.
"Rely? Hmph, indeed have to rely. Your reckless action attracted a formidable guy."
Lysandre's face darkened, signaling his subordinates to surface immediately.
A Gyarados was heading towards their direction.
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