>>21417979>Mewtwo was born on cinnabar island>Fuji worked with Blain in the cinnabar laboratory.>Fuji was kidnapped by the rockets in lavender.It's a bunch a vague connections, but seeing how evil team/legendary events would go on to always happen after the seventh gym, it's not unlikely that something more was initially planned for cinnabar.
There was a dropped storyline somewhere, and that's not surprising for a new franchise figuring out it's tone.
