Bruno thought Damian was absolutely insane for this.
The guy was dancing all over Lorelei's forbidden line.
Sure, Lorelei was top‑tier in both looks and figure, but Bruno—whose heart was filled with nothing but safe battles and pumping iron—had never had much fondness for her.
He felt Lorelei was just way too extreme.
Agatha was creepy, Lance was arrogant, and Lorelei was extreme.
Honestly, Bruno really felt all three of his coworkers had screws loose—and not just a few.
But today, Bruno had to admit: Lorelei had finally run into someone even tougher than her.
What kind of normal person just casually drops, "I'll get you pregnant with my kid"?
This guy was more cursed than all three of them put together.
"If you really piss me off, Lorelei, I'll do whatever it takes.
I am Evil Team Rocket in your eyes, after all."
Damian's smile deepened as he lowered his head slightly, leaning in toward Lorelei as he spoke.
Lorelei bit her lip, but this time, she didn't snap back.
She wasn't afraid of dying.
She'd long since been prepared to give her life to bring down Team Rocket.
But that meant a clean, open death on the battlefield—
Not being violated by Evil Team Rocket, turned into some kind of cream puff and forced to bear a child.
In short—Lorelei flinched.
She was truly afraid Damian might actually do it.
With Armored Mewtwo's psychic limiter on her, she couldn't even bite her tongue and end things herself.
"See? That's better.
With a face this pretty and a body this incredible… why keep acting so tough?"
Damian lifted his hand and gently stroked Lorelei's cheek.
Her skin was cold and smooth; it really did feel great to the touch.
"Hmph. Damian, I honestly just feel sorry for Giovanni—having a vulgar, rotten son like you."
Lorelei had tried to pull away and failed.
All she could do was glare at Damian with ice‑cold eyes and laugh at him in contempt.
"Maybe.
But if that man finds out you've become my woman, Lorelei, he might actually feel proud of me."
Damian's tone was light, unreadable.
"Heh…"
Lorelei let out another pair of cold laughs.
"Is humiliating me really that much fun for you?"
Lorelei finally understood.
"Humiliating you? Lorelei, why would you think that?"
Damian feigned surprise.
"I like you.
My feelings for you are sincere, straight from the heart."
Yep.
Straight from the heart—the desire to step on you.
That counted as love too, right?
Hearing that, Caitlin's frown deepened.
Her irritation rose another notch.
She knew Damian was just toying with Lorelei, and that none of this talk was real—
But it sounded exactly like a confession.
By Arceus, why did she get to have a figure that curvy?!
Seriously—
"So that's how much you 'like' me?"
Damian tilted Lorelei's chin up, but her expression stayed cold and so did her voice.
A thoughtful look flashed in Lorelei's eyes.
She remembered what Agatha and Goodshow had told her—they were both deeply regretful that Damian had strayed.
So… was there a way to pull Damian back to Indigo League?
Lorelei's "world‑shaking wisdom" spun into motion.
"Our positions just happen to be different, Lorelei."
"If you really like me that much, then quit Team Rocket and join Indigo League.
I'll marry you."
Lorelei's tone was cold.
Hiss!!!
Damian sucked in a sharp breath.
So did Bruno, who was quietly watching from nearby.
Bruno was convinced he'd made the right call coming to Celadon City this time.
This was peak drama.
So spicy!
This was exactly what he wanted to see.
Bruno was in despair, though—he hadn't recorded any of it.
What a crime.
"What did you just say?"
Damian was stunned.
"You leave Team Rocket, and I'll marry you.
Don't you like me?"
Lorelei's lips curved into an astonishingly beautiful arc.
"You want me to give you children?
I can give you ten.
How about that?"
Damian took two steps back.
Ten?
Was she trying to have kids… or start a small army?
Erika: (⊙⊙)
Caitlin: (o～o)
Bruno: Whoooaa!!
Damian was now convinced Lorelei really was insane.
What the hell was this—
"Quit Team Rocket and I'll marry you"?
"Lorelei, I think your principles and bottom line are a little too low."
Damian almost lost it.
"Bottom lines can change.
For someone like you, Damian, I don't think it's such a bad deal."
Lorelei's tone was calm.
Damian hadn't been with Team Rocket for long yet, and more importantly, his strength was terrifying.
And he was only seventeen.
If they let Damian just run wild like this, even Lance might not be his match someday.
Lorelei didn't think she was wrong.
She was prepared to sacrifice herself to wipe out Team Rocket.
If Damian left Team Rocket and joined them instead, helping bring it down from the outside—
How could they not succeed?
Damian smacked his lips.
This Lorelei… was kind of interesting.
"Tempting.
But not yet.
I haven't finished what I joined Team Rocket to do.
Still, I'll remember what you said, Lorelei."
His thoughts shifted, and Damian's smile brightened as he looked at her.
"Ten.
Not one less."
Lorelei fell silent.
Did he really want ten?
Could he even handle that?
"Today was fun.
We'll meet again, Lorelei.
You too, Bruno."
Damian stepped back a few paces, giving Bruno a very friendly smile.
"Hold up."
"Don't rush.
We've got a long future ahead of us."
Damian put a finger to his lips at Lorelei, then Armored Mewtwo wrapped psychic power around the three of them and lifted them into the air, carrying them quickly away.
Lorelei watched Damian and the others disappear from sight, her brows knitting tight.
"When we get back, we have to make sure the chairman flags Damian at the highest danger level.
He's too strong."
She spoke coldly to Bruno as he walked over.
From this battle alone, Damian's strength was already top‑tier even among Champions.
Terrifying, considering he'd just been a rookie last year.
"We also need to get Damian's warrant ready."
"Huh?
Isn't he your future husband?"
Bruno froze, the words slipping out before he could stop them.
And she planned to give him ten kids, too.
That was wild.
Even a Miltank couldn't pop out ten at once, right?
Lorelei's face twitched.
She shot Bruno another death glare, the chill in the air almost physical.
Bruno awkwardly turned his head away.
Outskirts of Celadon City, on a small hillside.
"Mr. Damian, do you think you could let me go now?"
Erika asked cautiously.
With Damian and Caitlin having already withdrawn, the battle was clearly over.
Those regular Team Rocket members had only held out for a little while before being taken down by the League side.
"When did I ever say I'd let you go?"
Damian gave Erika a puzzled look.
"It's just… with your level of strength, what's the point of nitpicking over a little girl like me?"
Erika's pretty face twisted in distress.
She really felt that staying by Damian's side was way too dangerous.
Who knew when he might suddenly turn into a beast?
"Don't worry, Gym Leader Erika.
I'm not staying in Kanto for long.
While I'm here, you can just take care of my day‑to‑day—food, lodging, that sort of thing.
Once I leave Kanto, I'll let you go."
"This—"
The nosy young lady was torn.
Wasn't that basically being Damian's maid?
She was the Celadon City Gym Leader, from a pretty respectable family to boot—now reduced to one man's maid?
"If Gym Leader Erika doesn't want to, that's fine too.
There should be a Team Rocket base nearby.
We could always arrange for you to stay there instead."
"I would be honored.
Mr. Damian, please, you must give me this opportunity."
Erika's tone was deadly serious—and her rate of speech picked up noticeably.
No way.
She absolutely did not want to get locked up again!
"I'm not forcing you."
"I'm doing this of my own free will."
"Excellent.
Whenever I come back to Kanto in the future, I'll swing by Celadon Gym to pick you up, Gym Leader Erika."
"Huh?"
Erika froze.
So it wasn't just for these few days…
Every time he came back to Kanto, she'd have to serve as his maid?
How was she ever supposed to get married after this?
"Something wrong, Gym Leader Erika?"
Damian smiled as he looked at her drooping head.
As expected, Erika really was adorable—
Especially when he was teasing her.
"N‑no—no problem at all."
Erika's face was miserable, but you had to bow your head under the eaves.
She was already thinking:
Once Damian left this time, maybe she could move somewhere else and run.
"Caitlin, how was it this time?"
Damian turned to her.
"This battle with the two Elite Four… I learned a lot."
Caitlin recalled the way he'd been staring at Erika, the corners of her lips curving in a graceful smile as she answered.
Even though she'd lost in the end, a fight like that was a rare opportunity.
Looking back, there were plenty of places she could've done better.
"That's good.
Battling's the shortcut to getting stronger—especially fights like that.
It'd be a real waste if you didn't take anything from it."
Damian nodded with a smile.
He believed Caitlin would step fully into Champion‑tier very soon.
"Damian, Miss Ariana and Mr. Gladion seem to have been captured by Bruno."
Caitlin suddenly remembered and reminded him.
"I know.
I already sent Mewtwo to rescue them."
Armored Mewtwo had already told him that much.
From the start, it had been watching the whole situation unfold from above.
Armored Mewtwo was just that good.
Damian really loved this thing.
"By my count, it should be about time."
Celadon City.
"Thank you both for your hard work, Lorelei."
On the video call, Goodshow smiled at Lorelei and Bruno.
"It's fine.
But Damian showed up during this operation."
"Damian?"
"That's right.
He's very strong.
Even with Bruno and me together, we weren't his match."
Lorelei reported honestly.
"And that executive, Caitlin—she's caught Tapu Lele.
Even for me, defeating her in a short time isn't easy."
"Mr. Chairman, I think we need to take Team Rocket more seriously.
With Damian and Caitlin on board, they're an even greater threat now."
She earnestly laid out her view for Goodshow.
"Ah～ Damian really is a pity."
Goodshow let out a long sigh.
As Giovanni's child, Damian should've been like his father—fighting for the people and the League.
Instead, he'd ended up on the other side.
Worst of all, his talent and strength were both extraordinary.
Goodshow's head throbbed.
Especially after hearing Lorelei say that even with Bruno backing her up, they still weren't Damian's match—
That was shocking.
He was only seventeen.
"Agatha and Lance can handle him."
Lorelei said calmly.
"That's probably our only option."
Goodshow nodded.
It was fine.
Indigo League still had Agatha—and the invincible Lance.
"Mr. Chairman, I think we can just leave Damian to Lorelei.
She already agreed to marry him in the future, and even said she'll give him ten babies."
Bruno chimed in.
Lorelei shot him another death glare, the chill radiating off her terrifying.
Bruno only gave her a big, goofy grin in response.
Goodshow, meanwhile, stared at Bruno in shock—then turned his eyes to Lorelei, who, notably, did not deny it.
"Eh?"
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