HxH : Pokemon Master-Chapter 395: Landorus’s Slap!

"Screech—"

A sharp blade was about to pierce him.

It was extremely protective of its territory.

Akira’s behavior was a complete provocation, equivalent to smashing things in someone’s home and spitting on them.

If it didn’t teach this arrogant human a proper lesson today, it wouldn’t be called Zapdos!

Zapdos is a yellow-feathered Bird-type Pokémon. Its eyes are surrounded by black ring-shaped feathers, with a long orange sharp beak. Its wings and tail are covered with numerous spike-like feathers.

Zapdos can freely manipulate thunder and lightning. It’s said that its nest lies within dark thunderclouds, and its figure can be seen when the clouds split apart.

When flying, it creates crackling sounds, and flapping its wings produces thunderclaps.

Simply by flapping its brilliant wings, it can generate powerful lightning. Just by rubbing its wings together, it can instantly summon massive lightning bolts from the clouds.

When the sky darkens and thunderbolts rage, this Legendary Pokémon appears.

"Bzzz—"

Zapdos suddenly spread its wings, emitting a high-pitched cry while its dazzling wings became entwined with countless electric currents.

The crackling sounds resembled thousands of birds chirping in unison. Infinite electric currents surged skyward, directly pouring into the thick dark clouds, forming pillars of lightning, illuminating heaven and earth.

Suddenly, an orange-red figure appeared at the horizon. Landorus glared with wide eyes. Its arms crossed.

The cloud beneath its lower body supported it as it floated in the air, proudly staring down at the arrogant Zapdos.

A look of disdain appeared on its face.

Just a mere feathered bird that plays with electricity!

It simply couldn’t understand—How dare it have the audacity to attack Akira!

"Roar!"

Landorus roared, its powerful arms swelling with thick yellowish-brown Aura.

This Aura continuously accumulated around its body.

Within a short time, it gathered into a massive cluster, the intense yellow Aura coloring the sky. The originally gloomy sky was completely covered.

Zapdos showed a panicked expression, staring intently at the terrifying presence of Landorus, its body beginning to tremble. No! It had to escape, to leave this place!

Whoosh—

Yet the next moment, Landorus flashed before Zapdos, its powerful hand directly slapping toward the bird’s face.

Boom!!

The palm wrapped in immense Aura carried astonishing force.

Time seemed to freeze in that instant.

Zapdos’ body stiffened, then shot backward like a cannonball toward the ground.

Crash!!

A large section of the abandoned power plant immediately collapsed, dust spreading everywhere.

Within the smoke, Zapdos was battered and bleeding, its beak twisted to one side, feathers imbued with electricity scattered across the ground.

Its appearance was pitiful. Its eyes were filled with terror. It couldn’t comprehend why such a powerful legendary beast had suddenly appeared.

Why would such a being be commanded by humans?! 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Moments later, Nihilego abruptly appeared beside Zapdos. Its crystalline body resembled glazed glass, emitting faint rays of light that added an aura of purity. Facing the terrifying power of Landorus, Zapdos couldn’t even withstand a single slap from it.

Nihilego floated in the air, its tentacles swaying unconsciously as if swimming in the ocean. Simultaneously, the tip of Nihilego’s tentacle split into a large, translucent segment, appearing exquisitely beautiful. This nearly transparent tentacle fragment merged directly into Zapdos’s body. Nihilego itself was a jellyfish-like creature with some self-healing capabilities.

"Bzzt—"

Zapdos let out a frightened shriek, but its consciousness quickly began to falter.

Its mind grew increasingly hazy...

Strange lights emanated from Zapdos’s body, and its injuries began to revert to their original state.

Zapdos had been completely controlled by Nihilego!

Absolute power and absolute control.

It took only one encounter to subdue Zapdos completely.

...

Time flowed steadily onward.

During this period, the Hunter Dojo sprouted like bamboo shoots after rain, quickly spreading across various cities in Kanto.

After spending some time training personnel, it expanded further into other regions. By now, both Kanto and Johto regions had Hunter Dojos.

And next, they planned to establish dojos in the Hoenn region.

The dojo’s development proceeded smoothly, as did the recruitment of talent.

The establishment of the dojo served several main purposes:

Expand territorial influence: If they could reach every region, every city, and even every town, this would grant them significant control over local areas, making any task easily manageable.

Absorb fresh blood: To continuously recruit talent to strengthen their ranks.

Team Rocket had many members, but it wasn’t enough.

If they aimed to occupy the entire Pokémon world, the manpower of Team Rocket and the Hunter Association alone would be insufficient.

Thus, recruiting newcomers was essential. In this process, the dojo attracted many highly talented individuals.

Among them were even those with S-class potential, equivalent to Team Rocket’s senior executives.

S-class potential was a term coined by Akira. Based on extensive data from Aura Users, he categorized human potential into different levels.

Potential levels, like strength levels, ranged from D, C, B, and upward. S-class potential indicated that, under normal circumstances, the individual could reach S-class strength in the future.

The higher the potential of a talent, the better the treatment they can enjoy.

At the same time, the more contributions one makes to the Hunter Dojo, the more benefits one can obtain.

For example, recommending an A-grade potential talent to join the dojo rewards include one month of guidance from a master trainer, a large amount of cultivation resources, high-potential Pokémon... and so on.

In this regard, Akira only proposed some requirements and ideas, while his subordinates further refined and implemented them.

The energy that a massive organization can unleash is unimaginable.

It is like a high-speed operating machine, capable of generating substantial profits in a short time.

Moreover, with continuous development, it will grow at a terrifying rate.

The number of Aura Users under his command is also increasing at an extremely fast pace.

Due to the short time frame, most of the new additions are C-grade and B-grade Aura Users, numbering in the thousands.

This is still a result of the limited time.

Because the physical constitution of humans in the Pokémon world is generally high, combined with the mass reproduction of Nitro Rice and other resources from the Hunter world, there is so much that it cannot be fully consumed.

Thus, a portion is supplied to develop manpower.

As a result, the strength of new Aura Users increases extremely quickly.

Among them, there are over a hundred A-grade Aura Users and more than ten S-grade Aura Users.

These personnel from the Pokémon world are exceptionally talented, not only growing in strength rapidly but also creating increasingly powerful Aura Abilities.

During this period, Akira and even the members of the Hunter Association have been greatly impressed.

Due to prolonged mental influence, many people’s Aura Abilities are related to Pokémon.

For instance, Aura Abilities that can enhance the power of Poison-type Pokémon, or abilities that allow Pokémon to merge with the user.

There are also Aura Abilities that utilize attributes like Water, Fire, and other Pokémon elements.

More advanced abilities can achieve even greater feats.

The Ghost Master Agatha’s Aura Ability is like this.

Her Aura Ability, [Netherworld Emissary], has three effects:

By consuming Aura, it can enhance the overall strength of Ghost-type Pokémon.

It can open the gate to the spirit world, releasing a large number of Ghost-type Pokémon to fight for her temporarily.

It can merge with long-accompanied Ghost-type Pokémon, enabling the use of various Pokémon Skills.

As a highly talented individual, Agatha naturally consumed Nitro Rice. She instantly became much younger, with a significantly extended lifespan. If placed before Professor Oak, he would not recognize her.

She has repeatedly expressed how fortunate she was to have joined the Hunter Dojo. Otherwise, they would regret it for a lifetime.

Agatha was just one example; more and more people were joining Akira’s faction.

Visibly, the Hunter Dojo continued to develop and grow. However, such rapid expansion also drew the attention of many who had ulterior motives toward this newly emerged force.