Giovanni, Red Flame Pine, Archie...
Rainbow Rocket Team...
Staring at the three people before him, Fladeli's expression was solemn.
"This is truly unexpected."
"I never thought the Rocket Team, Magma Team, and Water Fleet, already rumored to be obliterated, would reappear in this form."
"So, what brings you here?"
Fladeli couldn't figure out why they had set their sights on him.
Red Flame Pine, Archie: "It's the will of God!!!"
Fladeli: ?
Giovanni: "Shut up!"
Immediately following, Giovanni calmly said, "Fladeli, representative of the Fladari Research Institute, you have selflessly used the profits from your institute to aid countless impoverished regions, extending help to suffering people everywhere and recognized as a philanthropist."
"Am I wrong?"
"Is this uncle really that good?" Although she did not know Giovanni, upon hearing his description of Fladeli, Ailan quickly turned to look at him.
Fladeli's eyes, meanwhile, narrowed slightly.
"You have done many good deeds, but the people you've helped have come to expect even more charity from you, resorting to deceit and scheming to seize and scam more charitable funds. Over and over, you grew disappointed in them, and hence the Flare Team was founded."
"Is that all you have to say?" Fladeli asked emotionlessly.
"Of course not."
"I also know about your ambition, your plans."
Fladeli was a rather unique villain. In his youth, he was a very famous philanthropist, but the more he was exposed to the darker sides of society, the more he despaired, believing this world to be beyond saving.
In the end, he conceived the idea of reducing the population, creating a future where only those he deemed worthy could survive.
Without those short-sighted lives, the world could become a better place, thought the ideologist "Night God Moon."
However, although his intentions were initially good, it was a pity that in the end, his ambitions degenerated and he sought to indiscriminately reduce lives.
"Look at this."
As Giovanni spoke, the communicator that Fladeli carried with him rang. Under Giovanni's gaze, Fladeli slowly took out the device and opened a newly received email.
After a moment, his pupils contracted. Then, frantically, he swiped across the screen.
The email detailed many covert operations of the Flare Team that simply couldn't have been exposed.
These operations pointed straight to the ultimate goal of the Flare Team.
If exposed, it would directly place the Flare Team in opposition to not just the Kalos League but to the entire world.
Beyond that, the email also included several photos of Flare Team branch bases being breached and conquered. The Flare Team, spread throughout the Kalos Region, had been silently wiped out.
Even the ultimate weapon was now under the control of the Rainbow Rocket Team.
Click.
In that moment, Fladeli's face twisted like a demon's, his fingers involuntarily tightening, almost crushing the communicator.
"I mean no harm," Giovanni said with a faint smile.
The malice belonged to Fang Yuan.
"We've come here to invite Mr. Fladeli to accompany us on a trip. You know the consequences of refusal. Or would you prefer to use the method you just tried on that boy and fight it out?"
Giovanni took out a Poké Ball.
Perhaps Fladeli was a Trainer not far behind the Champion in skill, but Giovanni Boss was no pushover himself. Even the combined forces of the Elite Four of Kanto and the Champion could not deal with the Rocket Team, so handling a Fladeli would be more than manageable for him.
"Being chosen by God is your fortune," Archie said gruffly.
Red Flame Pine sneered, "Going there now, you'll have a companion (cellmate Red Sun)."
"Every one of them there is talented, with grand ambitions."
MMP!!!
Right now, Fladeli simply wanted to murder the three men in front of him. What kind of nonsense was this? No malice? With no malice, they silently obliterated the Flare Team???
Other villain organizations at least made it to the final step and almost achieved their ambitions before failing, but what about him? He hadn't even started acting, yet these already defeated illegal organizations had stolen home?
Fladeli almost fainted from anger.
"What is your actual purpose?" Fladeli asked with a hostile tone.
"We just want you to become a good person again," Archie said. "God is merciful."
Fladeli: ???
Damn imbeciles.
I'll buy none of your bullshit.
You three are much worse than me, and you're talking to me about being good?
"I can accompany you, but I need an explanation," Fladeli took a deep breath.
Although he wanted to refuse, the other party was clearly well-prepared.
He needed to understand their intentions first, as the Flare Team was currently completely outmaneuvered. If conflict arose, it could very well ruin all his plans.
There might still be a chance to turn things around; he must not act rashly.
Fladeli was not afraid of harm coming to himself; from the moment he set his heart on his goal, he had already disregarded life and death.
"Fladeli." As Fladeli made his decision, Fire King Paqila appeared from the Flare Team's helicopter and walked down to face Giovanni and his two companions alongside Fladeli.
Giovanni and his men showed no surprise at Paqila's appearance.
Fladeli was calm, too.
"Paqila, I'll be gone for a while."
"Okay..." After a moment of silence, Paqila responded.
Despite not understanding the situation, since Fladeli was not preparing to fight, she would just observe.
"And what about me?" Ailan looked towards Fladeli. Weren't they supposed to have a talk?