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In Rustboro City, a storm is about to come.
Under the leadership of Miss Jenny, people in the northwest area of Rustboro City evacuated quickly.
The Devon company building was deserted a few hours ago.
Mammon was lying on the president's chair, sipping coffee and browsing the forum. Beside him, Tapu Fini was happily eating a small cake in small bites.
Armored Mewtwo stood quietly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, like a sculpture.
Zinna sat on the sofa, trimming her nails, while Catlin sat on the other side, wiping her Poké Ball with a clean rag.
However, Joseph Stone was feeling uneasy. After all, these three people were too calm.
But they should know what's going to happen next, right?
"President Joseph, you seem nervous?"
Mammon finally turned his eyes away from the computer and looked at Joseph Stone with a smile.
"Three of you, it's still not too late if you leave now."
Joseph Stone was silent for a moment, he still hoped that the three people could leave.
In his opinion, it was impossible to deal with the alliance members led by Steven with only three people.
"You're all still very young."
"It's precisely because we're young that we deserve to do something more meaningful, isn't it?"
Mammon stood up and looked down through the clean and transparent window. He saw that the police officers led by Miss Jenny had arrived at the door of Devon Company.
"There's a saying I like very much: Life is as gorgeous as summer flowers, and death is as quiet and beautiful as autumn leaves." Mammon's tone was very elegant.
"Human life is very short. In this limited life, it is meaningful to blossom with all your strength and pursue the ultimate beauty and brilliance, isn't it?"
Mammon looked at Joseph Stone.
"Just like you, Joseph, you single-handedly transformed Devon from a small, neglected company into one of the world's most powerful enterprises. Your existence is so brilliant and glorious to those businessmen."
"That's not the same." Joseph Stone shook his head.
"No, it's the same for me. I also want others to recognize my brilliance, to truly remember... my own unique name."
Mammon's mouth slowly curled up.
boom!
With a loud bang, the door of the president's office was blown open, and a giant golden monster came into everyone's sight.
"Father!"
Behind Metagross, Steven's sight immediately fell on Joseph Stone.
"Steven!" Joseph Stone was delighted.
Zinna and Catlin slowly stood up.
"Teacher Steven, this is a bit too violent."
Mammon looked at Steven with a smile. There was no one else behind Steven. That meant he came up here alone?
"This door isn't cheap. It's a shame to break it like this."
"Mammon!"
Steven's eyes darkened as he stared at Mammon, glancing at Zinna and Catlin from the corner of his eyes.
"Why did you kidnap my father?!"
Steven didn't understand why Mammon and the others would target Joseph Stone.
"You have to ask President Joseph. I think he will tell you?" Mammon shrugged.
Steven frowned slightly, glanced at Joseph Stone, and noticed the complicated expression on Joseph Stone's face, and his heart sank.
Did Joseph Stone really hide something from him? He would have to talk to his father about it later.
"Mammon, our people have blocked off this entire area. You can't escape." Steven said in a deep voice.
"escape?"
Mammon raised his eyebrows and looked at Steven with a smile.
"I haven't seen you for a few days. It seems that you, Mr. Steven, have picked up the same problem as Mr. Wallace."
Mammon moved his palms and spoke in a sarcastic tone.
"Why should we run away? Master Steven, you are really brave to come to us alone."
…
And in the open space not far from Devon Company.
"Is it really okay for Steven to go up alone?" Wallace was a little worried about the safety of his good brother.
"Champion Steven is not a reckless person. Since it is his own decision, we just need to wait for his news."
Cynthia was actually not very reassured, but Steven was determined to go up alone, so they had no choice but to agree.
"It seems like a fight has broken out!"
Nemona had very sharp eyes and she immediately noticed the explosion on the top floor of the Devon Company building.
Smoke and dust drifted out of the building, and several figures flew out.
"Here he comes!"
The serious-faced middle-aged man Brandon reminded them. He was also invited to join the war, and Brandon would naturally not refuse to fight against evil organizations.
Mammon, who was flying in the air under the control of Armored Mewtwo's superpowers, kept falling and finally landed steadily.
Armored Mewtwo and Tapu Fini also landed beside him.
And Salamance landed with Zinna and Catlin on it, while Steven's Metagross was the last to come out with Steven and Joseph Stone on it, and landed opposite Mammon.
Just now on the top floor, it was Steven who had Metagross use a mental attack that caused the explosion.
"Shifting the battlefield? That's a good idea."
Mammon brushed off the dust on his clothes. He hadn't planned to fight Steven in the building.
After all, the environment is too small and I can't move freely.
"Father, please leave first." Steven said to Joseph Stone.
Joseph Stone glanced at Mammon and the other two, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something to Steven, but in the end he sighed and slowly backed away.
Cynthia and others also rushed to the scene immediately.
"Yo yo yo Look who I saw, Master Wallace, Champion Cynthia, and... Tsk Dad, I didn't expect you to come too."
Mammon couldn't hide the smile on his face. His eyes swept over Wallace and the others one by one, and finally fell on Giovanni.
"1.2.3.4.5.6, six champion-level ones? The Hoenn League is really willing to put in the effort." Zinna looked at the six opponents opposite and couldn't help smacking her lips.
The Hoenn Alliance is working too hard.
"Mammon!" Giovanni had a complicated expression.
"Catlin..." Cynthia's gaze fell on Catlin. She pursed her lips with a complicated expression.
Catlin noticed Cynthia's gaze and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her lips. This time she was calm.
"Are these the members of Team Rocket? They are all so young." Nemona looked curious. These three people... were very different from the image of the evil organization members she had imagined.
Especially Mammon and Catlin, they are both handsome and beautiful! Although Zinna is not stunning in the intuitive sense, her heroic temperament is also eye-catching.
"Mammon, don't you have anything you want to tell me?"
Giovanni's magnetic voice was extremely low at this moment.
"What are you talking about?" The smile on Mammon's face disappeared a little.
"Do you think I've embarrassed you?"
Mammon said lightly.
"'Giovanni of the Earth', such an outstanding gym leader, his son actually joined Team Rocket. It's really embarrassing for his father. Do you want me to say it for you?"
The scene fell silent for a moment.
Steven and the others were all silent, but Zinna's eyes lit up. The middle-aged man opposite was actually Mammon's father?
Holy crap! So exciting!!
"I haven't thought about it that way." Giovanni said with a heavy expression.
"Mammon, come back. No matter what the reason is, you shouldn't join Team Rocket and do evil."
"It's already this time, and you still want to lecture me." Mammon's mouth curled up with a hint of sarcasm.
"Giovanni, in the final analysis, you have never thought about understanding me. I used to be just a puppet whose future you arranged and who you carefully taught me. Even when I was out there, I was still labeled as you."
Giovanni's expression changed, his eyes filled with regret and self-blame.
"Master Giovanni, there's no need to say more. No matter what you say now, Mammon won't listen." Steven whispered to Giovanni.
"That's right, Master Giovanni, let's defeat them first. As long as we catch them, I think we can always persuade him to mend his ways."
Brandon agreed very much. He didn't know the details, but he could see that the man opposite named Mammon was "very ill".
And it seems that Mammon really dislikes Giovanni? Is it because of past experiences?
What a poor kid, but now is not the time to feel sympathy for him.
Today he even dared to kidnap the president of Devon Company. Brandon couldn't even imagine what he would dare to do tomorrow.
"I understand." Giovanni took a deep breath.
"Are you going to take action? But unfortunately, with all due respect, it's still far from enough for the six of you to defeat us."
Mammon's tone became frivolous, but it was full of nonchalance.
"You are so arrogant!" Wallace's fair face darkened when he heard these 'familiar' words.
"I'm just stating the facts. Do you really think, Mr. Wallace, that you guys can defeat us?"
Mammon raised his eyebrows and looked at Wallace in surprise.
When these words were spoken, Steven, Wallace, Cynthia and the other two, who probably knew Mammon's personality, were not too surprised, but the corners of Master Wallace's mouth twitched.
But Nemona was extremely shocked, and Brandon fell silent.
"Oh my god! Isn't this guy too arrogant?" Nemona came back to her senses and was stunned.
My goodness, they were six against three! Not only did they have an absolute advantage in numbers, but all six of them were champions.
"Mammon is like this, but he is really strong, so everyone should be careful." Steven reminded solemnly, and then directly assigned the opponents.
"Wallace, you go deal with Catlin, is that okay?"
Steven said to Wallace that the weakest of the three opponents was naturally Catlin.
Then they naturally cannot waste too much combat power and send Wallace to deal with it.
"Of course no problem! I will get her, you can always trust me!"
Wallace patted his chest and made a promise solemnly.
Hearing this again, Steven's eyelids twitched. To be honest, after what happened last time, Steven didn't really want to believe Wallace anymore.
But it's definitely not a good time to say this.
Cynthia did not object. Although she wanted to fight Catlin more, she would not let her emotions control her. She knew what was important and what was not.
The most important thing is Mammon.
"As for Zinna..." Steven pondered for a moment, "Brandon-senpai, Nemona, how about you two take her down?"
"Okay." Brandon nodded calmly.
"Ok ok! Steven-senpai, leave it to us!"
Nemona showed a big sunny smile. She is the new champion of Paldea, Nemona!
What's more, there is a senior who has captured the legendary Pokémon Regirock to fight together, so Nemona feels that it is foolproof!
"Then Champion Cynthia, Gym Leader Giovanni, let's deal with Mammon!"
Steven looked at Mammon with a serious expression.
Among the three people on the opposite side, the most important one is Mammon. If Mammon cannot be defeated, it will be useless even if Catlin and Zinna are defeated.
"Have you finished discussing this?"
Mammon asked with a smile when he saw Steven and the others stopped talking.
"Although I think you're wasting your time, since you can't possibly defeat us, you've deployed such a large force anyway, so it's not too much to ask you to prepare more."
"Mammon, arrogance is the beginning of your failure!"
Steven narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke with great force.
"Oh? Talk like that again if you can do that. Perfect, I'll show you an evolution beyond evolution."
Mammon raised his hand, and a crystal key stone appeared in front of Steven and others.