Pokémon: My Titles Know No Limits! [115]

Sabrina’s expression turned rigid after failing to escape with [Teleport]—and being ruthlessly mocked by August.

Mega Gardevoir sat gracefully beside him, her black gown-like form swaying ever so slightly with the movement of her legs.

The overwhelming psychic pressure radiating from her made Sabrina’s chest feel tight.

“What did you do?”

In the past, no matter how dire a battle became, [Teleport] had always been her failsafe.

Now, with that option sealed away, she felt trapped.

“Nothing much,” August said casually. “Gardevoir just surrounded the entire battlefield with her psychic energy. If you want to teleport out, all you have to do is defeat her.”

“.....”

If I could defeat her, I wouldn’t need to escape in the first place.

Call for backup?

The trainers in Saffron Gym didn’t know about her true identity, but as their Gym Leader, she figured they would obey if she commanded them to attack August.

Yet, as if reading her thoughts, August smiled slightly.

“Oh, by the way, Gardevoir’s psychic field also isolates all sound. Even if you scream at the top of your lungs… no one will hear you. Heh heh…”

“......”

Which one of us is supposed to be the villain here?

If this were a different situation, she’d be introducing August to Giovanni without hesitation.

Since calling for help was now out of the question, Sabrina had no intention of surrendering.

Her ace Pokémon was still standing, and she had over a dozen Psychic-types at her disposal.

Even if the odds looked terrible, she refused to believe that August and Gardevoir wouldn’t slip up under a relentless siege.

The moment Gardevoir faltered, her chance to escape would come.

With that in mind—Sabrina went all in.

...

Sweat dripped down her forehead.

Propping herself up against her equally battered Alakazam, Sabrina panted heavily, glaring at Gardevoir with unwillingness in her eyes.

She had known the gap between Elite Four-level and Champion-level was massive.

But as someone who had always considered herself a psychic genius, she had never witnessed a Psychic-type with such terrifying power.

Her original plan was to overwhelm Gardevoir with numbers, draining her psychic energy until she could no longer maintain the field.

Yet, over the past ten minutes, Gardevoir had effortlessly crushed one Pokémon after another, pouring out psychic energy without showing a hint of exhaustion—

As if she had an external energy source continuously refueling her.

August smiled at the disheveled Gym Leader.

“Why don’t you surrender?”

“We International Police treat our prisoners well. Breakfast even comes with Moomoo Milk~”

Sabrina barely reacted when he first mentioned surrendering—

But the moment she heard International Police, her eyes narrowed as she snapped her gaze up at him.

“You’re with the International Police?”

She had assumed he was from the Pokémon League, but she hadn’t expected him to be part of the very organization Team Rocket had supposedly wiped out.

Yet, according to Team Rocket’s intelligence, when they dismantled the Kanto branch, August had still been nothing more than a ranger in the Safari Zone.

Did they rebuild the Kanto division?

Who the hell let this guy in?

Meanwhile, at Indigo Plateau, Lance sneezed out of nowhere, looking confused.

August maintained his relaxed smile.

“Of course. Lt. Surge was shocked when he found out.”

At this point, he had completely subdued Sabrina—there was no harm in indulging her curiosity.

“…Did you capture Surge too?” she asked.

“Yup.” August nodded. “Honestly, he was weaker than you, but much harder to deal with.”

Unlike Surge, whose entire base had been conveniently housed inside Vermilion Gym, allowing August to wipe them all out in one go, Sabrina’s method of working alone made it far trickier to collect evidence.

Sabrina clenched her fists.

Team Rocket had spent so much effort trying to locate this guy—and yet, here he was, standing right in front of her.

And she had no way to warn Giovanni.

“How about it? Ready to surrender?” August asked again.

“To be honest, I never understood why someone with your background joined Team Rocket. What, was being a Gym Leader too boring? Needed a little excitement?”

Sabrina turned her head away, refusing to answer.

Refusing to surrender.

She acknowledged August’s strength—but she would never submit.

At her side, Alakazam sensed his trainer’s resolve.

Clutching its spoons tightly, it prepared to fight until the bitter end.

August sighed.

“Tsk… After all that talk, I still have to do it myself.”

He clicked his tongue and motioned toward Gardevoir.

A pulse of [Psychic] shot toward Sabrina and Alakazam.

Exhausted from the prolonged battle, Alakazam barely managed to summon a [Light Screen].

But it shattered instantly.

Alakazam collapsed—completely unconscious.

Now, only Sabrina remained.

Gardevoir’s eyes glowed blue—

Then shifted pink.

Sabrina’s pupils constricted.

Before she could resist, Gardevoir locked eyes with her.

A soft, pink psychic wave pulsed outward, slipping past her mental defenses and invading her mind.

[Hypnosis]!

Sabrina’s psychic barriers crumbled like sand beneath the overwhelming force of Gardevoir’s enhanced energy.

Her thoughts grew sluggish.

Her body stiffened.

Seconds later—

A faint pink hue flickered in her eyes.

She stood beside August, smiling the same polite, detached smile she had worn when they first met.

August frowned.

“Nah, that’s too fake. Keep the cold expression.”

He gestured to Gardevoir.

“.....”

Gardevoir sighed but adjusted Sabrina’s facial expression accordingly.

August then pulled out a pair of sunglasses and placed them over her eyes, hiding the subtle pink glow.

“Much better.”

Admiring his handiwork, he clapped his hands together.

With Sabrina under his control, August and Gardevoir began searching the Gym for real evidence of her Team Rocket involvement.

To his surprise, they found... almost nothing.

Aside from a few Rocket uniforms with her scent on them and a half-written report, there were no incriminating documents, no communications—nothing.

Compared to Surge, whose entire operation had been housed in Vermilion Gym, Sabrina’s methods were flawless.

If August hadn’t already known the truth, he might have never confirmed her connection to Team Rocket.

Still, he gathered what little evidence he could.

Then, under the watchful gazes of Saffron Gym’s trainers—who were both in awe and deeply confused—August, Gardevoir, and Sabrina left the Gym together.

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