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"Giovanni, I originally planned to act secretly, but those kids did such a good job and nearly solved the problem themselves, so there was no need for me to intervene."
"But I'm warning you—if something like this happens again, I will do whatever it takes to wipe out every single member of Team Rocket!"
When Agatha said this, a murderous aura emanated from her.
She might not be able to defeat Giovanni in a one-on-one fight, but it wouldn't be too difficult to eliminate all the Team Rocket members except Giovanni.
The key question was whether Agatha could find the whereabouts of the hidden Team Rocket members.
Giovanni frowned when he heard this. He didn't quite understand what his capture of Pallet Town residents had to do with Agatha.
Agatha seemed to have seen what Giovanni was thinking. She raised her cane and tapped the rubble beneath her feet, then looked up and spoke softly.
"...Although I resent him for leaving without saying goodbye, and I'm even more angry that he was unwilling to change for me when we had our differences in research, Pallet Town is the achievement he was most proud of in his life. I will not let anyone destroy his life's work."
Agatha's expression changed, seeming both nostalgic and annoyed.
Perhaps this was what people called love and hate intertwined.
"...Just because of that? Forget it. I'm not interested in listening to old-fashioned love stories. Before I change my mind, take your damn badges and get out of here!"
Giovanni wanted to roll his eyes to express his inner complaints when he heard this, but then he thought that rolling his eyes didn't fit his usual image, so he responded to Agatha coldly instead.
"Hehe... an old-fashioned love story? Didn't you also experience an old-fashioned love story back then? You even had a child, didn't you?"
"It's a pity that your lover is gone, and the fruit of your love is gone too. Hehehe!"
Agatha laughed darkly, and a puff of smoke rose up around her.
Before Giovanni could get angry and make a move, she was surrounded by ghostly fog and her figure completely disappeared.
Once he was certain that Agatha had truly left, all the anger on Giovanni's face vanished, as if his previous fury had all been an act.
"Hehe~~~ Go ahead and take the badges. Now that Team Rocket has been defeated, the Alliance's attention is entirely on you, the Kanto Elite Four. Congratulations—you're now in the spotlight for us. Team Rocket has gone from being exposed to operating in the shadows. Our positions have completely reversed."
"With insufficient strength, Team Rocket's defeat today was inevitable. However, although your Kanto Elite Four is very powerful, how much stronger are you than Team Rocket?"
Giovanni sneered. He could now predict the fate of the Kanto Elite Four.
If they didn't cause trouble, no one would pay attention to them. But once they did, those Pallet Town trainers who were about to mature would wipe out the Elite Four.
"Ha! What you Elite Four are planning to do is exactly what I wanted to do. I'll let you lead the way and attract everyone's attention!"
Giovanni smiled with confidence and turned to leave.
He preferred working in the shadows rather than stepping into the spotlight like this.
However, Giovanni didn't know that after he left, a masked figure in a black robe appeared where he had just been standing.
The masked man first looked in the direction Giovanni had departed, then surveyed the ruins of the battlefield, and spoke slowly.
"...Giovanni, the Kanto Elite Four—they're all formidable opponents. And now, the badges are with the Elite Four, so I'll just sit back and watch to see if those badges can really summon and control Lugia."
Giovanni thought he was the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. But in the eyes of the masked man, it was simply a fight between the snipe and the clam, with the fisherman gaining the benefit.
And he was naturally the fisherman—the one who would definitely profit.
"However, why would a Z-Move be used by someone who isn't an Island Kahuna? Could it be because of the special Z-Crystal in his possession?"
Giovanni didn't know about Z-Moves. He only knew that the techniques used by Eddie were extremely powerful. He even suspected that the "Dragon's Roar" incident in Lavender Town had been caused by Eddie.
However, Giovanni was merely suspicious, but the masked man had already determined that the "Dragon's Roar" incident was indeed caused by Eddie.
"That strange Z-Crystal can actually allow a trainer who isn't an Island Kahuna to use Z-Moves. Although it consumes a lot of energy after using it, it's still a threat that cannot be ignored."
The masked man looked in a certain direction. Over there was the temporary resting place of the Alliance forces—a high-rise building that had fortunately not been destroyed.
Most of the Alliance troops were resting there, including Eddie and the others.
The masked man stood deep in thought, as if considering whether to take action now.
Eddie obviously hadn't grown to his full potential yet, and he was currently exhausted from using Z-Moves. If the masked man attacked now, he would definitely be able to eliminate him with one strike. Even if Eddie had Mewtwo at his disposal, he couldn't stop the masked man.
"...That's all. As long as he doesn't hinder me, I won't bother killing him. But if he appears before me and gets in my way, don't blame me for being ruthless."
After pondering for a long time, the masked man finally gave up the idea of killing Eddie.
This wasn't only because he wasn't the kind of person who killed others wantonly, but also because he didn't want to be exposed so early and then be hunted down by his former allies.
"Besides, it can only be used three times before that boy's body breaks down. Such strength isn't enough to pose a significant threat to me."
"Of course, if that kid can make his Mewtwo use Z-Moves, that would be another matter entirely."
With those thoughts, the masked man waved his hand, mounted a Flying-type Pokémon, and departed.
Eddie, who was in the temporary resting place, didn't know that in the previous battle, due to various circumstances, Mewtwo hadn't been able to use a Z-Move, which had allowed him to escape being pursued by the masked man.
But even if he had known this, he wouldn't have been afraid, because Eddie had already thought of strategies to deal with the masked man.
There were too many ways to handle the masked man. After all, the masked man had too many concerns. As long as he didn't want to expose himself too early, he wouldn't act recklessly.
Faced with an opponent who couldn't fight freely, Eddie had dozens of ways to resolve the situation.
However, now wasn't the time to discuss this matter...
"After I became paralyzed, I didn't even have the strength to open the menu. Now I've finally recovered a little and can access it."
"Let me see how much we gained this time."
Eddie collapsed on the bed, and with his hands that had regained some strength, he opened the game menu.