Chapter 45: The Sins of Salacity

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["Pandemonium in Avcoca! Professor's daughter unveils dark secret!]"

["Team Nerve's doom? Or hidden double agent? Professor's daughter shows her true colours!]"

["Child of Marula Maho corrupted by Team Nerve, many believe one threat will be replaced with another]"

The news was flooded with the same set of headlines, a sea of controversy and gossip spreading like wildfire. The worst place for an outburst of emotion, Avcoca proved to have an ordeal greater than any Gym Challenge. It was impossible to hide from it, or try to ignore it. One would only hope that those involved didn't succumb to the woes of an unrelenting media landscape. Alas, it was hard to expect that from even the most seasoned individuals, much less teenagers.

Jazmine was struggling to keep her mind in a stable state, flooded with regrets about what took place but anger at her being painted as some kind of villain. Nobody was willing to accept her truth and she tried to flee because of it. She knew she wouldn't be able to run from it, but it didn't stop her from having the faint hope that she could. Perhaps, if she can restore herself to her former glory things can turn right again. A string of losses has caused her to spiral, all she needs is to bust a Team Nerve admin and she'll be able to start back her streak of success.

"(I just need to win...I just need to win...I just need to win...!)"

The only way Jazmine could focus her mind was to repeat these words in her mind. Victory was so easy to grasp before, so she should surely be able to do it again. Her motorbike tore the ground asunder as she charged towards her destination with an unsafe amount of speed. The sun beat down on her brow, the radiant heat only fanning the flames within her own heart. It was relentless, a raging inferno that consumed all that touched it.

She continued to tear through the ground until she saw something approach in the distance, something fast. It suddenly hit her as she saw what came to her, and narrowly avoided from it literally hitting her. She swerved her bike, making a sharp turn which almost made her spin out from her speed. She only just barely managed to stay on as she grinded to a screeching halt. In the skies was a Crobat that had almost taken her out. As she looked back she saw the perpetrators: Team Nerve. She saw a group of grunts begin to rush in on mass on their vehicles and approach her with haste, trying to catch her before she makes it to Lust's Domain.

To make matters worse, due to her battle with Abaeze her entire team was in no state to fight. She frantically took to her bag and sent out Storm. The Sea King was lying on the ground, visibly deflated from the battle it had been through. As the grunts approached they began to send out Pokémon, an unusual assortment of more intimidating Pokémon. Wipenflame, the Gemstone Pokémon Glintem, Weavile and the like. This was unlike the Team Nerve she was used to, this was far more calculated.

She rummaged through her bag and pulled out a revive before quickly handing it to Storm

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She rummaged through her bag and pulled out a revive before quickly handing it to Storm.

"Come on Storm we don't have time! Use Vicious Assault!"

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