Pokémon, you're not allowed to expel me from human form!

But Rocco quickly realized that he had never heard of Team Rocket in this world, and the Z symbol reminded him of another faction.

That is, the Z Company, which originally wanted to capture Victini for energy!

This made Luo Ke frown.

"It doesn't look like a good thing for these guys to show up here like this."

With this thought in mind, Luo Ke clenched his fist silently as he walked towards the entrance of the research institute.

...

Tian Sui's expression was quite cold, and she exuded a chilling aura just by sitting there. However, the guy sitting opposite her was not affected at all, and instead had a blatantly arrogant smile on his face.

"Dr. Tian Sui, although I don't know what kind of research you have that has piqued the Boss's interest, now that he knows about it, you don't naively think that cutting off cooperation with us and surviving our Z Company's sanctions will make this all go away, do you?"

At this point, the man, dressed in a white suit unlike the others, with his hair neatly combed back and no visible signs of illness, leaned back in his chair, closed the open document in his hand, and casually tossed it in front of Tian Sui.

"You can't escape."

"The sanctions we've imposed on you during this period are simply to give you time to carefully consider the pros and cons. We've waited this long, it's time for you to think it through."

"Besides cooperating with the Boss to research what you're supposed to research, other projects... like this Z-bracelet."

"It's just a mere item that enhances the power of moves. It doesn't matter if you add one more or less. The only novel thing about it is that it's for trainers to equip, and it's even called 'Z'. Ha!"

"Don't get me wrong. If you can't satisfy the Boss, then even if you try your best to please him in this kind of place, Z Company won't agree, and you will definitely not succeed."

"And today I want you to make a decision."

“The entire research institute is now under my control. Either you come with me to headquarters to see the Boss, or... hehe, we’ll kidnap you.”

"Choose one."

Hearing the man say that, Tian Sui's expression grew even colder, but at the same time, she sighed inwardly.

She really didn't expect that Company Z would take things this far because of the 'artificial elf' project!

It was as if the boss of Company Z believed in Mewtwo's future even more than she did.

But the more she does this, the less likely she is to agree.

After all, the elf she wanted to create was the 'white hero' she had fantasized about as a child, but the boss of Company Z wanted a useful weapon!

However, while internally denying it, Tian Sui had no choice but to face reality.

"choose one?"

Do I still have a choice?

A mocking smile flashed across Tian Sui's face, but just as she was about to say something more, a loud bang blasted open the heavy metal door, sending it flying past her like knives and embedding itself in the wall beside her.

This scene not only made Tian Sui turn her head, but Fang Xiang, the Z Company's regional manager sitting opposite her, also looked towards the door.

Standing there now is Luo Ke, who hasn't completely put his raised foot down yet!

He had a smile on his face, but his eyes were somewhat cold.

“Yes, Tian Sui, you certainly still have a choice—although I don’t like things that are too complicated, we’re currently cooperating, so if there are a few people who might affect the cooperation…”

At this point, Luo Ke had already walked to Tian Sui's side, and when he looked at Fang Xiang, his expression turned completely cold.

"...Let me handle it."

"After all, the other party has already surrounded you with their men. This has already deviated from normal business warfare and entered my area of ​​expertise."

......

19. If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening.

“Tian Sui, some researchers were frightened when their people took control of the research institute before.”

"When I rescued them all, Luo Shuyao was calming them down in the lobby on the first floor of the research institute. Why don't you go and comfort them?"

Luo Ke kept his eyes fixed on Fang Xiang, while he was saying these words to Tian Sui.

"Yeah...I know."

Tian Sui glanced at Luo Ke, slowly got up, and stopped when he reached the door.

"I'll leave this to you."

"Do not worry."

Tian Sui understood that he couldn't be of any help here, so he simply left.

When Fang Xiang saw this scene, he didn't know if it was out of fear or some other reason, but he subconsciously wanted to stop Tian Sui. However, just as he was about to speak, Victini's telekinesis pressed him down into the chair.

He could only watch helplessly as Tian Sui left.

When even the sound of footsteps disappeared, Fang Xiang's only movable eyeball turned to Luo Ke, and at the same time his brain was working frantically.

He could already imagine the current situation.

The fact that this man was able to get this far means that all his men have truly been defeated.

The fact that this guy was suppressing his psychic power so obviously, and none of his Pokémon came to his aid, meant that he was definitely not someone he could handle!

So, whether it's questioning or threatening, this is something you absolutely must not say!

If there's information the other party wants to know, perhaps we can use it...

Fang's thoughts stopped there.

According to his plan, Luo Ke, who should have asked him many questions, remained silent, wiped his hand on the Poké Ball, and then drew out a blood-red sword and casually thrust it out!

wait wait wait!

You can't do that!

puff!

Without asking a single question or allowing Fang Xiang to speak, the double sword sheaths had already pierced his heart.

Luo Ke is not the kind of Homelander who would insist on saying "I'm too lazy to talk about it, and you're not qualified to listen" even though he has never had a similar experience.

He simply doesn't like scheming against people, and he won't actually consider himself a hero just because some people online call him a dark hero.

His methods are known for their efficiency.

"Who sent you?"

Luo Ke sheathed his sword and then asked slowly.

Fang Xiang, who was completely controlled by mental and spiritual power at this moment, answered Luo Ke's question in a daze.

"My boss is the General Manager of the Southern China Region of Company Z."

"Oh? But you kept calling me 'Boss,' so you weren't sent by the boss of your Z company?"

"No... Boss did value one of Dr. Tian Sui's researches highly. He even personally tried to persuade a researcher to stay three times. But since Dr. Tian Sui left, Boss gave up on her."

"Then why are you, and your so-called Southern Region Manager, targeting Tian Sui?"

Luo Ke raised an eyebrow, genuinely beginning to wonder.

Fang Xiang, on the other hand, could only manage a wry smile in this state.

"There's nothing we can do. Recently, the boss has been working on a big project, constantly collecting a lot of energy. Under these circumstances, Z Company's business has been greatly affected, and there are plans to lay off some branches."

"Our Southern China branch was the worst performing of all the branches, so the general manager had no choice but to try to please the boss if he didn't want to be fired."

"Since Dr. Tian Sui is under our management, we started to have ulterior motives."

"We've done our research. Dr. Tian Sui is definitely going to be given to the Boss. Then we'll kill all the researchers here, once and for all."

Upon hearing Fang Xiang's words, Luo Ke nodded slightly, then asked about ten more random questions to get a grasp of the situation before turning off the recorder and asking his final question.

"Where does your boss, the one in charge of the southern region, live?"

...

"nailed it."

Luo Ke gave the recording pen to Tian Sui, and when Tian Sui heard Fang Xiang say that he wanted to kill everyone in his research institute, his face turned pale.

At this moment, Luo Ke spoke again.

"Don't worry, now that we have this crime in our hands, it's not feasible to deal with the boss of Company Z directly, but dealing with the Southern Region manager is definitely no problem."

Tian Sui shook his head slightly in response to Luo Ke's statement.

"But this evidence is based on only one person's testimony. Even if I believe that what you gave me is the truth, the alliance still needs to investigate for a while."

“I know Z Company. Maybe the Southern Region Management will cut ties with Fang Xiang at that time.”

"fine."

Luo Ke took out his phone and shook it at Tian Sui.

“I have someone in the alliance who can speak on my behalf, and I told her about it. We suffered from Z Company’s kind of cutting ties before, and we definitely won’t do it again this time.”

Seeing how confident Luo Ke was, Tian Sui inexplicably began to believe him to some extent.

When he learned that Rocco's acquaintance was Eureka, he felt much more at ease.

In her opinion, there shouldn't be any problem with this.

What she didn't see was that on Rocco's phone, although he did tell Eureka everything, and Eureka did send many replies, at the end of the conversation, Eureka's message wasn't "Don't worry" but "Be careful."

Upon seeing this, Luo Ke smiled, shook his head, replied "I'll be careful," and then logged off.

However, some things were not meant to be dealt with during the day, so Luo Ke didn't rush to leave. Instead, he sat down next to Tian Sui and took the opportunity to discuss the promotion of Z-Moves with her.

While they were talking about these things, Bai Youyou led the people from the Xiangwan City Alliance branch to the research institute and arrested Fang Xiang and all his subordinates.

Only then could Tian Sui truly feel at ease.

So after Bai Youyou and the Alliance members left, she awkwardly spoke to Luo Ke.

"Luo Ke, thank you so much for this..."

Luo Ke nodded in acceptance of Tian Sui's gratitude, but seeing her like this piqued his curiosity.

Is there something you want to say?

Faced with Luo Ke's question, Tian Sui pursed his lips, made up his mind, and looked up to meet Luo Ke's gaze.

"Luo Ke, I'm sorry to have dragged you into this, but you also have the right to know certain things, regarding my research that Z Company is interested in..."

Before Tian Sui could finish speaking, Luo Ke stood up abruptly.

He stared at the time on his phone, his eyes widening, revealing a panic he hadn't shown even when facing Company Z, and directly interrupted Tian Sui's speech.

"not good!"

"Tian Sui, I'm sorry, let's talk about it another time. The shop I promised to visit with Victini and the others is closing down soon, so that's all for today. Goodbye!"

After leaving those words behind, Luo Ke's figure vanished in a flash before Tian Sui's eyes, leaving her no time to even try to stop him.

This situation initially stunned Tian Sui, but then she lowered her head and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"He clearly saw that I was struggling and left to take care of me, so why did he have to come up with such a stupid reason?"

"Thank you very much, Rocco."

Thank you so much.

......

20. How could a legendary Pokémon have a useless trait?

If Fang Xiang and his men were arrested by the Alliance, wouldn't Li Mi, the General Manager of Z Company's Southern China Region, know about it?

of course not.

Just as Tian Sui and Luo Ke said, he learned about it immediately and wrote the announcement for the cutting process in three minutes.

What Rocco told Tian Sui—that he and Eureka had suffered a loss once before and that they could stop this from happening again by relying on the alliance—was of course a lie.

Given the current state of the world, the environment created by the alliance will have a better impact on the vast majority of people, to the point that the overall environment of this world will be better than in modern times.

The price to pay is that when bad people actually appear, some of them are fully capable of exploiting loopholes.

The same applies to the PhD student and to Company Z.