One second he had solemnly sworn a promise, and the next he was immediately backing out... Mew was such a piece of trash... "Mew!"
Mew hurriedly explained.
...It was not that it was unwilling to help, but that there was no need.
...That human was in a miserable state right now.
"Miserable?" Roy asked curiously. "Was he attacked by the Fossil Pokémon under your command too?" Mew shook its head, its eyes lighting up as it suddenly fired a beam of Confusion into the air.
The Confusion transformed into a screen of light, projecting a distant scene.
Ma Zhang soon appeared in the projection.
Unlike the arrogant way he had looked when he tried to assassinate Roy earlier, Ma Zhang now looked panicked, with faint traces of fear on his face. His clothes were tattered as well.
Only Aggron, Bisharp, and Houndoom remained by his side. The other three Pokémon had completely vanished.
Houndoom carried Ma Zhang on its back as it fled rapidly through the forest.
...As though some immense terror was pursuing them from behind.
And in truth, that terror was about to descend.
Mew adjusted the projected viewpoint, and Roy soon saw what was chasing Ma Zhang.
It was a Steel Golem Giant with a gray, spherical upper body. Its face bore a hexagonal pattern formed from seven red dots, flickering like the lights of a robot.
—Steel God Pillar, Registeel.
Even Villains Have Their Saviors
Roy was still uncertain about Ma Zhang's identity, but he had already formed a guess as to how Ma Zhang had targeted him.
He had only been abroad for one day before someone immediately set their sights on him. It had happened far too quickly.
His personal information had clearly been leaked.
But within Dragon Country, those with the authority to