Professor Oak was doing well for himself too-he was even chasing Teacher Yu down in person for updates (415 updates owed)

With Giovanni openly admitting defeat, the operation against Team Rocket finally came to a close.

Giovanni, Team Rocket's deeply concealed leader, had been captured, and Lance and Lambda, two of its Four Executives, had also been defeated. The organization's active forces were now essentially under complete control.

As for the scattered remnants of Team Rocket in other areas, the Gym Leaders of the other cities would deal with them.

Sabrina soon said goodbye to the two of them and used her psychic power to fly back to Saffron City at high speed, eager to handle the remaining business.

Qingyu and Lance, meanwhile, stayed at the Viridian Gym.

Ten minutes later, when Mewtwo led Qingyu and Lance into the secret laboratory hidden beneath the Viridian Gym, their eyes widened.

"These are... genetic experiments?"

Lance's brows drew together as he stared at the individual Pokémon in the culture vessels, none of whom had hatched yet.

Normally, a Pokémon's birth involved several stages. The most important was developing inside a Pokémon Egg, then breaking out of the shell after entering infancy and gaining a certain amount of physical strength.

Yet the unformed Pokémon embryos before them had no eggshells to protect them. Instead, they slept in culture vessels filled with nutrient solution.

The oxygen supply machine beside them made intermittent noises, and Qingyu's brow furrowed too.

Even though he had mentally prepared himself beforehand, the sight still shook him.

The games and anime had barely touched on how Mewtwo and the other cloned Pokémon were created. Only by seeing it in person could he understand the horrifying things Team Rocket had done.

Lives born against the natural order could not leave these tiny culture vessels until they had fully developed, and the success rate probably wasn't high either.

As for what ultimately happened