Pokémon: This trainer is too wild!

Chapter 67 Damn Team Rocket!

Indeed, Mammon's predictions were true, and Kukui acknowledged this.

But Kukui disagreed, because in his view, it was all sophistry.

What Mammon is saying now is nothing more than creating a pretext and reversing cause and effect!

This is the outcome, but what about the original intention?
The Rockets' initial intentions were all for their own benefit; that's the difference.

"Mr. Mammon, is that all you wanted to say?" Kukui asked calmly.

"Oh?" Mammon looked at Kukui with a half-smile, waiting for him to continue.

"This is all your side of the story: stealing Pokémon from strangers, using Pokémon for genetic experiments, maliciously seizing ordinary people's businesses, and secretly accepting illegal commissions..."

Kukui listed all the Rockets' past misdeeds without needing to verify them personally.

This is why the Kanto Rockets are wanted by the Kanto League.

"Even last month, Team Rocket hijacked the Santo Anu, using the guise of a trainer event to lure trainers aboard and attempt to steal their Pokémon."

Kukui stared intently at Mammon and gave a fresh example.

"Mr. Mammon, are you still going to try to deny it?"

There's no need to refute what Mammon said, because the Rockets have a lot of grievances to speak of.

“I don’t deny it, but what does that have to do with me?” Mammon readily admitted.

The Sant'Annu incident was indeed true; Mammon also learned some things from Sakaki, and it was a plan orchestrated by Apollo.

It was supposedly for a very rare Pokémon, but the plan ultimately failed because two powerful young trainers defeated all the Team Rocket members on the Santo Anu.

"?" Kukui was taken aback upon hearing this.

"Dr. Kukui, that was done by Team Rocket in Kanto. What does it have to do with my Alola Rocket Team?"

Mammon spoke with great self-righteousness and proceeded directly with the divine cutting.

Kukui fell silent.

"Stealing Pokémon from strangers is a very foolish and unprofitable act. Genetic biological experiments are even more immoral. As for taking over other people's companies? Our own companies can thrive and become top 100 companies in the world. Why do we need to usurp other people's nests?"

Mammon refuted each of the examples Kukui listed.

"Are you saying that your Rockets team is different from the Kanto Rockets team?"

Kukui now understood what Mammon meant.

“Isn’t that obvious?” Mammon replied with a smile.

Kukui frowned in thought, various thoughts flashing through his mind as he recalled the situation after Team Rocket appeared in Alora.

After a long while, Kukui took a deep look at the wicked boy in front of him.

He probably guessed what Mammon was thinking; this guy didn't join Team Rocket with the intention of making the team bigger and stronger.

No, it's not just about developing and expanding the Rockets; he wants a Rockets team that truly belongs to him!
Otherwise, why would Mammon need to emphasize the difference between the Alora Rockets and the Kanto Rockets?

"what do you want to say in the end?"

"Legalize it! I want the Rockets to be legalized in Arora."

"impossible!"

Kukui refused without hesitation; it was simply impossible. "Mr. Mammon, have you considered the consequences of doing this?"

Legalizing the Rockets in Arora? Are they trying to kill Arora?
Even though Team Alola Rocket hasn't done anything particularly heinous in Alola yet, Team Kanto Rocket is an evil organization wanted by the Kanto League.

By legalizing the Arora Rockets, isn't Arora openly going against the Kanto League?
What's the difference between this and Alola declaring war on Kanto?
"Don't get so excited, Dr. Kukui." Mammon, of course, knew this was impossible, and smiled as he spoke to Kukui.

"Since Dr. Kukui, you're unwilling, I won't force you. But what I want to say is that it won't do you any good to fight to the death with our Alola Rocket Team, right?"

"The stronger Alola becomes, the better it is for me."

Mammon carefully crafted his words, trying to avoid touching on Kukui's sensitive areas, knowing that Kukui was gradually giving in.

"Honestly, what harm would Team Rocket's presence underground in Alola do to the Alola region?"

"There are many things that you guys can't handle or don't know how to handle in a short time, right? But our Rockets team is very professional in this regard."

"Team Rocket will never allow such a vile organization as Team Skull, or the cancerous Hunter organization, to exist."

"Moreover, whenever something like an Ultra Beast appears, our organization will be mobilized immediately to protect innocent civilians from harm."

Mammon described in detail the benefits Team Rocket brought to the Alola region.

"What we want is simply to coexist peacefully with you on the land of Alora."

After all, competition and friction with players like Kukui would be extremely detrimental to the development of the Arora Rockets.

In particular, Mammon cannot stay in the Alola region indefinitely. Once Mammon leaves, Kukui, a Champion-level player, along with the Island King, will launch an attack on Team Rocket in Alola, which will inevitably affect Team Rocket's profits.

Even with Lusamine as a hidden move, this situation cannot be avoided.

"..." Kukui fell silent for a long time, but in reality, a storm was raging inside him.

Reason was madly warning him not to try to deal with a tiger, especially since the Alora Rockets, led by Mammon, were a greedy, powerful, and man-eating tiger.

“I need to discuss this with Senior Hara and the others. This is not a decision I can make alone,” Kukui said to Mammon in a deep voice.

"Of course, but I still hope that Dr. Kukui and others can view our Alora Rocket Team rationally. I can assure you that we Alora Rocket Team members are all law-abiding citizens."

Mammon smiled in response, and Kukui's lack of a direct refusal was already a very good sign.

Kukui: "..."

A law-abiding citizen? Heh heh heh...

Kukui, of course, did not believe it. Mammon's Alola Rocket Team was indeed not as vicious as the Kanto Rocket Team, but to say that Mammon's Rocket Team were law-abiding citizens?
That's complete nonsense!

Or, in Kukui's view, the danger of the Arora Rockets was entirely hidden beneath their 'harmless' exterior.

Abandoning the Kanto Rockets' 'ostentatious' behavior of making enemies everywhere, the Alola Rockets focus on low-key development, like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, waiting for its chance to strike.

Moreover... the Alola Rockets' ambitions are no less than those of the Kanto Rockets.

Mammon may seem harmless, but Kukui, who has seen Mammon's 'evil' side, knows very well that this boy is definitely ambitious, ruthless, and far from being a kind person.

Kukui was heavy-hearted; his feelings were truly complicated. Should he agree to coexist with Team Alola Rocket and allow them to operate in the Alola underground?
This is absolutely raising a tiger to cause trouble, and it's giving the Alola Rockets an opportunity to gradually encroach on the Alola region.

But would they really break ties with the Arora Rockets and fight to the bitter end? Let's not even talk about whether they can eliminate the Arora Rockets.

At this point, is it possible to defeat the Arora Rockets by going head-to-head with them?

Although they can request reinforcements from the Kanto League, the Alola Rockets could also choose to remain dormant and avoid battle for a while, making them even more difficult to deal with later.

Damn it!! Kukui's head is as big as a bull, damn Team Rocket! Why did they have to come to Alola?!
(End of this chapter)