At the edge of the desert between Mossdeep City and Lavaridge Town.
A blond scholar in a sand-proof cloak and gold-rimmed glasses had his head lowered, typing something on his laptop.
The woman beside him wore a Team Rocket senior executive's suit beneath a sand-proof cape, her gaze drifting into the distance.
The two were Ariana, who had received orders to rendezvous with Young Master Mao and Giovanni, and Rocket Capital's rising Chief Scientist, the Golden-Haired Kid, Colress!
Since joining Team Rocket, he not only had endless funding and no longer had to worry about covering for his boss every day, but also had more experimental materials than he could ever use!
Most importantly, as the only organization to have successfully made a god, its Dr. Fuji's research notes were practically Colress's bedtime digital side dish.
As the saying went, one sniff refreshed the mind, a shake exercised the body, and a tug meant it wouldn't be used to wipe your hands...
Ahem... in short: What kind of bland, miserable life had I been living before?!
And so, to ensure he could happily explore the unknown for the rest of his life, Colress, a scientist with absolutely no loyalty to speak of, felt a sense of belonging to an organization for the first time.
He was even eager to invent something to prove his worth.
Honestly, if his former boss Ghetsis saw him now, he would surely shed tears of jealousy.
This guy was nothing like this back in the Unova Region! Whenever I asked him to make some little invention, he either dragged it out for a year or so, or mocked me to my face for not understanding technology.
*Now look at you, so desperate for recognition. In the end, I, Ghetsis, put my faith in the wrong