Pokemon: Rising From The Dark

Not long after, the noisy square quieted down. A fierce middle-aged man nearly two meters tall, wearing a military cap, entered the square.

He had a red R printed on the most visible part of his left chest. Behind him followed ten Team Rocket members all wearing Rocket Minute uniforms, each with a cold face, and followed by a large wolf-like dog.

Walking beside the middle-aged man was a sinister looking dog, entirely black, with two white bony horns curving backwards on top of his head, and a devil's tail. It was a Houndoom, a Dark and Fire type Pokemon.

Aoki listened as the plaza grew quiet, and slowly opened his eyes. Seeing the middle-aged man, his eyes narrowed slightly. It was him! Glancing at the Houndoom next to the middle-aged voice, a glint flashed through his eyes as the system activated.

Pokemon: Houndoom (Green)

Gender: Male

Level: 28

Types: Dark, Fire

Ability: Flash Fire

Held Item: None

Egg Moves: Fire Fang, Fire Spin

Basic Moves: Will-O-Wisp, Foul Play, Thunder Fang, Leer, Ember, Howl, Haze, Roar, Bite, Odor Sleuth, Smog

Learned Moves: Feint Attack

TM Moves: Hidden Power (Rock), Shadow Ball, Flamethrower

Looking at the level of Houndoom and its long list of moves, Aoki couldn't help but feel a little helpless. The different between the two were significant. Furthermore, he knows that this Houndoom didn't even belong to the man's primary team.

It may not even be on his secondary team. If he sent out any Pokemon from his second team casually, he could defeat everyone present, including all the Team Rocket members.

"There are actually 156 people alive this time. The quality of these batches is not bad." The middle-aged man's voice was not loud, but everyone in the audience could hear it. He spoke as if he weren't talking about human lives.

The man looked around the plaza and noticed that everyone was starting at him. He calmly said, "My name is Viper, responsible for this purgatory that you call an island. From now on, your lives belong to me." He smiled sadistically as he observed how everyone was intimidated by his presence and nodded in satisfaction.

"The Trial will last for three months, and from now on you will gather here here once a week in the future. If there are two consecutive absences, then you will fail by default. I'm sure you already know the consequences of failing, right?" Viper continued.

He pointed to the large stone in the middle of the plaza and said, "This is the test stone, which can test the strength of a Pokemon's attack. "

"Next, you will take turns attacking this stone, and you will be ranked based on the data obtained. The top ten in the ranking will receive 100 points, which will progressively increase as time goes on. As for what these points can be exchanged for, you can investigate by yourself. "

Team Rocket points! It's something that can only be used within Team Rocket, using the points you could exchange for almost everything in this world. It is because of this points system that Team Rocket was able to reach its current level.

It is well known that in this world, large families control scarce resources, and even if you have a lot of money, you can't buy them.

These points can not only be used on the island, but even after the trial is over, it can be used at any Team Rocket base.

"The maximum number of people who can pass the last trial is 50, the top ten will each get 10,000 points, the top three will get a Team Rocket forged fake League identity card. "

"And the first place winner can pick one of the high-quality regional starter Pokemon from Team Rocket's storage, "said Viper," And most importantly! The rules of this trial... there are no rules! "

"Let the first ranking test begin!" With that order, Viper sat down on the chair in the middle of the square, and signalled to the men next to him to start recording the whole process.

Under the active arrangement of the ten Rocket soldiers, everyone quickly lined up for the first ranking test.

"Ekans, Bite!" The voice of a young boy sounded, a purple snake rushed towards the large rock in the center, opening a bloody mouth with two sharp fangs gleaming with light light, biting hard on the stone.

"Peng!" But it didn't even leave a single scratch.

"Attack value: 56!" Immediately, a line of text appeared on the stone.

The Team Rocket soldier in charge of recording the results shouted the results emotionlessly, "No. 34, attack value 56! Currently first! Next!" This result was then recorded in a notebook.

The young man with the number 34 on his chest didn't seem satisfied with his result, frowned and walked away.

Next in line was a young man with a Zubat, his face was a little timid and somewhat inexperienced, "Zubat, Tackle!" he commanded with a youthful voice, and the Zubat flapped his wings slowly and collided back-first into the stone.

"Attack value: 19!"

Seeing the words on the stone, the first boy who had finished the test breathed a sigh of relief, then made a dismissive gesture, while the others in line looked at the boy with a little disdain.

"Number 13, attack value 19, currently second! Next!" The Team Rocket soldiers remained expressionless. For him, these boys and girls who were facing Pokemon for the first time were so inexperienced that they failed to capture his interest.

"Number 24, attack value 25, currently second! Next..."

"Number 98, attack value 45.."

"Number 77, attack value..."

One after the other, those with better results looked down at people who rank lower than themselves with disdain, while those with worse results gazed enviously and with frustration at those above.

Aoki frowned when he saw this situation. In his past life, it had been the same. An elite selection trial for Team Rocket! Only when everyone are fighting against each other can the strongest emerge.

"Attack value: 98!" When Aoki thought of something, murmur of astonishment spread through the crowd.

The attack value is 98. Now one with the highest ranking score is a slender boy with fair skin and impeccable clothes stood at the front with an attack value of 98, the highest so far. Besides him an Ekans, stood proudly, looking at everyone with deep disdain and contempt.

"It's him." When Aoki saw him, his eyes involuntarily narrowed.

If he remembered correctly, it was this person who won the first place in the trial and received an exceptional Bulbasaur, beginning a meteoric rise. Even when Aoki had activated the system, he never managed to catch up with him.

Number 99, the real name was Guga!

After a long time, there are no more people with higher attack value than Guga. When the test was almost finished, it was finally Aoki's turn, with the number 234.

"Another man with a special Pokemon!" When it was Aoki's turn, many people started whispering when they noticed Murkrow on his shoulder.

The Pokemon assigned by the Rockets are mainly three kinds of Pokemon, Zubat, Ekans or Koffing, Special Pokemon do not mean that they are better than Zubat, Ekans or Koffing. They are just seen as different, an outsider.

"Bah, there is nothing remarkable about that Murkrow. The performance of the Murkrow before didn't do that well either. And look at his skinny appearance. This Murkrow is obviously much smaller than the previous one and looks even weaker. I bet he won't accomplish much!" someone said disdainfully.

Aoki showed no emotion, ignored the others' words, took a breath and said, "Tailwind, and then Peck!"

His calmness silenced those who had ridicules him. There was an awkward expression their faces. They had wanted to influence the performance of others through words, but only ended up looking foolish.

Murkrow took flight, the pale white air flow surrounded its body, and after a few days of recovery, the body gradually recovered to the size of the normal Murkrow

Murkrow circled in the air, and gathered strength. Then, using the momentum of Tailwind and gravity, struck the stone with a powerful hit. Then, with an elegant turn, steadily landed on Aoki's shoulder.

Aoki smiled slightly, opened his eyes a bit, raised his eyebrows, glanced at the stone and walked away calmly.

"Attack value: 97!"

The word on the boulder is like a huge slap in the face to the people who had ridiculed him. With an attack value of 97, second only to Guga's attack value of 98. Currently ranked second, while the one in third place now has an attack value of only 90, a considerable difference.

"Number 234, attack value 97, currently second! Next!" Even the soldier who recorded the results glanced at Aoki who slowly walked into the crowd, and after a moment, finally announced the result.

In reality, the current attack power of Murkrow can't make such a powerful attack, but Aoki used a technique to make Murkrow use the momentum of Tailwind and gravity while descending, achieving that result.

After Aoki's test, several other participants, who were more astute, began reflecting. They understood that Aoki used a trick. A simple trick, but it is very effective, right?

As said before, the rule is... there are no rules!

Viper watched the entire testing process. When the Aoki test was completed, his stayed on him for a few extra seconds.

An interesting boy!