He Came Knocking

Sophia's escape did not escape Su Hao's Aura. Genesect had been injured by Leafeon's Sacred Sword, its agility greatly reduced, and its flying speed was nowhere near what it had been at full strength.

Su Hao recalled Incineroar and Leafeon, narrowed his eyes at Ian, whom Sophia had abandoned and who had already passed out, and said calmly, "Metagross, use Psychic to carry him. We're going after them."

"Metta..."

Metagross's red eyes looked at Ian with considerable disgust. To be honest, if it had a choice, it did not want to touch someone who lusted after its body, much less lift him with Confusion.

Carefully lifting Ian by the collar with Confusion, Metagross waited for Su Hao to climb onto its back before following the trail indicated by Su Hao's Aura and pursuing Sophia and Genesect along their escape route.

Elsewhere, Sophia rode Genesect as she fled, speaking bitterly. "We'll deal with him after the institute gathers its forces. He can't leave this place immediately anyway."

No matter what, Sophia wanted to deal with that Trainer without alerting the branch director. Otherwise, the consequences awaiting her would be terrible.

After flying at high speed for some time, Sophia reached the hidden entrance to the institute that she remembered. She looked back, thinking she had temporarily shaken her pursuer, then breathed a sigh of relief and took out a keycard to open the gate disguised as a rock wall.

With a hum, a passage brimming with technological atmosphere appeared before her.

Sophia flipped down from Genesect, which was in terrible condition, and looked it over. A deep sword wound stretched across most of Genesect's body, exposed in plain sight. Unknown circuits had been severed, with electrical sparks flickering within.

Sophia frowned. "It looks like GT-003 will need repairs."

She took out