Chapter 60: Team Rocket and Poachers
(Second update, new book requests for collections and flowers, thanks to “177***566” for the reward, it is recommended that bosses with digital names change their names, otherwise, the numbers will be harmonized, sometimes they cannot be thanked, plus comments need to be reviewed, they will often show that the comment has been deleted, and it will take a long time to see it, if you want to watch the previous bottle of Pokemon works, search “Pokemon: Awakening Moment”)
“Heh! What’s there to be angry about, we are all supported by these fools!” The flat-headed man laughed, a sarcastic look on his face.
“You are right, it is the easiest to earn money from these people.” The bald man agreed.
“Satoshi, who are these two? What do they mean?” Kasumi asked with a puzzled expression. She didn’t quite understand how Pokémon was related to earning money.
“Pokémon poachers!” Satoshi had figured it out from their conversation.
They specialize in catching rare Pokémon and selling them to others, their intentions are quite obvious.
Having been in this world for so many years, Satoshi has also learned a bit about other aspects of this world, apart from large-scale evil organizations like Team Rocket, there are also some scattered poaching groups.
Compared to Team Rocket, they are probably much smaller, some have a few people and form a group, and some even act alone.
The difference is that they poach Pokémon for money, but Team Rocket steals and captures Pokémon not for money.
Satoshi had specifically learned about poachers, and he was also curious at the beginning, what was the difference between poachers and Pokémon trainers.
The biggest difference is probably that they don’t use Poké Balls to capture Pokémon, and they don’t care about Pokémon battles, using Pokémon battles is just one of their methods.
As long as they can capture the Pokémon they want, they will use all sorts of methods, according to the Pokémon League’s rules, either you have the ability to catch Pokémon yourself, or you have to use Pokémon to defeat them.
If other weapons and devices are used, it is considered poaching, and trainers who catch Pokémon cannot use them for trading, except for exchanging Pokémon.
And if there is a need to trade Pokémon, it must also be done through legitimate means, for example, the starting point of trainers in various places, Pokémon schools all have permission from the league.
But these Pokémon, even if they have the right to trade, must be caught by legitimate means.
To be honest, Satoshi was a bit speechless when he saw these poachers, they were quite persistent, Poké Balls are so convenient, wouldn’t it be less conspicuous to use Poké Balls directly?
When trading, wouldn’t it be convenient to trade the Poké Balls together? Why bother using cages and nets? Are they afraid that the police won’t come fast enough?
It’s like stealing a car, wouldn’t it be better to steal the keys instead of pushing it? Or is it to save on the cost of Poké Balls? Or maybe villains have to abide by the villain’s rules?
Moreover, the Pokémon that poachers capture are not just wild rare Pokémon.
As long as they need it, even if they see it with other trainers, they will not hesitate to grab it, this is the most disgraceful aspect of poachers.
As for their work, as they said, there are employers, Satoshi also learned that there is a special dark web for poachers that only they know.
They accept employment through these dark webs, and these transactions are completely confidential, the employer’s identity will never be exposed, and there are usually dedicated personnel during the transactions.
Because some of these employers may be well-known figures, they naturally don’t want to expose their identities.
When they don’t receive a commission, they will still capture some rare Pokémon and then put them up for sale on the dark web with prices listed.
“Poachers? How did you know?” Kasumi looked at Satoshi in surprise, not quite believing him, it was Team Rocket before and now it’s poachers, it’s a bit hard for her to get used to, after all, she’s just started traveling.
“From their conversation, it does sound like poachers.” Takeshi, being a gym trainer, has seen more of the world.
Moreover, gym trainers are not just in the gym to take on challenges from others, when something happens in the city, such as the appearance of criminals, and the police can’t solve it immediately, gym trainers are also responsible for stepping in.
“What should we do now?”
Hearing Satoshi and Takeshi confirm, Kasumi immediately became a bit nervous, these two guys were menacing, and they looked tougher than Team Rocket.
Li Ke, listening to their conversation, was filled with anger, his fists clenched, he gritted his teeth with fury.
“These vicious guys, they treat cute Pokémon as objects to make money, I will never forgive them!”
“Shh! Uncle, keep your voice down! They’ll hear you.” Kasumi hurriedly covered Li Ke’s mouth.
“Huh? Who’s there!?!?!”
But at this moment, the two poachers suddenly shouted, their expressions turning vigilant.
“Damn it, we’ve been discovered, Uncle, it’s all your fault.” Kasumi heard this, her face turned pale, and she whispered through gritted teeth.
These guys were not kind, she often heard about poachers attacking trainers.
“Satoshi, what should we do now?” She had never encountered such a situation before, and could only look to Satoshi and Takeshi.
“It seems like we have to go out.” Takeshi was relatively calm, since they were discovered, there was nothing they could do, if the other side was hostile, they would only have to fight.
“Wait!!” Satoshi whispered, stopping Takeshi at the same time. Just as Takeshi was puzzled.
“Since you asked who’s there?”
“We will be so kind as to tell you~~!!!”
“To prevent the world from being destroyed!!” A sound echoed through the cave, when Kasumi heard the sound, she couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
As for Takeshi and Li Ke, they were a little puzzled, after all, they hadn’t heard this line before, but they were also a bit surprised, there were actually other people, they hadn’t noticed at all.
Takeshi was even more surprised, Satoshi had stopped him just now, obviously he knew there were others, he was a bit surprised how he found out.
“We are Team Rocket, blasting off at the speed of light! Surrender now or prepare to fight!”
While Takeshi and the others were puzzled, this line was already coming to an end, three figures appeared on the other side of the cave, a man and a woman wearing white R-shaped uniforms, a Meowth standing between them.
“That’s right, meow!”
“Who are these two? Their entrance line is so cool!” Li Ke looked at the two, not knowing why he felt their entrance line was so cool!
Kasumi was speechless, it seems this uncle also has a middle school heart.