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"Elesa, you wouldn't want anything to happen to Nimbasa City, would you?" Hearing Mammon's words, Elesa's face turned pale, and she even felt her heart skip a beat.
"What… what does this mean?"
"Mr. Ma… Mammon." Elesa looked at Mammon's smiling yet not smiling expression, feeling her throat dry up.
"A Trainer as powerful as you, why do you need to make things difficult for us?" Elesa bit her lip, feeling very unwilling, but she knew that she alone could not stop Mammon.
"It is precisely because I am strong that I am who I am today, Elesa. Do you know? You are very beautiful." Mammon grinned.
"And, Elesa, you should know my identity, right?" Of course, she knew. Mammon was… Team Rocket!
It was precisely because of this that Elesa was truly worried; otherwise, what would she have to fear? It was because he was Team Rocket, an executive of a Dark Organization, that Elesa worried his words were not just a threat.
"…" Elesa pressed her lips together tightly.
"Actually, Elesa, if you are willing to cooperate with me, I am not entirely unwilling to spare Nimbasa City." Mammon took a bite of ice cream, his words, neither light nor heavy, falling into Elesa's ears.
Elesa's eyes suddenly changed. She was an adult, and naturally understood Mammon's meaning. After all, although the world was simple and honest, many people were filled with desire, and as a world-renowned model, Elesa naturally encountered men who lusted after her.
But Elesa, with her decent Gym Leader strength and the backing of the Unova League, had the ability to say 'no' and even teach those vulgar and dirty people a lesson.
But…
"But you should understand what needs to be paid, Elesa, right?" The young man's voice was like a devil's whisper, causing Elesa's face to turn pale. The safety of Nimbasa City…
And her own purity…
"Why aren't you speaking, or rather, as the Gym Leader of Nimbasa City, Elesa, do you not truly care about this city?" Mammon's expression was very malicious, and his mocking tone directly pierced Elesa's heart.
Elesa's breathing quickened, and she was incredibly conflicted and distressed at this moment. Finally, Elesa silently took a deep breath.
"I understand." Elesa finally made up her mind.
That's right, she was the Gym Leader of Nimbasa City, and she had to protect this city; this was what she should do! Even sacrificing her innocence would be worth it!
"Oh? What do you understand now?" Mammon glanced at Elesa and asked with interest.
"Any price? Even serving me at night is fine?" Mammon asked knowingly.
"…Yes!" Elesa bit her silver teeth. She had already prepared herself for this kind of thing before making the decision. But she was still a girl, and Elesa's voice was still trembling slightly at this moment, her face also very pale and poor.
"Hahaha~" Mammon couldn't help but laugh out loud at this scene.
Elesa's face grew even uglier as she heard the piercing laughter, but the next moment…
"How interesting, Elesa, I didn't expect you to actually believe it. Am I really so much like a villain without a bottom line?" Mammon clicked his tongue in wonder, resting his chin as he couldn't help but be curious.
"?" Elesa looked up in surprise.
"Don't worry, don't worry. Although I'm with Team Rocket, I do have a bottom line. I wouldn't go so far as to force you to sleep with me." Mammon patted Elesa's slender and rounded shoulder. Although he wasn't a good person, he wasn't completely without a bottom line.
He was just teasing Elesa just now, and he hadn't expected her to be so cooperative.
Elesa was stunned when she heard this. So, what she had just… Elesa's originally pale face quickly turned red. Her previous resolve and words…
"Then, Mr. Mammon, you are…" But Elesa quickly returned to the main point, looking at Mammon with some anticipation.
"Don't think of us Team Rocket as so evil. My original intention was simply to have you be my maid for a period of time." Mammon's tone was very natural.
"Huh?" Elesa's eyes suddenly widened. Be a maid??
"Wait! Mr. Mammon, you said you have a bottom line?"
"Yes, if I didn't have a bottom line, we'd already be in a hotel room now." Mammon replied as if it were obvious.
Elesa couldn't help but fall silent. His words… seemed to make sense.
She had already prepared herself for being greatly exploited by Mammon, and now, if it was just being a maid for a period of time, it was indeed acceptable.
"Who told you, Elesa, that you are so beautiful and just happen to be a Gym Leader? I'll have to trouble you a bit, but don't worry." Mammon lowered his head slightly, looking directly into Elesa's eyes, and said with a smile.
"…" Elesa was speechless. What could she do about being beautiful?
"As long as you cooperate well, I definitely won't do anything to Nimbasa City. Of course, the premise is that you do your maid duties well." Mammon stated that he was a very trustworthy person, but the premise was that Elesa also had to be trustworthy.
"Yes." Elesa could only cooperate. It was like feeding oneself to a tiger; as long as Nimbasa City could be safe, then it was worth it.
"Very good, then before I leave Unova, I'll trouble you, Elesa, to take good care of me." Mammon was very satisfied.
Before leaving Unova? How long would that be? Elesa frowned slightly, and honestly, she had no experience taking care of people either. It seemed she would have to look it up online.
Just as Elesa was pondering, her phone suddenly rang. Elesa took it out and saw it was Jenny calling. Elesa then remembered that she was supposed to go to the police station after changing her clothes.
And now…
"Answer it, it's fine." Mammon didn't care at all.
"…Jenny." Elesa answered the call.
"Gym Leader Elesa, haven't you arrived yet? General Alder and the others are already here." Jenny asked, puzzled.
"I'm sorry, Jenny, I might not be able to make it." Elesa said apologetically.
"Oh, oh, that's alright. If you're not feeling well, please rest more." Jenny didn't think much of it. Anyway, Elesa wasn't required to be at this meeting. She thought it was because the previous heavy rain had made Elesa unwell.
"Thank you." Elesa thanked her and then hung up the phone.
"Why didn't you tell Jenny the truth? You won't be able to return to Nimbasa Gym for a while, you know." Mammon asked curiously.
"Is that allowed?" Elesa was stunned: "Mr. Mammon, you will be charged with kidnapping a Gym Leader." Elesa truly hadn't expected Mammon to say that. Didn't he fear being targeted by the Unova League at all? Although he had indeed coerced her, which was a fact, if the Unova League found out, they would issue a warrant, right?
Oh, perhaps Mammon truly wasn't afraid.
Thinking of the majestic Primal Kyogre, Elesa fell silent again.
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, in Alder's eyes, I'm already a top-tier dangerous individual." Mammon shrugged. He truly didn't care.
"One more charge or one less charge, it's all irrelevant." Mammon scoffed, wondering how Alder would deal with him next.
Meanwhile, at the Nimbasa City Police Station.
"General Alder, I apologize, Gym Leader Elesa is temporarily unable to come." In the conference room, Jenny walked in and apologized to Alder.
"It's alright, I understand." Alder waved his hand.
"Then please, Jenny, tell us about the situation. Team Plasma and Team Rocket were fighting, right?" Alder asked impatiently.
And to Alder's right, Steven and Wallace were also present; indeed, they had already arrived in Unova.
"Yes, we originally received a report that Team Plasma members were sighted there, seemingly in battle. When we arrived, we saw Colress."
"And attacking the Team Plasma base were a group of students from Blueberry Academy." Jenny reported seriously.
"Students??" Wallace was stunned, "No way, are the students from academies in the Unova region that wild?"
They haven't even graduated yet, and they're already fighting Evil Organizations??
"That's right, these students are very strong. The entire Team Plasma base, except for Colress, had all its other members defeated."
"However, it's shameful, even with Gym Leader Elesa and our combined efforts, we were no match for Colress." Jenny was extremely ashamed.
"Dark Scientist Colress…" Alder frowned. Was this Colress's combat strength really that outstanding?
"Then Team Plasma's leader N appeared, followed by Team Rocket's Mr. Mammon. N then summoned Zekrom, and then their battle ensued."
"However, N was no match for Mr. Mammon, and Zekrom was severely wounded by Primal Kyogre, eventually retreating with N. Colress, on the other hand, was taken by Mr. Mammon." Jenny quickly recounted the scene at the time.
Wallace glanced at Alder and saw that Alder looked serious, but that was understandable. To be honest, Wallace even felt that Alder's situation was worse than theirs at the time, as their Team Magma and Team Aqua back then posed little threat.
But here in Unova… even Team Plasma controlled a high-level Legendary Pokémon!!
"What was the battle like between Zekrom and Primal Kyogre?" Steven pondered for a moment and asked Jenny.
"Primal Kyogre had an absolute advantage." Jenny understood Steven's line of questioning.
"From this perspective, Team Plasma is definitely no match for Team Rocket, Champion Alder, what do you think?" Steven understood. He already had an idea.
"Champion Steven, what do you think?" Alder also wanted to hear Steven's suggestion, as they had more experience dealing with Team Rocket.
"Team Plasma absolutely cannot contend with Team Rocket. Let them continue to fight, and Team Rocket will eventually swallow up Team Plasma." Steven analyzed calmly.
"The worst-case scenario is that the Unova Team Rocket not only absorb Team Plasma, greatly expanding their organization's size, but also persuade Team Plasma's leader and executives to join them." Steven said in a deep voice, after all, during the Hoenn period, weren't Maxie and Archie both recruited by Team Rocket?
Mammon's personal charisma was extremely strong; even with different stances, Steven had to admit this point.
"If we want to curb Team Rocket's rapid development, then…" Steven looked at Alder.
"We prioritize dealing with Team Plasma!" Alder understood Steven's meaning: "But Champion Steven, Team Plasma also controls Zekrom."
"If it's just one Zekrom, we aren't without a chance of winning. You've also invited Cynthia and Leon and the others, haven't you?"
Mammon's Primal Kyogre was one thing, but a Zekrom that was being beaten by Primal Kyogre, Steven felt that with their combined Champion strength, they could still deal with it.
Most importantly…
"Also, General Alder, you can invite Giovanni from Kanto! Giovanni, he should have already gained Groudon's recognition by now."
After all, there had been no news of anything happening to Giovanni, so he should have convinced Groudon.
And most, most importantly…
Fighting Zekrom or fighting Primal Kyogre, is there even a choice??