"Looks like Team Rocket still hasn't gathered enough data on Legendary Pokémon. The Mewtwo project is only just getting started..."
It was just a shame Mewtwo wasn't a Grass-type Pokémon. If only they could make the Grass-type genes express themselves during cloning.
After all, Mewtwo was an artificial Pokémon created from Mew, and in theory, Mew's genetic sequence contained the genes of nearly every Pokémon. Grass-type Pokémon were no exception.
"Leafeon, do you think Lin Yan could work his way up to being the boss of Team Rocket?"
The thought of becoming the Pokémon League Champion while Lin Yan became the head of a criminal organization actually gave Ye Lan something to look forward to.
He could stand in the middle and play both sides. If he was already one of the League's Elite Four, how could he be a bad guy? Doing good deeds would only be natural, right? But if his buddy was the boss of a criminal organization, how good could he really be? Breaking the rules would be natural too, right? He'd be completely unrestricted!
"Leaf, leaf~"
Ye Lan froze. He hadn't expected Leafeon to vote against the idea. Did Leafeon have so little faith in Lin Yan? He was already working under Dr. Fuji, so surely he had a decent chance? Though Giovanni was admittedly absurdly powerful.
"Leaf!"
In Leafeon's view, Lin Yan would most likely steal something extremely important from Team Rocket, then defect. Ultimately, he would escape with the Shadow Team's help and become their boss!
Leafeon hadn't watched all that anime for nothing. Leafeon was also beginning to understand why Ye Lan had thought Lin Yan was so special the first time they met.
Lin Yan's starting circumstances were the textbook setup for a rising star. No matter how you looked at