Chapter 175: The Rockets trio gets promoted
Just as Ash was about to leave, Lance called out to him, "Wait a second, what's this about you saying Giovanni still has a Mewtwo in his hands?"
Ash couldn't help but roll his eyes, "What else could it be? Mewtwo was originally cultivated by Team Rockets using Mew's genes. The previous one went out of control and was captured by me, so he just cultivated another one."
Is Lance's undercover skill really that bad? He went to Team Rockets to play spy, and after all this time, he's still only lingering on the outermost periphery.
No wonder this guy became a sucker who works overtime every day. It turns out he treats being undercover like a game. While others go on strike or take vacations, he spends his time looking for Team Rocket HQ to play undercover vacation?
Otherwise, it would be impossible for him not to know that Giovanni had someone cultivate another Mewtwo.
"How is the strength of the newly cultivated Mewtwo?" Lance asked.
"Hmm... it's about a draw with the one I have."
Ash was speaking the truth. Without Mega Evolution and without the intervention of a Trainer, it would be a stalemate between Mewtwo and Mewtwo No. 2. After all, both Pokémon are at the level of a Primary God.
"..." Lance no longer had any intention of capturing Giovanni. He acknowledged that his own Pokémon couldn't beat Mewtwo's strength. Furthermore, Giovanni himself possessed the strength of a Champion and surely carried several Champion-level Pokémon for self-defense. If he went now, it would likely be a suicide mission.
Of course, Champion-level combat power could still trade blows with wild Primary Gods and Secondary Gods. After all, these Primary and Secondary Gods are still Pokémon, and Pokémon only kill in extreme situations.
"Anything else? If not, I'm heading to the Pokémon Center."
Lance subconsciously shook his head, "Nothing left."
"Alright then, I'm off. Call me if anything comes up." With that, Ash flew away.
"Come to think of it, is Ash's Psychic power really that strong? He can fly using his own ability?" After Ash left, Lance belatedly realized that Ash had already become superhuman.
"Forget it, finishing the report is more important. After that, I'll find a Team Rocket HQ to scout for information." Lance gave a few instructions to Dragonite, and his Dragonite turned and flew towards the east of Violet City.
On the other side, the defeated Giovanni was in no rush to leave.
In fact, if Lance had really arrived, he would have had a real chance to capture Giovanni. Because Giovanni had come out in a hurry this time, and he was confident in Mewtwo No. 2, he hadn't brought any other Poké Balls.
It can only be said that fate plays tricks on people; Lance missed the only chance to capture Giovanni alive.
"Boss!" The Team Rocket Trio, having received contact from Giovanni, arrived before him.
"Jessie, James, Meowth, I heard the three of you have been following that brat named Ash, is that right?" Giovanni asked.
The Team Rocket Trio replied tremblingly, "Y-yes, Boss!"
"Very good. From now on, your mission is to continue following him. You must collect all intelligence related to him, and also report the Pokémon he captures in a timely manner. Arianna will arrange your positions and salaries. I have only one requirement for you: you must find out everything about that brat."
After giving his instructions, Giovanni left with Mewtwo No. 2.
"We..." "Seem to have..." "Got a promotion and a raise!" "What a great feeling~"
The Team Rocket Trio hugged each other excitedly; this was one of the few times they had received a promotion and a raise since graduating from the training camp.
On the helicopter, the introverted Mewtwo No. 2 looked at Giovanni in confusion and asked, "Giovanni, what exactly was that state of his?"
"That is a combat system that hasn't been fully researched yet, called Mega Evolution. The known information is that Mega Evolution might be a temporary atavistic liberation of a Pokémon's power, or perhaps an elevation of life force. To achieve Mega Evolution, one needs to meet certain specific conditions and also possess a specialized Evolution Stone set."
Giovanni didn't know much about this Mega Evolution thing. The intelligence Team Rockets could collect was limited to the scraps the Team Rocket Trio had managed to get from Professor Oaks Laboratory.
After all, he had put all his energy and resources into cultivating Mewtwo. Once Mewtwo was cultivated, it possessed the combat power of a Primary God, so Giovanni naturally looked down on Mega Evolution. But who would have thought that Ash could pull out a Mewtwo Evolution Stone?
"Is there any more information?" "Specific intelligence is not known by many people in the Kanto and Johto regions, besides that brat. You have to go to the Kalos region to find out more."
There is no Team Rockets branch in the Kalos region, and Giovanni had no intention of developing a branch there.
"Do any of your subordinates have the ability to achieve Mega Evolution?" Mewtwo No. 2 only wanted to master the power of Mega Evolution, and then go find Ash and his Mewtwo to wash away the shame.
"No, although a few sets of Evolution Stone have been collected." Very few people in Team Rockets treated their Pokémon as partners, so even with Team Rockets' financial resources, having collected the Evolution Stone sets, no one could achieve Mega Evolution with their own Pokémon.
After a long silence, Giovanni made a decision. He pressed a few buttons on the helicopter seat and then contacted Arianna, who was at the base: "Arianna, I am going to the Kalos region. You will temporarily oversee the base. If Elite Lance or other Elites come knocking, have Koga deal with them, and keep everyone else in hiding. Additionally, make Jessie's team independent; they have other missions assigned. Fulfill any requests they have, and I want to know the intelligence they send back immediately."
After giving all the instructions, Giovanni called out to the pilot, and they headed straight for Kalos.
Arianna, upon receiving Giovanni's instructions, was very confused. How did their Boss decide to go to the Kalos region after just going out for a spin?
Confused as she was, her work efficiency was still quite high, and in a short while, she contacted the Team Rocket Trio.
"Jessie, the Boss has given an order: you have been promoted. From today on, I will contact you irregularly to collect intelligence, and you can also come to me if you have any requests," Arianna said.
The Team Rocket Trio suppressed the joy in their hearts, "Yes!"
"Um, can we get an advance on our salary! Meowth!" Meowth asked, rubbing his hands together.
"Fine."
The request Meowth made made Arianna roll her eyes. Why exactly were these three guys being specially cared for by Boss Giovanni?
Meanwhile, Ash also entered the Pokémon Center in Violet City and successfully reunited with Misty and the others.
"Ash, you're finally back!" As soon as Misty saw Ash return, she rushed up to him.
Ash gently patted Misty and comforted her, "Don't worry, that guy Giovanni is still no match for me and Mewtwo."
"Ash, did you beat Giovanni?" Brock asked.
"Yeah, I won. His Mewtwo was just cultivated and hasn't fully mastered its strength yet. By the way, was it you guys who contacted that guy Lance?"
Ash didn't think Lance had tracked Giovanni's whereabouts on his own.
"I contacted Lorelei, she must have been the one to send Elite Lance over. Ash, did you see him? Did he help out at all?"
Misty was a bit curious about Lance's work efficiency. The reason was none other than what Lorelei had told her: Lance was very reliable at work and was also very knowledgeable about Team Rockets.
"Him? I had already finished the battle by the time he appeared outside the city, but I suppose it was hard on him."
Although he didn't help, Lance's sense of responsibility was unquestionable; at least he had ridden his Dragonite to rush over.
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