"Roar—!!!"
An angry Dragon Roar echoed across the skies above Viridian City.
At the temporary gathering point, Viridian City's residents had yet to fully recover from the shock.
Could someone tell them—
Why had the perfectly respectable Viridian Gym Leader suddenly transformed into the boss of the largest dark organization in the Kanto and Johto Regions?
It had to be said.
Although Giovanni rarely involved himself in the city's internal affairs, he had always been wholeheartedly dedicated when it came to external matters.
Among a region's Eight Gyms, the residents' approval rating was also a highly important evaluation metric.
Many people of Viridian City had taken pride in having a Gym Leader like Giovanni. When their children first set out on their journeys, they often regarded him as a goal and role model.
And now they were being told that all of it had been fake.
"Stabilize the public. Don't let anything happen."
An experienced Officer Jenny glanced at the residents' condition, then turned her head and issued the command into her walkie-talkie.
She, too, had been born and raised in Viridian City.
At first, she had found it equally unbelievable.
But faced with ironclad proof piled up like a mountain and the facts before her, Officer Jenny fully demonstrated her professional ability, calming herself down in the shortest possible time.
Meanwhile, in the skies over the distant battlefield.
"Bang!!"
"Boom—!"
Explosion sounds echoed through the sky one after another.
A golden-red streak and a yellow-black streak repeatedly collided in midair.
They appeared to merely brush against one another, yet the shockwaves that burst out effortlessly caused the clouds within a radius of over a thousand meters to completely dissipate.
"Truly powerful."
With nothing else to do, Tetsuya simply found a suitable spot at the front line and began observing.