The core area of the Network Security Group, Team Rocket's Strategic Development Department.
This was the nerve center of Team Rocket's entire information flow, as well as Lin Feng's personal "kingdom." Dozens of enormous curved screens formed a ring around his custom-made, throne-like gaming chair. Billions of bytes of data streamed endlessly down the screens like waterfalls. Points of light flickered across a global network map, while complex code and defensive matrices intertwined into an invisible net.
Lin Feng was almost swallowed by his throne. Wearing professional noise-canceling headphones, he moved all ten fingers across several keyboards in a blur. The "Sky Eye" surveillance system he had built was like a ravenous beast, greedily devouring and analyzing the anomalous information generated across global networks every millisecond. Less than three minutes after the Pokémon League's plan began, a shrill yet pleasing alarm sounded in his headphones' private channel.
"Oh? We've got a bite." Lin Feng's lips curved into an excited grin.
On a separate screen before him, several information sources automatically flagged by Sky Eye as "high threat/high value" were highlighted. These sources were scattered around the world, from academic forums in the Sinnoh Region to deep-web exchanges in the Hoenn Region, and even a Kalos hacker organization disguised as an ordinary gaming community.
"Boss, some very interesting 'academic garbage' has been appearing online lately." Lin Feng's voice traveled directly to Ye Li's office through an encrypted internal communications line. At the same time, he bundled several pieces of intelligence that had undergone preliminary screening and analysis and sent them to Ye Li's personal terminal.
Ye Li stood before his office's floor-to-ceiling window, holding a freshly brewed cup of Darjeeling tea. He watched the files pop up on his terminal, his gaze calm and unruffled.
Lin Feng's voice report continued, carrying