Having Team Rocket's boss become the strongest Gym Leader in Kanto, isn't that a disaster waiting to happen?
Is there no one else in Kanto? How did the leader of Team Rocket become a Gym Leader in Kanto? And he even became the strongest Gym Leader!
Ash thought about those rumors regarding Giovanni in the Viridian Gym, about how he was so gentle and courteous, how he was such a great mentor, how he treated challengers with patience, exuding the aura of a powerful person...
But after learning that the other was the leader of Team Rocket, looking back at those rumors, he just wanted to laugh!
Team Rocket, the largest villainous organization in Kanto, with bases all over the world, engaging in arson, robbery, and the trafficking of Pokemon, with the ultimate goals of money and world domination.
Among the various villainous organizations scattered around the world, Team Rocket stands as the largest, bar none!
For the leader of such an organization to not only become a Gym Leader in Kanto but also receive high praise, Kanto is doomed!
[Newbie Ash: Why didn't any of you tell me about this before? If I knew Giovanni was the leader of Team Rocket, I'd have reported him to the Alliance or Professor Oak right away!]
[Champion Ash: It's useless. The Alliance, even Professor Oak, all know about Giovanni's identity. The reason they haven't acted against Giovanni or even let him take that position in the Alliance is because of a subtle balance between the Alliance and Team Rocket.]
[Newbie Ash: Why?! Why would the Alliance let Giovanni become the Viridian Gym Leader knowing his identity, and why is his reputation so good both within the Alliance and among the public? What's the reason behind it?!]
Champion Ash's words left Ash even more puzzled. Why, clearly knowing that Giovanni is the leader of Team Rocket, do they still let him become more powerful and allow Team Rocket to continue doing evil?
If they know his identity, shouldn't they use thunderous means to capture him?
[Champion Ash: You're still too young, it's normal not to understand a lot of things. In this world, where there's white, there's black; where there's good, there's evil. If one can control evil, that's actually better than destroying it outright.]
[Newbie Ash: …I don't understand.]
[Champion Ash: Simply put, even if you take down one Giovanni and one Team Rocket, in the future there will still be Team Aqua, Space Team, Team Spaceship, and more leaders like Giovanni. Currently, Team Rocket operates under the supervision of the Alliance. As long as they don't go too far, the Alliance will turn a blind eye.]
[Champion Ash: Allowing Team Rocket to gather the evil forces from Kanto and other regions under their unified management is one reason the Alliance tolerates them. If Team Rocket were eliminated and new evil organizations emerge, the Alliance would have to expend unknown amounts of resources to surveil and combat them, which could become even more chaotic.]
Seeing the Champion's words, Ash fell silent. Even if the reasoning was sound, he still couldn't accept it.
Is this the price of growing up? He couldn't accept it.
If given a choice, even if it meant annihilating a thousand times, he would eradicate all evil organizations completely!
Because if no action is taken due to the time and cost involved, then it's the people who've lost their Pokemon and the suffering Pokemon that will continue to suffer.
[Champion Ash: But it seems that the Alliance on your side doesn't yet know that Giovanni possesses Mewtwo; otherwise, they would have acted already. To be honest, Giovanni isn't someone easily controlled. Even from my perspective, he's a very tricky opponent, and the Alliance thinking they can control him is just wishful thinking.]
[Champion Ash: Blaine might later inform the Alliance or Professor Oak about Mewtwo, so your challenge to the Viridian Gym will be your first and last challenge there.]
[Champion Ash: When you challenge the Viridian Gym, be prepared to encounter Mewtwo, so...go try your luck and see if you can get something usable.]
Champion Ash's sudden change of topic startled Ash for a moment. Then he looked at the notifications and, upon opening them, found he indeed had more draws available.
[Defeated five Elite Pokemon in official battles, reward: 1 draw]
[Defeated one Elite Peak Pokemon in official battles, reward: 1 draw]
The two new draw opportunities appeared in the background, but the reason for the second reward confused Ash a bit.
[Newbie Ash: Champion, why did the draw for defeating an Elite Peak Pokemon appear only now? Didn't you already defeat Koga's Crobat with Bulbasaur once?]
This notification for defeating an Elite Peak appeared after defeating five Elite Pokemon, which means the previous battle with Koga's Elite Peak Crobat wasn't counted.
It was only after defeating Blaine's Magmar that it counted towards the achievement.
[Champion Ash: Because it was I who defeated Koga's Elite Peak back then, so of course it's not counted in your achievements. But honestly, I've never experienced something like this before; when I joined the group chat, I'd basically completed all achievements already.]