Lance's "Nightmare"

Viridian City.

Team Rocket's secret base beneath the Viridian Gym.

"Investigate this person. The more detailed, the better." Giovanni sat in a chair, stroking his cat as he spoke calmly.

"Yes!" A voice came from the shadows in the corner.

"I need all of his information, and it needs to be accurate. You may use some special connections within the Pokémon League, even if it means exposing a few people."

The shadow in the corner seemed momentarily stunned.

It had not expected Giovanni to be willing to pay such a steep price.

But it did not ask any questions, merely becoming more solemn.

"Yes!"

Only after the person in the corner's shadow seemed to have left did a smile slowly appear on Giovanni's face.

"So this is the person Sabrina said was similar to me? A little, perhaps."

A restaurant somewhere in the Black Market.

A restaurant located in the Black Market was no ordinary place.

After all, some of the ingredients used in its dishes were Pokémon!

For example, the absurdly expensive and perpetually out-of-stock "Charcoal-Grilled Farfetch'd" was one of the restaurant's signature dishes.

There were also things like "Steamed Slowpoke Tail" and "Deep-Fried Magikarp."

Xia Yan did not order any of those. He merely asked for a few vegetarian dishes and waited quietly.

Hydreigon had already been recalled.

But with the brief display it had put on earlier, no one would have dared say anything even if he had not ordered a single dish.

Xia Yan did not have to wait long.

A ripple of Psychic-type energy spread through the air.

A little girl with a playful expression appeared before Xia Yan.

Sabrina!

Yet the people around them could not make out Sabrina's appearance. They could only barely see an outline.

Sabrina sat on the chair, swinging her