Chapter 12: The Rocket Team Comes to Pay a Visit

"Please inform your leader Guzma that the Kanto Rocket Team is here to pay a visit. Is that acceptable?"

Mamon smiled at these two Skull Gang members, who looked like harmless teenagers.

"You..."

The skinny Skull Gang member looked at these people with shock and anger.

Although their Skull Gang often caused destruction and snatched passersby's Pokémon, breaking someone's arm with a single strike was...

"Didn't you hear what the young master said? Do I need to invite you?" Lance spoke gloomily.

Seeing this omen speak, the skinny man shuddered, quickly helped the fat man up from the other side, and the two walked toward the mansion.

"Mamon, do you intend to absorb the Skull Gang?" Caitlin seemed to understand Mamon's thoughts.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be fine to just force our way in?

"That's right. Although most of the Skull Gang are thugs and hooligans, they can still be useful after a little reformation." Mamon replied with a faint smile.

"Our Rocket Team has just arrived in Alola and is currently short-handed. Directly absorbing the Skull Gang can fill quite a few gaps."

"What if they are unwilling to surrender?" Caitlin tilted her head slightly.

In her view, absorbing this group of ruffians and hooligans would probably not be an easy task, and the quality of these people was questionable.

If they were all recruited, it would likely affect the Rocket Team's standards.

"That is up to them."

Mamon grinned and strode toward the mansion.

"Let's go, the time is about right."

Inside the suspicious mansion.

"Big Sister!!"

The mansion gate was pushed open, and a loud wail filled with tears rang out.

A fat and a skinny figure ran in rather disheveled, nearly tripping and falling because they ran too fast.

A woman with heavy eye makeup and a indifferent expression saw this scene, and her eyebrows instantly furrowed.

"What is going on?"

The one called Big Sister was exactly Burmy, the only executive of the Skull Gang.

Guzma usually did not manage affairs, so the Skull Gang was actually commanded by Burmy most of the time, and she was deeply loved by the Skull Gang members.

"Big Sister, my hand... my hand has been broken."

The fat Skull Gang member wept bitterly, twitching in pain right now.

"Who did it?!"

Burmy's face instantly turned cold; she was very protective of her own and did not allow her subordinates to be bullied.

"According to them, it seems to be the Kanto Rocket Team. Big Sister, you must avenge me!"

The fat Skull Gang member's face was extremely pale, begging Burmy, whom he considered omnipotent in his heart.

Burmy frowned tightly, her face shifting between gloom and agitation. The Kanto Rocket Team??

The dark organization of the Kanto region, which was no different from the League in their Alola region; the Kanto region was where the Pokémon League headquarters was located.

An evil organization that could develop under the nose of the Kanto League was definitely not simple.

But didn't the Rocket Team only operate in the Kanto region? When did they come to Alola?

"You go get treated first. You two take him to the hospital." Burmy said to the two Skull Gang members beside her.

"Yes, Big Sister."

Several people hurriedly helped this fat man to the back.

Boom!

Just then, the mansion gate was blasted open directly, with several Pokémon such as Alolan Rattata and Salandit mixed in.

Burmy's expression stiffened.

"Big Sister!"

"Damn it! Big Sister, someone is here to challenge us!"

"Big Sister, we can't stop them."

Three disheveled Skull Gang members hurriedly ran in and complained to Burmy.

Burmy's chest heaved rapidly; looking at the shattered gate, a burst of anger Xiong Xiong burned in her heart.

"Really, we said we were here to pay a visit, yet they still want to fight us."

A light, teasing voice slowly came; Burmy looked forward as several figures walked in.

And the one who just spoke was exactly the leading teenager.

"Really sorry, it seems Lance was Too Heavy-Handed and dismantled your gate."

The teenager glanced around, finally fixing his gaze on Burmy, while speaking words of apology.

But anyone could hear the carelessness in the teenager's tone; there was not a shred of regret.

Truly... arrogant!!

"The few from the Rocket Team are simply not taking us Skull Gang seriously enough." Burmy suppressed the anger in her heart and spoke in a deep voice.

"Do not misunderstand; we respect everyone in the Skull Gang very much. Rest assured, we will reimburse the cost of repairing this gate and the medical expenses."

Mamon was still smiling, his tone very relaxed.

Burmy looked at him coldly and made no response.

A Rocket Team subordinate was very perceptive, quickly grabbing a stool from the corner, wiping it clean, and placing it behind Mamon.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Mamon from the Kanto Rocket Team, and I have specially come to visit your organization today."

Mamon sat down and crossed his legs, looking completely at ease, not paying the slightest attention to the Skull Squad members glaring at him from all around.

Lance swept a cold gaze over these people. Gardevoir clasped her hands together in front of her, her elegant bearing and gorgeous pink-white gown completely out of place with the surroundings.

However, Gardevoir didn't mind this in the slightest; she was very interested in this dark organization's negotiations.

"Is this how you pay a visit?"

Plumeria's expression was ugly. This guy had been acting subtly superior since the moment he walked in, and he calls it a visit?

He injured her underlings, and smashed in their mansion's front door!

"Just a greeting, that's all. I already said we'd compensate you, so don't take it to heart."

Mamon waved his hand, signaling Plumeria not to fuss over it.

Of course you don't take it to heart — the door you smashed was ours!

Plumeria was so angry she laughed, and the surrounding Skull Squad members were also bristling with fury.

"Today we came here naturally with sincerity, so madam, could you please inform Mr. Guzma? I'd like to have a proper chat with him."

Mamon's words were still very polite, he even used 'please' — truly very courteous.

"The boss isn't at the base right now. Whatever you have to say, you can tell me. I can make the call."

Plumeria said coldly. If she didn't know Team Rocket wasn't easy to provoke, given her usual temper, she would have already made a move.

Team Rocket, originally in Kanto, had suddenly appeared in Alola — they definitely came with ill intent. If it wasn't necessary, Plumeria didn't want to offend Team Rocket.

And Guzma was actually upstairs, but Plumeria knew Guzma's explosive temper wasn't suited for this kind of talk.

"I see. In that case, I'll get straight to the point."

Mamon raised an eyebrow.

"Recently our Team Rocket has begun expanding outward, and we quite like this land of Alola."

Mamon slowly curled his lips into a grin, swept his gaze across the Skull Squad members, and a thick malice surfaced.

"But your Skull Squad is rather an eyesore, so could your Skull Squad merge into our Team Rocket?"

The young man's words clearly reached the ears of everyone in the mansion.

Silence!

The first floor of the mansion fell eerily quiet in an instant. Plumeria's expression was extremely ugly as she stared fixedly at Mamon.

Even Gardevoir looked at Mamon in astonishment.

Oh my god, isn't this just way too arrogant??

(End of chapter)