"When I join, a phone call will do. There's no need to make a special trip. Besides, you're not coming over to battle me."
Thinking of Lance's expression when he said that—his slightly aggrieved look beneath that indifferent façade—Xia Yan couldn't help laughing.
It couldn't be helped.
His schedule wasn't exactly packed right now, but it wasn't particularly open either.
"What are you laughing at?"
The familiar, powerful voice came through the phone.
"Nothing." Xia Yan quickly came back to himself. "Ahem. That's roughly the situation, Boss Giovanni."
Xia Yan briefly explained his plans and what needed to be done afterward to Giovanni.
Of course.
He skipped over certain details.
Xia Yan no longer needed to hide his identity, but the tacit understanding between the two of them remained.
"So, what do you need Team Rocket to do?" Giovanni asked.
After a brief pause, Xia Yan's gaze gradually sharpened. The icy ruthlessness and murderous intent deep in his eyes could not be completely concealed.
"Kill."
A single, decisive word.
Yet it revealed Xia Yan's determination.
"I compiled a list. They're all noble descendants who commit evil and bully others by relying on their status."
"Understood."
Giovanni showed no hesitation at all and readily accepted this obviously unpleasant "task."
Hunting noble descendants!
This would inevitably lead to unavoidable contradictions and conflicts with all the royal and noble descendants. Team Rocket, which had been quiet for some time, would certainly stir up quite a storm throughout the Pokémon League.
Team Rocket was not Xia Yan.
Once they acted, they would definitely be far more swift, ruthless, and merciless than Xia Yan.
Naturally, with Giovanni's personality, he would not do something that brought Team Rocket nothing but harm just to help Xia Yan achieve some so-called shared goal.
Hunting noble descendants would offend