The next second, there was a loud smack.
Since Kaede Sato did not reach out to catch it, the scroll fell on the sand in front of Kaede Sato, and some of the sand was splashed up by the falling scroll.
Seeing that Kaede Sato did not reach out to take the scroll, Marlos's face turned even uglier. He gritted his teeth, and in the end, he did not choose to remain silent.
He already had a lot of trouble on his hands, and if he were to offend Boss Sakaki's direct subordinate, he might really die a tragic death in the upcoming rookie tournament.
Although Marlos was usually impulsive and willful, he was not stupid. Even if he was more inclined to solve all problems with his fists, when he really encountered something that could not be solved with his fists alone, he would still use the art of compromise.
Now, Marlos was facing a problem that could not be solved with his fists alone.
Because of his relationship with Xing and Mia, Marlos was now being hunted down by Xing and Mia. To be precise, Xing was the main target, and Mia was the support.
In fact, Marlos was not afraid of Mia. What made him feel unusually troubled was Xing, a female ninja who was proficient in assassination ninjutsu, who had been following him around like a shadow.
If it were not for his cautiousness, and the fact that Xing did not dare to assassinate him too blatantly, he would have almost been poisoned to death several times.
Now, Marlos was like a bird startled by the twang of a bow. He finally understood the horror of provoking a female ninja like Xing.
Marlos now carried a large number of powerful antidotes with him at all times, and he had a great distrust of all foreign food. Unless it was poisoned with a silver needle, he would not dare to touch or eat any food.
As the second generation of Rocket, Marlos knew more about the rookie tournament than Kaede Sato. Before the second stage began, he had already received accurate information.
The second stage of the rookie tournament was held on an uninhabited island in the Orange Archipelago.
(Note: The island where Red Lotus Town is located is very close to the Orange Archipelago.)
(Note: The Orange Archipelago is the region of the Orange Alliance that Satoshi once joined. This region is located in the southern part of the Kanto region. There are a large number of islands, most of which are uninhabited.)
(Note: Due to the fact that there are too few inhabited islands in the Orange Archipelago and their distribution is too scattered, the Alliance has invested very little in this area. As a result, this place is still a paradise for pirates and sea smugglers.)
Of course, since Marlos knew about it, Xing, who was the second generation of the Rockets, naturally knew about it as well.
Therefore, Marlos knew that in the upcoming Rookie Tournament, Xing would definitely not let go of such an opportunity to easily bypass the rules and kill him.
Therefore, he decided to find a capable helper to help him get rid of Xing.
Now, there were many Rocket experts who were waiting for the second stage of the rookie tournament to begin in Red Lotus Island. Many of them were direct subordinates of the various factions' bigwigs.
And as one of the few second generations of Rocket Power, Marlos naturally knew many of the direct subordinates of these factions' bigwigs.
However, perhaps Marlos had gone too far this time, or perhaps Xing was too powerful, or perhaps his reputation among the Rocket's new generation was too bad. He actually couldn't find anyone willing to help him, even though he believed that the conditions he offered were very tempting.
Marlos was not a person who was willing to wait for death. Helpless, he recalled Kaede Sato, who he had fought with on the Rocket Plane not long ago.
After his Taser Beast lost to Kaede Sato's Abbo-monster, Marlos specially sent someone to investigate Kaede Sato's information. At first, he only obtained information that Kaede Sato was a civilian trainer with a clean background.
However, Marlos was not blind. He saw that Kaede Sato had a "pleasant and intimate" conversation with Kondo Sei in the Rocket Plane.
Who was Kondo Sei? He was the closest subordinate of Boss Sakaki. Marlos naturally knew this information, so he swore that Kaede Sato, a person who could work with Kondo Sei, definitely had an extraordinary background.
The most important thing was that Marlos didn't believe that a civilian trainer like Kaede Sato could grow to such a height in just over a month and defeat him, even though it was because of the opponent's despicable use of the terrain.
Later, Marlos finally found the latest information about Kaede Sato through his connections with Ma Zhishi. As he guessed, Kaede Sato was Boss Sakaki's man.
However, it was certain that Kaede Sato was a civilian trainer because Marlos also knew that Boss Sakaki liked to train civilian trainers with clean backgrounds like Kaede Sato the most.
Therefore, in Marlos' mind, Kaede Sato was lucky to be favored by Boss Sakaki and secretly trained as a subordinate.
Marlos' impression of civilian trainers was only two words in his mind: "poor" and "weak."
Of course, after Marlos personally fought Kaede Sato, he naturally didn't think that Kaede Sato was weak. However, he still thought that Kaede Sato, a civilian Rocket Trainer, was very poor.
Therefore, out of desperation, Marlos decided to try his luck with Kaede Sato, hoping to get Kaede Sato's help with a generous reward. Even if he didn't succeed, he wanted to drag Kaede Sato down with him to share some of the firepower.
As for his previous rudeness to Kaede Sato, in Marlos' opinion, his reward was enough to let Kaede Sato, an inexperienced civilian trainer, forget about this small matter.
In order to get Kaede Sato's help, Marlos brought enough sincerity this time. The scroll he just threw to Kaede Sato was worth a lot to Kaede Sato.
Why was this scroll worth a lot to Kaede Sato? It was because this scroll was a map, and it was a detailed map of the island where the second stage of the Rookie Tournament would be held.
It could be said that as long as any Rocket member who participated in the second stage of the Rookie Tournament obtained this map, their chances of achieving good results in the second stage would increase by at least 50%.
Ma Zhishi spent a lot of effort to get this map for Marlos. As for how he got it, Marlos only knew that he came from Poseidon's faction in Rocket.
Although there were many islands in the Orange Archipelago, under the tireless exploitation of maritime smugglers, many of the islands had already been explored. One of them was the uninhabited island where the Rookie Tournament would be held.
Poseidon's faction was one of the three strongest factions in Rocket. This faction was in charge of the Rocket's maritime trade and had a close relationship with many maritime smugglers. Therefore, it was very easy for them to obtain a map of the island.
Marlos knew that this map came at a great cost from his cousin's serious tone when he handed it to him. Since Kaede Sato was one of Sakaki's men, the chances of him knowing about this map were close to zero.
This was because Boss Sakaki was famous for being strict in the Rocket Team. He had put in a lot of effort to organize this rookie tournament. Therefore, he absolutely did not allow any cheating to occur.
Since Sakaki's boss did not allow others to cheat, he naturally could not cheat himself. Therefore, Marlos believed that Kaede Sato did not know about this map.
In fact, Marlos had thought of using this map to rope in the direct members of Rocket's faction, but he did not do so at first because he was worried.
After receiving many rejections, Marlos decided not to take it out because he already knew that the direct members of Rocket's faction would love to see him killed by Xing. If he really took it out, he might be sold out by them.
As for why he dared to take it out and give it to Kaede Sato now? The reason was simple. Marlos believed that Kaede Sato did not have this map, and he firmly believed that Kaede Sato, a commoner trainer, definitely wanted to stand out in this Rookie Tournament.
As long as Kaede Sato wanted to stand out, he would never be stupid enough to report this map to his boss because it would not be in his best interest.
Marlos, who was at the end of his rope, was betting that Kaede Sato did not know about this map, and that Kaede Sato would not expose him.
In the end, when Marlos saw Kaede Sato's expression change when he opened the scroll and saw the contents, he knew that his first bet was right. Kaede Sato did not know about this map.
"Are you sure it's real?"
Kaede Sato looked at the map in his hand with a lot of annotations, and his expression changed. He took a deep breath and asked Marlos with a serious expression.
Seeing Kaede Sato's expression, the anger on Marlos' face instantly disappeared, and he smiled again. Then, he took out a green stone with lightning stripes on it.
"Of course, if you agree to my conditions, not only can you get it, but you can also get this thing. This is a good thing, and your Pikachu must need it very much."
Marlos waved the stone in his hand at Kaede Sato and smiled.
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