Reiji naturally believed what Tetsuya said. The latter had absolutely no reason to lie to him about this.
It was just that...
No matter what, he had never expected the widely praised Giovanni of Viridian to have played such a role in this incident.
In truth, it was not just Reiji.
When the vast majority of the Alliance High Command learned of this from both Pewter City and Cerulean City, they were utterly dumbfounded as well.
Although each city governed itself and there were occasional frictions and rivalries between them,
under the Alliance's management and mediation, no matter how poor the relationship between two Gyms was, it would never escalate to their incumbent Gym Leaders directly fighting each other to the death.
Most conflicts were resolved through more peaceful means.
Since the Alliance's founding, this was the first time such an incident had occurred.
After all,
one of the Alliance's purposes in being established was to reduce unnecessary conflict.
Giovanni's actions had undoubtedly been a tremendous provocation against the Alliance's authority.
If everyone acted as recklessly as he did, using overwhelming strength to achieve their own desires, there would only be one outcome—war.
Throughout the history of the Pokémon World, and even now, that word had never disappeared.
The consequences it brought were something most people did not wish to see.
Aside from the suffering that followed, if some Legendary Pokémon were provoked, the result would be true devastation.
"Then Gym Leader Giovanni's strength..."
Reiji still wanted to know more.
According to the rumors, Giovanni had fought four or five Elite Four Level Trainers with the strength of official Gym Leaders all by himself.
Tetsuya was among them.
The shock this news brought was no less than that of Giovanni trying to kill Wupo and Minglan.
What did one against