Pokémon: My Titles Know No Limits! [445]

Hearing Giovanni’s words, Lysandre wondered if Giovanni had a hidden card up his sleeve.

Based on all the intelligence he'd gathered, Giovanni didn't seem like someone who would bluff recklessly.

"Just cooperate with me!" Giovanni called to Lysandre.

Lysandre didn't immediately grasp his meaning, but in the next instant, Persian lunged at him, claws flashing with cold, deadly intent!

Thankfully, Lysandre was always on guard.

Pyroar leaped forward, intercepting Persian’s attack in time.

“Giovanni!” Even Lysandre, usually calm, now wore an expression of genuine anger.

He couldn't believe Giovanni would attack him at a moment like this!

“Have you lost your mind!?”

This is his idea of fighting? He wanted my cooperation for this?

At this critical juncture, internal conflict would only benefit August. Wasn’t Giovanni, as the boss of Team Rocket, smart enough to grasp something so simple?

“Lost my mind? Hardly.” ‘Giovanni’ sneered, a mocking smirk tugging at the corners of his mouth. “When exactly did you start believing we were allies?”

Lysandre struggled to understand Giovanni’s twisted logic.

Giovanni himself had proposed the cooperation—and now Giovanni was the one betraying it.

If Giovanni wasn’t siding with him, then could he possibly be siding with August?

Did Giovanni actually think helping August capture him would somehow grant Giovanni mercy?

At that exact moment, August called out cheerfully, “If Mr. Giovanni wants to turn over a new leaf, the International Police welcomes you warmly!”

Apparently, he does!

Lysandre glared at August, realizing too late that August had already commanded Darkrai to seal off their escape route.

Persian approached Pyroar with graceful steps, eyes sharp and deadly.

Pyroar instinctively sensed the danger, hackles raised, body tense with unease.

Lysandre was now trapped, encircled by August, Giovanni, and Darkrai, attacked on all sides!

Diantha hadn’t even acted yet, but Lysandre already felt an unprecedented sense of crisis closing in.

And all because of one person…

“Giovanni!” Lysandre seethed.

Without Giovanni’s interference, he'd never have risked directly confronting August.

In desperation, Lysandre hurled out a Poké Ball, summoning a Gyarados. A fierce glow enveloped it as it swiftly [Mega-Evolved]. Roaring furiously, Mega Gyarados lunged at Giovanni with overwhelming force.

‘Giovanni’ maintained his mocking expression, utterly unfazed by the ferocious Pokémon bearing down on him.

With a casual wave, Giovanni’s figure blurred, then vanished.

Mega Gyarados missed entirely, crashing into the wall behind, shattering concrete into cracks.

“[Teleport]!?” Lysandre’s eyes widened, but he quickly refocused. “Gyarados, [Hyper Beam]!”

His attack on Giovanni had been a diversion—his real objective was destroying the damaged wall behind Giovanni to create an escape route!

Instantly, Mega Gyarados gathered a massive ball of energy in its mouth and unleashed it upon the weakened wall.

BOOM!

The wall exploded outward, bright daylight flooding through the opening—freedom just within reach!

Behind Lysandre, Aliana and the other Team Flare admins threw caution to the wind, desperately commanding their Pokémon to stall August and Diantha, ensuring Lysandre’s escape.

They knew escape was impossible for themselves; only their leader escaping offered hope of rescue.

Lysandre, gripping Pyroar’s mane, raced to the opening, mere steps from freedom—

—when suddenly, darkness eclipsed the daylight.

A massive yellow eye with a black, piercing pupil blocked his path.

Terror surged through Lysandre’s heart.

Frozen in shock, he failed to react as a colossal claw reached inside, snatching him and Pyroar with ruthless precision.

Only then did Lysandre recognize the Pokémon confronting him:

A green body marked with golden patterns, razor-sharp claws, and distinctive crossed horns—

“Rayquaza!”

Lysandre had never imagined August had positioned Rayquaza outside, waiting precisely for this moment. Destroying the wall had only delivered him directly into Rayquaza’s grasp…

Held tight in Rayquaza’s powerful grip, he felt truly insignificant for the first time.

No longer possessing strength to resist, Lysandre closed his eyes bitterly.

My ambitions, my dreams… All end here.

But suddenly, a painful roar from Rayquaza jolted him awake.

Eyes flying open, Lysandre saw Deoxys, its four red-and-blue tentacles dancing menacingly, launch a [Shadow Ball] at Rayquaza, knocking the legendary Pokémon away.

Surprised and hurt, Rayquaza involuntarily loosened its grip.

Giovanni’s voice rang sharply beside him. “Stop gawking—grab hold and come!”

Lysandre snapped awake from his daze, desperately grasping a tentacle Deoxys extended.

In a flash, Giovanni, Deoxys, and Lysandre vanished completely.

Left behind was only the battered Kalos Power Plant, a gaping hole in its wall, and the defeated Team Flare admins now subdued by Darkrai.

…

“Lysandre got away…” Diantha muttered bitterly.

She’d assumed victory guaranteed once Rayquaza appeared, but Giovanni’s sudden second betrayal turned the situation around.

“As expected, none of these criminal organizations can be trusted,” Diantha sighed.

Turning to August, she noticed a calm smile on his face.

“August?”

Did Lysandre’s escape shock him so much he lost it? Why is he smiling now?

Hearing Diantha’s voice, August turned to her reassuringly.

“No need to feel frustrated… Remember what I told you earlier?”

Diantha recalled carefully. “You invited me to enjoy a performance?”

“Exactly!” August nodded. “Actually, this was also part of the show. Right, Blue?”

August turned toward a nearby Team Rocket Executive “guarded” by Darkrai.

With a casual sweep of her hand, Blue’s face changed instantly—a Ditto slipping off and resting on her shoulder.

Blue stepped confidently to August’s side, shocking Diantha. “Nice to officially meet you, Miss Diantha.”

At that same moment, Looker removed his disguise. Under Diantha’s equally shocked gaze, he offered a friendly smile: “Greetings, Miss Diantha. Looker, International Police, at your service!”

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T/N: no way breo didnt need to do all this he couldve just caught him :sob:

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