[Lance: …]
What is this?
Is Team Rocket too weak, or is Red too strong?!
What is going on with these people!
Are they all small fry?!
Why are they all getting one-shot by Red the moment they appear?!
Is this the Team Rocket he struggled so hard to deal with?!
[Diantha: Cynthia, how did you know Red could do this?
We're all watching the same footage.
I also feel like Red shouldn't be strong enough to take on an entire Team Rocket base yet!]
[Cynthia: Rather than believing in Red…
I believe in Ash!]
[Cynthia: From the Sceptile video, it's obvious—
When Ash fights for his Pokémon, he often brings out strength far beyond normal people!]
[Cynthia: And his Pokémon as well—
When fighting for their Trainer, that's when they're at their strongest!
I believe Red has the same trait!
So Red right now… is extremely strong!]
Under Cynthia's explanation, everyone thought about it and realized…
It really is like that!
Ash explodes in strength for his Pokémon.
His Pokémon explode in strength for him.
Together, they possess power beyond limits at critical moments.
That is exactly why Cynthia trusts Red so much—
Because Red is Ash's parallel counterpart!
On the first floor, Red was discovered, so he went full fury mode and crushed all the Rocket grunts!
Originally, viewers thought Red would act more cautiously next…
But Red apparently did not understand what the words "sneak in" meant.
On the second floor, on the third floor…
Every subsequent floor was in a constant state of alert!
Red basically said:
Since they discovered me, I'll just KILL ALL OF YOU!
Then no one will know I sneaked in!
[Lance: This is called… sneaking in?]
[Diantha: Named stealth, actual musou. Amazing!]
[Flint: Such infiltration… eye-opening!]
[Alder: Red-boy, you have great potential as a spy!
Just kill everyone you're infiltrating—
Then no one knows you were there!]
[Red: …]
Even Red himself laughed when watching his past self "infiltrate."
This "stealth" was… not very professional.
But whatever, the final outcome was correct.
The footage—
Red rescued all the Pokémon and even the researchers, one by one.
None of the Rocket members' Pokémon were Red's match!
If not, how could this be called musou?
While rescuing the researchers, one of them gave Red a new Pokémon—
Lapras!
Red gained another powerful helper!
Very quickly, all the researchers inside Silph Co. were evacuated.
All of Team Rocket's members lay scattered everywhere in Silph Co., defeated.
Once the police arrived, they could just arrest them all.
And Red finally reached the top floor—
where he saw that man again… Giovanni!
After exchanging a few words, Giovanni prepared to leave.
This time, Red blocked his way.
"Your evil plans—no matter how many times—
I will crush them!
You should give up early!"
Giovanni's expression turned unpleasant, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
"You're an arrogant brat.
Looks like this time… I need to teach you a lesson."
He waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to open a box of Poké Balls.
He took out one.
"Giovanni-sama, why bother with this brat—"
"Hmph. He is no ordinary brat.
He's an arrogant brat who keeps irritating me!"
"And he has destroyed two Rocket operations by himself…
Perhaps eliminating him here is the best choice…"
Giovanni threw his Poké Ball.
Red threw his at the same time!
"Roar!"
The orange dragon appeared.
Giovanni sent out a blue-and-white muscular Pokémon—Nidoqueen!
One of Giovanni's main Pokémon. As Giovanni, the "Earth master,"
His ace was naturally Nidoqueen!
(Here the author notes: "Beedrill is Giovanni's ace in Ash's world; in Origins, his team is all Ground-type.")
"Double Kick."
Giovanni ordered calmly.
Against a Flying-type Charizard, he confidently used a Fighting move!
Nidoqueen stomped forward, appearing before Charizard in a flash—
Before Charizard could react, a glowing kick smashed into its face!
In the narrow space, Charizard was knocked backward again and again.
Nidoqueen landed, spun, and delivered another kick!
"Boom!!"
Charizard was smashed directly into the wall!
The Charizard, who had rarely lost and kept winning before this…
Was he actually beaten THIS badly by Team Rocket's leader?!
"Charizard, Flamethrower!"
"Surf."
Just as Red ordered a counterattack,
Nidoqueen instantly rushed up again.
As Charizard opened its mouth and flames erupted—
waves surged in Nidoqueen's hand!
Fire and water collided!
A massive explosion erupted!
The entire building shook like an earthquake!
Power cut out instantly!
When the smoke cleared—
The top of Silph Co. had collapsed.
Charizard lay unconscious beside the ruins—
completely unable to battle.
And Nidoqueen… had taken almost no damage!
One move—KO.
This was Giovanni's overwhelming strength!
Red collapsed in the ruins, nearly unconscious!
[Lance: This Giovanni… may be even stronger than the Giovanni in our world!
He definitely has champion-level strength!]
[Wallace: What a powerful Surf. Not worse than my Water Pokémon at all!]
[Bruno: That Double Kick was terrifying too! And that wasn't even a STAB move.
Giovanni's full power must be horrifying!]
[Diantha: It's not that Red is weak…
It's that Giovanni is too strong!
For Charizard to endure that much and still counterattack—
Red's Charizard might already be near Elite Four level!]
[Cynthia: I didn't expect Giovanni to be this strong…
Every Rocket member fell before Red—
But Giovanni alone overwhelms him.]
[Blaine: Technically, Red already succeeded.
By himself, he drove Team Rocket out and rescued Silph Co.
It's just that… he tried to stop Giovanni and took this loss.]
[Cynthia: But… if he didn't do that, he wouldn't be Red.]
Just as Cynthia said—
If he watched Giovanni escape without resisting,
he wouldn't be Red.
Red… is a Trainer filled with overwhelming justice.
The footage—
Giovanni walked to Red, expression calm.
"I thought a kid with a Charizard might be impressive.
But you're nothing special."
"That Flamethrower was so gentle! Come back after ten years!"
"No… You won't get the chance."
Giovanni was about to deal the final blow—
But sirens blared below. Police had arrived!
"Giovanni-sama! We must go!"
A helicopter hovered outside the destroyed floor.
"Return, Nidoqueen."
Giovanni recalled Nidoqueen.
He could have killed Red with one more attack.
It would take almost no time.
But he still withdrew.
"You got lucky, brat.
Next time you see Team Rocket, walk the other way!"
You picked up a life counter.
"Why… why do you do such cruel things to Pokémon?!"
Red forced his eyes open, struggling to stand.
"Why? Because Pokémon are part of my business!"
"For business to succeed, sacrifices are inevitable."
"So the business must not fail!"
"Once you control the world's money, the world is in your hands."
Giovanni spoke matter-of-factly,
but felt something strange.
Why… was he talking this much to this brat?
"Don't joke around!
Pokémon aren't tools or merchandise—
They're our friends! Our family!"
Giovanni raised an eyebrow, looking at Charizard lying in ruins.
"Family? But you let your 'family' lose so miserably.
It even suffered heavy injuries."
"You're not treating your family very well, are you?"
Red froze, looking at Charizard.
His chest tightened.
Yes… he let his family get hurt like this.
"Brat, you understand nothing."
"Just go play your Pokémon games.
Don't get in Team Rocket's way again."
"Next time… I won't spare you."
Giovanni boarded the helicopter and left.
Red dragged himself to Charizard's side and sat weakly.
His torn hands gently touched Charizard's wounded body.
"I'm sorry, Charizard…
It's all because I'm too weak…
We will never lose again. Ever!"
The screen darkened—
It wasn't over. Just transitioning.
[Lance: What a pity. Red is still too young.
Give him two or three more years, and he might really match Giovanni!]
[Bruno: I guess next the footage will show Red training hard,
then fighting Giovanni again years later.]
[Leon: Red's revenge storyline—so exciting.]
[Steven: But can he reach champion level in two or three years?
Champion level is a massive barrier.]
[Diantha: Idiots. Red is right there.
Why not ask him how long it took him to get revenge?]
[Red: …Can't remember. Probably one or two months.]
[Lance: …]
[Steven: …]
[Flint: …]
Everyone replied with Red's own signature line:
[...]
[Diantha: Bro, we asked how long until you beat Giovanni!
One or two months?
That's not even enough to raise a Pokémon by one rank!]
[Red: …Watch and you'll see.]
Mt. Silver
Red kept watching the footage.
Charizard stayed beside him, warming him.
This Mt. Silver… was colder than the one in his world.
He still wasn't used to it.
The footage—
After driving out Team Rocket,
The Master Ball project was halted.
Perhaps Silph Co. realized that if the Master Ball were completed,
The world would fall into chaos.
Red continued his journey—
Ghost vs. Sabrina, Pikachu, and Charizard: three-on-three victory.
Earned the Saffron Badge.
Then he received Hitmonlee from the Fighting Dojo.
Then Red rode Lapras to Cinnabar Island—
and defeated Blaine with overwhelming power to earn the seventh badge!
Afterward, Red went to the Pokémon Mansion.
There he found diary-like records—
speaking of a newly discovered Pokémon species.
It piqued Red's curiosity.
Up to this point, most battles flashed by quickly,
but many Champions and Elite Four members sensed something odd.
From these brief battle clips—
Red's Pokémon were growing TOO fast.
They seemed to already be Elite Four level.
Impossible, right?
Did he spend many years wandering?
But his appearance hadn't changed…
Very strange.
Soon Red traveled all the way back near Viridian City.
He heard the Viridian Gym Leader was the strongest of all Gym Leaders!
Excited, he rushed there.
He wanted to battle stronger opponents—
he wanted to learn more, grow stronger.
He wanted… to become stronger!
[Lorelei: Viridian Gym?
Isn't that where Giovanni is?!
Is Red going to face Giovanni again already?!]
[Lance: If Red's footage came out earlier,
we probably wouldn't need Heavenly Dao to reveal Giovanni's identity!]
[Caitlin: You're off-topic.
The point is…Is red challenging Giovanni again?
Only how long after his last defeat?!]
[Marshal: Didn't Red just say he took one or two months to take revenge?!
Does that mean…]
[Lance: Impossible!
Red absolutely cannot defeat Giovanni at this point!
It hasn't even been that long!]
[Cynthia: Well then…
Red is going to win.]
[Diantha: Where's the betting table? I want to bet!!]
[Red: …?]
Newcomer Red still didn't understand the "Lance curse."
Ash explained it.
Red understood instantly.
So this world had such mysterious powers…
He should be careful.
Lance: ###
Even Ash thinks I'm cursed now?!
Damn it!
I refuse to believe it!
A boy who lost terribly recently, not even Elite Four level,
defeating a Champion-class Giovanni in such a short time?!
Even though Lance hated Giovanni,
he still acknowledged Giovanni's power.
There's no way Red can win now!
"You'll see!"
The footage—
Red arrived at the Viridian Gym, just as Green came out.
Green said he had already battled the Gym Leader and earned the Earth Badge.
"Well, good luck.
Though I don't think you can win.
This Gym Leader is nothing like the others!"
Then Green left.
Red was used to his rival's attitude.
But when Red entered—
He was told the Gym Leader had gone out.
Green had just finished; how was the Gym Leader gone already?
With no choice, Red could only wait…
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