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"Fatty!" Kuraki suddenly called out to the motionless fatty standing beside him.
"I'll give you an opportunity. Kill Rayming, who is by Qingwu's side, and sign a life-and-death contract with him. Only by signing the life-and-death contract can you obtain the Pokémon on Rayming," Kuraki looked at the fatty, whose eyes showed a ferocious glint, his face twisted by hatred.
Kuraki was very satisfied with the fatty's expression.
"You want to get back your Spinarak, don't you?" Kuraki had secretly investigated and found that Qingwu had already taken Rayming as his subordinate.
As long as Rayming was killed, Qingwu might reveal a weakness during the competition, and in the end, Kuraki would be able to easily defeat Qingwu and become famous throughout the entire trial base.
Using human lives as stepping stones, mercilessly climbing higher, was Kuraki's favorite thing to do.
"On the day of the trial, perhaps important figures from Team Rocket will directly attend to watch everyone's performances. Fatty, you must perform well so you can be chosen by these important figures," Kuraki's words seduced the fatty like a poppy.
The fatty's expression became increasingly frantic.
"Knock knock knock." Qingwu's dorm door was knocked. When Qingwu opened the door, Rayming stood outside.
"Leader." Rayming was followed by a person wearing a black robe and hood.
"This person wants to see you. If you don't want to see her, I'll send her away immediately," Qingwu saw Rayming's ear tips instantly turn red, and he stammered slightly, probably guessing what it meant.
"Come in," Qingwu motioned for them to enter and sit on the sofa in the living room.
"This must be the one who showed mercy to you, right?" Qingwu looked into Rayming's eyes.
Rayming didn't even dare to look Qingwu directly in the eye, his face flushed, feeling agitated.
"Hello, I am Aileen, ranked fourth in the trial." The black-robed figure directly took off her hood, revealing a head of golden hair.
"Aileen, isn't this the one who kept chasing Rayming in his past life?" Qingwu recognized Aileen's appearance instantly.
Qingwu immediately recalled that Rayming had an arch-rival in his past life. Unfortunately, Rayming's heart had closed off after Meowth's death, and her feelings were unrequited.
Unexpectedly, they were together now. Qingwu revealed an 'auntie' smile.
This Aileen's status in her past life was also equal to Qingwu's, second only to the four generals, with the codename "Flame Princess."
"I'll get straight to the point. I want to lead my team to pledge allegiance to you," Aileen stated her decision to come.
"Oh, why is that? Give me a reason I can believe." Qingwu had never once considered that anyone would pledge allegiance to him.
"With your Crobat, you can defeat the entire Noah team. Is that record enough to make you believe me?" Aileen smiled faintly.
"And you don't just have one Pokémon. You should also have a rock-type ace," Aileen stated her second judgment.
"Those are just your guesses," Qingwu wouldn't honestly admit.
After all, in the deceptive environment of Team Rocket, there was no true sincerity.
"Originally, I didn't believe it, but my Houndour told me it was true," Aileen opened her robe, revealing a Houndour in her embrace.
"As expected of the cunning Flame Princess." Qingwu smiled. He liked smart people like this.
Qingwu almost forgot about Flame Princess's ace Pokémon; Houndour's sense of smell was even sharper than Growlithe's.
It just so happened that Qingwu also intended to establish his own faction within Team Rocket.
Advanced Pokémon breeding methods and his experience as an Elite Four-level trainer were the beginning of Qingwu laying a solid foundation in Team Rocket.
"I thought you were a lone wolf?" Rayming scratched his head.
"When did you form a team?" Rayming remembered very clearly that Aileen had always been a lone wolf and never joined any team.
"Did you forget about Blue Glacier and Kuraki's hunt?" Aileen glanced at Rayming.
"Blue Glacier, Kuraki, and Noah were all hunting lone wolves. To preserve ourselves as much as possible and increase our chances of passing, we lone wolves had to unite. I was fortunate enough to become the leader of the lone wolves because I am the strongest among them."
"Indeed, your strength is good. Who else is in your team now?" Qingwu asked.
"Elvis, Kira, Yuji, Taiga," Aileen listed the names of four people, all famous lone wolves in her past life.
Originally, Qingwu had planned to recruit them sometime. These individuals would later occupy half of Team Rocket's power.
In other words, as long as they didn't die young, they would be Elite Four-level trainers one hundred percent in the later stages.
Qingwu thought for a moment and secretly made a decision.
"How about this, Rayming will directly join your team. I accept your allegiance, but you will still be the apparent leader of this team," Qingwu offered a solution. If possible, he truly didn't want to become a target. He wanted to be a mastermind behind the scenes.
"If you have any Pokémon training difficulties that you can't solve, you can email me. During normal times, we should limit contact. If I have tasks, I will also arrange them through you. Can you accept this?" Qingwu glanced at Aileen.
Aileen's goal was to pledge allegiance to Qingwu. The process was not important; the most important thing was the result. Why would she disagree?
"Alright, welcome to join us." Qingwu extended his hand and firmly shook Aileen's.
"Release all your Pokémon. I want to see your training situation." Qingwu took the Poké Ball and began to examine it.
"Your Houndour has insufficient Dark-type energy; you only focused on Fire-type energy cultivation. With this imbalance, your Houndour will have very serious flaws."
"After all, Houndour is a dual-type Pokémon. If Houndour masters it well, Dark-type moves can also be used unexpectedly," Qingwu said to Aileen after examining Houndour.
"Your Scyther is quite well-trained. Its Flying-type moves aren't very proficient, but that's alright. After all, Scyther evolves into a Bug/Steel-type Pokémon," Qingwu continued.
"What? Scyther can still evolve?" Aileen exclaimed.
"Oh right, Scyther's evolution was discovered by a League professor in my past life. It hasn't been researched yet, so of course no one knows,"
Qingwu thought for a moment, secretly cursing. Not only Scyther, but even Steelix's evolution hadn't been researched yet.
Qingwu's memories from two lifetimes combined, making him a little confused. Qingwu said calmly:
"Scyther can indeed evolve, but the evolution conditions are quite strict. It needs to hold a Metal Coat and be traded in a Pokémon trade machine to evolve."
"However, I just researched this, so for now, it needs to be kept secret." Qingwu still revealed Scyther's evolution conditions and attributed the research results to himself.
"You should immediately stop using your Houndour's previous Pokéblocks." Qingwu wrote a Pokéblock recipe and handed it to Aileen.
"Ah, I still need to use Pokéblocks? What are Pokéblocks?" Aileen's single question left Qingwu completely speechless.
"Prepare these materials and then come find me. Your current Team Rocket points should be enough for these materials," Qingwu almost wanted to rub his forehead.