I'm the Owner of the Pokémon Day Care In the World of Pokémon-Chapter 1407: Naganadel

After defeating Dusknoir, Yuga assisted the other League Trainers in capturing the members of Team Radiance hiding in the village. Once the sweep was nearly complete, he contacted Glacia.

The two of them exchanged information and found that all the targets had been apprehended—no one had slipped through the net. Both were quite satisfied.

This joint operation against Team Radiance and the White Light Intelligence Agency could be considered a complete success.

Meanwhile, Phoebe had secretly arrived in the Alola region based on intel. She followed Team Rocket, who had also come to the region, to a nameless island near Ula'ula Island.

The island was uninhabited—there wasn't even a trace of wild Pokémon. Team Rocket's aircraft quietly landed on the island.

Using the stealth abilities of her Ghost-type Pokémon, Phoebe quietly concealed herself on the aircraft and secretly followed it to the island.

Once the aircraft landed, it disengaged its cloaking. Phoebe then quietly followed Lance, the Team Rocket executive leading this operation, as he disembarked. She saw other Team Rocket members directing over a dozen Machoke to carry a massive crate out of the aircraft.

After the crate was properly placed, Lance ordered, "Open it."

"Yes, sir!"

Several Team Rocket members stepped forward and manipulated the locking mechanisms. With a loud "ka-chak," the crate split open down the middle. A massive dragon-like Pokémon slowly revealed itself—it was none other than a Naganadel, standing at an imposing three to four meters tall.

Thanks to Yuga's earlier auction event, many Trainers had become familiar with Ultra Beasts.

Furthermore, the Aether Foundation and League Professor Kukui had recently released a simplified report on Ultra Beasts, officially bringing these mysterious Pokémon into the public eye.

Having reviewed the Ultra Beast information before coming to Alola, Phoebe immediately recognized the identity of the Naganadel.

But Ultra Beasts were still extremely rare. Most Trainers had only heard of them and never seen one in person. She hadn't expected Team Rocket to have captured one.

And judging by appearances, this Naganadel was far from ordinary.

It was bound tightly in the crate by numerous black straps. As soon as the crate opened, the Naganadel let out a furious roar at Lance and the others.

Lance stepped forward and pulled out a device resembling a remote control from somewhere. He pressed a button aimed at the base of the crate, triggering a platform resembling a control console to rise slowly from beneath.

"Bring the item."

At his command, a subordinate presented a beautifully crafted brocade box.

Opening it revealed four dark-purple, diamond-shaped crystals—Phoebe immediately recognized them as Z-Crystals.

Lance picked up the Z-Crystals and placed them one by one into the recesses on the control console. Instantly, the console emitted a white beam of light that shot up into the sky.

With the emergence of that white light, the Naganadel seemed to be in tremendous pain. It howled and struggled, but all in vain.

Finally, under the impact of the white light, a shimmering rainbow-colored tunnel appeared in the sky. If Yuga had been there, he would have recognized it at once—this was an Ultra Wormhole, a passage to Ultra Space.

"We did it! It really worked!"

Seeing the Ultra Wormhole open, an old man with a white beard in a lab coat shouted excitedly. He was holding a monitoring device, which showed the fluctuations of Ultra energy fields.

But just then, a multicolored ribbon of energy descended from the Ultra Wormhole and landed on the restrained Naganadel. Immediately, Naganadel went berserk as if it had been injected with a surge of adrenaline.

"ROAR!!!"

With a furious roar, Naganadel snapped the black straps binding it and spread its wings, soaring into the air. Its gaze toward Lance and the others was filled with hatred.

"Naganadel~"

Naganadel's tail stinger released a purple dragon-shaped energy wave that blasted into the surrounding Team Rocket members. As screams rang out, the Team Rocket forces suffered heavy casualties.

"Mr. Lance!"

The white-bearded old man trembled as he hid behind Lance. He had witnessed Naganadel's power firsthand during its initial capture, and now it seemed even stronger than before.

Lance gave the old man a shove and said coldly, "Hmph, what's there to be afraid of?"

As he spoke, he took a step forward and pulled out three Poké Balls of different colors. When the Poké Balls opened, three bird-like Pokémon emerged and surrounded Naganadel from all directions.

Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno!

Phoebe who is hiding in the shadows, nearly gasped aloud. She hadn't expected Lance to possess all three Legendary Birds—this was going to be tricky!

The three Legendary Birds simultaneously launched Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, and Ice Beam at Naganadel. But just as the attacks approached, Naganadel flapped its twin wings and whipped up a fierce hurricane around its body, completely disrupting and scattering the oncoming flames, lightning, and ice.

When it saw Moltres, Zapdos, and Articuno, Naganadel flew into a rage. If not for these three, it wouldn't have been captured so easily in the first place.

Naganadel moved with incredible speed. With a sudden acceleration, it shot higher into the sky and fired a Dragon Pulse at the three Legendary Birds. They couldn't evade in time and were engulfed by the wave of purple energy.

After absorbing a large amount of Ultra Aura leaking from the Ultra Wormhole, Naganadel now felt as if it had taken a powerful elixir—like it could take on ten opponents at once!

"Moltres~"

"Articuno~"

"Zapdos~"

The three Legendary Birds struggled out from the energy wave, wings flapping in disarray. Enraged, they surrounded Naganadel once more and launched a combined assault.

However, Naganadel was astonishingly fast. With a sudden flicker of movement, it escaped the encirclement and counterattacked by spraying large amounts of venom from its tail stinger.

"Moltres~"

"Articuno~"

"Zapdos~"

The venom splashed onto the Legendary Birds, causing them to shriek in pain.

"Useless trash!" Lance cursed through gritted teeth, his face darkening at the sight.

"Mr Lance, the Ultra Wormhole is about to close—if we don't go in now, it'll be too late!" the white-bearded old man warned.

Seeing the Ultra Wormhole gradually shrinking, Lance considered for a moment and said, "We'll go in first—deal with the rest later!"

With that, he signaled the remaining Team Rocket members to board the aircraft, preparing to enter the Ultra Wormhole.

However, just as the aircraft was about to take off, a Shadow Ball suddenly descended from the sky and blasted it back down to the ground.

The attacker was none other than Phoebe! Since she had come to sabotage Lance's operation, there was no way she'd let him enter the Ultra Wormhole so easily.

"An Elite Four member of the League!"

Inside the aircraft, Lance narrowed his eyes dangerously upon seeing Phoebe blocking their way.

"Matori, I'll leave this to you," he said as he stood up, preparing to deal with Phoebe himself.

"Understood!"

The one who responded was a short-haired woman wearing glasses who looked very shrewd. She was none other than Giovanni's secretary, also one of the leaders of this Team Rocket operation besides Lance.

However, Matori was not a combatant, so she did not leave the aircraft.

After Lance exited the aircraft, Matori began directing the aircraft to prepare for takeoff again.

Yet at that moment, another Shadow Ball came falling from the sky, slamming the aircraft back to the ground once more, nearly making Matori curse in rage.

In the sky appeared, at some point, a young girl in a purple dress and a chubby Gengar.

"Acerola!"

Seeing who had arrived, Phoebe shouted in delight, while Lance's face grew increasingly grim.

The newcomer was Acerola, like Phoebe she's also a Ghost World Emissary. The reason she came here was because she had received a notification from Phoebe.

Acerola gave a gentle nod to Phoebe, then landed with her Gengar opposite the aircraft, clearly not intending to let the aircraft take off again.

Just as Lance who is infuriated was about to step forward, Phoebe's Banette threw a Shadow Ball at his feet.

Lance casually tossed out two Poké Balls, releasing a Weezing and an Arbok, and immediately engaged Phoebe in battle.

At the same time, another trainer emerged from the aircraft and began battling Acerola.

This trainer's name was Guzma, a direct subordinate of Matori. Not only was he unusually burly, he was also a one-eyed man. His Pokémon was an extremely powerful Aggron.

While the humans were locked in fierce, evenly matched battles, the stalemated Naganadel was no longer interested in fighting the three legendary birds. Continuing like this would do it no good.

The Ultra Wormhole was getting smaller and smaller. If it couldn't leave in time, it might very well be captured by the humans again.

So, relying on its speed, it threw off the three legendary birds and dived headfirst toward the Ultra Wormhole.

The three birds were unwilling to let Naganadel go and flew after it, chasing it toward the Ultra Wormhole.

Inside the aircraft, the white-bearded man watched Naganadel and the legendary birds vanish into the Ultra Wormhole and turned to Matori, saying, "Ms. Matori, let's go in too! Or else we won't make it."

Without hesitation, Matori ordered the pilot to fly the aircraft toward the Ultra Wormhole.

Acerola, who was in battle with Guzma, saw this and could no longer afford to be entangled with him. She had Gengar use Psychic to hurl Guzma's Aggron away and then gave chase toward the aircraft with Gengar.

Phoebe didn't want Acerola to venture into danger alone. She pulled out a Key Stone and shouted loudly, "Banette, Mega Evolve!"

With a flash of brilliant, multicolored light, Banette completed its Mega Evolution. Its power greatly increased, and a single Shadow Claw forced back Lance's Weezing and Arbok. Then, carrying Phoebe, it closely followed Acerola into the Ultra Wormhole.

Lance also intended to enter, but he was too slow. Before he could reach the Ultra Wormhole, it had already disappeared.

Staring at the now-empty sky, Lance cursed under his breath, and could only glare awkwardly at Guzma, who had also been left behind.

Things had gone very smoothly on Yuga's end. After the sweep operation concluded, he quickly completed the handover with the League personnel, and the rest no longer concerned him.

Just then, his master had returned to Mauville City. Yuga stayed there with his elderly teacher for two days before deciding to return to Verdanturf Town.

From his teacher's words, Yuga learned that his master had been invited to negotiate with Kyogre this time. Fortunately, the negotiations went smoothly, and Kyogre didn't cause any trouble. freewёbnoνel.com

As Yuga was flying back to Verdanturf Town on his Dragonite, a Delibird suddenly flew down from the sky. At first, he thought his charm was so dazzling that a wild Pokémon had come to join him willingly.

But then the Delibird pulled a communicator out of its small satchel and handed it to him.

After delivering the item, the Delibird prepared to leave, but Yuga had no intention of letting it go just like that.

"Dragonite, catch it!"

Dragonite reached out with both claws and grabbed the Delibird just as it was about to take off. Maybe it used too much force, because the Delibird's voice cracked from being squeezed.

"Who sent you?" Yuga asked.

The little Delibird trembled and shook its head silently, too scared to speak. It pointed shakily at the communicator in Yuga's hand.

Yuga looked at the communicator in confusion. When he turned it on, a recording suddenly began to play.

"Gym Leader Shimizu!"

It was Giovanni's familiar voice.

"You've once again sabotaged our Team Rocket operation," Giovanni said slowly and unhurriedly, "and you've even captured our executive Milolovide."

"My patience with you is running out. Team Rocket won't let this go!"

The recording abruptly cut off. Though it didn't say much, the message was clear—Giovanni, who had once greatly admired Yuga and even tried to lure him into joining, had finally been provoked by his continued interference and was now out for revenge.

Yuga was a bit surprised. He hadn't expected Giovanni to go to the trouble of sending a communicator just to say that. What a strange man. What was the point of making a special effort to deliver such a message?

Still, it did seem that he had genuinely angered the big boss Giovanni!

Of course, Yuga wasn't particularly afraid. Whatever tricks Team Rocket had, they could bring them on. He was no longer the Yuga who once had to look up to Giovanni.

Casually tossing the communicator into his backpack, Yuga looked down to find the Delibird staring at him with teary eyes.

"You want me to let you go?"

Delibird nodded its head quickly.

But Yuga smiled and said, "No way. From now on, you're mine!" Giovanni had gone out of his way to send him a threatening message—Yuga would take this Delibird as compensation.

This Delibird wasn't bad, it had green potential, at least good enough for him to bring it home.

Then Yuga silently pulled out a rope, tied one end to the Delibird's foot, and held the other end in his hand. Just like that, he led the Delibird home.

Delibird didn't even dare to think about running away and behaved very obediently along the way.

After arriving home, Yuga led the miserable Delibird through the door and saw Smoochum peeking over curiously.

Yuga asked, "What are you looking at? Looking for Magby?"

Smoochum shyly came over and asked where Magby had gone.

"It went home. You probably won't see it again," Yuga replied casually.

"Smoochum~"

Upon hearing this, Smoochum looked disappointed and was about to leave.

"Hey, wait a second!" Yuga called out to it again.

What is it? Smoochum turned back, looking at Yuga in confusion.

"I've got a task for you. Keep an eye on this guy for me and don't let it run away." As he spoke, Yuga handed the rope to Smoochum.

"Smoochum~ Smoochum~"

Leave it to me!

Smoochum confidently patted its chest, then happily led the Delibird away.