The gym has opened, but it only opened last night, and this morning it was officially opened. The League began to publicize the gym in Verdanturf Town on various TV stations.
It is estimated that during this period of time, no one will challenge the gym. After all, Verdanturf Town is really remote and not well-known.
Aoki can take advantage of this time to recruit some gym staff.
At the same time, Alec and the others also returned.
Not long ago, Aoki allowed them to come back.
Now they are training in the back mountain.
According to Aoki's request, they have established a basic base deep in the back mountain of Verdanturf Gym as the base of Team Sky.
It will not have any negative impact on Verdanturf Town, and it will continue to ensure the expansion of Team Sky.
Today, although Team Sky is still a small force, its personnel are not as scarce as they were at the beginning.
Skye, Miyamoto, and Alec, as the main backbone of Team Sky, have been recruiting orphans or poor people into the team for a long time, giving them the opportunity to become Trainers, and what they pay is very simple—loyalty!
For Aoki, the leader who never showed up, and all the members of Team Sky, there was genuine awe from the heart.
This is the image that Skye and the others have created.
Except for the six members of Team Rocket who followed Aoki from the trial island at the beginning, Team Sky has never seen Aoki's true face, and they don't know that the newly opened gym leader in Verdanturf Town is actually their leader.
This also serves as a form of identity protection for Aoki.
And the Sky Hunting Group has also become an external force of Team Sky, and the two parties are completely integrated.
Kaitou Lu became a new capable general under Aoki's command.
This is also why Skye and the others kept instilling how good and powerful Aoki is to Kaitou, so they completely subdued her and included her in Team Sky.
And the four of them are the four people Aoki relies on most now.
Kaitou is in charge of the Sky Hunting Group, capturing Pokémon in exchange for resources.
Relying on the luck of the hunters, the Sky Hunting Group has been developing rapidly, and they have also gained a lot of fame in the Hunters' Guild in the area of Verdanturf Town.
At the same time, Kaitou made a lot of money for Team Sky, and her own strength has also improved.
Skye, Alec, and Miyamoto primarily develop Team Sky, and at the same time send the newly recruited members to the hunters, so that they can grow faster through hunting.
In this way, a simple recruitment and growth mechanism for Team Sky was formed.
Now, the official members of Team Sky have surpassed one hundred people, making them a considerable force even in Verdanturf Town, though their top strength is somewhat lacking.
Today, Aoki gathered the six people who followed him from Trial Island in the back mountain.
The main reason is that Aoki is going to recall Skye to help with the daily affairs of the gym. Skye will manage Team Sky's funds, while Alec and Miyamoto will be responsible for the team's operations. Ke is in charge of recruiting and training newcomers, and Miyamoto handles external battles.
Aoki assigned these tasks accordingly.
For the following matters, Aoki will give them full authority to manage.
As a leader, he does not need to manage a small organization directly. If his subordinates are capable, they will manage; if not, they will fight. All tedious matters can be handled by them.
Currently, the Sky Hunting Group is already an official three-star hunting group. If Aoki's hunter rank does not increase to four stars, the group's level has reached its limit.
So Aoki will also take the time to catch some Pokémon to raise his hunter rank.
Then, the most important thing—Aoki distributed the Pokémon he had obtained earlier.
With the exception of Kaitou, everyone was assigned a suitable Pokémon.
The Poison Heal Breloom, Toxic Boost Zangoose, and Ariados were all allocated. As long as Alec and the others could train them properly, their strength would increase significantly.
It was almost unbelievable.
They had spent so much time training their Pokémon, engaging in battles, and improving their skills, yet the boost from receiving a single Pokémon from Aoki was far greater.
It was almost frustrating… but also exciting.
As for Skye, Aoki temporarily gave him the three Water-type Pokémon he had captured last time so he could get used to them first.
After Aoki leaves the gym, Skye will serve as the temporary gym leader, and these three Pokémon will be the signature Pokémon of Verdanturf Gym.
Skye readily accepted this.
This arrangement from Aoki was based on trust in him, so there was no reason to be unhappy.
Miyamoto and Alec were also entrusted with managing Team Sky, showing Aoki's confidence in them.
After briefly explaining the future plans, Aoki left, allowing the six of them to process everything in the back mountain. Skye could report directly to the gym with the certificate given by Aoki.
Since the gym is currently empty, Skye would need to organize everything.
This included recruiting gym staff and hiring workers to build the artificial lake outside the gym—tasks that were now Skye's responsibility.
This also meant Skye was responsible for managing Team Sky's funds, and he had a lot of money to work with.
Team Sky and the Sky Hunting Group were already generating income, and their profits were not small.
However, Aoki still had over 30 million Pokecoins, so he was not short on money. He left these funds untouched to help establish a strong foundation for Team Sky.
After this period of development, Team Sky had begun to take shape.
In the future, more structured management would be necessary.
Each member's Pokémon lineup needed to be more practical and standardized.
Aoki's preliminary plan involved pairing Breloom and Zangoose. If he could train multiple Poison Heal Breloom and Toxic Boost Zangoose pairs, Team Sky's strength would increase significantly.
At the same time, Team Sky needed official uniforms and a recognizable logo. As an underground force, it was important to have a distinct identity. With continued development, these details would become more refined.
Aoki had already shared this vision with Alec and the others. He only cared about results; how they achieved them was up to them.
It was good to delegate responsibilities.
As long as Aoki remained strong, he did not need to worry about betrayals or ulterior motives from his subordinates.
This was Aoki's confidence, a management principle he had learned from Sakagi.
After leaving the back mountain, Aoki returned to Verdanturf Town and headed into the gym's backyard.