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Emilia says they didn't decide on their locations until after Keith left GNN, but the memo said "all information will be provided." We determine that the mastermind works at GNN as well. Hmm...I think I have an idea, and Pikachu was planting the seeds in this chapter. Mr. Graham sees this all as one big publicity opportunity! Chapter 9 is at the carnival. The parade's already started. Half the Unova Dex seems to be there. Oh, there are multiple parades, and true fans plan how to view the most parades possible. We have to figure it out. Ah, there's only one location where all three parades meet! They'll all converge in the central square at 8 PM. The parade's finale! And it's already past seven. We get to investigate. One woman seems to be "marked" by the game, and speaking to her reveals that there's a wagon full of treats for the Pokmon in the parade. That's where the liquid R will be dispersed! Ah, but another one that seems "marked" has absolutely nothing useful. There's a cart with balloons that seems like it could be used for dispersing the gaseous R, but the balloon woman tells us nothing that becomes testimony. A trio of Volbeat is swarmed around one of the balloon decorations, and as we continue down the stairs, Brad and his Manectric are here. As I suspected, they'll be useful in sniffing out R. Illumise is supposed to be the conductor of the parade, but no one except the Volbeat ever show up on time. We get a generic "people gather in the square" testimony--that's probably for the capsule--and run into Meiko, but can't tell her about R. One of the food vendors says the man in the stall next to hers "wasn't very friendly, but worked quickly". Probably the suspicious one, since the Wharf had food, too. The man had a yellow hat and kept looking over his shoulder. Yeah, another man says that the yellow hat man tried to intimidate him when his daughter was taken with one of the balloons. Yes, he was putting balloons up four at a time, the young girl said. Volbeat's flight path will be the parade route. We talk to Emilia, and get a changed prompt for telling Pikachu when we see something suspicious. As for the capsule R, we should think about that last. The Volbeat have moved to a different set of balloons, and the ones they were previously swarming around are in a group of four and contain a pink one like the girl mentioned. Mr. Clifford hears us mention R. "Run away if you're in trouble" gets added as testimony...was my hunch wrong? Ah, but as we're about to report back to Emilia, Mr. Graham is there. He makes a joke about how if Tim's there, there's sure to be a scoop. We head to the stall that was pointed out as suspicious, and there's R there. And then we're told that someone had been connected to both, and it's the man in the yellow hat. We split up with Brad to corner him and get the Capsule R. But then Holiday arrives and says that Keith did the evil gloating thing and there's still a fourth batch of R. All communication came from the mastermind's end; Keith didn't know how to contact the mastermind. Communication was through letters and calls. As for Keith's motives, it was all about how well the mastermind paid, nothing more. Where would the R be hidden...maybe the clock tower! A bunch of quick time events follow, including one with an actual timer. But now to figure out who the mastermind is. Pikachu says there was only one incident where Keith directly tried to cause Tim harm. Which one was it? Oh, right, the one at the station. And the clue is...the information received from the mastermind. Oh...Roger shouldn't have known about Pikachu's inability to use moves, but Keith would! That's the proof of connection! Roger confirms it.They destroyed the circuitry, but it can be activated manually. We ask him why smuggle R at all, and he gives a generic "take over the world" answer. To start, he needed GNN to be the most influential network in the world.
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