Faced with betrayal from within, a fierce assault from outside, and the imminent collapse of the entire underground base, Giovanni made the coldest-and most correct-decision in mere seconds: sacrifice his pawns to save himself.
Without the slightest hesitation, he walked straight to his desk and pressed several hidden buttons beneath its seemingly unremarkable surface.
[Headquarters self-destruct sequence activated. Countdown: ten minutes.]
A cold, synthesized electronic voice rang out amid the chaotic explosions.
He intended to erase the entire underground base beneath Viridian City, along with the Hoenn League troops still swaggering aboveground and the traitors who had betrayed him, completely from this world.
"Follow me!" Giovanni gave the brief command to the few remaining members of his Personal Guard, Ye Li, whom he considered still immensely useful, and several core technical personnel, including Engineer Wang.
He activated another mechanism. The office floor split open, revealing a secret passage leading deeper underground.
With two members of the Personal Guard "supporting" him on either side, Ye Li was practically being "held captive" as he followed Giovanni into the dark passage. At its end stood an enormous secret hangar filled with futuristic technology.
At the very center of the hangar sat a pitch-black private luxury airship shaped like a deep-sea manta ray, exuding opulence and an oppressive presence. This was Giovanni's true, final means of escape-his "Noah's Ark."
After boarding the airship, Ye Li saw an enormous figure in the spacious cabin that felt incredibly familiar.
It was a Tyranitar modified beyond recognition. Thick alloy armor covered its body, the spikes on its back had been converted into menacing cannon barrels, and its eyes flashed with cold red electronic light. It was the terrifying Biological Weapon code-named "Titan" that Ye Li had previously seen in the Pokémon League's Secret Base. It