The Pokémon League's rule over the Kanto and Johto Regions came crashing down like the first domino.
The Pokémon League Headquarters on the Indigo Plateau descended into unprecedented paralysis and chaos.
The remaining factions that still harbored illusions about the Pokémon League scattered like startled birds, abandoning the cities they had managed for years and retreating with their battered troops into uninhabited, remote mountain regions, hoping to cling to survival.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket, the vast organization that had long lurked in the shadows, emerged from underground in full force, taking center stage as the victor.
They no longer needed disguises or concealment and began a sweeping, thorough, and revolutionary restructuring of the administrative systems of Kanto and Johto.
In this reshuffling of power, Ye Li, the "Strategist" who had rendered unparalleled service to Team Rocket, was personally appointed by Giovanni to an unprecedented position.
-Joint Grand Administrator of the Two Regions, Kanto and Johto.
This position granted him supreme authority second only to Giovanni himself.
He could mobilize all resources in both regions, appoint and dismiss any official, and even exercise direct command over the military.
For a time, Ye Li became the true second-in-command of Team Rocket's new regime, below one man and above everyone else.
On his very first day in office, Ye Li displayed cold, efficient, iron-fisted methods utterly at odds with his age.
He paid no attention to the remnants of the old Pokémon League forces, nor did he rush to expand Team Rocket's military.
He poured all his energy into restoring people's livelihoods and establishing a new order.
He personally drafted and promulgated a series of entirely new decrees that left everyone stunned.
The first decree concerned civilians.
It stipulated that Pokémon Centers and shops in every city must sell Potions and Pokémon Food to