Chapter 28

The next morning has risen, as the Champions, namely Delia, Lance, Wallace, Steven, Cynthia, Alder, and Diantha are sitting on their own seats in the meeting room as Goodshow is facing backward towards them as he is in deep thoughts. Diantha looks around and she asks, "Why aren't Ash and Lillie here? Where exactly are they?"

Goodshow turns around and faces them, he says, "They seem to have some business in the Galar Region. Since I don't have any control of that region, I don't know what they are doing right now. But we heard that Ash and Lillie are going to bring Leon here, so that it will be our first meeting.

"And does anyone know who owns RPA? We know that the former owner of the Macro Cosmos is Chairman Rose, who has been sent to prison because of his actions regarding the Darkest Day." Lance says, but Wallace elbows him and he says, "His sister is here, can't you see the situation?"

Lance notices that Delia is not happy and he frowns, "I am sorry, Delia..."

"It is fine." Delia says, "I know you are not meant to mention it."

"And her daughter Elena takes over it along with her 5 siblings." Cynthia says, then they notice Mr. Goodshow not saying anything, Alder asks, "Goodshow, did you know the owner of the RPA?"

"I do not know. I have been trying to contact them, but in vain." Goodshow says. "But the only thing we know is that there are two of them and they have also established the department stores in each region's largest city, namely Viridian, Goldenrod, Mauville, Hearthome, Castelia, Lumiose, and even Hau'oli Cities."

"We know." Steven says. "And I can tell that they sure attract a lot of customers. Their business might be also surpassing my company as well."

"Did we miss something?" Just then, Ash, Lillie, and Leon walk into the room and Delia says, "Ash and Lillie, it sure takes you much longer to come here, huh?"

"We are very sorry for the lateness since we have been having some meetings with the Galar Region's Gym Leaders." Ash says as he turns to Leon, "And I will like you to meet the former Champion of the Galar Region, Leon."

"It is nice to meet you." Diantha says as the other Champions are doing the same.

"I am happy to be here." Leon says with a smile. "As you can see. We have been trying to achieve a very serious goal that has been plaguing us for a long time. So we come here late."

"And what goal is it?" Steven asks, "Can we know about it as well?"

Ash takes a deep breath, and he says, "Before I do that, let me check something." Ash says as he uses his aura to contact Gabena, who is in the sky watching over the building.

"Are there any signs of Jessie, James and Meowth?" Ash asks.

"No, they still might be in the Galar Region." Gabena says and Ash nods.

"Thank you, but keep watching, we have to make sure that we aren't watched by the others." Ash says as he turns to the others, "As you can see, Team Magma, Team Aqua, Team Galactic, Team Plasma, Team Flare, and even Team Skull are gone. It may be beneficial to everyone's lives, but it is also beneficial for one specific evil group as well."

"Wait, you don't mean..." Lance widens his eyes and Lillie says, "Yes, the group we are talking about is no other than Team Rocket. I am sure you all are aware of this, right?"

"We do. They have been trying to capture Meloetta back in the Unova Region, right? Alder?" Cynthia asks as she turns to the Champion, who nods and says, "Indeed. They have been causing a big mess and I hated it."

"Not to mention that with those three members, they have been giving information about the other regions to their boss." Lance says.

"So far they haven't set foot on Galar Region, that is a good thing, but I think that it is time to destroy Team Rocket once and for all." Ash says.

Lillie says, "Yes. And with the resources of Macro Cosmos and the RPA Companies, we found out that Chairman Rose didn't bring out the Darkest Day to destroy the Galar Region. It is those three members that disguise them to do those."

This causes the others to look at each other. Goodshow asks, "And you have any proof about that? How are you going to show the police that he is innocent?"

Ash turns to his mother, who nods, and then she shows the pictures and the evidence. Goodshow asks, "Where did you get those pictures? Delia?"

Delia says, "Rose is my brother after all. When I heard of this stuff, I won't believe that a person like him will do something as dangerous as the darkest day. That is why we take some actions with the help of two companies."

Goodshow says, "I see, so what are you going to do?"

"The RPA presidents are going to have an event in the Galar hall so that those three will be blinded into greed. And when they are captured, we will try finding their hideout using the Auras and then destroy their bases." Ash says.

"So does that mean you know the owners of the RPA?" Wallace asks, hoping that the two of them can provide some clues about them.

Ash and Lillie freeze a little as they are thinking about something. Lillie says, "Well, I am sure they will like to keep their identity a secret."

"Yeah." Ash says as he decides to change the topic. "So how did your meeting go?"

"We are just talking about the Galar Region, Leon." Goodshow takes a deep breath, "Since we have no control over your region, can you tell us everything about your region?"

Leon says, "I can't reveal everything. But I can tell you some. You see, our gym challenge is very different from yours, you need an endorsement to participate in the league. Not only that, we require trainers wear special uniforms for the gym battles as well as the opening ceremony."

"Uniforms?" Cynthia asks. Ash then shows the uniforms on the computer and then he says, "These are the gym uniforms, there are 1 for each type, and there are 18 gyms with 18 different types as well."

Lillie takes out a gold medal and says, "This is the badge, but it will be split into 18 pieces, one piece in one gym and you need to gather 18 of them. It is until after 18th gym that you can proceed to challenge the league."

"So it will be very tough...to fight all 18 gyms..." Diantha mutters.

Leon says, "We don't have an Elite 4, but we will let the League winner face the master tournament, which the gym leaders will also join in for the order. You have to win your opponents to face me in a battle."

"So what is the order? Can you tell us about it?" Alder asks.

"The order is not the same every year." Ash says, "The current order is Grass, Water, Normal, Fire, Ground, Ghost, Fighting, Psychic, Bug, Fairy, Electric, Steel, Flying, Rock, Ice, Poison, Dark and Dragon."

"So you guys not only have the first Poison Type Legendary Pokemon, but you also have the first Dark Type Gym?"

"Of course, and the whole Galar is also big as well. There is a place known as the Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra, and they also have a lot of Pokemon roaming around."

"I see... It sure is different from the other regions..." Steven says. "Does that mean Ash, you have challenged the league there before?"

Ash says, "I have." This causes them to get surprised, including Delia. Delia asks, "You didn't tell me about this? Ash?"

"I am sorry. Mother." Ash says. "In fact, during one of the Sundays, we noticed that a helicopter approaches us, and it turns out that Uncle Rose comes to find me after seeing me winning the Johto League. He offers me the endorsement so I can challenge the Galar League and also helping him out with the business of a company."

Leon says, "Indeed. Their performances are talented and I am glad that he is the first person that I ever lost to."

"So he is the one that breaks your undefeatable title?" Diantha asks, "That sounds really amazing, Ash."

"I know." Ash says.

"But both of you should have told me about this. I really don't like the fact that my brother and my son are doing something behind my back."

Before Ash can say anything, Diantha says, "Well your highness, I know you want to learn about your son's actions, but right now we should continue with the meeting."

The others sigh as Goodshow says, "Now about the Team Rocket problem. I am sure that you all have heard the plan, but are there any objections?"

As nobody raises their hands, Goodshow says, "Good, Ash and Lillie since you two know the owners of the RPA, can you tell them that we agree with their plan of trapping the Team Rocket trio?"

"Of course. We will make sure that they get the message." Ash says as they continue to talk in the meeting. Once the meeting is done, Ash, Lillie, Delia, and Leon are walking back as Delia says, "So you know the owners of RPA, Ash? Lillie?"

Ash and Lillie sigh and Ash says, "Mom, there is something that I want to confess...Did you remember that we said that Uncle Rose ask us to help out with the business of a company?"

"Yeah, what about it?" Delia asks.

"To tell you the truth, the Company is not Macro Cosmos, but RPA. In fact, Uncle Rose is the one that suggests us to build the RPA Company, so we have been the owners of the RPA Company since the beginning."

This causes her to blink her eyes, and Delia asks, "So let me get this straight, you two are the presidents of the RPA Company, and you hide the fact from me for over 5 years?"

"We are sorry, Mother. We prefer to be anonymous because once the news spread out, we will be in danger." Ash says. "We might be famous, but we might be attracting enemies as well, and we don't want that to happen worse."

"I see." Delia says. "But you have better tell me and Adam about everything, or else you two are going to suffer."

Ash and Lillie gulp as they can only nod, Leon says, "Ms. Ketchum, no need to be scary for your children..."

"This is our family business...outsiders are not going to stop me." Delia glares at Leon, who shivers at her tone.

Ash says, "Mom, calm down. We will tell you everything, but that is until we manage to capture those three first. Okay?"

Lillie says, "Ash is right, if we don't capture them first, then our secrets will be heard and they probably will tell the leader of Team Rocket about this, and then it will be a situation that we can't prevent."

Delia softens her glare and says, "I guess you are right. I won't want Team Rocket to come to Galar now that I heard that they have set up bases in the other 7 regions."

After that, they take the plane as they return to the Galar Region as they are going to prepare their plan for capturing the Team Rocket notorious trio.


Here is another new chapter, and this time Ash and Lillie have attended the meeting as the Champions for the plan of Team Rocket, and the next chapter will be executing the plan.