Team Rainbow Rocket, without any doubt, even when looking at all parallel universes in the Pokémon world, is the strongest evil organization.
Rainbow Giovanni from a parallel world traveled through various parallel universes, gathering the leaders of evil organizations from each world who controlled Legendary Pokémon, and formed the ultimate criminal organization.
If there's any weakness to speak of, it might be that although these evil leaders are gathered by Rainbow Giovanni on the surface and belong to the same organization, they actually have their own agendas.
It's like a supremely strengthened version of the Rocks Pirates.
And like the Akatsuki, they could have steamrolled through with a team battle, but they insisted on sending themselves one by one to their deaths.
In the end, they were defeated one by one by the Sun and Moon protagonists who also possessed the top Legendary Necrozma.
In Joker's view, the current Shadow is a weakened version of Team Rainbow Rocket.
They possess many Legendaries and have the same goal: to conquer the world.
Of course, there are differences.
After all, neither the Infinite Pokémon Latios and Latias nor the Regi trio under the command of the "Toilet King" can compare to the top Legendaries in Team Rainbow Rocket's hands.
But the one thing that Shadow does better than Team Rainbow Rocket is that Shadow's high-level members are the same Jin family, and they know how to play as a team, not sending people to their deaths one by one like Team Rainbow Rocket.
Secondly, in Joker's view, there is another very important objective condition.
That is, the current Pokémon League is in a period of innovation and change, or rather, those geniuses have not yet grown up.
Whether it's Lance, Cynthia, Steven Stone, or the slightly inferior Lorelei, Flint, and Caitlin, these elites who will be the mainstay of the League in the future have not yet reached their complete form in Ash's era.
And right now, with the three Legendary Birds, the Regi trio, and the Infinite siblings, plus the Shadow organization empowered by the dark forces, they really have the ability to challenge the Pokémon League.
And don't forget, the various League regions are distributed all over the world.
Shadow can completely take down Kanto and Johto first, then Hoenn and Sinnoh, and then Unova and Kalos... one by one.
And now, without prior preparation, regions closer to Kanto like Hoenn and Sinnoh may be able to send reinforcements.
As for Kalos, Galar, and Paldea, by the time reinforcements from these regions arrive... heh... they'll probably only be able to collect the bodies of Dramath, Lance, and the others.
"It's Latios and Latias!?"
Hoenn region.
When they saw the two dragons that Altus brought out, many Hoenn elite trainers, led by Steven Stone, immediately remembered the encirclement operation that took place in Slateport City earlier.
Whoosh--!
"Blizzard!"
The sound of howling wind came, and a silver-white hurricane mixed with countless snowflakes struck the newly appeared Latios and Latias.
A natural-colored barrier rapidly spread with Latios as the center.
It expanded to the size of a basketball court.
It not only protected himself and his sister but also protected more than a dozen Shadow members and their Pokémon around him.
"Thank you very much! Lord Altus!"
The shouts of the Shadow grunts protected inside were filled with excitement and worship.
Altus shifted his gaze slightly and called out the other party's name in a low voice, "Elite Four Lorelei of the Indigo Plateau."
"Latios, Latias, Legendary Pokémon who are said to help humans and Pokémon in distress, with kind and upright personalities."
Lorelei's beautiful face was full of murderous intent as she walked over with her Lapras and Dewgong, "You actually controlled them!?"
Altus didn't say much, just silently looked at the other party through his sunglasses for a few seconds, then suddenly opened his mouth: "Although you probably won't listen, I still advise you not to get close, you are not my opponent."
Whoosh--!
As soon as Altus finished speaking, Lorelei, with a cold face, pointed her raised right index finger at the opposite target.
Double Blizzard froze everything along the way into silver-white, rapidly approaching Altus.
The darkened dragon siblings opened their wings and dived in a spiral crisscross pattern like two aerobatic fighter jets.
Latias's red! Latios's blue! And the black of the dark forces!
Three flames rose up.
Transforming into a roaring giant dragon, it dived down from above, squeezing Double Blizzard onto the ground.
Dragon Rush!
Poof!
Double Blizzard was crushed like a balloon, splashing large pieces of gravel and dust on the ground, which were frozen by the cold air when they flew up, but in the next instant, they were crushed into powder by the tyrannical dragon might.
Facing the joint attack of Lorelei's initial partner and her ace.
Despite the disadvantage in type matchups, they actually dealt with it so easily.
Suddenly, Latios broke away from his sister and dived towards Altus's right rear.
Buzz--
A dazzling cyan holy light sprinkled on the ground, enveloping a large area behind Altus.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The earth was impacted by the holy light, making continuous explosion sounds.
This is Latios's exclusive skill - Luster Purge!
"Gengar!"
Amidst the explosion sounds, a Gengar flew out with a painful expression.
But when it flew halfway, it stabilized its body in mid-air with its Levitate ability.
"Oh my, I've been discovered~"
At the end of the smoke, the current Indigo Plateau Champion Agatha walked over with a cane.
She was still planning to have Gengar secretly attack Altus from behind.
Grandma Agatha's style of doing things is completely different from champions like Alder and Leon, who emphasize fair and square battles.
"Even if it disappears without a trace, Latios can sense the target's location. His mental perception is second to none among all Pokémon."
Altus turned around.
"Champion Agatha, a bit troublesome."
Saying that, Altus raised his hand and flicked his index finger.
Latias also flew over.
The dragon sister's eyes glowed with a light red color.
Instantly, Latias's body gradually became transparent and disappeared without a trace in less than two seconds.
Lorelei in the back and many League trainers who came to respond changed their expressions drastically.
"The power of a Legendary Pokémon?"
Agatha squinted her eyes and said.
"Latias can change her appearance in the eyes of others by refracting light through her glass-like feathers. Of course, making others unable to see herself is also possible."
One sibling's ability is to perceive invisible enemies, and the other's is to make enemies unable to see themselves.
It must be said, it's also interesting.
"Move."
Altus uttered two words.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Including Agatha and Lorelei, everyone could only hear a series of whistling sounds.
Without thinking, they all knew that Latias had launched an attack.
But no one knew where she was attacking from, who she was attacking, or what move she was using.
Most people thought that the attack should be aimed at Agatha, the strongest person on the scene, but...
"Lorelei! Be careful!"
Relying not on Pokémon abilities, but on her own experienced battle experience.
In just an instant, Agatha heard the volume of the whistling sound change from loud to small.
This was enough to show that Latias's attack was not aimed at her.
And Lorelei's two veterans, Lapras and Dewgong, almost instinctively felt the sense of crisis coming.
Even if they didn't know which direction the attack was coming from.
They both subconsciously moved closer to the middle to prevent their master from being affected.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Continuous sonic boom pressure exploded on Lapras and Dewgong.
Not only Latias's body, but even her moves were invisible?
"It's exactly the same as what we encountered in the Hoenn region."
Cynthia looked at Lorelei, who had completely fallen into a disadvantage on TV, and bit her lower lip with her teeth, her face pale.
"Lapras! Dewgong! Surf!"
Lorelei, who was protected in the middle by her two most trusted partners, suppressed the worry in her heart and ordered sharply.
She wasn't good at sensing opponents, so she would use a large-scale attack!
The two Ice/Water-type Elite Four Pokémon, enduring the pain, condensed the power of water under their bodies and released it in one breath.
Splash--!
A circular tsunami rose into the sky, splashing to a height of tens of meters, attacking the surroundings indiscriminately.
Gengar and Latios carried Agatha and Altus respectively.
And many Shadow and League trainers and Pokémon around were accidentally caught in it.
But neither Altus nor Agatha had the mind to care about their own people.
In such a tragic battle, even a second of distraction could allow the opponent to seize the opportunity to counterattack!
Snap~
Suddenly, Lorelei keenly heard that the Double Surf had hit something in the upper right half of the air.
Turning her head to look.
She found some water stains floating in the air against the laws of physics.
"It seems you can't make the water on your body transparent as well."
Lorelei's red lips curled slightly.
"Well done!"
For a time, many League elites watching the battle in front of the TV couldn't help but wave their fists and cheer.
Although Water-type moves were not very effective against the Dragon-type Latias.
But Lorelei obviously didn't think about using this move to take down the Legendary Pokémon.
She was just locking her position by sprinkling water on Latias's body and then using this method.
"Ice Beam!"
Under Lorelei's command, Dewgong and Lapras opened their mouths together.
The curved ice spears released from their mouths shot straight at the few drops of water in mid-air.
Latias was there!
Bang--
In the next instant, Ice Beam hit!
The whole world saw Latias's body appear and be shot down by Double Ice Beam.
"Good!"
The League police officers fighting to the death with the Shadow members in the distance shouted inwardly.
No matter how strong a Legendary Pokémon is, you're still a Dragon-type, right?
Under Elite Four Lorelei's Double Ice-type attack, this move would either kill or seriously injure her, right?
But as the person involved, Lorelei, who was originally happy, suddenly changed her expression in shock.
Because she found that Latias, who was hit by Ice Beam, was gradually turning into a phantom and disappearing without a trace.
Illusion?
No!
It's a Substitute!
Substitute, most Pokémon can learn it. By sacrificing some of their own HP, they create a "meat shield" that looks exactly like themselves.
Like "Protect", it can be called a god-tier skill in the game.
But in real battles, not many people use this move.
Because although the created puppet has the same appearance as the user, it does not have the ability to act.
The opponent is not a fool, can't I tell the difference between the real body and the Substitute with such obvious differences?
It's not a game, if the opponent creates a Substitute, I can only kill the Substitute before I can hit the main body.
Wouldn't I be done if I bypassed the Substitute and hit the main body?
But even Lorelei, as an Elite Four, didn't expect it.
Altus actually used Substitute in this situation!
"Dragon Pulse."
Altus, riding on Latios's back, suddenly ordered.
Latias appeared from the opposite direction, her small mouth slightly open.
The intense cyan flame wave, shaped like a flying dragon, flew towards Lapras and Dewgong at dawn.
"Shadow Ball!"
Agatha on Gengar's back wanted to reinforce.
But Latios under Altus also released Dragon Pulse, attacking Gengar.
Hearing the whistling sound coming from behind.
Lapras and Dewgong subconsciously turned their heads.
Poof--Boom!
However, they didn't even completely turn their heads.
They felt an intense pain coming from their backs.
They were directly blown away.
If there was any luck in misfortune.
It was probably that their position was behind Lorelei, helping their master block most of the impact.
But even so, the tyrannical thrust made Lorelei stagger and fall to the ground.
Watching helplessly as her two earliest captured companions were blown into the air.
They slammed heavily into one end of the stands.
"Just, just now, what happened? Didn't Elite Four Lorelei's attack hit?"
"I, I don't know, I, I didn't see clearly..."
"Miss Lorelei, actually lost!?"
"A spy actually defeated Elite Four Lorelei? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
The change in the battle situation was so fast that many viewers in front of the TV didn't see the situation clearly.
Ten seconds ago, they were ecstatic that Lorelei had taken down a Legendary Pokémon, and ten seconds later, it was Lorelei's two partners who fell.
Compared to the audience, the League trainers and police officers fighting to the death with Shadow on the scene were even more shocked.
The four strongest combatants of the Indigo Plateau League had one combatant greatly damaged so quickly.
The blow to the morale of the League side was self-evident.
"Everyone calm down!"
Seeing that his side's morale was shaken, Lance, who had released his entire team to shock the crowd, rode on Aerodactyl and flew to the center of the battlefield, shouting loudly:
"It's just that you can't see the enemy, I already have a way to deal with them!"
Lance's shouting attracted Altus's attention.
Is this guy serious?
He saw Lance in the high sky reach into his belt and take out his seventh Pokémon, landing on top of Aerodactyl's head.
What surprised Alder and the others was that it was actually their Unova region's pseudo-legendary larvae, Deino!
"Deino, listen carefully and lock onto Latias's position."
Lance said in a deep voice.
Deino lowered its head slightly, and after two seconds, it suddenly raised its head and spat out Dragon Pulse to the lower left.
Compared to the Dragon Pulse of the dragon siblings just now, this move can only be described as "pathetic" in terms of visual effect and actual power.
But, being able to lock onto Latias's location is enough.
"Gyarados! Grab her for me!"
Lance pointed towards the direction where Zweilous was attacking.
The blue Gyarados leaped up and used Bounce.
Its slender body coiled up with a huge iron chain.
"Ouch!"
Suddenly, a cry of pain rang out.
Latias appeared, tightly wrapped in the middle of Gyarados.
Unova Region, Village of Dragons.
Iris, who was a year or two younger than Ash, turned her head and said to the leader of the Village of Dragons, who also served as the chairman of the Unova League, the Great Elder: "Was the Zweilous that the elder gave to Champion Lance last time this one?"
The Great Elder nodded, "Zweilous has no vision and relies entirely on smell and hearing to lock onto the target, so it knows where Latias is."
That Zweilous has the strongest sense of smell and hearing among the Zweilous clan in the Village of Dragons.
Watching the battle on TV, the Great Elder muttered to herself, "Lance probably wants to train this Zweilous to deal with Joker, right? I didn't expect him to take it out now."
"Leave that traitor to me! You guys clean up the other Shadow goons! Don't let a single one get away!"
Lance shouted sternly.
"As expected of our Indigo League's new champion!"
"Don't be afraid! We still have Champion Lance!"
"Damn Shadow, die!"
Lance's strong performance in instantly breaking Latias's ability immediately brought back the morale of the Indigo League side.
Many people even directly called him "Champion Lance".
"Lance! Be careful!"
On the audience stand, Lorelei, who had just recalled Lapras and Dewgong and was preparing to release a new partner, cried out in alarm.
"Darkness Thunderbolt."
Suddenly, a huge golden-black pillar of light descended from the sky, landing on Gyarados, and of course, Latias, who was tied up inside Gyarados.
The Gyarados, which was four times weak to electricity, let out a painful and unwilling scream, but was immediately drowned out by the violent rumbling sound of the lightning landing.
Although Latias, who was also attacked, gritted her teeth secretly, she was obviously not as painful as Gyarados.
The one who attacked was... Zapdos!
"Facing the Dark Articuno, Dark Moltres and Dark Zapdos, do you still have the mind to care about others?"
Dead Gold's voice spread throughout the battlefield again through the airship's loudspeakers.
Gyarados, fainted on the spot.
And Latias, who broke free from her restraints, flew up again.
She tilted her head slightly, closed her eyes, and her body was filled with a light green light symbolizing health.
The charred electric wounds on her body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Recover!
"Still want to use that power to heal trash? I don't mind, go ahead."
Dead Gold said jokingly.
The first time he saw the Power of Nature, Dead Gold was indeed surprised.
But Dead Gold immediately discovered that that thing had usage restrictions.
How much blue do you, Lance, have?
Can you infinitely heal defeated Pokémon?
Do you think you are Xerneas or Ho-Oh?
Lance silently recalled Gyarados with a dark face.
Which also indirectly verified Dead Gold's guess.
Given Gyarados's current situation, if he used the Power of Nature to help heal it again.
He would be the one to fall.
"Chairman, the situation is not good!"
The Chief Officer Jenny, who was protecting Damalanchi, said anxiously.
Gyarados's strength can rank in the middle and upper levels of Lance's team.
And Lapras and Dewgong are the top two generals in Lorelei's team.
Now that three have been lost, is this going to work?
"Do your best to hold on, the Gym Leaders' reinforcements are almost here!"
Damalanchi gritted his teeth and said.
The two Gyms closest to Indigo Plateau are Pewter Gym and Viridian Gym.
As soon as Damalanchi finished speaking, he saw Pewter Gym Leader Flint coming with his Onix.
"Seismitoad, Water Gun!"
In the next second, Damalanchi saw Flint's Onix being killed by a Seismitoad of an unknown member of Shadow.
Damalanchi:……
It's, it's okay, the Pewter Gym Leader is here, the Viridian Gym Leader must be coming soon.
That is the champion-level strongest Gym Leader!
Damalanchi comforted himself like this.
……
At this moment, Giovanni, standing at the foot of Indigo Plateau, put his hands in his pockets and made a phone call unhurriedly.
"Asheng, do you think we should destroy the League, or destroy Shadow?"
