"Giovanni, I've come to play with you!!!"
Fang Yuan, along with the Amplified Rotom's shout, theoretically could be considered a Move.
The sudden "Hyper Voice" startled all the members of the Rocket Team inside the base.
Especially the two Rocket Team grunts next to Fang Yuan, who were now buzzing in their heads, staggering like they were drunk and collapsed.
So weak, Fang Yuan had reason to suspect they were temps.
At the same time.
"Who's there!!"
"Come to play with Giovanni Boss??"
Not only Giovanni and Shinjo had perplexed expressions, but from executives to common members inside the Rocket Gang Base, all wore baffled faces.
Damn it!
What's going on?
Giovanni Boss's... playmate?
.........
As an upright and conscientious Trainer, Fang Yuan never stooped to sneak attacks.
He declared his purpose outright, so in less than half a minute, he was heavily surrounded by Rocket Team grunts.
With a "whoosh," dozens of Rocket Team members emerged from the base, encircling Fang Yuan, Eevee, and the floating smartphone Rotom so tightly there was no escape.
Unlike those two temps patrolling this area earlier, the Rocket Team grunts appearing now each had what looked like formidable Pokemon with them.
Rattata, Beedrill, Oddish, Golbat... Fierce expressions glared at Fang Yuan and his companions.
Fang Yuan and Eevee's expressions remained calm, as if they didn't consider themselves intruders.
If there weren't two Rocket Team members lying at their feet, their claim would be more convincing.
"Who is this guy...?"
"He says he's here... to find Giovanni?"
Among the crowd surrounding Fang Yuan, a female about 1.65m tall, dressed in the standard Rocket Team uniform with a black hat, under which was pale purple short hair, looked at Fang Yuan with confusion.
Her name was Lila, an officer of Interpol, currently undercover within the Rocket Team.
She was assigned to this base after an accident, but once here, Lila discovered there was something very wrong with this base...
Boss Sakaki of the Rocket Team, the special elite force Shinjo Matrix, and executives Apollo and Athena, had all appeared at this small base, which was very suspicious.
However, just when Lila was planning to investigate further...
Fang Yuan arrived.
"I want to see your boss."
"If the boss isn't here, an executive will do."
Surrounded by a bunch of Pokemon and people pointing unknown firearms at him, Fang Yuan signaled them not to get too excited just yet.
Bullying the grunts was not Fang Yuan's style.
As Fang Yuan gestured to show his "lack of hostility," a man in a white Western-style suit with light blue short hair and a slight smile on his face stroked his chin and walked out from the crowd.
Next to him was a woman wearing a white slit dress, with a sexy figure and red hair.
"Quite the unexpected visitor," said the blue-haired middle-aged man.
"Lord Apollo!"
"Lady Athena!"
The sight of these two figures made the gathered Rocket Team members tense up.
However, it was only natural for Fang Yuan's shout to have brought the executives.
"Make way," Athena told the common members.
Whoosh.
The ordinary members quickly retreated to both sides.
And Apollo and Athena, the highest-ranking Rocket Team executives, stood on one side, facing off against Fang Yuan.
"You must be Fang Yuan,"
"One of the Trainers who tried to appease the wrath of the deities of the Orange Archipelago..."
Apollo smiled. "Of course, while the news claimed the incident was an accident, as the caring Trainer who first rescued the Ice God Articuno, you must know some secrets that others do not, and you must have done some things that others are unaware of."
"What surprises me the most... is how you found this place."
"More importantly, why you would come here to throw yourself into the net."
As Apollo finished speaking, Athena also turned her gaze toward Fang Yuan.
The core of the flying ship that the Rocket Team spent a fortune on to help Gil Ruth build had been confirmed by the Rocket Team to have been stolen by Fang Yuan.
Even if Fang Yuan might not be able to decipher the critical technology within, the Rocket Team still couldn't allow these things to circulate outside.
Had Giovanni not stepped in, the Rocket Team might have even started preparing to issue a warrant for Fang Yuan's arrest.
"Apollo, don't waste words with this brat."
"Kid, you took the energy core of that ship, didn't you?"
"Hand it over, it's only to your benefit."
Athena scrutinized Fang Yuan. Those documents and the energy core were supposed to be utterly destroyed or reclaimed by the Rocket Team according to the original plan.
Fang Yuan's presence had completely disrupted the Rocket Team's plans.
"What ship? I don't understand,"
Fang Yuan shook his head.
"This brat... he's pretending to be dumb!" Athena showed a look of annoyance.
Apollo's expression also became unpleasant.
"What are they talking about..."
At this moment, the most clueless person was still Lila in the crowd. Due to her undercover work, she wasn't even clear on the Orange Archipelago incident, and she was utterly baffled by the conversation between the two executives and Fang Yuan.
However, what she could deduce was that the young man must have had a conflict with the Rocket Team, and he possessed something the Rocket Team desperately wanted.
But... if he had a conflict, why would he come to this makeshift base that was even more powerful than the Rocket Team's headquarters?