Mechanical Pokemon

"What did you say?!"

Inside the office.

Tetsuya's voice rose sharply after hearing Watts's explanation.

"You mean there's a good chance Gym Leader Wattson caused this?"

He rubbed his temples as if he had a headache.

Watts gave an awkward smile. "Judging from the location and timing, it's quite likely."

After hesitating for a moment.

Watts said, "After New Mauville was abandoned, few people went there anymore.

Gradually, it became home to many Electric-type Pokemon, much like Kanto's Abandoned Power Plant.

But whenever Teacher Wattson had nothing to do, he still liked to stay there.

Even training Pokemon and so on was done there.

So it's very possible that it affected Route 110."

New Mauville was not merely a simple power plant in the conventional sense.

In its original plans.

It had been built as the underground section of Mauville City, intended to solve Mauville City's shortage of land.

Although construction was halted before it was even half finished.

That did nothing to change its vast footprint.

Aside from participants and old-timers like Wattson.

Few people knew exactly how much of Mauville City and its surrounding areas New Mauville encompassed.

Tetsuya had never paid much attention to the size of New Mauville before.

Taking this opportunity, he asked Watts about it.

Watts thought for a moment. "I don't know the exact figures either. After all, I was still quite young when New Mauville was being built.

But according to Teacher Wattson.

Besides the two purposes everyone knows about, New Mauville was also an emergency shelter meant to hold all of Mauville City's residents.

Before construction was halted, that part had already been completed.

The main entrances are near Route 110."

"Hiss—"

Tetsuya narrowed his eyes and sucked in a breath, showing his shock.

Just imagining it was enough to tell