Alex noticed that Maria's expression didn't change, but he pretended not to see it and continued, "Okay, that was all. See you in 7 days."
Daniel and Elise weren't stupid and quickly realized that Alex had nothing more to say and that the two of them should now go away.
Although the two didn't know why Alex was in such a bad mood, the two didn't want to annoy Alex unnecessarily, especially if he was to become their direct boss in the future.
Daniel and Elise said goodbye and started flying away from this island with their Pokemon.
Maria stopped and she did not leave this island immediately. She waited with an emotionless expression for Elise and Daniel to be no longer within hearing range and at the same time looked at Alex, who also looked at her emotionlessly.
"..."
"..."
Although Alex's two subordinates have already left the island, neither Alex nor Maria said a word.
Maria's emotionless expression started to break at first and she said with a slightly sad expression, "Alex... do you want to talk about it?"
Alex's eyes betrayed his emotions a bit, but he still said with an unemotional expression, "Maria, I need some time alone to process this...."
Maria felt emotionally hurt by those words but showed an understanding expression as she said, "Ohh... Ok. ...If you want to talk to me about it or just want to talk like always... you know how to reach me ."
She felt hurt that Alex would rather stay alone at this time but she knew that Alex is in an extremely bad state now and she didn't want to selfishly make the situation worse just because Alex didn't trust her enough.
Maria even felt it was her own fault that Alex didn't trust her enough. That's also why she showed such an understanding expression.
Alex understood immediately that he was hurting Maria with those words, but he really wanted to be alone for a bit and it had nothing to do with trust. or at least he thought so.
"...Maria,...don't think about it too much. It's not as dramatic as you think."
Alex could express his emotions better than Maria but he was still much worse than the average person. They were both very bad at expressing their emotions.
Maria showed a puzzled expression and she didn't quite understand how else to explain Alex's words.
But she didn't want to argue with Alex now, so she just nodded.
"Ok... I will see you later. ... You know how to reach me if you need anything."
Maria walked away along with her Pokemon with an awkward expression on her face as she said that.
Alex noticed Maria's concern and affection and he couldn't help but watch her leave with a slightly emotional expression.
He suppressed those emotions and pulled out his TRH device.
Alex went in front of Bastiodon's corpse and he put the corpse into his TRH device.
In his first plan, he wanted to keep Batsiodon's body in order to be able to revive him later, but after hearing from Mew that Batsiodon had already been resurrected in a new body, he knew that Bastiodon's body was now useless and he couldn't bring him back.
The Bastiodon he knew is dead.
Alex's new plan was to bury Bastiodon in a suitable place. preferably in his new home in Hoenn. He also intended to move Gardevoir's mother's grave there if Gardevoir agrees.
He stopped thinking about it and looked at his TRH device.
Alex still had a few things to do and now wasn't a suitable time to be mourning.
He called Giovanni on the number he used to call him.
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Celadon City, Celadon Game Corner, Team Rocket Hideout.
Alex is waiting in a waiting room for Giovanni to receive him with a restrained expression.
Now that he's won this test, not only will he get a lot of help from Team Rocket in establishing a base in Hoenn, but he's now one of Team Rocket's highest members.
Alex's importance is no longer comparable to before and he was now even more important to Team Rocket than some Team Rocket Executives. and that although Alex's new position hadn't developed its full potential.
In the future, if Alex has a similarly large and powerful organization like Team Magma or Team Aqua, he will become the second most powerful person in Team Rocket after Giovanni.
Although his future looks very bright, Alex couldn't show a smile at that moment.
Alex didn't have to wait long and after 5 minutes he was led to a room where Giovanni was waiting for him.
This room was very large and luxurious, but that wasn't Alex's focus when he entered this room.
In the middle of this room, 4 Ultra Balls were evenly distributed on 4 small tables.
Behind these 4 tables was also a glass cage with 4 different Pokemon in them.
Giovanni's pet was also in this room but this time Alex didn't even have a nervous expression when he looked at it.
Scizor, with his Mega Evolution, was now stronger than this "pet" and Alex didn't feel the same danger from this "pet" as before when he looked at it.
Although Alex is still a bit nervous when he looks at Giovanni.
Giovanni stood up from his chair and said with a small smile, "Alex, congratulations on your victory although unfortunately, it happened in the way I didn't expect. I want to apologize again for allowing Marco to enter this test and that I realized too late that he was interested in you."
"For my mistake, I will compensate you. Again. not for your loss but for my mistake."
"Please choose one of these 4 Pokemon. They are the best and most talented Pokemon in all of Team Rocket."
Alex looked at the 4 Pokemon after Giovanni said that.
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Pokémon: Bagon
LV: 12
Type: Dragon
Abilities: Sheer Force (hidden ability)
Gender: Male
Potential: Shallow Gold
Move:
- Rage, Ember, Leer, Bite
- (Innate Talent) Draco Meteor, (Innate Talent) Endure, (Innate Talent) Thrash
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Pokémon: Dratini
LV: 8
Type: Dragon
Abilities: Shed Skin
Gender: Male
Potential: Shallow Gold
Move:
- Leer, Wrap, Thunder Wave
- (Innate Talent) Extreme Speed, (Innate Talent) Dragon Dance, (Innate Talent) Frustration
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Pokémon: Dratini
LV: 7
Type: Dragon
Abilities: Marvel Scale (hidden ability)
Gender: Female
Potential: Gold
Move:
- Leer, Wrap, Thunder Wave
- (Innate Talent) Agility, (Innate Talent) Dragon Rush, (Innate Talent) Aqua Tail
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Alex displayed a relatively calm expression when he saw the information from the third Pokemon.
Although Born Gold Pokemon are very rare, it shouldn't be unlikely that Team Rocket will find 1 or 2 if they really are the best Pokemon from all of Team Rocket at that level.
Especially when Team rocket has a lot of pseudo-legendary Pokemon and they are generally more talented than other Pokemon species.
But after Alex saw the information about the fourth Pokemon, he couldn't help but show a shocked expression.
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Pokemon: Larvitar (Shiny)
LV: 10
Type: Rock/ Ground
Abilities: Guts
Gender: Male
Potential: Deep Gold
moves:
- Bite, Empty, Sandstorm, Screech
- (Innate Talent) Avalanche, (Innate Talent) Stone Edge, (Innate Talent) Dragon Dance
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