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Good grief, she took something and didn't even return it. That's so like her—the number one female thief in the Pokémon world.
"Isn't this... from when we were at Silph Company?" Looking at the Metal Coat, Ash said reflexively.
"Ahem... The situation was so chaotic at the time that I forgot to return it! Anyway, we helped a lot, so we can just consider it as payment!"
Green coughed slightly after hearing him, with no trace of embarrassment on her face.
Ash just wanted to say in his heart, "Right, sure you 'forgot'—you just met President Silph and didn't remember then?" Obviously, she had no intention of returning it.
"In that case, I'll keep it!"
That was actually fair. He had experienced life and death situations in Silph Company, so it was reasonable to ask for a little compensation. President Silph had given him a VIP card.
If the Master Ball hadn't been destroyed by him—if it was still intact—President Silph might have been too embarrassed to ask for it back.
"I don't need this thing anyway. I remember you have a Scyther! This is just what you need. This thing is so heavy that I don't want to carry it around!"
"Besides... this is like paying back the Moon Stone you gave me!"
At the end, she got to the real point. The main thing about Green's character was that she didn't like owing favors. Even though the favor was to Ash, she still wanted to return it.
"Okay, thanks!"
After hearing what Green said, Ash didn't refuse anymore and took the Metal Coat from her hands.
Although the item wasn't large, it was very heavy. It was indeed quite inconvenient to carry while traveling.
"Don't mention it! It's almost time, so I'll head out first!"
After seeing Ash accept her Metal Coat, Green felt much more relieved. Returning the favor from Ash's Moon Stone made her feel at ease, and then she said goodbye to the three of them.
The three of them also watched Green board the train and depart. Then Ash put away the Metal Coat and said to Misty and Brock.
"Let's go too!"
Since he was about to board the train, Ash decided not to let Scyther evolve here. He planned to find time for the evolution after arriving at their destination.
This time, Scyther had also played a great role in the Silph Company incident. Although he was defeated by Giovanni's Nidoqueen in the end, he had defeated many Team Rocket members along the way.
The conditions for evolution had been completely met. He just needed to find the right time to use the Metal Coat for the evolution.
The three of them boarded the train together. The place they were heading to this time was Cerulean City. They had originally been planning to go there, but they had been delayed due to Team Rocket's involvement.
Now that the matter was resolved, they were back on the journey to Cerulean City. With the express train, they could reach Cerulean City in just a few hours.
"Boss, we've escaped their tracking, but many of our people were still arrested in Celadon City!"
At the same time, after leaving Celadon City aboard the aircraft, Archer and the other three executives came to Giovanni's room to report the situation.
For them, this could be considered the most significant loss since Team Rocket's establishment.
Although the executives were all safe, hundreds of members had been arrested in Celadon City, and the enormous amount of money spent to build the laboratory and the Game Corner that could have generated huge profits had all been destroyed.
They hadn't obtained the Master Ball, and the three Legendary Birds weren't under their control. It could be said that they had suffered major losses.
Archer had never imagined that their plan would be ruined by a mere kid.
"Boss, what should we do next?"
"Salvage what we can. As for the three Legendary Birds... they can't compare to that boy's power anyway. After all, they're just flawed creations and aren't worth worrying about!"
After listening to Archer's report, Giovanni showed that he was still considerate toward his subordinates.
As for the three Legendary Birds, he didn't seem to feel any regret. After listening to Giovanni's words, Archer responded with a serious expression.
"Yes!"
But at this moment, Archer couldn't shake the feeling that something about the Boss's mood seemed to have changed somehow, though he couldn't explain what it was.
"Where's Silver?" At that moment, Giovanni suddenly spoke.
Archer and the others couldn't help but exchange glances with strange expressions after hearing this. Everyone knew that Silver was their boss's son, but at that crucial moment, he had handed the Master Ball to that kid, causing their plan to fall apart.
Although the relationship between father and son hadn't been very good in the past, Silver was still their young master and might inherit Team Rocket in the future.
"Well, the young master hasn't returned, and our people haven't found any trace of him for the time being. Should we send someone to look for him?"
Petrel spoke cautiously, not knowing whether the Boss was angry because of the previous incident where the young master had handed over the Master Ball to the other party.
"No, let him go! Move all our important operations to the Johto Region and reduce our activities in the Kanto Region."
After listening to Petrel's words, Giovanni shook his head slightly, then gave new instructions to his subordinates.
This incident had caused too much trouble, so Giovanni had to temporarily keep their people low-key or even relocate.
"The Johto Region is Lance's territory. Wouldn't that be disadvantageous to us?" Archer said with concern after hearing this.
"The most dangerous place is the safest place. Just do as I say!" Giovanni responded without doubt. After something like this happened, Lance would definitely keep an even closer eye on him in Kanto.
And since Lance himself was from the Johto Region, he would never expect Giovanni to transfer his main forces to Johto at this time.
"Understood!" After hearing him, everyone responded simultaneously and then each exited the large room.
Giovanni sat alone in the room. The screen in front of him was playing footage from Celadon City at that time. The video mainly showed the scene of Ash and his evolved Charizard bursting out of the water.
The whole atmosphere was eerily quiet, and even Persian beside him seemed to sense it, lying in the corner and not daring to come close.
"Why would I expect to compete with such a brat?" Looking at the scene in front of him, Giovanni's heart was filled with an inexplicable feeling.