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Alliance Command Camp.
"Things are not looking good, Mio. How many signals are we still receiving?"
Agatha leaned on her cane, asking officer Jenny.
"Currently, there's Champion Giovanni, Elite Lance, Green, Silver, Ethan, Champion Cynthia, Kukui, Champion Leon, Gym Leader Raihan, Senior Mustard, and Champion Geeta."
officer Jenny's tone was extremely heavy.
"We've already lost half our personnel?"
Even Agatha couldn't help but be startled upon hearing this answer.
This time, the Alliance had gathered over twenty Champions to battle Team Rockets, yet Mammon hadn't even made a move.
And they had already lost over a dozen Champions.
Is Team Rockets' strength really this formidable? The pre-battle predictions weren't like this at all!
"Yes, and the most crucial thing now is that Mammon is still stationed in the Silph Co. Building and hasn't made a move. Elite Agatha, from a rational perspective..."
officer Jenny's voice unconsciously lowered.
From a rational perspective, their chances of winning this battle were already extremely slim, or rather, practically nonexistent.
And there was now an even more unacceptable possibility.
That was, Mammon might not even need to act, and the Alliance would still lose.
After all, given the current situation, the Alliance was suffering heavy losses, but Team Rockets had only lost two Top Executives so far.
And they were caught by Giovanni!
Champion Giovanni really tried his best! He caught two Top Executives not long after entering the battlefield.
The Alliance truly cannot do without Champion Giovanni!
"Let's trust Giovanni and the others, at least..."
Agatha also felt a headache coming on. Actually, losing to Team Rockets wasn't entirely unacceptable.
But to lose without even seeing Mammon's face would be too humiliating.
Silph Co. Building.
Red and the other three were escorted to the first floor of the Silph Co. Building. Upon entering, Red even thought he had walked into the Alliance's main base.
A quick glance revealed at least a dozen, good heavens!
All he saw were Alliance Trainers. Red was truly speechless.
"Steven!!"
"Wallace?"
Wallace spotted his close friend in the crowd at a glance.
And Steven, who was deep in thought, immediately looked up upon hearing the voice and saw Wallace.
Steven's expression was incredibly surprised. Wallace was actually only caught now??
Oh no! Steven's heart sank. Am I even worse than Wallace?!
"Steven, so you were captured early on. I was wondering why you weren't replying to my messages."
Master Wallace, however, was smiling at this moment, a rare display of superiority in front of Steven.
And why wouldn't he feel superior?
Steven was caught by Team Rockets before me, so doesn't that make me better than Steven?
"Sigh~ Steven, I told you long ago you need to practice more. How can you lead our Hoenn region forward like this? You've truly disappointed me."
Master Wallace shook his head, lecturing Steven with the air of an elder.
Hmm, Master Wallace, of course, hadn't forgotten that he was actually the first Alliance Champion to be captured, but there had been too many unexpected detours along the way.
But Master Wallace chose to selectively forget at this moment, because he had to consider if this was the only chance he would ever get.
"Damn it..."
Steven was so angered by Wallace's smug look that he laughed.
Alright, alright! You're talking about me now??
Wallace, you're clearly the one who needs the most practice!!
"Speaking of which, Steven, who defeated you?"
Seeing Steven's beet-red face, Wallace was already grinning internally, but he was still very curious.
Steven chose to remain silent.
"Selene, the new Champion of Alola. She's incredibly strong~"
May interjected from the side. She couldn't believe that even with her and Senior Steven teaming up, they couldn't defeat someone their own age.
It was ridiculously absurd.
"Just one?" Wallace was stunned.
"Yes."
"I see." Wallace looked thoughtful.
"Sigh~ As for me, there were five Top Executives. I really couldn't withstand the pressure and was defeated."
Master Wallace sighed.
So you're trying to say that you were defeated by the sheer numbers of your opponents?
Steven was expressionless. He was certain there was something fishy going on! How could he not know Wallace's true capabilities?
He even knew how many sets of cross-dressing photos Wallace had taken so far!!
"Five Top Executives? Impressive~!" May smacked her lips, very cooperative.
"Yes, especially that new Unova Champion, Rosa. She even has a legendary Thundurus. It's too annoying! If only my main Pokémon weren't weak to Thundurus..."
As he spoke, Wallace couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness. Throughout today, his beloved Milotic had fainted and woken up, woken up and fainted again.
He really couldn't continue fighting. If he kept going, it wouldn't be good if there were any lingering side effects.
Diantha listened to the conversation between Wallace and Steven, her expression extremely strange.
But after thinking about it, she decided not to expose Wallace. It had nothing to do with her anyway.
"I want to see Mammon!"
Diantha glanced at Lorelei, May, and the others sitting in rows. She didn't want to be tied up here forever, so she decisively spoke to Rosa and the others.
"Huh?"
Rosa was startled by the words.
"I want to see Mammon. I have something very important to discuss with him, regarding the League."
Diantha replied without changing her expression, her face very solemn.
Her years of acting practice were still very much on point.
Rosa, half-believing, took out her phone and asked Mammon. She quickly received Mammon's reply.
"Emmm... Alright, Mammon agreed. You can take the elevator up."
Rosa looked at the message on her phone, untied Diantha, and said to her.
Diantha straightened her clothes, ignored the subtle glances from Steven and the others, and entered the elevator, heading for the top floor.
Meanwhile, Wallace, Red, and Blue were tied to stone pillars.
Hmm, at Wallace's strong request, Ash, being very kind, agreed to tie him next to Steven, so they could chat.
Ash is really gentle!
"I never expected it! Ms. Diantha, such a seemingly proper lady, is now going to betray the Alliance?!"
Master Wallace whispered, heartbroken. After all, Diantha's voice wasn't quiet, and they had all heard it.
Discussing something very important about the League with Mammon? Doesn't that clearly mean she's going to join Team Rockets?
"Don't talk nonsense. Maybe things aren't what we think they are." Steven snapped at Wallace.
He wasn't someone who liked to gossip or make wild conjectures behind people's backs.
Besides, Diantha looked dignified and elegant, and during her time as the Kalos Champion, she had always been quite responsible.
How could she betray the Alliance?
"...Mainly because there are too many precedents..." Wallace also realized his mistake and gave an embarrassed smile.
Actually, he couldn't really be blamed. After all, Green and Silver's betrayal had just happened, and coupled with Blue's wavering, Wallace subconsciously jumped to that conclusion.
Just then, two more people entered through the door.
"Steven, it's Zinnia." Wallace was very sharp-eyed and spotted the black-haired girl at a glance.
"Mm." Steven nodded, looking at the hat-wearing young man Zinnia brought in.
If he remembered correctly, this young man was also a talented newcomer from Kanto, named Ethan.
But evidently, he had already been defeated and captured by Zinnia.
"Eh? Brother Red, Brother Blue, you're here too."
Ethan, who had been dejected, brightened up immediately upon seeing Red and Blue, who was muttering endlessly beside him, as soon as he entered.
Red: "..."
"Oh, another one down."
Blue had completely given up. If his hands weren't tied, making it inconvenient, he would even have waved to Ethan in greeting.
"Tsk~ Isn't this a bit too exaggerated? More than half of the people have been captured."
Blue looked around, clicking his tongue in wonder.
Actually, this battle in Saffron City had been going on for a long time now, but only now that he was in the prisoner camp did Blue realize.
How come more and more Alliance members were being captured?
"It really seems that way." Ethan chimed in from the side.
"I just counted, there are already twelve down here. Adding the two who joined Team Rockets, that's fourteen."
Ethan said.
Fourteen already captured??
Blue couldn't help but click his tongue again, carefully counting.
Bruno, Lorelei, Red, Ethan, Steven, May, Wallace, Brandon, Ethan, Diantha, Hau.
Counting himself, and the defecting Green and Silver, it really was fourteen!
No, over twenty Champions, and they hadn't even reached the boss yet, and more than half had already fallen midway?
Blue suddenly remembered his grand words before the battle began. He now had to admit that he had truly thought too simply.
And these were just the prisoners currently present. Who knows, there might be others 'in transit' who haven't been counted yet.
"I wonder if any of Team Rockets' Top Executives have been captured. How unlucky. I wish I had joined Team Rockets earlier."
Hau said with a long face. If he had known it would turn out like this, he would have just gone with Selene.
Anyway, the Alola League Champion and two Elites were all Team Rockets members now, so what was wrong with that?
Blue was also very curious about this. He looked around, but Rosa and the others had already left again.
Only a blonde young man in a black trench coat was sitting at the front desk not far away.
Blue recognized him, Colress from Unova, also a Top Executive of Team Rockets.
"Ha~ Handsome."
"Are you talking to me?"
Colress put down a data file and looked at Blue curiously. This was the first time anyone had addressed him like that.
"Yes, I want to ask you something. Is it convenient?"
"Speak. As for whether I answer, it depends on the situation."
Colress replied with a smile.
"Are there any Top Executives from Team Rockets who have been captured by the Alliance?" Blue asked directly.
Hearing this, Steven and the others all looked over, including Lorelei, who had been silently meditating with her eyes closed, deep in thought.
This was considered a battle report, and they didn't know if Colress would answer.
"Strictly speaking, this shouldn't be told to you, but the current battle situation... Heh heh~"
Colress chuckled twice, took out a delicate small device, and glanced at it.
"Two young people were defeated by the Alliance." Colress replied after confirming.
"Only two, huh..."
Blue clicked his tongue in disbelief.
14:2? Holy cow, with that casualty ratio, what's the point of fighting? It's better to just call it quits.
Meanwhile, on the top floor.
Mammon was currently very seriously contemplating something.
"Those guys aren't really going to fail to even see me, are they? I've already chosen the Pokémon I want to show off."
Mammon looked at the screen in front of him with a strange expression. He suddenly realized something he hadn't anticipated before the battle.
His subordinates seemed to be a bit too capable. Was he really going to be a freeloader?