radicalducati Chapter 152... Let the child be born, I'll raise it.
Chapter 152... Let the child be born, I'll raise it.
Chapter 152... Let the child be born, I'll raise it.
After completing this investiture ceremony,
As if by magic, Bai Zhou produced a bell that was exquisitely crafted and shimmered with a soft silver light.
He shook it gently, and the bell rang with an incredibly clear, melodious, and tranquil sound, as if it could soothe all anxiety.
Under the curious gazes of the other Pokémon, he carefully tied the thin rope with the bell on it around Ralts's slender neck.
"This is a calming bell that can help the wearer feel joy and peace more easily and keep their mind calm. Consider it my first formal gift to you."
Before Ralts could react, he continued:
"Don't even think about refusing. Compared to that brat Gengar, you still have far fewer things. It has so many good things hidden away, and as its little sister, you can't fall behind."
Upon hearing this, Gengar, who was trying to bury his face in the bowl, suddenly raised his head, his cheeks bulging.
Then, facing Ralts, he tried to make what he thought was an incredibly reliable and proud expression, nodding vigorously and mumbling:
"Yang Ga! Yang Ga, feed Ga! Feed Ga! (Don't worry! My treasury has everything you need! Just ask for whatever you want later! As the Crown Prince and elder brother, I must shoulder my responsibilities!)"
Bai Zhou nodded in satisfaction and then placed a freshly fried dough stick into Gengar's bowl as a reward.
Ralts looked down at the bell on her chest that emitted a soft light and a peaceful aura, her little face filled with emotion.
It carefully held the bell in its little hands and earnestly tried to communicate telepathically.
Master, I will take good care of it!
Bai Zhou gently rubbed its little head.
Then, he looked at Pikachu sitting quietly to the side and took out an Electric Ball from his pocket.
Tiny golden arcs of electricity crackled across the surface of the sphere, containing pure electrical energy.
Pikachu stared at the familiar bead for a moment, then turned to the white boat in surprise, tilting its little head with a face full of question marks.
"Pikachu? (Is there any left for me?)"
It recognizes this thing!
It's that special item that greatly enhances Pikachu's strength when I was playing Pokémon!
An extremely warm and comfortable source of energy emanated from the sphere, making it instinctively yearn for it.
But it hesitated for a moment, feeling that the gift was too expensive.
"Don't worry, you can accept it."
Seeing its hesitation, Shirozuki stuffed the Electric Ball into Pikachu's arms without saying a word.
"This is a tip for Xiaozhi's hard work, so he can work for me on my live stream."
He smiled and ruffled Pikachu's fluffy little head.
The soothing bell and the electric ball were both items he had just exchanged for from Xiao A's earnings from last night's live stream. The prices were fair and honest.
Ash is really something, he doesn't pay any attention to items at all.
Having traveled with Pikachu for so long, I haven't even thought of getting it a suitable carrying item to enhance its strength. This trainer job is something I have to worry about!
As for Rayquaza and Zygarde, he would like to give them to them, but their standards are too high.
He doesn't care about ordinary props at all. He was like that in the last world too. He always seemed indifferent to whatever he was given.
They tend to absorb the super-resistance power of the white boat for slow nurturing.
The door to the bedroom in the hallway was finally opened with a "click" after everyone had almost finished eating.
Xiao Zhi had a messy, spiky hairstyle and was wearing wrinkled pajamas.
Rubbing his sleepy eyes and yawning wildly, he staggered out of the bedroom.
"Ah, everyone's up! Good morning!"
Time slipped away quietly amidst the warm and playful banter.
Around noon, Bai Zhou received an encrypted communication from the Team Rocket trio.
"Good afternoon, cadre!"
Meow Meow's spirited, even slightly excited voice came from the other end of the communication.
"Reporting, officer! We've got news from the fake organization, meow! They say they're holding an offline transaction tonight, meow! Please give instructions, meow!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhou was filled with emotion.
The last time I brought this trio under my control, I had to impersonate Team Rocket officers and use a combination of coaxing and deception.
Unexpectedly, just a few days later, he had "made it real" and transformed into the de facto leader of the Rockets—"
Life is truly full of surprises.
"Yes, proceed as planned. Use the fake stone statues we prepared to trade with them normally, without alerting them."
Bai Zhou's voice regained its composure.
"If possible, you can try to steal as much intelligence as possible from them without being exposed, especially intelligence related to their purpose of entrenched in the suburbs."
He never doubted the Rockets' trio's ability to get things done through "shady" means.
Aside from not being able to catch Ash's Pikachu, there are almost no infiltration, disguise, or intelligence-gathering missions they can't accomplish.
Of course, he didn't place all his hopes on the trio.
He has always emphasized a "sound" strategy.
Aside from the main storyline of poacher J and the trio, the intelligence network built by Rocket Express using its legitimate logistics network is the absolute main source of information gathering.
In his spare time these days, he has spent a lot of time analyzing and processing the massive amounts of information compiled by Rocket Express.
Those Rainbow Rocket team scum, once they entered the city, almost never left his surveillance range.
"When the trade takes place, I will send Team Rocket members from the Dragon City area to liaise with you and assist you in distributing your personnel."
Bai Zhou continued to issue instructions.
"After the deal is completed, I need you to use the local team members' familiarity with the terrain to keep a close watch on those counterfeiters' outposts in the suburbs—I need to know every single one of their Popogo flying in and out."
There are two reasons why he didn't choose to wipe out all the Rainbow Rockets' underdogs in the trade.
Firstly, these people are just small fry; even if we capture them, we won't get much information about Rainbow Giovanni, and it would only alert him.
Keep the real target on their guard.
Secondly, and more importantly.
He still hasn't fully figured out the true purpose of the Rainbow Rockets advance team's presence in the suburbs of Dragon City.
These guys who came from all over the world wouldn't be making baseless accusations.
Figuring out their purpose is far more important than capturing a few henchmen.
After a moment's hesitation, he added a final sentence, tinged with encouragement.
"I believe in your abilities."
"Yes, yes!!! I guarantee I'll complete the mission!!!"
The response from the other end of the communication was no longer just Meow Meow's.
Instead, it was a shout from Musashi, Kojiro, and Meowth, all speaking in unison, even with a hint of sobs and a surge of passionate excitement!
Bai Zhou didn't say anything more and then hung up the call.
His original plan was to personally go to the trading site to oversee things, but he didn't expect the opening of the Longcheng Academic Summit to be tomorrow.
In the afternoon, besides preparing conference materials, he also had to mobilize and coordinate the resources of the Dragon City Rockets, so he really couldn't spare the time.
However, he believed that the trio should be able to handle the "technical work" of monitoring targets and stealing intelligence.
After contacting his subordinates and efficiently mobilizing and arranging all the coordination and support matters for tonight's trade with the Dragon City Rockets, Bai Zhou rubbed his temples, looking slightly tired.
Sure enough, being the boss is much more tiring than being a nobody.
He sat back down at his computer, authenticated his identity, and logged into the Rockets' internal encrypted network.
Just as he was preparing to personally fabricate seamless Rocket Team elite identity information for Crimson and Blue-Green and complete the authorization procedures, his phone on the table suddenly rang.
When I picked it up, the caller ID showed "Azure".
Bai Zhou hesitated for half a second, but still chose to answer.
He hadn't even had a chance to say the word "feed".
Azure's voice, a mixture of indignation, grievance, and a hint of accusation, burst out from the receiver first.
"Don't you have anything you want to tell me honestly?!"
Bai Zhou:? ? ?
His mind went blank for a full two seconds, his handsome face scrunched up in confusion, and he even subconsciously moved his phone away to examine the contact's name on the screen more closely.
It is definitely azure.
hiss...·
Did I do something to wrong her at some point, without her knowledge?
No! At most—
At most, I'll be woken up late at night by invitations from Cynthia or Strange Tree to play Pokémon, and then I'll stay up all night with them.
Sometimes, you might even be invited by two people at the same time.
I had no choice but to use two different Pokédex devices to play online with them separately, just to ensure their gaming experience.
He felt he was the conscience of the industry; such a good game producer and game companion was hard to find anywhere else!
But even Gengar, the ghost beside me, doesn't know about this (probably), so how could Azur Lane possibly know?
After confirming that the person on the other end of the phone was indeed Azure herself.
Bai Zhou sighed deeply and heavily, speaking in a tone that seemed to indicate he had seen through the world and was ready to bear everything:
"Sigh—I see, since that's how it is—"
He paused, as if he had made a huge decision.
"Give birth to the child, I'll raise it."
Azure: ? ? ? ? ?
"What nonsense are you spouting?! W-What child?! How could there be a child?! How is that even possible?! Did Snorlax sit on your brain?!"
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communication line, followed by a deafening roar filled with extreme shame, anger, and rage.
Bai Zhou rubbed his ears, which had almost gone deafened, and said irritably:
"Didn't you start this prank out of nowhere? Okay, let's get down to business. What do you want from me? I'm busy."
"That, well—actually—"
Azure seemed taken aback; her voice softened instantly, becoming hesitant and even carrying a hint of coquetry.
The last syllable was drawn out.
"I'm busy, nothing important, I'll hang up now, the signal's not very good—"
As a Sigma man, Bai Zhou was completely unmoved by Azure's tactics.
This girl definitely wants something from me, and it's probably not a small thing.
He's currently busy creating fake household registrations for the red, blue, and green colors; he doesn't have time to solve riddles.
"No, no, no! Don't hang up!"
Bilan quickly put away that set of clothes, her tone returning to normal, but it was filled with deep resentment and accusation.
"Rainbow Rocket Team! Yellow and I want to join too! Such great news, and you only told those two idiots, Red and Blue! You didn't even tell Yellow and me! That's unfair! You're not treating everyone the same! That's outrageous!"
"How did you know that—?"
Bai Zhou asked another question, but he already knew the reason halfway through his sentence.
As everyone knows, Crimson is mute, but Azure has a crowbar.
In just a few words, Red probably figured out even the color of his Rockets uniform underwear. "Okay, I got it."
Bai Zhou sighed and rubbed his forehead in exasperation.
"We'll arrange it for you too. Tell them to all gather at the Viridian Gym and wait for orders. Someone will deliver the equipment to you later."
"OK! OK! OK! It's a deal then! Bye-bye~"
Having achieved its goal, Azure showed no regrets.
The communication was ended cleanly and efficiently, a feat that was astonishing.
Bai Zhou looked at the half-edited crimson and cyan identity information on the computer screen and rubbed his temples helplessly.
"Alright—double the workload."
Kanto region, Joban City.
Rocket Team's underground base, main control room.
In the dim light, only the various floating displays emitted a faint blue glow, illuminating four figures.
Their brand-new uniforms, bearing the letter R, stood out conspicuously at that moment.
A sinister aura emanated from him.
A cold and ruthless path.
A cunning and cold beauty.
A very cute dish.
This used to be the command center where Team Rocket's boss, Giovanni, most often stayed, but it has been closed and silent for a long time since Team Rocket disbanded.
After receiving the uniforms and access cards urgently delivered by Bai Zhou's men, the four of them, driven by Bi Lan's intense curiosity and cowardice, sneaked into the place to explore.
"Isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to trespass here without permission?"
Xiao Huang spoke softly, his voice barely audible in the empty control room.
"If Brother Bai Zhou finds out—he'll definitely say, 'How can you call this trespassing!'"
Azure immediately retorted, hands on her hips, speaking with righteous indignation.
"Little Huang, don't forget who we are now! We're a regular army with official status! What's wrong with inspecting our own abandoned base? Even if that guy finds out, what can Wu do? Can he withhold our begging wages?"
"Green! Come and take a look!"
A crimson voice came from the main console, tinged with confusion, as he poked and prodded at a complex control panel.
Why isn't this largest display screen moving? I didn't press any strange buttons.
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"Pfft, idiot—don't touch those things there!" Green said with disgust, but still walked over.
However, before he could finish speaking, his ears twitched slightly, and his expression instantly turned alert.
Wait! Footsteps! Someone's coming!
The four of them fell silent instantly, holding their breath, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
Sure enough, a clear and steady set of footsteps approached from afar, slowly but surely heading towards the main control room.
Deep within the Secret Silk Base, which had long been sealed off and should have been deserted, the footsteps sounded both unusual and eerie!
The four immediately became highly alert, their eyes fixed on the only door to the main control room.
This is clearly the Rockets' core base, which has been sealed off for a long time!
How could there possibly be other people?!
Moreover, judging from the footsteps, they were clearly heading towards the control room!
They never expected that at this moment, besides themselves, there would be others appearing deep within this long-forgotten base.