Pokémon: Rebron as Red, The Strongest Champion

Ignoring Brutella's tempting offer, Red and his friends turned and walked away, leaving her looking thoroughly displeased. "Where did such an arrogant brat come from," she muttered, "not even tempted by such luxurious conditions!"

Brutella naturally didn't take Ash's words seriously. After all, they were just children around ten years old; how could they possibly earn so much money?

"Wait a minute, Misty!"

"What are you so angry about?!"

Ash and Brock hurriedly chased after the fuming Misty.

"That Brutella is absolutely infuriating!" Misty said angrily. "She actually wanted to use money to tempt me into dealing with Tentacool! Thankfully, Red and you two boys resisted the temptation."

"I'm not good at dealing with people like that either!" Ash said, trying to comfort her.

"She even spoke ill of Tentacool!" Misty fumed, then her eyes turned into hearts. "They're so cute~"

"Let me see…" A puzzled Ash pulled out his Pokédex and looked up Tentacool. "Tentacool, the Jellyfish Pokémon. Ninety-nine percent of its body is made of water!"

"…" Ash looked speechlessly at the entry. Was this what she called cute?

"It seems everyone has different aesthetic standards," Brock said leisurely.

"The cute Tentacool attacking humans must be, as Red said, because Brutella and her kind stole their homes, the homes they relied on for survival!" Misty said angrily, wishing she could seek justice for the Tentacool.

"Could Horsea's ink drawing have been of a Tentacool?!" Ash suddenly realized, recalling the image Horsea had made earlier.

Just as Ash and his friends found the Horsea and were about to ask for clarification, Brutella's voice suddenly blared over the city's broadcast system. "Everyone listen up! To drive away the Tentacool, our natural enemies in Hutber Port, we are now recruiting brave warriors willing to undertake this task!"

"What did she say!" Misty exclaimed.

"To anyone who drives away those Tentacool for me, I will give one million pokédollars! Brutella keeps her word!"

"Does she want to buy people's loyalty with money?" Brock said speechlessly, thinking the whole thing was absurd.

"Those who want money… no… those who want this place to develop, hurry and gather at the dock!"

"Hmph! In this era of abundant resources, trying to buy people's loyalty with money is just too naive!" Misty said disdainfully.

"That's not necessarily true," Red, who had been silently observing, suddenly spoke up. "Actually, none of us come from ordinary families, so we can't truly empathize with the difficulties of poor families. It's not entirely their fault if they can be bought with money."

As if to confirm Red's words, a commotion arose not far away. A sea of Pokémon Trainers was seen heading toward the port, scaring the Horsea in Misty's arms into fleeing.

"It actually attracted so many people!" Ash said in surprise.

"Reality is always driven by profit, just like how this offshore hotel was allowed to be built," Red looked at Ash meaningfully. "You still have room to grow. These people are merely slaves to the capitalists who scatter a tiny bit of money; the true manipulators are the greedy capitalists behind the scenes, and even Brutella is just a lackey."

"Yo! Citizens, brave warriors! Into whose hands will the one million pokédollars fall?" Brutella, now appearing in a tank, shouted through a megaphone, using the prize money to stir up the public's emotions.

Just then, a rose shot onto the tank. Seeing the situation, Brutella demanded, "Who goes there?"

"Since you asked so sincerely!"

"We will tell you with great mercy!"

"To prevent the world from being destroyed!"

"To protect world peace!"

"To carry out evil with love and truth!"

"The cute and charming villainous characters!"

"Jessie!"

"James!"

"We are Team Rocket that traverses the galaxy!"

"A white hole, a white tomorrow awaits us!"

"That's right! Meowth!"

Seeing a chance at a million pokédollars, the long-unseen Team Rocket trio appeared. Brutella praised them, "What reliable people!"

"Who's going to drive them away…" Ash said speechlessly, wondering why he always ran into these guys everywhere.

Driving a speedboat, the well-prepared Team Rocket confidently pulled out a large barrel of 'Homemade Super-Strength Vinegar,' intending to spray it to incapacitate the Tentacool, then seize the opportunity to net them all. Before they could awaken from their fantasy of becoming rich, their speedboat was seized from below. Unknowingly, they had trespassed into the territory of a Tentacool swarm, and the water was filled with jellyfish coming for revenge.

"Is it about to begin?" Red said calmly, toying with the five Poké Balls he had prepared.

A seemingly leader Tentacool used Aurora Beam, destroying Team Rocket's speedboat. The prepared vinegar accidentally fell onto this very Tentacool. A surprising thing happened: the Tentacool suddenly erupted with the light of evolution, transforming into a giant monster even larger than the city's skyscrapers.

"What an exciting target," Red said with an excited tone, showing none of the fear that gripped the people around him.

Possessing a colossal size capable of destroying everything, the Super-Giant Tentacruel led its clan in a retaliatory rampage against humanity, launching a fierce assault on Hutber Port. The giant also used Surf, instantly submerging more than half of the area.

Ash and his friends had already followed the crowd to a distant tall building, but seeing the giant Tentacruel destroying the city through the glass window, they too fell into a panic.

"Even from a human perspective, your destruction has served as a deterrent. My mission now is to stop you from further destruction."

Red calmly gazed at the colossal Tentacruel, standing alone on a tall building half-submerged in seawater, looking indifferently at the giant that was staring back at him.

(Is this what they call a strong one? Doesn't look like much!) the giant Tentacruel thought, not taking Red's words seriously. It intended to use Aurora Beam to warn him not to meddle.

"It seems persuasion is useless; it really has to be settled with force." Red calmly pressed his hat down, then fiercely threw out five Poké Balls. "I'm counting on you, my partners!"

The Dragon Scale Charizard, the Great Rock Snake Onix, the Golden Pidgeot, the Blood-Red Gyarados, and the Azure Scyther appeared before the giant. Fearing the seawater, Onix stayed by Red's side on the tall building to attack with long-range moves.

Then Red also released Feebas, stroking its cheek. "Let me show you how your seniors fight."

The giant Tentacruel did not attack first but instead controlled Meowth to communicate. "You are all powerful Pokémon. Why do you obey those foolish humans?"

'Hmph! Don't pretend. We only obey our Trainer. As for those humans watching, we have no interest at all,' Charizard said disdainfully, then with a backhand, a Flamethrower incinerated the Tentacool below. The sea surface began to evaporate from the high temperature, and some Tentacool had already collapsed.

'Nice targets, just right for some training!' Pidgeot said excitedly, flapping its wings to use Hurricane, blowing away the remaining Tentacool.

'Very good. So many tools to boost my stats,' the Blood-Red Gyarados thought, gathering golden energy particles in its mouth. It defeated several Tentacool with a Hyper Beam, then its muscles rapidly swelled, maximizing its Moxie ability. The raw power it now exuded made even the giant Tentacruel feel a wave of pressure.

'Defeating a behemoth like you will definitely be a memorable experience,' Scyther said indifferently. Not bothering with the small fries, it actively stepped on a floating board to approach the giant, leaving a scar on it with a graceful X-Scissor.

Onix looked enviously at its freely moving companions, while it could only stay silently at the back, using Rock Slide to defeat the remaining Tentacool.

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