Pokémon: Join Team Rocket at the Beginning

Three days later, the Rockets' Manjin branch held a grand memorial service for the late branch chief Buri Iwano.

"Brother!! You died so tragically!" Yang Ming cried heart-wrenchingly in the mourning hall, as if the one who died was his own brother.

"Brother Yang Ming, please accept my condolences." Gotu, one of the three deputy directors of the Manjin branch, couldn't help but stepped forward to support Yang Ming. "Such a big thing has happened to the branch director. You can't fall down again."

"Yes," another deputy director, Mu, also stepped forward to persuade, "Now that the higher-ups have not sent a new branch director, all matters of the branch have to be managed by the three of us. Brother, you have a heavy burden on your shoulders."

Although the two men were quite polite in their words, in their hearts they had already regarded Yang Ming as the real murderer who killed Wuliyan.

In the eyes of most members of the Manjin branch, the relationship between the branch chief Wu Liyanan and the deputy chief Yang Ming is almost good enough to be called brothers.

However, only the four people who were at the core of power and their cronies knew that the harmony between Yang Ming and Wuli Yanan was just an appearance, and they had already been at loggerheads in secret.

Wuliyanan was like a smiling tiger. On the surface, he smiled at Yang Ming, but secretly he used all kinds of shady tricks. Yang Ming was equally not easy to mess with. He accepted all of Wuliyanan's plots calmly, and when the time was right, he would immediately return the favor double the amount.

It can be said that the reason why these two people did not turn against each other for a long time was simply because they were not sure they could kill each other.

So when the news of Wuliyan's death in Leibo Mountain came, the two of them immediately suspected that Yang Ming was the culprit.

“Take care of yourself? Why should I take care of myself?!” Yang Ming knew what the two were thinking. He sneered in his heart, but on the surface he still looked grief-stricken. “Since I first came to the branch, it has always been Brother Yan Nan who has been taking care of me. He is closer to me than my own brother. Now that my brother is dead, how can I take care of myself?!”

"If I don't turn the murderer who killed my eldest brother into ashes, I, Yang Ming, curse my entire family to death!"

Yang Ming made the most vicious oath without hesitation, and everyone present was moved by it. Even the two deputy ministers began to doubt themselves for a moment: Could it be that he really didn't kill her?

Only the person involved, Yang Ming, laughed in his heart: I am a time traveler, and I have no family in this world, so it doesn’t matter how I make this oath.

Just then, the crowd began to talk.

"Deputy Minister Yang is truly loyal and righteous. If I were Minister Buriyan, I would have closed my eyes even in death."

"Yes, yes. Deputy Minister Yang dared to make such a solemn oath. It seems that he is really heartbroken by the minister's death."

"I heard someone say this morning that the minister was killed by the deputy minister. Now it seems that the person who spread this rumor is a real bastard..."

When Gotu and Mu heard this, they immediately became embarrassed.

These people were naturally the "actors" arranged by Yang Ming for the memorial service, headed by Yang Ming's adjutant Tokugawa. Their role was naturally to cooperate with Yang Ming's performance to influence the judgment of others.

Sure enough, with the hype of these "actors", the noise in the mourning hall immediately became louder. Many people were very emotional. Some of them were crying loudly, and some were struggling to rush to the spirit tablet of Wuliyanan, but were stopped by people maintaining order.

"Everyone, be quiet!" Mu shouted, "It's disrespectful to make so much noise in front of the mourning hall."

However, his scolding had no effect at all. The people below were very emotional and did not give him, the deputy minister, any face at all.

While Yang Ming continued to "perform" hard, he secretly observed everyone.

As expected, as the long-time ruler of the Manjin branch, Wuliyannan had great power in the branch. Although these people were not his confidants, they were also deeply indebted to him. Now that Wuliyannan had died tragically, these people must be both angry and confused.

This is no small force.

A burly man came up and asked Yang Ming, "Deputy Minister, I wonder who killed Minister Wuli. We want to avenge him!"

"Yes, the Minister has been very kind to us. We cannot forgive this hatred!"

"Revenge for the minister!" "We want revenge!"

Yang Ming's gaze passed over the excited crowd and fell on a young woman in the corner.

Suzune, the secretary of Buriyannan.

Most of Wuliyan's confidants participated in the Leiboshan operation, and were all killed by Yang Ming. Only Lingyin did not participate in the operation because she was a civilian. She was also the only person present who knew the truth of the matter except Yang Ming.

When Lingyin met Yang Ming's warning gaze, her body trembled at first, and then she shrank into the crowd, not daring to look directly into Yang Ming's eyes.

Seeing that the other party was so sensible, Yang Ming was relieved and said to everyone in anger: "It was the mayor of Manjin City, Basque, and his lackeys who killed my eldest brother!"

After saying that, he placed a human head heavily in front of the mourning hall. It was Basque’s head.

When everyone saw Basque's head, they became even angrier.

"Damn the Alliance, we must make them pay with blood!"

"Deputy Minister, we support you! Lead us to avenge Minister Buri!"

There was a barely perceptible glimmer of pride in Yang Ming's eyes. He had successfully stirred up the emotions of these people.

"Everyone, listen to me." Gotu knew that this situation would be difficult to resolve, so he quickly stepped forward to signal for everyone to be quiet. "I know everyone is angry, but in front of the minister's spirit tablet, I hope everyone will remain quiet."

At this time, everyone quieted down.

Seeing this, Gotu walked up to Yang Ming and whispered, "Deputy Minister Yang, now that the minister has died, we should also nominate a suitable candidate to take charge of the overall situation. Who do you think is more suitable to be the acting minister?"

This was a trap. If Yang Ming nominated himself, they could use this as evidence that Yang Ming "murdered" Buriyannan and spread rumors about it. If Buriyannan abstained from voting, they could take the opportunity to seize power in the branch and gain an advantage in officially taking over as minister.

However, Yang Ming didn't buy it at all.

"What do you mean by this?!" Yang Ming stood up suddenly and grabbed the other person by the collar. "My elder brother's body is still warm, and you don't want to avenge him, but you are still thinking about how to fight for power?!"

"Are you still human?!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately became furious and started to criticize Gotu.

"You said this in front of the minister's spirit, Deputy Minister Gotu, are you still human?"

"Comparing the two, Vice Minister Yang is the one who values ​​friendship and loyalty..."

"We want revenge! We want to follow Vice Minister Yang to get revenge!"

Gotu was so embarrassed that he could only say: "But Basque is already dead..."

"Killing just one Basque is not enough," Yang Ming said coldly, "I want to uproot the forces he left behind!"