"Be My Son" (Combined Chapter)

"Hunter N?"

Giovanni's voice was deep but not dry, carrying the presence of someone in power without feeling overly aggressive.

Hearing his voice, Xia Yan suppressed the surprise in his heart.

The fact that Mr. Z could contact Giovanni directly—even speak to him with a casual phone call—suggested that their relationship was far closer than Xia Yan and Miss Q had imagined.

As for—

The Hunter Guild's rule that hunters in each region were only allowed to conduct trade with local forces, rather than form deeper partnerships, seemed to Xia Yan like nothing more than something meant to fool themselves.

If the Hunter Guild in the Kanto Region did not cooperate with Team Rocket, setting aside whether it could even conduct business peacefully—

Other than Team Rocket, who could absorb such huge quantities of Pokémon?

Selling them one by one was certainly an option.

But if they were sold individually, who knew how long it would take to sell them all?

During that time, food, shelter, and other resources for the Pokémon would amount to an enormous daily expense.

In the Hoenn Region and Sinnoh Region, where groups like Team Magma and Team Galactic were less conspicuous, simple trade partnerships might indeed have been enough.

But in the Kanto Region and Johto Region, if one only intended to maintain a trade relationship, then one was underestimating both Team Rocket and Giovanni himself.

Xia Yan took a quiet breath, doing his best to calm himself.

Holding the phone in one hand, he nodded. "That's me."

Giovanni did not move. Only his voice came from the shadows.

"Z said you wanted to work with me?"

Xia Yan and Miss Q had originally intended to work with Mr. Z.

After all, geographically speaking, Mr. Z in the Kanto Region and Tom Ruoqi in