Dark and gritty · A brutal Pokemon tale · Struggles at the bottom · Smart characters all around · A bloody price
When Jin found a feverish, dying Larvesta in a garbage dump, he was only twelve.
He smashed a rival's knee with an iron pipe to steal half a bottle of medicine.
Ten years later, his Volcarona would ignite the heavens with flames on Victory Road.
His opponent's Tyranitar, a pseudo-legendary Pokemon, would be reduced to charred bones in the blaze.
The League's leaders trembled in fear. “This lunatic... every one of his Pokemon has blood on its hands!”
Jin stroked Volcarona's scorching wings. Of his six Pokemon, only three remained.
“The price of becoming an Elite Four member? Nothing but a divine staircase paved with a million bones.”
As flames devoured the summit of Mt. Silver, blood streamed from Jin's severed arm.
“Look, Lin... We finally burned through this filthy sky.”
