Red frowned as he entered the Water city of Cerulean. Something felt... off. He sent a gaze around before seeing Team Rocket. Blue and Green were attempting to fight them off, but there was one ill problem.

They were outnumbered.

Red chuckled darkly behind the mask his hat gave him as the two trainers were torn apart. They really weren't having a good time. Sadly, he knew that he had to step in and 'help' the duo out. After calming himself down from seeing quite the performance, he went over and did a distinctive set of movements, letting the grunts know that he was the enemy at this time. A grunt led the charge.

"Oh! So you want to join those two!? The duo whipped around as Wartortle came out of its pokeball. "Then so be it! Let's go guys!"

"Red! Look out!"

These guys were stupid. He tore the enemy up before seeing that they had successfully completed their task at hand.

Healing water.

He gave them a smile as they raced off, needing to get it to the lab. So close.

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Misty stood no chance when Wartortle and Butterfree slammed into her. And when they weren't enough, Persian was.

Afterwards, he got word that the info grunt was willing to meet with him after a long shift of staying with his sister. So he waited for him at the center.

"Red Sir." He looked up at the grunt, who blended in well. He nodded to the seat across from him and the grunt sat down. Red Scanned the area before he took off his hat and placed it on the table.

"Thank you for coming."

"Absolutely. I would never turn an order down if it was by you." Red smiled as Persian purred beside him.

"How is my sister? You were the last one on post." The grunt nodded.

"Well. She woke up a little bit while I was there." Red hummed at the fact.

"Well... I thank you for everything you've done. Between the info and watching my sister, you've done great." The grunt murmured a thanks before Red spoke. "The real reason I came to talk to you is your hard work. You've done well for your rank. I was wondering if you'd take the position above yours."

The grunt eyed his boss as a group of trainers entered and went to the front desk. They stayed quiet until they left before he spoke again.

"Are you sure sir?"

"100%. You are the best man I have ever worked with. And you earned it." The grunt paused. "Just give me a name and I'll let everyone know that you are one of the three heads of Team Rocket." The grunt paused. Persian, Amber and then him.

"Verde, sir." Red smiled as he placed a package in front of him.

"Welcome to the front lines, Admin Verde."

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Red smiled. After the promotion, Verde got right to work, successfully gaining enough manpower and pokemon strength to start the operation. Perfect. Now all he needed was to conquer Kanto and get back what was his.