Calyrex looked at the information in the chat and frowned in a very human way, remaining silent for a long time.
Damian couldn't help but laugh at that, because Calyrex's expression was just too funny—really the kind of thing that's hard to put into words.
After a long while, looking at I'm Gonna Beat You Anyway getting sent packing by the cards it got blocked from drawing, even though it was still furiously trash-talking when the game ended, Calyrex felt a little weird.
"Damian, I don't get it."
Calyrex didn't start another round right away. Instead, it looked at Damian in confusion.
"No need to be confused. You did nothing wrong."
Damian replied immediately.
"No, I don't think I did anything wrong. I didn't break the game rules. Blocking his cards was the strategy I used to win."
Calyrex shook its head.
"What I don't understand is why he seems so upset, and those words... were they insults aimed at me?"
Calyrex recalled "nmsl" and "I'm explaining your dream, meow!" and still didn't understand what they meant.
Come on, guys, you're only realizing now that I'm Gonna Beat You Anyway was insulting you?
Damian froze, then quickly understood. Calyrex had been cut off from the world for too long and had never interacted much with the outside world, so not understanding modern, elegant language was normal.
Caitlin and Dawn both wore complicated expressions.
"You could say that," Damian nodded, confirming Calyrex's guess.
"So that's how it is. They thought my tactics were too cheap?"
Calyrex fell into thought again.
"No, that guy was just pure trash talk and rage. Don't bother with it, and there's no need to take it seriously. The variety of people online is pretty complicated."
Damian chuckled, his eyes looking a little odd.
Actually, the way I'm Gonna Beat You Anyway talked felt strangely familiar to him.
After all, the only one who seemed to use "meow" as a catchphrase was Mew.
And right now, Mew was holed up in the Tree of Beginning every day, either gaming, binge-watching shows, or eating.
According to Regigigas, Mew hadn't been outside for one or two months now, and had completely turned into a shut-in cat.
But Damian remembered that Mew didn't trash talk that much... right?
Still, that catchphrase and that line—"I'll have my family's Regigigas come over and slap you to death!"—wasn't that exactly how Mew referred to Regigigas?
Yeah. Thinking back on Mew's adorable spoiled-self look, Damian's expression grew even stranger.
"I think I get it."
Calyrex said thoughtfully. It meant that when people talked online, they didn't have to take responsibility.
Then if it ran into that I'm Gonna Beat You Anyway again, Calyrex would make him understand what it meant to offend a king!
Calyrex clicked open the forum and seemed to be searching for something.
You get what?
Damian froze. He felt like Calyrex had understood something different from what he meant, but whatever. It didn't matter.
"Calyrex, what do you think of this game?"
"It requires proper unit combinations, luck, and the randomness of what pieces get refreshed. Pretty interesting."
Calyrex gave a fair evaluation. In fact, it thought it was very novel.
"Humans really are a creative race. This kind of game is pretty interesting, Damian. May I ask you for something?"
Calyrex thought for a moment, then said to Damian.
"Go ahead."
"This game's five-cost cards all seem to be Legendary Pokémon."
Calyrex opened the Pokédex in Pokémon auto-chess and scrolled to the orange cards, the five-cost section.
Ho-Oh, Lugia, Mew, Rayquaza, Kyogre, Groudon, Celebi, Jirachi.
"Could you contact the people who made this game and ask them to add me, along with Glastrier and Spectrier?"
Calyrex felt that if it could play as its own pieces, it would definitely be interesting, and it would look forward to it.
"Of course. I'll have them add you next season."
Damian agreed without hesitation.
After all, Pokémon auto-chess was still only in its first season, and thanks to its innovative gameplay, the game was already pretty hot.
"If you think it's fun, Calyrex, you can play it more often. You can even stream sometimes, share some strategies and lineups, and let more people get to know you."
"That way, once your name recognition goes up, you'll also gain a lot of faith."
Damian gave Calyrex this suggestion, then explained the concept of live streaming to it.
In this world, there really wasn't a shortage of many things, and live streaming was one of them. For example, Paldea Region's Gym Leader Iono was also a streaming blogger, and she was very popular.
"Can I really do that?"
Calyrex asked in confusion. This was a path it had never considered.
But this didn't exactly go against its original purpose. After all, if it could gain faith, its power would become stronger too.
"Of course. With your brains, Calyrex, there's absolutely no problem."
Damian replied matter-of-factly. If Calyrex really started streaming, its popularity would absolutely explode in a short time.
After all, a Pokémon livestreaming games, and a Legendary Pokémon at that—how could that not blow up?
Besides gaming, Calyrex could also stream some special scenes from time to time.
For example:
"Yo, brothers, today we're livestreaming Damian battling the legendary Eternatus. It's gonna be absolutely awesome, so drop a follow. Once we hit 100K likes, I'll personally ride Glastrier over and toss Eternatus a Glacial Lance!"
"Yo, brothers, today I'll let Glastrier put on a performance for y'all—three bites and one pig! Glastrier, go!"
Damn, that mental image was seriously impossible to hold in.
Damian quickly shoved that imaginary scene out of his head. It was way too cursed.
"Like this?"
Calyrex looked at a live stream window on its phone, and it seemed to understand again.
Calyrex kept playing the game, while Damian turned his attention back to Serena and Gloria's battle.
The two of them were still in a very heated fight.
Although he had been chatting with Calyrex earlier, Damian had still been keeping an eye on their battle out of the corner of his eye.
Right now on the field were Serena's Blacephalon and Gloria's Dragapult.
Gloria's Dragapult was extremely strong, and it also had a huge speed advantage.
But in the end, Serena still used Blacephalon to heavily injure Dragapult, though Blacephalon also lost the ability to fight.
Serena's fifth Pokémon was Galarian Zapdos, which undoubtedly came as a huge surprise to Gloria.
She really hadn't expected Serena to have a Legendary Pokémon too.
Although Galarian Zapdos had only been caught not long ago, its own strength was already very high.
Galarian Zapdos beat Dragapult, and Gloria was the first to be pushed into a desperate situation.
Her sixth Pokémon was the "young and promising" Archaludon, but Galarian Zapdos, which had the Fighting type, was able to beat Archaludon.
In the end, after a fierce battle, Galarian Zapdos once again displayed its legendary might, pushing itself to the very last breath to beat Archaludon and win this sparring battle for Serena.
"Amazing~!!"
With Archaludon recalled after losing the ability to fight, Gloria looked at Serena and the panting Galarian Zapdos in amazement.
This was the first time she had ever lost to someone her own age!!
But honestly, Gloria didn't feel discouraged at all, because she had had an absolute blast in this battle!
That feeling of going all out was just too exciting.
"Serena, you're really strong!"
"Thanks. You're strong too."
Serena let out a breath. She hadn't expected this battle to be so tough either.
If it weren't for Galarian Zapdos showing off its power, she really might not have been Gloria's opponent.
Because Gloria's lineup was actually really strong.
Rillaboom, Corviknight, Grimmsnarl, Grapploct, Dragapult, Archaludon.
That lineup was seriously high-powered.
Serena was very sure, absolutely sure, that if it had been her before joining Team Rocket, she would have 100% lost to Gloria in battle.
And to be honest, this battle had put a lot of pressure on Serena.
"Still not as good as you, but this battle helped me a lot. When you've got time, let's battle more often, Serena."
Gloria smiled sweetly. She didn't feel discouraged—instead, it made her even more motivated.
Great! From now on, Serena would be her goal first. After beating Serena, she'd challenge Dawn next!
"Okay."
Serena naturally nodded. Being able to have another strong rival for sparring and special training was exactly the kind of thing she'd welcome with open arms.
The two girls chatted a few more times, then walked back side by side to where Damian and the other three were standing.
"Sorry, Mr. Damian. I wasn't Serena's opponent."
Facing Damian, Gloria felt a little embarrassed.
"No need to apologize. You already surprised me a lot, Gloria."
Damian replied with a smile.
"With your strength, you're more than qualified to serve as an executive in the organization. Keep working hard from here on out—for the organization, and for a clean blue sky."
Damian took out the silver Team Rocket badge he had prepared in advance and said gently to Gloria.
"Huh?!"
Gloria looked at the Team Rocket badge in great surprise.
She hadn't expected that even without passing the "test," she could still become a Team Rocket executive.
"Take it. You've earned it. I'm really looking forward to the day you become a top-tier Admin. You've got that potential."
Damian placed the silver badge directly into Gloria's hand.
Mm. Gloria's little hand was soft.
"Thank you! Mr. Damian, I definitely won't let you down!"
The girl saluted Damian happily, her voice loud and clear.
"I believe you."
Damian couldn't help but laugh.
"And then, as one of the executives, I can let you choose one Ultra Beast. Ultra Beasts are all very strong Pokémon, and I think if you train it properly, it can serve as part of your main roster and battle for you."
Damian continued, taking out the Pokédex entry for the Ultra Beasts.
"Really?"
Gloria's eyes lit up.
She knew about Ultra Beasts, and the Blacephalon Serena had just used was one of them.
Supposedly, Ultra Beasts are Pokémon from another dimension, basically impossible to encounter in the real world, and the only place you can really run into them is the Alola Region.
That's an incredibly rare Pokémon line.
"Of course it's real. See if there's one you like."
Damian nodded.
"Mm... I like Nihilego a bit more, Mr. Damian. Is that okay?"
After some hesitation, Gloria fixed her eyes on Nihilego.
"Of course. I'll provide you with an Elite Four-level Nihilego, so you can save a lot of time raising it."
"Thank you!!"
Gloria was deeply moved. Mr. Damian was really so thoughtful!
"No need to thank me. But Ultra Beasts have pretty strong instincts, so after you get Nihilego, you'll have to catch it again and make it submit before you use it, or it might attack you."
Damian reminded Gloria.
"Yes! I remember!"
Gloria kept nodding, looking very adorable.
"Alright. After we leave the Crown Tundra, I'll have someone bring Nihilego over."
Damian glanced at Calyrex and saw that the King of Bountiful Harvests was still playing Pokémon auto-chess. Looks like it really was interested in it.
"Let's head back to Freezington first."
Damian released the Ultra Balls of Reshiram and Yveltal.
And seeing those two Legendary Pokémon, Gloria's eyes lit up again.
"Mr. Damian!"
"What is it, Gloria?"
"Could I trouble you to take a photo with me? This is the most important request of my life!"
Gloria asked very seriously.
"Sure."
Damian gave her an odd look. You sound pretty practiced saying that.
Gloria quickly ran over to Damian, with the elegant and beautiful Reshiram in the background.
"Yay~"
Holding her phone in one hand, Gloria leaned her head against Damian's chest under Caitlin's increasingly dangerous gaze, while holding the Team Rocket executive badge in her other hand.
Damian also very cooperatively showed a sunny smile.
The handsome boy and the sweet girl complemented each other perfectly, and the Reshiram behind them was even more gorgeous.
Crack~
The image froze. Gloria happily looked at the photo and decisively set it as her phone wallpaper.
At the same time, she logged into her personal social account, uploaded the photo, and added a line of text.
"Ta-da Today is a super lucky day! I met my idol, Mr. Damian, and I also successfully joined Team Rocket, oh! From now on, please call me Team Miss executive ! Hehe Mr. Damian is really super handsome and so gentle! I'm in such a beautiful mood~"
Without the slightest hesitation, Gloria hit send, then rode the beautiful Reshiram toward Freezington. Awesome!
And when she arrived in Freezington, Gloria discovered that this post had gone viral.
Hop: AAAAAH!! Is that really Mr. Damian? Gloria, where are you? I'm coming right now! rage.jpg
Marnie: He really is handsome. Is that the legendary Reshiram behind you?
Nessa: When are you coming to Hulbury? Let's spar again.
Leon: Gloria, why did you join Team Rocket??? shock.jpg
--------------------------------------
No More Waiting - The Story is Complete!
Love what you're reading? Get instant access to the entire story—all 200+ chapters are available right now!
👉 Unlock everything: patreon.com/PokemonStoryWeaver
--------------------------------------