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Return to Catlin's villa.
"Zinna, come to the villa."
Mammon thought about it and called Zinna, since the Hoenn Alliance had sent someone to fight him.
Then Mammon naturally has no reason to shrink back, and he can also take this opportunity to deal with Zinna's matter.
After all, to start a war, you need an opportunity, right?
Time passed quickly and it was the next day.
Ever Grande City Airport.
Giovanni, dressed in a black designer suit, slowly walked out of the airport.
"Hello, Mr. Giovanni." A young man in a suit came up to us.
"Hello."
"Champion Wallace asked me to wait for you here. Please follow me."
Giovanni got in the car and arrived at the Hoenn Alliance Building.
A subtle arc appeared at the corner of Giovanni's lips. He never thought that one day he would come to the alliance building of another region and be a guest of honor.
The staff took Giovanni upstairs and soon arrived in front of the meeting room.
The staff knocked on the door twice, then opened it and bent down to motion Giovanni to come in.
Giovanni stepped into the conference room and took a quick look around. Wow, there were already a lot of people sitting in the conference room.
The two Hoenn champions, Steven and Wallace, the Hoenn Elite Four, and commander Jenny are all on the list.
However, Giovanni's attention was focused on two women. The one wearing a black women's windbreaker and having beautiful long golden hair was the Sinnoh champion Cynthia.
The other girl looked very young. She had her long black hair tied into a ponytail with a bunch of dyed green bangs hanging down. She had wheat-colored skin and looked cheerful and lively.
This is none other than Nemona, the Orange Academy student who defeated the Paldea Alliance last year.
Giovanni was looking at the people present, but the people present were also looking at Giovanni.
Nemona's look was curious, Steven and Cynthia's looks were slightly complicated. This was Mammon's father.
Wallace was looking at him secretly. He didn't know if it was due to psychological factors, but he always felt that this middle-aged man with the temperament of a successful person had a bit gloomy expression!
He doesn't look like a good person at first glance!
"Sorry, it seems I'm late."
Giovanni apologized in his deep, magnetic voice.
"No, there are still ten minutes until the agreed time. Please take a seat, Master Giovanni." Steven smiled and gestured with his hand.
He was the person sitting in the main seat. It is worth mentioning that he and Wallace had another handover ceremony last night.
Well, Wallace gave him the title of Hoenn champion again.
There was no Tenno Challenge, because it was totally unnecessary. How could the Hoenn League not know Steven's strength? It was just a process.
The announcement released by the Hoenn League this morning regarding the handover of the championship has also caused a lot of discussion.
However, apart from Wallace's loyal fans, basically no one has any objections, although the Hoenn Alliance will not care about the objections of these people.
Giovanni smiled friendly at everyone and sat down.
"Master Giovanni is here too, so let's get straight to the point."
Steven looked around, and of course, his eyes were focused on Giovanni and the other two who came to help.
"First of all, I would like to thank Champion Cynthia, Master Giovanni, and Miss Nemona for coming to help. Thank you very much."
Steven expressed his gratitude. No matter what the motivations of Cynthia and the other two were, they deserved our thanks for coming over in person to help.
"Champion Steven, you're welcome. We are all members of the alliance, so we should help each other, especially when we are fighting against an evil organization."
Cynthia shook her head, her tone very calm and rational.
"Champion Cynthia is right. The evil Team Rocket should be destroyed! And... I have an unshirkable responsibility. I should apologize to everyone."
Giovanni's voice was very low, full of self-blame.
"I am to blame for the trouble caused to you by the rebellious son Mammon."
Giovanni stood up and bowed slightly to Steven and the others.
"Master Giovanni, there is no need to do this." Steven quickly stood up. Giovanni was much older than him.
"How can you be blamed for what Mammon did? You don't have to blame yourself."
"Champion Steven is right, Master Giovanni, you don't want this situation to happen either, so you don't have to blame yourself." Cynthia nodded in agreement.
"Alas... I will definitely defeat Mammon this time. If he refuses to repent, I will send him to prison with my own hands."
Giovanni took a deep breath, his tone heavy.
"I have never done anything wrong to anyone in my life, but I never expected to be such a failed father."
Upon hearing this, Steven and the others were silent. Well, they really couldn't empathize with him, after all, they didn't have any children.
However, seeing Giovanni's lost and painful look, they also felt depressed.
Just as Giovanni himself said, he has no stains in his life and has always been a diligent and responsible gym leader, but Mammon joined Team Rocket, which is an indelible shadow on him.
The most important thing is that Mammon is still so powerful.
Wallace seemed to be thinking about something. It seemed that he had misunderstood Giovanni. Was it because he was wearing tinted glasses?
"As long as we can defeat Mammon, I think we can persuade Mammon to return to the right path." Steven comforted.
Giovanni nodded heavily and sat down again.
"You all already know why I asked you three to come here this time. It is to fight against the evil organization Team Rocket!"
Steven said in a deep voice, and a combination picture appeared on the big screen, which were the senior cadres of Team Rocket that they knew so far.
Nemo looked at these with great interest. There was no evil organization in their Paldea, but Nemo was very interested in this "legendary" evil organization.
Especially the evil organization that forced the Hoenn Alliance to seek help from other regions.
So when Steven introduced the Hoenn Rocket Team, Nemona listened very carefully.
"Champion Steven, I want to know, have you investigated the exact location of Team Rocket's base?"
Cynthia asked after Steven finished speaking.
"It has not been confirmed yet, but there are some clues."
Steven shook his head.
"We think that Mammon and the others are most likely living in Lilycove City for the time being. According to the information collected by Miss Jenny, Mammon, Catlin, Zinna and others have all appeared in Lilycove City and have been witnessed several times."
Steven said solemnly, and he and Wallace also met Mammon in Shuijing City that day.
Cynthia's beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly. This was the situation she feared the most. She had not yet found out the exact location of Mammon and the others.
But unlike the incident in Alola, the Hoenn Alliance was ready for war.
As long as there is any trace of Team Rocket, even in the city, the Hoenn Alliance is ready.
No matter what, Team Rocket must be driven out of Hoenn!
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Rustboro City, a city that pursues the integration of nature and science.
It is also a city that manages many Hoenn industries with the Devon Company as its center.
It is worth mentioning that to the north of Rustboro City is Meteor Falls.
Mammon and the other two have now arrived in the city of Kanaz.
"We are so close to home, Zinna, don't you want to go back and take a look? We can wait for you."
Mammon said to Zinna with a smile.
"My duty is not yet completed, I can't go back yet." Zinna shook her head.
"Mammon, now that Team Magma and Team Aqua have been taken over by us, and Kyogre has been captured by you, what do you think I should do?"
Zinna glanced at Mammon. Her original plan had been completely disrupted.
"Why don't you just pray directly?"
"It's not certain that a wish will succeed. I don't have a seven-colored meteorite. Kyogre and Groudon haven't started a battle yet, so the chances of a wish succeeding are even lower."
Zinna said unhappily.
Otherwise, why did she join Team Magma before? It was to guide the two organizations to awaken Groudon and fight Kyogre, and increase the success rate of summoning Rayquaza.
"Don't worry, Rayquaza, there will be a chance." Mammon smiled.
But the time has not come yet.
Zinna rolled her eyes. Mammon made it sound so easy.
The three of them arrived at the headquarters building of Devon Company.
"Hello, how many of you are there?"
As soon as they entered the company, the receptionist at the front desk asked the three people with a professional smile.
"Hello, we are looking for President Joseph Stone. Could you please help us contact him?" Mammon smiled back.
"Looking for the president? Do you have an appointment?"
The receptionist asked again.
As the president of Devon Company, Joseph Stone is one of the richest people in the world. It is certainly not easy to meet Joseph Stone.
"No, but you can contact him and tell him that an old friend from the Johto Buried Tower wants to discuss something."
"Please wait a moment."
The receptionist hesitated for a moment, then looking at the three people's different but extraordinary temperaments, she decided to make the call.
To work in a company like Devon, excellent vision is an essential foundation.
Compared to being held accountable afterwards, the receptionist is still willing to trust her own judgment.
After the call was connected, the receptionist looked at Mammon and the other two without saying a word.
"The president is waiting for you three in the office."
"Thank you very much."
Mammon smiled politely again and, led by a staff member, took the elevator to the top floor.
Arriving at Joseph Stone's office, Mammon looked around and clicked his tongue.
"In just a few years, you have grown a small iron ore mining and steel refining company into a behemoth that can rival Silph co. Company. President Joseph, you are truly an incredible businessman."
Mammon looked at the middle-aged man with silver-gray hair and a purple suit sitting in an office chair and exclaimed in admiration.
It has to be said that the development history of the Joseph Stone can really be said to be a legend.
If it weren't for the fact that Pokémon is the mainstream in this world, Joseph Stone' life would definitely be a legend.
Although it is actually the same now, how many businessmen are idolized by Joseph Stone? Too many, too many to count.
"You are too kind, three young men. How about you?"
Joseph Stone' voice sounded a little low, and his shrewd and sharp eyes stared at the three people.
"We? President Joseph, everyone has to pay for what they did. You shouldn't have forgotten what happened back then, right? The girl on Rayquaza."
Mammon tilted his head slightly, and his expression gradually became filled with malice.
Zinna stared at Joseph with extremely cold eyes and an ugly expression.
"you..."
Joseph Stone frowned, and his expression kept changing as he heard the words, showing guilt, shame, and shock.
This person actually knew?!
"That girl back then..."
"Ah~ Aster is Zinna's sister, President Joseph."
"…"
Joseph Stone tensed up instantly, looking at Zinna, whose breath was cold and dangerous, but soon, Joseph Stone's body went limp again, leaning back on the chair, as if all the strength in his body had been drained away in an instant.
"I have never forgotten that the thing I regret most in my life is participating in this incident."
Joseph Stone's tired and weak voice slowly sounded.
"When the Pokémon Association invited me to provide technical support for the 'Rayquaza Capture Plan', I led a team to the Buried Tower."
"But after the operation started, I realized there was a girl on Rayquaza, but by then it was too late to stop... I'm so sorry, I'm sorry."
Joseph Stone apologizes to Zinna.
"Heh, is it enough to just say sorry?" Zinna sneered and stared at Joseph Stone with hatred.
"You selfish people don't understand why my sister went looking for Rayquaza. You don't know what she is carrying!" Zinna's tone became more and more angry.
It was obvious that the Draconid People were searching for Rayquaza for the sake of the entire Hoenn, but Aster died at the hands of the people she wanted to protect.
This is...what a sad thing.
Joseph Stone gave a wry smile.
"Now that things have come to this, I am willing to accept whatever you want to do to me."
Joseph Stone sighed. He understood that it was his fault. It was because of him that the girl in front of him lost her sister forever.
The only sound in the entire office was Zinna's increasingly heavy breathing.
Bloodshot appeared in her eyes and her finger joints made a crackling sound.
She really wanted to take out the Poké Ball of Salamance, but Zinna forced herself to calm down.
"I won't let you die so easily, Joseph Stone." Zinna said coldly. It was precisely because of Joseph Stone's frank attitude of atonement that she didn't want to kill this man even more.
How could it be that easy?
"..."Joseph Stone looked at Zinna and sighed deeply.
"Then next, President Joseph, could you please call your son Steven?"
Seeing that Zinna was silent, Mammon smiled and spoke to Joseph.
"This matter has nothing to do with Steven." Joseph Stone said in a low voice. Steven was his proudest son, and he actually didn't want Steven to be involved in this matter.
If Steven knew that he killed an innocent girl because of his selfishness, he would be very disappointed in him.
Joseph Stone didn't want this to happen, although he knew that the decision-making power was not in his hands.
"Don't worry, it has nothing to do with this matter." Mammon shrugged.
"..." Joseph Stone remained silent, took out his cell phone and called Steven.
After only a few rings, the call was connected.
"Father, what's wrong?" Steven's puzzled voice came.
"Hello hello~ Teacher Steven, are you surprised?"
Mammon took the phone from Joseph Stone and greeted Steven with a smile.
"Mammon!!"
Steven was so shocked that his voice became louder, and he was filled with fear and anger.
Steven couldn't help but be shocked and angry, because this number belonged to his father!
"Mammon! How do you have my father's phone?"
"you guess?"
Mammon grinned, and the strong malice in his tone made Steven's breathing stop for a moment.