Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

The person who met with Yang Ming was naturally his subordinate Jones. He was supposed to report to Yang Ming during the day, but because Feng Lu was always by Yang Ming's side, he could only report now.

"According to the minister's previous order, we sneaked into the Poseidon Temple yesterday to investigate, and found that it was already empty, with no useful clues left."

"It seems that this group of people planned to run away from the very beginning. Regardless of whether Qingmu Lin's plan succeeds or not, they don't plan to stay in Zhanlan City." Yang Ming analyzed.

In a sense, Aoki Rin is just an abandoned child of the real top leaders of the Sea God Temple.

"Since the Sea God Temple is deserted, their followers should be in a panic, right?"

"That's true. When the hurricane disappeared, the residents of Azure City were delighted. But when they found out that the Whirlpool Islands had sunk and the people in the Temple of the Sea had evacuated, the local residents immediately fell into chaos."

"But fortunately, the local owner Ah Si stepped forward in time to quell the riot, so now Azure City has returned to peace."

"No wonder I haven't seen Mr. Ah Si in the gym recently. It turns out he was out working." Yang Ming pondered.

Next, he listened to Madam Huarui's confession after being tortured. He originally planned to listen to it after returning to the contact station yesterday, but he ran into Fenglu on the way back, which delayed it until now.

"Hmm, I see. I was wondering how a mere elite like Aoki Rin could plot against Lugia. It turns out she only played a minor role in the plan."

According to Lady Flower's confession before her death, the plan to control Lugia was a conspiracy by three major forces. In addition to the known Poseidon Temple and Team Plasma, another organization was also involved, and that was Shadow.

Regarding Shadow, Yang Ming had heard Xinghe mention it before. It was the remnant of the Dark Dynasty and possessed a terrifying technology that could turn Pokémon dark and control them. The terrible incident that happened in the Tongshulin before was suspected to be related to Shadow.

In this incident, Shadow played the role of providing technology. They were only responsible for providing the technology to turn Lugia dark, and the specific plan was implemented by the other two parties.

Just as Yang Ming had guessed before, the victims on the wrecked ships and planes were all used as sacrifices to turn Lugia into darkness.

After that, the plan entered the final stage, and the three major forces had other plans to implement, so only Aoki Rin was left to collect the remaining "sacrifices".

Since the sacrifice in the final stage requires a powerful life, they target those elite trainers and their Pokémon, and this is also the purpose of tricking the two brothers Thunder and Lightning into joining them.

In addition, there was one thing in the confession that caught Yang Ming's attention - the Plasma Team actually had an undercover agent among the league's top brass!

Yang Ming was already surprised by Madam Huarui's identity as a member of the Plasma Team. He did not expect that the Plasma Team would actually arrange higher-level personnel in the alliance.

"No wonder Instructor Ghost Wolf wanted to defect from the Alliance back then. Now it seems that this Alliance is really not a place for people to stay." Yang Ming sighed in his heart, and at the same time was glad that he had declined the invitation to join the Alliance many times.

Although there are factions within the Rockets, they are almost all "open"; in comparison, the league is more complicated, and ordinary people cannot guarantee that they will not be killed by "their own people" like thunder and lightning.

"But since Team Plasma has an undercover agent in the upper echelons of the league, does that mean that Team Rocket also has someone in the league?"

After meeting with Jones, Yang Ming made a report with all the records and documents of this mission and submitted it to his superiors. Although the mission was completed yesterday, he had no chance to avoid being noticed before, so he only had time to submit it now.

"Alas, it's a pity that Zhengxiong didn't survive. When I return to Manjin City, I will have to return his belongings to his family."

Thinking of Masao who died on Whirlpool Island, Yang Ming sighed and returned to his room the same way.

In a bunker in the Johto area, Apollo, a senior executive of Team Rocket, was having a video chat with someone.

"Oh, why did you take so long to contact me?" The woman on the screen chuckled. "I wonder how the leader is doing now?"

"The leader is doing well now," Apollo said expressionlessly. "Compared to this, the organization asked you to lurk in the Unova Alliance before, wasn't it to use the power of the alliance to monitor the actions of the Plasma Team? Why haven't I seen you pass on that kind of information recently?"

"There's nothing I can do. Adek's whereabouts are erratic, and we, the Four Heavenly Kings of Unova, can only share more of the work for him." The woman complained.

"Then again, you're still as rigid as before," the woman teased, "No wonder you haven't had a girlfriend in all these years. I'm going to write your image of a loser into my latest novel~"

"I'm not kidding you," Apollo ignored the woman's teasing and said seriously, "I got a report from my subordinates that Team Plasma has begun to get involved in the Johto region, and recently attacked Entei and Lugia. This is a serious matter. I hope you can collect more information in this regard."

"I know, I know. You're still as boring as before," the woman waved her hand impatiently. "I'll work hard on Team Plasma. Remember to say hello to the leader for me. Bye~"

"Tsk, still the same troublesome woman as before."

After the communication was cut off, Apollo couldn't help but complain. Then he looked through the mission report submitted by Yang Ming.

"Heh, you went to all this trouble to control Lugia?"

"But it doesn't matter. As long as Mewtwo's experiment succeeds, what does it matter if you control Lugia? In the end, you still can't escape the fate of defeat."

"By then, even the Alliance will bow down at the feet of Lord Sakaki!"

Putting down the report, a cold light flashed in Apollo's eyes.

In a villa in Manjin City, Mayor Basque is meeting with a mysterious man.

"Old friend, why are you here so late?" Basque grinned, "Are you here to see me for something?"

"Of course," the mysterious man said, "It was me who helped you to kill all the insiders in the underworld, so that you could escape the suspicion of the Alliance investigator. Now it's time for you to help me."

"You want me to help you?" Basque was a little surprised. "But aren't you living a comfortable life recently? What do you want me to help you with?"

"Help me kill someone," the mysterious man said coldly, "Yang Ming, the executive of the Wuli Group and the deputy director of the Rocket Team's Manjin Branch. I want you to kill him for me."

"Yang Ming?!" Basque asked in surprise, "But isn't he your deputy?"

This mysterious man was none other than Yang Ming’s “good brother”, Wu Liyanan, the head of the Manjin City branch.

"Deputy? Humph, he has become a poisonous tongue that wants to kill me!" Wu Liyan snorted coldly, "Before, he played a trick of borrowing a knife to kill someone, and made me offend the eldest young master of the Tianji family. I'm afraid he will take my life next time!"

"So I can't let him live any longer. I have to strike first!"