Fang Yuan, alongside his fifteen legendary partners, invaded the Rocket Gang Base that day.
The Rocket Team branches in Kanto, Johto, and the Seven Island Region all received the message.
The directive personally issued by Giovanni Boss was clear, "As of today, Rocket Team is hereby disbanded."
Following the dispatch of this message, a massive upheaval took place within the entire ranks of Rocket Team.
Those who escaped from Mt. Moon, including True Bird, Apollo, Athena, and others, faced this news with utter silence.
To this day, they still had no clue what had happened after Giovanni Boss alone remained there.
Afterward, Giovanni Boss was nowhere to be seen, leading them to suspect that he might have been assassinated…
...
One day later.
Because Rocket Team already plunged into chaos, Lila, an undercover agent embedded within and a member of the international police, found the opportunity to contact her superior.
She had to report this intelligence to headquarters without delay.
Lila, an agent of the international police, was a subordinate of an officer codenamed "Handsome Mister."
Handsome Mister himself, a core elite of the international police, had been assigned to investigate local evil organizations and their activities in many regions, including Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Shinnoh, Unova, Kalos, and others.
Years ago, Handsome Mister had teamed up with Murdan, an Island King of Alola, as part of the same squad to hunt down Ultra Beasts to protect the Pokémon World. Lila joined the international police after that incident, becoming an operative under Handsome Mister.
In addition to her covert identity as an international police officer, Lila was also publicly recognized as a mastermind behind the Battle Frontier, holding the title of Tower Tycoon, and was a formidable Trainer not inferior to any Gym Leaders.
Lila's experiences were quite extensive; however, even so, what she witnessed and heard over the past two days had completely shattered her worldview.
Area of Fragrant Fate.
The sandy beach of the renowned battle resort.
Handsome Mister himself was disguised as a tourist enjoying the sunshine while he was actually covertly investigating the secret activities of Ocean Team.
However, as his special contact tone rang out, Handsome Mister was momentarily stunned, then he quickly got to his feet and left the area.
...…
Communication connected, code correct, no mole present, we can talk!
"Handsome Mister, it's me. I have urgent intelligence," Lila reported.
"Does it concern the Rocket Team incident on the Orange Archipelago?" Handsome Mister quickly inquired.
Being on the outside, he was naturally aware of the incident on the Orange Archipelago.
The Kanto Alliance had traced this incident to Rocket Team, and the international police had naturally captured the news.
However, due to the different systems they belonged to, the international police did not have as comprehensive information as the Kanto Alliance.
"Ap... Approximately!" Lila recalled the conversation between Fang Yuan and the Rocket Team executives, then confirmed.
"So it's indeed related to Rocket Team. Lila, have you discovered the purpose of this Rocket Team operation?" Handsome Mister asked, as it was critical.
"Hmm, it seems Rocket Team was trying to steal something from a Trainer," Lila began to articulate.
Handsome Mister: "Uh."
"That's not important, Handsome Mister. The important thing is that the Trainer, in order to retrieve his belongings, found the Rocket Team headquarters, and faced off with two of the Rocket Team executives, as well as Giovanni himself."
Handsome Mister's expression turned grave.
"And then?"
"All members of Rocket Team fled, leaving only Giovanni behind. Shortly after, the message to dissolve Rocket Team was issued by Giovanni. It must have been that Trainer who dissolved Rocket Team. This news will likely spread soon; we need to prepare!" Lila said earnestly. "Now, Rocket Team has already descended into chaos!"
Rocket Team dissolving and being in turmoil presented the best opportunity to arrest its members and investigate their crimes.
After Lila's report accelerated her heartbeat, on the other end, Handsome Mister remained silent for a while.
After some time, Handsome Mister said, "Lila, are you kidding me??"
Rocket Team was the organization Handsome Mister found most troublesome throughout half his lifetime. Giovanni himself possessed Champion strength, each executive had King-level ability, and even the core combat force of an elite squad might harness MEGA evolution and produce King-level Elves. This did not even consider Rocket Team's financial and technological strength, nor its hidden ties with certain factions within the Alliance.
Such an organization was a hundred times more challenging to deal with than Ocean Team, which he was currently investigating and which could only act stealthily under pursuit by the Fangyuan Alliance. And now you're telling me that a single Trainer dissolved Rocket Team?
"It's true... The guy just waved his hand and the sky cracked open; a black Lugia and eleven Three Divine Birds emerged, and in the end, even the Three Sacred Beasts were protecting him. When Rocket Team's executives and Giovanni saw these Pokémon he summoned, their faces turned green, leaving them with no courage to battle," Lila vividly depicted the magnificent scene she witnessed.
Handsome Mister: "...…"
Handsome Mister's face also turned green. Was Lila playing him for laughs? Initially, he harbored some doubts, but now he was even more convinced that Lila was talking nonsense.
"Handsome Mister... Handsome Mister?"
Handsome Mister: "… I feel like splitting open too."
Lila grew frantic, "Believe me!"
Handsome Mister: "..."
"Who is that Trainer, do you recognize him?"
"I don't know him. I only know that a Rocket Team executive called him 'Fang Yuan.' What a strange name."
"I've got it."
Having received the message, Handsome Mister fell into deep contemplation, his stomach aching. Lila probably wouldn't lie to him, but, but this intelligence, it was incredibly hard to believe.