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'Well, Vincent. I have some questions for you,' began Giovanni. 'Firstly, how did you know my real identity?'

A smirk formed on the young waiters face. 'Well, you are quite well known in Kanto, you know? Famous, really. Like the other Gym Leaders,' explained Vincent. 'How could I not know who you were?'

Giovanni stared blankly at Vincent. He could tell that Vincent was trying to avoid answering his question completely. 'That does not answer my question,' he began, looking for reactions on young waiters face. 'I will concede that you may know of me, by name alone. But by appearance, I doubt it. I never made public appearances, and I was rarely at the Viridian Gym.'

Vincent continued to smirk at Giovanni. 'Oh, I suppose you've got a point there, Giovanni. Maybe I saw one of your gym matches? Maybe I battled you once? I could even be your illegitimate child!'

Giovanni let out a deep sigh. 'I see you wont be answering that question seriously.'

'Yup, you're right!' said Vincent, in a childish manner.

A frown formed on Giovanni's face. 'That is fine for the moment. My next question is this: What exactly do you know about me?'

Vincent moved across the room to sit down on the bed. 'Well, I know you're from Viridian City, Kanto, and that you were the gym leader… Not sure if you still are though. Since you're here I will assume you are not!' he said. 'Oh, and I know that you were the Boss of Team Rocket, that you have a son named Silver who lived in a house in the Viridian Forest.'

Giovanni was simply dumbfounded. He had not expected the young man before him to know much about him. Several minutes passed in silence before Giovanni spoke again. '… But… How do you?'

Vincent smiled at Giovanni, his face portraying his enjoyment of his confusion. 'Oh, I have my ways you know? I'm sure you have a decent information network around Kanto, I have mine. Lots of fun they are, especially when they have good information for me!'

Giovanni was at a loss for words. This young man, if telling the truth, had good contacts for someone of his age. He began to think that Vincent may be worthy of being recruited into the new Team Rocket at this point. 'Well then, Vincent. You seem to know quite a bit about me, but I know little about you. Care to share?'

Vincent's eyes opened wide in surprise. He did not expect Giovanni to ask him something like that, especially not in his choice of words. But still, Vincent kept smiling at him. 'Well, I can tell you some things, like my full name being Vincent Astor Montgomery, and that I was born and raised in the Hoenn Region... Mostly anyway. Oh, and my favourite colour is blue!'

Giovanni raised an eyebrow. 'Not quite the information I was looking for.'

Vincent looked at Giovanni with innocent eyes. 'Really? You should be more specific! But if I were to answer them truthfully is another matter entirely!'

Giovanni was interested in the young man before him. In all his years he had not met someone who acted like this when they knew who he was. It was fascinating behaviour to him. 'Why is it you are working on this ship when you supposedly have such a large information network? You must be something more that a simple waiter of a cruise ship.'

'Oh? Must I?' asked Vincent. 'I suppose you're right. I guess I can tell you… I found myself in Kanto without the money to get home! So the kind crew of the ship let me on board as a waiter to get back to Hoenn. They are so nice.'

'I see, then who were those other three waiters?'

'Other waiters? Oh. You mean the three with me earlier. They were in the same position as me, really. But they live in other places, I forget where, though. Not from Hoenn though.'

Giovanni was surprised that Vincent was answering his questions, and for the moment he has had no reason not to believe what he was saying for the moment. 'Then, what were you doing in Kanto?'

'What was I doing? I forget. Or I remember and I don't feel like telling you. You decide which one you want to believe!' said Vincent with amusement in the tone of his voice.

'… right. That's fine I suppose,' said Giovanni. 'What are you trying to achieve by utilising that information network? Why did you look into who I was?'

Vincent chuckled slightly. 'I didn't ask for my people to look into who you were. I had them check out all of the Kanto Gym Leaders. Lots of fun things found, you know? Like, did you know Misty goes to Cerulean Cape with a different guy every few days? Or that the reason Blaine isn't really bald, he just likes to shave his hair?'

'… I don't care about any of that…'

'Oh? But they are quite interesting things to know! As for what I want to achieve… well… I don't really want to tell you!'

'I can respect that, I suppose,' said Giovanni, enthusiasm lacking in his voice. 'I would be lying if I said I didn't think that you were interesting, Vincent.'

'Really? I think you're interesting too!'

'Is that so? That doesn't matter. I extend to you an invitation to join my organisation, Team Rocket, in our endeavours in the Hoenn Region.'

Vincent was taken aback by the invitation. The answers that he provided would hardly make anyone think that he would be a loyal member, but accepting this invitation could prove to be amusing. 'Ho ho… I didn't expect to be invited to join the Team Rocket! I would gladly accept such an opportunity!'

Giovanni smirked. He did not trust this young man fully, but he would be able to make use of him while in the Hoenn Region. As he was a native of the region he would be able to provide Giovanni with information on the local pokemon, the cities and towns, the culture, and perhaps most importantly, the competition that could be found in this Team Aqua.

'Excellent, Vincent, you can help me greatly during my stay in Hoenn,' began Giovanni. 'I trust you know a great deal about Hoenn. What can you tell me about this Team Aqua?'