Chapter 489

Viridian City, Viridian Gym.

In the empty, closed research institute, Mewtwo, who was still curled up in a ball but whose body had clearly expanded a bit, opened its eyes.

There was not even a sound around, only the occasional noise of bubbles rolling when the nutrient solution provided oxygen.

Mewtwo looked around and carefully probed with its psychic power again. After confirming that there was no life, it finally sighed.

【So quiet...】

Mewtwo was already used to this pure silence.

In fact, from the first day it developed consciousness, such days occupied most of its memory, so much so that it had to waste most of its time sleeping.

If it could, it hoped that its only friend would come to see it more often.

At least if Mew was there, it wouldn't be so bored and could only use sleep to pass the long waiting time.

It's a pity...

According to Mew, it has its own duties, so it cannot stay here all the time.

Moreover, as its brain gradually developed and it had a clear understanding of the outside world, Mewtwo could also clearly feel—

These humans who appeared in front of it from time to time are definitely not good people.

It had also asked Mew, but only got an ambiguous answer, and was warned not to believe any words of these humans.

One day, Mew will take it away from here, escape this small, completely isolated room, travel across the vast world outside, and meet other kind-hearted humans.

Although Mewtwo was still not willing to believe in "kind humans" for the time being.

From the current point of view, all the humans it has seen have more or less held some bad emotions towards it in their eyes.

Whether it was the "BOSS" who always wore a black suit and held undisguised arrogance in his eyes towards it, or other researchers who seemed to center on him and were responsible for recording various data of its body, essentially did not treat it as the same life.

Even the human leader known as Giovanni mostly called it a "tool".

Mewtwo, who gradually established cognition of human language, knew very well that "tools" are just playthings without life that humans can drive at will.

After understanding this, Mewtwo could no longer give this BOSS a good look.

Even if it could feel that there might be some special connection between it and him, just like with Mew.

But only Mew is special.

The only one who expressed clear kindness to it was Mew, who suddenly appeared in front of it and brought the only light to its dark life.

In a sense, Mew is its only bond at present.

Therefore, Mew's reminder is completely redundant. How could it be influenced by such humans and stand on the opposite side of it?

If it weren't for the fact that it couldn't leave the nutrient solution environment for the time being, and Mew also persuaded it to wait until its body was mature before thinking of ways to escape together, it might have already been unable to help but use psychic power to blast open the fragile glass container blocking it.

With the development of its body and brain, its use and control of psychic energy are improving every day, and it will definitely grow extremely powerful in time!

Coincidentally, just as Mewtwo was thinking, a neat and rapid sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside.

Mewtwo frowned immediately and subconsciously closed its eyes, pretending that it was still asleep.

Generally speaking, the footsteps of researchers are relatively loose, and the number of people will not be too many.

A group of people appearing here can obviously only be explained by the situation where their leader, the man known as Giovanni, came in person.

Sure enough, the door of the research institute was opened soon, and through psychic power, Mewtwo could clearly sense the appearance of a group of humans.

The man in the lead soon walked in front of it and looked at it with appreciative eyes.

"Worthy of being a creation of Mew's genes, it is already about to mature in such a short time and has developed obvious wisdom."

"I can feel that you should be secretly observing me with psychic power right now, right?"

Long after Giovanni's words came out, there was still no reply from Mewtwo.

But he didn't care much about this, but instead revealed a confident smile.

"It seems that I was indeed arrogant this time. Leaving Mew's arrival alone has also had some bad effects on your growth."

As soon as these words came out, Mewtwo, who was still maintaining a curled-up sleeping posture, opened its eyes immediately.

How did he know about Mew's existence?

This question did not need to be asked by Mewtwo, and it did not intend to get an answer from Giovanni.

In order to protect its only best friend, Mewtwo immediately made an extreme decision in its heart.

"Boom—"

As a blue light flashed in Mewtwo's eyes, the culture dish glass that trapped it instantly shattered, and the glass fragments flying around made the other researchers subconsciously lower their heads to avoid.

And Giovanni still had a light and breezy expression, even having time to observe Mewtwo's body floating in the air relying on psychic power.

"Well, good eyes."

Looking at Mewtwo for the first time, Giovanni's face quickly showed obvious satisfaction, and he spoke again.

"Don't look at me like that. If the top secret of our Team Rocket could be broken by a Pokémon relying on Teleport, then it would not be qualified to develop to the point it is today."

"But it doesn't matter. You have to believe in your potential. After fusing my genes and Mew's genes, your future power will definitely surpass Mew a hundred times."

"Of course, if you want to become the strongest Pokémon in the world, maybe you still need a little guidance and training from me."

"Since Mew has already discovered your existence in advance, then..."

"The first step to becoming a god starts with defeating it head-on."

A playful smile quickly appeared on Giovanni's face.

To be honest, if it weren't for the Hypno of a certain researcher discovering the abnormal spatial fluctuations nearby, he really didn't expect that Mew would appear in the research base under the Viridian Gym.

The "darkness under the lamp" often said by Easterners is probably what this means, right?

Few people know that "Team Rocket", which currently occupies the entire Kanto and Johto regions and looks like the underground emperor of the Indigo Plateau, was actually just a scientific research organization at the beginning of its establishment.

And Giovanni's mother was the founder of Team Rocket. The main purpose of establishing the organization was to study a "Mythical Pokémon" that humans had almost never seen—

Mew!

It's just that she exhausted her life, but she still couldn't find Mew's figure, and the only clue was just discovering its eyelash fossil in America.

After inheriting Team Rocket from his mother, Giovanni actually couldn't understand his mother's thoughts, and a later incident further intensified his and Team Rocket's transformation.

The currently powerful evil organization Team Rocket was developed and grown by Giovanni himself.

But Team Rocket alone is not enough, far from enough.

His goal has never been anything but to launch a gorgeous revenge against the God Lord revered by the people of Kanto and Johto.

So...

Mewtwo's power is necessary.

Thinking of this, the smile on Giovanni's face gradually converged.

Mewtwo floated in the air, looking down at Giovanni who was still not afraid at all below.

It was about to speak, but suddenly felt a terrifying aura appear behind it instantly, making it subconsciously turn its head.

"Swish—!"

All that entered its eyes were a pair of poison needles crossing in a cross shape and attacking its neck rapidly.

In its ears was the sound of insects that was completely strange to Mewtwo.

Mewtwo, who had absolutely no combat experience, couldn't react in time, was instantly hit in the back of the neck by the rapidly attacking poison needles, instantly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground.

The buzzing sound made by flapping its wings with all its strength soon disappeared, and the terrifying existence that was faster than an afterimage soon revealed its true face.

(Mega Beedrill)

"Well done, Beedrill."

Looking at the reliable figure in the air, Giovanni nodded, and his gaze quickly looked at Mewtwo who had lost consciousness.

Its body had indeed grown to a level sufficient to be exposed to the outside world, but the lack of combat awareness made Mewtwo's attention not on the surroundings at all.

This gave his absolute ace Beedrill a chance to strike.

For the sake of insurance, he even used the brand-new power of Mega Evolution to deal with Mewtwo, ensuring that he could make Mewtwo lose the ability to resist in one breath.

With new power, plus the absolute restraint of Bug-type against Psychic-type, Beedrill's strength did not disappoint him.

Currently, it seems that his plan is being implemented perfectly.

"Although it possesses power that surpasses any other Pokémon..."

"But if it doesn't know how to use it, isn't it sitting on a treasure land without knowing it?"

"No need for any self-consciousness, as long as it can become a qualified tool, under my Giovanni's hands, you will definitely grow to a degree you can't believe."

"By then, even Ho-Oh will definitely not be your opponent."

After a murmur that seemed to be said to Mewtwo ended, Giovanni waved his hand quickly and looked at the trembling researchers beside him.

"Everything goes according to plan. From today on, put a suppression armor made of special materials on Mewtwo."

"Yes!"

It wasn't until Giovanni left that the other researchers breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear.

"Phew—, Boss Giovanni's Beedrill, the suppression is too terrifying, even this Mewtwo can be instantly killed..."

"In terms of strength alone, even if any Elite Four is picked out now, they are definitely not his opponent, right?"

"However, wouldn't doing this instead arouse Mewtwo's resistance consciousness..."

"What do you know? I don't know why the combat power of the International Police has suddenly become a lot stronger recently. Many of the people we sent out have been caught, and other limited forces have also shrunk into major cities."

"If someone among these minions reveals information, it will be difficult for Boss Giovanni to hide the fact that he is the Team Rocket BOSS!"

"So, if there is no accident, Boss Giovanni is preparing for the upcoming decisive battle with the Alliance in advance!"

"I see..."

The researchers chatted one after another, quickly cleaned up the mess left by Mewtwo, and took out a set of special armor that looked expensive.

When putting this suppression armor that can completely suppress psychic power and brain waves and only leave combat instincts on Mewtwo, a researcher couldn't help but mutter in a low voice:

"Speaking of which, I always feel that Boss Giovanni is a bit too extreme?"

"If he could treat Mewtwo like a newborn baby well... is it possible that it would take the initiative to become the power of our Team Rocket?"

"You dare to say this too? Hurry up and don't mention it!"