That tiny Gym emblem, like a rusty key, pried open a corner of Tyranitar's long-sealed memories.
Its frenzied movements stopped completely. Its enormous head tilted slightly, its crimson electronic eyes fixed on the emblem, filled with confusion and struggle.
The soothing aura of a fellow Pokémon emanating from Umbreon also flowed like a gentle stream, steadily nourishing its mental world, long since dried up and withered.
Together, the two forces temporarily suppressed its frenzy.
But Ye Li knew this was only temporary.
Tyranitar's mental state was still like a powder keg with its fuse lit, ready to explode again at any moment.
To heal it completely, he had to untie the most fundamental knot in its heart.
And only one person held the key to untying that knot.
Its first master, who had once given it a name and warmth, only to suddenly disappear from its life.
A cold glint flashed in Ye Li's eyes.
He turned, returned to his Command Room, and immediately contacted Lin Feng.
"Lin Feng, I need you to look into someone for me immediately."
"Boss, go ahead."
"The whereabouts of the Gym Leader of a Rock-type Gym in the Johto Region that the Pokémon League has already declared dissolved." Ye Li's voice was cold and grave. "The Pokémon League's official records say he 'died in the line of duty.' But I need to know the real truth."
"Understood."
Lin Feng wasted no words.
He immediately mobilized the brand-new intelligence network he had just established, independent of Team Rocket.
Countless invisible streams of data, like tentacles in the deep sea, silently reached into the Pokémon League's vast, seemingly impregnable internal database.
It was a boundless world of information.
Personnel files, mission reports, classified documents...
Like a master hacker, Lin Feng conducted an exhaustive search through this