Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice-Chapter 236: Pokemon: I Transmigrated Twice []

"That scared me. I was worried if Daisy or Violet was a mole, what would we do?"

After the two-hour lie detector ended, Lily, the eldest Sensational sister, patted her chest in relief.

"How mean! Lily, you suspected us?"

"I suspect you're the mole!"

The three sisters started squabbling.

Misty, following her sisters and feeling out of place, muttered, "What criminal group would pick you three idiots as moles..."

After two hours of testing, the Gym Leaders, Elite Fours, and champions who had their minds read by Mew were confirmed not to be spies.

Despite some hiccups, the results finally let Goodshow relax. At least now, the League had no more moles.

Among the crowd, Koga and Lt. Surge exchanged glances—even Sabrina looked confused.

When Mew used Hypnosis on her, she hadn't been controlled. What did that mean...?

"Chairman, we still haven't found Chairman Cyrus... I mean, haven't found any trace of Cyrus..." Sinnoh's new champion, Palmer, reported.

Although it was embarrassing for Sinnoh's last mole to be exposed, according to Cynthia's report, she had turned the Sinnoh League building upside down and found no sign of Cyrus.

There was no way to contact him.

In this situation, even if Sinnoh's people didn't want to admit it, they had to face reality.

"Issue a wanted order for Cyrus?" Lorelei asked, though her tone was firm.

Another chairman-mole—how could they let him go?!

"No, investigate secretly," Goodshow said decisively.

"But..."

Lorelei was about to speak, but Stephen interrupted:

"No choice, Lorelei. First Lysandre, then Giovanni less than six months later. If people now hear Sinnoh's chairman is also a mole, the League will be completely discredited."

Even Stephen felt unsure as he said this.

In the original story, Lance and the others were also planning a rebellion.

Luckily, their rebellion was on a deserted island, so no one found out.

But now, thanks to his butterfly effect, the life paths of more than half the people present have been changed.

Who knew what direction the world would take now—even he, as a transmigrator, couldn't predict it.

"Now that everyone here is confirmed clean, let's all head back. The Chairman will notify us if anything comes up," Stephen said, signaling for Hoopa to open the portals.

Rose gave Stephen a look and led Leon and the Galar group away first.

After sending the Galar, Kanto, and Johto people back, Stephen had Hoopa open portals to Sinnoh, Hoenn, Kalos, and other regions.

Originally, Hoopa couldn't teleport to many places she hadn't visited, but over the past six months, Stephen had taken her everywhere, which now paid off.

...

Back home.

Stephen went to the living room and asked Wicke, "Where are they?"

"Sonia went to Hoenn for the contest, and Nessa went to see her off," Wicke replied.

Stephen breathed a sigh of relief. It was fine to play once in a while, but every day was too much.

As he sat down to eat what might have been breakfast or lunch, Stephen picked up the remote and turned on the TV.

Alola's Manalo TV anchor DJ Mary was reporting: "Yesterday, a shocking incident occurred in the semifinals of the Indigo Conference. The most shocking part was that Giovanni, known as the 'Earth's Giovanni' and 'Indigo League's Strongest Gym Leader,' was the Team Rocket Boss. The news has spread worldwide, and many are expressing dissatisfaction with the Indigo League online. Many say that when the audience was in danger, it was up to Champion Stephen to step in, and if not for Joker, who knows how many would have died in Carr's explosion plot. Countless netizens have voiced their displeasure on the League's official site, saying the Indigo League is no longer fit to serve as League HQ."

Stephen blinked at Mary's report, then switched channels to Galar's Wyndon TV, where Rose was being interviewed: "I don't remember how many times the League has been in crisis and needed Dr. Stephen to save us. Everyone knows Dr. Stephen is a good friend of Galar and incredibly strong, but we've never troubled him. That's tough. Soon, Leon will break through and show his true talent to the world. Stay tuned."

As expected, Rose always took the chance to badmouth the Indigo League.

But it reminded Stephen he still needed to visit Galar.

He looked at the other newspapers Wicke brought:

Paldea's Desk Late News: "This is one of the biggest scandals in League history, but Dr. Stephen prevented the worst-case scenario."

Hoenn's Mauville TV: "Champion Wallace stated Hoenn League is united and won't allow any criminal group a chance."

Sinnoh's Jubilife Times: "Chairman Cyrus reportedly seriously ill, with Lucian temporarily acting as chairman."

Kanto's Financial News: "Chairman Goodshow plans to select a new Viridian Gym Leader from the promising newcomers Red and Blue."

Unova's Floccesy News: "Silph Co. branch in Floccesy City attacked—by Black Dragon Zekrom! Granny President is shocked—the Hero of Ideals is a criminal!?"

Reading about Unova, Stephen paused.

He learned the real Zekrom attacked Silph Co.'s Unova branch.

The world's top Poké Ball manufacturer was out of luck.

In the original, Team Rocket had taken over, but with Stephen's interference, Giovanni hadn't done it.

But the branch was still attacked.

No surprise, since N always went on about "If Pokémon are kept in Poké Balls, they can't be perfect, so I must free them."

As the biggest Poké Ball manufacturer, Silph was an enemy to N.

Even if N didn't use Zekrom, Stephen could guess who was responsible.

For Unova, having the Hero of Ideals be a criminal was a big deal.

No wonder it stole Giovanni's headlines.

After eating, Stephen was going to Galar.

But at that moment, Sird messaged, asking Stephen to come discuss Team Rocket's future.

Previously, Stephen would have just replied, "Let Uncle Giovanni decide," and brushed it off.

But now, he remembered, Green was in Team Rocket too.

So he decided to have Rose wait and went to Team Rocket first.

...

Not long after, in Team Rocket's underground base in Celadon City...

"Ah... Joker, you're here..." Giovanni, sitting at the head, tried to stand.

"Uncle, you're still hurt. Rest," Stephen signaled Giovanni not to push himself.

The large conference room had many empty seats, but only Stephen and Giovanni sat.

If they didn't speak, no one else dared sit.

Stephen noticed Green, now wearing a Team Rocket uniform, giving him a playful look.

Stephen signaled the executives to sit, then said, "Looks like you can't retire soon, Uncle." Giovanni growled, "All because of that damn Lance!"

If that mutt hadn't shouted yesterday, Silver would probably have agreed and even donned a Team Rocket uniform like Green!

"Well~ Calm down, Uncle. Your forties are your prime, no need to rush retirement."

Stephen smiled, trying to comfort him.

He'd always thought Giovanni's emotional gambit wouldn't work.

Silver wanted no part of Team Rocket. Even if you tied him with family bonds, how long could it last?

"Looks like I can't kill Lance in the future."

Giovanni was troubled.

He could tell yesterday.

Silver cared about that red-haired lunatic.

If he killed him, the son he'd just started bonding with might turn against him.

Seeing the topic drifting, Archer took the chance to interject: "Boss, King, now that the rebellion is over, Team Rocket's plan to conquer the underworld can begin."

"Details," Stephen said.

"Yes."

Archer opened a screen, showing a world map.

"Two years ago, Kanto and Johto's underworld were fully under Team Rocket's control. Six months ago, under the King's wise leadership, we wiped out Team Flare, taking Kalos as well."

Archer pointed at various regions.

"In the past, these regions were too far apart to manage, but with the King's evil Hoopa, that's not a problem."

"Not only Kanto, Johto, and Kalos, but we'll take every region—Sinnoh, Hoenn, Galar, Paldea—everything!"

Archer clenched his fists in excitement, eyebrows twisting together.

The conference room fell silent.

Green, a first-day recruit, swallowed hard.

Distance has always been a management problem.

Indigo League could control both Kanto and Johto because they were only separated by the plateau.

HQ was right there, so it was two places, one rule.

Other regions couldn't do that.

If anything happened, you couldn't send reinforcements in time.

But with Hoopa, it was different.

"Coming here was the right choice..." Green muttered.

She had joined Team Rocket publicly in part out of gratitude.

But also to emulate Cynthia.

She wanted to see what Joker and Team Rocket were planning.

As Green mused, Archer continued: "Groups like Team Flare, entrenched in their regions, are obstacles to Team Rocket and must be eliminated!"

"Boss Giovanni, our spies report that Hoenn has Magma and Aqua Teams operating secretly, and Unova's Plasma Team is very active. The rest are under investigation," Proton added.

Stephen's gaze shifted.

Team Galactic hadn't been found, probably because, like with Lysandre's Team Flare, their boss protected them well.

Ariana added, "Our sources confirm that the Black Dragon Zekrom's attack on Silph Co. in Unova was Plasma Team's doing."

There was an uproar.

The news was right—the Hero of Ideals was a criminal?

"Feels like the world's doomed..." Green muttered.

What's with that dragon?

Picking a criminal as a hero.

Dark Mewtwo, clearly dangerous, chose Giovanni as master and that was that.

But Zekrom, a Unova dragon god, chose a criminal?

No wonder it lost so badly in the war of the gods.

"Just a black dragon—no threat," Giovanni said disdainfully.

After the Lumiose City battle, Zekrom was so weak that he could beat it with a normal team, let alone with Dark Mewtwo or Stephen's Shadow Lugia.

If Plasma Team could get all three dragons, maybe it'd be different.

"So, do we hit Unova first?"

Before, Stephen would have used a distant alliances, attack those close strategy.

But with Hoopa, no need.

"No rush, moving too fast is bad. After Silver's issue, I'm tired," Giovanni waved.

Silver not wanting to join and not being able to kill Lance were exhausting.

Needed a rest.

Sird switched topics: "Boss, with Carr is dead, one of the Three Beasts positions is open. Should we promote someone from the elites?"

"Hmm..."

Giovanni thought briefly.

He glanced at the eager elites, hoping for promotion.

His gaze lingered an extra second on Green, not quite twelve but already showing promise.

But only for a second.

As a good boss, Giovanni knew not to promote too quickly, even if Green was at the Elite Four level.

Otherwise, the old staff would be unhappy.

"No rush. Let's expand Team Rocket's manpower. Kalos is short-handed, and soon more excellent recruits will come."

Giovanni had heard from Stephen about a girl in Alola who idolized Joker and specialized in Dark-types, hoping to join Team Rocket—a champion-level prodigy.

As the meeting ended, Stephen's phone rang—it was Wicke.

Stephen was about to hang up and call back later, but noticing, Giovanni said, "Meeting's over, everyone out."

When only Stephen and Giovanni were left, Stephen answered.

What Wicke said stunned him.

"Dr. Stephen, that girl has woken up."