Tetsuya did not take Jacky's questioning to heart at all.
However, everyone was waiting for Tetsuya's answer. Catherine's gaze flickered uncertainly. She forced herself to appear strong, yet still held onto hope.
"She should be killed…"
Tetsuya said a single sentence.
Catherine's face turned deathly pale, and half her heart had already gone cold.
Jacky, Ben, and the others all revealed smiles.
Tetsuya took a step forward, chopping his palm against the back of Catherine's head. Immediately afterward, Catherine fell into the snow with a "thud."
"…There are some things that cannot be allowed for you to see."
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Tetsuya's decisiveness earned praise from everyone, and they all recalled their Pokémon one after another.
'Tehahah…this is the moment I've been waiting for…'
"Gengar, Shadow Ball!"
With a movement(?) of Tetsuya's thoughts, the shadow beneath him had already gradually risen.
At this moment, the seven people were still chatting and laughing merrily.
Five Shadow Balls were hurled out in succession, instantly blasting five of them unconscious.
Jacky and Ben were completely bewildered by this sudden turn of events.
"T-Tet… T-Tetsuya!?" "What are you trying to do!?"
Jacky and Ben shouted.
"Kill!"
After speaking, Tetsuya had already used psychic powers. Instantly, Jacky and Ben's bodies froze. They could not even speak. Only their fearful eyes stared at the monster before them in disbelief.
"Die."
Tetsuya used all of his psychic power to smash the two people's heads against the rocks on both sides.
Their skulls were caved inward from the impact, while blood continuously flowed out!
The five unconscious people on the ground were struck by Gengar's Sludge Bomb and died as the toxin corroded them.
Tetsuya searched Jacky's body and found Dragonair's Poké Ball. After leaving the island, placing this into an auction would definitely earn him a huge profit.
Although the other Pokémon were also quite good, they were all common Pokémon. Even if exhibited, they would not sell for any high price, and would only increase his burden, so there was no need to be greedy.
Although the quality of his Spatial Backpack was excellent, it still had to primarily be used for carrying food. Staying alive was the most important thing.
The Pokémon trained within Shadow Team's ranch were far stronger than the Pokémon in these people's hands. Those Pokémon were all rewards given to elites with merit. Those Pokémon were his true targets. However, steal fifty Pokémon was already the limit.
Afterward, Gengar used Will-O-Wisp, and all seven corpses turned into ashes.
When Catherine woke up, she discovered Tetsuya beside her.
"Why…? You... Didn't kill me?" Catherine said.
"You're the only person on this island whose goal is the same as mine. Why would I kill you?" Tetsuya said.
"Then what about those seven just now?" Catherine asked.
"They're dead."
"All… dead…!?" Catherine sounded somewhat shocked.
"Hm? What else?"
Tetsuya's words caused her to involuntarily suck in two cold breaths. Killing seven people in succession, just what kind of act was that?
"I see… who is our next target?" Catherine asked.
"We'll see who has the bad luck to run into me first."
Now, aside from himself, there were no survivors left from the Johto Region. Catherine had also killed three people from Sinnoh.
Now, the only ones who dared venture into the forest were the Hoenn team. However, it was now winter, and for the sake of survival, everyone would go into the forest searching for food.
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Tetsuya and Catherine trained their Pokémon while moving through the forest together. As for food, there was absolutely no need to worry. Randomly hunting a Stantler or Tauros would be enough to eat for several days. There was even meat soup, which Beedrill and Ditto could also eat.
Now, the Ditto attached to Tetsuya's wrist was no longer any secret to Catherine.
However, Gengar was something he absolutely could not allow her to discover!
At night, Gengar could silently go out searching for food that belonged to it, then return back into his shadow.
However, Tetsuya's psychic powers had already been revealed in front of Catherine. This could only be explained as him possessing "special abilities", and it also served as a form of intimidation toward Catherine.
The circumstances in which they met this time in this life were extremely different. Whether they could still have the same relationship as in the previous life was something even Tetsuya could not say for certain, so some mind games still needed to be played.
Every day, Catherine's four Flying-type Pokémon circled through the sky searching for targets to attack.
About a week passed before Chatot flew back, chirping noisily while pointing toward the front.
Tetsuya and Catherine ran in the direction indicated by Chatot. They saw two Swellow and two Pelipper circling through the sky.
"These are Pokémon from Hoenn. If we get any closer, there will definitely be more lookout Pokémon. At that point, the entire Hoenn team will certainly be alerted."
Tetsuya pulled Catherine behind a large tree and spoke.
The ten from Hoenn had also undergone focused training, so their cohesion was very strong, and all their actions possessed excellent organization.
Moreover, unlike the team from Johto, they did not know him, so they wouldn't let their guard down significantly. Therefore, his successful sneak attack before had clearly been impossible against this team. At present, this team could be said to be the most difficult to deal with.
"If all ten move together, that's fifty Pokémon. The two of us are still at a huge disadvantage. We have to think of a way." Catherine lowered her head in thought.
"Mhm, they won't be easy to fight."
Tetsuya also fell into a dilemma.
""We can only create panic.""
Tetsuya and Catherine spoke simultaneously, then smiled at each other.
"Come out, Mamoswine."
Tetsuya called his strongest Mamoswine. In terms of destructive power, nobody could compare with Mamoswine.
"First create Hail weather, then charge in. If anyone chases you, run back out."
Tetsuya said to Mamoswine.
At this moment, the ten people from Hoenn were hunting a Mareep flock.
It was winter now, precisely the time when food was most scarce. This mutton would allow them to survive through the winter. Right now, all the teams were hunting for food, so naturally they had to be cautious again and again.
There were four Pokémon patrolling and scouting in the sky, while eight Mightyena guarded the four directions. The moment they discovered any people or Pokémon intruding, they would notify the Trainers inside using their cries.
Among the ten people, only five were attacking the Mareep flock. The other five were specifically there to prevent others from taking advantage of the situation or launching sneak attacks from behind.
Their planning was absolutely foolproof… right?
Mamoswine shook its body, and snowflakes and hailstones began falling from the sky one after another. Very quickly, visibility dropped to an extremely low level.
The snowflakes and hailstones struck against Swellow and Pelipper with crackling sounds. Very quickly, the four Pokémon could no longer endure it and all descended from the air.
The Hoenn members suddenly felt the temperature plummet sharply, causing them to involuntarily curl up their bodies. Even the Pokémon currently fighting shivered slightly.
The Hoenn Region had a hot climate and rarely experienced such cold weather. Neither the Trainers nor the Pokémon could endure it very well.
However, Mareep were covered in thick wool all over their bodies and were completely unafraid of the cold. This kind of weather instead helped them; the Mareep flock immediately launched a counterattack!
More than twenty Mareep instantly released streams of electric current, forming an electric net as they counterattacked.