“Roar!”

The dazzling white light faded, revealing a Blood-Red Gyarados with crimson skin all over its body and pitch-black coloring on its abdomen and sides.

As soon as the Blood-Red Gyarados appeared, it let out an intimidating roar, wanting to forcibly weaken Mewtwo’s attack power.

But due to the obvious gap in strength, Mewtwo was not affected by the Blood-Red Gyarados’s Intimidate ability. Instead, it erupted with a terrifying aura, imposing powerful pressure on the Blood-Red Gyarados.

“Mr. Giovanni, you’re quite aware that Gary’s strength can’t defeat you, so I’ll concede on Gary’s behalf. How about letting me and my companions have a battle with this mysterious, powerful Pokémon?”

Red said flatly, walking to the nervous-looking Gary’s side and patting Gary’s shoulder. After calming Gary’s panicked emotions, Red signaled for Gary to quickly leave Viridian Gym with his beautiful cheerleaders and not stay any longer.

“Red, thank you, but I…”

Gary hesitated for a moment, unwilling to accept that his strength was so weak, still wanting to stay at Viridian Gym to prepare for revenge.

But after seeing the Blood-Red Gyarados’s gradually displeased gaze, Gary still chose to leave Viridian Gym. Before leaving, he didn’t forget to shout to Red: “Red, you must be careful and don’t get into any danger!”

With that, Gary hurriedly left with his beautiful cheerleaders, disappearing from everyone’s sight without looking back.

“What? Didn’t you already obtain the green badge from me? Don’t be too greedy,” Giovanni teased, leisurely reclining in his chair while petting the Persian beside him that wanted to act spoiled.

“Missing the strong opponent before me and choosing to leave cowardly. That’s not like my battle style,” Red said flatly, signaling with his eyes for the referee nearby to quickly announce the start of the match.

Under pressure from both Red and Giovanni, the two guards quickly announced the beginning of the battle.

“The match has no time limit. The official battle begins!”

Mewtwo used Psychic again, wanting to use its psychic power to restrict the Blood-Red Gyarados’s body.

The Blood-Red Gyarados was seen floating eerily in mid-air. Just as Mewtwo was preparing to further drain the Blood-Red Gyarados’s stamina, it discovered that the Blood-Red Gyarados roared loudly in displeasure and broke free from the psychic restraint on its body.

“My Gyarados won’t be bound by your lightly released Psychic,” Red said proudly, then gave commands to the Blood-Red Gyarados.

“Gyarados, charge forward and use Crunch!”

After sensing the Dark-type aura on the Blood-Red Gyarados, Mewtwo slowly extended its right hand, gathering deep blue aura power in its hand, quickly forming it into a concentrated Aura Sphere.

Before the Blood-Red Gyarados could react, the deep blue Aura Sphere instantly hit the Blood-Red Gyarados’s body, the impact force directly forcing the Blood-Red Gyarados to fall to the ground.

The Blood-Red Gyarados struggled to get up, using Ice Beam to freeze Mewtwo’s shoulder, but it was quickly shattered.

Seemingly because its body was injured, the extremely proud Mewtwo erupted with an amazing aura, gathering high-voltage current in its extended right hand. With a casual wave, it released a powerful Thunderbolt that hit the Blood-Red Gyarados’s body.

The high-voltage current devoured every corner of the Blood-Red Gyarados’s body, but even so, the Blood-Red Gyarados still didn’t show a fearful expression. Instead, its eyes turned red with anger as it used Dragon Rage toward Mewtwo.

A scorching fireball shot from the Blood-Red Gyarados’s mouth, quickly hitting Mewtwo’s body.

“Crack…”

Giovanni looked at Mewtwo in surprise, discovering that the restraining armor on Mewtwo’s body actually showed faint signs of cracking.

This wasn’t just because of Dragon Rage’s power but more because of Mewtwo’s gradually angry emotions causing it to subconsciously unleash psychic power, which caused the restraining armor to show signs of cracking.

“Kid, this guy’s strength isn’t as simple as it appears on the surface. If you just want to test your strength, then I can only say you’re already quite excellent.”

Giovanni praised somewhat, planning to make up some excuse to get Red to quickly leave sensibly.

Giovanni signaled with his eyes to the subordinates inside Viridian Gym, ordering these people to be ready at all times to suppress Mewtwo in its rampaging emotional state.

“Giovanni, my fighting spirit has just been ignited. How could it be so easily extinguished by you?” Red teased, simultaneously throwing out his remaining five Poké Balls.

Beedrill, Charizard, the massive Steelix, Pidgeot, and Scizor all appeared at once, their battle-ready gazes locked on Mewtwo.

“I didn’t expect your initial lineup to be so outstanding already.”

After seeing Red’s initial lineup, Giovanni couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment in surprise, since such a powerful lineup wasn’t something ordinary trainers could handle.

“Since you want to challenge your limits so much, then go ahead. I’m quite looking forward to seeing how long you can last.”

Giovanni said flatly, casually drinking the red wine in his hand before turning and disappearing from Red’s sight.

“Although it’s a bit unfair, my companions and I are quite looking forward to battling you… Mewtwo!”

Upon hearing the word “Mewtwo,” Mewtwo’s mental power could no longer be suppressed, and the restraining armor on its body had reached its limit, ready to shatter at any moment.

“Human, I smell Mew’s scent on you. What exactly is your relationship with Mew!”

Mewtwo spoke up questioningly, using telepathy to communicate with Red.

Due to three years of close contact, Red’s body inevitably carried Mew’s scent.

Although this scent had gradually faded due to travel time, in front of Mewtwo, even the slightest trace of Mew’s smell could instantly attract Mewtwo’s attention.

“I am Red from Pallet Town. As for my relationship with Mew, I have no intention of wasting words explaining it to you. Let me first experience the thrill of extreme battle!”

Red ignored the gradually enraged Mewtwo, insisting on having a battle with Mewtwo.

Although he wanted to comfort Mewtwo’s gradually twisted heart, Red knew that no matter how much he tried to comfort Mewtwo at this moment, it would be futile. It would be better to have a memorable duel with Mewtwo. Perhaps this way he could make Mewtwo remember Red deeply.

The slight sound of falling pebbles echoed around, indirectly signaling the start of battle.

Beedrill’s figure suddenly blurred, instantly appearing behind Mewtwo, crossing its twin needles with emerald light. It had used X-Scissor.

‘Beedrill?!’

Mewtwo cautiously guarded against Beedrill’s attack. If Giovanni hadn’t often sent out his own Beedrill to suppress Mewtwo’s desire to leave, Mewtwo might have already escaped Team Rocket’s restraints.

‘I didn’t expect there to be a second such excellent Beedrill in this world!’

Mewtwo crossed and waved its arms, two purple blades formed from psychic power rapidly approaching Beedrill’s direction.

But Mewtwo obviously forgot one thing. This was a team battle, and the other five Pokémon wouldn’t just sit and watch.

Scorching flames shot from Charizard’s mouth, forming a terrifying pillar of fire continuously approaching Mewtwo’s direction.

Pidgeot also quickly used Air Slash, two sharp wind blades released from its wings.

Sharp stone blades floated around the massive Steelix, and under Steelix’s control, they rapidly shot toward Mewtwo’s direction.

The exhausted Blood-Red Gyarados also barely managed to use a move, forming a terrifying Hyper Beam that became an energy beam striking toward Mewtwo.

Scizor, skilled in close combat, also used Agility, following up with Bullet Punch, landing a hit on Mewtwo’s body, though some damage was absorbed by the restraining armor on Mewtwo’s body.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep