They had obtained the coordinates of Team Rocket Headquarters.
This was a major development.
Lucian looked thoughtful and said quietly, "I remember that Team Rocket's leader, Giovanni, once seemed to be the Gym Leader of the Kanto Alliance's Tokiwa Gym, right?"
"Yes."
Cynthia nodded lightly, memories surfacing of a regional Gym Leader exchange tournament several years ago, where she had attended as a guest spectator.
Even then, she had sensed something. Giovanni, the man known as Earth Plate, seemed to have held back during the battle, as though he had not fought with his full strength.
However, she had not thought much of it at the time. Everyone had their own reasons, and she had not intended to pry.
It was only after the Tokiwa Gym scandal broke that Cynthia, despite being far away in the Sinnoh region, finally understood why Giovanni had seemed so strange to her.
As she stroked Caitlin's head and praised her for doing well, Cynthia glanced at the tightly bound Matori Matrix members and said solemnly, "Notify someone to come take them away first. As for whether to inform the Kanto-Johto Alliance of Team Rocket Headquarters' location, we'll discuss it later."
Lucian swiftly switched into work mode, contacting his subordinates without even looking up as he casually asked another question.
"Then should we hand these people over to the Kanto-Johto Alliance afterward?"
"...Not for now. I heard things are quite chaotic over there. Quite a few Team Rocket members who were previously arrested have been released. Until that is resolved, the Sinnoh League will hold them for the time being."
Cynthia answered, looked around, then asked Caitlin, "Where's Su Hao? Wasn't he acting with you?"
Caitlin put on a coy, deliberately pitiful expression she had prepared in advance. "After dumping all the Team Rocket people