However, after experiencing a failure, Giovanni had lost much of his expectations for the current state of Team Rocket, and he was seeking a new direction for the team.
When Giovanni made his comeback, the reborn Team Rocket had already assembled the leaders of past villainous organizations: Magma Team's Red Flame Pine, Ocean Team's Archie, Galaxy Team's Red Sun, Plasma Team's Kuiqisi, and Flare Team's Fladari. These individuals, each from a parallel world where they had realized their own ambitions, controlled Legendary Pokémon and possessed at least Higher Legend Level Combat Power.
At this point, Team Rocket could be said to have reached the pinnacle of villainous organization strength.
Although this is the development trajectory of Team Rocket in the game world, the development in the animation's world view is completely different. However, Fang Yuan did not want to risk disbanding Team Rocket under Giovanni's leadership and then give rise to a truly alarming organization that could threaten this world—or even other dimensions.
The newly assembled Team Rocket, now known as the Rainbow Rocket Team, aimed to govern all worlds, including all parallel worlds, and could be said to be the strongest villainous force in the PM World.
Such an organization... it would be better if it never appeared, so to prevent this scenario, Fang Yuan planned to become the leader of the Rainbow Rocket Team himself!
Fang Yuan said, "I'm really damn genius!"
"Do you actually entertain the ridiculous thought of taking over the current Team Rocket?" Giovanni said.
"After announcing the disbandment of Team Rocket, the industries under its flag will mercilessly be corrupted by the Alliance, and the wanted members will be hunted down like rats who have lost their homes. In such a scenario, without sufficient industrial support, Team Rocket will lose its balance of interests with other forces, and I'll have no choice but to start my journey as a fugitive."
Of course, Giovanni didn't care about any of this. Starting over was just another chapter of training for him.
This time facing the Fang Yuan's Legendary Pokémon's siege, Giovanni truly felt the inadequacy of Team Rocket at present. Disbanding and then seeking resuscitation seemed like a reasonable choice; Team Rocket had become too complacent.
Giovanni was slightly taken aback. The mutual checks and balances with the Alliance no longer seemed so interesting. Only when Team Rocket could counterbalance Legendary Pokémon would things truly begin.
"The Team Rocket I'm taking over is certainly not the current one, but a reborn, purified Team Rocket with the colors of the rainbow," Fang Yuan spoke.
"Team Rocket, it is time for a change."
Indeed, Team Rocket had individuals beyond redemption, but it also had those like James, Jessie, and Meowth who, despite their misdeeds, could still share genuine emotions with their Pokémon companions. Fang Yuan believed that with some guidance, such an organization had the potential to even surpass the original's Rainbow Rocket Team.
"A purified Rainbow Rocket Team..." Giovanni mused silently: "If that's the case, then give it a try."
"I will not help you."
"With Team Rocket disbanded, I, as the leader, exist in name only."
"However, I still want to know your purpose."
"The goal of the Rainbow Rocket Team is to wash away the darkness and turn it into rainbow colors. Not just Team Rocket, but the Magma Team attempting to control Groudon in the Hoenn region, the Ocean Team holding Kyogre, the Galaxy Team in the Shinnoh region trying to create a new world, and even the underground forces in Unova and Kalos regions all need to be cleansed of darkness. They, too, will become part of the spectrum of the rainbow."
"Rather than controlling the world, don't you think it's more interesting to have the influence of the Rainbow Rocket Team spread throughout the world and become the king of darkness, maintaining the order between light and darkness?" Fang Yuan said.
This idea was actually for Mewtwo.
Mewtwo, on one hand, detested human darkness, and on the other hand, was drawn to the goodness within humans. Caught in this conflict, Mewtwo deliberately maintained a distance from humans, avoiding direct contact, especially with Team Rocket that created it, harboring complex feelings that it wanted to utterly destroy this evil organization, yet for some reason had not taken action.
What Fang Yuan wanted to do was to help Mewtwo change Team Rocket, not just the team but all the evil organizations in the world.
Fang Yuan wanted Mewtwo to see that even if something started out black, with effort, it could turn into a vibrant array of colors. Having subdued Mewtwo and gained its approval, Fang Yuan also wanted to show Mewtwo his determination to make things better.
As the leader of the Rainbow Rocket Team, Fang Yuan actually wasn't very interested. In fact, Mewtwo would be more suitable than himself.
Together with Mewtwo, they would transform Team Rocket into an organization that maintained the relationship between humans and Pokémon, as well as nature.
This world was Mewtwo's home. Compared to Earth, perhaps changes here would be more meaningful to Mewtwo.
"You're crazier than I am," Giovanni said as he looked at Fang Yuan. Team Rocket taking over the underground organizations of other regions?
Even for Team Rocket, it would be hard to cross several regions and maintain such a vast power in the face of the Alliance's threat.
"How about we make another bet? Without the help of these fifteen Legendary Pokémon, I can still defeat you. If you lose, please consider the Rainbow Plan," Fang Yuan said.
Giovanni was stunned. He realized he still completely misunderstood this young man. Trying to incorporate Team Rocket, absorbing other regional underground organizations... what exactly was he aiming for?
But soon, Giovanni fell silent.
"Without their help, you're just a regular Trainer."
"Alright, if you can personally defeat me with your own Pokémon, in a game with the entire Team Rocket at stake, I'll take you up on your bet."
To bet the entire Team Rocket was what Giovanni had in mind when he thought of disbanding the team; it was a gamble. But now, the direction of the bet had changed, the purpose was the same: to find a new direction for Team Rocket. Even if he failed, it didn't matter. Perhaps...
He wouldn't necessarily fail. Without the support of these Legendary Pokémon, Giovanni didn't think he would lose to a youngster.
"Then come and try, challenge me," Giovanni said, his dark pupils fixing on Fang Yuan, and behind him stood the majestic terrestrial lords, still as formidable and unshaken as mountains despite having resisted the Legendary Pokémon's assault for so long.
Fang Yuan nodded, took out a Poké Ball, and said, "As you wish."
The next second, Fang Yuan calmly pressed the Poké Ball, and with a flash of white light, Mewtwo appeared before Fang Yuan.
Gazing at that familiar figure, with its fierce eyes, Giovanni fell silent at that moment; his worldview completely shattered.
Giovanni: ?
Just how much have you stolen from our Team Rocket?
How can you brazenly say Team Rocket stole from you and then come attacking?
Mewtwo... there's no point in fighting now!