Rope looks at Nagari Gen. with a skeptical look on his face...
"Your feather made you head of the house? That you're still not fooling me?"
Rope really doesn't believe that the current head of the Nariga family would choose this guy in front of him to be the head of the family.
Nagari Gen looked at Rope's face with 'You still say you are not fooling me' written on it, he also looked helpless, he spread his hands and said: "You have a clear head, the old man doesn't like me is not like me, grandpa and a bunch of old people in the family support me, this kind of thing is not up to him."
"But it's also not up to the elders of your family and your grandfather."
Rope immediately picked up the words, for the family succession to be honest he is also very clear, but he will not inherit the Oak family there is no doubt about it, but the Oak family's next there is nothing to compete for, basically can be sure that it is Blue. and in the case of no one else intends to compete, the head of the family can only be Blue.
Unless Daisy intends to compete for a handful of times or Rope marries Daisy, and then prepares to compete for the position. Daisy and is going to fight for it...
Seriously, Blue really can't wait for someone to take over this thing...
He really doesn't want to be the head of the family.
But Gen was different. How could his father, the man of steel, admit defeat on his own? He had fought with Gen for such a long time, how could he give up his insistence at this time?
"So, Gen, what's the price?"
Rope's mind raced and instantly thought of this question.
Wanting Gen's father to admit defeat is also very simple, there are greater benefits...
Gen pulled the corner of his mouth, and thought to himself that Rope, this guy really hasn't changed at all, his mouth is cheap not to mention that the flexibility of this head is indeed as good as ever.
"The Kamine family's marriage to the little princess."
Gen's words were said rather helplessly, but Rope, Whitley and Rock who were listening to him on the other side all meant a shocked face.
Kamine family, another big family, not to say that Kanto League is actually really messed up enough, just this kind of nameable big family there are more than a dozen of them.
And the Kamine family was just the sort of behemoth that ranked high in the Kanto region.
The point was, as far as they knew, the current head of the Kamine family only had one son and one daughter...the Kamine family's youngest princess, who everyone had more or less heard of, and Rope had even met.
"What is there for you to refuse this? Kamine princess isn't ugly, her character is also good, and the two of you aren't a dozen or twenty years apart..."
Rope was puzzled. Seriously, if the Kamine family had taken the initiative to ask for a marriage, then Gen's father asking Gen to be the head of the family would be understandable to Rope.
To be able to come to a marriage with another family's only daughter, then it would have to be the head of a family as well.
So... according to this speculation, it seems like Kamine princess took the initiative to ask for a marriage with Nagari Gen. Damn... what's wrong with Miss Kamine?
What's so great about this Nagari Gen guy?
"I always get the feeling that you're thinking of something very rude."
Gen said with a disgruntled look at Rope's face.
"I'm wondering if Miss Kamine has gone crazy..."
Rope said with a hard face like he saw a flower on cow dung.
"Oi oi oi! You're sick, aren't you! Just think about this kind of rude words! Why even say it!!!"
Gen couldn't wait to slap this son of a bitch in front of him.
But just after he got angry, he lowered his head helplessly.
"It seems like it's because they were rejected by that Blue guy's request for a marriage, and then they came to me... I heard that it was the Kamine family head's intention..."
"Oh. Backing off, you're that sub..."
Rope had a look of dawning realization on his face.
Whitley pinched Rope, signaling him to tone it down a bit, being constantly rubbing salt in people's wounds.
"As much as I'd like to admit it... I'm not that sub..."
Gen has an awkward, nonchalant smile on his face.
Rope: ????
Whitley: ...
Rock: ****[1]
What the hell is this guy blowing himself up about?
"You're the sub, Rope, they picked me after they heard you had a girlfriend. After all, that girlfriend of yours would have made most women give up on you as soon as the name came up..."
Yeah, the name Cynthia eclipses the vast majority of women, and most of the ones that are left are women who are accomplished in one way or another. And how could that Kamine princess, who had basically nothing to show for her accomplishments other than her beauty, manners, and family history, compete with Cynthia?
There are not many people who can still drum up the idea of competing for Rope in front of Cynthia, such as Sabrina, Lorelei, Karunai, etc., and even fewer of these people will stand up to compete with Cynthia.
And those who competed with Rope for Cynthia...
There were supposed to be quite a few people, though Rope had never heard of any of them. After all, compared to Rope, a guy who was always intentionally or unintentionally flirting with other people, Cynthia had always had the persona of a flower of the mountains that could be viewed from afar but not played with.
If you can't even get close, how can you talk about courting?
Rope got lucky too...
Though still more than a little proud of the fact that the Kamine family's second choice for a marriage partner was himself, after all, it shows that Rope's worth as a guy in his own right has surpassed the value of the Nariga family.
As for why it was after Blue, after all, Rope was also considered to belong to the Oak family.
Rope was still a little confused though.
"Why does it still have to be you? Obviously a lot of people are marriageable, and you have a lot of older siblings."
Gen also frowned, "I'm not really sure, I can only guess that it's my grandfather's side that's making the effort, but for the Kamine family, my grandfather's face shouldn't be that big either."
After saying that, Gen waved his hand and said, "Come on, come on, change the topic let's. I really don't want to talk about this anymore, it's too sad..."
Being chosen like a princess, and it's still the third pick, at that time, his whole body blew up after hearing the news, asshole ah Kamine family simply.
He's four or five years younger than Blue and Rope, how do they know they won't make a name for themselves by the time they're their age!
Can't even place a bet on the one with more potential, no vision.
"So let's change the subject, why did you join Servants of God?"
Rope nodded, then nearly choked on Rope's question after Gen thought Rope was finally going to let himself off the hook...
This was a lot more serious than running away from home. After being in the organization for so long, he'd be a failure if he didn't know what Servants of God was, at least on the surface.
"Why don't we pick up where we left off?"
Gen asked weakly.
Rope didn't say anything either, and just looked on coldly.
"ε=(ο｀*))) Alas," Gen sighed, "What can happen... You have to eat when you run out, and eating costs money, brother. I haven't taken any professional trainer exams, and I just happened to run into this guy," he pointed at Rock beside him, "He said that if you join Servants of God, your salary will be paid on time at the beginning of each month without delay, and there will be performance bonuses for completing tasks, and no extra overtime is required. I agreed as soon as I heard it. Are you kidding me? This villain organization abides by labor laws even more than the League!"
Rope was speechless for a moment...
The League is a big organization, but there are times when they can't pay wages... Servants of God doesn't owe wages?
You're a villainous organization that doesn't work overtime, pays on time, pays bonuses, and doesn't owe wages, is that what a villainous organization should do?
Can I join too???
Gen looked at Rope's expression and said, "See, I told you, which worker can resist such a temptation!"
There's one that does...
"Fuck off! Who's talking to you about Servants of God's treatment!"
Rope glared and snapped!
Damn, almost exposing himself, ah no, almost getting carried away with the conversation...
Rope coughed softly to clear his throat, then said, "What I'm asking is, did you do anything bad in Servants of God?"
Gen sank in, "Heaven and earth Rope, am I that kind of person! My family education and my moral line won't allow me to trample on other people's freedom, Rock and I are really just getting a guaranteed salary every month, don't you know my character? I don't work when I can fish!"
Whitley people are dumbfounded, the moral bottom line of this guy in front of him is to go to work and touch the fish?
Gen obviously saw Whitley's mind, just wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, he saw Rope staring at Rock, who was not moving at all.
He just gestured behind his back, signaling Solrock to increase the strength of his control, or else he would have said that Rock, who aspires to be the organization's model worker, would have been able to jump up and retort to him! ...
That's not killing...
Rope picked his chin toward Rock and said, "Knock you out kid, come on untie the restraints and let people talk."
Gen then noticed that although Rock was restrained and could not speak or move, his eyes were staring at Gen, his face was as red as a monkey's butt, and it looked like if he was not allowed to speak, this guy could suffocate himself...
Who would be so eager to find his own death?...
Gen let out a powerless sigh, and then turned towards Rock behind him. Then he waved his hand towards Solrock behind him.
The next moment...
"Lunatone! Hypnosis!!!"
Rock ordered immediately, pointing his finger to Rope's face.
Lunatone obeyed as well, and a circular wave of pink light struck towards Rope.
"Yo, rush? So impatient???"
Rope teased, then with her left hand in front of her, a wall of fire appeared out of nowhere, blocking the middle of Rope and Lunatone, and that Hypnosis' light was burned out the first time it came into contact with the wall of fire.
Before Rock could recover from his surprise and issue a second command, Rope's right hand slashed horizontally in the air towards Lunatone, then a red blade of fire that looked like substance appeared in the air, and then as Rope's hand slashed together, Lunatone was sent flying.
The whole process was as easy as picking up a bag.
Rock was dumbfounded, pointing at Rope and the fire wall that hadn't dissipated yet, babbling and unable to speak.
Rope also ignored him and just turned his head to look at Gen, saying, "It looks like your partner disagrees with what you just said."
[Coincidentally, I can see that too...]
Gen looked helplessly at the epileptic beside him, feeling like he'd lost three years of his life starting since he'd been friends with him...
He took a deep breath and said, "Anyway, I really haven't done anything unforgivable, and ever since being partnered up with me, this Rock guy also hasn't done."
"I'm still full of longing for James's life, carefree and staying with his buddies. That was also my first idea of joining the villain organization. It turned out that things weren't as rosy as I thought, and I was going to quit..."
"But then I turned around and thought that staying in Servants of God might not necessarily be a good thing, I don't really think that they'll beat League, but I think that if League is in a position to annihilating them I could report back, then I'd be doing some credit, and Grandpa should be quite happy..."
Gen finished with his head bowed.
Whitley looked at Rope, she did think that this kind of good-sounding reason didn't sound like the real thing, it was more like a reason that Gen had made up.
Rope shook his head, he was basically sure that Gen was indeed telling the truth this time.
The Nariga family's character had always been guaranteed, no matter how capable they were. And this guy Gen wasn't just a child of the Nariga family, he was a child taught by the previous head of the Nariga family, the one who wanted to be as cold and hard as raw iron and would rather not bend.
He may lie for some reasons, but his morals are definitely well above the average morals of the community.
Rope doesn't have the self-confidence to be more moral than Gen.
If Rope is going to work with the Pokémon Hunter brothers to get his way and get them off the hook, then Gen is in the same position, he can lie, he can bully, and he can hire the best lawyers for the four brothers after the fact, but he's not going to just fake the death certificates of the four points like Rope did, and then set up a normal registry for all four... that's kind of the bottom line. ...
That's kind of the bottom line, he won't undermine other people's principles for his own convenience.
Rope didn't see to like this kind of character, but he wouldn't hate it either...
But Professor Oak rather liked this kind of twisted character, so Gen had always been very pleasing to these old guys all along.
"That's good... tell me what's in the cave?"
Rope wasn't going to go into details about the topic, and simply spoke directly.
Gen was also finally relieved that the topics that could have led him to outright frustrate his grandfather were finally behind him, and that the next words wouldn't have an outcome he couldn't live with no matter what.
"Inside the cave are the trainers and some of the staff that come here, do you realize that your Safari Zone is being used as someone's backyard?"
Gen's mouth took on a meaningful teasing tone.
"I know, so, what have you heard?"
Rope smiled, but a coldness showed in his eyes.
Rope really didn't expect that someone would really have the guts to grab Safari Zone's Pokémon and sell them outright. It seems that he was really right about bringing in the Pokémon Ranger organization, after all, so it seems that League and some families don't care much about Safari Zone...
"It's a small family that didn't fall off before, called Mono... "
[1] not a translation error