The night sky over Oldale Town was peaceful and silent. The silver divine bird gently beat its wings, and a hurricane swept up from the ground.
Young Master Mao calmly jumped off Latios's back and approached the four Team Rocket members trussed up like idiots amid the crowd.
"Gengar, get me somewhere to sit, then untie these guys."
The Poké Ball opened and closed. Gengar wiggled his chubby body and cheerfully pulled out a chair with a backrest, placing it behind Young Master Mao.
Only then did he approach the bound men.
With highly corrosive venom coating his tongue, Gengar spread his mouth in a grin and lashed out with a scarlet Lick.
Snap! The ropes broke, and the four poor suckers immediately moved behind Young Master Mao.
Young Master Mao sat comfortably in his chair and looked at the Team Magma members before him, who were silent as frightened mice.
"Who the hell are you? I've never heard of anyone in Team Rocket who could command a Legendary Pokémon!" Tabitha asked through gritted teeth.
"Ah..." Young Master Mao sighed. "It's the middle of the night. I really just want to go straight to sleep.
"So, let's do this."
Looking at Tabitha, who had been laughing so arrogantly just moments earlier, Young Master Mao said evenly, "You four, tell them who I am."
"Blue Executive!" A Jian and A Liang shouted first.
"My apologies, Executive. I failed to lead my team properly." A young man with short, tousled blue hair lowered his head and admitted his mistake.
"And you are?" Young Master Mao glanced at the handsome young man.
"Yes, sir! My name is Hitoshi, captain of this Elite Squad. We belong to the Hoenn branch, under Director Sakaki," the blue-haired young man explained.
"All right, contact your director and