Ordinarily, the branches in different cities rarely contacted one another unless it was for official business.
That was even more true for Lance, the face of the Kanto League's International Police.
Aside from issuing assignments, he rarely received emails or calls from the other officers.
But today, when he woke up to a phone packed with missed calls and emails, Lance suddenly wondered whether he was still half asleep.
I got up too fast.
Had the sky fallen over Kanto while I was asleep?
What could have mobilized the officers from every city? Was Team Rocket finally going to war with them?
Or had a Legendary Pokémon like Ho-Oh or Lugia gone on a rampage, requiring a massive deployment of reinforcements?
Whatever it was, it had to be an incredibly urgent incident for his normally levelheaded subordinates to come rushing to him.
At that thought, Lance's heart lurched. He quickly opened his inbox on his phone and began reading the emails.
"..."
Soon, a complicated expression appeared on his face.
"I never thought my last explanation would go over this well."
After quickly piecing together what had happened from his subordinates' emails, Lance relaxed a little and smiled helplessly.
The good news: nothing major seemed to have happened in Kanto.
The bad news: they were coming for him!
There was no Team Rocket incident or rampaging Legendary Pokémon as he had imagined. Kanto still maintained its outward peace.
But the officers' requests gave him a headache.
"Teacher Yu, oh, Teacher Yu. You really know how to put me on the spot."
Lance sighed and opened Poké TV. After carefully watching "Teacher Yu's latest masterpiece," which his subordinates had mentioned over and over, he smiled with satisfaction.
"No wonder they're so excited. This really does fit our tactics..."
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