Who Agrees, Who Objects?

R-Red?

When Jing He saw the person step out of the passage, he froze on the spot.

To be honest.

He had guessed what might emerge from the passage. Sakaki? Maxie? Archie? Or someone else?

Jing He had even considered that Legendary Pokémon might appear first, such as Armored Mewtwo, Groudon, or Kyogre.

Even if a hostile "Ultra Necrozma" Necrozma had suddenly appeared, Jing He would have accepted it.

But he had never imagined that the person walking out of the passage would be Red—the legendary Red!

How had Red somehow wandered into this?

However, Jing He was not the only one who recognized Red.

After visibly blanking for a moment, Wataru, standing nearby, called out tentatively:

"Red?"

Hearing someone call his name, Red looked up in confusion. Then his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Mr. Wataru?"

Hm?

Everyone besides Jing He looked at Wataru in confusion.

But after receiving a response, Wataru was not enlightened at all. Instead, he became even more confused.

He did know Red. Quite a few people present knew Red as well: the Trainer Professor Oak thought highly of, and the rival of Professor Oak's grandson, Green.

He had even won the Silver Conference not long ago and was one of the representatives of the younger generation in the Kanto Region and Johto Region.

But in Wataru's memory, Red had clearly been nothing more than an eleven- or twelve-year-old brat. Yet this one before him...

He had to be at least in his twenties, right?

That was why Steven Stone, Cynthia, and the others had not recognized him immediately. Only Wataru, the Kanto Elite Four member and Johto Champion, had seen Red's shadow in this young man in his twenties and called out tentatively.

But Red on the other side was even more confused.

The moment