Romantic Luck (Extra-Large Combined Chapter!!)

Johto.

The character was male, and his default Pokémon was Murkrow.

Was there someone like that in Team Rocket? He remembered that the executive Athena had a Murkrow, but she was a woman...

Baimu looked at the five talents before him.

Fixed talent:

[Greenhorn (slow progress in raising Pokémon)]

Optional talents:

[Careless Hands (poor management of Pokémon health)]

[Romantic Luck (may become involved with members of the opposite sex)]

[Villain Character (joins an evil organization)]

[Weak and Sickly (health is a serious concern)]

Honestly, of the five, only Villain Character looked remotely interesting. He could hardly be bothered to look at the other four, and none seemed likely to end well.

But this was only a normal simulation. After so many attempts without once making it past the preliminaries to the Victory Tournament, he might as well pick one that caught his eye—

You're the one!

Romantic Luck!

A Greenhorn Villain Character with Romantic Luck!

He pressed the start button.

The familiar virtual screen unfolded before him.

[Simulation begins]

Against a pixel-art background, a brightly lit office came into view.

The red-haired woman sitting in the boss's chair looked like Athena, the Team Rocket executive he'd just been thinking of, though there were subtle differences. Why was she the first to appear?

Could this be a simulation of her son?

If he remembered correctly, Athena had been working alongside Giovanni since the early days of the games. She had never appeared in the anime, but like Courtney, that didn't mean she didn't exist.

At her age...

A man in a Team Rocket uniform suddenly appeared. Baimu watched him hurry over to the red-haired woman, then watched the two of them kiss.

Baimu: "???"

*Wait! Why are they kissing?