"Beep beep."
With a sudden violent shaking at his waist, Ash reacted instantly with excitement and took out his Pokédex.
In desperate situations, you still have to rely on the Pokédex.
Zubat nodded to indicate that it finally had a little bond with Ash. It opened its mouth again and made a special sound that humans could not perceive towards the Pokédex, as if it was conveying some information.
"Beep. Ultrasound is being identified."
The CPU of the Pokédex started to run at high speed. After being cleaned up by the rogue software - Alola Giant Guard, its system was now very clean and pure.
"Beep beep. Ultrasonic text transcription begins: (Transfer) Rainbow Group is the key to Saffron City."
Ash frowned. He still wanted to go to the Saffron Gym to rescue people, so why did it suddenly involve the Rainbow Group?
Never mind.
Anyway, he had a direction. It just so happens that he had a connection with Rainbow Group, so he may go there first.
The two looked at each other, and without hesitation, woke up the sleeping Pikachu beside them, and began to walk towards the Silver Building where the Rainbow Group was located.
Brock's purpose was naturally to ask Ash to drive out the entire Rainbow Group. Since the latter was illegally occupying the group, expulsion by force was naturally the best option.
As for why he trusted Ash so much,
to put it another way, he actually trusted Red.
With a powerful ally supporting him from behind, all he had to do was push Ash into the abyss of danger. When the latter was about to die, he would naturally rise.
Perhaps as a gym trainer himself, he also hoped that the Saffron Gym could return to peace.
"Perhaps this is great mercy?"
A golden image is faintly visible behind the Brock doll in the Saffron Gym.
At the entrance of the Silver Building.
Ash and Misty looked up at the magnificent high-rise building with some emotion. They then took a deep breath, tried their best to appear worldly-wise, and pushed open the huge glass door to enter.
"Welcome to Rainbow Group~"
An electronic sound rang out, and at this time the Rainbow Group had already legitimately considered itself the owner of the building.
Ash glanced around and saw that the first floor was a reception room. There were not many facilities or furnishings, only a few idle staff members playing TIMI.
They wore the same uniform with a rainbow pattern and a small colorful letter "R" on the chest.
Team Rocket.
The two looked at each other and did not dare to be careless.
Although the color of the "R" was different from the red "R" of Jessie and James, Ash knew what it meant. He secretly made up his mind and walked towards the front desk.
A male employee saw someone approaching, and regardless of the curses from his teammates on his phone, he turned off his TIMI, smiled, and politely asked:
"Welcome to Rainbow Group, how can I help you?"
"Oh, I won this on the St. Anne's before."
Ash pretended to be a harmless newbie and took out a small wooden sign. There was a colorful "R" engraved on the front, and a Pokémon that looked like a brown animal on the back.
"This is."
The staff member saw the small wooden sign with bright eyes and said excitedly:
"Oh, this is incredible! This is a Pokémon exchange voucher that our Rainbow Group gives out to super special customers! Please follow me."
He didn't suspect anything unusual, as these things were given to core members of the group, and he guessed that it was the illegitimate child of some senior official.
Besides, no one dared to make fake goods in front of their Rainbow Group, let alone a teenager, so he hurriedly took the two of them into the elevator.
"Beep."
He took out his own exclusive card and the elevator started.
Ash glanced at the ID card and secretly hesitated again.
On the seventh floor of the Silver Building, Ash was brought to a hall. Various sophisticated mechanical equipment were placed in the room. Around him were hurried staff in white coats. They looked like enthusiastic researchers and were busy working. They did not notice the two of them.
"This way, please."
After walking a few dozen steps, Ash was brought to a small room. An old man with a head full of white hair was sitting in front of a desk. His clothes were messy, and his hair and beard were messy, looking a bit unkempt.
When he saw the person coming, he jumped up.
"Oh wow, is this the boy who got the special Eevee exchange ticket? Let me see, he's quite strong."
He laughed loudly, then patted Ash's shoulders and chest muscles up and down, looked at Ash's mental state, and nodded secretly.
This energetic young man looks good.
The cheerful and outgoing old man looked a little different.
"It seems like it would be a good idea to entrust that Eevee to you."
Ash didn't understand clearly, but still greeted politely.
"Hello, grandpa. I'm Ash from Pallet Town, and I'm the man who's going to become a Pokémon master."
These remarks made the old man with the afro laugh out loud and pat him on the shoulder.
"Pokémon Master, I haven't heard this title for a long time. But as long as you keep moving in this direction, you will succeed."
Upon hearing this, Ash's eyes lit up, and his impression of the old man was instantly fully formed. There was also a hint of respect in his eyes when he looked at him.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. Don't worry about my full name. You can call me Dr. Saipan. I'm the chief scientist of Silver Corporation."
He patted his chest, his face filled with pride.
"Dr. Saipan?"
Ash repeated it, feeling that this name had some magical properties.
But what concerned him more was that there were people claiming to be from the Rainbow Group everywhere, but now there was someone claiming to be from Silver Company?
A remnant of the old times?
Aren't you afraid of being caught in KTV?
However, Dr. Saipan did not care about the expression of the guide. He waved his hand to signal the latter to leave, and then led the two of them directly to the inside of the room. He pulled down the curtain from a high platform and found that it was a rusty iron cage with pits on it, as if it had been hit frequently.
There was also a brown and yellow animal-type Pokémon in the cage, lying in the cage with its back to them. Its face could not be seen, only a big furry tail was visible.
"Beep, beep. Eevee, an evolving Pokémon. Its physical attributes will shift according to the energy it comes into contact with, and it will eventually complete its evolution. This process is irreversible."
The Pokédex automatically broadcasts the report, which is a rare serious performance.
"Wow, it's Eevee. It's a very rare Pokémon. It's said that it can evolve into three different forms."
Misty said in surprise, and couldn't help but move closer to ask Eevee to turn its head so that she could rub its face.
You should know that Eevee is on the list of the top ten cutest Pokémon in Vermilion.
But to her disappointment, Eevee did not turn its head and continued to lie there motionless.
"Haha, this little guy is a little shy."
Dr. Saipan's tone weakened a bit, and there was a hint of inexplicable emotion in his eyes, but in the end he said nothing. He took out a Poké Ball, sucked Eevee in through the cage, and then handed it to Ash very solemnly.
"This is your prize, an Eevee. But this little girl is wrong. According to our Silver Company's research, Eevee has at least seven evolutions."
"Seven kinds!?"
Ash was shocked, it was the first time he heard of a Pokémon that could be so fancy.
"Anyway, I'll leave this Pokémon to you to take good care of."
Ash took the Poké Ball in confusion. He didn't understand why the other party's tone was so serious. Then his eyes rolled, and he planned to ask for information about the building indirectly.
But Dr. Saipan just patted Ash on the shoulder and wanted to say something, but finally stopped talking and turned back to his workbench.
"Take Eevee and leave Saffron City quickly. This is not a place you can set foot in."
This half-said and half-left behavior was very much like that of the uncle with superpowers, making Ash want to punch Dr. Saipan on the head again.
Seeing that the latter had begun to close his eyes to rest, Ash and Misty could only look at each other and leave the room.
When they returned to the lobby, the young man who had led the way was nowhere to be seen. He was probably back in the lobby to settle scores at TIMI. The two of them walked to the elevator. The Silver Building had 40 floors, so they had to wait for a long time before the elevator slowly reached their floor.
The elevator opened and several employees wearing Rainbow Group uniforms were already standing inside. Ash took a deep breath and walked into the elevator.
Soon, several employees started bragging, but the content made Ash secretly prick up his ears.
"Hey, have you heard? It is said that the Eevee was exchanged for someone else."
"Are you talking about the failed one?"
(End of this chapter)