"Miss Alexa, do you know anything about Team Rocket?"
Damian thought for a moment and then asked Alexa.
"I have looked up some information. Team Rocket is a notorious villain team," Alexa replied while nodding her head.
Big sister, so you actually knew?
The cameraman swallowed hard. He quietly straightened his camera lens. He felt like he was starting to sweat buckets.
However, he could not run away at this moment. He had to continue the interview.
Otherwise, if he made this young man unhappy, the cameraman did not even dare to imagine what his end would be.
"That is right. Team Rocket is a villain team. In Kanto, it is a villain team that everyone knows about. Kidnapping, extortion, robbery, and even cruel Pokémon gene experiments, they do every kind of evil deed," Damian said slowly.
"Then why did you join Team Rocket?" Alexa asked the same question again.
"From what I know, you are the eldest son of Mr. Giovanni. Mr. Giovanni is the most respected Gym Leader in the Kanto region. Since you were raised by Mr. Giovanni himself, why would you take such a path?"
"Logically speaking, you should have had a very bright future."
Alexa was not just asking for the show. She was truly, incredibly curious.
After all, Damian had crushed all his rivals to win the Indigo Plateau Conference in his first year. It was no exaggeration to say his future was filled with glory.
Plus, he had an official background!
"Yes, many people have actually asked me this question. There are many factors involved," Damian said with a short laugh.
"If I have to explain it in detail, this story might be a bit long."
"It doesn't matter! We are very happy to be your listeners!" Alexa said immediately. She could not wait.
"Alright. Let me think about where I should start," Damian said with a thinking expression.
"When I was very young, my mother passed away. I originally had a younger brother. But also when I was young, my brother was kidnapped and disappeared."
"I'm sorry," Alexa said, looking at Damian with an apologetic gaze.
So... was it because of an unhappy childhood? No, it should not be that simple.
"From that time on, I vaguely understood that this world is not as beautiful as people imagine. It has a very cruel side."
"My father actually loves me very much. I have always been able to feel that. But he has his own work, and he is very busy."
"I could only read books by myself. I could only watch videos by myself. I could only sleep alone in a dark room."
Damian continued his story. His tone was very calm.
However, the people listening could not stay calm. The soft smile on Caitlin's lips slowly disappeared. She stared at the young man under the spotlight.
Platinum bit her lip gently. Her feelings were a bit complicated right now. Since she came from a happy and wealthy family, she had been a little princess since she was a child.
For her, it was hard to imagine the life Damian was describing.
His mother died, his brother disappeared, his father was busy, and he lived alone.
This...
"My father is a very excellent and responsible Gym Leader. Yes, very excellent and responsible."
"Because of his influence, my goal since I was young was also to become an excellent trainer. Later, as I grew up, he gave me the first Pokémon of my life. It was a Shiny Gastly."
"I liked it very much. It was also very cute and worked hard."
Damian showed a faint smile.
"I took Gastly and walked out of Viridian City. Perhaps for me personally, that journey was very meaningful, yet also very meaningless."
"Why would you say that?"
Alexa, who had been listening seriously and silently, could not help but feel confused.
"What is the true meaning of a journey? Is it the journey itself, or the little things experienced during the journey? Or is it the final result at the end?" Damian asked back with a light laugh.
"This..." Alexa was stuck by the question.
"I was also thinking about that question at the time. My journey was very smooth. It was smoother than I could have imagined."
"During the journey, I met my current girlfriend. During the journey, I gained more Pokémon partners. During the journey, I personally felt my own improvement. I saw a lot, and I felt a lot."
Damian gently tapped his thigh with his finger. His eyes looked a bit distant, as if he were remembering the past.
"I saw Team Rocket members in black uniforms with my own eyes. That was the first time I met Team Rocket. They were robbing a family. They took away that family's child's Pokémon. That child was crying very loudly."
"Team Rocket even took that child hostage and threatened the couple to give them more money."
"I really did not understand."
"Why are there such people in the world?" Damian said calmly.
Alexa looked like she wanted to say something, but she did not interrupt Damian.
"I defeated those Team Rocket members and called Officer Jenny to report it. They even said mean things to me when they were being taken away."
"I still did not understand."
"Clearly, they were the ones who did something wrong. I corrected them and stopped them from making more mistakes, but they still cursed at me."
Damian's voice was clear and pleasant. The entire living room was very quiet at this moment.
"I saved a family. They expressed their gratitude to me. When they learned I was Giovanni's son, they said very happily that I was indeed Giovanni's son and that my father had raised a good son."
"I still did not understand. I was clearly the one who saved them, so what did it have to do with my father?"
"On the road, this kind of situation happened many times."
Alexa's heart skipped a beat. Something felt wrong.
"My journey continued. I successfully got eight badges and joined the Indigo Plateau Conference."
"I defeated all my opponents very easily. Suddenly, I realized something. Perhaps it wasn't that they were too weak, but that I was too strong."
"Maybe I was just that special person."
The corners of Damian's mouth slowly curled up.
"Actually, after I won the Indigo Plateau Conference, on my way back to Viridian City, I met a Team Rocket Executive and a few Team Rocket members."
"That Executive recognized me and sent me an invitation. He hoped I would join Team Rocket."
"I had met Team Rocket many times on my journey. Every time, they were doing evil. They were the scum of Kanto's underworld, the ugliest side of this world."
Damian gently rubbed his fingers together.
"I originally wanted to refuse. But Miss Alexa, can you guess what I saw?"
"What?" Alexa was completely drawn into the story.
"The first Team Rocket members I ever met, they were standing right behind that Executive."
"What?!" This time, Alexa's "what" had a completely different tone. It was full of shock.
"But weren't they... by you?"
"Yes, I also found it strange. They should have been taken away by Officer Jenny and locked in a jail cell."
"I asked that Executive. He smiled and said it was just a jail. They had many ways to get people out."
This...!!
Alexa's pupils were trembling slightly. She could even imagine the pride and mockery on that Executive's face when he said those words.
As for who the mockery was aimed at, it could not be said.
"At that time, I didn't even know what I was thinking. I asked him one more thing."
"Why does your Team Rocket do so many bad things? Do you know how he answered me?"
Alexa shook her head.
"He had a playful smile on his face and said: 'We did it because we wanted to. Do we need a reason?'"
It was not just Alexa. The cameraman, Viola, and the others all felt their hearts jump at this moment.
They did it because they wanted to?
Those were such simple words, but what kind of things did Team Rocket do?!!
"At that moment, I understood. My feeling from when I was a child was not wrong. This world is not purely beautiful. This sky is not always clear and blue."
"Moreover, I felt that what he said made a lot of sense. Some things, if you want to do them, you just have to do them."
Damian tilted his head slightly. His tone was still very calm.
"So, I agreed to that Executive's invitation. I joined Team Rocket."
"Why did you make such a decision at that time?"
Alexa was stunned after hearing this. She still did not understand.
Even though he knew Team Rocket was so evil, and even though he knew Team Rocket was the shadow that made the world imperfect, he still wanted to join them?
Shouldn't he have destroyed them?
"Miss Alexa, do you know? The human heart is the hardest thing to understand. Wherever there is light, there will always be a shadow."
"Trying to completely destroy Team Rocket is easier said than done. Do you know how massive Team Rocket's size really is?"
"Or rather, even if we destroy this Team Rocket, the underworld would still exist. Today it is Team Rocket, tomorrow it might be Team Train, and the day after it might be Team Plane."
Damian laughed a little and could not help but joke.
"Instead of destroying it, it is better to take complete control of it. Don't you think so?"
Alexa's head was buzzing. She understood!
"This world is imperfect. There will always be dark clouds in this sky. People are crying in every region. This is unavoidable."
"Because the shadows of the human heart are just that scary and strange. So we can see that Kanto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and so on, every land has all kinds of villain teams."
"How hard is it to clean this world up?"
"But if there must be someone who changes the world's structure."
Damian spread his arms. A wild smile appeared on his face.
"Why can't that person be me?"
Yes, if there must be someone who can change the world, why can't it be me, Damian?
The entire living room fell silent. You could have heard a pin drop.
Alexa looked at the young man opposite her. At this moment, she felt like she had goosebumps all over her body!
This time, Caitlin finally did not have that soft, closed-mouth smile. She smiled very happily and very proudly.
Wuwu! Mr. Damian!!!
Platinum excitedly clenched her fists. She even wanted to jump up. Mr. Damian!!
Why is he so cool!
At this moment, Serena's eyes were also shining. Her eyes were completely filled by that young man.
Viola bit her lip tightly. This was really too...
Alexa kept taking deep breaths, trying to calm her racing heart. This was truly the first time she had experienced such a situation.
Listening to a guest talk gave her goosebumps all over. It was not a feeling of being cold, but a feeling that could not be described with words.
It was just really! Really exciting!
"Mr. Damian, you are really... too great!"
Great! No more words were needed!
For a moment, Alexa did not know what she should say. She could only use the word "great" to describe him.
"Miss Alexa, you praise me too much."
"Now, let me introduce myself to the viewers again."
Damian said a humble word after hearing that. The smile remained on his handsome face as he looked into the camera.
"Hello everyone, I am Damian. The Boss of Team Rocket, Damian!"
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