[Natural Black: Grey, I want to invite you to help me liberate Unova! Do you want to join my Team Plasma?]
[Dojo Annihilape: …?]
Seeing N's message, Grey admitted that his brain completely crashed for a second.
Seriously—man, the internet isn't some lawless wasteland. You're really out here saying "liberate Unova," and asking if he wants to join Team Plasma, just like that?
[Dojo Annihilape: Boss Natural Black… you're joking, right? awkward.jpg]
Grey was honestly stunned.
He genuinely couldn't understand what had possessed N.
First thing in the morning, and he's asking Grey to join a villain organization.
And not just any plan—he wanted to "liberate Unova"!
Liberate? Really?
Does he seriously think having Zekrom means he can do whatever he wants?
…Wait.
Now that he thought about it—Caitlin wasn't Unova's Elite Four yet, and Alder's new ace had only just been trained up.
If N really had Zekrom, he could basically solo the Unova League.
Grey had looked up Unova online before: Alder's ace Volcarona had died of illness years ago.
Sure, Alder had raised another Volcarona—descended from that ace—but its strength was only barely at Champion level.
More like Champion gatekeeper tier.
And right now, Alder's ace was a Bouffalant.
It was only just at the level where it could barely contend with the main ace Pokémon of other regions' Champions.
But—
That still wasn't a reason for N to be this blatant, was it?
And he was trying to recruit Grey too?!
Man, Grey was doing great as a Kanto Gym Leader and "honorary Elite Four." Why would he let someone drag him down the wrong road?
Ding—
Before Grey could answer, N sent another message.
[Natural Black: Grey, I'm not joking! When you come to Unova later, I'll take you to Dragonspiral Tower!]
[Natural Black: I don't know if you know Unova's dragon god legend, but I've already been acknowledged by the Dragon of Ideals, Zekrom. And the Dragon of Truth, Reshiram, is still in Dragonspiral Tower.]
[Natural Black: If it's you, Grey, I'm sure Reshiram will acknowledge you and become your partner! Then we'll liberate Unova together—and after that, we'll go liberate other regions too!]
"This guy's… kind of extreme."
Sabrina and Caitlin both heard the string of "ding" notifications and couldn't help leaning in to see what was going on.
And then they saw that the other "Governor" boss—N—was sending paragraph after paragraph.
It looked like he was trying to recruit Grey into Team Plasma.
Sabrina frowned slightly. She pointed at the word "Reshiram" on the screen and asked, "This Reshiram… what is it?"
She wasn't from Unova, and unlike Caitlin—who was going to Unova for a post—she didn't know what Reshiram actually was.
"Reshiram is a legendary Dragon-type Pokémon from Unova. It represents 'Truth.' Its strength is at minimum on the level of a regional Champion's ace, and in terms of status, it's kind of like Johto's Ho-Oh and Lugia."
Grey was very familiar with Reshiram.
Compared to Zekrom's… "rugged" look, Reshiram's white fur was more to Grey's taste.
It could look cool or elegant, intimidating or refined.
And it just looked ridiculously flashy.
Only problem was—it wasn't a Fighting-type.
Of course, Reshiram could learn Body Press and Focus Blast, so if you rounded it up a bit, it was basically half Fighting-type anyway.
And for that, he really had to thank Flint.
If Flint hadn't started that precedent, Grey wouldn't even have a decent excuse.
Thanks, Flint.
[Natural Black: Grey, what do you think?]
N saw that Grey still hadn't replied, so he sent another message.
"He seems really focused on you. Is it a girl?" Sabrina asked.
This time, even Caitlin turned her ear toward them.
"Him? Nah—he's a guy. A clean-cut young man, actually. And he can understand Pokémon speech. But the fact he'd get mixed up with an organization like that… it's hard not to wonder what's really going on."
Grey sighed, sounding a little complicated.
"It feels like you're the type who attracts people with special abilities," Caitlin said.
Caitlin had thought Grey would stay niche for a long time, but in less than a month, his follower count was already charging toward two hundred thousand.
And among those followers, there were plenty of people like her.
"More or less. People with abilities are rare to begin with, and people like me who actively stream are even rarer."
Grey shrugged.
There were lots of ability users in the world—just not many as absurdly strong as Sabrina and Caitlin.
And those kinds of people tended to "search themselves" constantly. When they found someone similar, they usually followed right away.
Back when Grey first revealed his Aura, his follower count jumped by several thousand overnight.
It sounded small compared to now, but he'd only had a few hundred followers when he started streaming.
Those few thousand were basically his starting capital.
[Natural Black: Grey, are you still there? ZoroarkScheming.jpg]
[Dojo Annihilape: I'm here. Boss Natural Black, do you seriously not know what Team Plasma's been doing lately?]
[Natural Black: What have they done?]
Seeing N's reply, Grey pressed a hand to his forehead.
Yep. Just like the original story.
After being isolated for so long, N genuinely believed Ghetsis—and even Team Plasma as a whole—were good people.
[Dojo Annihilape: Alright, Boss Natural Black—let me forward you a news piece. You'll understand why I'm confused.]
[Dojo Annihilape: "Shocking! Team Plasma in Unova and Team Rocket in Kanto are involved in a secret deal!" — Saffron Express]
[Natural Black: ? This…]
N wasn't stupid. He didn't need a full article—just the headline told him what it meant.
Team Plasma had dealings with Team Rocket.
And Team Rocket was the kind of organization everyone knew about.
In Kanto, they were basically the "big bad" parents used in bedtime stories to scare little kids into sleeping.
So if Team Plasma was working with Team Rocket…
Then that meant Team Plasma wasn't clean either.
[Natural Black: But Father told me Team Plasma exists to liberate Pokémon…]
[Dojo Annihilape: Look—Boss Natural Black, if Zekrom acknowledged you, I believe you really do like Pokémon. But your kindness… looks like it's being used by someone with an agenda.]
[Natural Black: …This…]
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