"Team Rocket's overworked corporate Delibird?"
Baimu pondered briefly. "Maybe that wouldn't be so bad."
With Rosa's abilities, winning Delibird over should not have been a problem. With Xanthia and the others around, he should not have needed to worry too much either.
Seeing that he was not angry, the Team Rocket trio all breathed sighs of relief.
Compared to the nomadic life they had led while chasing Ash across various regions over the years, life under Baimu was undoubtedly far more comfortable. They were respected and received generous salaries.
Though they always felt a strange emptiness inside, as if something was missing, they had no intention of leaving Orre Academy for the time being.
"Keep up the good work. If you need anything, submit a report to Silver."
Baimu left.
Use people without suspicion, and trust those you employed. He had not come to cause trouble for the Team Rocket trio anyway; he had merely wanted to get to the bottom of the Delibird matter.
He returned to the teaching building.
School had already ended by then. Most students had gone to their club activities, and only a small number remained.
As usual, Baimu moved between the offices on each floor, asking about the students' mental health.
Although he had forcibly assigned mountains of homework to children of elementary and middle-school age, he did not actually care much about their academic performance. He simply did not want them getting bored and causing trouble.
Fortunately, thanks to the warning he had given the second generation of New Team Plasma and Orre's new generation at the start of the school year, the students had been very well-behaved so far. Baimu found that deeply reassuring.
The teachers, meanwhile, not only admired the principal's sense of responsibility but also felt a little ashamed of