"What did you say!!! Norbit is dead!!! Chris is missing!!!" Zifila cried out at Xilaiya, who was sitting on a rock and smoking a dry pipe.
"Norbit was attacked and killed by a Pokémon in the volcano. One of the Trial Participants at the scene picked up Norbit's glasses and Tactical Watch."
"You have to understand that the Tactical Watch can't be taken off. We've confirmed that the Tactical Watch belonged to Norbit. Chris is missing, just like Alip." Xilaiya gritted her teeth as she spoke. Only the three of them remained of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Even someone as decisive and forceful as Xilaiya felt somewhat uneasy. Her teeth left a shallow mark on the stem of her pipe.
She had a feeling that a storm was brewing.
"Zifila, from now on, the three of us must stay together." Xilaiya took several hard drags on her pipe before making up her mind.
"We were too careless before, which allowed them to pick us off one by one." Xilaiya looked up at Zifila.
"If all of us were wiped out, that would be something Lord Apollo wouldn't want to see." It would also mean that the subordinates Apollo had painstakingly cultivated over the past few years had been completely eliminated.
"I understand." Zifila nodded, a solemn look flashing across his face.
Team Rocket Headquarters, Leader Sakaki's office.
"Leader, the assessment has been underway for nearly half a month now. There are currently [missing] examinees remaining. Among those eliminated, [missing] are resting in the safe zone, five are missing, and eight have been killed." Cang reported the latest progress of the assessment to Sakaki.
"That brat Qing Wu—what's his situation now? Does he have a chance of taking first place?" Sakaki wanted to give Qing Wu a position as a cadre,