"Hmph, a useless struggle!" A cold smile appeared on Cassidy’s face.
Ekans and Zubat once again sent owth flying without any doubt. In the end, it was Jessie and Jas’s turn; both of them, facing the Pokémon, launched a counterattack with all their strength, but it failed to have much effect.
Bang!
Bang!
With the sound of their bodies hitting the ground, both of them were left covered in wounds all over.
Even so, even though Jessie and Jas were already feeling intense pain throughout their bodies, they did not open their mouths to beg; they only stared fiercely at Cassidy and Butch.
When Cassidy saw the look in Jessie’s eyes, she suddenly felt an inexplicable chill in her heart.
Bang!!!
A black leather boot stepped down hard on Jessie’s head, pressing it firmly against the ground, while a voice repeated nonstop: "Trash! Trash! Trash!"
As if only by doing this could she relieve the fright she had just felt inside.
"Jessie!!" When Jas saw Jessie being trampled into the ground, he couldn’t help but shout. But all he received was an even more savage beating from Butch, with punches and kicks.
"My na is Butch!! My na is Butch!! Stop getting my na wrong over and over again!!"
The sound of blows echoed through the forest. What had once been Pokémon attacking humans had now turned into a one-sided assault of person against person.
However, none of them noticed that, at that very mont, atop the tree directly above them, there was a figure completely wrapped in a black robe, coldly observing the scene, as if what was happening below were nothing more than a movie to him.
"I... wait..." Suddenly, from Jessie’s mouth, still pressed against the ground, a voice ca out.
"Oh? You still have the strength to speak?" Cassidy bent down, wanting to hear what Jessie intended to say.
"Let ... let be... and re... re-lease him... let him go!" Jessie said with great difficulty.
She had lost her mother very early. Perhaps because of the special nature of her mother’s work, she had no friends growing up, until she t Jas, who obeyed her in everything. The two beca friends instantly.
And it was from that mont that she learned what her mother’s profession was: a mber of Team Rocket.
So, without hesitation, she brought Jas along and joined Team Rocket, determined to beco a Team Rocket Officer like her mother.
When she learned that Trial Island was the shortcut to becoming an Officer, and that not long ago soone had erged from there and had already beco one of the top figures in Team Rocket, second only to the leader Giovanni, with a position of absolute power...
Her heart was stirred, and she dragged Jas to participate in this trial. But she never imagined it would end like this.
"The joke you’re telling isn’t funny at all," Cassidy said with a cold smile. "I can tell you plainly that today, the two of you must stay here."
"Butch! Do it! So there won’t be any trouble afterward!" Cassidy ordered once again.
Hearing this, a cold light flashed through Butch’s eyes, and he gave Zubat the order to kill without rcy.
At that mont, Jas was already crying uncontrollably, not out of fear, but because of the words Jessie had just said.
Just as they were about to carry out the final attack, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind them.
In an instant, it seed as if everything had stopped. Only Jas’s sobbing and Jessie’s labored breathing could be heard.
The two of them, with their eyes tightly shut, prepared to accept any outco, did not receive the ending they expected.
Trembling, they opened their eyes and saw that Cassidy and Butch had stopped all their movents, as had their Pokémon. In front of them appeared a person completely wrapped in a black robe.
"Not bad, much better than I imagined," said that black-robed figure. It was Cain, who had been observing in secret.
Cain discovered that, although Jessie and Jas sotis acted unseriously, they were far better than he had imagined. After all, this was a real world.
Jas, paying no attention to Cain’s words, endured the pain in his body and imdiately helped Jessie up from the ground. The two leaned once more against a large tree, but their state of mind was already completely different from before.
Having once co so close to death had greatly strengthened their hearts. Although they still had many shortcomings in various aspects, they already showed the potential to beco strong.
"Who... who are you?" Jessie asked with difficulty.
Although she was a girl, compared to Jas she was more suited to becoming the strategist of this golden trio, and also to bearing the responsibility that role entailed.
Cain shrugged.
"It’s quite obvious: I’m soone who has co to save you and who can give you the chance to beco stronger."
Upon hearing Cain’s words, the confusion in Jessie and Jas’s eyes only deepened. But Cain had no intention of explaining too much.
"Given how you are, you don’t seem capable of moving on your own either. These two people will be left for you to deal with yourselves in the future; I won’t intervene anymore. For now... get so rest."
After saying that, Cain waved his hand, and everyone—including owth—fell unconscious.
Then, with a sweep of his black robe, only Cassidy, Butch, and their Pokémon remained. Cain, Jessie, Jas, and owth disappeared from the place.
...
Inside an office, Viper was reviewing the quality of this batch of trial participants. Suddenly, Cain’s voice rang in his ears.
"I’m taking those two kids, Jessie and Jas."
Viper’s expression froze for a mont, then he showed a rather forced smile.
"Alright."
With Cain’s current strength and status, the fact that he inford him before taking two people away was already showing sufficient respect.
He wouldn’t dare offend Cain just for the sake of two individuals.
Under the instantaneous movent via Slowking’s psychic power, Cain quickly took the unconscious Jessie and Jas away from Trial Island.
The current island was not suitable for them to survive; Cain had a better place.
Using Teleport consecutively made even Slowking feel sowhat tired, but they finally arrived at their destination.
It was also a small island in the sea, but apart from Cain and the three of them, there was no trace of anyone else.
Cain summoned Venusaur and, using the move Grassy Terrain, simply healed Jessie and Jas’s injuries, then woke them up.
Jessie and Jas looked at Cain with eyes full of doubt.
"The total duration of the trial is three months. Trial Island is not suitable for you; this place is."
Looking at them, Cain continued: "If the two of you manage to survive on this island for three months, I promise that at the end of that ti, I’ll grant you the position of Captain."
Cain went straight to the point and laid out his conditions.
Giovanni wanted him to play babysitter, but Cain didn’t have that kind of patience.
This island was the one where Cain had resolved the Xenon incident. No one lived there, but there were many wild Pokémon, and moreover, Regice was there, who still owed Cain several favors.
He could very well let him handle the babysitting instead.
Being able to survive three months on this island would already be enough to reach strength comparable to that of a Team Rocket Captain.
(End of Chapter)
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