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When Eddie, supported by Ash and Gary, arrived at the battlefield where Erika was, the war could finally be declared over.
"Everyone! Have you seen that trainer? He is a trainer from Pallet Town, and he is also the hero who has thwarted Team Rocket's plots many times in places such as Mt. Moon, the S.S. Anne, Lavender Town, Celadon City, and Vermilion City!"
"That's right! He is Eddie, our hero! And he was just fighting against Team Rocket's boss! Now, Team Rocket's boss hasn't shown up, but Eddie has!"
"Tell me! Who won this battle? Who won this war?!"
The moment Erika saw Eddie appear, she acted decisively and immediately announced Eddie's battle record to everyone, telling them what Eddie had accomplished during the war.
When everyone heard this, whether they knew Eddie before or not, they all now knew that Eddie had participated in the god-level battlefield at the Silph Building in the center of Golden City, and his opponent had been the boss of Team Rocket himself.
And just as Erika said, the battle of legends over there had finally ended. Now Eddie had appeared, but Team Rocket's boss had not. Who had won and who had lost?
At this moment, the morale of the Alliance army soared instantly, and everyone cheered involuntarily.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"
"Eddie!! Eddie!! Eddie!!"
"Hero!! Hero!! Hero!!"
"Victory!! Victory!! Victory!!"
Different from the passionate Alliance army, Team Rocket's morale dropped to freezing point in an instant. Not only did they stop fighting, but some people had already started to flee.
Of course, Team Rocket also had commanders and officers. With their presence, it was unlikely that Team Rocket would collapse instantly even after hearing the news of Eddie's victory.
However, when Giovanni retreated, he had anticipated that Team Rocket's morale would plummet due to his defeat.
Giovanni was also a ruthless man. He knew this war was lost, but he still wanted to preserve his key combat forces.
So he notified the Team Rocket members who were commanding the battle to retreat in advance. Except for the Team Rocket members who were left behind to cover the retreat and were unaware of the situation, most of the powerful members had already started to escape by various means.
The remaining Team Rocket members who were still fighting were the largest group but also the weakest.
In this situation, it was natural for the remaining Team Rocket members to be defeated instantly and flee in all directions.
Of course, in this situation, the players were happier than the Alliance Army. Everyone was excited and shouting about earning contribution points. In short, the player group was the most aggressive group chasing after Team Rocket.
The Alliance soldiers who were unaware of the situation thought that the trainers from Pallet Town were being a bit too aggressive, and secretly remarked that Team Rocket had made a mistake kidnapping the citizens of Pallet Town. As a result, whether they were high-ranking or low-ranking members, they were all being chased and beaten by the trainers from Pallet Town.
Since the players in the Kanto Region started in Pallet Town, the game arranged their identities as residents of Pallet Town, so the Alliance army thought the players were seeking revenge on Team Rocket for attacking their hometown.
And so, the war between the Alliance army, the player group, and Team Rocket came to an end.
With Giovanni's retreat and Team Rocket's defeat, the Alliance claimed victory and Golden City was liberated.
That night, the Alliance was still hunting down the defeated Team Rocket members, but at this point, they had clearly shifted the focus of their operations to rescuing the residents of Golden City and rebuilding the city.
While the Alliance troops were busy with the rescue operation, they didn't notice that someone who had slipped away during the day had sneaked back in.
The once magnificent and towering Silph Building had now become ruins.
Giovanni had returned here and seemed to be searching for something.
Suddenly, an old woman's voice came from the distant, desolate area.
"Giovanni, is this what you're looking for?"
Giovanni immediately entered combat mode upon hearing this, then looked up toward the source of the sound.
He saw an elderly woman with a cane but full of energy standing on a pile of rubble. She had a sinister smile on her face and was holding a round disc in her hand. Seven Gym Badges were embedded in the stone disc.
"..."
At this moment, Giovanni's face turned gloomy.
He was now very glad that he hadn't embedded his Earth Badge into the disc.
Team Rocket's research had shown that seven badges embedded in the disc were enough to allow the three legendary birds to merge, so Giovanni hadn't placed his Earth Badge in it.
Now it seemed that what he did at that time was absolutely correct. Otherwise, all eight Kanto Gym Badges would have been stolen.
"Hmph! Since when did the Kanto Elite Four become the lapdogs of the Alliance? Are you planning to go to war with our Team Rocket now?"
Giovanni said this in a mocking tone, and had already taken out a Poké Ball.
It was obvious that Giovanni was going to try to take the disc back—at least, that was what he appeared to be doing.
"Hehehe... What's the matter, Giovanni? Do you want to fight? Be careful with your body. Even though you've been resting since retreating from the battlefield, this amount of time isn't enough for you to fully recover. Do you think you can stop me in your current state?"
Agatha said ominously. She had studied Giovanni's condition and could tell at a glance that something was wrong with his body.
Although Giovanni had found a secret place to rest after the retreat, his physical condition wouldn't recover in such a short time. His current state was only slightly better than when he had retreated.
If Agatha were just an Elite-level trainer, Giovanni could still win the battle quickly. But Agatha was a Champion-level trainer and a master of Ghost-types, which meant there was no way to use type advantages against her.
Ghost-types were known for being tricky and difficult to deal with. It was impossible for Giovanni to defeat Agatha in a short time. And if he couldn't finish the fight quickly, the moment he coughed up blood again would be the moment he died.
Giovanni obviously knew this, so although he had no intention of starting a war, his face was full of suppressed anger, as if he would explode at any moment like a volcano.
"You're wrong about one thing. I'm not here for the Alliance, nor am I here representing the Elite Four to fight with Team Rocket. I just took these badges. I think that boy Lance will be very happy."
Agatha removed the Badges from the disc and put them away.
"I'm not young anymore. I don't care what the Alliance, the Elite Four, or even your Team Rocket want to do..."
"But you should never, ever have destroyed Pallet Town."
Agatha showed a rare look of genuine anger. If she weren't afraid that Giovanni had another trump card or that Giovanni would drag her down with him, she would have taken action to eliminate Giovanni right then and there.