A cold glint arrived first, followed by Mars instantly performing an R-flash!
He then kicked him in the face, sending him flying like a spinning top.
Bang!
Until this guy crashed into a tree, spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, and fainted!
Mars touched a cut on his body, wiped off the fresh blood, and scanned the surroundings.
Rustle!
The sound of rustling leaves continued to echo until a group of fierce Pokémon and a gang of Team Rocket members filled with strong malice appeared, directly surrounding Mars and his team.
To deal with one Mars, they actually sent out a Squadron Leader and two squad leaders, along with twenty official members.
Honestly, it was an overestimation of him.
Mars's expression had already turned extremely grim when he saw the Senior Level Golbat beside the female Squadron Leader leading the group.
Not to mention the others.
"You must be Mars. Nice to meet you, my name is Shana, and I am a subordinate of Boss Raven." The Squadron Leader Shana, who was leading, looked at Mars without any pressure.
It was simply redundant for her to make a trip just to deal with a mere squad leader.
Mars ignored her, instead scanning the area, preparing to find a suitable breakthrough point.
Shana asked Mars playfully, "Do you want to die?"
Mars answered without hesitation, "Of course not."
Whoosh, a chilling wind blew past!
Shana chuckled twice. "It's good that you don't want to die. Are you willing to work under Boss Raven? The Boss is benevolent and won't care about your past."
Upon hearing this, Mars remained unmoved. He wasn't a fool; no one would be without reservations, and he could clearly feel that this woman was just coaxing him, playing with him.
Furthermore, Giovanni had treated him well. In his heart, Giovanni would be the victor.
He snorted, "One servant cannot serve two masters!"
Shana didn't hear the answer she wanted and said chillingly, "Good! Then you can go accompany your dead master."
Before she could finish speaking, several members of Mars's team were already terrified. "Wait, Lady Shana, we are willing to pledge allegiance to Boss Raven! We don't want to die!"
Hearing these guys, Shana, who had been grim-faced, immediately smiled. She smiled sweetly, her eyes quite chilling, "This is what it means to be a wise person who knows the times."
Mars had expected them to make such a choice, so he wasn't surprised.
A few team members slowly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Shana laugh.
They thought they had escaped death just like that.
But then they heard Shana point at Mars and say to them, "It's simple if you want to live. Just kill him for me!"
Mars's few team members looked at Mars, then at each other.
They weren't fools, and they had all witnessed Mars's strength.
If they were to act, they might not even know how they died.
They asked Shana, "This... My Lady, perhaps it would be better if those under your command took action?"
Shana snorted with a cold face, "If we still need to act, what use are you good-for-nothings?"
She smiled chillingly, "If you don't dare to act, I'll kill all of you! It would just dirty my hands, that's all."
As she said this, the Team Rocket members behind her all took a step forward.
This situation scared them, and they immediately took a step back, only able to turn their heads to look at Mars.
Their eyes held malice, but their faces showed feigned fear and weakness as they said to Mars, "Captain Mars, you're going to die anyway, so why not sacrifice yourself and let us live?"
Shana, hearing this from behind, had a playful look in her eyes. She wanted to see how Mars would choose, but it was obvious that Mars was not a fool, nor was he a selfless saint.
If they wanted his life, then they would have to see what they were capable of.
Mars had followed Giovanni for so long that he had been influenced by his way of doing things.
He immediately released all his Pokémon and attacked these guys without a word.
This caught them off guard, and soon, only a pile of corpses remained, along with Mars and his Pokémon, who were covered in blood.
Clap, clap!
Shana smiled slightly, "You do have some skill, but it's a pity you followed the wrong person."
Mars shook the blood from his hands and smiled coldly at Shana, "Followed the wrong person? I have never followed the wrong person. Our Master is someone none of you can compare to! Including that fake of yours!"
Shana snorted and waved her hand lightly.
"Hmph, a dead duck with a hard beak! Kill him. I want him to die without a complete corpse, and then let your failed Master die with him!"
Thump, thump!
A group of people slowly surrounded Mars!
Mars gritted his teeth, sweat dripping from his palms and forehead, his body trembling uncontrollably.
No one is unafraid of death. Under the fear of death, he was indeed so weak.
But at most, it's just death. Even if he dies, he'll drag a few more down with him. He roared, "Come on!!!"
Whoosh!!!
In the quiet forest, a chilling gust of wind blew.
But the fear and unease on Mars's body suddenly dissipated at that moment. He felt that sense of security that calmed him.
This feeling was from a year ago, yet it was so familiar, so unforgettable to him.
He knelt down with a thud, shouting fanatically, "Boss!!!"
Shana, who didn't understand, still sneered, "It's too late to beg for mercy now! Boss won't save a small squad leader like you."
A voice that made Shana feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, her body trembling uncontrollably, rang out.
"The Boss he's talking about is me."
Shana turned her head to look in the direction of the voice, only to see a slender figure standing on a branch of a large tree, with a pair of extremely cold pupils beneath the meowth mask.
Whoosh!
Pairs of red eyes opened beside this figure. They were a group of Murkrow. These Murkrow flapped their wings and slowly flew up, making a sound of flapping wings.
Immediately after, figures also wearing masks and dressed in black stood on the surrounding large trees, their eyes glinting with cold light.
Giovanni's achievements had circulated within Team Rocket for a long time, so how could Shana not know? If the person in front of her was truly Giovanni, then she only had the possibility of death.
But? Whether it was Giovanni or those figures in black, they all gave her the same threatening feeling.
"Impossible, how could you be here?"
"Kill." A cold voice came from above, and shadows attacked from the darkness, spreading a chilling aura and Ghost-type energy.
Even pairs of claws suddenly extended from the shadows of Shana's subordinates!
"Ah!!!"
Piercing screams echoed through the forest!