It was said that a certain Wallace took over the office computer of the Hoenn Champion, Steven. He spent time on a forum arguing with a certain person's fans for over a thousand posts. He argued so much it felt endless.
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And finally, it was said that angry screams could be heard coming from the Hoenn Champion's office for a long time.
Hah... Hah...
"Is it still not over?"
Steven sat on the sofa, scrolling through a forum. He glanced at Wallace. He noticed that Wallace's face was unusually red. It was so red that it looked like steam might come out.
"I'm going to meet them for an offline fight!!"
Wallace was incredibly angry.
"They said I don't dare to show my face! They said no one in the world is more handsome than Damian! They haven't even seen my photos in women's clothes. How can they say I'm not as handsome as Damian?"
"Uh..." Steven was stunned for a moment. "Then can't you just post your photo?"
If they were talking about photos of him dressed as a girl, Steven felt that Wallace was indeed an authority on the subject.
Wait. If you want to compare looks with Damian, why would you bring up your crossdressing photos?
Steven suddenly noticed this point. Or rather, he wondered if his friend had already accepted that his crossdressing photos were his greatest pride.
Steven's handsome face looked a bit strange.
"I am Wallace. Can I really argue seriously with some brainless fans?"
Wallace spoke with total confidence.
"Then what about the offline fight?"
"I used a female account to argue with them. I'll just go there dressed as a girl when the time comes, right? They won't recognize me. I must prove that I, Wallace, am the most beautiful man in the world!"
Wallace used his "incredible wisdom."
"...As long as you're happy."
Steven opened his mouth but only managed to say that one sentence.
Damian! You really are a bad influence!! Look at what you have turned Wallace into.
Steven silently gave Damian a thumbs-up in his heart. After all, his best friend crossdressed as various girls every day. Steven felt it was quite pleasing to the eye.
In terms of seeing beautiful things, Steven felt he had never lost.
"And these few! I want to challenge them to a fight too! Dammit! Do they have no eyes? They actually want to start a Team Rocket Fan Club for Damian???"
What the hell!
Hearing Wallace's resentful muttering, Steven couldn't help but roll his eyes. He moved into a more comfortable position to lie down.
"Just make sure you don't lose to Damian's fans when the time comes."
"Huh? Steven, who do you think you're looking down on?"
Wallace was very unhappy.
"I am Wallace! How could I possibly lose to a few brainless fans?"
Wallace did not deny that he had been captured by Team Rocket a few times. But he wanted people to look at who his opponents were.
Damian, Zinnia, Caitlin, Colress. Every one of them was a top executive of Team Rocket.
Wallace felt that being captured by them was not a mark of shame. But he would lose to Damian's brainless fans?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
"Hmph~ See? As soon as I said I wanted to fight, they got scared, didn't they?"
Wallace snorted twice with great pride.
Then, he used his alt account to start a new thread. He wanted to challenge every Damian fan on the internet!
Steven fell into thought.
He felt that since Wallace was forced by Damian to take those photos that became famous in Hoenn, Wallace had become more and more ridiculous. He was acting more and more like a comedy character.
You are a Master-level Contest Trainer and the former Hoenn Champion. Is it really necessary to go online and get serious with Damian's fans?
Because you aren't Damian's match, you're bullying his fans.
Wallace, you have truly fallen.
"Hmm? There really is one who dares to accept the challenge? Tsk~ I acknowledge your courage."
Wallace looked at someone who actually responded to his alt account. He was a bit surprised.
"My Dad is Not a Slaking."
Seeing this nickname, Wallace felt a bit troubled. This clearly looked like a child...
Besides, he had just been acting on emotion. If he really went to fight some fans, it would truly be beneath his status.
Unova Region.
"Hilda!!!"
In a hotel suite in Nimbasa City, Rosa's scream made Hilda's ears ring.
"Do you want to die?! I'm almost deaf!"
Hilda couldn't take it and shouted back at Rosa.
"No, something huge happened!" Rosa ran to Hilda's side quickly. It was hard to hide the excitement in her voice.
"Damian is actually part of Team Rocket!!"
"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about?"
Hilda, who was about to say something, froze. Damian was in Team Rocket? That was impossible.
Then...
Half an hour later, Hilda had a face full of respect and admiration.
"Damian... is so great...!"
Hilda said with strong feeling.
"Ooh! As expected of the man I chose! Aaaaaah!"
Rosa was already extremely hyped. She started shouting like a warrior.
"What are you going crazy for now?"
"Hilda! What should I do? I really want to grab Damian and just... well, adore him! What should I do? What should I do? Tell me, what should I do?"
Rosa looked at Damian in the video. Her eyes were glowing red. She held her cheeks. Her pale, pure little face now had an abnormal blush.
"How can Damian be this handsome? Waaaaah~ Aaaaaah!!"
Gulp...
Hilda swallowed hard. She looked at her best friend, who was now "90% crazy." She moved her butt to stay a little further away from Rosa.
Seriously, have you been suppressing yourself to this extent?
"Act normal! You're scaring me, you idiot!"
"Oh..."
Rosa replied and returned a bit to her usual self.
Seeing this, Hilda felt a little more relieved. The Rosa from just a moment ago really scared her.
"Even though I always knew Damian wasn't an ordinary person, I didn't expect him to have such a grand ideal~"
Hilda was full of praise. She didn't feel there was anything wrong with Damian being the leader of Team Rocket.
Instead, Damian had joined Team Rocket for only about half a year and had already taken down the previous leader to take the position himself. Didn't that show Damian's ability?
Especially since Damian had passionately told his story, Hilda felt a strong connection to it.
A missing younger brother, a mother who died young, and a busy father. Growing up in that kind of environment, Damian still had such a positive heart!
He really... I could cry!
"Aaaaaah!! I want to join Team Rocket too! I must help Damian complete his ideal!"
"...Can you keep your voice down? And technically, aren't we already part of Team Rocket?" Hilda felt like her head was hurting.
"I don't care! I want to tell the world I'm in Team Rocket, not some temporary worker for Arceus Company!"
"Fine, fine. We can just tell Damian about that. He probably didn't tell us the truth before because he was worried about Team Rocket's bad reputation."
Hilda analyzed it this way. To be honest, it really was like that.
If she had known it was Team Rocket from the start, she probably wouldn't have joined. After all, Team Rocket's reputation back then was that of a bad villain team.
Hilda was a kind and righteous girl. Of course, she wouldn't join Team Rocket.
But now it was different.
"I must get Damian!! I must make Damian my husband!!" Rosa's fighting spirit was incredibly high right now!
"Okay, okay. Good luck. Try to get past Miss Caitlin first."
Hilda rolled her eyes cutely and scrolled through the forum.
"Look, you have so many competitors."
Hilda pointed at the forum page on her phone. There were so many posts from female users praising Damian and saying they wanted a man like him as a boyfriend.
There was even already a "Damian Fan Club" board.
"Heh~ A bunch of nobodies. Do they seriously think they can compete with me for my man?" Rosa said dismissively. She didn't care at all about those women talking big online.
"And this person. The Damian Fan Club President? That should be me, Rosa! I'm going to challenge her!"
Seeing Rosa setting up an online fight over the title of "Fan Club President," Hilda felt that Rosa was probably going crazy again.
Then Hilda shook her head. She decided to let Rosa do whatever she wanted. Otherwise, she would be too frustrated. She didn't want Rosa to just charge in and jump on Damian the next time she saw him.
Hilda felt that based on Rosa's personality, she might actually do something like that.
And if that happened, wouldn't Miss Caitlin start a fight with Rosa? She would end up being dragged in by Rosa to help.
Thinking of this, Hilda felt things were not looking good.
However, just then, her phone chirped. Hilda checked it; it was a group chat.
"Unova Region Arceus Company Temporary Workers Chat."
That was the name of the group. It was created by Lacey. According to her, it was to make communication for future missions easier.
"Oh my god!! Damian is actually the boss of Team Rocket! Has everyone seen it?"
Lacey tagged everyone in the group and sent that message.
"Yeah. As expected of my leader. Awesome! I declare! Lord Damian is my idol!" This was Drayton.
"Damian! I will follow Damian for the rest of my life!" This was the excited Kieran.
"Eliminate all evil forces! That is the true goal of our Team Rocket! Who said Team Rocket is an evil team?" This was Carmine.
It was worth mentioning that Carmine was still a temporary worker and not an official member of Team Rocket.
Messages kept popping up in the group chat one after another.
"Then I feel relieved. By the way, if anyone wants to leave the company, feel free to leave the chat."
Lacey breathed a sigh of relief.
The group owner changed the group name to "Team Rocket Unova Branch Trainer Group Chat."
Lacey changed it very quickly.
There was no doubt that Damian's interview speech had made Lacey and the others very excited and inspired.
Added to their previous contact and the missions they had done against evil organizations, Lacey and the others, who already respected and liked Damian, now had a great impression of Team Rocket.
At this moment, joining Team Rocket gave them no mental stress at all.
Give your heart to Team Rocket!
Sinnoh Region.
Cynthia sat at her desk, her pale hand supporting her cheek as she watched Damian in the video. A faint smile appeared on her lips
Regarding this video, she could only say that Damian's lines were very cool.
As for the rest?
Cynthia didn't believe a single word. She believed she knew Damian very well, but...
One should judge a person by their actions, not their thoughts. As long as Damian did not leave the path he was on now, he was a "hero," wasn't he?
Looking at the "End of Playback" text on the computer screen, Cynthia silently clicked replay.
It truly is... a strange fate~
Cynthia looked at the boy in the video. Her beautiful, clear eyes looked a bit lost in thought.
Having not seen him for a while, she missed him a little.
Cynthia always believed that when life meets life, something is always created. This was true for people and people, people and Pokémon, and Pokémon and Pokémon.
And most of the time, this "something" was hard to describe. Feelings, bonds, fate, and so on.
Cynthia never thought that her meeting with Damian would produce... feelings.
But this was clearly wrong.
"Caitlin..." Cynthia softly whispered the name.
Caitlin was her best friend. She was also the "bridge" that led to her meeting Damian.
But Caitlin also really loved Damian.
If she really chose Damian, it meant she had to compete with Caitlin. In other words, "stealing a man."
But... was this really right?
No, actually, it couldn't be called stealing. After all, Caitlin and Damian didn't have a real relationship as a couple. The two of them hadn't made anything official.
And she, at least, had shared physical intimacy with Damian. So, strictly speaking, Cynthia felt her progress was higher than Caitlin's.
But the problem was that Caitlin knew Damian first. Also, Caitlin had warned her and directly said that Damian was the person she liked.
This always made Cynthia feel a sense of guilt, like she was going behind her friend's back to hook up with her boyfriend. This was very bad.
But did she really have any other choice?
"Caitlin, many times in life, you need to take a step forward yourself."
Cynthia said in a low voice.
They had kissed and hugged. Her body had been seen completely by Damian. How could she go find another man?
And to be honest, Cynthia didn't think she could find a better man than Damian.
Even though their positions were different, and even though Damian wasn't loyal to just one person, nobody is perfect. These things didn't stop Damian from being excellent.
"Maybe... this is an opportunity."
Cynthia looked at her phone. On it was a message the Sinnoh League Chairman had just sent her.
The Kanto League was about to make a big move. It was targeted at Team Rocket. To put it simply, a final battle between the League, giving it their all, and Team Rocket was about to begin!
Caitlin, you've always wanted to defeat me, haven't you?
Cynthia took a deep breath and stood up suddenly. She knew it. She had always known.
Caitlin wanted to defeat her because she had never won against her. Then let's do it one more time!
In this very battle, they would settle it!
"Garchomp!"
Arriving at the bottom of the League building, Cynthia threw out her Garchomp.
She was going to Stark Mountain!
Cynthia knew very well that Caitlin had already undergone a transformation. Furthermore, she possessed the Legendary Pokémon Lugia.
Even though that Lugia was still young, after Caitlin's careful training, its battle power was definitely not to be underestimated.
According to intelligence, the king of Stark Mountain, Heatran, was sleeping inside the mountain. Cynthia decided to go and try her luck.
If she could catch Heatran, her battle power would increase significantly.
Let's settle the score in this upcoming battle!
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