"Yes, Professor I am well aware of your concern over the PIP," Darix said to the screen as he flipped through files. "But I can assure you that the PIP is in no way meant to compete with your 'Pokedex' that you give out to special trainers."
"It's not a matter of if your device is competing with my research!" Professor Oak shouted through the screen. "It's the fact that most of the information found on your servers directly came from mine and my associate's research without credit!"
"Professor, I had never even heard of your Pokedex before you called me." He responded bluntly, drawing his focus back to the professor. "And from what I can tell, you don't even give very many people this Pokedex, to begin with, so the odds that I could have gotten information from one of the dozen or so out there is impractical. My research team just came up with the same statistics you did, nothing more."
"I know what you are up to Director, and you are not going to be able to get away with this." Professor Oak grumbled out. "And once I find the proof that you stole from me..."
"You'll what Professor." Darix snapped back before he could finish. "Because I will remind you, threatening me while the investigation is ongoing was strictly forbidden by both of our lawyers." He said with a smirk. "Now I would recommend that you not continue to call me unless you have something to discuss past idle threats." He finished.
Without saying another word, Professor Oak shut off his screen, ending the call. Rolling back in his chair Darix chuckled to himself. After a moment he reached over to a control panel on his desk, pushing the call button on it.
"Luna, I need you here now." He barked through the box.
There was a minute of silence as he tossed the purple ball in his hand into the air. With a click, the door to his office opened, and from the hallway entered Luna, the assistant director of Project Rebirth.
"You called sir?" She said as she attempted to fix her hair.
"Yes, I did Luna." He sighed out. "I need a status report on our sites. It's been about a week since the broadcast, have we had any updates?" As he spoke he pulled up a map on his computer, each location having a different color assigned to it.
"Oh! Yes sir, let me see here." She exclaimed as she fumbled through her notes. "The Team TM has had no luck as of yet, the targets are proving more elusive than they had hoped, however sales for the region are still getting the monetary gains we had hoped for."
"Excellent. I was hoping that the new batch of Pokeball makers would do well there." He said with a laugh. "I almost feel bad, the ancient art developed in the sister region of Johto, reduced to a child's toy that you can find in any home."
"Yes sir, people seem to enjoy turning ancient art into common practice." She said awkwardly. "Regardless, in comparison, our Sinnoh exploration team has had some leads. They believe the SG has been moved to a different region, but the LM seems to still be located near Stark Mountain as the reports showed."
"Good, the LM is more useful to us right now anyways. Once they have secured the target have them move to Unova and begin the Beta Protocol." Darix went on as he moved icons on his map.
"Right." She sighed as she took down some notes. "Team WM has had some movement on the legends in Hoenn, nothing concrete as of yet, but better than silence." As she spoke she moved over to the director's desk, seating herself on the edge of the desk. "Team TT has had similar, but nothing as solid yet, but they do believe they found a shrine in Johto that they believe to have a link to what you are after sir."
"Leads are better than nothing Luna don't forget that." He said bluntly as he glanced up at his assistant. "Where is SA located right now?" He asked.
"They are located." She said, stumbling on her words. "They were between missions, I believe." As she said this she dropped her notes, scattering her tablet and papers onto the floor.
Darix nodded slowly, watching her struggle with her notes. Once she had picked up all of her items, Luna nervously chuckled to herself before heading towards the door. A cough caught her attention before she could leave the room, however. Turning back around, she saw the director holding a Dream Ball in his hand.
"I believe you dropped something Luna." He said smugly.
"I am so sorry Director." She said, her face flushed as she quickly moved over to get her Pokeball.
"Don't make a habit of losing this Luna." He said calmly. "Your Pokemon are your partners for life, losing them would be like losing a loved one."
Luna took the ball sheepishly from Darix's hand. Once her Pokemon was securely back with her she darted out of the room. Being left alone again, Darix began cycling through the data on his screens. Everything was beginning to fall into place, and soon, Team Rebirth would meet its goals.