Chapter 18: Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice [18]
Listening to the news report delivered by the female anchor, Stephen was momentarily unsure how to respond.
Most of it was accurate, but... something about the details felt off.
Defeating Lance and then escaping?
While it was true that he hadn't straightforwardly defeated Lance, he hadn't run away either.
"You've truly exceeded my expectations, Stephen-kun. To think you could invent something so remarkable in such a short time."
On the couch, Giovanni toyed with Stephen's invention: the magnetic controller.
After learning the full story from Beedrill through the power of the Viridian Force, Giovanni felt both thrilled and regretful.
Thrilled because he hadn't been mistaken—this boy was a bona fide genius, inventing such a device in record time.
Regretful because Stephen still wasn't an official member of Team Rocket.
If Stephen had been one of them, Giovanni could have contacted him directly after Lance was incapacitated and finished off that rabid, red-haired hound immediately.
Although Lance had yet to reach the peak of his champion-level prowess, his hostility toward Team Rocket was already set in stone: uncompromising and ruthless.