"What!?"
Alder, who had just received the call, shot to his feet. "Understood. Stall that guy for now. We'll make a quick confirmation on our end."
"What happened?"
Everyone in the conference room turned questioning looks toward him.
President Alder took a deep breath, and then a chilling sharp glint flashed in his eyes. "I just received a report from Lance. Giovanni claims he has planted a large number of bombs in every major city and is using them as leverage."
In an instant.
The entire conference room erupted into chaos.
"How is that possible?!"
"How dare that bastard!"
"He can't possibly have that many bombs! He's lying!"
What someone shouted made everyone pause.
That was right.
Kanto had countless cities.
Even if it were only a few major cities, the number of bombs needed to cause widespread destruction would be staggering.
Under the League's surveillance.
They did not believe Giovanni and the Rocket Group had such capabilities.
Otherwise, they would not have developed only in Kanto and Johto.
"Who can guarantee that?"
However.
President Alder silenced everyone with just four casual words.
No one could guarantee with absolute certainty that Team Rocket had not developed some new type of bomb.
Whether it was a change in materials or destructive power, the resulting consequences could be vastly different.
The League could not gamble with the lives of so many civilians on whether Giovanni was telling the truth.
No one could bear such responsibility.
"Are we really going to let him go just like that?!"
Someone was deeply unwilling to accept it.
After all.
The Alliance High Command had spent a long time planning this operation to lure the snake from its hole.
Although Team Rocket's premature attack had disrupted some of their arrangements.
Overall, there had been no major deviations—the