You are not allowed to be a Pokémon Trainer!

Chapter 190 Giovanni Invites Me to Join Team Rocket? (3k)

Natsumi wasn't in a hurry to accept Daigo's invitation.

When Tongzi Ge released the battle round "Mega Mystery," there was a small hint—

Whether or not you participate will affect subsequent rounds of the battle.

Xia Chi had a vague idea of ​​what this meant.

Team Aqua and Team Magma, two villainous organizations deeply intertwined with the entire Hoenn region, are likely to become entangled in the conflict.

If that's all there is to it, then it's not too bad.

What Xia Chi is most worried about is that the two Hoenn idiots will awaken.

Although, due to the players' persecution, the first impression of these two legendary spirits is that they "cannot fly" and "were caught by water lilies".

But the power of these two legendary Pokémon is beyond doubt.

It's simply not something those clowns from Beishang Township could pull off.

Especially after Primal Reversion, only Mega Rayquaza could defeat them.

Even with Ponpo, Xia Chi couldn't guarantee he'd escape unscathed from such a catastrophe.

So before going to Hoenn, he decided to go back to Donghuang for a while and think of a way to improve his strength.

While they were pondering, Daigo and the other two had already left the room.

A new visitor came in.

Xia Chi sighed, "So tired, I have to entertain guests again."
Looking up, he was so surprised when he saw who it was that his pupils contracted.

It was Giovanni!
Did he come today too?
There were so many big names attending the press conference that Xia Chi didn't really remember them.

Theoretically speaking, Giovanni is also a gym leader, and he was indeed on Yaji's invitation list.

"What, are you surprised to see me?"

Sakaki has the appearance of a kind-faced middle-aged man, much like the way he appeared in front of Akane and the others before his true identity was revealed in the special episode.

Xia Chi was afraid that the old fox would see through his scheme, so he didn't hide his shock.

Instead, he pretended to ponder for two seconds before asking with slight surprise, "You are... Master Sakaki, right?"

Sakaki smiled and said, "Mr. Natsuki has a very good memory. He even remembers me, a mere guild master in the Kanto region."

Xia Chi replied quite naturally, "Because you are also quite famous. You often close your gym, but once you open it, you make those gym challengers suffer."

As a young trainer, it's reasonable for me to know a gym leader with a unique style, right?
He countered, "And didn't we play against each other in the game Road to Champions before?"

Sakaki twitched his lips almost imperceptibly, coughed lightly, and said, "Oh, then you should be playing against my son, Xiao Yin. He's always been the one playing on my account."

Setting aside the dark history of being wiped out by the Rain Song Team last time, Giovanni asked with a smile, "But since you know so much about the Viridian Gym, Mr. Natsuki, are you planning to challenge the Kanto League?"

Although Guandu is not far from Donghuang and their culture and customs are similar, there are actually not many people from Donghuang who would skip their own alliance tournament to go to the neighboring Donghuang.

Xia Chi shook his head and said, "No, but I have thought about becoming a gym leader, so I was surprised at the time that being a gym leader could be so leisurely."

Hearing this reasonable explanation, the surprise and doubt in Sakaki's eyes lessened considerably.

He laughed and said, "It's good that you don't want to. With your abilities, it's a pity that you only want to be a dojo owner."

Xia Chi was taken aback. What was Sakaki trying to do? Was he trying to recruit him?
He said calmly, "I think being a gym leader is very meaningful. You can provide guidance to new trainers and do what you like in your spare time. Isn't that great?"

Sakaki shook his head and said, "It's great to have the ultimate goal as an ordinary person, but if you have the talent to change the world, that becomes a constraint."

"That's why I haven't focused on running the dojo in recent years; I've taken on some small side businesses."

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Xia Chi: "."

Sakaki, are you introducing yourself or exposing your own misdeeds?

What kind of side hustle? Like the one where you take the test again after failing the exam, right?

Despite thinking this, Xia Chi still looked at Sakaki with a curious expression.

Sakaki smiled and said, "I'd like to invite you to join us."

Xia Chi's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be those three words I don't want to hear?
But then Giovanni continued, "Join our Silver Corporation as a special advisor, and let's work together to change the world with technology!"

Xia Chi breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, they didn't directly reveal the Rockets' hand.

He feigned ignorance and said, "Silver Corporation, isn't that a Silver family business?"

The president of Team Rocket, Silver, who was kidnapped in the game, does not have a real name.

The Silver Company in this world was founded by Silver himself and continued by his descendants.

In short, the team should still be under the control of the Rockets who have taken over the reins.

Sakaki explained, "As for me, I contributed my technical expertise and hold a small share. I'm in charge of the company's personnel matters. However, President Silver also agreed to invite Mr. Xia Chi to join Silver Corporation."

He said with a smile, "If you agree, bonuses, profit sharing, elf resources, and company shares are all no problem."

Xia Chi understood a little now.

Perhaps fearing he might be scared, Giovanni didn't invite him to join under the name of the infamous Team Rocket, but instead disguised himself as Silver Company.

After they've corrupted me with their sweet talk, I'll slowly get in touch with Team Rocket and become one of them.

To be honest, if it were before coming to Padia, even if Xia Chi knew Sakaki's true identity, she probably would have actually agreed to his invitation.

After all, Xia Chi was in dire need of a long-term, stable source of income to raise Pokémon.

There's a limit to how much a live streamer can achieve. Raising two or three Pokémon is manageable, but the resources needed to raise a whole team are simply too much to afford through live streaming alone.

But now it's completely different. Just by selling Taijing Pearls, Xia Chi can easily raise a whole team of quasi-gods.

So after pretending to think for a while, he politely declined, saying, "I'm sorry, Mr. Sakaki, I have my own plans for the future and may not have time to join Silver Corporation."

Xia Chi didn't use Daigo and the others' invitation as an excuse; she simply refused because she didn't want to go.

It would be rather strange to try to find some other reason to explain it.

Seeing that he was rejected, Sakaki looked very disappointed.

He shook his head regretfully and said, "That's such a pity. If Mr. Xia Chi had joined us, I believe Silver Company's business would have been able to expand to the whole world."

Xia Chi was speechless. Are you sure this is just Silver Company's business?

Sakaki smiled nonchalantly, stood up and said, "But no matter what, the doors of the Silver Company are always open for you. You are welcome to visit anytime, whether it's the Silver Company or the Viridian Dojo."

After saying that, he took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Xia Chi, then got up and left without any hesitation.

Looking at that tall, firm figure, Xia Chi breathed a sigh of relief.

Shouldn't we have gotten away with it?
At this stage, he really didn't want to attract the attention of this most powerful figure in the underworld.

Outside.

After his first meeting with Natsumi, Sakaki dropped his hypocritical facade and fell into deep thought.

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I'm worried that some big shot will come knocking on my door again soon.

Unwilling to continue serving customers, Xia Chi secretly slipped out the back door and made his way to the medical room of the Niangguang Dojo.

He planned to pick up Tiremy, who had recovered from her treatment, and head back to the hotel.

Who would have thought that while one could evade social obligations, one couldn't escape the strange tree?

As soon as Xia Chi entered, she saw Qi Shu-sama, who had changed into his everyday clothes.

She had been waiting for a while and was playing on her phone with some boredom. When she heard the door open, she looked up and a smile bloomed on her delicate and lovely face.

"Hmph, I knew I'd be waiting for you here."

Xia Chi shrugged. "Why don't you just ask President Ye Ci?"

Qi Shu blinked: "Sister Ye Ci said you have someone to entertain right now, so I came here to wait for you."

Xia Chi felt a warmth in her heart and smiled, "You can just go directly. Aren't you an important guest too?"

Qi Shu retorted, "They're not guests!"

"Oh"

Xia Chi then realized that he had somewhat usurped the place, and said embarrassedly, "It seems that this is indeed your dojo, and I am the guest."

Qi Shu rolled his eyes, ignoring the fact that he didn't understand.

Ignoring Xia Chi, she took out a box of homemade desserts from her bag and said to the air next to Xia Chi, "Dangdang, look what I brought you!"

"Tini~"

The spirits appeared before their voices.

Bictini, who had been hiding next to Xia Chi and hadn't eaten a macaron for three or four hours, immediately broke out of hiding.

It flapped its little wings and flew to the side of the strange tree, then hugged a macaron and started taking a bite.

Victini might not show up in front of others, but Qishu is different.

Besides Xia Chi, Qi Shu was the second human that Victini encountered.

She was more than just a mother figure, but Victini wasn't wary of Kiju at all.

In addition, every time they meet, it gets to eat desserts made by Qishu himself, which makes its affection for him continue to rise.

Bictini takes a bite of the Qishu Secret Recipe Macaron and a happy smile appears on her face.

miamia~
The desserts made by Qishu taste just different!
Just as Victini was enjoying its meal, Kijuh leaned close to it and hinted, "Heh heh, any sign of affection?"

"Tini~"

Bictini wisely put down the macarons for a moment and gave Qishu a kiss on her pink cheek.

The adorable Qishu turned around and was about to grab Victini and kiss her back.

But how could a human's reaction possibly compare to that of a Pokémon, especially a legendary Psychic-type Pokémon?

With a gentle flap of its wings, Victini dodged the strange tree's sneak attack and giggled at her.

"Tini~"

Qi Shu persisted, chasing after him and shouting, "Stop! Let me kiss you!"

Victini, perhaps finding it amusing, maintained a distance that gave Kiju hope without actually letting her touch her, flying while eating macarons.

Cheerful laughter filled the room.

Xia Chi smiled and shook his head, then walked to the Pokémon storage area and retrieved Tiremy's Poké Ball.

After releasing it to confirm that he hadn't taken the wrong Pokémon, he suddenly remembered something.

Sister Fa defeated the Dream Demon and Electric Belly Frog of the Strange Tree in succession, so she must have gained a lot of fear points, right?

(End of this chapter)