The next day.
Indigo Plateau's conference room.
The room, which had always seemed somewhat spacious, was packed to capacity today.
The Trainers all sensed that something strange was in the air.
After all.
Even if Viridian City had been attacked by Team Rocket.
There was no need to summon the Johto League's Trainers to the meeting as well.
As the meeting's start time drew closer.
The voices in the conference room gradually softened until they vanished entirely.
President Alder sat at the head of the table, his expression calm. "Now that everyone is here, let us begin today's agenda.
First, personnel changes in the prosecutor's department."
Prosecutors?
Every Trainer's gaze instinctively turned toward Lance, seated in the second chair.
Who present did not know that throughout the entire Kanto Region, as well as the neighboring Johto Region, the prosecutors all fell under this Dragon Elite Four's authority?
His personality, hating evil like an enemy, had given quite a few families headaches.
"Lance submitted an application. He will be stepping down as the Kanto Alliance's Prosecutor General. The reason is that he believes he failed in his duty by not discovering Team Rocket's actions and Giovanni's true identity at the earliest opportunity."
President Alder said thus.
The simple words left everyone feeling slightly dizzy.
Good heavens.
They had known today's meeting would not be simple.
But they had not expected an opening salvo like this.
Clearly.
This application had been entirely Lance's own idea.
As the highly reputed Dragon Elite Four of the Kanto Region, few people truly blamed him for the Viridian City incident.
But no matter what.
It had happened.
The eyes of many family members shifted, and they seemed eager to make a move.
This was an enticing position.
Since the League's founding, if a family wanted to