Ye Li took command of the airship.
He did not look at Giovanni's gloomy face again. Instead, he walked straight to the main console and put on the commander's tactical headset.
"Lin Feng, can you hear me?"
"Here, boss. Standing by."
"Activate the 'Ghost Shadow' protocol immediately. Disguise the airship's identification signal as a Hoenn League logistics supply ship. Use the signal signature we captured before. At the same time, use the city's network to generate a flood of false intelligence. Say that Team Rocket remnants are carrying important supplies and attempting to break out through the underground tunnels in the west of the city."
"Understood."
At the same time, Ye Li pressed another communications button.
"Attention, all Direct Forces. This is Ye Li."
"Receiving you, Chief!"
"Execute the 'Fireworks' plan. Your task is to stage a sufficiently large feint at the other end of the city. The bigger the commotion, the better. Draw every available main-force unit of the Hoenn League over there."
"Yes, sir!"
With the orders issued, Viridian City's entire underworld began operating furiously according to Ye Li's will, like a precision instrument brought to life.
Lin Feng's virtual fingers danced through the ocean of data. Countless falsified communications signals went out from every corner of Viridian City, infiltrating the Hoenn League's command system like a virus. Their system had already grown somewhat lax after the success of the surprise attack.
"Report! We've intercepted Team Rocket's internal communications. Their main force is assembling in the west of the city!"
"Report! Signs of large-scale personnel activity detected at the western subway entrance!"
"Report! Satellite thermal imaging shows underground energy readings in the western district rising sharply!"
One piece of false intelligence after another, each backed by seemingly "irrefutable evidence," flew into the command room of the Hoenn League's