Lysandre Research Laboratory .
"So… is this boy the new boss of Team Rocket?"
Lysandre watched the finished video and fell into deep thought.
He remembered him—back at Café Soleil, he'd seen him.
Back then, of course, Lysandre didn't know Damian.
He just felt the boy's presence was unusual.
"Oh? Boss—have you met him?"
Malva, wearing pink shades, looked quite surprised.
That was right.
She found this video, so she came all the way to Lysandre Research Laboratory just to have Lysandre take a look too.
After all, Lysandre's day-to-day life was only about his own dreams.
When would he ever have time to watch some viral video online?
He wasn't that free.
"Ah~ I ran into him by chance once."
"But we didn't talk."
Lysandre said calmly.
"Then what do you think, boss?"
Malva cared about this more.
"What do you think?"
Lysandre asked rhetorically.
"Team Rocket is a very serious wildcard."
Malva answered like that.
"But just looking at this video…"
"it seems the boss of Team Rocket also has dreams as beautiful as ours, doesn't he?"
Team Rocket's strength was simply too shocking.
Malva couldn't help thinking that way.
Otherwise, based on Team Flare's actions—
Team Rocket definitely wouldn't just let them off.
"No, Malva."
"You've only seen the surface."
Lysandre's lion-like majestic face was extremely steady.
His eyes shimmered with sharp light.
"When someone is on camera…"
"will he actually be showing his true self?"
"This Team Rocket boss…"
"he's very smart."
Lysandre's tone remained calm.
"Based on the intel we know so far…"
"as he bosses Team Rocket, his tracks have spread across four regions—Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Alola."
"And on top of that—his main base in Kanto…"
"Team Rocket's forces are already massive."
"And with all those top-tier Trainers inside Team Rocket…"
"it's fair to say it's strong enough to fight the League head-on."
"With an organization like this…"
"do you really think Damian doesn't have ambition?"
Lysandre hadn't truly spoken to Damian.
He also didn't really know him.
But he absolutely didn't believe what Damian said in those interviews.
"That's impossible."
Malva shook her head.
"That's right."
"Not only does he have ambition…"
"his ambition is huge."
"He knows very clearly the world's basic framework is built on the League system."
"So he doesn't want to truly fight the League to the death."
"That's why he used these interviews…"
"to flip Team Rocket's original impression as an evil organization…"
"so civilians' minds would change."
"That way, Team Rocket is no longer an evil organization."
"People won't start chanting for them to be crushed."
"And the League won't have any reason to go after Team Rocket."
Lysandre said coldly and calmly.
"But the League can't possibly not know the threat of Team Rocket."
"If Team Rocket continues to grow…"
"what if one day Team Rocket wants to overthrow the League?"
Malva still had doubts.
"Then it comes down to what kind of private contact…"
"Team Rocket and the League have."
"They'll definitely sign secret agreements."
"Even if the League doesn't directly strike Team Rocket…"
"they can't do nothing and just watch Team Rocket grow…"
"until it becomes impossible to control."
Lysandre said so.
"But no matter what, this is all pointless."
"This world…"
"has to come to a cleansing."
Lysandre's voice turned heavy.
He endorsed the dreams Damian said in the interviews.
But Lysandre felt Damian was still too one-sided.
Is the world's darkness and grime only caused by those evil teams and hunters?
No.
It's not just that.
Those civilians—stupid, greedy, vulgar—
they're the true root of the world's problems.
If you don't clear out those things…
how could this world ever become truly beautiful and clean?
"…"
Malva opened her mouth.
But in the end, she didn't say anything.
As Team Flare's Admin, she knew Lysandre's goal.
But was it really right?
Malva didn't deny it.
In fact, she didn't know either.
But no matter what—
she didn't think Lysandre's ideology had anything wrong.
So she just let it be.
"The plans are already in the final stage."
"Malva—when the time comes, come back to the organization."
Lysandre spoke up.
"So fast?"
"Mm."
"Zygarde's experiments are already in the final stage."
"Xerosic is tuning the program—everything is controllable."
"But you still haven't found the other Zygarde center's team, right?"
Malva frowned.
"We've already found signs."
"And even if it isn't fully complete…"
"Zygarde's power is still unstoppable."
Lysandre was filled with unmatched confidence in Zygarde.
"We've also found Yveltal's Cocoon of Destruction."
"I'll have people transport it to Geosenge Town…"
"and trigger the Ultimate weapon."
"This world's purification!"
"Let's start with Kalos Region!"
Lysandre's tone couldn't stay calm anymore.
It was brimming with fervor.
His dream was already extremely close!
"Once Zygarde's experiments are fully completed…"
"we'll announce it to this land…"
"and declare that our Team Flare's 'purification' has arrived!"
Malva stayed silent.
Could it really succeed?
Malva looked out the window.
She always had a weird bad feeling.
"Oh right…"
"how is Alain doing?"
"He's basically finished his training."
"His strength is… pretty decent."
Malva answered casually.
Alain was a kid Lysandre had set his eyes on.
A guy with quite a bit of potential.
To be honest, Lysandre's judgment was indeed on point.
But in Malva's eyes, that kid was still a bit immature.
His strength had grown really fast.
Now he was already at Elite Four level.
"Mm."
"Hope he doesn't disappoint my anticipation."
Lysandre nodded.
...
After saying goodbye to Baraz and his sister, Damian the three of them went back to Lumiose City.
When they finally arrived in Lumiose City, Serena was already waiting inside the villa.
"Mr. Damian."
"You're back."
The moment the door opened, Serena rushed forward.
And behind Serena, there was also a girl with twin ponytails.
"It's been a few days…"
"and Serena is still this adorable."
First Serena got teased.
Then Damian looked toward the girl beside Serena.
Right now, the girl was looking at him with excited eyes.
She had healthy wheat-colored skin.
Her facial features were neat.
She had big eyes.
Up top she wore a pink short-sleeve shirt.
And the bottom was denim hot pants.
Two long, slender, curvy long legs.
Her chestnut hair was tied into twin ponytails.
"And who is this?"
"Mr. Damian, hello!"
"I'm Shauna from Vaniville Town!"
"I'm your fan!"
The girl named Shauna introduced herself to Damian with energetic excitement.
"Thank you so much for liking me."
Damian smiled and answered.
He remembered her.
Shauna—one of Serena's rivals in the game.
But compared to rival Calem—
she wasn't that impressive either.
"Shauna is my close friend."
"I heard that after I joined Team Rocket…"
"she also wanted to join the organization."
"So I brought her along."
"Mr. Damian—what do you think?"
Shauna's talent was pretty good too.
Serena felt this could count as recruitment for the organization.
A decent new member.
"Yes!"
"Mr. Damian, I really love Team Rocket."
"Please let me join!"
"I will shine for the organization!"
"I'll give my heart!"
Shauna patted her chest, making it sound like an air-launching airport.
Her voice was loud as hell.
Yeah.
Giving your heart to Team Rocket—
was one of the hottest lines online recently.
And it was hard to say where it came from.
Clearly Shauna hadn't been surfing less.
"Shauna!"
Serena sounded a bit awkward.
Who taught you to talk like that?
"Ha ha~"
"No need to give your heart in such an over-the-top way."
"It's not that exaggerated."
"As long as our ideology matches…"
"and we put in the work to wipe out the evil team together…"
Damian couldn't help laughing too.
"Oh oh~ then we fight for the clear blue sky!"
Shauna gave an adorable salute.
It was exactly one of Damian's lines from the interviews.
"Mr. Damian!"
"I'm pretty good at fighting!"
"Go ahead—assign missions to me!"
Shauna was full of motivation.
Even if her figure was slim and small…
Shauna felt she could handle things.
"Alright, alright."
"Have Serena show you the app."
"Then you go pick some missions to do yourself."
Damian looked at the legal little girl's twin ponytails bouncing as she walked.
He figured the feel would probably be pretty nice.
"Hehe~!"
"Thanks, boss!"
Shauna's smile was adorable.
And she immediately changed how she addressed him.
She felt boss sounded way more exciting than "Mr. Damian."
"She's a fun girl."
As Serena took Shauna to mess around on her phone app, Caitlin commented.
"Mm."
"She's got a really youthful aura."
"And since she's Serena's close friend…"
"her talent is probably pretty good too."
Damian smiled.
But right then, the phone made two notification sounds.
"Mm?"
Damian checked it.
It was a message from Gladion.
"Tsk~"
"So it's finally about to start?"
Damian glanced at it.
Then his mouth lifted.
Gladion's info was simple.
It came from a spy report by the researchers at Lysandre Research Laboratory.
Zygarde's experiments were already in the final stage.
Team Flare had started secret organization operations!
Which meant—
the time when Team Flare would fully expose themselves wasn't far off.
"I've been waiting for this timing."
Damian chuckled softly.
So the next part—
Unova Region.
Still Nimbasa City.
"Ugh…"
"No missions—seriously, it feels like something's missing."
Just finished special training with Hilda.
Rosa leaned back against her vanity table.
She was wearing pajamas.
Her two fat lumps on her chest were pressed flat into pancakes.
On the side, Hilda's eyelids were twitching like crazy.
She was going crazy internally, spitting out curses.
You filthy cow!
"So bored…"
"Don't be bored!"
"Missions just came in!"
Suddenly, Hilda gasped.
"What?"
Rosa instantly perked up.
She immediately pulled out her phone.
Sure enough.
A pinned message at the very top of the organization app forum was already active.
"Epic-Scale Big Missions: Lumiose City!"
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