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N pursed his lips, truly unsure how to face Ghetsis, but he still answered the call.
"Father."
"N, have you picked up Colress?" Ghetsis asked N. Upon learning that Colress's base was under attack, he immediately sent N to retrieve Colress. After all, in Ghetsis's eyes, Colress was a helpless researcher, even if he did possess some peculiar technology. But facing a powerful Trainer, Colress could easily be captured. But not now!
Colress was extremely important to Ghetsis, not only because Colress revived and modified Genesect, allowing Team Plasma's strength to make significant progress. It was also because of some of Colress's genius inventions, such as the Colress Machine named after Colress himself.
The Colress Machine, in Ghetsis's view, was a brilliant invention! Because the Colress Machine could control wild Pokemon. This was also one of the foundations of Ghetsis's ambition.
And only a few people knew that besides the True Unova Dragon God and the Ideal Unova Dragon God from the founding legends, there was also the strongest dragon on land in the Unova region! (Keldeo the Sacred Swordsman movie stated Kyurem as the strongest dragon on land). That's right, it was the ice dragon Kyurem, formed from the body left behind after the Unova Dragon God split. That was the strongest legendary dragon in the Unova region!
However, because Kyurem mostly slept and lived in seclusion in a certain area, most Unova people were unaware of the existence of this ice dragon. But Ghetsis knew, which was why he valued Colress so highly, because as long as Colress could continue to improve the Colress Machine, then he only needed to find Kyurem's location. He would have the chance to control this strongest dragon on land! So Colress absolutely could not be harmed.
At that time, with Team Plasma controlling Kyurem, Zekrom, and the Genesect army, who could be Team Plasma's opponent?!
"Sorry, Father." N heard the urgency in Ghetsis's voice, and he felt very ashamed.
Ghetsis, who was in the castle, was startled by the news and immediately had a bad premonition.
"What happened?"
"Team Rocket appeared, and that Mammon you mentioned kidnapped Colress."
"What did you say?!" Ghetsis's voice suddenly rose eighteen degrees, filled with anger. N was startled; it was the first time he had heard Ghetsis lose his composure like that.
And Ghetsis also reacted, suppressing the extremely strong anger and trying to keep his tone calm.
"What exactly happened? N, didn't you bring Zekrom with you?" But even with his full effort to control it, Ghetsis's tone still carried an unsuppressable rage. He didn't understand how that Mammon from Team Rocket managed to snatch Colress from N's hands! And so, it was Team Rocket who attacked Colress's base? Those damned invaders!!
"Zekrom was injured by Mammon, very severely. That Mammon... he controls Primal Kyogre."
"..."
Ghetsis's face was incredibly grim and ugly, his eyes flickering uncertainly. Primal Kyogre?
And even N and Zekrom weren't a match for that Mammon? That guy...
"I understand. Where are you now? I'll send someone to pick you up." Ghetsis took a deep breath and said to N in a deep voice. He hadn't completely lost his mind, and he believed N wouldn't deceive him.
Hanging up the call with N, Ghetsis sat on his throne, his face incomparably gloomy.
"Useless! Absolutely useless! Worthless thing!" Ghetsis still couldn't help but vent his anger, cursing angrily. He had obtained the legendary Ideal Unova Dragon God, Zekrom, yet he couldn't even defeat a guy from Team Rocket and had to flee in defeat? And he was defeated by that scoundrel! What else could this be but useless?! He had raised him for over ten years for nothing!
Ghetsis's chest heaved rapidly. Getting angry was useless. Regardless, he had to find a way to rescue Colress. After some thought, Ghetsis, with a 'just in case' mindset, called Colress's phone. Although Colress, being captured, should have had his phone confiscated, what if? What if Colress had hidden his phone?
If he could contact Colress, it would be easier to rescue Colress. But to Ghetsis's surprise, he successfully got through to Colress's phone, and someone answered very quickly.
"Hello? Ghetsis?" Colress's usual magnetic and elegant voice came through.
"Colress? Are you alright?" Ghetsis was greatly surprised.
"Me? Of course I'm fine, I'm very good." Colress smiled faintly. He had just finished eating with Mammon and was about to go back to his room to rest for a while.
"You escaped from Team Rocket? As expected of you, Colress." Ghetsis immediately thought of this point. After all, it was Colress, and his wisdom always helped him overcome difficulties.
"That's not exactly it." Colress couldn't help but laugh.
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"Ghetsis, I was just about to look for you. I want to leave Team Plasma." Colress said calmly.
"What did you say?" Ghetsis's pupils contracted. Why?
"I want to leave Team Plasma, and also." Colress's voice was very calm and ruthless.
"Ghetsis, don't contact me anymore in the future. I'm afraid Lord Mammon might misunderstand."
"Colress!!"
Ghetsis's voice uncontrollably roared in fury. This time, he understood. Colress, this ungrateful wretch, had actually betrayed him and thrown himself into Team Rocket's embrace!
"Colress! I treated you well, didn't I? How could you betray me like this! Don't forget, who took you in when you were at your lowest, wanted by the Unova League?"
"It was me!! It was I who took you in!" Ghetsis's voice could almost be described as a roar. He truly couldn't accept that Colress, this guy, whom he had treated with such sincerity, would actually betray him. Especially that he had even joined Team Rocket and called that evil Mammon brat 'Lord'? Colress had never even added 'Lord' to his own address to him!!
"Please don't put it so harshly. I never said I was loyal to you." Colress's stern brows furrowed slightly.
"Ghetsis, our cooperation has always been mutually beneficial. I provided you with my research results, and you provided me with experimental equipment and subjects." Colress said faintly. He didn't feel that he owed Ghetsis anything; in fact, his contributions to Team Plasma far outweighed what Team Plasma gave him.
"The three Genesect that have already been sent are enough to compensate for all your funding to me, Ghetsis. Let's part ways amicably."
"Colress! You ungrateful wretch, you—" Hearing this, Ghetsis finally couldn't hold back and cursed at Colress, but before he could finish, Colress had already hung up the phone.
Of course, Ghetsis was not reconciled and immediately called again. But after just one ring, it was directly hung up. He called again, but he had been blacklisted.
"Colress!" The string in Ghetsis's mind finally snapped, and his composure completely exploded. With a 'bang', he smashed his phone to pieces, roaring the name of a certain blonde scientist in fury.
"Colress!!!" The entire castle seemed to echo with the reverberation of that name.
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Nimbasa City, a heavy downpour had just ended here, but fortunately, the heavy rain did not last long. And now, after the rain, the sky was clear, and the sun shone on the streets, the fresh air making one feel pleasant.
At least Mammon was in a very good mood; he was walking alone on the streets of Nimbasa City. Caitlin was taking Little Lugia for a swim in the hotel's private pool, while Zinna had gone for special training. So Mammon was, for a change, strolling around alone. No, it couldn't really be said he was alone.
"Mammon, Mammon! Tapu Fini wants to eat that!"
"I want to eat too, I want to eat too!" Tapu Fini tugged at Mammon's long coat, pointing at an ice cream stand not far away, and Jirachi, sitting on Mammon's shoulder, was also using Charm.
"Alright, alright." Unable to resist the requests of these two little darlings, Mammon came to the stand.
"Three vanilla ice creams." Mammon ordered three.
"Coming right up, please wait a moment, customer." The boss was very enthusiastic.
Seeing the boss busy, Mammon casually glanced around, and his eyes instantly fixed on a beautiful figure not far away.
"Oh~ what a coincidence." Mammon's lips slowly curved upwards.
Black hair, wearing upright antenna headphones, an extremely tall and graceful figure, dressed very coolly and sexily, revealing a slender waist and fair, long legs. It was none other than Elesa, the Gym Leader of Nimbasa Gym, whom he had met in the suburbs not long ago.
And Elesa, who was about to return to the Gym, also paused her steps, looking at Mammon in front of the stand with shock. Black messy hair, a handsome face, and black attire; his recognition was still very high, especially that iconic star-headed Pokemon on his shoulder.
That was a Mythical Pokemon, Jirachi, and Elesa still had some discernment. So this person... was really that Team Rocket executive who brutally beat Zekrom before!
Elesa was stunned. She never expected that an evil member of Team Rocket would dare to appear so brazenly in the city. Did he have another plan?
Elesa was filled with doubt and uncertainty. Should she quickly notify Jenny and stop him?
But how could she be his opponent? What if she angered him and he attacked this city?
Elesa bit her lip, feeling very flustered.
However, she immediately saw that the Team Rocket executive waved at her. Elesa hesitated for a moment, but still stepped towards Mammon.
"Want some ice cream?" As she got closer, Elesa heard this question. As a world-renowned model, Elesa naturally didn't particularly like ice cream, as most ice creams were relatively high in calories.
However...
"Okay." Elesa nodded.
"Boss, I'll have one more vanilla ice cream." Mammon spoke to the boss.
"Coming right up! Wow~ Gym Leader Elesa!" The stand owner looked up and, upon seeing Elesa, immediately became excited. For the people of Nimbasa City, no one would not know Elesa, after all, Elesa could be said to be their iconic figure in Nimbasa City.
"Hello." Elesa nodded, her attitude neither warm nor cold. Her communication skills were actually very good, but she didn't particularly like to talk in private. However, this stand owner seemed to be a fan of Elesa, expressing his excited feelings non-stop.
However, Elesa's reaction was very indifferent, as her mood was still quite tense at the moment, standing beside her was a super terrifying person! Having received the prepared ice cream, Mammon and Elesa turned and left.
The atmosphere was relatively quiet. Mammon leisurely enjoyed the city's scenery, but Elesa couldn't calm down.
"Mammon... Mr., right? What do you intend to do here in Nimbasa City?" Finally, Elesa couldn't hold back and asked Mammon softly.
"Oh, that." Mammon raised an eyebrow, and then finally revealed a malicious smile: "It depends on whether Miss Elesa cooperates."
"Miss Elesa, you wouldn't want anything unexpected to happen to Nimbasa City, would you?" Elesa's pupils contracted sharply.