Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice-Chapter 235: Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice []

"Hey, hey~ Don't do anything rash, Boss Giovanni."

Sird pointed at Giovanni's back, where the wound was already scabbing over, and reminded him, "If you don't get your injuries treated in time, it'll be a big problem."

For Silver to experience Giovanni's deep fatherly love, Giovanni was putting his life on the line this time.

A while ago, when Foretress used Explosion under Carr's command if Stephen hadn't controlled his strength well enough, Giovanni really would have died on the spot.

Although the goal was achieved, Giovanni's current situation wasn't much better.

From his excessive blood loss and his face as pale as a vampire, it was clear.

"Heh~ It won't take much time."

Giovanni forced a smile through the pain.

"So arrogant, Extreme Speed!"

Lance immediately ordered his giant Dragonite to launch a fierce attack.

With Extreme Speed, the massive Dragonite fell from the sky like a meteor.

Seeing this, Dark Mewtwo pressed one hand to the ground.

A light purple shield appeared out of nowhere, rapidly expanding to the size of a house.

The giant Dragonite's Extreme Speed slammed into it, but the recoil forced it back.

Earlier, Giovanni had used this move to block Dragon Ascent.

"Earthquake!"

Upon hearing this, the giant Dragonite stomped heavily with both feet.

In an instant, the entire arena's ground split and became uneven.

Dark Mewtwo also staggered, and the shield began to wobble.

Lance's eyes narrowed, he raised his right index finger, locking precisely on the weakest part of the shield, "There! Take him down in one go! Dragon Ascent!"

Wild blue flames erupted again, and the visual effect was no less than Dark Lugia's Dark Charge. Dragon Ascent crashed down with tremendous force.

In a flash, it shattered the barrier and was now less than two meters from Dark Mewtwo.

"Trying to use Teleport to escape? Then your master will die!"

Lance muttered confidently.

Dark Mewtwo's Teleport was indeed fast, but Lance hadn't locked onto the barrier's weak point—he could also precisely target Giovanni's trajectory.

If Mewtwo dodged with Teleport, Giovanni behind him would be finished.

"Idiot!"

Just as Dragon Ascent was within half a meter of Dark Mewtwo, Giovanni showed an even more ruthless smile than Lance.

"Lance, be careful!"

From afar, Goodshow and others shouted in alarm.

Even without their warning, Lance heard a whistling sound above his head, like a meteor falling.

He looked up.

A pale pink glow appeared in the sky, rapidly expanding in his view—beautiful, but terrifying.

It was a huge Psychic cannon!

Even while still over a hundred meters above the ground, the earth was already being compressed and chunks of ground were being lifted from the pressure—its power was obvious.

"That's Future Sight? When did that happen?!"

Cynthia exclaimed in shock.

Lucian, as a Psychic-type Elite Four, had used this move in her champion challenge.

But Future Sight, though powerful, had too long a windup—Lucian used it twice and then stopped.

But Dark Mewtwo was different; Cynthia, who was present the whole time, never noticed when Mewtwo set up the move.

"It was at the very beginning when Lance ordered the giant Dragonite to use Dragon Ascent," Stephen explained.

Psychic-type's powerful ultimate move, Future Sight.

Its side effect is even greater than Hyper Beam's post-move recoil.

It requires gathering energy toward the sky over a long period before releasing.

Its charge time is even longer than Solar Beam.

The giant Dragonite, still in Dragon Ascent mode, suddenly changed expression.

In the final moment, just five centimeters from Dark Mewtwo, it flipped in midair, shielding Lance in its embrace. Then a hurricane aura enveloped its body, barely dodging Future Sight at the last second.

"Trying to use Extreme Speed to escape? Not that easy."

Giovanni's voice sounded like a judge from hell.

As he spoke, Dark Mewtwo's right hand reached out.

Concentrated black psychic energy condensed into a giant spoon.

"Dark Psystrike!"

Giovanni called out Dark Mewtwo's exclusive skill.

In an instant, Dark Mewtwo flashed in front of the giant Dragonite with Teleport.

The giant spoon radiating dark energy was raised high, and, under Dragonite's fearful gaze, came crashing down.

BOOM!

A deafening crash sounded; everyone below saw Dragonite's face twist up.

A dark shockwave accompanied the impact, and black meteor showers rained down from the sky.

"Terrifying!"

Green cried out.

Joker in front of her raised a hand, Hoopa threw a golden ring, swallowing up all the falling dark shockwaves.

High in the air, the giant Dragonite, crashing down, splayed its limbs in exhaustion, exposing the previously-protected Lance.

Staggering, Giovanni was already waiting directly below!

The massive Dragonite hit the ground first, sending up clouds of dust.

But, protected by Dark Mewtwo, Giovanni remained motionless at the original spot.

Watching Lance fall rapidly toward him, Giovanni crooked his finger, took the spoon from Dark Mewtwo, assumed a baseball-hitting stance, and sneered:

"I'll personally send you to the afterlife!"

"No—!"

Goodshow, Bruno, and other old colleagues of Lance's were horrified.

There was no time to stop Giovanni as he prepared to swing.

At this critical moment... a black blur flashed through the air.

Though it was hard to catch with the naked eye, Giovanni still recognized the shadow.

It was Weavile!

"Wea...vile..."

Catching Lance mid-air and gently putting him down, Weavile looked at Giovanni, full of guilt.

They knew each other.

Giovanni's expression was complicated.

This Weavile—more accurately, he'd known it since it was still a Sneasel, as it was the starter Pokémon he'd given his son.

Two seconds later, just as Giovanni expected.

Silver came running from far behind, pleading with Giovanni: "Father... Don't kill him."

Giovanni nearly ground his teeth to dust, but seeing his son's expression after six years apart, no matter how angry he was, he couldn't say "No."

"...Go!"

All the words in Giovanni's heart condensed into one.

Compared to the pain in his back, what hurt more was the wound in his heart.

Giovanni entered the teleport portal made by evil Hoopa first, followed by Joker, Sird, and Orm.

After waving goodbye to the League members, Green quickly followed.

After a long silence, Stephen broke it: "Let's heal Champion Lance and his Dragonite first."

...

Alola Melemele Island, Hau'oli City Pokémon Center.

After Nurse Joy confirmed that Lance and his Dragonite were fine, everyone was relieved.

But before they could celebrate, Joy's words—"Chairman Goodshow, is Mr. Giovanni the Team Rocket Boss?"—brought everyone back to reality.

The atmosphere became extremely awkward.

It'd been less than half a year since the Lysandre incident, and now there was another mole.

And the champion of the League headquarters—Indigo League—was defeated.

So embarrassing!

"President Lusamine, may I use the conference room? While everyone's here, I want to discuss solutions," Goodshow said with a headache.

Although the damage to the Indigo Plateau wasn't as bad as two years ago during the Shadow incident, it was still unusable.

Lusamine naturally had no objection and shot a glance at Stephen.

Stephen had Hoopa open a portal and transported everyone to Aether Paradise.

"Dr. Stephen, after the meeting, can you spare some time to come to Galar?" Rose quietly asked Stephen.

Stephen nodded, already guessing what Rose wanted.

The League chairmans and champions sat in Alola HQ's conference room. Goodshow didn't waste words and asked for solutions to the League's current crisis.

The first issue was how to restore the League's public image.

The former strongest Indigo Gym Leader was the boss of the largest criminal organization.

The shocking truth had spread worldwide—worse, it happened less than six months after the Team Flare incident.

Absolutely humiliating. Even just this first problem stumped all the top trainers present.

There had been similar incidents before, usually handled by diverting the public's attention.

But this time, it was too big.

"Chairman, there's no way," Stephen said, shrugging. "Instead of saving face, why not use this opportunity to clean out the League's moles?"

Goodshow, exhausted, blinked. "How do we do that?"

"Call in all active League personnel above Gym Leader rank. Have Pokémon use Hypnosis to read their minds and see if there are any other spies."

Stephen thought this was a great chance to get rid of Cyrus.

If it were other villains like Pryce, Stephen wouldn't care to expose them.

After all, whatever they did, it wouldn't affect him.

But Cyrus was different.

His ultimate goal was to use Dialga and Palkia to create a new world.

Stephen didn't believe the twin gods of time and space alone could do that. And if it happened, Giratina and the other legendaries wouldn't intervene?

But since he had the chance to deal with Cyrus, he'd naturally take it.

And finding moles was simple.

Just bring them in, use Hypnosis, and ask.

"This... is a bit inhumane..." Goodshow hesitated.

He knew it would be easy with Pokémon, but League law forbids it—just as trainers aren't allowed to order Pokémon to attack humans directly.

"Chairman, now's not the time to worry about that," Lorelei said harshly.

She respected the old man, but couldn't stand his excessive kindness.

"...Alright, Agatha, notify everyone in the group. Bring in all active personnel at Gym Leader and above. Stephen, please have Hoopa help with teleporting."

Goodshow finally agreed.

He also felt the League couldn't survive another betrayal.

Goodshow felt uneasy looking at those present, fearing another undercover criminal was among them.

"Aren't you afraid of exposing yourself?" Cynthia whispered to Stephen.

She was dumbfounded when he suggested catching moles.

The biggest mole wants to catch moles?

Are you kidding!

Stephen smiled, then said, "For the Pokémon using Hypnosis... let's have Mew do it. It'll take a lot of energy to read so many minds."

Cynthia rolled her eyes.

No wonder he was so confident—he was both a contestant and judge.

Soon, with Hoopa's help...

The Cerulean sisters, Brock, Sabrina...

Hoenn League's Norman, Wattson...Juan, Winona...

Sinnoh League's Volkner, Wake...Gardenia, Aaron...

All the Gym Leaders and Elite Fours gathered in Aether Paradise's plaza.

Lily, one of the Sensational Sisters, watched as more trainers came through Hoopa's rings and asked, "Are we gathering all active, registered League trainers? For what?"

Galar's new Gym Leader, Valerie, answered, "What happened after Indigo Plateau? Is Giovanni the Team Rocket Boss? Oh my, I fought Team Rocket in Johto, but never thought Mr. Giovanni..."

More League elites arrived from all over.

They soon learned the reason for the gathering from their respective champions.

"Using Hypnosis on people... that violates League law, right? But, well, in this situation, never mind," said Hassel, the upright Paldea Elite Four, shaking his head.

He knew it was necessary.

After Giovanni's identity was exposed, the League's reputation was fragile.

If betrayed again... Hassel couldn't imagine the League's future.

"Hey, hey~ Is this okay? So many people, it's hard to even run..." Lt. Surge whispered to Sabrina.

Sabrina replied calmly, "Didn't Boss Giovanni say it's fine? Don't act nervous, or you'll give yourself away before Mew even starts."

"Is everyone here?" Lorelei called out coldly.

She would not allow any more moles!

Cynthia frowned slightly as she counted. "Chairman Cyrus... doesn't seem to be here?"

Originally, Cynthia thought that after Stephen, Aldous, Team Flare, and Giovanni, there couldn't be any more moles.

But when she realized Sinnoh's chairman was missing, her heart dropped.

Nearly a hundred League elites all turned to Sinnoh's Volkner and Gardenia.

"Wow, the lie detector event hasn't even started, and someone's already showing their true colors," Karen joked.

Cynthia glared at her.

You, the real mole, have no room to talk!

"Maybe something came up. I'll go look for Chairman Cyrus," Cynthia volunteered.

Normally, as an Alola Elite Four candidate, she shouldn't interfere in other regions' affairs.

But Cynthia couldn't bear to see her home region embarrassed.

Even if something happened, Sinnoh's issues should be handled by the Sinnoh people.

Stephen couldn't help but laugh—these crime bosses had sharp instincts, just like Lysandre before.

"Alright, we'll leave it to Cynthia. The rest, please line up for the lie detector—oh, I mean, for Mew's lie detector test."

Stephen clapped his hands.

Cynthia rolled her eyes at him and quickly entered the portal to Sinnoh.

"Huh? Isn't Cynthia going to be tested?" asked Violet, one of the Sensational sisters.

Caitlin, Cynthia's number-one fangirl, retorted, "Are you doubting Cynthia? Why not say Dr. Stephen's the mole!"

Cynthia nearly tripped as she entered the portal.

"Stephen-kun, does this mean Cyrus is...?" Goodshow asked with a dark expression.

Stephen shrugged. "Chairman, don't you already know in your heart?"

Goodshow almost cried. "Either way, thank you."

He never thought Stephen's suggestion would work so quickly.

Hadn't even started and already found a mole.

"I'll go first."

Rose stepped up to Mew.

Under Mew's Hypnosis, Rose's eyes glazed over.

"Chairman Rose, are you a criminal spy in the League?"

Sonia asked.

"No, I just want the Indigo League gone—not the Pokémon League. By the way, it's a pity Lance didn't die at Giovanni's hands," Rose said emotionlessly.

The champions and Gym Leaders were speechless.

It was no secret that Rose wanted to replace the Indigo League.

But hearing him say it so bluntly was awkward.

Still, he wasn't a traitor.

With the League in crisis, Rose decided to side with Indigo—if the League fell, it would hurt Galar too.

Ten minutes later, as Sonia was about to question Steven under Hypnosis, Will suddenly asked, "Do you have a woman you like?"

Steven, eyes dull, replied, "No, my heart belongs to Sonia's Diancie."

Time seemed to freeze.

The previously noisy plaza fell silent.

Only the Hoenn people breathed a sigh of relief—when they heard Steven say "Sonia," they were shocked.

If Steven's crush was Sonia herself, they felt they wouldn't survive today.

Thank goodness it was Diancie.

Stephen was speechless—Will was still upset about Steven nicknaming him "Psychic Fatty."