Meanwhile.
Kanto, Viridian City.
"First Team and Second Team, attack Number Three Point. Ensure the destruction rate reaches at least 85%.
Third Team and Fourth Team, proceed to Number Eight Point and Number Twelve Point to intercept League Trainers coming to provide support.
The Elite Squad will cut off their retreat routes.
Matilda Matrix, seal off Viridian City's communications signals and maintain vigilance."
A gold-haired man stood at an elevated position, issuing orders steadily through a walkie-talkie.
He was Apollo, one of Team Rocket's Senior Executives and Giovanni's loyal supporter.
During the period when Giovanni was being completely monitored—one could even call it house arrest—
he was Team Rocket's highest-ranking person in charge.
Even if some people were dissatisfied, they would not express it in the open.
After all, Giovanni had said this long ago.
He had merely been placed under house arrest, not actually killed.
Most Team Rocket members firmly believed that Boss Giovanni would not be dealt with by the League so easily.
And that was indeed the case.
Given Team Rocket Mewtwo's exceptionally powerful abilities, unless absolutely necessary, the League would never force Giovanni into a corner.
When their overall strength held an absolute advantage,
mutual destruction was obviously not a good outcome. It could even be called an extremely bad one.
At the same time,
the League had not expected Giovanni's control over Team Rocket and Viridian City to have reached such a level.
Before this operation was launched,
no one had expected Team Rocket to gather so many members near Viridian City in such a short period of time.
Pewter City, Cerulean City, Saffron, Celadon City, Vermilion City—
even the cities housing Kanto Region's Eight Gyms concealed an unknown number of Team Rocket members.
It sent chills down the League higher-ups' backs.
If not for