On April 25, the Research Summit came to a close. Gary and Gintoki slipped out of the public eye and quietly arrived in Mahogany Town.
Lorelei sent Gary a message: "Stay safe. See you later."
Gary smiled helplessly. That "see you later" could mean a short wait or a long one again~
But there was no helping it. Leaving Lance unchecked would only mean trouble. Besides, given his ties with the Trio, he could hardly justify not making the trip.
Gintoki talked about fighting crime, but a quiet change had taken place in his heart too.
Hmm~ He had gone from wiping out Team Rocket to wiping out disobedient Team Rocket members. That was quite a change.
As the home of ninjas, Mahogany Town was as inconspicuous as the ninja way of life, and the entire town's infrastructure was very backward.
Apart from its one Pokémon Center, it did not even have a Poké Mart.
It was not that the Pokémon League treated people differently based on their status. The local spending power was simply too low, and the Poké Mart had gone out of business because it could not cover its expenses...
The only general store in town was actually run by Team Rocket...
Look! Now that was vision! That was standing shoulder to shoulder with ordinary people! We would save the civilians your Pokémon League could not save, and open the stores your Pokémon League could not open!
In short, we would leave alone what your Pokémon League could handle, but we would definitely take charge of the places it could not!
To avoid being spotted by Lance, Gary and Gintoki had chosen not to stay at the Pokémon Center. Instead, they found a small country inn.
Inside the shabby, rundown inn, Gary and Gintoki stared at each