The blizzard raged for an entire night, and Magmar guarded for an entire night.
Thanks to Magmar, Qingwu wasn't directly buried by accumulated snow when opening the cave entrance.
The north wind howled, the world was frozen solid, and heavy snow fell. The rugged mountains were covered in a thick layer of snow, and all the potholes and depressions had disappeared.
Qingwu looked out, and the mountaintop was a pristine silver-white, with snowflakes fluttering down like willow catkins, cotton, or goose feathers.
This heavy snow had been falling for who knew how long. The snow melted by Magmar last night had refrozen into icicles.
Many Swinub were huddled together, licking the icicles, crunching loudly.
Qingwu knew that Dragon Island originally had snowy mountains, specifically for Wyrm-type Pokémon like Kyurem and Kyurem to inhabit.
Qingwu never expected that the peak where Dragonite lived would also have such heavy snow, and the path ahead was already gone.
"Ralts, mark down the spatial coordinates here. If it doesn't work out, I'll need your power to return to the cave."
Qingwu wasn't very confident that Crobat could climb to the peak.
Qingwu's anemometer showed that it was currently a Category 12 gale. If they didn't leave soon, the wind force would only get worse.
Qingwu had just gotten this close to Dratini, and he was unwilling to give up just like that.
Just then, the Dragonite Leader and its mate flapped their wings and flew up from the yacht. It had already eaten all the Pokéblocks Qingwu left behind.
Its mate's injuries had also mostly recovered. Qingwu's ointment was truly powerful; it didn't leave a single scar on the heavily injured Dragonite, which made the Dragonite Leader exceptionally satisfied.
However, there was one thing: this little brat was a bit too clingy to its mom. Its entire body was coiled around its mom's neck, leaving no time for the old man to show affection.
Dragonite's mother, having narrowly escaped death, was particularly doting on Dratini.
"I really should find a Trainer for it, just like the eldest daughter back then, and just send it away," the Dragonite Leader thought secretly.
"It's decided. When the Dragon Festival is held at the end of the month, I'll just send this little brat away." The Dragonite Leader felt a bit pleased with himself at this thought.
Old ginger is spicier. Daughter, don't blame your old father. It's just that you're too clingy to your old mother, and you've neglected your old father.
Dratini looked at its old father's murderous dragon eyes and stuck out its tongue, almost making the Dragonite Leader explode with anger.
The Dragonite Leader opened its throat, and a loud dragon roar echoed. Following that, a gigantic Blue Gyarados broke through the surface of the sea.
Dragonite seemed to have told Gyarados something, and Gyarados nodded.
The Dragonite Leader then took its mate and child and flew directly into the whirlpool.
"Finally finished cleaning up. I've collected so much evidence of Team Rocket's crimes." Lance stretched and moved his already stiff neck.
Dragonite, meanwhile, was begrudgingly eating Pokéblocks on the side. It was a bit disgusted, but it had no choice but to eat them.
These were made by a top Breeder of the Pokémon League, which Lance had shamelessly acquired.
If it weren't for Lance's begging and pleading, given Dragonite's temperament, it would have long thrown those Pokéblocks away.
"Dragonite, the annual Dragon Festival is coming soon. Shall we go back to Dragon Island to see your parents?" Lance said with a smile to Dragonite.
Dragonite nodded innocently. It had been several years since it last saw its parents. Will they miss me?
As the Dragonite Leader's first daughter, Dragonite had become Lance's Pokémon since its Dratini days.
"Then in a few days, when the Dragon Festival comes, we'll go back. With your speed, it will only take half a day."
"At the Dragon Festival, your father won't be able to chase you away," Lance said, patting Dragonite's little head and laughing loudly.
He understood the Dragonite Leader's intentions perfectly; he was eager to send Dragonite away while it was still a Dratini, to avoid disturbing his two-person world with his mate.
The Dragonite Leader wished the whole world knew how deeply in love he was.
At this moment, the tall Raimei had completed Ao's mission and returned to Team Rocket's headquarters.
After several missions, Raimei had completely adapted to Team Rocket's way of doing things.
He also had many minions under him who were willing to risk their lives for him.
At this time, Raimei was sitting in his dorm room unconsciously fiddling with his communicator, wondering what he was thinking.
"Meowth, why hasn't the Leader contacted us for so long? Did something happen to the Leader?"
After hesitating for a long time, Raimei spoke to Meowth, who was beside him.
Meowth placed its paw on Raimei's hand and patted it, as if to say with its eyes:
The Leader is blessed by heaven; don't be so anxious.
"I hope so," the Leader saved Meowth, which meant saving his life. Raimei swore to be loyal to the Leader until death.
If the Leader unfortunately met with an accident, Raimei would use every means possible to avenge the Leader.
In Team Rocket's Anbu, Ao looked at the communicator. At this moment, he had completely lost track of Qingwu.
"The last sea area where Qingwu appeared was not far from Vermilion City Sea Area. Did Qingwu intend to sail by himself to the Bangs Edge Area?" Qingwu unconsciously tapped on the table.
"That's possible, but the Pokémon League happened to find a Ghost Ship there. Is that related to him?" Ao murmured.
"Let's wait. Let's wait for two more months. Qingwu, you're a smart person, I believe you won't do anything foolish." After Ao said this, the communicator again received an urgent call from Giovanni.
"Come to Team Rocket's headquarters lab, quickly!" Giovanni gave a concise order.
Ao sighed helplessly and walked out of Team Rocket's Anbu.
Crobat was flapping its wings vigorously at this time, in the blizzard weather, the temperature inside the Crobat was dropping very rapidly.
Every few minutes, Qingwu had to feed a Pokéblock to Crobat.
Just then, a Dragonite suddenly seemed to wake up and crawled out of the cave.
When Qingwu saw this clumsy Pokémon crawl out of the cave, he excitedly let out a dragon roar towards the sky.
"Aoo!" The sound reverberated in the air, and Qingwu suddenly had a bad premonition.
Indeed, with a rumbling echo, Qingwu saw the snow-covered slope splitting open.
First, a crack appeared, then the crack gradually widened, breaking into several pieces, and then the huge mass of snow began to slide.
Qingwu saw the surging, continuous blocks of snow falling with mighty momentum.
Qingwu saw the Dragonite that had caused the disaster stiffen, and with extremely rapid movements, it burrowed back into the cave and sealed the entrance with lightning speed.
The main cause of the avalanche was the excessively thick accumulation of snow on the mountain slope. After being exposed to sunlight, the surface snow melted.
Melted snow seeped between the accumulated snow and the mountain slope, thereby reducing the friction between the snow and the ground.
At the same time, the accumulated snow layer, under the force of gravity, began to slide downwards. A large amount of snow sliding caused the avalanche.
Yesterday, heavy snow fell all night, and countless amounts of snow had already accumulated on the peak.
The already restless accumulated snow was finally pushed over the edge by Dragonite's roar.
"That blockhead!" Qingwu wished he could take care of that Dragonite.
"Go!" Qingwu made Crobat fly down rapidly.
As Crobat flew, Qingwu communicated with Ralts.
"Ralts, can you perform spatial teleportation now?"
Ralts shook its head.
"Not now. The avalanche has made the spatial fluctuations unstable nearby. Forcing a teleportation is very likely to cause an accident."
Qingwu knew that if he forced a teleportation,
it was possible that his front half would appear on one side, and his back half wouldn't have time to teleport,
meaning his body would be forcibly torn into two by space.
The avalanche was incredibly fast, and Qingwu could even feel snowflakes hitting the back of his head.
"We're done for, Crobat!" Qingwu watched his body being engulfed by the snow, and Crobat was also swept into the surging snow.
Before losing consciousness, Qingwu saw two dark figures rapidly approaching, and then his eyes went dark, and he fell into unconsciousness.
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