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"Kieran, you can't do this."
Carmine felt helpless towards her brother.
"Since you've joined the Alliance Club, you'll naturally have to fight against other members."
Carmine couldn't help but persuade Kieran.
"Sorry... sis."
Kieran lowered his head timidly, not daring to look at his sister.
"I'm not saying this to ask you to apologize to me. You haven't done anything wrong to me."
Seeing Kieran like this again, Carmine's tone unconsciously became stern.
But after noticing this, Kieran buried his head even lower.
Carmine was furious when she saw this. She had always known that her brother was too gentle and even a little cowardly.
Therefore, Carmine has always had the awareness of being an older sister. She feels that she is capable of protecting Kieran and letting Kieran rely on herself as much as possible.
But it is impossible for her to protect Kieran in all places. In many cases, Kieran has to work hard on her own.
But because they were already used to a certain way of getting along, Carmine didn't know how to cheer Kieran up.
"It looks like you're in some trouble. Do you need help?"
A clear and gentle male voice came, startling the brother and sister who were in silence.
"Who are you?"
Carmine frowned and subconsciously protected Kieran, watching Mammon and the other two slowly approaching.
"You're not students of the academy, are you?"
Carmine quickly confirmed this, as she had never seen these three people in school.
After all, the three Mammons have outstanding temperament and image. If Carmine had met them before, she would definitely have an impression of them.
"Yes, we are tourists who came here to visit. We just saw that the two of you seemed to have had some disputes, so we are sorry to bother you."
Mammon has a gentle smile that easily makes people like him.
"No need, he is my brother, we were just having a normal chat."
Carmine spoke coldly after hearing this, and turned around to leave with Kieran.
Kieran hid behind Carmine, looking at Mammon and the other two curiously and timidly.
"I don't know if I should say this, but beautiful, if you continue to take 'protection' for granted like this, your brother might never grow up."
Mammon spoke to Carmine and said that he actually did not have much ill feelings towards Kieran, although in the plot of "Horizon", Kieran's series of actions were indeed a bit disgusting.
But to be honest, Kieran's "blackening" is completely inseparable from Carmine's magical operation. To put it bluntly, Kieran's final appearance is completely inseparable from Carmine.
Although she knew that Kieran liked ghosts very much, after she and the protagonist encountered ghosts, she deliberately asked the protagonist to hide the series of magical operations they encountered when encountering ghosts from Kieran.
Kieran is an introvert, sensitive and self-deprecating person. She is "rejected" by her own sister and the protagonist she admires, which makes Kieran fall into internal friction.
Kieran took the mask and questioned the two for hiding the truth about encountering a "ghost" and history from him, and was extremely angry. However, Carmine, as an older sister, did not notice this, but instead thought that Kieran was a rebellious boy entering puberty.
It's absolutely amazing.
This directly caused the relationship between the two parties to drop to a freezing point, and Kieran completely fell into extreme "blackening".
After all, as an older sister, Carmine is qualified in some aspects, but also unqualified.
Kieran, on the other hand, clearly wants to become stronger, but because he has been brought up by a strong sister since he was a child, he is habitually dependent on her. He is too sensitive and fragile inside, and once he encounters certain things, he will easily go to extremes.
"What do you mean?"
Upon hearing this, Carmine paused, turned around and looked at Mammon with a frown.
"I can see that your brother is very dependent on you. For a boy, this is really not a good thing."
Mammon said with a smile.
Carmine glanced at Kieran, and Kieran looked at Carmine somewhat helplessly.
"Our business has nothing to do with you." However, Carmine was obviously still wary of these strangers. He looked at Mammon warily and turned away.
Kieran pursed her lips and glanced at Mammon, but didn't know what to say.
"Kieran, right? I can see that you're actually quite talented. You don't have to take what your sister just said to heart."
Mammon spoke gently to Kieran.
The affirmation and kindness from the stranger made Kieran's golden eyes light up slightly, and he looked at Mammon with gratitude.
"You want to become stronger, right? You must also want your sister to look at you with admiration, right?" Mammon looked at the young man and smiled.
"I..." Kieran was obviously moved when he heard this. He really thought so.
He also wanted to become stronger and didn't want to be protected by his sister all the time. He also wanted to be as strong as Drayton. (ps: Drayton is the champion of the Blueberry League)
But he couldn't do it. For some reason, he would always feel a little nervous every time he fought.
"Kieran, let's go!" Carmine's voice came from behind.
Kieran, who was about to say something, fell silent and prepared to follow Carmine with a sense of loss.
"I understand you, Kieran. Believe me, you really have potential. Take this. When you are ready, come to me."
Mammon tossed a business card to Kieran.
Kieran subconsciously took it, opened his mouth, put the business card in his pocket, and walked towards Carmine.
As he watched the two siblings disappear from his sight, Mammon's smile grew deeper and deeper.
"Tsk~ I felt like you were just like a pyramid scheme, Mammon. Why do you think so highly of this kid?"
Zinna couldn't help but marvel at it and teased Mammon.
"I have always respected and affirmed talented people. Isn't that the same for you, Zinna?"
Mammon laughed and shrugged.
"That's true, but I'm the inheritor Zinna. Who was that kid just now?"
Zinna nodded in agreement, but she didn't think that the timid boy was qualified to be compared with her.
After all, I heard from his sister that this boy is not very good at fighting, right?
"He just hasn't made up his mind yet, Zinna. What you have to know is that there are some people in this world who are not without talent."
Mammon put his hands in his pockets and looked around leisurely, as if looking for a target.
"They just need an opportunity. Just one chance and they will burst out with amazing talent."
Yes, Kieran is a typical representative.
It's not that he doesn't have talent, but what he lacks is determination and resolve. As long as he has a strong enough will, he can become stronger at an astonishing speed.
"Oh? Is that true?" Zinna was quite surprised. Does that mean that the young man just now has the potential to be a champion?
"Let's wait and see."
Mammon didn't explain much. After all, the world is so big and there are countless trainers, but how many champion-level trainers can reach the top?
"It's not certain whether that guy will contact you again." Zinna rolled her eyes.
"No, he will definitely contact me."
Mammon smiled mysteriously, he was very confident.
With his overbearing sister, the high-pressure environment, and the hatred for his own cowardice, Kieran would definitely contact him.
Because Kieran also wants to become stronger, he also wants to surpass his sister Carmine. This is also the main reason why Kieran admires the protagonist so much when the protagonist defeated Carmine for the first time in the game.
"Are you so confident that he will join us? Mammon, we are a dark organization." Zinna was still very curious.
"Zinna, have you ever heard of a saying?"
Mammon nodded and smiled at the pretty female students who were staring at him not far away, which attracted many crisp exclamations.
"The world is neither black nor white, but a delicate grey."
"Dark Organization? That's just the definition given to us by the Pokémon Alliance, but in this brand new land of Unova, our Team Rocket is not a Dark Organization now."
Mammon said slowly, after all, a young man like Kieran who just came out of Kitakami Township didn't know what Team Rocket was.
Even if he knew, so what? Mammon was confident he could convince a young man like Kieran who was not very experienced in the world.
Moreover, once a person has a weakness, he is vulnerable, and with Kieran's personality, it is really easy to manipulate him.
"You are just as you say~" Zinna said with emotion.
The world is neither black nor white, but a delicate gray.
Even for her, these words felt very profound.
…
N's Castle.
This is a castle belonging to N and also the base of Team Plasma.
"How is it? N, is there any news?" Ghetsis asked N.
"I'm sorry, Father, but we haven't found any trace of the man named Mammon yet."
N shook his head, his eyes were still dull and lifeless, and his tone was very calm and emotionless.
"Damn, it's hidden really well."
After being rescued from the police station by N, Ghetsis immediately asked N to send people to search for Mammon's whereabouts.
Because Alder rejected his proposal and refused to cooperate with their Plasma Team.
Ghetsis really cursed Alder for being stupid. Team Rocket was such a dangerous evil organization. As a local force in the Unova region, shouldn't they kill Team Rocket first and then fight among themselves?
Ghetsis could only say that Alder really had no brains at all. No wonder the Unova region was becoming increasingly weak among all regions.
But since the Unova Alliance does not want to cooperate, Ghetsis will not continue to approach it with a smug look on his face. Does Ghetsis have no face?
Well, even without the support of the Unova Alliance, Team Plasma can destroy Team Rocket on their own!
Just by virtue of his adopted son, he has already gained the ideal dragon god following N!
That's right, my adopted son N is invincible!
"Please don't worry, father. I think we'll know the whereabouts soon." N's tone was still so calm.
"Well, how's things going in Colress?" Ghetsis asked N again.
"According to Corless's report, Genesect's resurrection went very smoothly, and he also resurrected a special individual of Flash, which is much stronger than the others."
N replied silently.
"Great! As long as we can revive the Genesect Corps, then Team Rocket won't be a threat!"
"But Corless also reported that the Genesects are very wild. So far, no individual has a docile temperament." N said.
"It's okay. Corless has a way to control them."
Ghetsis has great trust in Corless because he has seen Corless's machines controlling wild Pokémon with his own eyes.
Corless's abilities are absolutely unquestionable.
Control...huh?
N fell silent, his eyes seemed even dimmer.
He has always regarded Pokémon as his friends, and he wants all Pokémon to be truly happy.
It was for this reason that he gained the recognition of Zekrom.
But the funny thing is that the Plasma Team he leads is actually 'controlling' Pokémon.
"This is a necessary sacrifice for the success of our ideal world, N. Do you understand?"
Ghetsis noticed this and softened his voice as he tried to persuade N.
"I understand, Father." N was silent. Of course he believed in his father.
"Hehehe…"
Ghetsis smiled gently, but deep in his eyes was full of disgust towards N. If he didn't really need N, he wouldn't want to be hypocritical to this monster.
That's right, in Ghetsis's opinion, isn't N a monster?
Because N is not a pure human, he is the offspring of humans and Pokémon. It is precisely because of this that N is born with the ability to sense Pokémon's emotions.
Isn't this a monster?
So Ghetsis has always hated N, but for his own plan, he had to adopt N as his son.
Only in this way can N be better used by him.
Mammon...
Ghetsis's eyes were gloomy. He still couldn't forget the ridicule and insults Mammon had given him that day.
Just wait! When we find you, we'll make you pay!
Ghetsis sneered, he had N from Zekrom and the Genesect Legion.
What is Team Rocket compared to Team Plasma?