Chapter 95: Only I Am Worthy of Becoming Mammon's Wife!

"What a cheapskate, not even willing to give up some feathers."

Mammon watched the Phoenix King fly off and shook his head. This big turkey really was too stingy.

"And it has zero manners — how can it still be cursing people?"

Mammon was very displeased.

That's right, before leaving the Phoenix King had been grumbling and cursing, saying things like 'Greedy humans, hopeless, do you have any idea how important feathers are to a bird?' — didn't it know how hurtful that was?

I just wanted it to do a live molting performance, and it actually cursed me! This bird really has no manners!

How on earth does a bird like this have believers?

"……"

Liza laughed awkwardly. She actually really wanted to say, the fact that the Phoenix King didn't burn you with a Sacred Fire is already plenty of manners, okay?

"Forget it, the haul's already pretty good. Let's head back."

Mammon stretched with a big lazy yawn, saying this to Gardenia and Liza.

Dark Mewtwo silently used its psychic powers to control the limiter armor and put it back on, once again 'transforming' into Armored Mewtwo. Through the battle just now it had discovered more problems.

As long as its psychic output was too massive, many areas still couldn't be controlled with precision. The limiter armor could effectively help it.

The three of them returned to Ecruteak City.

Mammon came to the villa's back yard, opened a Poké Ball, a flash of Bai Guang, and Suicune appeared before him.

"Woof!"

The moment Suicune appeared, it immediately put distance between itself and Mammon and started hissing at him.

Clearly, Suicune was still very resistant toward Mammon.

"You've already lost to me, and you didn't resist the Poké Ball's capture either. Now I am your trainer."

"Woof!!"

Suicune glared at Mammon. It had clearly refused itself — it was Mammon who insisted on forcibly capturing it!

"Getting angry won't help. This is already an established fact." Mammon raised an eyebrow.

"Also, take a look at this?" Mammon took out that dazzlingly brilliant Rainbow Wing.

Suicune looked at the feather with uncertainty and suspicion. This was Lord Phoenix King's?

"That's right, the Phoenix King gave this to me. It shows the Phoenix King recognizes me too. What's so bad about being with me?"

Mammon smiled and waved the feather at Suicune.

A subtle change came over Suicune's eyes. It was wavering a little.

It could tell this really was Lord Phoenix King's feather, and a very 'fresh' one at that — it should have just fallen from Lord Phoenix King's body.

If it was Lord Phoenix King's judgment… surely there couldn't be any problem?

"Although I really can't count myself as any kind of good person, I do like Pokémon very much. I'm also devoted to letting the humans of this world and Pokémon coexist in harmony." Seeing this, Mammon increased the firepower.

"For a world like that, I really need your strength as well, Suicune."

Mammon's tone was very sincere, because he knew many Pokémon fell for this sort of thing.

"This world has many dark corners. Many people are also active for their own selfish interests and desires. This is the truth of this world."

"But there are also things we can do. Facing the truth head-on is the first step, right? Eliminating those filthy, crazy things — that is necessary."

Mammon wasn't really lying. After all, teams like Team Magma, Team Galactic, Team Plasma — every single one of them was either a lunatic or a nutcase.

If he wiped out and absorbed all of these organizations, wasn't that doing a good deed?

Mammon felt he was clearly a great benefactor!

But those people always kept shouting 'Evil Team Rocket' at him — really too much.

"For a blue and clean world! Let us work hard toward this together!"

"Woof!!"

Suicune was moved. It hadn't expected this human to have such a grand ideal. No wonder Lord Phoenix King had chosen him!

Suicune walked closer to the youth before it. Under the first-impression bias, it felt this human hadn't lied to it.

Because Lord Phoenix King could never be wrong!

Lord Phoenix King had given him this top-grade Rainbow Wing — that was the proof.

"Not bad, but your current strength still isn't quite enough. So next I'm going to start special training for you, Suicune. Can you handle it?"

"Woof!!"

Suicune was brimming with fighting spirit.

"Very good. Plenty of spirit."

Mammon was very satisfied. Actually Suicune's own strength was already very strong — after all, it was a being that had received the Phoenix King's power and been reborn back then.

But for Mammon, this still wasn't enough. It still needed training.

Early the next morning.

"Mr. Mammon, time to get up. Wait! Please don't — like this! You… mmph…"

In Mammon's room, Liza had once again come to wake Mammon up, and once again been pushed down onto the bed.

Liza's pretty face flushed red, but the intense deep kiss made her head go dizzy, and the hands pushing against Mammon went limp.

And before she knew it, her casual clothes had been lifted up.

And then…

Ten minutes later, Liza covered her eyes and fled from Mammon's room as if running for her life.

Too scary!

The flower-arranging-loving Young Lady was dizzy and lightheaded — would she really be okay?

But what she didn't know was that, in the crack of another door, a single eye was watching her the whole time.

"Mmm… it's fine, Mamon is just using her to practice her technique, mmm…"

The Young Lady with the gorgeous golden hair gripped the door handle, constantly comforting herself, forcibly suppressing the urge to brick this thieving bad woman into the wall.

She couldn't do that—if she did, Mamon would definitely be unhappy, and when it came down to it, she was just a maid anyway.

No threat at all!

Having built up her mental fortitude and calmed her emotions, Gardenia stepped out of the room with elegant steps, as noble and gorgeous as ever.

Only I, Gardenia, can become a wife worthy of Mamon!

……

Lavender Town, a town filled with a tranquil atmosphere.

The so-called "lavender" refers to the color of the noble purple orchid, so most of the buildings in Lavender Town have a slightly purple tone.

Lavender Town is also the location of the famous Pokémon graveyard in the Kanto region; all burial and memorial activities are carried out at the Pokémon Tower in town.

Pokémon Tower is the most famous building in Lavender Town, and also the graveyard of Pokémon, though in the second generation, Pokémon Tower was converted into the Lavender Radio Tower, and the Pokémon originally buried inside were all transferred to the House of Souls.

The three of Mamon's group had now arrived at Lavender Town, though not for the Pokémon Tower.

Pokémon House—Mamon looked at the wide-open door and walked straight in.

The inside of Pokémon House was very plain and ordinary, simply divided into individual cubicles, and the ones living inside were all sorts of Pokémon.

Bellsprout, Rattata, Marowak, and so on.

"Hello! Are you here to adopt Pokémon?"

A little girl wearing a floral dress came up to them and curiously asked the three of Mamon's group.

"No, we're looking for Grandpa Fuji. Where is he, please?"

Mamon showed his usual gentle smile and asked the little girl.

"Grandpa Fuji is giving a Nidoran♀ a bath right now, it'll probably take a while." The little girl blinked her big eyes.

"Then we'll wait. We brought some food too, we can give it to these Pokémon."

Mamon took several bags of energy cubes and some cake snacks from his backpack and placed them in the corner.

The so-called Pokémon House is actually the "home" that old man Fuji set up to take in Pokémon that have been abandoned or have lost their parents.

Simply put, it's a Fuli Academy similar to the Aether House.

However, unlike the Aether House which has the Aether Foundation backing it, Pokémon House was established by old man Fuji entirely on his own.

"Wow!! Thank you, big brother! This is enough for Rattata and the others to eat for a long time!"

The little girl's eyes lit up, very happy, an undisguised joyful smile appearing on her little face.

"Big brother is not only good-looking, he's also super nice!"

"Haha~ you really know how to talk, child. Here, this is for you."

Mamon couldn't help but laugh, took out a lollipop, tore open the wrapper, and handed it to the little girl.

"Thank you, big brother~" The little girl sweetly thanked him, her eyes narrowing into crescents.

After chatting with the little girl for a while, Mamon also confirmed that Pokémon House was indeed living on a tight budget, after all, old man Fuji currently had no source of income.

If the townspeople and trainers passing through didn't frequently help provide some supplies and occasionally donate some money, Pokémon House would have found it very hard to last until now.

After about twenty minutes, a bald old man wearing a grayish-white shirt with white eyebrows walked out from inside the room, and at his feet was a clean Nidoran♀.

"Grandpa Fuji, a super nice big brother came, and he brought us lots of food!"

The little girl was the first to bounce up to him.

"Really? Then we really must thank them properly. You all are… Mamon?"

Old man Fuji kindly rubbed the little girl's head, but when his gaze fell on Mamon, old man Fuji's expression instantly changed.

"It's been a long time, Grandpa Fuji."

Mamon smiled and greeted old man Fuji.

"…So you've still found me after all?" Old man Fuji's face was somewhat pale, his tone doing its best to keep from trembling.

"It's not that bad, I just want to have a chat with you, Grandpa Fuji, I don't have any other intentions." Mamon shook his head.

"I understand. Come with me."

Old man Fuji took a deep breath—some things always had to be faced.

The group came outside Pokémon House. Of course, the little girl didn't follow; old man Fuji told her to stay inside and continue taking care of those Pokémon, and the little girl was very obedient.

Lavender Town was really tranquil; even though it was afternoon, the entire town was very quiet.

Sunlight filtered down through the gaps in the leaves, the hazy light and shadows very dreamy and beautiful.

"This place is really peaceful, no wonder you chose to settle down here, Grandpa Fuji."

Mamon sat on a bench under a tree and smiled at old man Fuji.

"I've already cut ties with Team Rocket, Mamon. You should know that, and I've never leaked any information about Team Rocket either."

Old man Fuji replied wearily.

This old man Fuji was actually a former member of Team Rocket?

Erika was quite surprised, because old man Fuji looked like a very ordinary kind old man with nothing special about him.

"Of course, so we've never come to bother you, have we? Otherwise, did you really think we couldn't find you?" Mamon replied with a smile.

"Although your leaving without a word did cause us some minor trouble, Mewtwo was basically already born at that time, just waiting in the process of awakening, and personally, I'm willing to respect your wishes."

Old man Fuji was silent.

"Then Mamon, why are you looking for me now? I don't want to do any more research."

Old man Fuji's aged voice sounded very feeble.

That's right—he was actually the research professor who brought about the birth of Dark Mewtwo, but at the last moment, old man Fuji regretted it, so he fled New Island together with another professor.

"This really is too much of a waste of your talent." Mamon said with some regret.

"Someone with such outstanding talent as you deserves better treatment and a better life."

"Creating Mewtwo for you was the greatest sin of my life." Old man Fuji finally spoke his true feelings.

Creating... Mewtwo??

Upon hearing this, both Caitlin and Erika were stunned. Did this mean Mewtwo was an artificially created Pokémon?

Huh???

"Why would you think that? Yes, we enhanced Mewtwo's combat instincts, but that is how it should be. Grandpa Fuji, you still hold prejudice against us." Marmen shook his head.

"Mewtwo's existence should not be for battle! It is a new life; it has its own future!!" Old man Fuji's tone gradually grew agitated.

"Especially... making it fight for Team Rocket's ambitions! It should not be like this."

"Of course, I can understand your feelings, but please calm down." Marmen raised an eyebrow.

"I did not come here today to argue with you. In this world, I believe no one knows it better than you, except Mewtwo itself, so I would like to ask you for a favor."

"Mewtwo's potential is not limited to this; there is even stronger power within its body. I would like to ask you to help unleash that power for it."

Marmen smiled and revealed his purpose.

That was right; what he referred to was, of course, Mega Evolution! The Mega Evolution Stone for Dark Mewtwo could not simply appear out of thin air.

In Marmen's view, only Dark Mewtwo itself and Dr. Fuji standing before him could create it.

"Impossible!" Old man Fuji refused without hesitation.

"Oh?" Marmen looked at Old man Fuji with a half-smile.

"Forget it. No matter what I say, you won't believe me, so let's get real."

Marmen tilted his head slightly, a thick malice curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Grandpa Fuji, you wouldn't want those Pokémon in your house and that little girl to meet with an accident, would you?"

Old man Fuji's face instantly turned pale.

Mini Theater:

Half a year later.

Erika: Caitlin, can you accompany me to the hospital?

Caitlin: Are you sick?

Erika touched her slightly protruding belly with a shy expression.

"Yes, I'm pregnant. Mr. Marmen is really something."

Caitlin was struck as if by lightning.

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(End of this chapter)