Lance stared at Su Hao in shock. He had never expected him to make such a bold declaration.
Once, he too had dreamed of wiping out Team Rocket by himself.
But after becoming a Search Officer and a League Champion, even with strength at the pinnacle of the world, Lance came to realize just how naive his former self had been.
Team Rocket's roots in the Kanto and Johto regions ran far deeper than anyone could imagine. Even wielding overwhelming force, Lance still felt a deep sense of helplessness before that reality.
How difficult would it be to uproot Team Rocket and bring about its complete collapse?
Yet, in Lance's eyes... perhaps Su Hao, an outsider always veiled in mystery, really could accomplish something like that.
At the very least, he would thoroughly muddy the waters of the stalemate between the two sides.
Just as Lance was about to reply to Su Hao—
Professor Xiuli suddenly cried out from behind them.
"Watch out!"
Professor Xiuli had always adhered to the principle of seeing nothing and hearing nothing.
If Su Hao needed it, he would even be willing to provide false testimony.
After all, Su Hao was the great benefactor who had saved both him and his daughter, and had even sent out Milotic to detoxify Little Mei!
But when he opened his eyes and looked toward Su Hao and Lance, he discovered that, at some unknown point, the symbols on the walls of the Ruins of Alph... had come alive again!
The densely packed Unown peeled away from the walls, intertwining in the air and forming a mysterious power that warped space.
That power had an extremely clear target—it was almost entirely aimed at Su Hao!
Even Reshiram had failed to notice the Unown's movements. Amid a burst of brilliant