Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

The time came half a month ago.

In southern Kanto, the initial reconstruction of Kurokumo City is nearing completion.

Bah——!

In a makeshift pub near the construction site, three wine glasses clinked together.

"cheers--!"

"That's great, meow!"

"Get a promotion and a raise! Become a director!"

“——What a great feeling~”

On a weekend evening, the Rockets trio, whom readers hadn't seen for a long time, raised their glasses and drank at the same time.

Because of their great contributions to the reconstruction of Heiyun City, the trio was repeatedly promoted in the engineering team.

In just three months, he went from being an external employee to the construction team leader of the reconstruction project of three entire streets.

And Miaomiao, who has the best brain, became a project manager for the first time.

"Hahahaha—a wonderful tomorrow~hiccups!"

“…waiting for us!”

Today is the payday at the end of the month, and the trio is unusually generous.

Not only did he order expensive high-grade shochu, but he also ordered three times the usual amount of oden.

"Hmm~ Um... why is there no more wine?"

Kojiro picked up the wine jug and shook it.

But he found that the wine jug was empty.

"Musashi, you drank secretly again..."

When I looked up, I saw Musashi holding a full cup of shochu and drinking it.

"Really? Forget it~ Who made us get 500,000 yen in bonuses this month~"

Kojiro didn't take it too seriously and raised his hand to shout to the boss behind the counter.

"Boss - another bottle!"

"OK~ Captain Kojiro!"

The boss is a middle-aged man wearing a turban.

Because most of the customers in the store on weekdays are members of the Rockets' construction team.

Therefore, the boss already knew about Kojiro's position as construction team leader.

Wow——!

Just as he was about to turn around to get some wine for Kojiro, the door of the shop was opened from the outside.

"Yilaxi ya ma sei!"

The owner of the izakaya greeted loudly as usual.

"Ah - Captain Kojiro, Captain Musashi, Manager Meow Meow, I finally found you!"

It seemed that the people who came were not here to eat or have fun, but to specifically look for the trio.

"It's Sakamoto from the third block. What's going on?"

Kojiro looked at the person who came while being a little drunk.

Sakamoto was an ordinary worker in the housing renovation project in the third block and had come into contact with the trio when they first arrived at the construction site.

"Hai! Captain Kojiro - I'm here on the orders of the Chakra Officers to invite you to join a new mission!"

Sakamoto suddenly stood up straight and raised his hand to salute.

"Nani?!"

Kojiro's drunkenness disappeared instantly.

"Woo woo woo, that's great meow! We really have been reused by the organization meow!"

Miaomiao also shed tears of emotion.

"That's it. Captains, please gather at Xinjiekou tomorrow at noon and take the airship to Qidao..."

After conveying the mission content, Sakamoto left the izakaya.

"It must be our hard work during this period that made the organization discover our talents!"

After Sakamoto left, Kojiro happily took the bottle of wine from the boss and poured himself a full glass.

"This is all thanks to my clever mind, meow~"

Meow Meow has almost reached the part where he takes credit.

"Hiccup! Hey, hey, who can tell me who Chakra is?"

Only Musashi burped and asked still confused.

"No way? Musashi, you don't even know the name of the Chakra Officer?"

Kojiro asked in surprise.

"Why should I know the name of that strange guy?"

Musashi raised the wine glass, poured the last few drops of wine into his throat, and then said with an impatient look.

"Chakra Officer is one of the rookie officers in the organization, meow. I have heard of his name from other captains..."

Meowth crossed his paws over his chest and explained with narrowed eyes.

"It is said that due to the expansion of the new overseas base, there is a shortage of executives, so the organization has promoted three new executives to form the 'Three Beast Warriors'."

Although Meowth is a Pokémon, he is much better than Musashi and Kojiro in terms of economic acumen and social skills.

Therefore, all kinds of gossip in the organization cannot escape its cat ears.

"Three Beast Warriors? How do they rank compared to Lord Black Rhino?"

When Musashi heard that the other party was a new cadre, his attitude became much more serious.

However, cadres also have different statuses. In her heart, she still respects Lord Black Rhino more for his "gratitude for recognizing her".

So it's natural to compare the two.

"Well... Lord Black Rhino is also a new cadre, but his authority seems to be much higher than other cadres."

When asked this by Musashi, Kojiro also stroked his chin and thought about it.

"Not only that, meow, Lord Black Rhino has even taken over the boss's job when the boss is too busy, and even Secretary Manori obeys his orders."

Meowth stretched out his paws to embrace the two heads and put his mouth close to Musashi and Kojiro's ears.

He lowered his voice and spoke mysteriously.

It heard this news by chance from the members of Ma Zhishi's combat team.

When it first heard the news, it didn't think there was anything wrong. It just thought that Lord Black Rhino was deeply trusted by the boss.

But now that I think about it, could it be that Lord Black Rhino and Boss Sakaki have some special relationship...

“What? Even that watermelon-rimmed girl with glasses——!?”

Musashi stared at Meowth in shock.

Although she has always disliked Secretary Manatori, she still knows his position in the organization.

As Sakaki's personal secretary, it is no exaggeration to call Manatori the second-in-command of Team Rocket.

"Hey, compared to a big thigh like Lord Black Rhino... this assignment of the Three Beast Warriors doesn't seem to be anything to look forward to."

Kojiro came back to his senses, and his original excitement faded a lot.

Besides, Sakamoto just briefly explained the mission content...

It's just going to some remote overseas island to help out. Compared with the lucrative profits from the reconstruction project in Heiyun City, it is obviously much less.

"Yes, yes...it would be great if this mission was also assigned by Lord Black Rhino."

Musashi took the bottle from Kojiro's hand at some point and spoke gloomily while pouring the wine.

"Don't even think about that kind of good thing, meow. How could Lord Black Rhino appear on such a remote island?"

"He is a cadre that the boss values ​​very much. He must be carrying out a super important secret mission at this time, meow..."

Meow Meow did not fantasize about continuing to cling to Lord Black Rhino like Musashi and Kojiro did.

After all, they have been living a comfortable life during this period... Not only have they made a name for themselves in the organization, but they have also accumulated a considerable combat fund.

As long as you free up your hands and feet, you will be able to do a great job!

By then, promotion and salary increase, becoming a cadre, is just around the corner.