My Name of the Spirit Lucario

"I really don't know why Boss Sakaki wants us to stay here. This place is the size of dried tofu, there is nothing fun, and there is nothing delicious to eat. It is extremely boring."

"I have some gossip about this..."

"Don't keep me in suspense. Just tell me now."

"Look, haven't we fought a lot of head-on battles with that shitty alliance in the past six months? In the past, let alone confronting them head-on, we had to do everything in secret, which was not fun at all. Didn't everyone join here for money? Thinking back to the past, our Rocket Team was so powerful and could walk on the street with swagger. Who knew that some red, green, and other troublemakers would appear and directly break up our organization? It's so unlucky..."

"Hey, hey, hey, we're getting off topic."

"... Ahem, sorry... The reason we were able to hold out against that ghost alliance this time was all because we had these 'good treasures'. According to the gossip I heard, the place where these 'treasures' are made is in the forest behind... Do you remember the incident a year ago? It is said that the leader was very angry because a certain adult did not keep the secret weapon newly made by our organization well... With the lesson learned from that time, how can the leader not value this place? Both the two cadres are stationed here, not only because this is the only entrance and exit to the forest, but also because the things produced here are related to the foundation of the organization."

"Oh, I see. That's no wonder... But isn't the secret weapon still there? Never mind. It's none of my business... But it's too boring to stay here all the time... Oh, how about we apply to go hunting tomorrow? We've almost used up all the Pokémon we have recently."

"Yes, it's time to add some more."

"But don't think about that for now, come on, have a drink!"

The two Rockets raised their glasses, clinked them together, and then drank them down in big gulps.

While one of the team members was editing an application to go out on his phone, another team member who was eating peanuts out of boredom inadvertently looked up.

His pupils dilated rapidly.

"Small……"

The word "heart" at the end of the sentence came to an abrupt end before it was uttered.

The team member sitting opposite had just raised his eyes from the mobile phone screen. Before he had time to be surprised by his teammate's fall, he suddenly felt a pain at the back of his head, his eyes went black, and he fell forward unconscious.

……

Leo took out a rope and tied up the unconscious Team Rocket member tightly.

Takuma looked around at his destroyed and messy house with great distress, cursing the damn Team Rocket under his breath.

After everyone finished their work, Zeraora skillfully boiled a kettle of water, then sat quietly aside with the kettle in hand. On the other side, Takuma and Leo were discussing the next plan in a low voice.

"Did you hear what those two people said just now?"

Leo pointed at the two Team Rocket members who were tied up. So drinking was a mistake. The two men were obviously strong, but because they drank too much, they ignored the surrounding precautions. Not only did they leak a lot of key secrets after drinking, but they also failed to sense the approach of Leo and Zeraora because of carelessness, and thus received a few blind sticks.

"Well, although I can't hear it clearly, I still know a few key points."

Takuma found the small blackboard he often used and listed the information he had just heard on it.

"First, the current leader of Team Rocket is still that Sakaki."

"Second, the Crescent Forest contains a location where the so-called 'good babies' are produced."

"Third, Team Rocket has heavily guarded Hatsubai Town and even sent two officers to stay here."

After simply writing down a few key points, Takuma pondered for a moment, then drew an extension line after each piece of information and wrote down his potential guesses.

"It is said that when Red defeated Sakaki head-on, everyone thought that the arrogant Sakaki would retire, but now he has reorganized Team Rocket... What is the reason? Or... that Sakaki is not the real 'Sakaki'?"

As for this point, Leo is not a real native after all, so he does not know what happened between the leader of Team Rocket, "Sakaki", and the protagonists in this real world. However, considering the image of this number one villain in the previous game or anime, it seems not impossible for him to revive Team Rocket again.

But on the second point, Leo has more say than Takuma.

"This so-called 'good treasure' is undoubtedly the Dark Elf Ball... Now that we all know Team Rocket's trump card, should we just turn that place upside down, or destroy all these evil things directly?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Leo shook his head to reject his own idea.

Just looking at the Rocket Team members stationed in Chubai Town, there are nearly fifty or sixty of them. Considering the importance of the "production base" hidden deep in the Crescent Forest, the manpower defending that place will be no less than here.

Besides, with just Takuma, Zeraora, and Leo, and at best Alakazam who has basically no combat ability, such a team would be like a moth to a flame against Team Rocket, and would be doomed to die.

The last bit of intelligence they heard was more about their current situation.

"What should we do? Team Rocket's executives are right here, and there are two of them. It's basically hopeless for us to go to the Pokémon Center and use the healing machine."

Now it was Takuma's turn to look sad.

"If it doesn't work here... then what about other places?"

Leo felt that there was no need to confine his thoughts to the same thing. After all, although equipment like the Elf Healing Device was not available everywhere, it could be found in other towns of a certain size.

Takuma looked around his home reluctantly, then took out his phone and opened the map.

"Then let's head south to another town - Cuiming Town... Leave it to me to lead the way. After all, I have been there several times with my parents... Although the town is a bit small, I think it still has all the necessary facilities."

"As for how to leave Chubai Town..."

At the same time, the man and the elf looked at the two tied-up Team Rocket members. One of the members was still tightly holding the mobile phone that he had just used to send the application to go out.

……

The next morning, when the Rocket Team members on night shift were still yawning vigorously, they saw two men in black coming out of the research institute one after another, seemingly heading out of the town.

The sleepy team member immediately perked up. After checking on his mobile phone that the two people had obtained permission to go out, he planned to ignore it, but after thinking about it, he shouted out anyway.

"Hey, you guys, wait!"

The two men immediately stopped walking, and one of them tilted his head. Although his expression could not be seen clearly due to the hood, his body language clearly expressed his confusion as to "what's going on".

As the guards got closer, the two seemed to tense up nervously.

Fortunately, the former only walked forward a few steps, and then stood there as if he was too lazy to move, and said lazily: "Help us get some delicious food and drinks back. It's really boring to stay in this godforsaken place every day."

Secretly heaving a sigh of relief, the two people who were going out waved their hands, indicating that they already knew, and left Chubai Town directly.

……

"Huh... so dangerous."

Takuma took off his Team Rocket jacket, let out a long breath, and slid off Zeraora's back.

There was no other way. No matter how well Takuma developed, an 11-year-old boy could not be as tall as an adult. Fortunately, Leo was quick-witted and let the slender Zeraora carry Takuma on his back, and with the combined height of the two, they could pretend to be an adult "person". In addition, the jacket taken off the two knocked-out Team Rocket members was big enough, and had a hood that was big enough to hide their faces. Just by looking at their clothes, you could tell that these guys usually did sneaky things. However, they allowed Leo and the others to use the cover of clothes to pretend to be a member of Team Rocket and escape from this tightly defended town.

After a night of relaxing at home, Takuma walked with greater ease.

Thinking back to last night, not only did they put all the treasures that they and their parents had secretly hidden away - mainly Takuma's equipment and his parents' precious documents - into Leo's [backpack], they also had a nostalgic meal of instant noodles with Leo after a long time. Therefore, the spirits of the few of them (the elves) were much better than when they were inexplicably teleported here before.

Next, they headed south without stopping towards Cuiming Town, another small town near Chubai Town.

However, members of Team Rocket were passing by on the road from time to time. In order to hide their whereabouts, Leo, Takuma and Zeraora followed the path and hurried along attentively.

However, after hearing some news, Leo, who had originally planned to protect himself without caring about other things, changed his mind.

"Hey, have you heard about the 'Lake of Rage'?"

Several members of Team Rocket were walking and chatting.

"Are you talking about that red Gyarados? It is said that it has an extremely bad temper. No matter if it is a human or a Pokémon, anyone who gets close to it will be treated harshly."

"Look, isn't this kind of guy with super combat power extremely suitable for our Rocket Team? If we catch him and present him to those gentlemen, we will be promoted and make a fortune!"

This proposal made everyone excited, and they immediately decided to change the route and turn east.

Leo, who had listened to the entire conversation, thought for a while, and then suggested to the others (elves): "How about we follow them and see what's going on?"

"why?"

Takuma was a little confused.

"Think about it, if the 'Angry Gyarados' that these people are talking about is so powerful, wouldn't it be a great boost to Team Rocket's strength if they get it? If we disrupt their actions, not only can we weaken Team Rocket, we can even persuade Gyarados to join us. This will definitely help our future actions."

……

With the idea that weakening the enemy is to strengthen themselves, Leo and his crew (elves) decided to temporarily change their destination, changing their route from the original Cuiming Town to a place halfway to the east, formerly known as "Cui Lake" and now called "Lake of Anger".