Pokemon: The Dark Master

(The style of this novel leans dark, the protagonist is an Egoist, there is no female lead or harem, he specializes in Dark-type and navigates both the light and dark sides.) ................................................................................................................................................................ Leon is the top graduate of Team Rocket’s 15th Newbie Trainer Camp—cold, calculating, and already tired of being someone else’s pawn. While the others scramble for safe, powerful positions at headquarters, Leon makes a choice no one expects: exile to the undeveloped Hoenn region. Mocked as a mistake, it’s actually his first real move—trading comfort and supervision for freedom and opportunity. Far from the center of power, Leon plans to grow in the shadows, using Team Rocket without ever being owned by it, on his path to becoming a trainer no one can control.