Why Are You Just Standing There Watching, Senbei!!!

As everyone knew, the Sakura Nation Alliance's current Champion and Steel Elite Four came from the same university, with one being the other's junior and senior.

Even after surpassing Mitsurugi Hibiki to become League Champion, Ito Ryuzaki still often addressed him honorifically in private.

Everything was going unbelievably smoothly. Perhaps even Lady Luck was watching over them, since someone had even helped open the laboratory's doors for them.

It was already three in the morning, when people slept the most deeply and the night was at its darkest.

The laboratory was pitch-black in the dead of night. Its silver-white walls seemed to have absorbed the darkness, appearing utterly black and eerie.

The two headed straight for the laboratory at the very center of the facility. According to both of their intelligence networks, the same answer had emerged: Cresselia was being held inside that laboratory.

An ordinary Trainer would have already exhausted all their courage merely by standing within this bizarre laboratory. But the two were different. They had earned their positions as League Champion and Elite Four through their strength, and both had absolute confidence in their own power. That was why they had boldly chosen to infiltrate the place themselves.

As they drew closer and closer to the central laboratory, Ito Ryuzaki seemed to remember something and asked in a lowered voice, "Senior Mitsurugi, you've already contacted that person in Hokkaido, right?"

Mitsurugi Hibiki's expression was difficult to make out beneath his mask and in the darkness. After a moment of silence, he nodded. "I contacted him, but Senior Cicada Ninja said he cannot act without conclusive evidence."

Ito Ryuzaki nodded slightly. That answer had been within his expectations. The older generation with Master Level Combat Power were bound by that agreement and could not act unless the situation