Compared with Su Xu, who was still baffled over why Su Hao had refused, Shen Yun saw things far more clearly.
Shen Yun nodded lightly. "The higher-ups roughly understand what you mean too, so I'm just here to go through the motions."
Then, in an exceedingly exaggerated tone, she droned, "Oh no... I forgot to sign a confidentiality agreement. That won't do!"
Fortunately, Su Xu's brain had not completely degenerated during this period of idleness. After thinking it over carefully, he figured something out.
Well, well!
So you two were putting on a double act here!
As his father, how could he not understand his own rebellious, rule-defying son?
That guy definitely found it troublesome to have to look after other people, and thought the rescue team representing the Divine Land Alliance would only tie his hands and feet.
He would rather act alone than let himself be restricted.
The higher-ups probably knew that perfectly well too. This was merely routine procedure, with a bit of intelligence delivered along the way.
Every last one of them was shrewd as hell.
Su Xu bared his teeth, inexplicably seized by the urge to bite one of his Charizard's claws.
Charizard, who was gloomily rubbing its round belly and worrying that it might really never find a female Dragon-type again, suddenly felt its fur stand on end. It eyed Su Xu suspiciously, then quietly moved farther away.
It had always felt that its Trainer was somewhat sick in the head. Now, it seemed the symptoms were only getting worse.
Meanwhile, after finishing their little act, Su Hao simply called Reshiram out of sleep mode.
With a flash of white light, Reshiram appeared without any disguise or concealment. However, both Shen Yun and Su Xu already knew of Reshiram's existence, so neither had much