Little Silver and Little Green were captured by Pryce. Why were they chosen, and on what basis?
Little Green once dared to ask Pryce this very question.
And Pryce had answered them.
First, the selection criteria were three boys and three girls, six people in total. Secondly, age; to prevent people of the same age from banding together and rebelling, each selected child was three years apart in age.
The most important points, however, were birthplace and talent!
Pryce had once unequivocally stated that Little Silver was the most outstanding of the six children—a born elite.
Little Silver didn't understand at the time, but thinking about it now, Little Silver understood.
"He knew... Pryce knew everything clearly!"
Little Silver said painfully, "My age, my birthplace, and the fact that I am Giovanni's son... Because he knew, he ordered Ho-Oh to capture me!"
"Team Rocket, too, and Giovanni, too. They've all been looking for me..."
Little Silver glanced at the clothing he was wearing and forced a bitter smile, "Is this uniform intended for me to become the successor of Team Rocket? Just because I inherited Giovanni's bloodline, inherited his strength..."
"Heh... Heh heh heh..."
Little Silver started to laugh, collapsing weakly against the wall. Now that he knew everything, he couldn't feel happy at all.
Flashes of his friends crossed Little Silver's mind. He looked blankly at his Sneasel and said, "This is reality, Sneasel."
"It's embarrassing to say, but I often dreamt that I reunited with Little Green and my parents, returning to the home that truly belonged to me. A place tightly embraced by warm sunlight, where I could play freely with my closest Pokémon, and joyous laughter never ceased. Just like that guy's home."
Little Silver's mind flashed with the image of Gold. Then he shook his head and gave a bitter smile, "But that's only a dream. No matter how strong my desire for that world of light is, the darkness will always forcibly drag the unforgivable me back. No matter how much I struggle, I cannot live in the world of light."
"I understand this is my reality, this is the fate that dictates I only deserve to live in the dark world. But..."
Little Silver clenched his fist, stood up, and walked to Giovanni's bedside, saying faintly, "To expect me to respect... admire... and rush into this man's embrace? Spare me. Team Rocket, which uses Pokémon to commit every conceivable evil, and a man as wicked as this... I will never acknowledge him as my father!"
Finished speaking, Little Silver turned and walked out without hesitation.
But just then, Little Silver's hand was firmly grabbed by a large hand.
Giovanni, who had been unconscious, opened his eyes and said weakly, "Little Silver..."
...
"Boom! Boom!"
Two explosions sounded, tearing two massive holes in the airship's sides. Many Team Rocket members were killed by the sudden blasts, and even more were sucked out by the airflow from the ripped holes, flying out of the airship.
Judging the airship's distance from the ground, anyone without a Flying-type Pokémon in their hands was basically doomed to death upon falling.
"Carr, are you insane!"
Seeing the airship accelerating and burning fiercely, Sird roared at Carr, "If you keep this up, we'll all die together!"
"Heh, you are the ones who will die."
Carr's voice sounded over the intercom. He said coldly, "I personally oversaw most of this airship's construction. Since you don't support me as Team Rocket's leader, you're useless to me!"
"You damn bastard!"
Sird roared, but the initiative was currently in Carr's hands, and Sird had no good way to stop the airship immediately.
"Dragon of the Tao!"
Sird might have been helpless, but that didn't mean Ace was.
The Dragon of the Tao appeared beneath Ace's feet and suddenly opened its mouth. A blast of Extreme Cold Thunder Flame shattered the energy walls surrounding the battle arena, then continued its relentless path toward the airship's cockpit.
"What?!"
Seeing the sudden appearance of the Dragon of the Tao, Carr's face instantly went pale.
Even if he fled the cockpit quickly, could he be faster than the attack?
The Extreme Cold Thunder Flame directly blasted the cockpit. Although Carr managed to release his Skarmory at the limit, allowing the Skarmory to withstand most of the damage, the attack of the Extreme Cold Thunder Flame directly tore off one of Carr's arms.
"My arm!!!"
Accompanied by Carr's miserable scream, he and the unconscious Skarmory plummeted downward.
"Whoosh!"
Before Carr could hit the ground, a beam of energy shot out like lightning with a piercing whistle. Before Carr could even react, it directly pierced his heart.
In the final moments of Carr's life, what he saw was the Mega Evolved Mewtwo slowly lowering its arm.
"My apologies, I prefer things to be foolproof."
Ace glanced at Carr's corpse and said in a voice only he could hear, "I don't like leaving loose ends."
Having said that, the Dragon of the Tao shot out, directly catching the airship as it fell toward the ground, exerting its utmost strength to resist the airship's momentum.
"Ace!"
Just then, Ash and the others, who had finished dealing with the events on Five Island, chased after them.
However, seeing the airship about to crash, Ash and the others immediately sent out their respective Flying-type Pokémon to support the airship, hoping to contribute their strength to hold it steady.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Just as they were about to stabilize the airship, the interior of the airship rapidly exploded, and the entire vessel broke into two sections from the center!
"Little Silver!"
As the airship exploded, a large amount of debris and personnel scattered into the air, including Giovanni and Little Silver, who had just reunited.
The explosion's shockwave instantly knocked Little Silver unconscious. His Sneasel was anxiously hugging Little Silver, trying to wake him up.
Giovanni, weakened by illness, quickly adjusted his body in mid-air. He swam with all his might to Little Silver's side, then immediately embraced Little Silver, firmly shielding both him and Sneasel in his arms.
"Don't worry... Dad is here..."
Giovanni murmured. He looked around at the objects falling rapidly with them, and reached out, grabbing a ripped piece of cloth.
Although the scrap of cloth couldn't do much, with it, there was hope!
Giovanni gritted his teeth and wrapped the scrap of cloth around his left hand. Then, he opened one of Little Silver's Poké Balls.
A Murkrow burst out, immediately grasping the cloth wrapped around Giovanni's left hand, flapping its wings with all its might to counteract the rapid gravity pulling the two of them down.
"Boom!"
Just as Giovanni sighed in relief, thinking they might be saved, the airship exploded again. A piece of the airship debris, engulfed in fire, ruthlessly slammed into Giovanni's back.
The strong impact made Giovanni cough up blood, and his back was severely mangled.
Murkrow was stunned by the shockwave, unable to support the two of them any longer. Under the weight of their bodies, they rapidly plummeted toward the ground below...
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