Shiyan Yong had become the Hoenn League's new Champion!
In the mere half month following the Champion Challenge, the news swept across the entire Eastern Hemisphere like a hurricane and continued spreading toward the Western Hemisphere at tremendous speed.
The people of Hoenn, who knew Yong well, naturally still remembered the boy and marveled at how quickly he had grown. Even in the neighboring Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh Regions, some people remembered the name Shiyan Yong and were stunned by the news.
As the many senior League officials and participants who had witnessed the challenge spread word of it, even people and organizations who found it unbelievable had no choice but to accept the result.
In the Kanto Region,
Amid the vast waters south of the Orange Islands and north of Pallet Town lay an island hidden among an archipelago.
This was New Island.
It was also one of Team Rocket's core bases.
After winning the power struggle against Team Rocket's previous leader-his own mother-Giovanni had successfully taken control of almost the entire organization. He gradually retreated behind the scenes, pouring all his resources and funds into the Research Institute on New Island.
"The Mew Experiment!"
It was undoubtedly a wild and audacious idea!
Giovanni understood all too well that strength reigned supreme, and he had never spared any effort in his pursuit of greater power.
In this world, those who truly ruled had never been humans, but the exalted Pokémon that came and went without a trace and existed only in legends!
Thus, the notion of obtaining divine power to conquer the world had taken deep root in Giovanni's mind and become the core objective of the new generation of Team Rocket.
Alongside their various genetic and cloning experiments, Team Rocket had set their initial sights on Kanto's