Watching Roy's increasingly skillful swing, Giovanni felt a sense of relief and took out his Communicator to send a message.
A short while later, Matori hurriedly brought over a black fishing rod.
She didn't understand why the chief needed the fishing rod now.
Giovanni took the fishing rod from Matori and plopped down on the fishing spot next to Roy.
"Do you mind if I use your bait?"
"Random."
Giovanni didn't stand on ceremony with Roy, and picked up the Lure Pokéblock from Roy's small box and hooked it onto his fishing hook.
Holding the fishing rod in his hand, Giovanni couldn't remember when he last went fishing.
Previously, due to internal problems within the Team Rockets, he had no time to rest and spent every day thinking about how to strengthen the Team Rockets, specifically how to completely unify the Team Rocket in both regions.
Now that I suddenly have a solution in mind, my mindset has naturally changed. I should relax like Roy, otherwise, being constantly tense will only make me more prone to making mistakes.
Although his feel for the bait was somewhat unfamiliar, his movements were still practiced. With a forceful throw, he cast the bait into the sea and began sea fishing with Roy.
Looking at the two people fishing, Matori was completely bewildered. What was wrong with his leader?
Weren't we still worried about the Team Rocket in the Johto yesterday?
Why are you fishing now?
Could it be... that the leader has given up?
Matori couldn't understand what the boy next to the leader had said to his leader that made him give up and lie low.
Roy has now been categorized as a talent by Giovanni.
I never expected that Roy would be so strong and intelligent at the same time. It's a pity that I met Roy Agatha too late, otherwise it would have been wonderful to recruit Roy into Team Rocket and have him as my strategist.
By the way, how about...
"Roy, my company is short of an honorary manager, what do you think...?"
"Not interested."
Giovanni didn't understand why Roy had refused before Roy even asked, but he still refused to give up.
"I can give you shares..."
Roy knew perfectly well that Giovanni wanted to recruit him into Team Rocket. He figured if he joined Team Rocket in the morning, Agatha would be coming to stab him with a knife by the afternoon.
"Brother Giovanni, I'm used to being free and don't like being constrained. Companies and such are all a burden to me."
Seeing this, Giovanni didn't insist, watching Roy fish in the sea while teasing the Snorunt in his arms.
It seems like he hasn't spent much time with his Pokémon in ages.
Giovanni also took out a Poké Ball.
A flash of red light
A Persian, about 1.5m long, with a milky white body, round ears, red pupils, a red gem on its head, and three whiskers on each side of its face, appeared.
The Persian looked at Giovanni, thinking it was going to be another fight, but there were no opponents around.
Giovanni simply stroked his head gently, running his fingers along his fur.
This action surprised the Persian. Giovanni hadn't petted him in a long time, and feeling the long-lost warmth, the Persian stretched out his neck so that Giovanni could easily touch his head.
It's clear that Sakamoto is in an exceptionally good mood today.
"Alright, I'm going fishing now."
Giovanni gently patted the Persian's head.
"Meow!"
The Persian first licked its paws, then stretched and lay down next to Giovanni, watching Giovanni.
System Scan
Pokémon: Persian
Level: 85
Sex: Male
Ability: Technician (Increases the power of low-power moves when attacking.)
Skills: High- Fake Out, Focus Energy, Swift, Bite, Power Gem, Captivate, Headbutt, Night Slash, Slam, Screech, Feint Attack, Nasty Plot, Pursuit
Carried Item: Life Orb
Egg Move: Odor Sleuth, Amnesia, Flail, Iron Tail.
Individual Values: 27
Technical Machine /TMT: Hyper Beam, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Double Team, Protect, Dark Pulse, Shadow Claw U-turn, Aerial Ace, Aerial Ace, Substitute, Rest, Dream Eater, Roar
The level 85 Persian?
It's a bit lower level than Roy imagined, but that makes sense. The current Giovanni isn't at his Giovanni yet, and he hasn't even seen the opponent's Trump Card, Beedrill.
That said, the Meowth in the trio has always wanted to take over as the Persian.
But with this High-level Elite Four rank, Roy really didn't know how Meowth could squeeze the Persian off and take the position herself.
When the Persian saw Roy looking at him, he turned to look at Roy as well, somewhat curious about the human in front of him.
Just as Persian was trying to recall if he had ever seen Roy, an Annihilape with white, hair-like gas emanating from its body blocked Persian's view.
The Annihilape also sensed the Persian's immense strength, but he was not afraid at all, staring straight into the Persian's ruby-like eyes.
The actions of the Annihilape aroused the curiosity of the Persian, which was driven by its feline instincts. This was because the Pokémon Annihilape was the only Pokémon he had ever seen that was lower level than himself but was not afraid of him at all.
Giovanni also noticed the Persian's unusual behavior and saw the Annihilape blocking Roy's side.
He had heard from the Matori that Roy's special Annihilape seemed to be an undiscovered evolution of the Primeape.
Moreover, it seems that only the one Roy has right now has a personality similar to its owner—it doesn't take pressure.
"Roy, is this the Annihilape you used in the competition?"
"Yes, the main Pokémon I used in the battle against Tobias was also the one that worked the hardest out of all my Pokémon."
Giovanni glanced at it twice before turning his gaze to the sea; he wasn't as interested in the Annihilape as Roy was.
Roy channeled the Ghost Power into the body of the Annihilape, signaling it to relax and not be nervous.
"I didn't expect Giovanni's Persian to be so strong."
Seeing Roy looking at his Persian, Giovanni assumed Roy also wanted to try out the feel of the cat.
"It feels great, want to try it?"
These words left not only Roy bewildered, but even the Persian looked completely confused. What had he just heard?
Giovanni actually let someone else masturbate him; this had never happened before.
"Can I... pet the Persian too?"
Giovanni nodded in agreement.
Roy was originally just wondering if Meowth could beat the Persian.
But after hearing what Giovanni said, Roy recalled that he had often seen Giovanni petting cats in anime, and he really wanted to try out the feel of this High-level Elite Four Persian.