Nighttime, Floaroma Town, Sinnoh.
The Floaroma Meadow on the outskirts of Floaroma Town connects to the sea and is a famous couples' dating spot in the Sinnoh region.
A group of mysterious figures in gray uniforms passed through the flower-lined path.
"Do you think that kid is still in Sinnoh? It's been almost a month, he might have already escaped."
One of them, an old man with eyes narrowed into slits and a goatee on his chin, asked gravely.
If high-ranking members of the Unova League were here, they would recognize him at a glance.
This person was none other than Giallo, one of the Seven Sages of Team Plasma, possessing Elite Four-level strength, second only to Ghetsis.
"At least we can be sure the League hasn't succeeded yet. In that case, Team Plasma must not relax in the slightest!"
Another of the Seven Sages, Zinzolin, said sternly.
Currently, all ten billion people on the Planet Pokémon were searching for the whereabouts of that kid named 'Goh'-
Desiring the chance to make a wish.
This forced industries like manufacturing and agriculture across all regions to halt forcibly.
Office workers stopped working, farmers stopped farming, students stopped attending school... society was in complete chaos.
The League was also extremely troubled by this.
If the League caught him, they would definitely announce it to the entire planet via the chat group and demand people quickly return to their posts and resume daily life.
But a month had passed, and the League hadn't made a sound.
The only reason was that they themselves hadn't succeeded.
The entire planet, even the entire universe, knew.
The place where Goh first appeared, where he offended Lott's woman, was Eterna Forest in Sinnoh.
Therefore, after learning of this, Team Plasma firstly blocked the coastal town of Floaroma Town in the westernmost part of Sinnoh.
Because if Goh wanted to escape by sea, the fastest route would definitely pass through here.
After all, right now, whether it's the Pokémon League, criminal organizations, or ordinary citizens, everyone was searching for him worldwide.
Even if he's just a 14-year-old kid, he couldn't be stupid enough to take a plane or cruise ship, right?
However, the Seven Sages had been blocking here for almost a month.
And they hadn't seen a kid matching Lott's description appear.
They wondered if he didn't take this route.
"The White Dragon has chosen its Hero."
At that moment, a tall, slender young man with handsome, somewhat androgynous features and green hair standing behind the group suddenly spoke.
He was the 'King' of Team Plasma, the [Hero of Ideals] chosen by the Black Dragon Zekrom in this generation… N!
Just now, Zekrom used telepathy to tell N.
It sensed that the White Dragon had also chosen a Hero of Truth.
According to the tradition of the past 2500 years-
The clash between Zekrom and Reshiram, between Ideals and Truth in this generation, was about to begin again.
"N-sama, please remain calm."
Giallo lowered his head to appease N:
"The most important thing now is to catch that boy and use the Dragon Balls' power to accomplish Team Plasma's great cause. This is also N-sama's wish, isn't it?"
To completely separate humans and Pokémon in this world like black and white, liberating Pokémon!
This was Team Plasma's professed long-cherished wish.
Of course, at least on the surface.
When Giallo said this, the expressions of the other Seven Sages behind him varied.
Indeed, most people within Team Plasma also acted for this goal.
But a minority, like the Sages Rood and Zinzolin, did not share this idea.
Their loyalty was not to N, but to Ghetsis.
They merely used the pretext of 'liberating Pokémon' to force others to give up their Pokémon.
Thereby achieving the goal of only they themselves being able to possess Pokémon's power.
And thus rule the world.
'After we catch that kid, we'll kill you first.'
Rood and others thought inwardly.
N's eyes flickered. After a moment's thought, he accepted Giallo's suggestion.
The battle with the Hero of Truth wasn't urgent.
Completing the great cause of liberating Pokémon was the most important thing.
At that moment, rustling sounds came from the flower bushes behind the Team Plasma's members.
"Enemies?!"
The Seven Sages and their underlings' expressions changed dramatically as they grabbed the Poké Balls on their waists.
No wonder they reacted so strongly.
Days ago, Team Plasma had already clashed violently with Team Rocket.
That's right, the Kanto's criminal organization, Team Rocket and the Unova's criminal organization, Team Plasma had a fight in the Sinnoh region.
Three years ago, during Ash's first year as a trainer, he accidentally exposed Giovanni's identity as the Viridian City's Gym Leader who was secretly the leader of Team Rocket.
After Giovanni's identity was exposed, he moved from Kanto, splitting Team Rocket into several pieces.
He himself rotated between various bases, often keeping even his close aides in the dark about his location in different regional branches at any given time.
Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, and many other regions had Team Rocket presence.
After learning about the Goh incident, the first thing Giovanni did was to dispatch members stationed in the Sinnoh branch to guard all customs points to prevent Goh from escaping.
And then, they ran into Team Plasma, who had come from Unova.
In the absence of their leader Giovanni-
How could the motley crew of the Team Rocket's branch hope to defeat N, who possessed Zekrom?
The grudge between the two sides was thus formed.
"Making a fuss over nothing."
N said indifferently.
At that moment, a Cinderace stumbled out of the grass.
It was so thin it was practically skin and bones, startling even the Team Plasma's members, who were used to running pyramid schemes.
"Bring energy blocks!"
N, who until then seemed to lack human emotion, suddenly had his expression changed dramatically and shouted at his subordinates.
After receiving the energy blocks, N personally crushed them into a paste and offered it to the Cinderace, saying softly:
"Your body is very weak right now, you can't eat too quickly. Take it slow..."
Seeing the Cinderace eating weakly, Zinzolin thought inwardly: "Was it abandoned?"
It was rare to see a wild Pokémon in such a feeble state.
It was more likely abandoned by a trainer, as domestically raised Pokémon from a young age couldn't forage in the wild and often became food for other wild Pokémon.
Thinking about it, N's belief in 'making humans give up Poké Balls, liberating Pokémon' was utterly foolish.
For thousands of years, humans and Pokémon had been tightly interconnected.
Neither could survive without the other.
'Wait!'
Zinzolin suddenly remembered something.
'The 'Goh' kid Lott was looking for seemed to have a Cinderace, right?!'
Seeing this Cinderace thin as a skeleton, Zinzolin thought of a question.
'That Goh had been 'wanted' globally for a whole month.'
'How did he solve eating?'
Although the Pokémon continent was rich in resources, and there were many Berries in the wild-
Most of those Berries were occupied as territory by aggressive wild Pokémon like Beedrill or Arbok.
So many trainers brought their own food even when adventuring in the wild.
Of course, if you were an Elite Four or Champion-level trainer, capable of snatching food from the tiger's mouth, it was fine.
But that Goh... Zinzolin estimated his strength wasn't great.
Although Team Plasma's intelligence network wasn't as good as the League's or Team Rocket's-
He had never heard of any Elite Four-level or above expert named 'Goh'.
'If that kid can't even find food for himself, then his Pokémon most likely can't find food either...'
Thinking this, and glancing at the Cinderace enjoying the energy blocks, Zinzolin had already guessed something.
With his inner suspicion, Zinzolin quickly opened the Universe Chat Room to secretly contact his master, Ghetsis.