On Arcday morning, I was a bit startled when my phone began to ring while I was fully focused on preparing my breakfast, so I flinched when the ringtone suddenly ca from my pocket. I offhandedly pulled out my phone and I could not help but be a bit surprised when I saw that the person calling was Mr. Caron.
It had been so ti since I last talked with him, and I could not help but wonder why he would call . There was obviously no way I was not going to accept that call, so I turned off the stove and moved the pan to avoid burning my food, before pressing the green icon.
"Hello, Mr. Caron. What a pleasant surprise, how can I help you?" I honestly could not help my curiosity, so I politely asked straight for the reason for his call, and I heard him chuckle at my directness.
"What? No, how are you, or how is it going?" Mr. Caron jokingly asked/chided and I recognized as well as accepted my small faux pas. "Sorry, you're right," I admitted.
"Good morning Mr. Caron," I began to rectify my greeting. "How are you this wonderful morning?" I heard him release a short and amused laugh. "Much better," I could practically feel the nod when he said that.
"Thank you for asking, I'm fine. How are you?" Mr. Caron continued the morning exchange. "That's great, I'm doing good as well," I followed suit and finished the traditional greeting/dialogue in a pretty standard manner. Still, now that we had gone through the usual back and forth, I chose to repeat my initial question. "So, how can I help you?"
"That's sothing we have to discuss face to face. Are you available, right now?" He replied and I was curious about what he wanted to say that could not be said over the phone, which was why I said, "Yeah, I've got nothing going on right now."
"Excellent," Mr. Caron returned. "Are you ho?" he inquired and I directly nodded before actually verbalizing my answer, "Yeah, I'm ho." "Good, good. I'll be there in a mont. See you then," he said before he hung up on , causing to blankly look at my phone's screen.
"What happened to dialogue etiquette?" I joked to myself before the doorbell rang, and interrupted my fake protest. I could not help but think 'That was fast' while walking to the door. Unsurprisingly, it was Mr. Caron along with his Alakzam, who was floating at his side.
I invited them in and we moved to the living room. "Do you want sothing to drink?" I asked out of politeness and both declined, so I decided to get to the heart of the matter.
"So, what do you want to tell that couldn't be shared over the phone," I asked and I saw Mr. Caron look at his Alakazam who simply returned a nod, which made Mr. Caron smile. He then turned back to and began to clarify the reason for his call/visit.
"I'm here because you fit the criteria for a mission the order has issued. Now, let be upfront about this, the mission is a covert one that you'd have to start working on imdiately.
Moreover, it is a solo one. Aside from so intelligence, you would get at the start of the mission, you have to rely on yourself, so before I even bother going into details, I have to ask if you are even willing to consider going on such a mission," he asked without giving away any details besides the mission being a covert solo operation.
Mr. Caron looked at , waiting for my answer, so I began considering his question. I did not really mind doing a covert mission or a solo one, or a covert solo mission, so that was not a problem. Honestly, this whole thing felt like it was straight out of so special agent fantasy, and it stirred so "bondesque" feelings in .
I was sure everyone, or at least every male since I could not really speak for the opposite gender, had at least once imagined himself becoming a special agent after watching an agent spy flick, so I did not mind living out so agent fantasy of mine. Especially since I was confident in my chances to survive nearly everything that could happen.
I an I doubted the order would consider for a mission if I had no chance of survival, so I seriously doubted any (high) platinum, much less palladium stage individuals were involved. Still, instead of guessing like this, I decided to simply ask Mr. Caron.
"I'd like to know how dangerous this supposed mission is rated as. Do I have to worry about any platinum-stage Pokemon or people?" I inquired, showing that I was not against accepting, at least for now.
Mr. Caron smiled at before he shook his head in denial. "No, the worst we are expecting you to face is so gold-stage Pokemon," he elaborated. I ntally summarized that as, even if they totally screwed up, the worst I should face was so dark gold stage Pokemon.
I could deal with such a worst-case scenario, so the danger level was not a problem. Still, from the way he phrased his question, it seed that the mission was a pretty urgent one, so I probably could not postpone it until after the new year.
I currently had a bit less than 2 weeks before my parents ca back ho for the new year, and I had to be ho for that, so I had to know how long the mission would take and whether there was a chance to do it after the new year. "Can I start after the new year celebrations and how long is the mission going to take?"
"You can't," he denied, "the earlier you start the better. As for the mission duration, that actually depends on your performance. It could take a few days or it could take a few weeks, but I don't think it should take you more than 10 days."
Well, that answered that. If Mr. Caron said 10 days at most, I should have no problems finishing the mission before I had to be back ho for the new year celebration period.
"I'm interested," I admitted, causing Mr. Caron to smile. "Let's hear what this mysterious mission is about and let's see if I believe I can handle it". There was no doubt he understood that I would not accept the mission if I did not think I could complete it.
"Our order has recently done a pretty big covert operation on the eastern continent, busting up a giant smuggling ring. We took the ring down along with all higher-ups, the backer, and a majority of the grunts.
Still, the smuggling ring had so people here in Kanto as well, and while we cleaned up most of them, a few grunts and their team leaders slipped through. Those people still have contact with other criminals and there is no doubt that they'll resu their activity after lying low for a while.
Your mission would be tracking down the team leaders along with as many escapees that are still in contact with each other as possible. We found the location of two grunts that we know are still in contact with the rest, and should you choose to accept, you can start with them.
You should have no problem getting the information from their minds without arousing any suspicion. It is important that no one suspects anything until you know where all escaped team leaders are. Otherwise, they'll completely go off the grid until they feel safe again, and we don't want that," Mr. Caron elaborated and the last bit explained why he ca to . It was due to my psychic abilities.
"How much can I do without getting into trouble?" I asked since so psychic shenanigans were rather questionable. "No restrictions," Mr. Caron said with a knowing smile.
"You can do whatever you feel is necessary to complete the mission. These people were working with so of the worst criminals we have seen in a long ti, so don't expect them to be nice people.
Your psychic abilities will allow you to get the information you need and the many rather common Pokemon you have in reserve will allow you to blend in without standing out. Just make sure to look unrecognizable," he clarified before adding in a final advice.
Well, I did have quite a few Pokemon that criminals usually had such as Beedrill, Raticate, Ekans, Arbok, and Fearow, so I could use so of the bronze stage ones and a silver one to pose as so random mook/criminal. Without any psychic type, they would not worry about anyone reading their minds or anything along those lines.
No matter how I looked at it, I was perfect for the job. It seed I had the tools of a perfect agent/spy. Well, that, or those of a criminal, but spy definitely sounded better.
"I'll do it," I inford Mr. C, and he did not look even a smidgen surprised at my acceptance. He just smiled and passed a folder, before standing up.
"This contains the locations of the criminals we have located, along with the photos of the leaders we have identified. That should give you the lead you need. I know you can do this, so all I'll say is be careful but don't forget to have fun," Mr. Caron gave pat on my shoulder while he said that. He then left along with his Alakazam, who had said nothing aside from a "take care" before they teleported away.
Once the two were gone, I went back to the living room, took the folder on the table, and began to look through it so that I could begin planning how I would go about completing the mission.
The first thing I saw was the profile of one of the two grunts they had located. The picture was of a young woman with dium-length orange colored hair, and green eyes called lissa. Aside from her looks, the other important bit about her was that she had four known Pokemon, with the strongest one being a (high) bronze-stage Nidorina.
The three other Pokemon were a Beedrill, a Gloom, and a Golbat. If it was not obvious, lissa seed to have a liking for poison types, and the reason the order managed to find her this easily was that she had attempted to go to the black market two days ago to find herself another poison-type Pokemon.
According to the report, she failed to find one that she liked, so I could probably use that to approach her. Oh, and she was laying low in one of the poorer districts of Viridian City.
The second file had a picture of a pudgy green-haired man with blue eyes. Bob had three Pokemon, and his strongest Pokemon was a (high) bronze-stage Muk. The other two Pokemon were a Raticate and a Koffing. According to this, Bob was discovered because he made a scene at a fast food joint after soone accidentally got pushed by him while he was trying to pass by and the person called him human Snorlax.
I guess for him I could wait until he ordered sothing to eat and then take the place of the delivery guy. Hmm, that seed like it would work, but I could think about a more concrete plan after I finished going through the rest of the folder. I still had to look at the photos of the criminal team leaders I was trying to capture after all.
After checking the folder, I saw that there were 3 team leaders, two n, and a woman. It was not hard to see why they could act as team leaders, seeing how each one had at least one gold-stage Pokemon, even if it was only a (low) one.
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