160 Giovanni's Thoughts, Gastly's Longing

"Boss, Proton's operation in Lavender Town was blocked by the Sinnoh Champion and Instructor Ai, and the operation failed."

Within the dimly lit office, holding a pile of information, Matori, wearing her usual OL uniform, stepped on her high heels and reported the situation of the operation towards Giovanni.

"..."

Giovanni's figure was hidden under the dark shadows, and his expression was not clearly visible above his face.

He was silent, however, the tense body under the shadows still revealed that the heart of this Team Rocket leader was not at all as calm as it looked on the surface.

This man seemed to be like a volcano, unable to see any joy or sadness, but the hot anger was already churning and boiling to the extreme.

"Is there any way to fish for Proton?"

After a long period of silence, when the oppressive air within the office was a little too much for even Matori to bear, Giovanni also finally opened his mouth.

He chose to rescue Proton a bit.

After all, just as Aisha and Cynthia had thought during their time in Lavender Town, Proton was not the same as Carr.

Unlike Carr, who is not very capable, has an annoying temperament, and harbors the intention to rebel in his heart, Proton's own strength is too strong, and this one of the four generals has a good reputation within Team Rocket, and is considered very sincere to Giovanni, who is also dedicated to completing every mission.

The loss of such a capable general would be a blow to Team Rocket, both in terms of strength and morale.

Those who followed Proton at the bottom, after this one incident, the morale was bound to be incredibly low.

"...Difficult."

After hearing Giovanni's inquiry, Matori was slightly silent and mumbled a response to his question.

"..."

Giovanni did not say anything.

Facing this man, Matori, who had followed him for several years, was also naturally aware that Giovanni was already angry to the extreme.

Slightly calming her fearful emotions, Matori also opened her mouth, explaining the reason for this question, saying, "Perhaps it was also because she was unwilling to face her former colleagues, this time when the Saffron City Police Department was transporting Proton along with the other grunts, Sabrina did not show up."

"...That means a more powerful trainer peer police station has appeared?"

Giovanni also immediately grasped the hidden message within Matori's words.

"Hmm."

Matori showed a helpless expression.

"It should be that the Sinnoh Champion and Instructor Ai calculated that we would carry out a carjacking and rescue Proton, so the Sinnoh Champion chose to peer those people from the Saffron City Police Department as a disguised warning to us... If attempting to free Proton, we must get past her."

"Hmph!"

Giovanni snorted coldly.

"So that means that Mr. Fuji's plan to kidnap and the plan to take in the Ghost type Pokémon all failed." Matori finally stated the results of the mission, sighed, and said, "As for Dakrai's investigation operation, Proton and his squad who knew the contents of the mission were all arrested by the Saffron City police, and the exclusive instruments for detecting traces of Pokémon's energy were all seized from the Saffron City police department, the mission similarly also failed."

"Boss, is it necessary to arrange the next plan to kidnap Mr. Fuji."

It was also the first time that Matori took the initiative to ask a question.

As Giovanni's secretary, she naturally knew what Giovanni's purpose was when he gave the order to kidnap Mr. Fuji.

The experiments of the First Generation Mewtwo Program had naturally not arrived, and Giovanni was naturally unlikely to let it go.

"No, that old man is no longer valuable."

Giovanni, on the other hand, rejected Matori's proposal.

"It's impossible for Aisha and the Sinnoh Champion to have appeared in Lavender Town for no reason, not to mention that the Sinnoh Champion left Lavender Town after Proton and the others suffered... they must have received some information leaked from within us and made a special trip to Lavender Town with the purpose of sabotaging Proton's operation." Giovanni's pair of eyes were hidden under the shadows, flashing with a dangerous and sharp light, and his tone was even more eerie and frightening, saying, "Then, after the Sinnoh Champion left, Aisha continued to stay in Lavender Town for one more night, and I don't believe that he had so much time to spare, and this man must have met with Mr. Fuji... the information held by that old man should have already fallen into his hands, continuing to kidnap that old man no longer has much meaning."

"Furthermore, after experiencing this attack, the defense force of Lavender Town is bound to rise once, and the difficulty of a second kidnapping operation, even if it is carried out, will not be low."

Giovanni shook his head.

"There's no need for that..."

"That Aisha, he's actually this terrifying?"

Matori was also very much in awe.

"The feedback from our scouts says that Lance is very optimistic about that Aisha, how can a trainer that the Sinnoh Champion holds in such high regard be so simple."

"Carr planted, Proton planted..." Giovanni sneered, saying, "This kid's appetite is really big."

"Who's his next target?"

Giovanni's hand stroked Persion's head, who was prone next to the couch.

"Meow~"

Persion licked its paws, its sharp, white claws reflecting an icy glow.

"We have a very large number of researchers, it wouldn't hurt to not have that information, it would just take more time." Giovanni counted the time and said, "After the genetic makeup of the second generation Mewtwo is completely solidified and officially enters the cultivation stage, I will be able to free my hands and personally deal with that brat who doesn't know the heights of heaven."

"Not bad for a boss!"

Hearing Giovanni's words, Matori immediately revealed an expression of adoration.

Aisha's strength was already extreme in her eyes.

However, even so, Matori didn't believe that Aisha could have defeated Giovanni.

After all, this man was the greatest leader of Team Rocket.

His strength was not comparable even to that Elite Lance.

"By the time the Boss steps in, even Instructor Ai is bound to be your undoing!"

"Heh."

Giovanni laughed and interrupted Matori's bragging with a wave of his hand.

It wasn't that he thought Matori's boasting was fake - if she was just an opportunist who liked to kiss ass, she wouldn't have been able to follow Giovanni for so long.

Giovanni just didn't like bragging words very much.

"But despite that, the mole problem is still a big one."

"What does the boss have in mind?"

Matori asked Giovanni so.

"Knowing Proton's operation this time, the last operation of the St. Anne was also suspected of a mole leaking information, and it's not even easy to say exactly what happened to Carr's Mt. Moon operation." Giovanni slightly enumerated a series of things that had made his heart clogged during this period of time, and said, "The mole may have a not-so-low position within our Team Rocket, so go and investigate."

"Yes!"

Matori squared her shoulders and put down the file, after which she stepped on her high heels and walked out of Giovanni's office.

"Hmph..."

After Matori left, Giovanni also put away the extra expression above his face.

"..."

The man was silent as he looked at the computer screen of the desk in front of him displaying a picture of a teenager on top of it.

"Aisha."

Inexplicably appeared within Team Rocket's field of vision, identity is not much of a problem, the information is even simpler, but the strength is exceedingly powerful.

The sense of vestigial vision was too strong...

Giovanni remembered a man.

That man was exactly the same as Aisha today.

That guy had sabotaged his own plans over and over again, at first just sabotaging some small things of taking in Pokémon, then progressing to sabotaging the plans that Giovanni himself had personally set out to execute, gradually fighting from the pawns to the cadres, and after that, from the cadres to himself as the chief.

Even, defeating Giovanni.

"Tsk..."

Giovanni shook his head, trying to drive away that horrible thought of his.

"There's only one Red, and there's no way I'm going to make the mistake of raising a tiger again."

His eyes deepened as he stared at Aisha's picture.

"You're nowhere near as powerful as Red, and it's easy as pie for me to take care of you."

Giovanni sneered.

"I, or Second Generation Mewtwo, are all your mourners."

He stood up and similarly walked out of the office.

"Meow~"

Persion, on the other hand, faithfully assumed the role of a bodyguard and strolled behind Giovanni with elegant steps, protecting him at all times.

[Identity Verification.]

Ten minutes later, Giovanni stood before a mechanical door, and a mechanical device performed a segment of scanning towards his eyes.

[Identity Verification Successful.]

Accompanied by an electro-mechanical tone, the steel gate also quickly opened, revealing the contents behind it.

It was a laboratory.

To be more accurate, it should be a biological laboratory - the internal area was very spacious, with plenty of light, filled with all sorts of very advanced technological equipment, biological information and experimental records printed on A4 paper had piled up, some holograms of Pokémon were displayed on top of the computer screen, and petri dishes were filled with turbid culture fluid. Inside the petri dishes on display were turbid culture mediums, in which some strange things were soaked.

Countless researchers in white coats were busy within this biological laboratory.

They held different duties, but their task was always the same - to cultivate the Pokémon embryos soaking in nutrient solution and growing with countless tubes inserted into their bodies within the petri dish displayed in the center of the lab.

"The experiment's psychic power fluctuations are growing, there is no problem with the direction of our research."

A researcher guarding the computer read out the recorded data.

"The gene fusion situation is perfect, there are no genetic defects in the experimental body." The researcher staring at the other piece of data also revealed an expression of emotion, saying, "Incredible, what human genes can actually rival a Mythic Pokémon in terms of strength above all else, it's too impressive."

"It's not like there's a reproductive isolation between humans and Pokémon, it's normal for some strange guys to appear."

Another researcher suddenly spoke up about dangerous topics.

"All in all, the experimental subjects have stepped into the right track of cultivation."

The researcher who seemed to be leading the experiment also noticed Giovanni and hurriedly walked up to him, saying, "Chief, our plan is progressing methodically."

"Good."

Gazing at the petri dish of the Second Generation Mewtwo, Giovanni finally revealed a long-lost smile.

"About how much time will it take?"

"The time needed for the culture to finalize is variable." The leading researcher did not respond positively to Giovanni's question, considering the multiple aspects of maneuvering, he left some wiggle room for himself and his team, but also positively pleased Giovanni, who was clearly not in a very beautiful mood at the moment, by saying, "However, once the stage of cultivation has been successfully transited, then the growth speed of the Second Generation Mewtwo can be very astonishing, and it does not take much time to leave the petri dish and become a true fighting force."

"Good!"

Giovanni didn't pursue the issue of time much.

He also knew that there were too many uncertainties in biological research, and forcing an exact time was tantamount to making things difficult for the researcher.

"Dayan has a saying that slow work makes perfect work."

Seeing that Giovanni had no intention of rushing, the researcher also felt relieved and boldly boasted, saying, "The human genes that the boss provided us with are simply too strong, and, the degree of fit and smoothness in terms of fusion between that human's genes and Mew's genes is extraordinarily high, so our entire team can almost guarantee you that the power of the Second Generation Mewtwo will inevitably surpass that of the First Generation Mewtwo!"

"Oh?"

Giovanni did show a meaningful smile at this time.

"That's quite a good thing."

He looked over at the petri dish of the Second Generation Mewtwo.

"Aisha..."

Giovanni was sneering.

"Your power has forged the power of the Second Generation Mewtwo, and sooner or later, the Second Generation Mewtwo will harness this power that originated from you and kill you!"

...

"Jie!"

After finishing his lunch, Aisha was standing next to a small stream in a daze when Gastly's ghostly face suddenly burrowed out from under the clear stream, posing with his teeth and claws in an authentic ghostly face.

"..."

Instructor Ai was certainly not afraid of its scare.

"Jie..."

Gastly looked lost.

"Any idea why I'm not scared?"

"Jie?"

Hearing Aisha's words, Gastly also quickly showed a good student's face and quietly waited for Aisha to tell him.

"Your movements were too big, without diving into the stream, I discovered you, so of course it was impossible to be afraid."

"Jie!"

Gastly nodded vigorously to show that it understood.

"Jie~"

Since that's the case, I'll work hard on my sneaking technique to become a top assassin.

"Jie!"

After that, Gastly then looked at Instructor Ai with a touched face.

Master!

"Jie~"

Gastly was instantly moved to tears and rushed towards Instructor Ai with its tongue fluttering.

This was its way of expressing its feelings.

"Don't!"

Instructor Ai dodged away from Gastly's tongue licking with a dodge.

He wasn't afraid of the paralyzing effect.

Simply just disliked Gastly's saliva...

"Jie~"

Gastly's "attack" fell short, but he didn't care.

On the contrary, recalling Aisha's movements from last night until now, constantly dodging his attacks, Gastly also realized!

The master is teaching me in disguise!

He means that my purity is too low.

With such a slow speed, I can't even catch up with my master, a human, so how can I possibly catch up with my enemies when fighting?

"Jie!"

Gastly's eyes instantly glowed.

I've come to my senses!

My master is implying that I should work on exercising my speed, after all, in addition to stealth, extreme speed is also a quality that an assassin should possess.

"Jie~"

Gastly was also happy.

Worthy of being the master, how powerful!

I still need to practice more.

I've decided that from now on, my training in speed will consist of licking master.... when I can lick him as fast as I can, I will have achieved my divine power!

"Hm?"

Watching Gastly's expression changing, a question mark rose above Instructor Ai's head.

This child seemed to particularly enjoy the look of thinking wildly to himself on one side...

However, after every random thought, Gastly's enthusiasm for exercising could be taken to the next level.

If you look at the results, it should be considered a good thing... Right?

"Forget it."

Instructor Ai shook his head, not wanting to think about it.

Ghost type Pokémon were more or less weird anyway.

Maybe Gastly this present symptom was normal for this type of Pokémon.

"You can contact Elite Summer when we reach Saffron City."

Aisha remembered his good brother.

"She is a connoisseur of Gengar, and in terms of habits, she is definitely the one who knows more about this class of Pokémon than I do."

"Instructor Ai."

Rotom phone floated in front of Aisha at this time.

It turned its back, the screen facing Instructor Ai, and opened the software for navigation - they weren't much farther from Saffron City.

If they hurried at full speed, they should be able to arrive before the next day.

"Good."

Aisha also indicated that he understood.

Because the distance between Lavender Town and Saffron City was not far, he did not see the need to continue practicing wildly halfway to brush up on his experience - the quality of the accompaniment from those Team Rocket grunts last night was not low - so he chose to hurry at full speed.

"Jie~"

Along the way, Gastly, probably because he hadn't been out of Lavender Town much before, was harboring curiosity about everything outside as well.

While everyone was hurrying, it also had the intention to look left and right while hurrying, and from time to time, it also had the free time to scare the wild Pokémon in the vicinity, so it was clear that it was a master who couldn't stay idle.

However, this guy was naughty, but in the end, he also knew his place.

After all, Gastly's hometown was the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town.

With so many humans worshipping there day in and day out, a Pokémon with the attribute of Ghost was second only to a Pokémon with the attribute of Superpower in terms of cleverness.

The Pokémon Tower's Pokémon were also more docile, and even some of the brainy old ghosts had gradually learned some manners under constant exposure - the Gastly that Aisha had taken in wasn't as powerful, however, at least it understood manners and wasn't a pure bear child.

"Jie~"

After Gastly frightened a wild Weedle on the roadside, it deliberately picked a delicious fruit from a high place as an apology.

"Ooh~"

The Weedle had tears hanging from the corners of its eyes took a bite of the tree fruit and immediately revealed a smile.

"Jie!"

Gastly, on the other hand, had an embarrassed expression.

"Interesting child."

Aisha also naturally noticed Gastly's interaction with Weedle and immediately revealed a smile as well.

"Let's go, Gastly!"

"Jie!"

Hearing Aisha's voice, Gastly also immediately followed its master's pace.

"Eh, I'm not asking you to lick me!"

"Jie~"

Today's Gastly was still obsessed with licking Instructor Ai.