The Genius Scientist Who Crosses Over Twice

"It seems like a real estate group from Johto hired him for something, so he hasn't come."

Agatha recalled.

"Tch, always mingling with those untrustworthy tycoons..."

Lorelei spoke disdainfully.

However, given that he was a champion far more experienced than herself, she didn't dare say much.

"In any case, spread the news and let everyone watch out for that Joker."

Damalanche summarized the meeting.

…

In the Johto region, in Cianwood City.

Victor had been holding onto Anders for a while now.

"How's it going, Victor?"

Seeing Victor come out from the basement, Giovanni curiously asked.

Victor made some modifications to the seaside cottage.

The first floor was filled with common medical equipment like testing machines and microscopes.

As for certain less presentable items…well, those had to be kept in the secret underground room on the lower floor.

"They sure don't hold up well; they break after just a few tries."

Victor shrugged.

There was indeed an issue on his part.

Victor had overlooked the fact that the physical conditions of people from the pirate world and the Pokémon world weren't the same.

After all, one group commands Pokémon to battle, while the other personally participates in the fray.

Thus, Victor habitually did experiments using his old pirate methods and inadvertently ended up killing Anders.

"No choice; looks like I have to catch more people."

Victor pulled out a stack of wanted posters.

"Hey, can I ask you to investigate these people's whereabouts again?"

"Hehe, a piece of cake."

Giovanni was increasingly looking forward to what new tricks Victor would come up with.

However, while selecting wanted criminals, Giovanni purposely avoided choosing any members of Team Rocket.

It's a definite no-no to fight one's own.

…

From "Goldenrod TV": "The Pokémon League is officially entering the era of Champion Lance. Many Gym Leaders have expressed their admiration for Champion Lance and claim that within two years, he will defeat Champion Agatha to become the new champion of the Indigo League."

From "Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture": "Recently, I discovered a new breed of Pokémon that are generally more aggressive compared to others of their types. I do not recommend novice trainers to handle these Pokémon, and I have decided to temporarily name them 'Dark' types. Alright, everyone go capture some Pokémon!"

From "Violet TV": "The president of Devon Corporation, Joseph Stone's son, Steven Stone, has exhibited formidable talent. Currently, the strongest Gym Trainer from Hoenn, Juan, claims that Steven is strong, but he prefers his own disciple, Wallace."

From "Street Interviews": "We interviewed several trainers who claimed to have witnessed Champion Lance capturing criminals, making us believe that any evil will eventually meet justice!"

…

Recent hot news continued to pop up one after another, seemingly trying to overshadow the incident of Lance's confrontation with Joker.

However, the Indigo League could not feel happy at all.

According to eyewitness reports,

Joker's activities had been exceedingly frequent of late.

Several wanted criminals from the League had been captured and taken away while being witnessed by others.

Although they could call the TV station in advance to suppress the news,

you could silence the media, but you couldn't silence the public.

With Joker's increasing activity, although areas outside Johto were still unclear about this new Team Rocket member,

within Johto, his reputation was indeed growing!

"Chairman, we've been receiving frequent complaints from the viewers about why we aren't reporting on Joker-related news."

The head of Cianwood TV said to Damalanche with a wry smile.

Just last week, Joker had publicly defeated the League's wanted C-grade robber, Ankh, in front of many citizens in Cianwood City and took him away.

Yet, Cianwood TV hadn't reported on it, leading to deep public skepticism.

"Uh... thank you for the hard work. Don't worry; we will find a way to handle it."

Although Damalanche said this, he frankly could not think of any way to solve it.

After all, he couldn't just silence ordinary citizens, could he?

Fortunately, Joker hadn't caused any major incidents for now, so it was still manageable.

"This is quite interesting…"

Agatha suddenly chuckled while holding a newspaper, 

"Apparently, some people even established a 'Joker Fan Club.'" 

"Cough!"

Upon hearing Agatha's words, Lorelei almost spat out her tea.

What the— Σ(ﾟДﾟ|||)━!?

Had the world gone so chaotic that she could no longer understand it?

Lorelei took the documents from Agatha's hand.

The front page of the newspaper featured a picture—

A group of preteen girls standing together, holding posters of their idol.

They even had hearts drawn on them, writing things like "Love"…

Lorelei instantaneously turned into an old subway passenger.

Agatha, however, remained nonchalant, "It seems they think Joker is more efficient at taking down criminals than the League." 

Lorelei bit her lip, "Those words… should not reach Lance." 

Although her attitude toward criminals was the same as Lance's,

to summarize it in three words—it's a kill-on-sight!

But Lorelei remained cooler than Lance when handling matters.

She probably used ice power.

"Chairman! Joker has appeared in Goldenrod City! Not only him, but Shadow is also there, led by the S-class wanted criminal, Alina!"

At that moment, Damalanche's assistant rushed into the meeting room, clearly anxious.

Upon hearing this, even Agatha, who usually displayed no outward emotion, raised her eyebrows slightly.

Shadow!

The meaning of those two words held significant weight, equivalent to Team Rocket!

If Team Rocket was the biggest criminal organization in Kanto, then Shadow was the largest in Johto!

"Is Team Rocket fighting against Shadow?"

Damalanche sprang up from his chair.

Joker was a member of Team Rocket; if he clashed with Shadow, didn't that mean they were fighting against each other?

"It seems not. According to Mr. Haward from Goldenrod Gym, Shadow suddenly appeared at the station in Goldenrod City, stealing trainers' Pokémon, and then Joker showed up. Currently, no other members of Team Rocket besides Joker have been sighted, this situation needs further confirmation."

The assistant swallowed hard, barely managing to calm down.

"What's the current condition?"

Lorelei also stood up and dashed outside.

Team Rocket and Shadow.

Perfect, let me freeze you all in place!

The assistant replied, "Originally, Mr. Haward was at a disadvantage, but after Joker joined the fray, the situation shifted in our favor."

At first glance, it sounded like good news, but Lorelei couldn't feel happy about it for some reason.

Damn it, the League's Gym Leaders needed help from Team Rocket just to control the situation?

What the hell!

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