The Sacred Diamond was born.
The Carbink Kingdom ushered in its foundational year, and its first supreme administrator was Aoki's Diancie.
As long as the Sacred Diamond is given time, the entire Carbink Kingdom will take shape, and then there will be a continuous supply of diamonds for Aoki to use.
If enough time passes, it might even be possible to have a legion composed entirely of Carbink at Aoki's disposal.
Aoki knows that the current Elite Four member of the Kanto region, Koga, is most famous for his Ghost Legion!
In individual battles, and even full six-Pokémon battles, Koga doesn't have a significant advantage against the other Elite Four members, but in a deathmatch, Koga's advantage is huge.
Of course, Pryce only holds the title of an Elite Four member; otherwise, it's hard to say if Koga would still be the top Elite Four member.
However, Koga's Ghost Legion is a powerful deterrent for the Alliance against Team Rocket.
This is also why Koga remains firmly in his position, even as other Elite Four members have retired or been replaced.
If Aoki can control so many Carbink, coupled with the growing Tyranitar, forming a Sandstorm Army, it is estimated that he could also become a major deterrent in the Hoenn region.
However, this would require a lot of resources, as each Carbink would need to have a certain level of strength.
It's not something to think about in the short term.
In Aoki's latest plan, he intends to move the entire Carbink Kingdom to his island.
It's just that the current island is a bit small, and Aoki plans to find an opportunity to expand it.
Before, he didn't have the ability or strength, but now he has the time and ability to try.
Under the "reluctant" gaze of the Diamond Minister, Aoki took the somewhat weak Diancie back to the backyard.
After entrusting Diancie to Magearna's care, Aoki returned to his room.
With the establishment of the Carbink Kingdom, he no longer had to worry about resources.
Back in his room, Aoki took out a hidden communicator from inside his clothes.
After setting up a psychic barrier, he dialed the only contact number inside.
Every few seconds, the communicator connected.
"Leader."
Aoki respectfully called out.
Regardless of Aoki's current identity, he maintained a certain level of respect for Giovanni, the Team Rocket leader with overwhelming charisma and extraordinary strength.
This was not just out of awe for his strength and influence, but also for his ability.
In the entire Pokémon world, among all the powerful underground organizations, the only one Aoki truly admired was Giovanni, who had expanded Team Rocket to such an extent.
"Aoki, is something wrong? The Hoenn region hasn't been very peaceful lately," Giovanni said.
Although Team Rocket hadn't been able to enter the Hoenn region, their intelligence system was still largely intact.
"It hasn't been peaceful, but after yesterday, it's pretty much over," Aoki said.
"Oh? Then are you looking for my help?" Giovanni chuckled.
Aoki had grown up under his watchful eye, his every step of progress under his attention.
Giovanni was also very aware of Aoki becoming the youngest Senior Breeder in Alliance history, and he greatly admired Aoki, a person with talent, discretion, and considerable ambition, more so than most people within Team Rocket.
There weren't many people within Team Rocket who could communicate with Giovanni like this; Aoki was one of them now.
With Aoki's current strength, he was already among the top cadres within Team Rocket.
Even the two, An and Shadow, might not be able to gain an advantage against Aoki.
"Indeed, there's something I need the leader's help with," Aoki admitted.
"Tell me," Giovanni became interested.
"In a month, the Hoenn region will select its fourth Elite Four member, and the final candidate will be decided between me and Steven Stone. I hope to receive Team Rocket's assistance," Aoki said again.
Swoosh—
Giovanni, who was usually calm, suddenly stood up from his chair.
Elite Four!
So far, no one had been able to achieve this level.
Among those who had entered the Kanto Alliance, the highest positions currently held were by Koga, Sabrina, and Lt. Surge, and while the three of them were strong, they only served as Gym Leaders of a single city.
But even as just Gym Leaders, they had brought immense benefits to Team Rocket; Fuchsia City, Saffron City, and Vermilion City could almost be considered one of Team Rocket's main bases.
And with Giovanni himself stationed in Viridian City, nearly half of the entire Kanto region was under Team Rocket's control.
Koga was currently the closest to the Elite Four level, but the Kanto region was vast and had many talented people, so becoming an Elite Four member was not that easy.
The opportunity in the Hoenn region was relatively greater.
If Koga and Aoki were to battle, Aoki might not necessarily win.
In a full team battle, it would be about fifty-fifty, but in a wild deathmatch, it might only be seventy-thirty, with Koga at seventy and Aoki at thirty.
If it had been before, with Aoki becoming an Elite Four member of the Hoenn region, Team Rocket would definitely have been able to smoothly establish itself in Hoenn.
But now, it wouldn't work.
First, Team Rocket had already completed its contraction, and re-expansion would consume an incredibly large amount of resources.
Second, the Hoenn Alliance was currently extremely exclusive; the Hunter's Guild had been driven out twice like dogs, and even one of their highest council members, Old Man Yang Wu, had been captured by the Hoenn Alliance. Now, Team Rocket entering Hoenn would definitely face a crazy counterattack.
But it still had to be said, the birth of Team Rocket's first Elite Four member would be of great significance!
Giovanni, having recovered, sat back down on his chair. Even his psychological composure had experienced drastic fluctuations, showing how significant this matter was for him and for Team Rocket.
"Very good!!" Giovanni said in a deep voice, "What kind of help do you need from Team Rocket? Aside from assassinating your competitor, the young man from the Stone family, everything else can be unconditionally supported!"
At this critical moment, Giovanni also understood the importance of this month.
Opening the door wide, the sole goal was to enable Aoki to defeat his opponent and complete the Elite Four challenge.
As for assassinating Steven, Aoki hadn't thought about it. The two were just fair competitors; it was impossible to go to that extent, and Team Rocket couldn't do it either.
Even if he didn't become an Elite Four member this time, it would definitely be his next time, and the same went for Steven. So, neither of them was in a particular hurry.
Aoki just hoped to gain some benefits through this matter and also make Team Rocket pay more attention.
Now that Team Rocket had contracted, Aoki was sure that even if he became an Elite Four member, Team Rocket had no immediate intention or ability to expand, which was why he spoke to Giovanni about this without any hesitation.
"I hope..." Aoki listed a large number of special resources.
And some data, as well as several special human skin masks.
"I can exchange them for a few experienced Elite Four-level Pokémon. Although the price might be slightly off, it shouldn't be by much."
These resources would be troublesome for Aoki to acquire on his own.
For the vast Team Rocket, while still troublesome, it would be much simpler compared to Aoki or the Sky Team.
"Good! I'll have someone gather them this afternoon!" Giovanni waved his hand and agreed directly.
This was Giovanni's charisma: don't use those you doubt, and don't doubt those you use!
The resources that could be exchanged for a few experienced Elite Four-level Pokémon were incredibly vast, and none of the items Aoki mentioned were easy to obtain.
The easy ones were left for the Sky Team to gather, and the difficult ones were handed over to Team Rocket.