Silver Building, above the 40th floor.
It was not the phantom 41st floor, but the rooftop of the building, where Ash suddenly appeared.
"Here it is?"
He looked around in confusion. This was a space the size of half a football field, with white marks specially marked under his feet for training matches.
It just seemed like it had been abandoned for a long time, and the white marks had become dull, worn, and a little blurry.
The 40-story Silver Tower rises high into the sky, and you can vaguely see the clouds passing by.
But looking outside from the rooftop, one could still see the four tall buildings next to it, standing side by side and forming a surrounding pattern.
From a distance, Ash could even see strange things placed on the rooftops of the surrounding buildings.
"A chair for watching the game?"
He was a little unsure, but the seats on the other buildings looked very much like the ones at the side of the stadium, in a stepped shape.
But it looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.
Strange, is there any game to watch on the rooftop of this building?
He scratched his head, puzzled.
"Bite."
The crisp sound of glass knocking attracted his attention. He was not the only one on the rooftop.
Ash quickly took a deep breath to calm himself down. He estimated that the opponents who could appear here were not simple, and they were not the small fry downstairs.
The man was seen sitting at a white dining table with his back to Ash.
He couldn't see the face clearly, only the back of a person with short green hair.
She was wearing an elegant and noble white dress, shaking a silver spoon in her hand and tapping the wine glass gently, as if she was deliberately trying to attract Ash's attention.
Ash: "..."
Pretentious yet noble, with the look of an upper-class person, and with short, colorful green hair, he looked a little familiar to Apollo.
As Team Rocket's smartest general, after successfully completing the team-building activity on the St. Ann, he temporarily stayed in Saffron City to rest, waiting for the next corporate activity and contributing to the future development of Team Rocket.
I had nothing to do today, and was assigned by Boss Sakaki to clean up the rat people who infiltrated the Rainbow Group.
Although if you use your brain, you will know that Boss Sakaki must be the old fox Lambda in disguise.
After all, Boss Sakaki said in Team Rocket's senior work group a week ago that he would take his personal guards to the Unova region in the next two weeks.
In name, the goal is to develop harmoniously with local township enterprises, provide aid funds, and achieve international common prosperity.
In fact, they are exploring the mysterious ruins in the Unova region and intend to bring the three legendary beasts back to the Kanto region to be raised in captivity in the next five-year plan to become the mascot of Team Rocket.
But since he had nothing to do, Apollo did not expose Lambda's disguise on the spot but played along and let things take their course.
His performance as a gangster is also very good, so that he will not be criticized when he inherits Sakaki's position and becomes the king of Team Rocket in the future.
"Rat man? Hehehe."
Besides, Apollo also likes to strangle geniuses in the cradle.
Thinking of this, he slowly stood up, intending to smile elegantly and then kill the young rat man behind him.
Do the most exquisite moves and the most ferocious things!
This is his magnanimity as Team Rocket's wisest general!
Turning their heads, the two men's eyes converged on one point.
However, Apollo's eyes widened instantly, his elegant expression disappeared, and in panic, he even crushed the glass in his hand.
"Ash...Brother?"
His voice was trembling.
Is this the legendary rat man?!
Damn!
"Oh, Apollo, but we are not brothers."
Ash recognized the person and distanced himself from him on the spot.
Regardless of whether Team Rocket is good or evil, he already has an older brother, and Apollo either calls himself the second brother, or he doesn't want to be the second person's younger brother.
Apollo came to his senses after hearing this. Although his brows were frowned, the powerful background came to his mind.
He is only 15 years old now, but the Houndoom in his hand can already compete with the top-level trainers. With his strength, who can't he be your brother?
"Huh, who is your big brother? I want to see if he is qualified to be your big brother!"
Apollo was a little angry and unwilling to accept it.
"Oh, I don't quite understand, but it is said that he once killed someone's trump card with one move when he was posing on the opposite side. Um, what does that person's name seem to be, Lance?"
Ash answered truthfully.
Apollo: "!"
Champion Lance!?
Although I don't know the actual situation, on the surface, Lance is definitely the most powerful trainer in the Kanto region, no doubt about it.
Kill him in seconds when no one was paying attention?
Ridiculous, how could a person with such terrifying strength not notice the sneak attack?
"Hiss, he was killed in one move."
If what the other party said was true, Apollo couldn't help but gasp.
But why haven't we heard about this? Now there is a fierce man in Kanto?
Maybe Lance is too embarrassed to announce it to the public?
Or is he an outsider?
So the Pokémon League in Kanto dare not spread this news?
Although the Pokémon Alliances in various regions seem to be very friendly, each region is actually competing secretly.
Apollo kept calculating in his mind, his brain working at high speed, and gradually came up with an answer. The look he gave Ash changed again.
"No! I want to test him one last time!"
Apollo's eyes suddenly became serious. He took out a pair of familiar glasses from his arms, put them on his head, and looked at Ash.
Combat power detector.
Although it is still not a new version, he has conducted countless tests before, and there is absolutely no way that the detector this time will be wrong.
After all these days, no matter how he thought about it, the boy's behavior was too much like that of a novice trainer. As cautious as he was, he had to make one last confirmation!
"Let's take a look at this electric mouse first!"
Aiming at Pikachu, the detector soon gave out two strange data.
"5" and "4000."
Last time it was "10" and "3000", does that mean the upper and lower limits have become even more outrageous?
Apollo took a deep breath and looked back at Ash's real body.
"???"
The probe did not give the standard human combat power data of "5", but instead gave three question marks.
Ash: "?"
Apollo wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking a little flustered. This time he finally looked at Ash's waist and detected the data in it through the Poké Ball.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!
In an instant, the CPU of the detector started to run frantically, and the numbers on the mirror also soared!
Another familiar and fleeting six-digit number, and then it suddenly exploded.
Apollo: "..."
Ash: "?"
Are all the eyewear stores in Saffron City black shops now?
Apollo quickly wiped the black dust off his face, feeling relieved, and smiled as he invited Ash to have afternoon tea with him.
From now on, he would no longer doubt that the person in front of him is just a rookie, but a real super boss who has entered the world of mortals!
This is the foundation of a wise man. Once a decision is made, there will be no hesitation or doubt.
Seeing the other party's mood change so quickly, Ash was a little confused.
However, looking at the other party's attentive look, he thought of something, and stretched out his hand to block Apollo with a serious expression.
"Eevee of the Rainbow Group, is it related to you?"
This time his purpose is not to play, Ash just wants to seek justice for Eevee and drive all the people who bullied it out of Saffron City.
Apollo was stunned when he heard this because it was he who brought the Eevee redemption ticket on the St. Anne.
Seeing Ash's unfriendly look, Apollo did not choose to lie but told the truth.
In front of a big boss who has reached the level of being in the secular world, all disguises are false. It is better to treat him sincerely. He will surely become a solid foreign aid for him to take charge of Team Rocket one day.
"That Eevee was the product of Dr. Silano's research, and he deemed it a failure."
Ash frowned, "Dr. Silano? Isn't that Dr. Saipan?"
"Dr. Saipan is an employee of Silver Corporation. He actually has little to do with our Team Rocket."
Apollo explained.
Silver Company has only two technologies in total, manufacturing Poké Balls and space teleportation devices.
Dr. Saipan is the creator of the space teleportation device. He is determined not to submit to Team Rocket, and they cannot force him, so they can only let him stay here.
After all, in this era, highly intelligent talents are the most valuable assets of an enterprise.
Hearing this, Ash nodded. No wonder Dr. Saipan ignored the looks of those small fry and still claimed that he was Silver's man.
"And this Dr. Silano is an avid researcher of evolutionary radio waves. After his experiment on Eevee failed in the Kanto region, he has now headed to the Johto region to a place called mahoni Town to research a new project."
Apollo is an old traitor and told Team Rocket all the information.
He has already planned to join forces with ash to seize the position of the leader of Team Rocket in the future.
With the assistance of an extremely powerful person, and a wise man like him, the future is promising!
Seeing that the culprit was not around, ash became annoyed and then turned his attention to Apollo
The latter waved his hand and said innocently,
"I don't know anything else. I have been planning a corporate team-building activity to grab the Saint Ann's ship at the headquarters a while ago. Even the Ibrahimovic redemption voucher was delivered to me by express delivery."
ash rubbed his head. It seemed that Apollo didn't intend to fight with him, but he couldn't just punch him. So he planned to leave the rooftop and go downstairs to help little blue and the others.
"It's useless. There's no way down here. We can only rely on the teleportation device."
Apollo smiled, pulled ash to the other side of the table, and poured him a cup of cappuccino.
"And I can't leave on my own initiative. There is a device here that automatically identifies the outcome of the battle. There will be no exit until we decide the winner."
Seeing that ash wanted to say something, he added:
"Of course, in order to make the battle as enjoyable as possible, even if the winner is decided, the exit will not be opened before half an hour."
ash: "."
Thinking of this, he could only sigh, put his hands together, and assumed the starting posture of Chibaku Tensei.
"I hope little blue is okay."
After saying that, he picked up the coffee cup and took a sip.
"Apollo-kun, the quality of the lower levels of your Rocket Team is worrying."
"What you said makes sense. I will definitely strengthen their quality education in the future."
Apollo smiled back.
The two of them looked like they were having a friendly conversation——
(End of this chapter)