Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

Yang Ming was searching for "trophies" on Tongtou's body and soon made a discovery.

"Huh? It's Team Plasma's emblem."

Yang Ming had fought against the dark triangle of the Plasma Team in Qingliang Temple, so he still had an impression of this blue shield badge shining with silver light.

"It seems that these three are all elites of the Plasma Team. Judging from the reactions of the other two when they sent Copperhead to test me, I'm afraid Copperhead is the weakest among the three." Yang Ming pondered.

Yang Ming continued to search, but he only got a Poké Ball containing two Pokémon, and nothing else.

There was no way, the other four Pokémon were killed by Aoki Rin and his three men. Like Yang Ming, Copperhead did not bring his belongings with him. Similar to Team Rocket's "Team Rocket Gear", Team Plasma members were also equipped with portable devices that could transport items and Pokémon at any time. Yang Ming did not have Copperhead's password, so he naturally could not take those things away.

"There's no other choice but to take these two Pokémon with him." Yang Ming sighed. Although the two elite Pokémon could be exchanged for a considerable amount of points, the gains this time were still much lower than he expected.

"Back to the point, why did Aoki Rin and the other two deliberately kill those four Pokémon? Don't they know that these Pokémon are very valuable and that they can gain more profit by capturing them than by killing them?" Yang Ming was puzzled by this.

The Pokémon of elite trainers are extremely valuable, and even if they cannot be used by themselves, they can be exchanged for a large number of points from the organization.

Not to mention that among Copperhead's Pokémon there was a Psora with the regenerative ability. Even Yang Ming was tempted by it, but he was killed by them in the end.

"Perhaps, the other party's goal from the beginning was to kill, so they neither need living prisoners nor spoils of war," Yang Ming guessed, "and we, the trainers who were invited to 'solve the problem', are actually prey to be slaughtered."

This conjecture is terrifying and chilling.

"Based on this line of thought, perhaps the abnormal climate in the entire sea area was caused by the Sea God Temple. They are holding some kind of evil ritual that requires living people and Pokémon as sacrifices. That's why they keep recruiting trainers from other places to enter Azure City in order to collect sacrifices for the ritual."

"This also explains why Aoki Rin would rather recruit outside trainers to the island than cooperate with the Azure Gym. The Azure Gym Master, Ah Si, is a senior quasi-king trainer with very strong physical strength. If he were to discover the plan, the current combat power of the Sea God Temple would not be enough for him to defeat."

"Since he couldn't cooperate with the Azure Gym, Aoki Rin had to settle for the next best thing and asked Jinglei and Lightning, two investigators with alliance backgrounds, to join the group. I don't know why, because of greed and lust, these two brothers actually gave up their principles and joined this evil plan."

"As for the submarine captain, he should be in cahoots with them. After all, the abnormal climate in this sea area made him a fortune. In this kind of weather, the only way to reach the island is by using his submarine. His job should be to transport the 'sacrifices' to the island."

"But this captain himself is not a strong trainer. His status in this gang should be the lowest. I am afraid he will be silenced when he is no longer of any use."

Thinking of this, Yang Ming couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He knew that his situation was now quite dangerous.

"With my current strength, I can defeat anyone in a one-on-one fight, but it would be hard to win in a one-on-two fight. And Aoki Rin's group has at least three people, and they even have helpers hidden on the island. I definitely have no chance of winning alone." Yang Ming pondered.

"The most urgent thing is to meet up with Masao first to avoid being defeated one by one by the enemy. Of course, if possible, we can also use the two elites of the Plasma Team. Anyway, they don't know that I killed their companions."

Thinking of this, Yang Ming threw Tongtou's body into the water to destroy it.

Then he set out on his own. Unlike last time, he did not release the three-in-one Magnetron to illuminate the way, but instead carefully groped his way forward in the dark.

Along the way, he deliberately avoided areas where unusual noises were heard. The wild Pokémon on this Whirlpool Island were extremely ferocious and aggressive, and even insect repellent spray was useless. In order to avoid making noises and attracting Aoki Rin and his gang, Yang Ming could only try to stay away from areas where there might be wild Pokémon.

"Even the insect repellent spray that can drive away wild Pokémon is useless. It seems that the wild Pokémon on this island are also controlled by some force and are showing abnormal aggressiveness." Yang Ming's face became more and more ugly. The wild Pokémon on the Whirlpool Island showed very abnormal aggressiveness, which reminded him of the wild Pokémon controlled by the Alliance that he saw in Yuejian Mountain.

What's even more sad is that the Alliance is not the only one in this world that possesses this technology. All forces, no matter under what banner, have conducted similar research in secret.

In this world, there seems to be no organization that can truly be called "honest". Perhaps there are good people in these organizations, but as long as they reach the top level, they are all the same.

Yang Ming struggled to survive in this dark environment until he himself became one with the darkness.

Yang Ming moved forward and touched a staircase that went straight up. He carefully sent Rada to guard behind him, and he walked up the stairs himself.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Yang Ming finally saw a glimmer of light ahead. He did not dare to be careless and asked Lada to go up and explore the way. Not long after, Lada came back and indicated that there was no danger above. Yang Ming then walked towards the exit with confidence.

A dazzling ray of sunlight made Yang Ming unable to open his eyes. He squinted his eyes and adjusted for a while before he realized that he had come to the outside of Whirlpool Island. Looking around, there was an endless sea all around. Yang Ming carefully explored the surroundings, trying to find some clues.

"I didn't expect that the sea outside was swirling with hurricanes, but the sea near the Whirlpool Island was calm."

Yang Ming was greatly surprised, but this was not a bad thing for him. He quickly released the stinging jellyfish and rode it to explore the surrounding waters.

It wasn't long before he made a discovery.

The so-called Whirlpool Island is actually a group of islands consisting of dozens of islands. The largest of them is similar to the island that Yang Ming just came out of. There are four such islands; while the areas of those small islands are very small. The smallest one even has only a top reef exposed above the water.

There are some caves on these islands, through which you can reach the bottom of the Whirlpool Island. However, no one knows where these caves will eventually lead to and whether they are connected to each other.

Unlike the interior of the Whirlpool Island cave, these islands exposed to the sea are very quiet and have no signs of any Pokémon life.

While Yang Ming was exploring, he was thinking about his next move. Suddenly, a figure on one of the islands caught his attention.