Even if its power level isn't on par with Dialga and Palkia, as long as he can boost its strength, he could make it unleash power even greater than the twin gods of time and space!
After all, Celebi carried both powers in one body!
As long as he could capture Celebi, he could overturn Giovanni's rule in one move and become the one to command Team Rocket!
But plans never keep up with changes. Before he even started, Team Rocket suddenly fell into dissolution and chaos.
So he had no choice but to put the plan to capture Celebi on hold first and go crazy recruiting and gathering the scattered Team Rocket members. Thanks to his efforts, he actually managed to build a reborn Team Rocket that was no weaker than any top-tier evil organization!
After forming the new Team Rocket, Iron-Masked Marauder resumed his capture plan. He finally found Celebi's whereabouts and was only one step away from success—only to be blocked by some annoying brat.
But that was just a trivial little interlude. That brat might have a Charmeleon that was barely decent, but that was it. Any Pokemon he threw out could crush that Charmeleon like paper. He didn't even need a Pokemon—just the giant robot he was piloting was enough to stomp that Charmeleon into a meat pancake!
In the end, that Charmeleon only managed to hold out for less than a minute, barely buying the brat a few more steps of distance, and that was all.
Yet just as he was about to take down Celebi, a new freak accident happened—again!
A brat who came out of nowhere blocked his way, with a dime-a-dozen yellow rat by his side.
If it were just some random brat, fine—he could crush him with a single stomp anyway. But this guy not only used human strength to blast his robot away, he also reported a name that shocked him—he was the very culprit behind Team Rocket's dissolution: Ash!
He didn't know what kind of mind-numbing snake oil this brat had fed Giovanni to make him disband half of Team Rocket, but in a sense, this brat actually counted as his "benefactor." If not for Ash, he wouldn't have become the leader of Team Rocket so quickly.
Of course, this current Team Rocket still lagged behind Team Rocket at its peak, so he needed Celebi's power to expand Team Rocket's scale.
Strength was the best benchmark to attract people into an organization. Once he had Celebi's power, reviving Team Rocket and dominating the League would only be a matter of time!
"What kind of bullshit are you spouting? The Aura on you is disgusting… Leave now and I'll spare you once. Otherwise, you can stay and sleep forever in this forest!" Ash stood in front of the boy and snapped coldly.
He didn't care who the current boss of Team Rocket was; he just really hated the way this guy treated people and Pokemon.
If this bastard still insisted on making a move, he didn't mind having Pikachu tear that machine apart and leave this guy lying in the forest!
"Arrogant as hell, aren't you? You really think you single‑handedly destroyed Team Rocket? I'll show you what it means to be an adult, you little brat!" Iron-Masked Marauder laughed in fury, then pulled out a pitch-black Pokeball and hurled it.
With a flash of black light, a dark-colored Tyranitar appeared on the field!
Normally, Tyranitar's armor was light green, but this Tyranitar's armor was deep green. Normally that shade meant a Shiny Tyranitar, except this Tyranitar wasn't born this color.
Its surface color looked more like it had been stained gray by some kind of power, and there wasn't a shred of reason left in Tyranitar's eyes—it looked completely berserk!
"Such chaotic Aura… What did you do to this Tyranitar!" Ash could clearly feel the turbulent Aura surging inside Tyranitar.
That meant Tyranitar had completely lost its sanity and become a monster that only knew how to destroy.
He didn't even need to think to know it was definitely related to that black Pokeball.
"Heh heh, you don't need to know that much, because you're about to go to Hell. Tyranitar, use Hyper Beam!" As a villain, Iron-Masked Marauder obviously wasn't going to explain anything. He directly ordered Tyranitar to fire a Hyper Beam at Ash.
The golden beam of destruction roared through the air, lunging straight at Ash's face!
The terrifying shockwave and Pressure blasted out. The boy behind Ash couldn't help shouting, "Watch out! Dodge, hurry!"
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" Ash didn't dodge at all. He directly ordered Pikachu to use Thunderbolt to clash head‑on with Tyranitar.
The boy couldn't help squeezing his eyes shut, unable to watch.
Of course he knew what a Pikachu was—everywhere you went, cheap and common, low strength with a low ceiling.
How could a Pokemon like that possibly contend with that insanely terrifying Tyranitar?
That boy named Ash, who was standing in front of him, would probably be turned to ash by this one attack.
Damn it… Why… why was he so weak! He couldn't protect Celebi, and now he was letting an innocent passerby die too!
"Boom!!!!"
Just as the boy's life flashed before his eyes, Thunderbolt and Hyper Beam had already slammed into each other. The two attacks exploded in midair with a deafening blast!
Then, under Iron-Masked Marauder's stunned gaze, the golden lightning shredded the golden beam of destruction into pieces!
After shattering the Hyper Beam, Thunderbolt didn't weaken at all and blasted straight toward Tyranitar!
"Zzzrra!!"
"Rooaaar!!"
Thunderbolt struck Tyranitar dead-on, and a howl of pain burst from Tyranitar's mouth.
In just a moment, Tyranitar was already billowing black smoke. Electric Type attacks could deal normal damage to Tyranitar; by Ash's calculations, this one hit was enough to push Tyranitar to the brink of losing its ability to battle.
"That Pikachu's got some tricks… Tyranitar, use Earthquake!" Iron-Masked Marauder quickly adjusted his mindset. Anyone who could make Giovanni disband Team Rocket had to have some skill. But thinking he could beat Tyranitar with just this level? Keep dreaming!
"Tyranitar can't even move anymore. Next is you." Ash ignored Iron-Masked Marauder's command. In his perception, Tyranitar's injuries were already enough to keep it from moving. Iron-Masked Marauder's orders were just futile struggling.
Yet something unexpected happened. Tyranitar, which had its head hanging low, suddenly jerked its head up with a roar, then stomped down savagely. The entire ground began to shake as dense Ground Type energy surged up from below!
"It can still move? Pikachu, jump!!" Ash's pupils shrank. He hurriedly ordered Pikachu to dodge.
"Pika!" Pikachu leaped into the air, avoiding the energy bursting from the ground—but that power didn't stop at all and shot toward Ash at high speed!
Iron-Masked Marauder's target from the very start hadn't been Pikachu, but Ash, the Trainer!
"Heh, once the Trainer falls, no matter how strong that Pikachu is, it's just a headless fly." Iron-Masked Marauder's lips curled into a smug, successful‑scheme grin. No matter how strong a human was, they were still just flesh and blood.
Even if Ash had just displayed power surpassing normal humans, that was just physical strength. Taking an energy attack head‑on like that—how could he not die?
"Oh? Coming at me? Then you picked—the wrong guy!!" Ash snorted coldly, lifting his leg high before stomping down hard!
"RUMBLE!!" The sound that followed was even louder than when Tyranitar used Earthquake earlier. The Ground Type power surging at Ash was directly neutralized by the shock Ash created with his own body and vanished into nothing.
And the tremor didn't stop. It surged straight back at Tyranitar. Tyranitar had no strength or time to react and dodge; its massive body was instantly blown away by the shockwave!
Iron-Masked Marauder was completely dumbfounded. What the hell is this… That bastard's really human?!
He used pure physical strength to cancel out the Earthquake from a Tyranitar powered up by a Dark Pokeball? If he's human, I'll eat my hat!