Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

What caught his attention was naturally the Rocket Team elite Masao who came with him. He was seen leaning against a thick tree, breathing heavily, and it seemed that he was injured.

Next to him was a man in his thirties, with disheveled hair and a beard, wearing a very tattered Team Rocket uniform, and was taking care of the injured Masao.

"You're finally here," Zhengxiong showed joy on his face when he saw Yang Ming coming over. He struggled to get up to greet him, but fell down because of the injury on his leg. "I thought you were ambushed like me, but I'm relieved to see that you're okay. Now it's time for us to fight back."

"Don't rush into the small talk," Yang Ming's eyes swept over the dishevelled man, "You are Ma Gun, the head of the Azure City Liaison Station who disappeared earlier, right?"

The man bowed and said, "Your Excellency, I am Ma Gun. You must be Master Yang Ming, right? I just heard about you from Master Zhengxiong."

"We are all brothers, there is no need to be so reserved," Zhengxiong said with a hearty smile, "Thanks to Ma Gun, I was able to escape death this time."

"Who attacked you?" Yang Ming asked, "Could it be those two trainers from Unova?"

"You were right," Masao said, "My luck was bad. I was assigned to the same group as those two people, and they attacked me right away."

"The man named Ironwire used an ant Pokémon that was covered in armor. This ant was very fast and had strong attack power, but it was very small. In the dark cave environment, my Pokémon couldn't hit it at all and was beaten back by it."

"And the Pokémon of the woman named Jia Ling is a bear Pokémon with white fur. It looks a bit like Kujira and is also very strong. It uses ice cones as weapons. But because its appearance is quite conspicuous in the dim cave, it is relatively not that difficult to deal with."

After listening to Zhengxiong's description, Yang Ming has guessed the true identities of these two Pokémon - they are the Steelworm-attribute Pokémon Ironforge, which is common in the cooperation area, and the Ice-attribute Tundra.

Although Zhengxiong, as a native of Johto, is not familiar with the Pokémon of Unova, Yang Ming, as a time traveler, can see the truth from his description.

Masao continued, "I was fighting one against two, and gradually became exhausted, and my legs were injured. At this critical moment, it was Ma Gun who suddenly appeared, rescued me, and brought me here."

Yang Ming nodded, but his doubts grew even deeper.

According to his previous reasoning, anyone who entered the Whirlpool Island would eventually be killed by Aoki Rin and the other two without exception. This Ma Gun's strength was not even at the elite level, so how did he survive until now?

"Ma Gun, can you tell me what happened after you landed on the island?"

"As you command, sir," Ma Gun bowed and said, "Ever since a terrible hurricane began to appear in the sea near Azure City, ships and planes in the entire sea area have been unable to pass. Azure City is a city that relies on fishing and tourism for its livelihood. Affected by the abnormal weather, everyone's life is not easy."

"Lady Aoki Rin, the shrine maiden of the Sea God Shrine, has approached me for this purpose, hoping that I can help investigate the Whirlpool Island where the Sea God Lugia is."

"In order to better complete the organization's mission, I often conduct investigations in nearby waters and islands under my public identity. Now that I have received the commission from the witch, I will naturally not refuse."

"However, I did not expect that the water in this Whirlpool Island is so deep."

Having said this, Ma Gun's face showed a look of horror and disbelief.

"At that time, I came to Whirlpool Island with my own water-type Pokémon. Unlike now, the hurricanes at that time were not as strong as they are now, so it was still possible to bring a water-type Pokémon in with only one trainer."

"When I entered the island through the cave, I found that the back of the island seemed to have been transformed. There were many traps on the island, and the Pokémon in the cave were very aggressive, making it very difficult for me to travel all the way."

"When I finally reached the deepest part of the island after going through all kinds of difficulties, I was shocked by the scene inside," Ma Gun's lips began to tremble. "There were a lot of corpses there, both humans and Pokémon. Judging from the clothes on those corpses, they seemed to be the victims of the crashed planes and ships in the past few days."

"A group of masked men pushed a cart and carried away the bodies from the mountain of corpses. My subordinates followed them quietly, but discovered a shocking secret."

"At the bottom of Whirlpool Island, a giant seabird is sleeping. Judging from its appearance, it is the legendary sea god Lugia!" Ma Gun opened his eyes wide and described vividly, "And those people placed the corpse in front of Lugia in the center of a strange formation, chanting strange spells."

"After a while, the corpses in the center of the formation strangely melted into a pool of rotten water, and Lugia's body began to gradually change from white to black!"

"The scene was so terrifying that I couldn't help but scream. Then I was discovered by the group of masked men. I could only keep dodging their pursuit and was lucky enough to see the two adults alive."

After listening to Ma Gun's thrilling story, Yang Ming was silent for a moment, and finally said: "If I am not mistaken, the ultimate goal of these people is probably to control and darken Lugia."

"Dark Lugia?!" Masao and Ma Gun both had puzzled looks on their faces.

This is not surprising. The history of the Dark Dynasty and Dark Pokémon has long been covered up by the Alliance. If Yang Ming had not fought a fierce battle with the Dark Pokémon in the Paulownia Forest, he would not have known the secrets in this regard.

"So that's how it is," Zhengxiong said with an unpleasant expression after listening to Yang Ming's introduction. "I didn't expect there is such an organization in Johto. No, we can't let them succeed, otherwise it will be a big threat to our Rockets team."

"The technology to control legendary Pokémon can only be mastered by our Team Rocket."

"Yes, I thought so too," Yang Ming said, "So we have just contacted the people outside the island. If we fail, we will use explosives to blow up the Whirlpool Island. We must not let the other side succeed no matter what."

"Well done!" Masao agreed. "Even if we all die in battle, we must not let them succeed."

As he spoke, he looked at Ma Gun standing beside him and said, "Brother, you have done a great deed this time. If we can both leave here alive in the end, I will ask my superiors for credit so that you can become an elite as soon as possible."

As for Masao's promise, Ma Gun just smiled awkwardly, and was not as excited as the other members of Team Rocket.

Yang Ming saw all of this. He also noticed that when he mentioned that he wanted to blow up Whirlpool Island, a flash of panic flashed in Ma Gun's eyes...