This Gastly was a newly born Pokémon, transformed from the remains left by the Haunter of a thousand years and Haunter, and not even in the form of a Pokémon egg, which also indicated its extraordinary nature.
However, the one thing Giovanni never expected was why a female Pokémon would be born from two male Pokémon.
People always say two negatives make a positive, but what was this situation?
Overthinking was useless; Gastly was right in front of him, and this one was a pure newborn Pokémon, not inheriting the memories of the two Haunter, as transparent as a blank sheet of paper.
Besides, even if it did inherit them, it didn't matter; Giovanni still had ways to make it obedient like a dog.
Matt naturally witnessed the situation here and was extremely surprised, "He actually pulled it off? Is he a born Researcher?"
Whether he was a born Researcher, Giovanni didn't know, but ordinary Researchers weren't as ruthless as Giovanni; he kicked Haunter when he said he would, and its death didn't matter.
Giovanni instructed a Chiefs, "Get me some Potions and some Pokémon food and send them to my tent."
Under the suppression of Giovanni's superior aura, the Chiefs replied without any resistance, "Yes, sir."
He only reacted after Giovanni had left.
A few of his team members, somewhat confused, asked him, "Chiefs, you..."
He knew what these guys were going to say and immediately interjected:
"It's nothing. Didn't you see how polite the Chiefs were to him, plus his strength? Can't you guess this person's identity?"
Giovanni returned to his tent, not removing his mask. He simply repaired the torn tent, blocking out the sunlight, and then received the Pokémon food and Potions.
After applying some Potions to his Beedrill and the others, and restoring them with Power of Viridian, Giovanni recalled all of them except Persian.
Then, he raised his hand and released Gastly.
"G-g-g-g-g?" Gastly looked at Giovanni fearfully. If Persian hadn't been recalled by Giovanni, it would have turned into a black shadow and fled at any moment.
Giovanni narrowed his eyes and slowly squatted down, flipping his hand to reveal a small bowl containing Pokémon food, which he gently placed in front of it.
A newborn Pokémon, upon seeing Pokémon food, couldn't possibly not be hungry.
It had long been drooling, but it was still timid, too wary of this world, so it didn't dare to approach.
Just like Nidoran♂ back then.
Giovanni also adopted the same approach as he did back then, gently turning his back, leaving only Persian curled up in place, feigning sleep.
He wasn't worried about Gastly running away; after all, he had a Poké Ball, and Persian was there.
Seeing that Giovanni and Persian were both still, after a long while, the timid Gastly finally dared to approach the Pokémon food.
As it furiously absorbed the energy from the Pokémon food, the food itself decayed at an extremely fast rate, quickly rotting away completely.
It then let out a satisfied burp.
Pokémon are intelligent; though this statement has been made many times, it is the most accurate.
They also understand the difference between one full meal and being full every meal.
Gastly was also a newborn Pokémon; it feared the outside world and would similarly develop a sense of dependence on Giovanni, who showed it kindness.
It would only take a little time for it to completely trust Giovanni.
Unlike the previous Haunter, which, though outwardly submissive to Giovanni, was constantly thinking of escaping.
Ghost-type Pokémon still had a chance to escape; Giovanni couldn't possibly watch it constantly.
Although he had instilled fear in Haunter through words and actions, it would eventually run away.
Giovanni didn't dare to gamble on this, not because Giovanni couldn't bear to lose a Haunter or let it attack him.
It was because he knew a characteristic of Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar: their shadows could store things.
In an era without spatial backpacks, this was the best way to store things.
However, if it ran away, Giovanni would suffer a huge loss.
That's why Giovanni adopted his previous approach later on.
If he wanted one, he wanted a Pokémon that would completely obey him, so Giovanni could confidently place things with it.
Looking at Gastly, who tried its best to show a pleasing smile but couldn't hide its mischievousness, Giovanni raised his hand and recalled it into its Poké Ball, "Come back."
There was no rush to investigate Gastly's aptitude now; there was still plenty of time.
In this island, thoroughly occupied by Team Rocket with no remaining adversaries, the one thing Giovanni had in abundance now was time.
After a night of exhaustion and being drained by the Nightmare.
Giovanni was also a bit tired. He lay on the bed and slowly closed his eyes. This time, he wasn't pulled into an illusion again.
Or rather, he no longer had nightmares because he was no longer afraid.
He slept from early morning until noon, twelve o'clock, which was considered the routine of a young person in his previous life.
Giovanni exhaled and slowly walked out of the tent.
Team Rocket' operational capabilities and efficiency were beyond words.
Just sleeping and waking up, the safe zone that was a mess last night had already been cleaned up, and Team Rocket members were orderly handling their tasks.
The bodies had also been collected long ago, and as for how they were handled, Giovanni couldn't be bothered to care.
Just as he reached the outside of Matt's tent, Matt also happened to walk out from inside.
He smiled slightly when he saw Giovanni.
"Awake? Let's eat. There are some things I need to discuss with you."
"Okay." Giovanni nodded. In fact, he had already guessed what Matt wanted to discuss with him.
After all, knowing the exact locations of those wild people's lairs. Although the remaining wild people posed no threat, they were still on the island, and Team Rocket wouldn't tolerate any sand in their eyes.
He ate something and then went to the specially constructed tent, which was also the largest tent.
Inside were only all the high-ranking officials on the island, meaning a few Chiefs and Matt. Matt sat at the head, while the Chiefs could only stand.
Giovanni merely glanced indifferently, feeling nothing in particular.
Those in power should inherently have their privileges.
Matt extended a hand to Giovanni, gesturing to the seat in front of him, and said, "You're here? Sit."
Giovanni sat down very casually.
Matt looked at the mask on Giovanni's face and gestured slightly, "Take off your mask. There are no outsiders here."
Giovanni glanced at the Chiefs, then gently raised his hand, using his slender fingers to remove the mask from his face and toss it onto the table.
Since they already knew, there was no need to hide anything.
Perhaps it was Matt's instruction, but the Chiefs all called out to Giovanni:
"Giovanni."