Pokemon: Master Of Tactics

Alex went to the entrance gate with a camera and pushed the button attached on the side.

"Hello, this is Alex Stark."

After a few seconds, Alex heard a political voice, "One moment, Sir, please. I will inform the young master immediately."

Before he visits Steven, he, of course, called Steven and agreed on this day.

Alex, who saw the gate open, slowly started walking towards Steven's villa.

This was his second visit and this time almost all the Butlers and Maids knew Alex.

He has been a good friend of Steven's for about 1 year and he stayed in this villa for almost 2 months on his last visit. So that the most Maids and Butlers have already seen him several times and know who Alex is.

When he was walking on the long road leading to the villa, he saw several Flying-type Pokémon flying in the air.

This time, they don't even look at him and just ignore his existence.

Alex checked the info on these 12 Pokémon and he hardly noticed any differences from the last time.

(Each of these 12 Pokémon was at least LV 30, and 5 were even on the Elite rank. In addition, one of these Pokémon was at LV 51.)

It seems like these Pokemon hardly train and get stronger very slowly.

The land that the Steven family owned was enormous. It took Alex several minutes to reach the main door of the villa.

At the entrance, several Butlers and Maids and his friend Steven were waiting with a smile.

Steven flashed a smile when he saw Alex, "Alex, It's nice to see your average face again. I kinda missed the days when we trained together."

Alex also flashed a smile, "It's nice to see you too. I'm actually a little excited. I'm especially looking forward to beating your Metagross."

After their greetings, both of them start to go into the mansion and continue to talk to each other, as they go.

Steven just shook his head, as he said, "Too bad, I thought you'd take the bait."

Alex flashed a smug smile. "Ha, you still have a lot to learn buddy. But never mind, not everyone can be as good as me."

Steven showed a stunned expression, "You mean at making fun of your friends? ...Are you really proud of a Talent like that?"

Alex rolled his eyes, as he answer, "It's not like you don't do it yourself."

Steven flashed a smile at Alex's expression, "Haha, what can I say. You're a bad influence."

Alex replied in an ironic tone, "yes yes, the bad and despicable Alex is to blame again. After all, you can't take responsibility for yourself. Only poor people do that."

Steven mimicked Alex's ironic tone and voice as he said, "Yeah of course. Rich people are bad and poor people are good. Especially poor people like Alex, who only earn several million a month and have just enough money to survive, are very good individuals."

Alex noticed himself, that he really appears a bit ridiculous when he disses Steven for his money, which he is ridiculously wealthy himself.

Steven didn't know exactly how much he was making. He's even richer than Steven thinks.

Steven guided Alex into one of his rooms and they both sat down in a comfortable chair, as they continued talking.

"Ok Alex joke aside, It's really nice to see you."

Alex simply smiled and he just held out one of his hands, while that hand is curled into a fist.

Steven mimicked this action and accepted the brofist.

After that moment, Steven showed a curious expression as he said, "You already told me you wanted to talk to me about something important, even if you didn't tell me exactly what. I've been already waiting 3 days."

Alex said, "Wow, you're really impatient."

After a short delay, Alex displayed a serious expression. "I came not only to train with you but also to propose a partnership that will benefit us both.

"But before we talk about it, I want to make it clear that it's purely business and that your answer doesn't change anything."

Alex then flashed a playful smile as he said, "Don't worry, you won't lose your best friend."

Steven showed just a small smile when he heard Alex's joke.

Although he was actually a bit worried that if he didn't accept this business proposal, it could damage his good friendship with Alex. Thankfully, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore

He had known Alex for about a year and Steven believed Alex when he said that he didn't mind if Steven rejected his proposal. Steven really appreciates how Alex immediately put that worry to rest for him.

Steven showed a small smile when he heard this "joke" from his friend. He thought with that little smile, 'You're joking but you're not entirely wrong.'

He looked at Alex with an expression awaiting further explanation.

Alex showed a serious expression again as he said, "Steven before I explain my idea. You have to promise me that you won't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you. Not your friends, your father, or your mother. Can you promise me that?"

Steven showed a serious expression when he said, "I promise my friend."

Alex trusts almost no one in this world but Steven was one of the two people he trusted outside of his family.

He didn't know if that decision was the right one, but Alex felt Steven wouldn't betray him.

Although this decision is not very logical and Alex's distrusting nature alerted him, Alex still trusts Steven. That was one of the few moments where Alex followed his emotions.

Alex didn't know if he would regret this decision but he hoped that his only friend wouldn't betray him.

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