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Time came to the second day.
Lilicove City Airport.
"Remember to send me a message when you get back to Alola. Come play with me when you're free."
Mammon adjusted Lille's collar, then rubbed her soft blonde hair and spoke softly.
Yes, Lille is going back to the Alola region. She has been in Hoenn for quite some time, and Lusamine is urging her to do so.
Maybe Lusamine also sensed something was wrong.
"Hmm~"
Lille responded obediently, tilting her head slightly, and gazing at Mammon with her beautiful, watery eyes full of affection.
The girl continued to prepare herself mentally, and then she opened her red lips, ready to speak out what was in her mind.
"Mr. Mammon, I..."
But when the words came to her lips, the blonde lady found shyly that she still couldn't say it.
"What's wrong?"
Mammon looked at Lille in confusion.
"No...it's okay." Noticing Mammon's gaze, Lille's pretty face turned slightly red, and she quickly lowered her head and spoke in a whisper.
Lilia, Lilia! You need to be more motivated!
Lille kept wailing in her heart, why? Just these few words, why couldn't she say them?
"The flight to Alola is about to depart. Passengers please board the terminal."
The airport's voice announcement sounded.
"Go quickly, don't be late." Mammon said to Lille with a smile.
"Yeah~ Mr. Mammon, look there." Lille suddenly raised her hand and pointed behind Mammon.
Mammon turned around subconsciously, but found nothing. However, as soon as he turned his head, he felt a soft touch from his lips.
Mammon raised his eyebrows and looked at Lille's blushing face in surprise.
The girl put her hands behind her back, bowed her head, and nervously drew circles with her toes.
It was obvious that she was extremely nervous and uneasy.
"Lille, you..." Mammon just spoke.
"Um...um...Mr. Mammon, I'm on board."
The girl ran towards the boarding gate as if escaping, her white pleated skirt fluttering.
This girl.
Mammon was a little amused. He watched the girl run to the boarding gate and turned around. Mammon smiled and waved to her.
Lille's face immediately broke into a smile as she waved her arms in response.
Not far from the two of them, Catlin sat on a stool and sipped her coffee, but she was not very satisfied with the quality of the coffee. Why did it taste a bit sour?
Jirachi sat next to Catlin, her cute head dozing off little by little, completely unaware of what was happening.
After sending Lilia back to Alola, Mammon and Catlin returned to their villa.
"Basically, Hoenn is back on track. I'll just hand over the work in the next few days. Maxie and the others will be able to handle it."
Mammon leaned back on the sofa, looking at the world map in his hand and spoke.
Things in Hoenn are basically back on track, and Steven has been forced to agree to the "legitimacy" of Team Rocket.
Everything on the Hoenn side is basically stable.
"Are we leaving Hoenn?" Zinna was stunned.
"Well, Hoenn is just one of our targets. We can't waste too much time here." Mammon nodded.
So far, it has only developed to the Alola and Hoenn regions, and is still far from the goal.
"Do you want to go with us? Or stay here?" Mammon asked Zinna.
"Rayquaza is with you now, I have to follow you." Zinna crossed her legs, and her healthy and round calves swayed.
She still hasn't given up her desire for Rayquaza, and now that Rayquaza is temporarily in Mammon's hands, she must follow Mammon.
Upon hearing this, Catlin smiled at Zinna. She still had a good impression of Zinna. The most important thing was that although Zinna was a girl, she had no interest in matters of the heart.
"Okay, let's go to Johto first."
Mammon thought about it and said that it was a good opportunity to solve the problem he had promised Zinna.
"The Johto Pokémon Association, those culprits, can't be let off easily."
Mammon tapped his knees rhythmically. The organizer of the 'Rayquaza Capture Plan' was none other than the Johto Pokémon Association.
These guys are obsessed with money and greed. They will be a nuisance if we keep them around, so we might as well get rid of them all.
"Okay!" The smile on Zinna's face gradually disappeared when she heard this, and her eyes became as sharp and cold as a dragon.
Those people from the Pokémon Association...
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One day later.
"Steven, are you really okay? The doctor told you to rest for two days." Wallace looked at Steven with some concern.
"It's okay. I'm resting at home anyway." Steven shook his head.
"And Wallace, if you are willing to take over the championship, I won't have to be so anxious." Steven said expressionlessly.
After all, isn't it just that Mikkelly doesn't want to take over the championship? Otherwise, he could really take a good rest for a while.
"Steven, I don't have that ability, you know that."
Wallace is very innocent. It would be fine if it was in the past, but now Hoenn has Team Rocket. How can he become a champion?
Even Steven was so busy that he went straight to the hospital. If it were him, wouldn't he have gone straight to the morgue?
Steven rubbed his temples and frowned deeply. Of course, he knew this.
But Steven also felt deeply guilty. He felt that he was really unworthy of the position of Hoenn Champion.
But apart from Wallace, who else in the Hoenn region can inherit this position?
Steven sighed and rushed to a nearby hotel with Wallace, where Leon and others were also.
Everyone had a meal together, and then Leon and his companions said goodbye to Steven and Wallace.
They had been out for long enough and it was time for them to go back, and Steven understood this, so he expressed his sincere gratitude.
Although Team Rocket was not wiped out, Steven understood that this was not Leon and the others' problem.
"Steven, what are you going to do next?"
At the Lilicove City Airport, Leon and others were waiting for the plane, and Steven and Wallace naturally came to see them off.
"Let's take it one step at a time. There's no solution at the moment."
Steven replied helplessly. What else could he do now? He really didn't know how to deal with Mammon with Primal Kyogre.
"Well, if you still need help, feel free to contact me." Leon patted Steven's arm and replied with a smile.
He has a really good impression of Steven, and he is very happy to communicate and spend more time with Steven.
"When you have time, Steven, you and Wallace can come to Galar and play. I will pick you up personally. The Dynamax over there is quite interesting."
"Okay." Steven's mood improved a bit, and he couldn't help but make a joke: "Just don't get stuck finding the airport when the time comes."
"Huh..." Leon couldn't help but scratch his head in embarrassment. His poor sense of direction had been well known to Steven and the others recently.
"The same goes for Paldea! Senior Steven, if you have time, come to Paldea and play. Champion Geeta will definitely welcome you very much." Nemona also said playfully.
"I will definitely go if I have the chance." Steven also nodded with a smile.
"Champion Steven, you are always welcome to come to Sinnoh." Cynthia said with a graceful smile.
Steven smiled and nodded. Although the result was not perfect, it allowed him to get to know these outstanding trainers.
"The same goes for Kanto. If you need any help, feel free to contact us." Giovanni shook hands with Steven and spoke with a faint smile.
"Okay, speaking of which, Gym Leader Giovanni, is Groudon okay?"
Steven nodded, remembering Groudon and that Mammon had given the Red Orb to Giovanni that day.
"I've already communicated with it, and we've reached a consensus for now. There's no need to worry." Giovanni said in a low voice.
After Groudon finally regained some consciousness after being sprayed with water, he communicated with Groudon and managed to calm it down.
"That's good. Gym Master Giovanni still needs to be more careful. Groudon is very dangerous." Steven pondered for a moment and still gave this reminder.
He actually wanted to ask Giovanni to release Groudon, after all, such a super ancient legend was too dangerous.
But think about it, if he is suddenly released, causing Groudon to go berserk and fight Kyogre, then the unlucky one will be the Hoenn region, and Steven really can't bear it.
"I understand." Giovanni nodded seriously.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, in a private room of a high-end restaurant in Lilicove City, all the senior executives of the Hoenn Team Rocket gathered here for the first time.
Mammon, Catlin, and Zinna are the three top cadres.
The three senior cadres Gladion, Archie, and Maxie, as well as cadre members such as Courtney, Amber.
"The organization is currently developing very smoothly, and this is inseparable from the contributions of everyone. I would like to toast to everyone here."
Mammon stood up, picked up the wine glass, and smiled at Maxie and others.
"Haha~ Lord Mammon is so polite."
Archie laughed very loudly, but because of his rough face, his expression looked very ferocious.
"Mammon is the one who has worked so hard, taking every aspect of the organization's development into consideration. We are merely responsible for its implementation, and we dare not take any credit for it."
Maxie pushed his glasses and said lightly, without even looking at Archie.
Hey, you flatterer!
Archie couldn't help but sigh, this guy Maxie really knows how to flatter.
Although the two did not have a direct conflict in front of Mammon, it was obvious that they still did not get along well.
"I will be leaving the Hoenn region for a while. You two should lead Team Rocket well."
Mammon pretended not to see it, and after drinking a cup with Maxie and others, he began to give orders.
"Are Lady Catlin and Lady Zinna leaving too?" asked Maxie.
"That's right, the three of us will leave Hoenn temporarily." Mammon nodded.
"Don't worry, Lord Mammon, just leave it to us!" Archie patted his chest.
"Master Mammon, if this happens, we won't have any champion-level fighters left here. If Steven, Wallace, and the others come and cause trouble..."
Maxie glanced at Archie and frowned. He was different from Archie, the idiot with a brain full of muscles.
Not to mention Steven, even Wallace is not someone they can deal with. No, it is better to say that they cannot defeat the Elite Four of Hoenn.
That day at the island base, Archie was no match for Drake.
"As long as you don't cause trouble, the Hoenn League will not target Team Rocket in the short term." Mammon shook his head.
Steven is not a person who says one thing and does another. Since he has already agreed to the "legitimacy" of the Rockets organization, he will not go back on his word.
Of course, the premise is that Team Hoenn Rocket does not actively do evil.
"Lord Mammon is awesome!" Archie praised, causing Maxie, who was about to speak, to twitch his mouth.
"So if you encounter something that really requires physical action, be discreet and don't get caught." Mammon warned the two.
"Maxie, you will be responsible for organizing the company's projects. Archie, you will be responsible for commanding the combat members and cleaning out those hunter organizations. We will never need these garbage in our territory."
"clear!"
"Leave it to me, Master Mammon."
Maxie and Archie nodded.
"Well, I'm very optimistic about you. Next time I come back, I hope to see your results." Mammon said with satisfaction.
Although the two do not get along with each other, Mammon is happy to see them compete with each other as long as it does not affect the interests of the organization.
At this moment, Leon and others have all returned to their own areas.
Wyndon City, Rose Tower, Leon came to the top floor here.
"Welcome back, Leon. How was your trip to Hoenn?"
Rose sat in the president's chair, with a mature and calm smile on his face, and comforted the returning Galar champion in a magnetic voice.
"I'm deeply moved, President Rose. This world is truly vast."
Leon was filled with emotion. To be honest, he felt that he was too young to live in Galar before.
This trip to the Hoenn region greatly broadened his horizons and knowledge.
"Oh?" Rose became interested.
"It seems that you, Leon, have benefited a lot from this experience. Would you mind telling me about it?"
Rose gestured for Leon to sit down, and Olive came over with two cups of coffee.
"Of course, President, you probably can't imagine how terrifying this Team Rocket is." Leon looked very serious.
"But before that, President, do you know if there are any other legendary Pokémon in our Galar region besides our teacher's Urshifu?"
Leon asked Rose.
"Legendary Pokémon?" Rose raised his eyebrows and pretended to be surprised.
"Yes, that legendary Pokémon that's far more powerful than the Martial Bear Master, one that can easily destroy a city?"
Leon nodded. He was now afraid that his own Galar also had legends as powerful and terrifying as Primal Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza.
"Are they of any interest to you?"
"That's right. To be honest, this time when I went to Hoenn, I really witnessed the terrifying power of Legendary Pokémon. President, can you imagine? If that Primal Kyogre wanted to, it could flood an entire area with heavy rain."
The Leon was extremely moved. That kind of power was truly a walking natural disaster.
"The legendary Kyogre from Hoenn?" Rose's deep eyes flickered slightly. Can heavy rain drown a region's legendary Pokémon?
"President, you are knowledgeable. Do we in Galar have legendary Pokémon as powerful as Kyogre?" Leon asked again.
He had never heard of it, but Rose was mature, wise and had a broad vision, so he might have heard of it.
After hearing this, Rose pondered for a moment, and then the corners of his lips raised slightly in a meaningful arc.
"Yes, of course we do, Leon. We have more than 4 legendary Pokémon like this in the Galar region!"